Like everyone here, this case has disturbed me greatly. A couple of random thoughts:
1. One minor thing that sucks is that she'll be housed with females and, unfortunately, I don't think any of them will be bigger or stronger than she is so she won't suffer the jailhouse retribution she deserves. Wish they'd put her with men.
2. I am the mother to small children. We tell our kids that they are to be wary of "strangers" but typically women are safer than men if you *have* to put some trust in a stranger. And to find a mommy with children (or a nametag to show an employee if in a store, etc.) if they ever do find themselves lost. MN is a mother. How on earth can someone who does such cruel and unspeakable things, to an innocent child no less, ever love someone else?
Hi momoeb and welcome to WS{sorry that what brings us all together here are such tragic circumstances,many being children}..
I, too have been living in "these times" while raising a child{who now is 13} and I'll be honest with u that the reason I have been so extremely hesitant about having another is because of the evil that walks among our innocent children..it is terrifyingly real.. the "boogey man" that we teach our children not to be afraid of because it doesn't exist is no longer the case..{as I went on a rant earlier about the boogey man and that they are you and I's neighbor, the one we wave to as we pass by everyday..the boogey man hides in plain sight and alot of them look just as you or I..and just as you mentioned are female, are mothers, and even grandmothers}..
But you ask how could someone do such unspeakable things{and to a child no less}..how could they ever be capable of loving someone else{i.e. her twins and her 5 grandchildren in this case}..
and my answer to you is that this monster is not capable of love, not capable of genuine concern, care, or well being of ANYONE{not even her own flesh and blood kids&grandkids}..anyone other than herself..
Of course the reasons of why this "human being" is capable of such unspeakable actions and behaviors is debated by many..but my own personal belief for the how, the why, and the who is a combination..its a combination of many different aspects, abuses, circumstances, genetic make up, etc, etc...many people having one or maybe even a couple of those SPECIFIC circumstances..and yet not the "monster" that we are speaking of... IMO it is when there are multiple/many of these SPECIFIC abuses, circumstances, genes, choices, etc that when that CERTAIN SPECIFIC COMBINATION OF THOSE CREATES WHAT I WOULD CALL "THE PERFECT STORM".. The Perfect Storm of which the outcome is of monsterous proportions... creating someone that has no sympathy, no empathy, no remorse, nothing! Once they have come to a certain point in their lives I believe they are 100% incapable of ANY OF THESE FEELINGS!
Don't get me wrong tho they are 100% CAPABALE OF BY ALL OUTWARD APPEARANCES TO BE "FEELING" THESE EMOTIONS..but the reality is they only are capable of "going thru the motions", so to speak.. they can act as if they are sad, or sorry, genuinely caring, or "showing" remorse..but it IS NOTHING MORE THAN JUST THAT, "SHOWING", PERFORMING, ACTING, OR MIMICKING WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN ANOTHER HUMAN BEING DO WHEN DISPLAYING THESE TYPE EMOTIONS..Inside there is ZERO FEELING, EMOTION, OR REMORSE that these certain "human" beings feel..
as I said, the how, the why, and the who is debatable by many but IMO in a nutshell I feel that it is because of that "perfect storm" that unfortunately these terrifyingly real beings are very well some of our very own neighbors...
