Actually, we don't know much about the facts of the killing and nothing about the circumstances leading up to it. Even events afterwards are sketchy. I think it is a little disturbing that people are so willing to consign this child to the deep knowing so little about the case itself.
Sure let me feel sorry for a 15 year old who admitted to murdering a 9 year old little girl for what appears to be no reason at all, and then when the facts ALL come out I can have ill feelings towards her.
I don't think so,
I hated the thought of a nine year old being lost in the woods,
I hated the thought of someone taking and hurting a nine year old,
I hated the thought that this nine year old may never be seen again alive,
I hated the thought of what her mother must have been going through not knowing where her daughter was at night,
I hated the thought of what her brother was going through wondering where his little sister was and when and if she would ever come home.
These are all things a mother or family should not have to worry about. When I found out SOMEONE had murdered and hid Elizabeth's body ALL of that hate and then some transfered to that person. I then had (still have) compassion for Elizabeth's family and what they are going through. I have nothing but hate for the person who did this to her and caused all the hurt to her family, it just so happens that the person I hate for this is a 15 year old female.
Had this been a child molester that did this
I think more people would be singing a different tune when it came to punishment!