Seattle1
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I'm speculating about the following for the sole purpose of developing the victimology for 10 yr old Lily:
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According to the cause of death announced by the ME (blunt force trauma, strangulation), I see an impulsive act of aggression, using sticks and stones as fatal weapons.
By the neighbors' accounts, it was only hours earlier that witnesses saw Lily on rollerblades, happily laughing as she was being pulled by a youth known to her (speculating her pilot was the accused),
At this time, I'm still not seeing pent-up hatred and/or aggression for the victim. Instead, I think something following the joyful time as described by witnesses on Sunday afternoon, triggered the youth where he was seething when the pair headed to the trail.
Without additional case facts, I'm still inclined to believe that attacking Lily was more about the accused wanting to deeply injure somebody else (most likely a maternal figure), and where CPB saw this innocent, defenseless, little girl as nothing more than a sacrificial lamb and collateral damage. (His act is evidence he's devoid of caring for anybody but himself).
There's no doubt the accused never doubted he could overpower Lily.
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And I'm not seeing any hint of evidence that the accused was immediately suspected of causing Lily's death-- just the opposite:
I thought it significant when Chippewa Falls Police announced that the community should be on high alert, a killer on the loose, warning parents to take precautions to get their children to school, etc. Police really dislike using warning language when addressing the public.
Lastly, I suspect that about the time a search warrant was being served at the accused's residence, I think he was probably confessing to an adult who immediately contacted authorities and turned him in.
This was definitely not a situation where a lawyer was first contacted and where the accused received any counseling prior to his arrest-- or had an attorney present during questioning.
In fact, it seems to me the family was in such shock and despair that there was little time to react to the youth's arrest, as evidenced by the defense's request for a delay (until May 5) to name and/or appoint defense counsel for the youth.
I'm shattered about this senseless crime.
In fact, two children were lost last Sunday. My condolences to their families and the community.
MOO
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According to the cause of death announced by the ME (blunt force trauma, strangulation), I see an impulsive act of aggression, using sticks and stones as fatal weapons.
By the neighbors' accounts, it was only hours earlier that witnesses saw Lily on rollerblades, happily laughing as she was being pulled by a youth known to her (speculating her pilot was the accused),
At this time, I'm still not seeing pent-up hatred and/or aggression for the victim. Instead, I think something following the joyful time as described by witnesses on Sunday afternoon, triggered the youth where he was seething when the pair headed to the trail.
Without additional case facts, I'm still inclined to believe that attacking Lily was more about the accused wanting to deeply injure somebody else (most likely a maternal figure), and where CPB saw this innocent, defenseless, little girl as nothing more than a sacrificial lamb and collateral damage. (His act is evidence he's devoid of caring for anybody but himself).
There's no doubt the accused never doubted he could overpower Lily.
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And I'm not seeing any hint of evidence that the accused was immediately suspected of causing Lily's death-- just the opposite:
I thought it significant when Chippewa Falls Police announced that the community should be on high alert, a killer on the loose, warning parents to take precautions to get their children to school, etc. Police really dislike using warning language when addressing the public.
Lastly, I suspect that about the time a search warrant was being served at the accused's residence, I think he was probably confessing to an adult who immediately contacted authorities and turned him in.
This was definitely not a situation where a lawyer was first contacted and where the accused received any counseling prior to his arrest-- or had an attorney present during questioning.
In fact, it seems to me the family was in such shock and despair that there was little time to react to the youth's arrest, as evidenced by the defense's request for a delay (until May 5) to name and/or appoint defense counsel for the youth.
I'm shattered about this senseless crime.
In fact, two children were lost last Sunday. My condolences to their families and the community.
MOO
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