Salt Lake Tribune, August 24
SURGERY PLANNED
An 11-year-old girl whose face was severely beaten in an attack Monday morning in the back yard of her Midvale home remained hospitalized in serious condition Friday. Doctors are pleased with the girl's progress, said Primary Children's Medical Center spokeswoman Bonnie Midget, and plan reconstructive surgery for Monday. Most of the bones in the girl's face were smashed by a hammer-wielding abductor who grabbed the girl from her bedroom before assaulting her in the backyard. Javier Sickler, 28, is charged with four first-degree felonies in the case.
my six year old son has been sleeping on the floor of his
9 yr. old sister for the last week, because she
has a 160 lb. rottie who sleeps on the foot of her bed.
i have convinced my son that if he leaves his door open, then the rottie
can protect him too. he's gone back to sleeping in his own room.
i think we underestimate how much kids pick up on nervousness (insecurity?) of parents, or
the community at large...
The story of this little girl and what happened to her keeps playing in my mind, and I'm no less shocked and disgusted with this, since the first time hearing about it. I've heard of terrible things that have been done to children, but possibly not with such details. I just shake my head every time I read or think about it. Even with counseling, I doubt that this little girl will ever forget.