FL - Somer Thompson, 7, Orange Park, 19 Oct 2009 #35

[Kimberlyd125]

I hear you, but this isn't standard practice - to have police guard a home when a child disappears/is murdered. At least not at that high of a level. Try explaining it to families in housing projects with a murdered child whose other children are probably even at a higher risk b/c of street violence: there are no cops guarding their homes. This case has received unusual attention from LE from the beginning, for some reason.

Someone mentioned the other day that this case received a lot of attention from LE in the beginning due to political reasons regarding the governor. He was very hands on and was there when the cameras were rolling. I don't follow politics so I have no clue. Just thought I'd mention it.

 

[petra]

I went back to reread the article; this was the explanation given:

He believes it was
a good decision to place an officer in the home
because he was there to answer questions,
explain the reasons for police actions and the
process involved in seeking (then preserving)
evidence, assist with the media, and support
the traumatized mother any way he
could.

I can't imagine the above explanation that a cop was required there day & night for the above. It does not make sense to me, protection perhaps but apparently that was not the reason. I am not sure how to read this quote, "and the process involved in seeking (then preserving) evidence".

link please--tia

 

[petra]

I am just becoming suspicious that it very well could be someone in Somer's house & perhaps the police were a bit suspicious too for some reason due to the fact they were there day & night for 3 whole weeks. That just blows my mind when many are having to work overtime; so staff is limited. I have never heard LE doing this before. Then they leave, within a few days DT & her lawyer are on JVM. Wish we knew when he was hired? Sorry this is astounds me.

Do we know what date the first night of the 3 weeks started?
Isn't the attorney working pro bono and offered his services?

 

[Kimberlyd125]

Yes I did read he is working for free and that the sheriff recomended him to DT.

I think he has helped DT a ton with all the things she has had to face on top of the grief. I saw where she said the attorney is a Godsend.

 

[noZme]

Someone mentioned the other day that this case received a lot of attention from LE in the beginning due to political reasons regarding the governor. He was very hands on and was there when the cameras were rolling. I don't follow politics so I have no clue. Just thought I'd mention it.

Gov Crist was had a scheduled appearance nearby & dropped in for a photo op in Orange Park. It just happened that was the day Somer's body was found & he made a few remarks right after Sheriff Beseler's announcement about a body having been found at the landfill. I don't remember the actual quote & it is not on the video link, but he also made a tactless remark that perhaps showed the real man.... didn't really know much about situation with the missing child, but always ready to step in front of a camera. Does that sound bitter? I have little regard for anyone who would use a tragedy to promote one's own political ambition & Crist is the worst of media -ho---.

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[Dee10]

link please--tia

Sorry It was on this thread, page 3, post #60...I should have carried the link when I copied that.

 

[sadnpod]

I think they were there for protection of the family.

IIRC the kids were at gma's

 

[sadnpod]

I don't think LE knew.this was a murder of little Somer.Maybe a very brutal murder and they were making sure it did not happen to the other children in the family.I respect LE for staying with them.

The children were at grandmas. I think he was investigating family dynamics and preserving evidence.

 

[Dee10]

The children were at grandmas. I think he was investigating family dynamics and preserving evidence.

I think that is a given as they always look at the family lst. I forgot the children weren't there for several days.

 

[Ms Suzanne]

The children were at grandmas. I think he was investigating family dynamics and preserving evidence.

I believe these were the reasons.I wonder if there were victims advocates there also.I respect LE very much being there.any evidence taken was probably of Somers.Book bag ect...


He believes it was
a good decision to place an officer in the home
because he was there to answer questions,
explain the reasons for police actions and the
process involved in seeking (then preserving)
evidence, assist with the media, and support
the traumatized mother any way he
could.

 

[hoppyfrog]

Are we not supposed to talk about the Thompson Family Trust Fund either? I did want to find information on it but other than the bank it's set up at, I was not able to.

If you can tie it to Somer's murder, you may of course discuss it here.

Hoppy
mod

 

[Noway]

If you can tie it to Somer's murder, you may of course discuss it here.

Hoppy
mod

If I do that, I guess I've solved the case. No, I don't think Somer was murdered so that a trust fund could be established and X would benefit.

I'll go back to what I was looking at before. Thanks, Hoppy.

 

[Rhyme & Reason]

I hear you, but this isn't standard practice - to have police guard a home when a child disappears/is murdered. At least not at that high of a level. Try explaining it to families in housing projects with a murdered child whose other children are probably even at a higher risk b/c of street violence: there are no cops guarding their homes. This case has received unusual attention from LE from the beginning, for some reason.

I agree. And what happened after 3 weeks that they no longer needed protection?

 

[Kimberlyd125]

I'm sure they couldn't stay forever.

They gave their reasons to be there.

 

[nursebeeme]

I'm sure they couldn't stay forever.

They gave their reasons to be there.

ITA. LE being there does not raise my hinky meter a bit. I think that LE in this case went above and beyond in many ways including the early search of garbage trucks. If it weren't for their quick actions I do not think Somer's body would have been recovered.

Just my :twocents: but I think a predator is to blame for this crime. Not Somer's mother. Not her father. Not her brothers, etc. JMO.

Is hindsight 20/20? You bet it is. I am sure that DT, upon looking back, wishes she would have put all of her kids in the free afterschool care that was offered.

I truly hope that LE is onto the sicko that did this. I pray every day that, at the least, they have a short list with this guy's name on it and they are waiting for the last link to fit it all together.

 

[mysticrose]

I want to know who this stranger is that the kids were found with:

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The unidentified worker told the Department of Children and Families that Somer Thompson and her three siblings got lost at least once walking from Grove Park Elementary School and were found in the woods with a stranger.

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/01/22/crimesider/entry6128691.shtml

 

[mysticrose]

It would be moo that whoever did this to Sommer had been grooming her for sometime, candy, kittys, books you get my point, and I don't think that DT had any idea about it.
The statement that Sommer sometimes would wander after school makes me want to know who she was visiting.
If she was being groomed I am sure she would be told to keep it a secret... jmo

 

[Kimberlyd125]

I want to know who this stranger is that the kids were found with:

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The unidentified worker told the Department of Children and Families that Somer Thompson and her three siblings got lost at least once walking from Grove Park Elementary School and were found in the woods with a stranger.

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/01/22/crimesider/entry6128691.shtml

IIRC the article stated it was later determined it never happened.

 

[mysticrose]

IIRC the article stated it was later determined it never happened.

I know I read that but please forgive me for not having alot of faith in the Florida Department of Children and Families probe or for that matter about DT having proper arrangements for her children to be taken to and from school, if that was the case why were the children walking and why did Sommer wander instead of coming straight home from school does not make sense.

If IRC police were under the impression at first that this may have been the case and that Sommer may just be hiding or over at a friends house, they would not have that impression unless it was told to them from someone.

Did that make sense ..lol

 

[Kimberlyd125]

I never said she never wandered. I simply pointed out that the article stated the incident in the woods with the stranger never happened.