[GovernmentShrinker]

And how many 11 year olds need help undressing to take a shower? I haven't read anything that suggests that this girl was handicapped or retarded.

[najida]

And how many 11 year olds need help undressing to take a shower? I haven't read anything that suggests that this girl was handicapped or retarded.

That struck me as creepy.

[monday]

"And how many 11 year olds need help undressing to take a shower? I haven't read anything that suggests that this girl was handicapped or retarded."

I haven't said that he didn't do it...he could be guilty, but I wouldn't rely on a confession made after six hours of questioning, to convict him. People will often make up stories to please their interrogators just to stop the unpleasantness of the interrogation. People who have recently lost a loved one are especially vulnerable to intimidation and coercion.

Imagine your dismay if your child had just died and instead of being able to grieve you were interrogated for six hours all the while being accused of raping her?

I find it troubling also that members of his family apparently all believe he is innocent. Shouldn't they know the suspect best? It also seems strange that the girl had a habit of hanging her stuffed animals with shoestrings from her bedpost, just as she was found?

I don't know. He is a monster if guilty, but I question the confession. See my post #116.

[F.J. Mitchell]

No eleven year old girl, in my opinion, either needs nor wants help in undressing for the shower. His involvement in her undressing, indicated to me that he somehow cornered her in the bathroom and was undressing her against her will.