Rape And Molestation Charges Filed

[SeriouslySearching]

This article answers several questions we have had here:

They are currently investigating previous cases.

Connie was home.

She was only gone approximately an hour (if we believe Connie).

She went on a date with one of the men (presumably Sinclair) and the reason they concentrated on him (note: they said A date and didn't speculate as to relationship or how many dates prior.)

KTVU also learned that Huckaby pleaded no contest to a petty theft charge in January of 2009 that also took place in San Joaquin County.

Tracy Police Sgt Tony Sheneman said any prior cases Huckaby was involved in were also part of the current investigation and could not be discussed by police.

Late Monday, police also confirmed that Huckaby had gone on a date with a man who also lives at the mobile home park. Police have searched that man's home and towed three vehicles linked to him.

However, Tracy police investigators have said they are not expecting to arrest anyone else in the killing of Sandra Cantu.

http://www.ktvu.com/news/19172723/detail.html (Bolded by me)

 

[i.b.nora]

I am not going to jump onto the Munchausen by proxy theory yet, but I would like them to keep us updated on her daughter's health to see if it improves dramatically without her presence. This will be the litmus test and I hope they recognize it.

I wouldn't be surprised if the thin sickly little girl's health hasn't already improved greatly.

 

[michellesmith]

Yes, when a child victim commits a crime under the thumb of their perp. I can absolutely agree on that. But when it comes to adults I don't buy the victim defense.

For example, a woman who doesn't protect her kids because of she's being abused by her significant other. Or an adult who commits an abuse against another because they were abused. It doesn't fly with me at all. Besides, the traditional stats that children of abuse are more likely to go on to abuse has been found to be flawed.

New here. I've been reading for quite a while and finally registered today, so be kind.

I was sexually abused as a child starting at the age of 4 by two male friends of the family at different times in my life. My mother and father knew about it; I told them. My father was furious but I don't know that he really did anything about it. My mother told me to stop crying and grow up. When I was upset once because we were going to the perpetrator's house (he and his wife were my parents' best friends), my mother said, "It's fine. We'll watch him." So.... fast forward 40 years. I never once thought of abusing a child. I loathe anyone who does. You DO have a choice whether or not to repeat it. I do believe, however, that whether you do repeat the cycle or not depends a lot on what you are made of. What your innate personality is. (I was adopted at birth and am very independent and outgoing, unlike my adoptive family.) I have had counselors tell me that I should be a drug addict and child abuser in prison with what I went through, but I believe that my strong-willed nature made me determined to be the best person and parent I could be. And, I certainly try to be. It will be interesting to find out what MH went through in her life. None of it would change my opinion of her if she is indeed guilty of what she is charged with.

Now, carry on folks!

 

[michellesmith]

I wouldn't be surprised if the thin sickly little girl's health hasn't already improved greatly.

I completely agree that this little girl might have some serious physical and emotional problems if MH is guilty as charged. Like someone else said here, you don't wake up at 28 and become a child molester and murderer.

 

[JDB]

They Just added the new charges. I put the article in the media thread.

 

[mck16]

I am not sure if this is the right place to post this and if these questions have been answered before just tell me where to go to find the information I need.

Did Sandra's mother work outside the home and if so who was responsible for Sandra in the afternoon after school? Who was responsible for her on the day of her disappearance and where did this person think she was? And I have read the alert was at 8:00 why so long? TIA

 

[SeriouslySearching]

The San Joaquin County district attorney's office added three special circumstances to the murder count that would make Huckaby eligible for the death penalty if she is convicted. They alleged that the killing was committed during a kidnapping, involved a lewd or lascivious act on a child, and involved rape with a foreign object.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/14/BAG91728G7.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea

 

[Viki]

New here. I've been reading for quite a while and finally registered today, so be kind.

I was sexually abused as a child starting at the age of 4 by two male friends of the family at different times in my life. My mother and father knew about it; I told them. My father was furious but I don't know that he really did anything about it. My mother told me to stop crying and grow up. When I was upset once because we were going to the perpetrator's house (he and his wife were my parents' best friends), my mother said, "It's fine. We'll watch him." So.... fast forward 40 years. I never once thought of abusing a child. I loathe anyone who does. You DO have a choice whether or not to repeat it. I do believe, however, that whether you do repeat the cycle or not depends a lot on what you are made of. What your innate personality is. (I was adopted at birth and am very independent and outgoing, unlike my adoptive family.) I have had counselors tell me that I should be a drug addict and child abuser in prison with what I went through, but I believe that my strong-willed nature made me determined to be the best person and parent I could be. And, I certainly try to be. It will be interesting to find out what MH went through in her life. None of it would change my opinion of her if she is indeed guilty of what she is charged with.

Now, carry on folks!

Thank you for this post, I've been looking for someone to make this point so that I could add some clarification about sexual abuse and adult criminal activity.

Both of the following statements are true:

1. The vast majority of people who were sexually abused as children do NOT go on to offend as adults, and

2. The vast majority of adult sexual offenders were sexually abused as children. (In fact, the majority of those incarcerated for all crimes were sexually abused as children.)

There are all kinds of reasons both statements are true, but what's not correct is to argue that because the first statement is true, the second must be false. (In fact, that's merely a matter of Logic 101, not statistics.)

 

[goofeegyrl]

Thank you for this post, I've been looking for someone to make this point so that I could add some clarification about sexual abuse and adult criminal activity.

Both of the following statements are true:

1. The vast majority of people who were sexually abused as children do NOT go on to offend as adults, and

2. The vast majority of adult sexual offenders were sexually abused as children. (In fact, the majority of those incarcerated for all crimes were sexually abused as children.)

There are all kinds of reasons both statements are true, but what's not correct is to argue that because the first statement is true, the second must be false. (In fact, that's merely a matter of Logic 101, not statistics.)

Thank you for this. Just felt it needed more than a "thanks" click.

 

[michellesmith]

Thank you for this post, I've been looking for someone to make this point so that I could add some clarification about sexual abuse and adult criminal activity.

Both of the following statements are true:

1. The vast majority of people who were sexually abused as children do NOT go on to offend as adults, and

2. The vast majority of adult sexual offenders were sexually abused as children. (In fact, the majority of those incarcerated for all crimes were sexually abused as children.)

There are all kinds of reasons both statements are true, but what's not correct is to argue that because the first statement is true, the second must be false. (In fact, that's merely a matter of Logic 101, not statistics.)

I completely agree. What I am curious about is what makes people have the (sick) desire to sexually abuse children? Regardless of whether or not I was sexually abused, I have never once thought of abusing a child. In other words, forget about what "helps" an abused peron not continue the abuse cycle (psychological treatment, strong will); what makes some people who were abused even WANT to abuse children?

 

[Misfitdolly]

It really is shocking to me. I was reading an article this morning that made me think of this case and maybe it isn't as rare as we think? The article is about the deaf actress Marlee Matlin who was sexually abused by a female teen babysitter, here it is.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/14/lkl.marlee.matlin/index.html

 

[DotsEyes]

I think it is safe to assume that this Huckaby woman was sexually molested as a child.

 

[SarahW]

I completely agree. What I am curious about is what makes people have the (sick) desire to sexually abuse children? Regardless of whether or not I was sexually abused, I have never once thought of abusing a child. In other words, forget about what "helps" an abused peron not continue the abuse cycle (psychological treatment, strong will); what makes some people who were abused even WANT to abuse children?

Theories I've heard range from sexual imprinting, to a psychological desire to recreate the abuse scenario, to gain control over it with a different outcome - with the abuser feeling the power instead of the helplessness, for example), choosing to identify with the abuser ....

 

[mck16]

I am not sure if this is the right place to post this and if these questions have been answered before just tell me where to go to find the information I need.

Did Sandra's mother work outside the home and if so who was responsible for Sandra in the afternoon after school? Who was responsible for her on the day of her disappearance and where did this person think she was? And I have read the alert was at 8:00 why so long? TIA

Can ANYONE answer these questions? Please. TIA

 

[joga]

i have been out of commission the last two days (stupid kidney stones!) and am just now getting caught back up. i must say that this case is blowing my mind. i just read that they did indeed charge MH with the special circumstances, just wow...i hope she rots...

 

[Viki]

I completely agree. What I am curious about is what makes people have the (sick) desire to sexually abuse children? Regardless of whether or not I was sexually abused, I have never once thought of abusing a child. In other words, forget about what "helps" an abused peron not continue the abuse cycle (psychological treatment, strong will); what makes some people who were abused even WANT to abuse children?

Isn't that the 60 million dollar question and to my knowledge no one can provide the answer.

For the most part we can only talk about some of the indicators some of us have mentioned (infantile, undeveloped psyches) and those only apply to certain populations of offenders.

Like with some of what I've been reading over on the forensic astrology board, the best we can do is "read back."

So, for example, I once had a 16 year-old male offender in one of my congregations. I believe he offended his six year-old niece on a regular basis and I know he began to offend my 8 year-old daughter before we interrupted his attempt (at church, btw, where I was the pastor, my daughter was in my office, and the adults were in the sanctuary at choir practice!). When we went back over this young man's history, here's what we saw:

1. Bi-polar mother who might have offended him,
2. Struggling father, doing his best, but often at his wits' end,
3. Shy, retiring young man, with few friends his own age, who always preferred the company of those younger, and never did well in school.

We got him help with one of the top specialists in the area of youthful sexual offenders, but even after a years' worth of intervention she was doubtful she could help him. He was just too far gone with too few inherent emotional skills to ever reorient to anything we would view as normal. It was so sad. I lost track of this family over the last twenty years, but I often think of them.

 

[Viki]

I think it is safe to assume that this Huckaby woman was sexually molested as a child.

Absolutely, though it sometimes can be long standing nonsexual, emotional/physical abuse.

 

[joga]

It really is shocking to me. I was reading an article this morning that made me think of this case and maybe it isn't as rare as we think? The article is about the deaf actress Marlee Matlin who was sexually abused by a female teen babysitter, here it is.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/14/lkl.marlee.matlin/index.html

i don't think that comparing people who have been sexually abused as a child to people like Sandra who have been abused, then murdered is fair. i think that yes, many many people are sexually abused and yes, some abusers are women. but to have a sexual predator who then murders her victim is indeed rare (at least i have not seen that very often at all...)

 

[mck16]

i don't think that comparing people who have been sexually abused as a child to people like Sandra who have been abused, then murdered is fair. i think that yes, many many people are sexually abused and yes, some abusers are women. but to have a sexual predator who then murders her victim is indeed rare (at least i have not seen that very often at all...)

Has anyone considered the fact that whatever the foreign object was that was used to sexually assault SC was probably also what killed her? If she was assaulted with an object that caused bleeding, etc. she could have bled to death during the assault. I think this is why they immediately charged MH with murder. IMO

 

[Fairfaux08]

...i think that yes, many many people are sexually abused and yes, some abusers are women. but to have a sexual predator who then murders her victim is indeed rare (at least i have not seen that very often at all...)

Psychologist Jeff Gardere, speaking on MSNBC this afternoon says that it is rare as usually women act under a male director. But it seems that MH did not. Also states that it is much easier for a women to lure children because they are typically in the “caretaker” positions. In addition, most women abusers assault their own children.