[xzins]

Here’s a link to Salamander’s screen capture of the Mountie web page:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3051431/posts?page=117#117

It says “female victim”, but it doesn’t give age. That doesn’t mean there can’t be a variety of tastes in one criminal.

[RedMonqey]

I agree just because the victim was a different sex I wouldn’t rule him out.

Little boys and girls at that age are very similiar built...

[hoosierham]

I find all people who keep snakes as “pets” have psychological issues ,often dominance or sexual in nature.Someone who gets a kick out of feeding one animal to another ranks right there with cockfighters and pitbull fighters.The snake owners I have met are slightly “creepy” and a high proportion have violent personal histories or tendencies.Not a few have criminal records.

Just for fairness, I'll include keepers of larger or known dangerous mammals and birds so they can be offended too.

Unlike an innocent gun,a dangerous animal can do great harm on its own initiative. In the case of this Canadian tragedy,I hold the adults fully responsible for the deaths of these two children.The mother is culpable for voluntarily keeping her children in a place of known danger. The snake owner is guilty of harboring a very dangerous animal with inadequate safeguards.And that is if the snake isn't being "framed" for a murder committed by their owner.

[RedMonqey]

One possible “glitch” on “our Jean Claude.”

The criminal Jean Claude is from “Shippagan” New Brunswick and I see no direct connection with the pet shop owner in Campbellton.

I don’t know what Canadian demographics are so I don’t know if this is a big differnce or not....