Brooke's case is what brought me here to WS. I saw her face on the news and she looked just like my daughter who was the same age. I started Googling and discovered this forum full of amazing people who were just as worried about what had happened to Brooke and just as horrified when the truth started to come out.
The thing that gets me is that, since then, I have followed dozens of cases that had an arrest, trial and even a conviction in a shorter amount of time and with far less evidence. As this case was unfolding we learned the extent that Brooke's "uncle" went to to stage her disappearance, and then abuse and murder her in the absolute worst way possible.
We know about the cameras in the convenience store, the Breckenridge story, witness statements, child
on his computer and in his house and then we learned of receipts for devices and toys and that he ordered for the purpose of destroying this girl.
Yet still he sits, 4 years later, no trial in sight. No accountability and no justice for Brooke.
I have the deepest respect for our criminal justice system but no one will convince me that his attorney's are doing anything but manipulating and abusing that system. My only comfort is knowing that he is rotting away in a cell somewhere experiencing at least a little of what he did to Brooke. I think about her every day and just pray that he gets the maximum sentence he can possibly get and, in my perfect world, he won't be the only one is this case that will see a trial and conviction some day. There are numerous people who are responsible for this.
If my niece or cousin played a part in the brutal murder of my daughter/sister, I don't think I could ever face them again. I just don't understand the family's forgiveness of AR and how she is completely immune from any charges.????!??!?!?
