[potlatch]

Haven't seen the evening news, prayers for the girl.

[Samwise]

Dear God, please help this family.

[nuconvert]

Ohh. Sounds bad.

[djf]

Unless they find her healthy and unharmed, I hope the people of Florida are ready to do what needs to be done.

I, for one, am sick of the lawyers. I'm sick of the courts, and the doctors, and the delays, and the excuses. I'm sick of blaming the cops for things. I'm sick of all the sympathy going for the poor perverted perp, and his twisted, sick fantasies and life, while the families of the victims suffer in silence.

Hang the puke from a light poll till the crows strip the flesh from his body! Film it and put it on the tube, let the world know Floridians will not stand for it anymore!

[Johnny_Cipher]

Sorry, but can you give us some background on Carlie Brucia? I've heard nothing about this case.

[nicmarlo]

CARLIE BRUCIA STEPFATHER SAID TO HAVE BROKEN DOWN, AT SCENE

This makes me sick....how can a monster do whatever he did to this innocent little girl, causing such pain to her and her family?

[Williams]

When they said they had the suspect but not her I feared he had killed her. This happens way too often. Sick people that would molest a child and murder them to cover it up, or for their own sick enjoyment. There are people among us more than capable of committing truly evil acts.

[OldFriend]

This really ought to be in BREAKING NEWS

[NautiNurse]

They have finished processing that scene for the night. Carried out two bags of evidence, and confirmed that the missing girl was not found on the premises. That home is reportedly where he was arrested Tuesday afternoon.

Apparently, he and his wife are estranged. The crime scene home is about six blocks from where his wife and three children live.

[Waco]

Don't worry, if this is bad as it seems it might be, there will be many, many, many DEMOCRATS who will line up to defend him from the death penalty. Some are writing their speeches, condemning the penalty as we read FR tonight. Sickening, ain't it?

[Justa]

What evidence is there he did this? The man in the video appears to have thinner features. Forensic evidence is key.

[mystery-ak]

God, give these parents strength....and give this POS a bullet in his head.

[bonfire]

Please keep us informed. Everyone in bed here so no tv.

[snowstorm12]

I have one of these personal alarms. They are super LOUD 130 decibals, sorta like smoke alarms. Some have little chains you can hang on your purse and hidden buttons so the perp won't know how to disable it. Other come with flashing emergency lights. Some you can hook on a hotel room door or any window or door in your house as an intruder alarm. They only cost around $8 and it's better to have it than not to have it.
I have mace but I need to get a smaller one that fits in the palm or keychain like this one. Mine is a large one that isn't easy to carry.

Even if the perp is still able to grab you he will have trouble driving the car and getting away with you and you have a better chance slipping away because he is disoriented and you have more time. On MTV's "jackass" they tried out different safety devices on a guy as a stupid stunt and he said out of the differnt stuns guns he thought the mace or whatever it was the worst.
You just need enough to get away while screaming bloody murder during the entire attack. Some people need to practice attacks and practice screaming bloody murder because when attacked or assaulted they will freeze.
It says the perp has a long rap sheet anybody know if has any other arrest besides drugs?

[txzman]

SARASOTA -- Authorities searched a north Sarasota home near the residence of a suspect apprehended in the disappearance of 11-year-old Carlie Brucia, who was kidnapped while walking home from a friend's house.

The home is surrounded by crime scene tape. Two forensics vans are there. Some of Carlie's relatives were there earlier tonight.

However, the girl's whereabouts were not immediately known.

Joseph P. Smith, 37, was arrested Tuesday on a probation violation charge. Authorities continued to investigate him after his arrest, and determined he was likely the suspect in Carlie's disappearance.

Sarasota County sheriff's investigators released few details tonight during a news conference in which they named Smith as the prime suspect. Another news conference is planned for 9 a.m. Thursday.

Smith's car, a Buick Century station wagon, was being combed by sheriff's investigators in a search for clues in the disappearance of Carlie, who has been missing since Sunday.

Smith has been arrested at least 13 times in Florida since 1993, according to state records. He was arrested May 7, 1997 by Manatee County officials on kidnapping and false imprisonment charges, but was acquitted a year later, records show.

[texasflower]

This story is the one that NASA helped ID with space technology. Some sort of imaging stuff. (I am really scientic aren't I?)

They have never used it before for crime investigations. I think that they were able to go in close enough and clearly enough to read the name patch on the shirt.

Is there someone here who cam tell me what this technology is called and maybe how it works?

Also, the Sheriff's department did not act on this for quite a while from what I head, so they did not put out an amber alert.

[TMSuchman]

Maybe time to break out old "Sparky"!

[Cap'n Crunch]

After watching the Super Bowl halftime and pop culture for the last few years I'd warn parents to stop dressing their kids like Britney Spears and the rest of the trash who dance suggestively on television and in the movies.

Department stores don't sell much in the way of modest clothing anymore. In my opinion our culture just feeds these perverts to go out and grab some child, molest them and kill them, throwing them away like a piece of rubbish.

There also is no punishment for crime anymore. We need a drastic turn around.

Our police dept. is plastered with booking sheets of sexually oriented offenders. And those are just the ones that have been convicted.