Posted on 12/16/2008 12:14:59 PM PST by radar101
Otis Toole has been dead - so long before Obama was on the radar.
Was based on Lucas/Toole. Not a documentary, but probably not far from the truth.
Lucas’ sentence was commuted by George W. Bush in 1998 because the murder that he was sentenced to death for was one that he lied about. He died three years later.
Yeah he croaked in prison after hanging around waaaaay longer than necessary, but they were hoping he could close up a lot of open cases. That hayseed was eating steak dinners as he took cops around to all his murder stomping grounds.
Best movie Michael Rooker ever did. Call me sick, but I just love the part where they smash the TV over the electronics guy’s head.
“We’ll take the fifty dollar one.”
He confessed and recanted twice before. Who is to say he would not have taken it back again if not for the whole dying thing?
Makes my eyes leaky to think someone has the capacity to do that to a child. The world is full of people who need to be put down.
There is another little boy, missing, and presumed dead all these years. Case never solved, but I have never forgotten that little boy.
Etan Patz
Same here. It was such a horrid story and he was such a beautiful child.
A judge ruled convicted child molester, Jose Ramos, guilty of Patz's murder. (Ramos is still in prison in PA from other crimes, iirc.)
Although the judge's declaration of guilt is based on a technicality, there are reasons to believe Ramos is guilty (Ramos was a friend of Etan's babysitter; and Ramos allegedly confessed the murder to another inmate).
I hope Ramos rots in jail and is never freed.
The pain of losing a child like that must be so unbearable.
My heart breaks for the Patz and Walsh family.
I do remember the joy of finding Elizabeth....?? from Utah.
I have some personal familiarity with the Patz case (from that time). LE does not believe that Ramos did it. I will not say here what is believed but I will say that I personally saw some pretty creepy pictures of Etan that were taken by the father and one of his friends.
The scumbag apparently is due to be released in 2012. He's the poster boy for why vigilante justice sometimes isn't a bad thing.
I still think of him from time to time.....the anguish these parents must feel.......or anyone whose loved one has come up missing and never found.
Dear Mr. Walsh and Family,
I cannot imagine the depth of your grief.
But you did not allow Adam to die in vain. He lives by the very important work you do and have done.
“We cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over our heads, but we can refuse to let them roost there,”
Elizabeth Smart
I still remember the pictures of that little boy, posted all over NYC.
A tragedy for the family and something to strike fear into the hearts of all parents.
I noticed that Scott Ritter was on one of the cable nets yesterday.
To think that he was caught arranging a meeting with an underage girl and yet he is a welcome guest on TV
Perverts are welcome if they’re furthering your agenda.
So why are the police taking all of the credit? The headline should read: "Killer: 1981 murder of Adam Walsh is solved" Just like the DC sniper - they effectively turned themselves in, that moron Moose had nothing to do with it.
I see that sweet face today as clearly as all those years ago.........:(
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