tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316617410436977874.post1825870414609357176..comments2024-03-25T02:53:26.373-04:00Comments on Women in Crime Ink: A Community Responds the Way it ShouldUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316617410436977874.post-82361721210480425582009-04-11T15:16:00.000-04:002009-04-11T15:16:00.000-04:00What has and still is being reported here on TV is...What has and still is being reported here on TV is that she is the pastor's daughter and a Sunday School teacher. <BR/><BR/>Why is it frustrating that some of us don't know the parameters for an Amber Alert? We are all continully learning new things everyday. Maybe something else has you frustrated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316617410436977874.post-13503290182568128092009-04-11T12:46:00.000-04:002009-04-11T12:46:00.000-04:00The 28 year old that was arrested was the pastor's...The 28 year old that was arrested was the pastor's GRANdaughter, not daughter. <BR/><BR/>An Amber Alert would not have helped in this situation. It's very frustrating that, especially people who follow crime, don't understand the requirements of the alert. There was no car, no POI to add to the alert. There WAS a CANS notice that went out immediately after the police were notified. Also, today, it was stated by the police that they believe she was murdered hours BEFORE they were even notified. Again, an Amber Alert would have been of NO consequence in this instance. Rather than complaining about one not being issued, perhaps people can inform themselves concerning the requirements. <BR/><BR/>Also, it remains to be seen if in fact, this woman WAS a "sexual offender" and therefore, needed to be (gotten)" off the streets so they don't have the opportunity to kidnap our children in the first place." (Although I certainly believe in a "one-strike law" for all sexual predators.)Soobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04187049593628263766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316617410436977874.post-48606154411167405162009-04-11T11:20:00.000-04:002009-04-11T11:20:00.000-04:00I was surprised to wake up this morning and find t...I was surprised to wake up this morning and find that they arrested the Pastor's 28 YO daughter for Sandra's murder. How dreadful.Leahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316617410436977874.post-19751032788055201012009-04-10T23:42:00.000-04:002009-04-10T23:42:00.000-04:00"We don't have unlimited resources and do not want..."We don't have unlimited resources and do not want our tax dollars squandered. "If it bleeds, it leads" has been a media rule for some time since much crime reporting is entertainment." Wow. As the mother and grandmother of murder victims, (my son, Neal, 27, and his two little boys Devon, 7, and Ian, 3), I have to say that's pretty harsh and insensitive, even for Fleastaff. There's nothing entertaining about a real murder. Anyone who thinks there is has certainly never had to buy a coffin for a 3-year-old or seen the devastation 97 stab wounds leave on a young man's body, despite the careful care of a team of morticians. And I'm sure that anyone who worries about the cost of a murder investigation has never lost someone to violent crime. No cost is too much to save some other family from the complete devastation that murder causes by putting a monster behind bars. Or to bring a grieving family some answers and a chance to heal just a little. Every murder is a tragedy and an outrage, and should be treated as such...by everyone.Janhttp://griefsjourney.facesofthemissing.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316617410436977874.post-23969816399570048542009-04-10T14:13:00.000-04:002009-04-10T14:13:00.000-04:00Hi Leah,The Amber Alert issue is so complicated. T...Hi Leah,<BR/><BR/>The Amber Alert issue is so complicated. There seem to be odd rules that prevent them from going out. The other problem lies with the number of parents who call the police when there child goes missing. The majority of the time the kids just didn't follow the rules and show back up. One would think this shouldn't appy to a child as young as Sandra but the sad fact is quite a few grade school kids (especially from dysfunctional families or single moms) have a lot of freedom at a young age and disappear off and the family has no idea where they are. They go to the police and, sure enough, the kid is found safe and sound someplace his mother didn't expect him to be.<BR/><BR/>If an Amber Alert went out every time a parent couldn't find their kid, the whole system would become a joke - the too many Cry Wolf alerts would cost a fortune and people would stop believing the Amber Alert was for real. <BR/><BR/>I think by midnight it should have been fairly clear Sandra was likely abducted and maybe that should be the point an Amber Alert should go out. Hard to say when to draw the line, at how many hours missing should it go out. Does it matter if it is day or night or freezing cold outside? Tough call.<BR/><BR/>Lastly, and sadly, most abducted children are dead within the hour so Amber Alerts are most successful when a family member that doesn't have custody runs off with then. Although we have the extremely rare case where a child is kept for days before being killed, I don't know if this is what we should base the Amber Alert on. Perhaps we would be better off putting our efforts into getting sex offenders off the streets so they don't have the opportunity to kidnap our children in the first placePat Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667909509324138003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316617410436977874.post-36082047195410678712009-04-10T12:38:00.000-04:002009-04-10T12:38:00.000-04:00Excellent post Pat, as usual. I do take issue with...Excellent post Pat, as usual. I do take issue with one thing regarding the Cantu case. They didn't issue an Amber Alert. It is my understanding that they can't because Sandra wasn't abducted but I don't think that should matter when it comes to a missing 8 year old child. That is ridiculous. An Amber Alert might have saved this little girl's life. I hope they change the law that dictates this<BR/><BR/>Anonymous, I can't even read Fleastiff's post anymore. Sounds like stuff Ann Coulter would regurgitate [sp].Leahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316617410436977874.post-49111420062511565662009-04-10T10:02:00.000-04:002009-04-10T10:02:00.000-04:00Wow, Fleastiff your mentality just might be one of...Wow, Fleastiff your mentality just might be one of the problems. Do you ever really read this blog before you fire back??? Chill out and let your brain engage before your mouth!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316617410436977874.post-13298431574974140012009-04-10T06:52:00.000-04:002009-04-10T06:52:00.000-04:00>but I am actually ecstatic over: family, commu...>but I am actually ecstatic over: family, community, and police response.<BR/>Maybe there has been a few slow news days.<BR/><BR/>>frustrated with the general acceptance of heinous crimes <BR/>>as passing sad events that we just have to accept. <BR/>We don't have unlimited resources and do not want our tax dollars squandered. "If it bleeds, it leads" has been a media rule for some time since much crime reporting is entertainment.<BR/><BR/>>only a paragraph about her murder made the newspapers <BR/>>and no one ... made much of a ruckus about this crime.<BR/>So what is your solution? Have the family hire better publicists, tell more young women to date Congressman or hire more cable-news types to palaver about ever more crimes as some sort of substitute for the Bread-and-Circuses of ancient Rome?<BR/><BR/>>Perhaps the lack of concern had something to do with her being African-American <BR/>Probably. I doubt the Black newspapers make much of a fuss about White victims.<BR/>>But there still remained a serial killer in town.<BR/>He will probably eventually be caught as his file grows and somebody notices a mistake that he made somewhere, but not all killers are caught.<BR/><BR/>>she was white, local, and very pretty.<BR/>That sure helps. You think that Honeymoon Cruise Case would have had much media interest if there were no photos available of the parties in revealing gym clothes and sun tanning outfits? You think there would have been all that hullabaloo if they had been Black or elderly?<BR/><BR/>>Unsolved, a killer remained at large.<BR/>I would suspect that most crime goes unreported and most crimes that are reported go unsolved.<BR/><BR/>>They have put up roadblocks and checked cars<BR/>Yeah, that would probably make the community furious alright!<BR/><BR/>>Finally, the mother of Sandra appeared on the Today Show <BR/>I think it was in Modesto that the local paper's First Baby of the Year featured the second baby of the year because it was white and born to a young married couple whereas the first baby was black, born to an older woman who had been on welfare. In the Cantu case, the media can't be creative: they are stuck with the actual participants and their actual communicative skills.<BR/><BR/>>The killer gave Sandra Cantu the death penalty without <BR/>>any trial or lawyer. He gave the family life in prison. <BR/>Most killers do.FleaStiffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837830811566745662noreply@blogger.com