Blessed2Bme
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@ Britskate
quoted....Jumping off your post, norest...
When I was 16 years old I had a friend who went missing. She was cutting class to come meet me and several friends at another high school (we attended different schools). When she failed to show up none of us assumed the worst. Initially we believed she changed her mind or met up with other friends. When she didn't return home and her mother reported her missing we assumed she'd run away. There was a rational explanation for everything because the irrational never entered the realm of possibility.
My friend was found early the next morning, unconscious, and was rushed to hospital where she passed away a couple of days later. She'd been raped and beaten with a brick by two classmates who'd skipped school and confronted her as she made her way through a shortcut to come meet us. My point though is that most people don't automatically assume the worst even when things don't seem quite right. In hindsight it was very easy to put pieces together but in the midst of it your mind just doesn't move straight to worst case scenarios. (Of course now mine might after following true crime cases for a couple of decades.) FWIW
http://news.google.com/newspapers?ni...g=6801,7671452
ETA: Both men, teenagers at the time of the crime, had their sentences upheld on appeal. They were both sentenced to LWOP in case anyone was wondering.
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@ Britskate
OMG!! I had no idea when i clicked on the link that it would bring me to a crime story from my hometown occurring when i was just 10 years old. My heart goes out to you and her loved ones. I vaguely remember hearing about this from our parents because we as kids would go swimming indoors right there and would walk there too. So you can only imagine how freaked our parents were on not letting us venture on our own anymore. Your friend did not deserve this and i'm glad the 2 evils received LWOP.
quoted....Jumping off your post, norest...
When I was 16 years old I had a friend who went missing. She was cutting class to come meet me and several friends at another high school (we attended different schools). When she failed to show up none of us assumed the worst. Initially we believed she changed her mind or met up with other friends. When she didn't return home and her mother reported her missing we assumed she'd run away. There was a rational explanation for everything because the irrational never entered the realm of possibility.
My friend was found early the next morning, unconscious, and was rushed to hospital where she passed away a couple of days later. She'd been raped and beaten with a brick by two classmates who'd skipped school and confronted her as she made her way through a shortcut to come meet us. My point though is that most people don't automatically assume the worst even when things don't seem quite right. In hindsight it was very easy to put pieces together but in the midst of it your mind just doesn't move straight to worst case scenarios. (Of course now mine might after following true crime cases for a couple of decades.) FWIW
http://news.google.com/newspapers?ni...g=6801,7671452
ETA: Both men, teenagers at the time of the crime, had their sentences upheld on appeal. They were both sentenced to LWOP in case anyone was wondering.
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@ Britskate
OMG!! I had no idea when i clicked on the link that it would bring me to a crime story from my hometown occurring when i was just 10 years old. My heart goes out to you and her loved ones. I vaguely remember hearing about this from our parents because we as kids would go swimming indoors right there and would walk there too. So you can only imagine how freaked our parents were on not letting us venture on our own anymore. Your friend did not deserve this and i'm glad the 2 evils received LWOP.