Recovered/Located PA - A.Y., 16, Allentown, 5 March 2018 *Arrest*

[gitana1]

It's a substantial charge - a 3rd degree felony. LE needs one charge to hold him on until they figure out what else to charge him with. I predict that there will be a few other charges forthcoming as well. If it follows with the Cummins case, the Federal charges will be brought to trial first.

The federal charge he could be charged with is transporting a minor across state lines for purposes of sex. It's essentially a sex trafficking charge. It's illegal for an adult to have sex with a minor in most states and so if he had sex with her after he moved her from PA he would be guilty of a federal charge. Let's see if the Feds charge him.

Otherwise, there could be other charges coming in PA as well, related to sexual contact with AY. Like corruption of a minor.

Interviews with her and assessment of the evidence will tell them more.

 

[borndem]

[FONT=comic\ sans\ ms]All right, class, it's Vocabulary Time. Today we will learn the definition of STUPID: [/FONT]
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[h=2] Definition of stupid
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1 a : slow of mind : obtuse
b : given to unintelligent decisions or acts : acting in an unintelligent or careless manner
c : lacking intelligence or reason : brutish

2 : dulled in feeling or sensation : torpid

• still stupid from the sedative

3 : marked by or resulting from unreasoned thinking or acting : senseless

• a stupid decision

4 a : lacking interest or point

• a stupid event

b : vexatious, exasperating

• the stupid car won't start

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stupid

[FONT=comic\ sans\ ms]To help you remember the definition, here is a picture of the word, "Stupid" --
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http://6abc.com/16-year-old-amy-yu-found-in-mexico-returns-to-allentown/3228798/

 

[borndem]

That is so sad. She has a lot to learn about life, she has treated her mom soooo badly.

The good news: She has been brought back safely. She doesn't want to take his calls.
The bad news: She doesn't want to see her mom.

Where will she go? And if she goes to her home (where else but there?), will she try to run away?

My heart is happy she safely home, and it also aches for her and her mom & brother.

It ain't over, folks, as we sadly know.

 

[borndem]

Seemingly guided by an adult with twisted motives fueling the fire to hate her mother.
If he has been grooming her since she was 8 years old...

Yes, he has. And IMO, somewhere in there, "grooming" escalated to "brainwashing."

That poor child. What must be in her mind right now? And her poor mom and brother -- truly, they are all she's got. I hope she will think about that. This is just a sad, sad situation. I hope Esterly is at least as miserable as AY is.

 

[katydid23]

I hope and pray there is someone in her family, Auntie, grandmother, older cousin, that can come to her aid and give her support while she sorts things out.

 

[Loveandpeace]

So glad to see she’s been found, safe and returning home. I hope the justice system gives KE what he deserves. I hope his wife and kids and AY’s mother and brother can recover from this.

 

[enelram]

Can the hospital force AY to submit to a rape kit exam??? Does she have a right to refuse?

Just another male with his brain dislocated to his crotch.

 

[mistivon]

The good news: She has been brought back safely. She doesn't want to take his calls.
The bad news: She doesn't want to see her mom.

Where will she go? And if she goes to her home (where else but there?), will she try to run away?

My heart is happy she safely home, and it also aches for her and her mom & brother.

It ain't over, folks, as we sadly know.

I think it meant his wife wasn't taking his calls. Pretty sure at this early stage, AY would

 

[DexterMorgan]

The good news: She has been brought back safely. She doesn't want to take his calls.
The bad news: She doesn't want to see her mom.

Where will she go? And if she goes to her home (where else but there?), will she try to run away?

My heart is happy she safely home, and it also aches for her and her mom & brother.

It ain't over, folks, as we sadly know.

In certain cultures; The daughters bare the brunt of having to keep up the family image or facade, honor or nobility status.

While the boys get do whatever. So this makes it easier for them to be lead astray by a sympathetic ear that is only there for selfish reasons.

 

[Irishboy]

She went to another hospital? ! That can'take be good.

Some hospitals have crisis intervention units she may be uniter evaluation especially if she is not responding to the mom.

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[Kapua]

http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-nws-yu-found-20180317-story.html

"Attorney John Waldron, representing Esterly’s wife, Stacey, said Sunday her husband had been calling her from prison.

“I’m assuming he’s trying to get a hold of her for some type of legal representation in the process of being extradited,” Waldron said Sunday. “With what she has been put through, she is not accepting his calls.” She is appearing on national television. Stacey Esterly will appear on NBC’s the TODAY Show Monday morning, Waldron said."

 

[thesensitivechild]

I would assume at this point she has threatened suicide. That could be with intention or without. I hope she’s holds on so she can arrive at the point where she gets to look back and know she had the strength to make it through. And she does.


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[Irishboy]

I would assume at this point she has threatened suicide. That could be with intention or without. I hope she’s holds on so she can arrive at the point where she gets to look back and know she had the strength to make it through. And she does.


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I'm not thinking that strong. She may be exhibiting depression along with emotional maybe erratic behavior, detachment from family, right from wrong That along with her history - running off to Mexico, the police episodes that she was the center of, leaving school, - maybe enough to get her a physc evaluation to see where she is in her mind and what to do next.

I feel so vad for the mom, hope she has a support network, friends or the school community's

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[Rodnester]

With that smirk he had, I doubted that he would even bother to call his wife for help. But he has been trying to. I wondered why until I thought about some laws that the US citizen has to obey regardless of where you are. Turns out you can not have sex with someone under the age of 18 outside the US.

Protect Act 2003, used mainly to stop sex tourism of minors. But I do believe it applies in this case.

The US government can - and has - passed laws which include a jurisdiction outside of the US. The most well known of these is the "PROTECT Act of 2003", which makes it illegal for a US citizen to partake in illicit sexual conduct abroad with someone under the age of 18. In effect, the intent of these laws was to stamp out "sex tourism", and many other countries have passed similar laws.

 

[Lk86]

New article
http://www.wfmz.com/news/lehigh-val...-to-allentown-kevin-esterlys-arrest/718109131

Someone in comments on fb said AY had her own passport bc their kid recognized her in line in February when they were getting passports.
(Article kind of makes it sound like AY took and used her moms one)

 

[borndem]

Since he signed her out as her stepfather, could he also be hit with a fraud charge for however many times he signed her out as her "stepfather"? Plus he signed the initial form saying he was her stepfather. Every little bit hurts.

 

[borndem]

I pray that his own daughters were spared his twisted sense of love.

I had those thoughts, too, as probably some of us did.

And him calling his wife! Does he want her to post his bail (if there is bail)? And if he is released, where will he go?? Back to his little private love nest? I guess if he had any $$ left, he can use that for rent money while his family does what? What a slick, sick, nasty b*****d. I hope his now-estranged wife has changed the locks in her house.

 

[borndem]

The federal charge he could be charged with is transporting a minor across state lines for purposes of sex. It's essentially a sex trafficking charge. It's illegal for an adult to have sex with a minor in most states and so if he had sex with her after he moved her from PA he would be guilty of a federal charge. Let's see if the Feds charge him.

Otherwise, there could be other charges coming in PA as well, related to sexual contact with AY. Like corruption of a minor.

Interviews with her and assessment of the evidence will tell them more.

Yes, the Mann Act. I cited it here several pages back along with the PA Age of Consent law and the PA Corruption of Minors law. I hope they do it all -- Fed & State, because that's what he did.

What was he thinking??
Did he think their little spree would last forever?? (We know which part of his body was doing the thinking, the sick freak.)

 

[gitana1]

With that smirk he had, I doubted that he would even bother to call his wife for help. But he has been trying to. I wondered why until I thought about some laws that the US citizen has to obey regardless of where you are. Turns out you can not have sex with someone under the age of 18 outside the US.

Protect Act 2003, used mainly to stop sex tourism of minors. But I do believe it applies in this case.

The US government can - and has - passed laws which include a jurisdiction outside of the US. The most well known of these is the "PROTECT Act of 2003", which makes it illegal for a US citizen to partake in illicit sexual conduct abroad with someone under the age of 18. In effect, the intent of these laws was to stamp out "sex tourism", and many other countries have passed similar laws.

Oooh great find! I'm praying the Feds step in.

Since he signed her out as her stepfather, could he also be hit with a fraud charge for however many times he signed her out as her "stepfather"? Plus he signed the initial form saying he was her stepfather. Every little bit hurts.

I don't think so. Fraud has to do with financial
gain.

I had those thoughts, too, as probably some of us did.

And him calling his wife! Does he want her to post his bail (if there is bail)? And if he is released, where will he go?? Back to his little private love nest? I guess if he had any $$ left, he can use that for rent money while his family does what? What a slick, sick, nasty b*****d. I hope his now-estranged wife has changed the locks in her house.

Seriously. What an idiot. He smiles that smug, smile after getting caught molesting a 16year old family friend and then he thinks he can call his wife for help? He's destroyed so much. I hope he loses everything.

 

[gitana1]

Yes, the Mann Act. I cited it here several pages back along with the PA Age of Consent law and the PA Corruption of Minors law. I hope they do it all -- Fed & State, because that's what he did.

What was he thinking??
Did he think their little spree would last forever?? (We know which part of his body was doing the thinking, the sick freak.)

Its hard to understand weirdos like this. I have to hold back what I want to say about him!! But one thing I do kind of want to say is that I wouldn't chrarcertize this as a stupid, sex-driven guy thing or even truly about sex primarily.

I mean we are all sexual beings. Most of us have desires and many people can have pretty intense urges. I feel this is different.

The years of patient grooming involved and the overall detailed planning of this abduction as well as just the age of the victim - wanting sexual contact with an immature kid who has zero life experience when it comes to adult romance- that's something else.

This is predation. It's predatory. It's about a sick freak, exactly as you said, who enjoys destroying the youth and innocence of a kid. Who enjoys dominating someone young and inexperienced and controlling that person.

It's so gross. Who is turned on by having sex with a child like that? A kid who still needs reminders on day-to-day things in life. Still needs a parent. Maybe still really needs a security object like a blanky or stuffed animal.

What grown adult could be at all aroused by a kid who can't have a normal, adult conversation? It's gross.