[epow]

The chaperon received a call from Crossan at about 1:30 a.m. Monday saying she was OK and would be returning to her room in the hotel, Faaumu said

Chaperone?? What kind of chaperone allows a high school girl in her (or his) charge to stay out until 1:30 AM in a resort city on a sports holiday weekend? I admit I'm an ancient fuddy-duddy who has been "out of it" since the 1950s, but still, even in this day and age the chaperone had a responsibility to the girl's parents to see that she didn't come to harm.

At least the girl will get a decent burial under her own name. Each year 5000 teens and pre-teens in the U.S. are buried in unmarked graves because no one knows who they are or where they came from.

[Dancing Jane]

All of this blaming the chaperone seems a bit much. The girl was 18, legally an adult. Many 18 year-olds live on their own and even have families of their own. I left the country unchaperoned at 17 with a bunch of other 17 year-old girls with the full consent of our parents. We took care of ourselves and stayed out of strange men's hotel rooms.

Where is the anger at the person/people who killed this girl?

[Prodigal Son]

Chaperone?? What kind of chaperone allows a high school girl in her

You know, think about it like this:

If that girl- who was 18- decided, under this chaperone's care to go and join the Army and be sent to Iraq, there would be nothing the chaperone could have done about it. There would be nothing the young lady's parents could do about it.

18 is the age of majority for just about everything besides drinking. She was an adult.

[Stingray51]

Each year 5000 teens and pre-teens in the U.S. are buried in unmarked graves because no one knows who they are or where they came from.

No offense, but can you provide a reference for this statistic? thanks