Somer never ran off before.
Mother has said this, so it must be true.
The neighbor call-down list to find her in case she ever ran off is a fabrication.
It is o-k to let a 10 year old supervise children on a mile-long walk home from school, and possibly for an undetermined amount of time in an empty house after school. Any parent who does this should not be criticized. It's their business, not school, DCFS and certainly not the public - whether not they provide supervision for their children. Lots of parents do it, so it is o-k.
Statistics about the HIGHER INCIDENCE OF and likelihood of child homicide increasing when children are left unsupervised are incorrect. Children can be killed at any time, and there are probably statistics to show that a high amount of them are killed in their beds by people unknown to them.
Somer had no problems at all, so school personnel and social worker had no cause for concern and should not have called DCFS about a fabricated incident in the woods, NOR should have alleged any concern for the safety and well-being of the child(ren). She should have called the police, instead of following the protocol which says to call DCFS and that DCFS will contact the police if warranted. The fact that the incident occurred previously to the date of the call means the police should still come out and backtrack on the whole matter. The police don't have enough to do, they don't need DCFS to investigate child neglect.
A news reporter should never write a story about a DCFS report on a child who was a victim of homicide. Somer's mother never hid the fact that DCFS was called on her, so what business is it of the news to stick their noses in it?
A news reporter who is supportive of the mother and grieves for her should have gone to his editor and refused to do the story. The news reporter in the father's town should have said this story is not significant, it's nobody's business, I won't write it. If the editor forced him to write it, he should have called the police.
The father, when interviewed, should have been incensed that anyone would write such an article because it is a private matter and although he has been baited and encouraged to say bad things about his ex-wife, has said that he is sorry for her and prays for her.
The school system should be blamed for everything and they should make arrangements for children to be accompanied to and from school. If their on-premises day-care is declined, they should follow up and see if the parent doesn't want day care and it should not be DCFS or the school's business why the parent does not obtain day care even if it is free. If the school feels the child should not walk with young siblings, they should keep the child there and drive the child home. It is the school's responsibility to provide funds for extra law enforcement, extra teachers to stay one on one with children who need accompanying home, and gas money to drive them.
Drowning is not the #1 cause of unsupervised child death. Somer never went by the water or in tree houses. That is a lie fabricated by people who wanted attention.
LE does not look at family and friends and acquaintenences first in murder investigations. Someone(s) who posted that as statistic are mistaken. LE does not have to rule out parent(s) as persons of interest. That is their business. Just because they have done it before, does not mean it matters in this case. People who want to know why DT has not been ruled out, has not been allowed autopsy results, are just mean and heartless. There must be statistics about such people.
Any parent whose child is murdered should be exempt from anyone talking about them because their loss and grief supercedes any responsibility for anything.
There must be statistics that show perpetrators who do not know a child, have never seen the child, or watched the child over a period of time - and so are not aware that this child runs off unguarded - routinely wait until the middle of the day when there are plenty of other adults around and just take their chances of grabbing the child, killing her and putting her in the garbage. Because they don't know anything about her running around to these various areas. It's a matter of luck, that's all.
Going back to the beginning, since Somer never ran off before, and adequate supervision was given her before and after school, she could not have been killed. Because the perpetrator had no access to her. So nobody is responsible here. Except the people who keep writing and saying things that have nothing to do with the murder that did not happen.
