Sarah Lunde
It's official. The body that was found Saturday afternoon in Ruskin, Florida was that of thirteen year old Sarah Michelle Lunde.
Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee is asking property owners in the area to be looking for clothing that might belong to Sarah. As I said in a previous post, the area is rough, sandy, swampy in areas, with lots of scrub brush.
A reporter asked Sheriff Gee during the press conference in which he announced that a body was found, when Sheriff Gee expected to make an announcement as to a suspect. Sheriff Gee responded that he would when he was ready to make an arrest. David Onstott is being held on unrelated charges. He is involved in Sarah's disappearance as he used to date Sarah's mother and was in the house at approximately 4:00 am Sunday morning, the day Sarah disappeared.
Onstott is a convicted sexual offender. I'm not saying he's guilty of the crimes involving Sarah, but his appearance in the home at that time of the morning is certainly questionable. He asked Sarah's brother if their mother was home. Maybe my dating experiences were different, but I never had a boyfriend, or any friend for that matter, come to my home at 4:00 in the morning looking for me.
I just saw Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist on Fox. Geraldo Rivera was interviewing him. AG Crist stated that Florida is looking at several ways of resolving the problems involving sexual offenders. One is to develope a web site that would make it easier for people to find out where sexual predators live. Another is to required them to wear monitoring devices, and aother yet is to incarcerate them for longer periods of time.
That's the only real solution. To make sexual offenses life without parole sentences. The only problem with that is that there are people convicted of being sexual offenders who aren't really in that category. One that comes to mind is this example: an 18 year old boy has consensual sex with his 17 year old girlfriend. He can be charged with statutory rape for having sex with an underage child. If he is convicted, he is now a sexual offender. He doesn't fall into the same category as a pedephile or a rapist, and never would fall into either category. So we will have to revisit the laws that describe what constitutes a sexual offender. And that will be a good thing. We shouldn't rush into legislating laws that end up doing something other than what they were intended to do.
Pedophiles, people who want to have sex with children can be men or women. A male pedophile isn't necessarily homosexual, he may prefer girls. We're hearing of more female pedophiles and we've been shocked that they've been teachers. Why should it shock us? Pedophiles want to be around children.
It's official. The body that was found Saturday afternoon in Ruskin, Florida was that of thirteen year old Sarah Michelle Lunde.
Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee is asking property owners in the area to be looking for clothing that might belong to Sarah. As I said in a previous post, the area is rough, sandy, swampy in areas, with lots of scrub brush.
A reporter asked Sheriff Gee during the press conference in which he announced that a body was found, when Sheriff Gee expected to make an announcement as to a suspect. Sheriff Gee responded that he would when he was ready to make an arrest. David Onstott is being held on unrelated charges. He is involved in Sarah's disappearance as he used to date Sarah's mother and was in the house at approximately 4:00 am Sunday morning, the day Sarah disappeared.
Onstott is a convicted sexual offender. I'm not saying he's guilty of the crimes involving Sarah, but his appearance in the home at that time of the morning is certainly questionable. He asked Sarah's brother if their mother was home. Maybe my dating experiences were different, but I never had a boyfriend, or any friend for that matter, come to my home at 4:00 in the morning looking for me.
I just saw Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist on Fox. Geraldo Rivera was interviewing him. AG Crist stated that Florida is looking at several ways of resolving the problems involving sexual offenders. One is to develope a web site that would make it easier for people to find out where sexual predators live. Another is to required them to wear monitoring devices, and aother yet is to incarcerate them for longer periods of time.
That's the only real solution. To make sexual offenses life without parole sentences. The only problem with that is that there are people convicted of being sexual offenders who aren't really in that category. One that comes to mind is this example: an 18 year old boy has consensual sex with his 17 year old girlfriend. He can be charged with statutory rape for having sex with an underage child. If he is convicted, he is now a sexual offender. He doesn't fall into the same category as a pedephile or a rapist, and never would fall into either category. So we will have to revisit the laws that describe what constitutes a sexual offender. And that will be a good thing. We shouldn't rush into legislating laws that end up doing something other than what they were intended to do.
Pedophiles, people who want to have sex with children can be men or women. A male pedophile isn't necessarily homosexual, he may prefer girls. We're hearing of more female pedophiles and we've been shocked that they've been teachers. Why should it shock us? Pedophiles want to be around children.
As I understand, pedophiles usually prefer certain ages, elementary age as opposed to middle school age, or vice versa. The one thing I do know is that pedophiles cannot be rehabilitated. They may be able to resist the urge to have sex, but they will never be "cured."
Another thing I know is that we must do something to protect the children of our state and our country. They deserve to be children as long as they can. The deserve to live out their lives without fear. And their parents should not have to go through the horror that too many parents have gone through.
It's our duty as parents, relatives, neighbors, citizens to protect our youngest, most innocent citizens: the children.
Another thing I know is that we must do something to protect the children of our state and our country. They deserve to be children as long as they can. The deserve to live out their lives without fear. And their parents should not have to go through the horror that too many parents have gone through.
It's our duty as parents, relatives, neighbors, citizens to protect our youngest, most innocent citizens: the children.
Update: David Onstott has confessed to Sarah's murder and has been charged with first degree murder.
2 comments:
Any insight on the difference between a sexual offender and a sexual predator?
It seems to be a specifically-applied label, but danged if I can find out anything more than that.
I have to admit I've wondered about that myself. My guess would be that a "predator" has multiple offenses, where an offender might have only one.
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