I came to this thread very early this morning and kept it open all day as I read on other threads as well. I haven't posted much on the threads but have read constantly.
As a mother of two daughters and the grandmother of a college student, I am just devastated for the Graham's as well as the Harrington's. As I watched all of this unfold, I just couldn't help but think nonstop of Hannah out there somewhere just waiting to be found. I worried more at night because I almost couldn't bear to think of her out there in the darkness all alone, away from home and those who love her. To think that Hannah and Morgan was out there in the condition they were found in is beyond heartbreaking.
I am angry, very angry. I don't want there to be any plea deal. I want JLM to have to sit in court every day and know that it is all about the evil he has done to Hannah, Morgan, and the Fairfax victim. I want him to get the death penalty just as he gave to Hannah and Morgan. I want him also to have to listen to how brutal his attack was on the Fairfax victim. I want to see his face when the verdict is announced. I want him to suffer badly every remaining day of his life, then burn in hell when he is gone.
I am feeling very vindictive even though I know I am wrong to feel that way. JLM is no 'gentle giant'. He is a psychopathic murderer. I hope he rots in hell.
Sorry, folks. That is the way I feel. I also do not believe in plea deals.
May Hannah rest in heavenly peace, and her family know that so many, many people cared for her and loved her. GB the family whom are left behind. May peace and love be with them always.
MOO
My dear sweet friend, there is nothing vindictive about you or wanting to see that JM gets the harshest punishment allowed under the law. Not all cases are death penalty cases but when cases like this happens and for the reasons they did then the death penalty should be applied.
JM exacted his evilness upon the innocent for no other reason other than he felt entitled imo, and then discarded them as if they were trash after he had silenced them forevermore. He has exhibited no remorse and feels none. A dead decaying soul he is and has been for a very long time. So wanting him to get the ultimate punishment is not being vindictive. It is about wanting justice or as much justice as our court system offers because he deserves nothing less. Really executing him by lethal injection seems far too humane compared to how his victims have suffered but since we are a country of laws the death penalty will suffice.
Imo, he will feel nothing for the victims or what he has done if he does sit in court day after day. We are looking at a true predator who has been one for over a decade now. Those like him do not feel for the victims and we have to accept that. He is not like most. SK-SRs are in a very different league of their own and so is their thinking processes. I imagine as he sits there watching all of it he will be amused that his handy work has been recorded and will watch with great interest. I don't think he will show any reaction when he is found guilty although for certain the only one he cares about is himself. The mask is off now and he no longer has to pretend he is that fake 'gentle giant.'
A beautiful young woman with a smile bathed in sunshine has left this earthly world but her radiant spirit will forever live on. No one can destroy who Hannah was or how special she was to those who knew her. She made her mark in life even at such a young age. Out of every act done by an evildoer also comes goodness and with Hannah she is the angel who saved so many 'next girls' from the same fate. Hannah can go rest in peace now.
As a mother of five grown children,10 grandchildren, and 4 great grandchildren, I cannot begin to comprehend the pain and suffering the Grahams and Harringtons are enduring by losing their precious daughters. My heart breaks for all of the parents of murdered children. To lose a child must be the worst hurt imaginable but to lose them because they crossed paths with true evil has to be even worse.
I pray that each one has the courage and fortitude to endure what still faces each of them. Even though their children have been found it is far from over. They have some very dark sad days ahead of them as these cases go forward into the light of the courtroom.
Mark my word, LA, there will be no plea deals offered in these cases.