Exactly. At the time, I hoped it was just a statement from someone who was feeling defensive about mistakes. I was willing to let it go. But in most ways it has gone downhill from there.
If Beth H had not gone there with friends and husband, and if she had not gotten in the press, this would have been long over. All the boys would have never been arrested. A murder would have never appeared in their statistics. It would be old news after a week.
It makes you wonder, how much does this happen? How many women, onn their last nites, get raped. I think rape may be common but murder not as common. I still think it was an accidental killing. Surely, casual killing does not happen. That would cause too much press.