IMO, I think the point that sadnpod is trying to make is that neither of the parents in this case were very good caregivers. The children were left to somewhat fend for themselves. ST gets a bit of a pass considering he was out of the country serving in the military throughout part of the marriage but it is not the publics responsibility to support him financially now while the police are searching for his daughters killer. Why would there be fundraisers in NC? For what?
There seems to be history of failed marriages, infidelity and possible substance abuse on the part of DT. There also appears to be the possibility that CPS has been called in the past regarding the children being left on their own unsupervised and wandering around the neighbourhood. According to sadnpod, one of the children was successfully removed by the situation by their birth father. Now that this has happened to Somer, both parents, more so DT at this point, appear to be using this tragedy for their own personal financial gain. I find this rather distasteful and dont think that DT is a very good spokesperson for the protection of children when the picture that is developing here is that she did a very poor job of protecting her own. I also dont think its necessary for her to live off the support of donations and fundraisers to find Somers killer. I think the full force of the FBI and local LE is sufficient for this. Her focus at this point should be to help her children move on from this tragedy, not live it day in and day out with their mother going on national television to talk about it and making a career out of helping other parents to properly protect their children from predators. The children must also see the irony in this.
While this doesnt mean that I believe that either parent are directly responsible for what happened to Somer, it does make me think that it was more likely to happen to one of these children due to improper supervision and guidance. And I do believe that some tall tales were told about the events of that day, particularly the reason for SPs presence at the house, to try to put DT in a better light with regards to the supervision of the children.
IMO Somer did the same thing that day that she probably did on many other days. She wandered around the neighbourhood after school because she could. And she either met an unknown predator who was in the right place at the right time, or she became the victim of someone who had been grooming her for some time. Either way, her lack of supervision certainly seems to have helped contribute to her tragic and untimely death.
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