I am not advocating anything here - just telling a story.

Back in the seventies I had a friend whose older brother and father were Marines who had done several tours in Viet Nam. Her younger brother, only 8 years old at the time, was molested by a man in an orange grove near their home that the children used as a shortcut to walk home from school. My friend's brother was not the first child the monster had molested.

The family waited patiently as the legal process took its normal course. Because the victims were so young, the creep constantly walked. The system failed this family and the other victims. Local law enforcement was also frustrated that the courts were unable to put the creep away for good.

Not long after the court allowed the molester to walk, again, investigators showed up at my friend's house to question her family about the death of the molester. He was found dead in the orange grove where he grabbed and molested his victims. The detectives were specifically targeting their questions to the father and son Marines. They both claimed ignorance and the detectives left satisfied. No action was ever taken and the murder went unsolved.

I am not advocating anything here - just telling a story.

Back in the seventies I had a friend whose older brother and father were Marines who had done several tours in Viet Nam. Her younger brother, only 8 years old at the time, was molested by a man in an orange grove near their home that the children used as a shortcut to walk home from school. My friend's brother was not the first child the monster had molested.

The family waited patiently as the normal legal process took its normal course. Because the victims were so young, the creep constantly walked. The system failed this family and the other victims. Local law enforcement was also frustrated that the courts were unable to put the creep away for good.

Not long after the court allowed the molester to walk, again, investigators showed up at my friend's house to question her family about the death of the molester. He was found dead in the orange grove where he grabbed and molested his victims. The detectives were specifically targeting their questions to the father and son Marines. They both claimed ignorance and the detectives left satisfied. No action was ever taken and the murder went unsolved.