@kbl: Child rapists are notorious for exploiting religion. Do you think the Klan were simply mentally ill when they committed all those lynchings of blacks during Jim Crow because they dressed in wacky outfits, performed bizarre rituals, burned crosses, and believed they were acting on behalf of God? They were violent bigots. Those who commit crimes motivated by violent hate find ways to justify their behavior through elaborate rationalizations, always invoking some profound sense of morality. Name one type of bigotry that doesn't appeal to God? Name one violent bigot who doesn't believe he's doing God's will? So, Garrido had a damn box. How is that truly any different that a homophobic pastor holding up a bible and proclaiming himself a "true" believer in God to justify violent hate?
Again, you don't know much about paranoid schizophrenia or else you wouldn't be so flippant about it.
This case is very similar to the Wesson family murders from a few years ago. Marcus Wesson isolated his family, separated the girls from the boys, wouldn't let them talk to one another, and raped his daughters who had babies when they were very young. Marcus Wesson also set himself up with his own patriarchal religion and forced the children to read only select passages of the bible and twisted them to make it seem that the daughters should have children for the father by the father. He also told them he was Jesus Christ. He ruled by fear, intimidation, and beatings. His wife had been groomed by Wesson since the age of eight, and he impregnated her when she was fourteen. She was unable to protect her children against him.
When a couple of his daughters escaped and were exposed to the outside world and a semblance of normality for a few years, they eventually returned to rescue their children, and police became involved. At that point, due to a pre-planned suicide pact, at least one of his daughters killed many of the children still remaining in the house. In the end nine people died, and Wesson ended up on death row in San Quentin. This story is presently being featured on Dr. Phil.
As you wrote, it seems common for these abusers to use religion to justify their horrible actions. Apparently Wesson was fascinated by David Koresh, and he and his family were glued to the tv watching when Koresh was taken down by the police. Wesson told his daughters that he emulated his example.
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And in regard to Jaycee's emails shown in the link above, they seem purely professional to me. I don't know how clients could possibly be using them to get themselves off the hook for not delving deeper into Jaycee's background. I see no indication from them that she was happy or sad. They seem emotionless to me, which is how most business emails seem. Also, the emails I read in that link seemed fairly grammatical to me. Most emails are dashed off rather quickly-- they are not formal. Time is money, so why would she spend a lot of time on writing fine literature, when she would be better off making money by investing her time doing brochures?
