GUILTY NY - Eric Goodridge, 55, mutilated & murdered, Queens, 28 July 2007

[Filly]

Her older sister now has spoken of her horrific childhood living with "daddy". At four years old she goes to live with him and that very night is molested. Then it continues for years. What if there was no sister? Even with her testimony will people take that into account? Interesting though when a victim of child sexual abuse finally comes forward or acts in revenge the same questions are asked. "WHY NOW?" "What happened different today than yesterday and the last fifteen years or so?", or one of my favorite sympathetic comments "Well at least you're not dead. I mean he could have killed you". Absolutely, I understand if it has not happened to a person they can't grasp or fathom, but a heads up on a good way to help is to listen. Sorry if that's a trigger for anyone. Sorry. Oh and as well just because that man is dead it still don't take away what he did to any of those kids. Another of my favorites people bring up. "Well at least he's daead now". Yo, these kids die inside every day. Only they still got to walk the earth and grow up and the depraved act of one lousy, freak dictates how they will live that life until they get help.

 

[MissieMt]

I don't care if I sound sick, or twisted, or mentally ill-this story gives me a warm fuzzy. I would love to send a copy to our stepdad, but I know it would do no good.
Filly-I agree with you-these kids do die inside everyday.

 

[BhamMama]

Come on..."ladyvengeance"? Shows premeditation big time!

What is totally surreal about that name is there is a movie with that title about a woman who seeks revenge for what a person has done to her. The only difference, she doesn't partake in the revenge but has family members do it instead. And the man was tortured to death with all manners of objects.

Just a bit weird to have read the name and then read her father was tortured.

I have no opinion one way or the other. I can see wanting revenge, but I can't see coming back so many years later and taking it out myself.

 

[Smurf]

How many of us have said we would do this to a man if we found he had molested our children? Are we just giving lipservice or would we REALLY go to the extreme to cut off someone genitals. I am not a violent person, never been in a catfight with another woman or been hit by a man. But I do have 10 and 12 year old daughters and the thought of a grown man putting his grown penis or fingers or any part of his body that he derives sexual pleasure from on my daughters person, neither my husband or myself would wait around for some judge or jury or law enforcement to take care of it and give them one of those slaps on the wrist and turn them loose again.

I'm afraid that guy would have to endure my wrath and if I saw fit to cut off his penis so be it. I don't know if I would murder him or not; I might rather him walk around on this earth without that important peice of himself that he uses in disgusting ways against defenseless children. If this sicko or that sicko Michael Devlin is allowed to do what they like to do; then we don't really want them to be allowed to walk this earth anymore.

What would we really do? Would you still want to be a law-abiding citizen if your 4, 5, 6....10, 13 etc. year old child was forced or even persuaded to have sex with and sicko adult? What would we really do? It's alot to come to terms with.

 

[MissieMt]

the myspace is one a friend set up-read the blogs

 

[SewingDeb]

I'm afraid that I would act first and worry about legal consequences later, if one of these pervs ever touched one of my children.

There would be two trials.

 

[Filly]

Smurf Mom brings up a good question. In this case the child herself is the person to seek justice. I say child because I belive to a certain degree we get stuck in a sense to the ages that we were abused. As a parent though and finding out that's another story. It's so complex and in my case one of the reason for not telling was in my little heart and head I KNEW my parent would be blowing someone's head off. We also ask "How didn't a parent know?". My own dad was a police officer, and let's just say my mom being a Scorpio thinks she's a better Detective than Columbo. Oddly enough I had been in this guys prescence when I was older and just was blank. Not until I had my little nephew with me and in my arms and we walked in to a house and there he was did I FLIP. Like turned, walked out, vomited, cried. Sorry not to go into it like I did, but put it this way he wouldn't have gotten that chance to hurt my nephew because he'd have more than his bird cut off. So, for myself no. For another child death wouldn't be an option until after I tortured him and yeah it's a plan. A plan ot the T. After 40 some years I'm more angry knowing the person who was entrusted to watch me KNEW! Her my mom took care of. Nice when ya see 60 some year old lady hiyah karate chopping her lifelong supposed dear friend. Made me feel better I'll tell ya. Yes, indeed if I hadn't have been there I'd be visiting my mom on Granny row for certain cause she goes to the range often enough. Sorry, I'll tell ya therapy really helps. You actually talk about it. So, a parent all these years later, yeah capable. I can imagine then God forbid presently without a doubt ya'd just go bizerkker.

 

[sherri79]

i can not say murder is the right answer. i can say i think i am able to do it. from the way i read the update she found out about her sister right before she killed him. many of us that suffered abuse prayed for something bad to happen to the abuser but we felt powerless to act on our own. when you hurt some1 we love in the same way we find strength we did not know we had. this girl was born innocent. her father turned her into a killer. he took the trust and love of a small child and twisted it into anger and hate. sometimes you really do reap what you sew.

 

[MissieMt]

i can not say murder is the right answer. i can say i think i am able to do it. from the way i read the update she found out about her sister right before she killed him. many of us that suffered abuse prayed for something bad to happen to the abuser but we felt powerless to act on our own. when you hurt some1 we love in the same way we find strength we did not know we had. this girl was born innocent. her father turned her into a killer. he took the trust and love of a small child and twisted it into anger and hate. sometimes you really do reap what you sew.

Wow Sherri79-your words there just said it all!!!!

 

[meowy]

I can understand why she did it. She's still not truly free of the pain, but I can fully see how having him dead would help some. I wait for age to take care of those who hurt me so I can go attend their funerals brought on by natural causes.

 

[OkieGranny]

From November 2009:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...ars-penis-severing-death-dad-article-1.415014

Supreme Court Justice Arthur Cooperman sentenced Harris to five to 15 years for the suffocation slaying of Eric Goodridge in her Rockaway apartment on July 28, 2007...

The judge also chided jurors for giving in to sympathies for Harris in reaching a second-degree manslaughter verdict that was inconsistent with the facts.