I keep meaning to blog about Christmas because I love it so much. It makes me happy.It's magical. However, I just watched a live press conference identifying the remains found on the 11th of almost 3 year old Caylee Anthony. I occasionally follow these cases closely because some part of it resonates in me. Caylee's body was dumped in a forest soon to be covered in flood water on her birthday. For Christmas her remains will stay in a morgue or with different forensic specialists to shed more light on what really happened (homicide is presumed, which I would think the lies of her family and the trash bag was a no brainer). Thankfully, in my belief system, she has found peace and what better place to spend Christmas than with the man that the season is all about.
My family says I jump from cause to cause and this is either what keeps me sane or drives me INsane. But, in anyway that I can from this day forward, I will support first and foremost TES as it is not as widely known:
http://www.texasequusearch.org/ Tim Miller and his volunteers have a special place in heaven... Tim's daughter Laura was taken from a payphone at a convenience store after telling her mother that she would walk the half mile to work, during broad daylight. After a year and a half Laura's remains were discovered with the remains of other girls and it was apparent that this was the dumping ground for a serial killer. Tim suffered grief, rage, and began drinking to numb the guilt and pain.He lost his daughter, his marriage and his job. He pulled himself together and now travels the country to search for missing people along with his team. They are supported by some corporate donations along with private ones. More about Tim's remarkable story can be found here: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/criminal_mind/forensics/texas_equusearch/1.html
I think the most well known story was the lost of Adam Walsh as he wandered away from his mother in a store. Just this week Adam's case was closed after 27 years. The case was badly mishandled early on by the police that lost key evidence (blood on the carpeting from a car was lost), and though John believed all along that Ottis Toole was his daughter's murderer they couldn't be sure. He confessed and renegged at least twice and bragged about hundreds of murders he was guilty of. However on his death bed he confessed to his neice and revealed details that were not released to the public. John Walsh has dedicated his life to bringing to the public's attention to some of the worst criminals in the country and through the creation of the television show America's Most Wanted, the faces and crimes of these sick people are made know to the entire country. Also the Code Adam Program was first intitiated by Walmart but has become more widely used in stores and amusement parks. This is what it entails:
If a visitor reports a child is missing, a detailed description of the child and what he or she is wearing is obtained. Additionally, all exterior access to the building is locked and monitored; anyone approaching a door is turned away.
The employee goes to the nearest in-house telephone and pages Code Adam, describing the child’s physical features and clothing. As designated employees monitor front entrances, other employees begin looking for the child.
If the child is not found within 10 minutes, law enforcement is called.
If the child is found and appears to have been lost and unharmed, the child is reunited with the searching family member.
If the child is found accompanied by someone other than a parent or legal guardian, reasonable efforts to delay their departure will be used without putting the child, staff, or visitors at risk. Law enforcement will be notified and given details about the person accompanying the child.
The Code Adam page will be canceled after the child is found or law enforcement arrives.
http://www.pollyklaas.org/ Marc Klaas started the Polly Klaas foundation after she was taken from her home on 10/1/93 during a sleeping party. The other girls were tied up and their heads covered with pillowcases, but by the time the girl was able to wake Polly's mother it was too late. 12/3/93 her body was discovered. On 6/18/94 the jury convicted Richard Allen Davis of first degree murder and the death penalty. John Klaas was the first to use the internet to get the word out and Polly's picture also a composite of Davis.
Klaas works diligently as an advocate of stronger laws and quicker ways to get the word out.
This entry could go on forever, so I will only mention one other father that made his daughter's death into a crusade to lobby for stiffer penalties (at the time, Florida's laws were appallingly lax. Mark Lunsford worked to have the Jessica Lunsford Act passed in Florida and some other states, but a version of it has also been instituted on a Federal level. For more info on the Lunsford case can be found here: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/jessica_lunsford/7.html
The examples I have stated in this blog have one thing in common but is opposite to Caylee Anthony's story. These parents have dedicated their lives to helping people to never know the agony they have suffered or prevent it all together. It looks pretty obvious to everyone that Caylee's monster WAS her mother.
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