The scary part is, this sicko lives, no bull, four houses away from mine. I am a trustee for our home owners association and have taken no less than six or so phone calls from TV stations and newspapers wanting a comment.
I know this is getting more common than not, and by no means am I naieve enough to believe that it could "never happen here", but I think it's to the degree that it happened that scares the snot out of me! I mean, when the cops say it's the most graphic example they've ever seen, you have to think it reached new lows! This neighborhood has a lot of kids, most of them younger, but it does have quite a few young girls in the age group this freak was targeting.
I am grateful that they caught this scumbag, and if he is guilty I'd like to see him publicly castrated, but the real tragedy of all this is, you just can't trust anyone anymore. Gone are the days, like when I was a kid, where I'd leave the house in the morning and not be seen again until supper time during the summer and no one, least of all me, would worry. Nowadays, I can't even let my kids play in the yard unless I'm out there, and that just plain SUCKS!