Posted on 02/21/2009 7:23:34 PM PST by kcvl
"What we've been told is that he's a sexual pedophile," said Haleigh's mother Crystal Sheffield. The child's grandmother, Teresa Neves, said Croslin described him as a "jerk" and she was worried.
"I couldn't tell you anything about him," a distraught Neves told reporters Friday, adding that she only knew of the cousin by his first name Joe. "I can't tell you how they could have taken her from a family that absolutely adores her."
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For one thing, could the father be charged with statutory rape for shacking up with that 17 year old?
If that’s the case (I’ve not kept up with this case) and it can be proven that this is the case (not some unverified accusation), then I think the father should first be investigated for involvement in this disappearance and then if possible be punished for giving his daughter a black eye.
The age of consent is 18 in Florida?????
Since the daughter is missing (and possibly dead) I doubt the father will be investigated for the child’s possible black eye.
I don’t know. That’s why I asked.
Well I did see Tanyaiqua walking down the street after
LeeRoytrell had whooped his little girl for smoking
the last of the rock... her eye was black
I just did a quick Google. I think that is the age of consent, but there are some exceptions depending on the age of the partner.
He may be 24 chronologically but he's probably not any "older" than the GF. I doubt they'll charge him but they should. And she isn't old enough or mature enough to care for 2 kids full time.
“Paddle faster, I hear banjo music!” is a popular t-shirt down here.
The age of consent in Florida is 18, but close in age exemptions exist
From what I can see, NOBODY in either extended family has an IQ over 80.
You said — “Then both the father and the cousin must be slaughtered. If I hear of something like this happening where I live, they better hope the cops catch them first.”
That’s why we have a system that people go through, prescribed by our Constitution, in which details are dispassionately examined and the real facts are developed. That’s why we have trials, to protect all parties involved. It would do no good to get the wrong guy and leave the real perpetrator out there, ready to do something like that again.
I remember seeing a tombstone in Tombstone, Arizona, on Boot Hill — which said “Hanged by mistake”... It turned out that a mob chased a guy down and hung him, however, they later found out that they had the wrong guy... ooops...
So, that’s the reason why we have the system that we do...
I think I heard something about the family being investigated by Social Services before. No reason why, though.
You’re quite right but where emotion is involved, common sense is not. And these threads are always emotional.
Well, supposedly the kid did it. It’s not really known for sure. It’s like some defense attorneys say — if you’re sitting in the defense side of the table, you must be guilty or you wouldn’t be there in the first place... LOL...
“Many fathers have hit their girls before. It’s (most of the time) called discipline.”
I’m not digging you on this thread but you have a very good home page and make many, very smart observations on it.
Sometime you should do a vanity post on the general/chat forum and let us discuss your presidential breakdowns, it is darn good, but not perfect. I think that it would be a great thread.
You said — “You’re quite right but where emotion is involved, common sense is not. And these threads are always emotional.”
It’s sort of disturbing to me that FReepers would be so eager and quick to abandon the very system that the Constitution gives us, along with the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law (and in many cases, by a jury of one’s peers).
It’s like many are saying — “I’m 100% for the Constitution and all our founding fathers gave us, until I get mad about something...” LOL...
Then *everything* gets thrown “out the window”...
Did you hear what he said to the shack up girlfriend when she was trying to call 911?
CUMMINGS: How the F*** (DELETED) can you let my daughter get stole B**** (DELETED)!
Of course it’s usually better to let the courts determine guilt or innocence. However, we may soon reach the point where the courts will be too corrupt or inept to do this. Then we will have to do our own detective work...and the rest.
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