I respect that Alanna's family may want answers, but what answers from someone like this would anyone want to hear? I don't want to understand the mind that thinks it's okay to lure/abduct, rape, and murder a six-year-old girl. Frankly, I don't care why he did it.
I don't really care if he was abused or if he had a sad life, and I hate that past abuse may be used as a way to excuse or explain his behavior. I find that unacceptable. Millions of children are abused, but they don't go on to rape and murder defenseless babies.
I agree. No matter what happened in his life, he knows right from wrong. He knows it's not right to rape and kill a child. He chose to, anyway. He WANTED to. That's what I think the "why" is. Even if it's not, no "why" will ever make sense.