I haven't followed this thread since Lizzy's funeral, but I popped in this morning and read that AW sexually assaulted her. I always thought that was why he took her. But I don't believe it's a case of where he coveted her, or had sexual thoughts about her. Rape is about control. AW's life, at age 21, was spinning rapidly out of control. No job, no home of his own, no direction, just anger, beer and drugs. Brooding over how HIS life was so bad, because of his family situation, poor me, blah blah blah. Had a good time at his sister's house, was seething with resentment that he didn't have what she had. So he struck back at her by taking her daughter. Pathetic that raping a 5 year old gave him some feeling of control. Jail, then prison, he'll never have even a smidgen of control over his life. We all get one chance at life, and this is his, rotting away in a cage. I favor the death penalty, but it's off the table, so I'll just have to be content knowing that he'll never breathe a single breath of air as a free man. Will forever be told when to get up, when to go to bed, when to shower (with no privacy), what to eat, what job to do, sit on the toilet in front of others, live in a 9x6 cell, and maybe have a phone call or visit a couple times a year if he's lucky. Yes, maybe it's OK that he doesn't get to check out earlier with the DP.