[terilyn]

"Pierce said he was shocked when Brenda van Dam showed him Danielle's journal. " 'Daddy, please forgive me,' " Pierce said one entry read. " 'Daddy please love me. Danielle.' "

If this is true, there's a lot more going on in that house than these parents are saying. This is a classic line from a child that's being sexually abused.

[homeschool mama]

While we don't know that to be fact (sexual abuse by the father) ...at this point anyway...you have to conclude that that's a telling diary entry. Gives you cause to wonder *why* a child would have to beg for love. Tragic.

[nfldgirl]

"Pierce said he was shocked when Brenda van Dam showed him Danielle's journal. " 'Daddy, please forgive me,' " Pierce said one entry read. " 'Daddy please love me. Danielle.'"

If this is true, there's a lot more going on in that house than these parents are saying. This is a classic line from a child that's being sexually abused.

"Daddy, please forgive me"...could be saying: "I"m sorry for not giving you what you want." And..."Daddy, please love me." could be saying:"Please don't reject me because I'm not giving you what you want."

Yes, terilyn...I would conclude by those journal entries that there's more to this story than what's been told. Those are most unusual statements coming from a 7 y.o. Unless, of course, her dad could have punished her for something having nothing at all to do with sexual abuse. But I'd be real, REAL suspicious if I were the police...and her mother!