Douglas A. Simmons in custody in this 1981 photo, with unidentified officers, after being arrested in connection with the murder of 6-year-old Michelle Spencer in Connecticut. After serving 22 years in jail and five years of probation for the crime, Simmons moved to Derry during the weekend. (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NEW LONDON (CONN.) DAY)
The victim: Michelle Spencer The 6-year-old lived in the same building as Douglas Allen Simmons in Norwich, Conn. On July 19, 1981, he strangled her with a telephone cord, sexually abused her and disposed of her body in a sewer drain, according to the Hartford Courant.
What’s even sicker than his crime is the crime against humanity committed by our legislators when they dictate that women under the age of 21 may not purchase or carry a handgun for self-defense.
Rape enablers deserve a lower circle of Hell than the rapists themselves.