Posted on 11/04/2002 8:24:15 AM PST by God'sgrrl
If his time of death doesn't coincide with or about the time he disappeared, fine. If atopsy shows the body was moved, fine.. etc etc... but right now there is nothing to suggest anything more than an accident. Which sadly do happen, and always have happened. Not every death of a child is via nepharious means. If any evidence shows up supporting a possibility of foul play, I will glady reconcider. But "why didn't the dogs find or searchers find him" is not evidence, its speculation and conspiracy theory.
I am sorry, but EVERY child wanders, whether out of anger or not, unless someone is watching them every second, every child does wander, exploring the world is part of life, if you think children in rural areas don't roam around their homes particularly at the age of 13, then you are just kidding yourself. I have not decided anything, I have stated that there is no evidence at this point that any foul play was involved. I too never said he "brought this on himself" accidents happen, they happen to all kinds of people, good and bad, and I don't think because a tragedy befalls someone that they "brought it on themselves". That's a bit too "fundamentalist old testament" for my view. Bad things can happen to anyone, no matter how "good" they may be.
I am sorry, my statements are based on the information publicly released, if you are somehow "privy" to some secreted private information, so be it. I can only base my statements on the facts I have been given. I can't base them simply by some anonymous person on the internet who claims x, y or z, and offers no facts to back them and makes outrageous claims that she knows exactly the thoughts of another human being.
I am not denying this child had any of these properties... that does not mean that this same child does not experience anger, or other emotions, upset, confusion etc. Particularly in adolescence. I know several children that are fine upstanding and caring human beings, that 99.999% of the time would never hurt a flea, and seen them do incredibly callous or dumb, particularly under stress, and sometimes even when not, things not because they are evil, but because they are children.
The argument of "they don't fit the profile" is not an argument that can hold much weight in a grand scheme, it may cause suspicion, but in and of itself is not evidence. The sniper didn't fit the profile, yet how many are dead? Westerfield didn't fit the profile, yet a little girl is dead at his hands... Even the best of us are human beings, to suggest anything less is preposterous.
Again, I am not saying that bad things did not befall this child, I am only saying at this point with the information released, there is nothing that suggests it.
Is it possible the police botched the investigation? Sure, its possible.
It is also possible that this was sadly nothing more than a tragic accident, and those close to the child do not want to face that possibility.
How many on this board alone refused to accept the evil of Westerfield when it was staring them baldly and undeniably in the face?
I am not saying that I cannot be swayed to believe otherwise. I am, and always have been saying, that based on the evidence as it now stands, there is nothing to suggest more than accident. The autopsy will show more I am sure, and its results will either crush the theory of accident, or further bolster it.
In the end, this child is never returning home, and that doesn't change regardless of the rest of the story. I do pray for this family, and hope they find peace.
I am glad that you know it all.
I have never claimed once to know it all, but of course, you do I suppose. I know what has been presented publicly, and as of right now, those facts do not inately support foul play. The investigation is still going on, and I am sure more facts will come out.
But police think he was "most possibly" running away from home, partly because a witness saw him running into the woods near his home, Tate said.
"We have no evidence that would point towards an abduction," he said. "We do know there was a minor problem at school the day before (Christopher disappeared), but both his family and school feel like that was not a cause for him to leave."
Witness sees him running into the woods, and he never comes back. Incident at school that day, body found and autopsy shows fall. I am willing to accept other possibilities, but right now, see nothing to suggest it.
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