Posted on 08/11/2013 9:30:44 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Full Title: Revealed: California killer who abducted teenage girl is shot dead in Idaho wilderness 18 years TO THE DAY after his own father committed suicide while holding another 16-year-old hostage
James DiMaggio's kidnapping of 16-year-old Hannah Anderson, whom was said to have a 'crush on,' could be a horrific case of history repeating itself, it has been revealed.
DiMaggio's father, also named James DiMaggio, shockingly killed himself 18 years ago to the day that DiMaggio was shot dead by an FBI agent in the Idaho wilderness. Hannah was found safe and is expected to be reunited with her father today.
The similarities between the elder DiMaggio's suicide and his son's death are uncanny.
James DiMaggio Sr. was also infatuated with a 16-year-old girl - James Jr's classmate - and resorted to violence when she refused to run away with him, it was claimed.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
I'm thinking the same. The women said they would get beaten if they tried to escape. Did you see the pictures recently released of one of the rooms? It was apparently the room where the little girl and her mama was living and there were heavy chains and locks. But it's my understanding they weren't always chained up so who knows.
With this Hannah, I dunno. The article says she wasn't being held against her will but couldn't say if she knew about her mother and brother. Very strange. Where was she during their murders and the house fire? What was her family thinking to send her off to Hollywood with a man? All sorts of red flags.
Same here. Even as a kid, I was smart enough to not believe a word of the Patty Hearst thing.
From the video interview with her friend - If she didn’t want to be alone with him then why the heck did she go to Hollywood for a week (cut short) and stay in the same hotel room with him? There’s lots more to this story.
Hope it turns out that way.
This is what puzzles me. How could that father let that guy near his family? There is something wrong with an adult male just attaching himself to some other guy’s family. And the girl was uncomfortable with this creep and the family still let him come around? Wow!
E. Smart was at a party with other people within a few weeks of her kidnapping...she wasn't tied up....
lets be careful to surmiss what WE would do in a situation because we haven't been in those shoes....
even our beloved Reagan understood what Patty Hearst went thru....
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