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

[kk's mom]

Interesting article on abcnews.com. I mean, we've read it elsewhere but at least it's being looked at nationally......

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=680670&page=1

 

[richandfamous]

Interesting article on abcnews.com. I mean, we've read it elsewhere but at least it's being looked at nationally......

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=680670&page=1

I see in that article that Sheriff Gee is comfirming Kelly May Lunde's knowledge of Onstott's past.

"So she knew he had a criminal history, she knew it was involving what he had described to her as date rape, and beyond that, I don't think she had a lot of information," Sheriff David Gee said, referring to Lunde."

 

[Miss Daisey]

I see in that article that Sheriff Gee is comfirming Kelly May Lunde's knowledge of Onstott's past.

"So she knew he had a criminal history, she knew it was involving what he had described to her as date rape, and beyond that, I don't think she had a lot of information," Sheriff David Gee said, referring to Lunde."

Well, how much more information did she need?:doh:

 

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

There shouldn't even be a category of "low risk to reoffend".

I take "low risk to reoffend" to mean the statuatory rapists, those that commit crimes against adults, etc. If we lump them all into the same category, the price tag might be so high that nothing will be done.

If we decide to put a GPS device on a 19 year-old for having sex with his 16 year-old girlfriend, and he lives to the average age of 70-ish, then we've spent money to monitor this guy, (who's probably harmless), for over 50 years. I don't know what that 50 years would cost but I definitely think it would be better spent on a child molester.

I might be reading it wrong but I don't think that they're referring to different categories of child molesters.

 

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

Are other states different? In Washington, they are considered a "low" risk to reoffend as long as they only ruined their own child's life. IMO, that is the WORST imaginable thing that could happen.

I agree. These people are probably the lowest of the low to betray the trust of the very child(ren) that needed to depend on them. But at the same time, many studies seem to indicate that these perps are not dangerous to society at large. That doesn't make their crimes any less horrible ... they should also be locked up for life. But that is why the distinction exists.

 

[Sheromom]

In my town, nine of these "low risk" men live in the same small trailer park. Unfortunately, it is a very run down area and where most of the people in it are on welfare. It is also filled with children. Makes me sick every time I drive by it.

 

[Nchadwickaz]

I suppose ashley poston thinks Sarah brought it on herself!

I also suppose the next thing we hear from her is..."But I love him!"
omg if I hear that one more time, I will scream!

I am way behind -- but I totally agree w/ your statement. This "denial" ridden excuse is so pathetic. She should feel LUCKY that nothing happen to her own child, THAT SHE LEFT with a sex offender. AGAIN, what kind of mother does this!!!!!

 

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

I am way behind -- but I totally agree w/ your statement. This "denial" ridden excuse is so pathetic. She should feel LUCKY that nothing happen to her own child, THAT SHE LEFT with a sex offender. AGAIN, what kind of mother does this!!!!!

And apparently it's not that uncommon:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=680670&page=1

And Onley said he gets a surprising amount of questions from women who know that their boyfriend is a sex offender, and are looking for information about how to make life easier for him and even let him spend time with their children.

"Some things don't make sense," he said. "Just because someone knows, doesn't mean they would take appropriate action."

 

[Nchadwickaz]

Yahoo! News - Parental supervision key to safety

Parents are more important than the registries, says Nancy McBride, national safety director of the non-profit National Center for Missing & Exploited Children...


McBride and other experts on crimes against children say attackers are far more likely to be known by their victims than they are to be strangers.

"That's why, for instance, when I talk to single mothers I say, 'You've got to check out that boyfriend,' " McBride said. "You need to make sure you know his motivation..."


And some offenders, McBride says, will choose victims from families where they know the parents aren't paying attention to their children's whereabouts and aren't likely to have checked the registries.

"They'll go for the opportunities that allow them to do what they want to do," she said, "and they're going to stay away from situations where they're probably going to get caught."

I am a single-mother of 4 girls -- ages 13, 5, twins 4. I would not think twice about making sure someone that I allowed in my girls life without checking not only legal avenues but also word of mouth. I would not hesitate to cease contact with ANY person that even may have a questionable past (especially w/ the way plea bargains are these days). I know that the piece of crap that actually did this to this poor child is to blame but the mother is also to blame -- she allowed this person near her daughter and when her main responsibility was to protect her, she was no where to be seen.

All I can say is that if any person takes my any of my daughters innocents/life/hurts in this way, they better hope that the law (that they have NO regard for) finds them before I do.....

 

[Nchadwickaz]

And apparently it's not that uncommon:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=680670&page=1

And Onley said he gets a surprising amount of questions from women who know that their boyfriend is a sex offender, and are looking for information about how to make life easier for him and even let him spend time with their children.

"Some things don't make sense," he said. "Just because someone knows, doesn't mean they would take appropriate action."

Unfortunaltly, I know that this kind filth flows from the mouths of some... it is the same sick minds that say "I know he hits me, but it is because he loves me" or "it was consensual" when referring to a 14 year old having sex with a 24 year old.

I seriously, can't believe that the human mind is able to jusify this kind of crap.

Sorry, had to vent..... it just gets to me, the stupidity of some (especially some of thoses who are supposed to be protecting others -- like their children).

 

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

I seriously, can't believe that the human mind is able to jusify this kind of crap.

We've all known desperate women ... the kind that feel worthless without a man. I don't know what makes people so needy that they would put their children at risk to cling to men like these offenders. But you are absolutely right ... the human mind is capable of justifying just about anything.

 

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

Deputies Pay Visits To Sex Offenders - from TBO.com

Pressed into action by the rape-homicide of a Citrus County girl nearly two months ago and amid the frenzied search for a missing 13- year-old in Ruskin, Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies mounted a door-to-door check of registered sex offenders in the northwestern part of the county last week...

 

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

Tiny Church Opened Doors To All - from TBO.com


... Aaron Cook was one of the last people to see Sarah alive. He drove the church bus to Apopka for a youth conference, and when it was over, he dropped Sarah off at her home Saturday night. She asked him to pick her up for church the next morning.

When he got to her home Sunday, she wasn't there.

``That was when we first became worried,'' Aaron Cook said. ``It wasn't like Sarah to ask someone to pick her up and then not be there.''

He was one of three members of his search team who found Sarah's body. And he was there when searchers pulled her from the pond. ``I was glad I was there when they found her,'' he said. ``I was glad someone who knew her and loved her was there...''

 

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

WESH.com - News - Funeral Planned Saturday For Slain Ruskin Girl

A funeral is set Saturday, (April 23, 2005), for a 13-year-old Ruskin girl allegedly killed by a sex offender.

The service is scheduled at the First Apostolic Church. It is a place Sarah Lunde considered a safe haven from a troubled life. Burial will follow at Ruskin Memorial Park...

 

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

Former victim of David Onstott: "He's completely sick"

David Onstott ... remains behind bars -- which is of great comfort to a woman he attacked 10 years ago...

"He's sick. He's completely sick," she stated. "I knew he did it. The minute I heard about it and knew that he was part of it, I knew he did it. My gut told me he did it. I mean, I know him. He was my brother's best friend."

"Through it all, when he was done, he wrapped his arm around my head and was choking me, brought me into his side, wrapped his arm around me like this, and was proceeding to choke me," she explained.

He reportedly admitted the same move to using on 13-year-old Sarah Lunde, whose body was found in Ruskin over the weekend after a week-long search...

 

[Sheromom]

I wonder if the family will attend the funeral?

 

[peggy]

We've all known desperate women ... the kind that feel worthless without a man. I don't know what makes people so needy that they would put their children at risk to cling to men like these offenders. But you are absolutely right ... the human mind is capable of justifying just about anything.

Yes, I've also wondered that also, needy women who put their lives at risk as well as their children. Don't have a solution to that problem, but suppose it comes from making women developing self esteem and confidence in their value and worth. What kind of program is required to make that happen, don't know.

 

[Nchadwickaz]

Here is a link to find out case information - pretty interesting -- they seem to list everything domestic(family), civil, criminal. I searched both onstott and Lunde, mom, etc... pretty interesting....
http://publicrecord.hillsclerk.com/

 

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

Tampabay: Grief unites two halves of Sarah's short life

... The funeral offers a second chance for Sarah's family and church to come together.

Her family went to the church last Sunday for a memorial service. They didn't go into the sanctuary for the regular morning service, but waited in a nearby room for someone to call them in for a memorial, scheduled at the close. No one ever did.

The pastor said he didn't know they were waiting, and ended the memorial without the family's participation...


Lewers Funeral Home in Ruskin has donated their services, including the casket. The Ruskin cemetery, Ruskin Memorial Park, donated the burial plot...


Aaron Cook ... said. "I know a lot of people are trying to spin her mom as being a different kind of person. Her mom loved her..."

 

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

Hernando Today - Online Edition

The names of 11 absconders from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's list of sexual offenders were placed on the local sheriff's Web site Thursday in an effort to alert the public and find the felons...

Just hours after the names were posted locally, two of the 11 had been arrested, authorities said...

The two arrested Thursday were nabbed in New York and Massachusetts...