Posted on 09/28/2007 4:44:37 PM PDT by Libloather
Teenager Charged with Hanging 6-Year-Old Neighbor Girl
Last Update: 1:04 pm
CORSICANA, Texas (AP) -- A neighbor of a 6-year-old girl found hanged in her family's garage has been charged in the sexual assault and death of the first-grader, police said Friday.
Shaun Earl Arender, 19, is charged with capital murder in the death of Hanna Mack, whose body was found hanging from the garage rafters before sunrise Sept. 10 by her mother.
Arender lived less than a mile from the Mack's rural home about 65 miles south of Dallas, Navarro County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Mike Cox said. It wasn't immediately clear Friday if Arender had a lawyer yet who could comment on his behalf.
Arender was already in jail on unrelated burglary and drug possession charges. A DNA sample taken from the shirt Hanna was wearing was entered into a Texas Department of Public Safety DNA indexing program Wednesday, and it indicated Arender was a possible match, according to the arrest affidavit.
Arender was questioned Wednesday, and, according to the affidavit "would not give a statement, but put his head on the table and cried."
Two days before Arender was questioned, he cut himself with a piece of glass while in custody on the burglary charge and was taken to a hospital "because he was depressed," according to the affidavit.
Arender's bond is set at $2.5 million.
According to the affidavit, Hannah's body was nude from the waist down when police arrived at the family's home. A brown purse and a camera memory stick were also missing from the residence.
Family members have said Dana Mack saw the youngest of her three daughters sleeping on the couch around 1 a.m. before discovering Hanna's body.
"I'm just absolutely shocked," said Pam Gray, who lives behind the Mack's home. "I'll never have that sense of trust here again."
Not before he goes a half dozen rounds with someone. I volunteer.
"Arender's bond is set at $2.5 million."
How does someone get a chance to make bond in a capital murder case?
I’m right behind you.
James "Earl" Ray would object to that statment...
...had he not died in prison while serving a life sentence for murder.
Great movie eh?
If this guy’s guilty, no punishment is too harsh for him. Just the absolute lowest scum is all he is.
You are no doubt right. Everyone (including me) who believes the police MAY have arrested the right man based on evidence is an ignorant, overzealous, maniacal fool.
We are peasants with pitchforks after the wrong man, because we are idiots who only look at a person’s appearance.
The police arrested the wrong man, and you are certain of that.
Thanks for clearing that up.
Words fail me. This evil SOB deserves worse than death. Lock him in prison with a pervert who will do to him sexually what he did to this girl and then hang him.
We may need to come to a point when we demand killers get the same treatment they gave their victims. I'm okay with that...
I’m not. Rape is not a legal punishment. Just hang the son of a bitch and be done with him.
See? Vader was guilty as hell.
Yes, I don’t know what compels me to click on these threads either. Makes me ill.
!....ok.
‘Earl’ is a close second to ‘Lee’.
> The police arrested the wrong man, and you are certain of that.
The police arrested a *suspect*, I am certain of *that*. And I am certain that the suspect is deemed to be innocent until proven guilty under the American judicial system — you know, the one where the accused stands before an impartial judge, and a jury of 12 of his peers get to hear evidence and decide his guilt or otherwise?
> We are peasants with pitchforks after the wrong man, because we are idiots who only look at a person’s appearance.
You said it, not me.
> You are no doubt right. Everyone (including me) who believes the police MAY have arrested the right man based on evidence is an ignorant, overzealous, maniacal fool.
If you insist on cramming words into my mouth and telling me I’m right, then I guess I gotta concede your point: you are an ignorant, overzealous, maniacal fool, an idiot and a peasant with a pitchfork. You said it, not me.
Until the courts have had their say maybe you yahoos ought to keep your ropes and lynch parties under control, ay. There will be time enough for a necktie party if a guilty verdict comes in.
*DieHard*
Kid, you gotta get out from in front of the TV! :)
Proper DNA tests are as close to 100 percent as you’re going to get in this world and much more reliable than eyewitness testimony (even multiple eyewitness.)
They have his DNA there and he’s already in trouble for child pornography and related issues. It’s not exactly a difficult case at this point.
No one’s lynching and I’m not on the jury, so I’m allowed to prejudge.
And good to see you standing up for all the child rapist-murderers of the world. This isn’t a molestation case involving ‘he said/she said.’
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