My point was not that she [Danielle] was into S&M - my point was that it looked as though her PARENTS were dressing her up as, or allowing her to leave the house dressed up as, a little bondage slave.
And thank goodness she was wearing it, when they found her body that was one of the first things that they reported her wearing.
If this is correct, it would only serve to further my thesis - why was this poor child always wearing this hideous choker - even as she was being murdered?
Ya know, I had that very thought when I heard that the choker was discovered on her body......I thought, my God, she never took that off? I have two daughters (older now); yes, when they were kids, they had their favorites of everything (videos replayed (while I pulled out my hair), over and over; songs played, over and over; shoes/tops/pants, whatever, over and over (digging out of the dirty clothes, trying to wear it yet again); jewelry, etc.). Granted, Danielle is not my children, however, they went on to the next favorite thing. But even their favorites didn't last for more than a year....it was on to the next "have to wear" favorite........I would say her parents "grooming" her is an appropriate word, slick.
It just ISN'T a "style" thing that a little girl would normally wear.
Most parents would discourage it because of the link to bondage idea.
I'd drop the bondage angle. Chokers of a certain type may be associated with bondage but just take a little trip down to Neiman Marcus and you'll find chokers galore ... they're fashionable and go with certain types of necklines. The child also died with one of her Mickey Mouse earrings on. Is there an association of Mickey Mouse earrings and bondage as well?