What Rilya Wilson May Look Like Today [New, age-enhanced photo from FL Dept of Law Enforcement]

The FL Dept of Law Enforcement - Press Release ^ | May 14, 2002 | State of FL

[summer]

What Rilya Wilson May Look Like Today:

Age-enhanced photo of Rilya Wilson, to Age 5.

To read the entire press release from the FL Dept of Law Enforcement, click here.

[summer]

I still pray this little girl is alive and well, and will be found soon.

[summer]

backhoe, This is really important info to get out, any way you can. Thanks. summer

[summer]

FYI.

[EggsAckley]

Such a pretty little girl. It breaks my heart to think what she may be going through.
Heads should roll for this.

[livius]

What the poor thing probably looks like now wouldn't bear seeing.

This has nothing to do with Gov. Bush, and a lot to do with insane, antiquated welfare dept. policies that push "family unity" even when the "family" in question is somebody who is probably certifiably mad (I think poor Rilya's mother had something like 30 aliases).

Gov. Bush could probably do a lot by urging the establishment of safe spaces - formerly known as orphanages - for children like this. The current welfare system is obviously not working (hence not only the many abused children, but the many children who end up in the dead-end crime/drugs cycle of their parents).

It's time to take the initiative and think of some alternatives.

[summer]

Gov. Bush could probably do a lot by urging the establishment of safe spaces - formerly known as orphanages - for children like this. The current welfare system is obviously not working (hence not only the many abused children, but the many children who end up in the dead-end crime/drugs cycle of their parents).

It's time to take the initiative and think of some alternatives.

I think you've made a good suggestion. On ABC news tonight, Gov Bush was in a segment about FL, saying he is open to good ideas and suggestions. Maybe you should take a moment and write him to tell him your suggestion: jeb@jeb.org

[summer]

It seems there are several more chapters to come in this saga.

[lizma]

I do too.
If's she's ok and loved, I could understand why her current "parents" aren't letting the state know. That would probably be the last they'd ever see of her.

[backhoe]

I sent it to my usual list, which covers the country as well as Florida. There's a lot good about modern society, but there does seem to be a darker side toward the cheapening and coarsening of the value of life, too. Let's just hope she's still alive somewhere.

[summer]

You're probably right. But a teacher or a neighbor may recognize this girl and report it, even if they know her by another name. I hope that is what happens.

[summer]

Thanks, backhoe. I appreciate your help and comments here.

[Eva]

I whole heartedly agree with your assertion that Govenor Bush is not responsible for the debacle of the Rilya Wilson disappearance and I have been thinking of writing O'Reilly and telling him so. It is just more incompetent social service.

If O'Reilly is going to hold Govenors responsible for incompetent social service programs in their state, he should go after Govenor Locke of Washington State first. We have had one horrendous case of incompetence after another, group homes where retarded adults were sexually and physically abused, a battered woman who was held captive on a sailboat by her husband while he collected her welfare checks, foster parents murdered after not being fully informed of the boys mental state. Then to top it off, Christine Gregoire, the state atty gen'l, missed a court deadline on the abuse case and forfeited the right to appeal. It cost the state a bundle.

[abclily]

Why do we not see pictures in the news of the government employee who was Rilya's case worker?

[summer]

I honestly don't know -- according to what I have read, that caseworker is no longer employed by the state. (And, I would guess that caseworker is not distributing such a photo to news organizations at this time.)

[abclily]

On TV news I saw a female judge sassing a state worker who was involved in the Rilya Wilson case, but the person receiving the scolding was shielded from the camera by someone else. There has got to be a reason why we have not seen the social worker's face on the news.

[summer]

Interesting. I did not know that. Maybe because tensions are so high in this case, and who knows, perhaps the caseworker has already been threatened.