In his testimony yesterday, the self-identified murderer admitted that he made a false protective services claim in hopes that the child would disclose her abuse. The claim was unsubstantiated because it was false. This murderer helped to create an atmosphere where abuse, if it was occurring, might not be discovered. Lying to create a case is fraught with all kinds of issues while it puts a child who might be abused in a situation that is more dangerous if an abuser wishes to not be caught.
There seems to be credible information that the victim in this case was doing some horrible things to this child and others. That said, false complaints AND murder are not the way to go about getting this child out of harms way. The admitted murderer is just that an admitted murderer, not a hero. We can't live in a vigilante justice society. JMHO.
I don't know what we can believe.
Firstly, Hughes has been sitting in jail for years, preparing for this, rehearsing what he will say. It is, of course, the most important performance of his life.
I don't believe that a concert pianist gets on stage and just spontaneously, genuinely, expresses the music, that he just that moment remembers the tune and taps it out on the keys. Every detail of the performance has been practiced and polished (usually with a coach) and rehearsed hundreds of times.
The other problem is, he and the defense know perfectly well that authorities are not going to challenge his claims about CP.
They are not going to submit evidence to prove he is lying.
Firstly, because it has nothing to do with the case. Motive doesn't matter to whether he is guilty or not.
Secondly, because it is highly illegal for authorities to discuss in public the names of anyone - but especially minors - who are or aren't victims of any sort of abuse.
Hughes' defense lawyers know this. So they have instructed him to lay it on with a trowel.
We know that Hughes and Mello were, in the months before the murder, widely distributing pornographic photos of Christine to allege she was a prostitute. That was their obsession. (IMO the photos were ones Mello himself had taken).
They even sent those photos to Bradley Post! If they believe Post and Christine were making CP, why would they send nude photos of Christine to him, alleging she was an escort? Is that the behaviour of people who believe Post was making
himself?
I think Mello has successfully waged a campaign of disinformation based on what he heard in the media after the murder.
And what Hughes really wants, IMO, is that his family and the public not see that he did it for money, probably while he was seriously addicted to drugs.
JMO
