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'A REAL MONSTER': Florida man charged with kidnapping, raping two girls
Sarasota Herald-Tribune ^ | May 21, 2005 | Mike Saewitz

Posted on 05/21/2005 10:30:22 PM PDT by JellyJam

CHARLOTTE COUNTY (Florida) - A Port Charlotte man was arrested Friday and charged with kidnapping two young girls from their homes as their parents slept, then raping the girls before letting them go.

Erick Thomas Knapp, 31, is accused of entering the home Wednesday night of a 13-year-old girl who lived near him. Knapp threatened to cut the girl's throat, led her to a nearby home under construction and sexually assaulted her, her father said.

Knapp, a felon, is also accused of using similar methods to abduct and attack a 7-year-old girl only a few nights before.

(Excerpt) Read more at heraldtribune.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: capitaloffense; cpswatch; deathcultivation; fireupoldsparky; floriduh; pedophile
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To: justche

"I think the death penalty should apply to sex crimes against children under 18."

So do I, because these crimes kill something vital in little souls..No one knows the depth of trauma a little child feels while being raped or molested. Some are never able to go on to develop normally..


21 posted on 05/22/2005 3:23:06 AM PDT by jazzlite (esat)
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To: onyx

"IMO, there has to be some mercy shown to the monsters who do not murder."

Why? When left alive our system will release them so they can hurt again. Monsters are monsters and eventually many will murder. I read recently that most sexual molesters of children have molested an average of 80 times before being caught. That is a lot of damage to leave behind in children. FOX NEWS reported this week that a national registry of sex offenders is being put together so that we can go to one site on the internet to get that information. This is a great thing..However, many offenders are not on that list and it is very frightening to think that someone can break into a home and take children while parents are sleeping.


22 posted on 05/22/2005 3:30:03 AM PDT by jazzlite (esat)
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To: BBell
At least he didn't kill them!

Yeah, he's a real prince for that.

Has he been killed in the joint(prison)yet? What are they waiting for, a conviction?

23 posted on 05/22/2005 3:32:36 AM PDT by snodog
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To: JellyJam

24 posted on 05/22/2005 3:43:50 AM PDT by Pharmboy ("Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God")
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To: onyx

Death, and quickly.


25 posted on 05/22/2005 3:49:37 AM PDT by NYpeanut (gulping for air, I started crying and yelling at him, "Why did you lie to me?")
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To: onyx
IMO, there has to be some mercy shown to the monsters who do not murder. Call it an incentive to other monsters and a half-assed reward for not murdering.

Yeah! lets call it keep'em a live spare your life! Sort of like use a gun go to jail.

I have a better idea, it's called "harm a child, meet your maker!"

If we as a paople are going to get serious about crimes against children, lets bump up the penalty for the crimes. Rape of a child(or an adult)should have nothing less than death as the penalty.

26 posted on 05/22/2005 3:52:33 AM PDT by snodog
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To: onyx

I haven't heard the story, but I'll bet everything i own
that this guy has been arrested and released numerous times. Our judicial system stinks!


27 posted on 05/22/2005 4:02:45 AM PDT by SonnyBubba
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To: TheWriterTX
That's letting him off too easily, IMO.

Carolyn

28 posted on 05/22/2005 4:10:04 AM PDT by CDHart (The world has become a lunatic asylum and the lunatics are in charge.)
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To: JellyJam
At least he didn't kill them!

Thank God!

Very thoughtful of God to only permit the beast to rape but not murder.

29 posted on 05/22/2005 4:11:47 AM PDT by Misterioso
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To: JellyJam
A Port Charlotte man was arrested Friday and charged with kidnapping two young girls from their homes as their parents slept,...

Is there no place where our children are safe?

30 posted on 05/22/2005 4:21:21 AM PDT by Right_in_Virginia
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To: jazzlite

Why? When left alive our system will release them so they can hurt again.




They won't receive the death penalty unless they murder.
Like I said before, LOCK them up for life WITHOUT parole on their first conviction. Pedophlia cannot be cured, which mean the penalty needs to be ONE conviction and LWOP.

Side bar: I hope the news show you watched also mentioned the ratio of offenses committed by male relatives and male friends of the family. Never think, that you must only protect little ones from strangers.


31 posted on 05/22/2005 4:51:08 AM PDT by onyx (Pope John Paul II - May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005 = SANTO SUBITO!)
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To: snodog


I say lock 'em up for life without parole on their first conviction, because pedophilia cannot be cured, so the pedophiles must be confined to prison for life.

19 posted on 05/22/2005 1:19:30 AM PDT by onyx (Pope John Paul II - May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005 = SANTO SUBITO!)


32 posted on 05/22/2005 4:53:21 AM PDT by onyx (Pope John Paul II - May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005 = SANTO SUBITO!)
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To: darkangel82
*sigh* not Florida again...

I don't know why but it seems the scum is settling to the bottom.

33 posted on 05/22/2005 4:57:55 AM PDT by Rightly Biased (<>< Salvation is more than an experience and a Prayer it is a life changing event.)
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To: JellyJam

Therapy to this guy is simple. A pair of pliars, a propoane torch and 4ft of piano wire. I will need about 8 hours. Maybe 16 if he pisses me off even more.


34 posted on 05/22/2005 5:25:36 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopeckne is walking around free)
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To: JellyJam

A convicted felon and was out on probation, then out on bond for a violation of probation. What the heck are the judges smoking down there?!


35 posted on 05/22/2005 5:29:33 AM PDT by mewzilla
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To: jazzlite

All the more reason to have a dog.....one who barks when strangers approach. Dog food is pretty cheap when you consider the benefits!


36 posted on 05/22/2005 6:12:10 AM PDT by jch10
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To: JellyJam
What is in the water in Florida?? It seems as though FL has an unusually high number of brazen sexual predators.
37 posted on 05/22/2005 6:54:05 AM PDT by Conservative Infidel (Only thing harder to find in US Senate these days than a Dem w/ a conscience is a Rep w/ a spine.)
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To: Conservative Infidel; jch10; mewzilla; muir_redwoods; Rightly Biased; Right_in_Virginia; ...
Are you sitting down?

Erick Thomas Knapp, 31, 931 Mensch Terrace, Port Charlotte. Charge: violation of probation (original charge: grand theft). Bond: $3,000.

This was published 12MAY05: Click here.

He was in custody less than week before raping a 13-year-old.

38 posted on 05/22/2005 7:06:29 AM PDT by QwertyKPH (Non-profane tagline)
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To: BBell
the low lifes from other parts of the Country that seem to be drawn there.

Should I read between the lines? ;*{

39 posted on 05/22/2005 8:03:28 AM PDT by Just A Nobody (I - L O V E - my attitude problem!)
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To: jch10
All the more reason to have a dog.....one who barks when strangers approach.

Lol, I have several little yapping Chihuahuas that bark at the slightest provocation.

That being said, forget about the dog, beware of owner !

40 posted on 05/22/2005 8:13:49 AM PDT by csvset
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