I've been following this case on the net and this is my first post here. A relative of Christi Meeks who was 7 years old at the time of her abduction, was one of the children playing in the apartment complex when it happened. After hearing his account, and visiting Christi's grave, I couldn't get it out of my mind. Around this time, Amber Hagerman was abducted and murdered. The Dallas Morning News ran a list of 15 cases from 1977-1996. Of those cases, there were 4 arrests and only 3 convictions. The status of most of these cases was "Open-no arrests", which adds so much insult to so much injury. I was glad to hear that David Penton was charged and indicted in 3 of the cases. His trial date was set for June 2004, but in March it was delayed indefinitely because a defense attorney withdrew from the case due to possible conflict of interest. I would like to attend the trial when it finally starts. Someone told me they had seen a news program about these charges against Penton and that DNA was involved in solving the cases.