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Submitted by stepmasochist on Fri, 01/16/2009 - 3:45pm

My first blog's not exactly on topic, but relevant I think.

Things are rough here today. My small town in which I'm a reporter for our small newspaper has had a cloud cast over it for the last three weeks. A teenage girl has been missing.

I've been in contact with the sheriff gaining updates on the search for her. The details of the story are horrific to say the least. She was last seen two days before Christmas, but was not reported missing for three days. The sheriff was not even sure if she was missing or a runaway when it was first reported because the girl's family wouldn't talk. Her mother, a meth user, would not allow law enforcement to search her house for fear they'd find drugs until they threatened her with becoming a suspect.

The girl had moved to her brother's house a week before she disappeared and she had filed a sexual assault complaint 10 days before. She was last seen when her brother took her to the house of a "known" drug dealer to babysit.

The girl was troubled. It is believed her mother pimped her out for drugs. She had runaway before and friends said when they had seen her recently she was on something. What concerned her friends was that like every 16 year old girl with a cell phone she was constantly texting, but their messages went unanswered and her phone went straight to voicemail.

The sheriff called this morning to say she had been found. What everyone in town knew it their hearts was confirmed when a cadaver dog discovered her body. She was wrapped in a pool cover in a pile of junk behind the house where she was last seen.

Something like this is not supposed to happen here. People come here to raise their children in a nice, close-knit community, not throw them out like trash. I do not normally have to write about such awfulness. My other "big" story to cover today is 4-H kids showing pigs at the junior livestock show. It will be a story about scores of dedicated kids' working for a goal with their families and it will go on the front page, right below this tragedy.

So before I ramble on too much, I'll get to my point. Hug your kids and stepkids today and know whether they know it or not they are lucky to have you. Unlike this poor girl who had no one, they have you looking out for them and for that they are blessed.

And now I'm off to visit some kids with pigs.

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Submitted by Dealing_with_Drama on Fri, 01/16/2009 - 5:07pm

I Know My Name is Steven

"What you do to children; they will do to society." ~Karl Menninger

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Submitted by DISbelief on Fri, 01/16/2009 - 4:03pm

Stories like this make me sick to my stomach. This girls innocense was stolen from her before she was even old enough to understand what it means. It makes me kick myself for complaining about socks... but then again it makes me fear what what goes on at BM's house that we DON'T know about.

Thank GOD for my family, my friends and the village around me that are helping raise my children. And for that fact that I KNOW that at least half of the time, my SS is in safe hands.

I am sorry your community is going through this. It is tough on everyone around when things like this happen. My heart goes out to those who knew and loved this little girl~

Off to squeeze my kids~

DISbelief~

~You have to BE crazy to UNDERSTAND crazy!~ ; )

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Submitted by secondwife20 on Sat, 01/17/2009 - 6:22am

about two siblings that were abducted and tortured. The older brother was killed right in front of his sister's very own eyes.

Can you imagine the horrors that this little girl must live with now?

I have no sympathy for the people that do these to innocent people, especially innocent children. I'm so mad at Nebraska because they removed the electric chair, claiming that it's unconstitutional... it's torture for those men and women. They obviously have never lost a child through abduction and/or murder... because I know that, god forbid, if I ever lost a child in that sense, I would hunt down the person who did it and fry the f**cker myself.

I will keep you, the girl, and the town in my prayers... but especially the girl for she was not able to live her life.

I will definitely hug my brother tonight and tell him how much I love him... SD8 though? She wouldn't care if I hugged her or not.

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Submitted by Anon2009 (not verified) on Sat, 01/17/2009 - 1:21pm

My oldest SD (OSD) got in from soccer practice a little while ago and I hugged her. She looked at me strange, then smiled and said, "thank you, SM!" YSD isn't home yet but when I pick her up from her friend's I'll hug her too.

I will definitely keep you, the family and most especially the girl in my prayers.

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Submitted by Tara12 on Sat, 01/17/2009 - 9:53pm

if your skids are in a horrible situation and their dads - your BFs/FH/DH's are trying to get them back them up every step of the way. Every child deserves a structed, loving home environment and if they complain about the rules it is too bad because it is better to keep our children safe. So sorry you and your community are going through this. Very heart-wretching.

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Submitted by ferretmom on Mon, 01/26/2009 - 11:22pm

I have been accused of being overly protective of my sons when they were growing up but that was why. When we lived in Washington state a little girl that lived by my youngest son's school was taken as she walked to school. After that I drove both of my sons rather than let them take the bus and enrolled them in self defense class. It seemed that if I wasn't worried about perverts it was gangs. Every night on the news either a child had been kidnapped or killed in a drive by. I started going gray before I turned 30. But if I had to do it all over again I wouldn't change a thing.