FL - Sarah Lunde, 13, murdered, Ruskin, 9 April 2005

[concernedperson]

All the life experience in the world doesn't help you when someone like Onstott comes by.

Who knows? She might have fought very valiantly, and tried to escape the moment he came in the trailer.

He looks like a very strong man, and she's a young woman. Regardless of how she reacted, if he was bent on killing her, she pretty much doesn't have a lot of defense.

But it isn't because she's 13, it's because he's bigger and stronger than she is, and he wants to kill her.

Very wise post. And the truth of it rings loud and clear. There may be periferary figures but the person that did this to her is to blame.

 

[Miss Daisey]

Very wise post. And the truth of it rings loud and clear. There may be periferary figures but the person that did this to her is to blame.

I totally agree w/you, CP. The killer is the killer. All I'm saying is she's a child...no matter how much she weighed.

What a sickening circumstance for this poor girl.

 

[mysteriew]

Lunde was wearing a green cast when she disappeared, and Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee told reporters Saturday that "the green cast is apparent" on the body.

He said an arrest is imminent.

A search-and-rescue dog found the body half-submerged in an abandoned fish farm, the sheriff said. It was in an area that had been searched previously.

"It was clear from investigators that whoever put her there went to great effort to conceal her body," Gee said. He asked the public to notify authorities if articles of clothing are found.

He would not say if the body was found with or without clothes.

The sheriff said he told Sarah's mother, Kelly May, this morning about the discovery.

"She has family around her and some friends, and it's a very difficult time," Gee said earlier. "They're obviously very upset. They're very worried at this news."

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/16/florida.girl/

 

[Florida]

Sarah has spent time in the state's foster care system, and, when she was 9, authorities ordered her hospitalized to ensure she did not hurt herself, law enforcement authorities said.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/16/florida.girl/index.html

 

[concernedperson]

I totally agree w/you, CP. The killer is the killer. All I'm saying is she's a child...no matter how much she weighed.

What a sickening circumstance for this poor girl.

I am hating some of the news reports where they state she has been a runaway. It devalues her as a human being. What it looks like to me is she was running away from bad conditions trying to salvage her life and the system wasn't going for it.

She must have been brave for her age and showed a lot of courage. Unfortunately, like so many abducted and killed children, some evil person saw her and used her and felt they could get away with this crime. I hope that these abused children are romping around in a heavenly place where no one touches them with avarice only love. It makes me so sad for what so many have to go through on this earth.

 

[Miss Daisey]

I know it, CP. I've heard/read all the news. Everybody here on WS and EVERYWHERE has a heavy heart tonight hoping we can find a way...a law....a punishment that makes it clear that we just aren't going to put up with these scum bags killing our kids!!!!

 

[concernedperson]

I know it, CP. I've heard/read all the news. Everybody here on WS and EVERYWHERE has a heavy heart tonight hoping we can find a way...a law....a punishment that makes it clear that we just aren't going to put up with these scum bags killing our kids!!!!

I have been doing a lot of searches on ways to punish these people. What I have found for the most part is that the laws are in place but judges and defense attorney's have been able to circumvent the system. Parole boards are of particular interest to me right now....these people, for the most part, are like you and I, have no agendas but keeping bad guys off the street. Not up for the next big case where money is thrown at them etc. This could be our way of circumventing bad decisions and greed. Don't know for sure but it is an avenue to explore.

 

[Miss Daisey]

I have been doing a lot of searches on ways to punish these people. What I have found for the most part is that the laws are in place but judges and defense attorney's have been able to circumvent the system. Parole boards are of particular interest to me right now....these people, for the most part, are like you and I, have no agendas but keeping bad guys off the street. Not up for the next big case where money is thrown at them etc. This could be our way of circumventing bad decisions and greed. Don't know for sure but it is an avenue to explore.

You know what might help get it more national attention??? is if Michael Jackson is convicted and sent to prison. Then maybe more attention will be focused on the problem ...whether it's a rich guy or a street bum....They'll all the same.

 

[Kelly]

A Note to our Readers:

Please be aware of who the sexual offenders are where you live. This is a link to online sexual offenders in each state.

I live in Nebraska. We can look up S.O. by zip code. I looked mine up today, and discovered that there are about 20 in my zip code, and one lives one block away!

Sex Offender State Lookup

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has a number of helpful brochures on this topic that you can download free of charge. Please use the link below, and scroll down to "Featured Publications."

Download Sexual Exploitation Materials

You may also want to read these tips that sexual predators use from the Megan's Law website:

Tricks Used by Sexual Predators

Remember that as parents we must protect our children, but we also must let them be children.

Kelly Jolkowski
President and Founder,
Project Jason
www.projectjason.org

 

[Kelly]

A Note to our Readers:

Please be aware of who the sexual offenders are where you live. This is a link to online sexual offenders in each state.

I live in Nebraska. We can look up S.O. by zip code. I looked mine up today, and discovered that there are about 20 in my zip code, and one lives one block away!

Sex Offender State Lookup

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has a number of helpful brochures on this topic that you can download free of charge. Please use the link below, and scroll down to "Featured Publications."

Download Sexual Exploitation Materials

You may also want to read these tips that sexual predators use from the Megan's Law website:

Tricks Used by Sexual Predators

Remember that as parents we must protect our children, but we also must let them be children.

Kelly Jolkowski
President and Founder,
Project Jason
www.projectjason.org

 

[mysteriew]

Sheriff David Gee believes with a high degree of certainty that the body found is that of Sarah Lunde


http://www.tampabays10.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=13357

 

[Miss Daisey]

Thank you, Kelly. We still need reminding....as often as possible.

 

[CW]

They just reported on Fox Cable News that it was Sara from my understanding.

 

[concernedperson]

Kelly,

I have done these searches. In my zip, there were 2 and not close to me. In my daughter's zip there were 6 and none really close to her. In my grandchildren's zip there were 488!!!!!!!!!

In the neighboring parishes, this is in Louisiana there were 300+. Now, the kicker. The population in this area is around 200,000 people. So, IMO, this is an inordinate amount of sexual offenders.I could hang from the treetops screaming at the top of my lungs and not a whole lot of people would even acknowledge me in that area. This is an area where 60 women were murdered/missing in Louisiana from BatonRouge and across acadiana. Patricia Cornwell (the novelist) has been interested and briefly used this in her book, Blow Fly, but no other serious reporter has looked into this most disconcerting area. Of course, this isn't denigrating any other area of the country and Florida is getting its share right now. But, IMO, we really need to be paying more attention to pattern.

 

[Nore]

A Note to our Readers:

Please be aware of who the sexual offenders are where you live. This is a link to online sexual offenders in each state.

I live in Nebraska. We can look up S.O. by zip code. I looked mine up today, and discovered that there are about 20 in my zip code, and one lives one block away!

Sex Offender State Lookup

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has a number of helpful brochures on this topic that you can download free of charge. Please use the link below, and scroll down to "Featured Publications."

Download Sexual Exploitation Materials

You may also want to read these tips that sexual predators use from the Megan's Law website:

Tricks Used by Sexual Predators

Remember that as parents we must protect our children, but we also must let them be children.

Kelly Jolkowski
President and Founder,
Project Jason
www.projectjason.org

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Hi Kelly and all,we have the list here in Ohio also.We are updated when a new Predator is listed.This has to stop!!! How many children have to die before laws are changed? years ago in Ohio anyone killing a child got an automatic death sentence.Kelly as you said we must let them be children~parents must also begin paying more attention to who they choose as friends.This poor girl had turned to her Church as a "parent"..Yes it is excellent for the child to be close to a Church~but~where the he** was her mother? I am waiting for the day when a parent gets ahold of a Predator and beats the living daylights out of him/her.I think we as a whole have been too lienient with the scum.

 

[Kelly]

488! I looked up other zip codes in the city here, which is made up of more than a dozen. The highest one, in a bad part of town, had 50.

It's better to be in the know about these sorts of things. You just never know.

Kelly

 

[Shadow205]

ANother case where the person of interest and soon to be named suspect should have been in jail. If he had been in jail, then this inocent child would be alive. It is simple, no second chances for sexual offenders. This guy was arrested for failure to register as a sexual offender and allowed to post bond!! $100 and he was back on the street. I could not live with myself if I were the Judge that made that smart move. :banghead:

 

[Florida]

Since I live in Florida, thought you might be interested in my results. In my County, 124, many failed to register, and some deported. In my Zip, 3. In my son's Zip, 15. When I say many failed to registered, too many to make me feel comfortable. Wonder how they follow up on them.

 

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

First I want to say that my heart is broken for Sarah. I wish that she could have had a wonderful life like every child deserves. I believe that she found love and comfort in her church & her pastor's family. I am praying for her and for those that love her.

About the crime, if this was Onstott that did it, it is EXTREMELY concerning. Onstott was registered as a sex offender for raping an adult woman. Does anyone know if he had ever been accused / caught / charged / convicted of any sex crimes against children? If we have rapists on these registries that cross the line from women to children, then our children are in even more danger than we previously imagined, and that is extremely frightening.

Finally, I wanted to ask about Sarah's church outing. I've read different stories ... was she supposed to come home on Saturday or Sunday? The article that I read about her coming home on Saturday made it sound as if it had been a day trip from early on Saturday until Saturday evening, not that they came home early. Does anyone have any solid idea of what the true situation is regarding that outing?

I also wonder how Onstott knew to come for Sarah on that night. How did he know that no one else was home? Did he just happen to stop by at that time coincidentally or was he watching the house ... ? I know we don't know the answers to these questions yet but there are so many questions.

 

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

Free Internet Press - Sheriff: Body Is That Of Sarah Lunde

Her body was found half-submerged at an abandoned fish farm, the sheriff said, adding that forensic tests are still incomplete but there was enough evidence to identify the body as that of Sarah Lunde.



CNN.com - Sheriff: Body of missing Florida teen found - Apr 16, 2005

... searchers found her body partially submerged in a pond near her Florida home.

Hillsborough Sheriff David Gee said the pond at an abandoned fish farm will be drained Sunday and the surrounding area searched for possible evidence...

Area residents were asked to turn over any clothing that might belong to Sarah that they find near where the body was found...

"It was clear from investigators that whoever put her there went to great effort to conceal her body," Gee said.