I have spent about 2 hours catching up on Laura and Krystal. My mind is swimming with all the info, many things though bother me.
Yes, as you can tell Im from Texas, not born and bred, but living here anyway. While Im not sticking up for our court system, I would imagine that the parasite was released early for "good" behavior while in jail, he also probably was credited with time while waiting for his trial. The prisons are full and from what a friend told me, if you are given 2 years, you might be in for 6 months.
Im almost sorry that he didnt live in Texas now, you know how we are--hang'em Harry's. Send him to my VERY conservative county and I guarantee he would be receiving the DP with about 2 hours of deliberations. No ifs, ands, or butts. We've only had 3 murders in the past 15 years and both men received the DP. One has been injected and the other is waiting for his date. Now that Im thinking, in Texas you might automatically receive the DP for killing a child. Need to check that one out.
Now for the child support issue. In Texas we have a universal child support guideline. For 1 child 20% of income after taxes, etc...for 2 children 25% and for 3 children 30%.
Fathers are to provide medical insurance and both parents split 50-50 whats not covered by the insurance, but children can be on medicaid. Just how much did Mama think that she was going to get for CS from an eighth-grade grad., who likes to cook and trim trees?? (If I owed a restaurant I would never have hired him with his violent temper--one would have to be afraid that he could/would murder or injure all the other employees with a knife or a broom handle. And then for him to trim trees, now thats one darn right scary thought, he has proven that hes dangerous with the da*n chainsaw).
In Texas if you apply for child support thru the State Attorney Generals Office, the custodial parent fills out a packet of paperwork. By the way, this is free and Lauras mother would never have been charged for this service. No lawyer is needed. Texas does not automatically ask for a DNA to be done. If you say that so and so is the father, and you were living with them at the time, and his name is on the birth cert, then they feel that he is the father. Theres more to it, but these are the basics.
Onto the money, personally I believe that Laura was capable of taking the money from her mother. After living with a mother and father like hers for 8 years...Im sure that she was VERY street smart and was not afraid to mouth off to him, or to any adult. Im not trying to speak poorly of Laura, she is coming across as a child who was ignored and neglected. With parents like hers, the children probably received very little affection. Im not saying that she did it, just that she was capable. She looks like a little spitfire to me. I would have enjoyed having her around my house, she would have kept me on my toes--lol. She needed love and attention, both I belive in very short supply in her life.
Now to that woman that we have to call the mother. My ex-husband was very mentally, verbally, and emotionally abusive to me and our son, but not to our daughter. So a part of me can see where she is coming from--she is and has been abused by this man. She feels the "no one will love me" crap, she is emotionally fragile ready to break at any time. She cannot believe that he would do this to HER or to the children. Well, he did. He murdered his own daughter and her friend. Wake up.... She has to get some really good therapy and start building up her self-esteem. In the abused womans group that I attend, we start at the VERY bottom. (I was embarrassed that I was abused and didnt tell my friends and family--very big mistake) First you have to admit that there is a problem, and for some this can take many sessions. And once you finally admit to the problem and what it is, its almost like a light bulb going off in your brain. You get the idea.
The other part of me is saying--you are the mother and the adult. Act like one. Your job is to protect your children. If you are not protected them, then who is?? Your children cannot be running all over the county while you have your head up your *ss. Because of the chainsaw incident, she had the perfect opportunity to divorce the parasite and she didnt. Personally I blame the Lauras mother for all of this. She left the state and moved in with her Mom and Dad. She had a roof over the kids heads, and she didnt need the parasite. But she did make the deadly mistake of wanting him back---remember she lllloooovvvess him. Apparently no one suggested counseling? Or keeping the bum away? If her parents knew about his past, they are also guilty of not protecting their own grandchildren.
The lack of parental supervision just floors me---Im concerned about any child that is running around at 9 am on a Sunday morning, they should be in church or eating a nice big family weekend breakfast at that time. What about lunch?? Mom doesnt expect the kiddos home for lunch? What about Dinner? My children are 19 and 17 and I guarantee that I can find them with just 2 phone calls (and none of us have a cell). Those two little 8 year old girls do not have the life experiences that we as adults have. And BOTH sets of parents should have had a better system of keeping track of their children. The point is that we need to keep track of our children no matter what age they are.
P.S. I can hardly imagine an 8 year old riding a bike and carrying a knife on them--you know how little kids ride bikes--they might have stabbed themselves first.
Sorry this was so long, ever since they went missing Ive been very upset with the lack of parental guidance and supervision. I do blame him 100% for the girls deaths, but I have to blame Lauras mother for not divorcing him while she had the opportunity and keeping him away.
