[maggief]

The tape, a little longer than 30 minutes, clearly shows the adult man performing criminal sexual acts that Boruchowitz said included rape, "everything else, and then some."

"There is nothing in her eyes. It's like her soul has been taken, her spirit has been taken," Sheriff Tony DeMeo said. ...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/27/national/main3303528.shtml

[hoe_cake]

I know I shouldn’t feel this way, but it’s learning of horrors like this when my faith in God falters.

[ruthles]

Was the man her father? Or do they know?

[usurper]

I can not express the depths of rage I feel in my heart for this scum. There is a word for people like him and it is REPROBATE.

rep•ro•bate[rep-ruh-beyt] –noun

1. a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person: a drunken reprobate.

2. a person rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation.

–adjective

3. morally depraved; unprincipled; bad.

4. rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation.

–verb (used with object)

5. to disapprove, condemn, or censure.

6. (of God) to reject (a person), as for sin; exclude from the number of the elect or from salvation.

[najida]

"There is nothing in her eyes. It's like her soul has been taken, her spirit has been taken," Sheriff Tony DeMeo said. ...

Of course it's been taken....she's never known trust or safety, there's no one to go to for comfort or protection. This man hasn't just stolen her physical innocence, but the part of her that makes her most human. Her world will forever be twisted and dark.

[Calpernia]

I was just going to add that.

Bump

[fortunecookie]

I hope they catch the animal and spare no punishment. I'm nauseated just reading the depiction here.

"There is nothing in her eyes. It's like her soul has been taken, her spirit has been taken," Sheriff Tony DeMeo said. ...

My heart and prayers go out for both girls. This kind of damage, that 'vacant' eye look, psychologically speaking, is difficult to recover from, and I pray that caring people can help.