Keep this family in your thoughts

[Cayo Hueso]

I live in St. Pete...just above Sarasota.  They just found the body of the little girl that was kidnapped.  Seeing that video really hit me hard.  All I can think about is my own daughters and how frightened that poor girl must have been in her last moments.  

This has really effected this whole area.  When I was taking my youngest to school there were 3 other mothers dropping their kids off, crying. The sheriff was crying as he made the announcement, it's just been awful all week. I've had some rough times in my life, but all that pales in comparison today and makes me grateful to see my kids faces and wrap my arms around them.

There are not enough jails, not enough policemen, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.
-- HUBERT H. HUMPHREY, speech (1965)

[Anonymous]

Oh, this is just horrendous!  To think this precious child's life was erased by a man alledged to be the father of three little girls. God Bless Carlie and her parents, family and friends.  I imagine the community is totally devastated. Cayohueso, thanks for letting us know. You are all in my thoughts.


 ::mecry::

[Anonymous]

Okay, Florida needs to stop worrying about getting tough with juvenile offenders and focus on keeping guys like this off the streets.  Yes, parents have to be very involved in their kids lives (including not letting their children be out of sight of an adult responsible for their health and safety) but this guy has some serious issues with breaking the law in the past and apparently, should have been locked up awhile ago for parole violations.

 :flame:

[Cayo Hueso]

In '97 or '98 this guy tried the same thing to an adult woman.  He came up and grabbed her by the arm and told her if she didn't go with him that he would cut her.  She ended up getting away, he was charged and went to trial and GOT OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!! :flame:  :flame:  :flame: The  excuse he gave for grabbing her arm was that he was helping her across the street. :flame: The violation that they originally took him in on a few days ago was presented to a judge and he let the guy walk saying "no further action was necessary".   AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.  How the fuck can shit like this be allowed to go on?

Do you support drug prohibition because it finances criminals at home or because it finances terrorists abroad?
--Anonymous

[Anonymous]

I agree! Bottom line is this little girl did not have a chance once this monster abducted her in broad daylight, no less.  Thank God the perp was caught on camera and that he is safely behind bars so the rest of the community need not be further traumatized and terrorized.  Did the guy confess and tell the cops where to find the body or did they find Carlie on their own or as the result of a tip?  Personally, I think they need to torture these suspects into revealing where they left their victims.  Case in point, the girl from Grand Forks (Dru) who was abducted at a mall back in November and has not been found despite the fact that the suspect was immediately arrested.  Forget being civilized. These creeps should not be allowed to torment their victim's families while they sit in jail exercising their rights not to incriminate themselves.

[Cayo Hueso]

They're reporting that the guy told them late last night where she was.  I just pray they didn't take the death penalty off the table to get the info.

The government is much more interested in preserving the purity of its ideology than it is in allowing patients to get effective medicine.
-- Ethan B. Russo, neurologist at Western Montana Clinic

[Anonymous]

Yeah, the guy needs to get a one way ticket to hell where all child rapists and murderers belong.  Which is worse, a life in prison sentence where the guy probably won't survive the first 30 days or the DP?  I say sentence him to life.  He will be exterminated quickly as opposed to sitting on death row running the clock on the appeal process (on the taxpayers dime!!!). Either way, it won't bring Carlie back so I guess all we can do is pray for her soul and let God deal this guy his fate.

[Anonymous]

On 2004-02-06 08:27:00, cayohueso wrote:

"In '97 or '98 this guy tried the same thing to an adult woman.  He came up and grabbed her by the arm and told her if she didn't go with him that he would cut her.  She ended up getting away, he was charged and went to trial and GOT OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!! :flame:  :flame:  :flame: The  excuse he gave for grabbing her arm was that he was helping her across the street. :flame: The violation that they originally took him in on a few days ago was presented to a judge and he let the guy walk saying "no further action was necessary".   AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.  How the fuck can shit like this be allowed to go on?

Do you support drug prohibition because it finances criminals at home or because it finances terrorists abroad?
--Anonymous

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Wonder how those jurors who bought Smith's lame excuse feel today?  How stupid can you be?

http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article ... 2909990025

[Cayo Hueso]

On 2004-02-06 09:24:00, Anonymous wrote:

Wonder how those jurors who bought Smith's lame excuse feel today?  How stupid can you be?



http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article ... 2909990025"

They just updated that part of the story and it'll piss you off even more...

http://www.baynews9.com/site/content/33086.html


I couldn't get through to your link...says I need password???  

I know that our bodies were made to thrive only in pure air, and the scenes in which pure air is found.
-- John Muir

[Anonymous]

Yes, this makes my blood boil to think this guy got away with attempted kidnapping.  No wonder he seized on the opportunity to abduct a little girl, someone who could not fight back. Oh if only the parents had picked up their child from the sleep-over or her friend's parents had escorted her safely home. One can just not be too careful when it comes to guarding their own children from the potential for harm at the hands of someone just like this guy.  Well, if there is a lesson to be learned, I guess that's it.  Parents will be even more vigilent now as a result of this terrible tragedy.  I just wonder if this guy won't be murdered before he even goes to trial? I'm sure there are some very angry people in the community who wish they could take justice into their own hands.

[Anonymous]

Oh, one more thing .... imagine if there had not been a working video camera pointed right at the this guy the moment this girl was kidnapped?  Joseph Smith would not be sitting in jail tonight, that's for damn sure.  These parents are lucky, at least they know who did this to their child and will have some closure down the road, unlike other parents whose children are still missing.  Not much consolation at this point, but I do think people are relieved the guy is finally off the streets.

 :sad:

[Anonymous]

Fox News is reporting that Smith is being held in a jail cell by himself, for his OWN protection. Seems the guy is at-risk of being targeted by other prisoners seeking revenge for the death of this little girl.  Second, did you hear that a police officer actually saw Smith coming out of the bushes (in an area not far from where this child was later discovered 5 days later) but let him go apparently believing his story that he (Smith) was just taking a leak?  God, this just keeps getting worse as more details are released to the public but I guess that the more people know the better educated they are about what they can do to protect themselves and their children. I feel sorry for the police officer, he/she must be really devastated.