Alas, THIS will not help a bit:
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20031015_1232.html SYRACUSE, N.Y. Oct. 15 — An 11-year-old girl apparently hanged herself in her bedroom after being raped by her father earlier in the day, police said.
Valerie Charlene Lucie was found dead on Sept. 30. Timothy Lucie, 46, was arraigned Tuesday on charges of rape and sodomy.
Lucie told police he raped the girl in the shower after threatening to cut her hair unless she did what she was told, authorities said.
"It's a case that leaves you numb," Sgt. Tom Connellan said.
Lucie recanted after meeting with his lawyer, Raymond Dague, who said Lucie gave the statement only after police told him he failed a lie detector test and threatened to take away his four other children.
The defense attorney said Lucie is wrongly accused.
The girl left no note, and her death has not officially been ruled a suicide. Medical examiners found no evidence of chronic sexual abuse, said District Attorney William Fitzpatrick.
"Our evidence indicates this was just one incident, that there was an assault and then for whatever reason in this poor little girl's head, she felt it appropriate to end her life," Fitzpatrick told WTVH-TV.
Valerie and her four brothers were home-schooled by their parents.
If convicted, Lucie faces up to 25 years to life on each charge. He was jailed on $20,000 bail.
This is not meant to flame. I have honest misgivings about home schooling and would like someone to give me some facts that might make me see the light.
I teach a Sunday School class of 5th & 6th graders, and I haven't had good experiences with home schooled children. One child is several years behind compared to the others in the class. Her mother seems almost illiterate, but the state (or something) allows her to continue homeschooling her child. Several other home schooled children I have encountered over the years had difficulty interacting with the other students in their Sunday School class. I have never encountered a home schooled child that seem didn't seem to isolate themselves from other children. I admit they were very intelligent but were also very arrogant about their intelligence. Are these home schooled children be able to cope when they enter the real world?