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Sheriff: Sex offender confesses to killing Homosassa girl (Jessica Lunsford)
AP ^ | March 18 2005 | staff

Posted on 03/18/2005 3:44:38 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182

Edited on 03/18/2005 3:47:22 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

HOMOSASSA -- A registered sex offender with an extensive criminal history confessed Friday to killing 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, who went missing from her Florida home more than three weeks ago, officials said.

John Evander Couey admitted abducting and killing Jessica, who had disappeared from her home on Feb. 23, Citrus County Sheriff Jeff Dawsy said.

Deputies Friday blocked off an area near the home of Couey's half-sister, about 150 yards from where Jessica lived with her father and grandparents.

Couey, 46, was arrested Thursday in Augusta, Ga., on a probation violation for failing to notify officials that he was leaving Florida, a requirement for sex offenders.

He had been named as a ``person of interest'' in the case but not initially charged in Jessica's disappearance. He waived extradition Friday to clear the way for him to be moved to Florida before he confessed to the crimes after a polygraph test in Augusta, Dawsy said....."

Live Thread - John Couey Confesses to Abducting and Killing Jessica Lunsford


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: couey; jessicalunsford; johncouey; littlejessica; lunsford; sexoffenders
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1 posted on 03/18/2005 3:44:38 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Anti-Bubba182

This is tragic news. That poor little child.


2 posted on 03/18/2005 3:46:31 PM PST by secret garden (Go Spurs Go!)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Damn.
Just damn.


3 posted on 03/18/2005 3:46:57 PM PST by Vn_survivor_67-68
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To: Anti-Bubba182

A sane society would string him up today.


4 posted on 03/18/2005 3:46:57 PM PST by freebilly (Go SC Basketball!)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

It says this man is 46, he looks like he is about 66.

Here is the link to MSNBC.com to see the picture of this slime.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7190457/

Can he get the DP in FLA? That is my only question.

I feel so bad for this little girl's father. He was so heartbroken. Now his heart will always be broken. I am crying, I just don't know what to even think.


5 posted on 03/18/2005 3:47:21 PM PST by jocon307
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Whack him.


6 posted on 03/18/2005 3:47:21 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat (I'm so glad to no longer be associated with the Party of Dependence on Government!)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

How sad... Why can't our judicial system be tougher on sex offenders, especially those who target children? This catch and release system is not working.


7 posted on 03/18/2005 3:47:35 PM PST by kiki04 ("If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is a man who has so much as to be out of danger?" - THH)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Rest her soul.


8 posted on 03/18/2005 3:47:44 PM PST by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

The ACLU will run to defend this child murderer. The ACLU will run to defend Michael Schiavo, a spouse murderer.


9 posted on 03/18/2005 3:48:07 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat (I'm so glad to no longer be associated with the Party of Dependence on Government!)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Why are child predators not given life in prison or death on the first offense? They cannot be rehabilitated, and their future behavior cannot be predicted.


10 posted on 03/18/2005 3:49:54 PM PST by KingKenrod
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To: kiki04

Do you think our society really cares about children? I don't. There is a lot of posturing but very little real thought for them.

Rome was right about birth control paving the way for abortion and abortion leading to all kinds of killing, old and young alike.


11 posted on 03/18/2005 3:49:58 PM PST by sine_nomine (Protect the weakest of the weak - the unborn babies.)
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To: freebilly

A sane society would never have let this cretin out in the first place. What is it about Florida, btw? Horrible news about death and the march of evil coming out of Florida today?


12 posted on 03/18/2005 3:51:01 PM PST by My2Cents (America is divided along issues of morality, between the haves and the have-nots.)
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To: freebilly

A sane society would string him up today.
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We are seen JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF LIBERALISM that has taken over our judicial system. IMHO, they should either be put away for good, or executed. Period. There is NO CONTEST when it comes to what happens, many times, when these psychopathic deviates are turned loose -- our liberalized system FORGETS THEY ARE STILL THE SAME SICK DEVIATES THEY WERE BEFORE THEY WERE PUT AWAY!!!




13 posted on 03/18/2005 3:52:03 PM PST by EagleUSA
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To: Anti-Bubba182

$hit.


14 posted on 03/18/2005 3:52:51 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Deadcheck the embeds first.)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Execute him.


15 posted on 03/18/2005 3:53:02 PM PST by Clara Lou (Hillary Clinton: "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.")
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To: My2Cents

Don't blame Florida, please.


16 posted on 03/18/2005 3:53:13 PM PST by EllaMinnow
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To: Anti-Bubba182

May he burn in eternal hell.


17 posted on 03/18/2005 3:54:02 PM PST by tippytoes
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Pull his feeding tube. Hey.....it's all the rage now.


18 posted on 03/18/2005 3:56:20 PM PST by Normal4me
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"The ACLU will run to defend Michael Schiavo, a spouse murderer."

This is terrible news that the little girl in FL is dead. On Terri Schiavo, I just don't understand why the ACLU and the liberals aren't coming out of the woodwork to ensure her rights are protected. Un-freaking believable.

19 posted on 03/18/2005 3:56:30 PM PST by libs_kma (USA: The land of the Free....Because of the Brave!)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

I met a psychiatrist earlier this year (as a real estate client).

This is very much a "helping" profession, which one might expect to be "touchy feely" and so forth.

She surprised me when she flatly stated that sex criminals essentially cannot be rehabilitated. She felt the legal system does citizens a disservice by letting them out, to offend again.


20 posted on 03/18/2005 3:58:47 PM PST by truth_seeker
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