Sexual Predators
Sexual predators play on the trust of families and caregivers to gain access to children. Learn how you may be placing your child in danger.
Alyssa Bustamante  The story of what happened to 9 year old Elizabeth Olten on October 21 is still being pieced together, yet as it grows more disturbing with every detail that comes to light. Anthony E. Mann Fights Georgia´s Offender Law  After his conviction, the Mann’s wanted to be sure that Anthony would not be violating the sex offender law’s in Georgia, carefully researching the location of their home. Recently, law enforcement told him he would have to move as his home and business were both within 1,000 ft. of a day care. Bruce Emerson Sawhill Missouri's Most Wanted  Bruce Emerson Sawhill is according to America's Most Wanted and the US Marshall's Missouri's most wanted child molester. Help find him and put him in jail. Child Abductor Eugene Parnell Dies  The world is a bit safer today. Kenneth Eugene Parnell is dead at age 76. He died from natural causes, at the State of California Correctional Facility Officials in Vacaville California Medical Facility. He is perhaps one of California´s most brazen child kidnappers and molesters. Child Predator Arraignment Held in High School  Recently at the Shadyside High School, an arrangement was held involving a man accused of molesting multiple children. In reality this is probably a wonderful learning experience for many teens to see in person how things work in the land of the law. Yet, I question the impact this had on students. Convicted Child Molester Becomes Ordained Minister  Mark Hourigan has officially been ordained as a minister for a local church in Louisville, Kentucky. How does a man who is required to register as a lifetime sex offender become ordained as a church as a minister? Dean Arthur Schwartzmiller - America´s Most Prolific Child Molester  Dean Arthur Schwartzmiller is perhaps the most prolific child molester ever. Seven multicolor spirals bound notebooks, written in a loopy cursive handwriting records over 36,000 names, mostly boys, he has molested over thirty years. Death Penalty For Killer of Pregnant Mom  She is famous in a sick way, Lisa Montgomery, is now only the third woman on death row. Her sentence for the death penalty was given, after the jury found her guilty of the December 16, 2004 murder of Bobbi Jo Stinnett, and the kidnapping or her unborn baby in Skidmore Missouri.
Dr. Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing  Pedophilia was first used by an Austro-German psychiatrist Dr. Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing. Some believe pedophilia is a mental illness. Read this article to learn more about the history of pedophilia. Dru Sjodin National Offender Public Website  A sex offender registry is a current list of sex offenders, and every state has one. the information may vary by state. Find out how your state compares to other states. FBI´s Recently Televised Sexual Predators [offsite link] The following men are the FBI´a accused sexual predators and all were recently televised on Oprah Winfrey if you recognize any of these predators, please call your local FBI or local law enforcement to report there location. GPS Monitoring of Offenders  Global Positioning System also known as GPS which uses satellite technology to locate you when you use a GPS in your car to navigate around town is also used to monitor sex offender. Sounds high tech right? Wrong. GPS may provide only a false sense of security. Grooming Behaviors of Predators  Once again, a pedophile uses a God syndrome, in order to place blame on the innocent young girl’s he has violated. The ultimate atrocity is when an adult uses God to gain compliance for sexually abusing a young child. Grooming Techniques of Predators  When a pedophile takes special care to facilitate a trusting relationship with a child and or the child’s parents, he or she is in the act of grooming. The meticulous grooming pattern begins with a pedophile identifying his or her next victim. Halloween and State Offender Laws  Missouri has a new law this Halloween requiring registered sex offenders to stay inside between 5 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., turn off house outside lights, and post a sign on their door stating they are not giving out candy. He Was Nice To My Kids  The mother of a teenage girl recently molested by a neighbor spoke these words, he was nice to my kids, he´d take her to the library, I thought that was all that was going on. A person who is interested in hanging around a child that is not his should send up many red flags for the parent. Husband Abuses Children in Wife´s Home Daycare  A Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s detective questioned William Huck. In a shocking and unexpected move, Huck waived his right to an attorney and confessed to twelve sexual meetings with the boy. Huck told police he may have abused in the upwards of forty children over the last thirty years. John Mark Karr Arrested in Jon Benet Ramsey  This week brought a startling arrest in the decade old child murder case of six-year-old Jon. Benet Ramsey. Jon Benet brutally murdered was found in the basement of her parent’s Boulder Colorado home in the early hours of December 26, 1996. John Mark Karr Not Charged in Jon Benet Murder  John Mark Karr will not be charged in murder case of Jon Benet Ramsey, despite confession, no DNA match to prove he was at the scene. Joseph Edward Duncan III Convicted Child Offender  Joseph Edward Duncan III a convicted sex offender admits he began stalking Brenda Groene and her family after posting bail in Washington state. Joseph Fritzl Keeps Daughter Hostage 24 Years  Joseph Fritzl held his daughter, and six of her children born in captivity in a hidden basement room for 24 years. How can this be possible? Joseph Kondro Child Serial Killer  Kondro does what most every child predator does, plays on the trust of those he knows, his friends. The girls Kondro killed were the children of people he considered friends. How well do you know your friends? Justice for Jessica´s Killer Gets Death  John Evander Couey was in court this Friday for sentencing on the charges of kidnapping, rape and murder of 9-year-old Jessica Marie Lunsford. Legal Loophole Protects Offenders  The Sex Offender Accountability and Protection of Minors Act of 2006, gives pedophiles a get out of jail free card, failing to protect children. Lifetime GPS Monitoring for Predators  Electronic or GPS (Global Positioning System) monitoring required for a lifetime for certain child and violent sexual predators, even after they complete sentencing. Man Spend Hours and Days In JC Penny´s Boys Dressing Room  A man in his mid forties uses the boys fitting rooms in a JC Penny’s Store for hours on end, day after day, week after week and no one questions this behavior. Clearly, the store clerks and store managers are aware that a man has been visiting the boy’s dressing room repeatedly.
Michael Devlin Pleads Guilty  Shawn Hornbeck missing four and a half years, and William "Ben" Ownby was missing for four days when the two boys were discovered alive in the apartment of their kidnapper Michael Devlin. Their miraculous rescue was deemed the Missouri Miracle. Devlin this week pleaded guilty on all charges. Miss America Helps Police Nab Child Predators  Miss America Laura Nelson is a beautiful twenty-year-old woman who can pass for a teenager, and she is doing just that to help the Suffolk County Police Department seize sex offenders. This beauty queen posed online as a 14-year-old girl, helping Police arrest eleven alleged sexual predators. New Jersey Bans Death Penalty - Megan´s Law Killer Commuted to Life  Jesse Timmendequas is one of eight inmates whose life, or rather his death, is now significantly affected, by New Jersey abolishing the death penalty. In 1997, Jesse Timmendequas received a conviction and death sentence for the brutal rape, beating, and strangulation murder of Megan Nicole Kanka. Offender Registry and the Law  There is much controversy about listing sex offender registries online. The controversy is the offender has served his or her time and paid retribution for the crime and by listing them on a “sex offender registry” violates their right to privacy. Offenders Disguised as Teens Online  That 15-year-old teen boy talking to your son or daughter, more than likely is a wolf disguised as a sheep. Adults will often pretend to be someone close to the age of your child. Learn how to keep children safe on the world wide web. Paul Martin Andrews - Pedophilia Victim Warns of Common Child Lure  Paul Martin Andrews was thirteen when a seasoned pedophile used a common lure to convince the boy to get into his van on January 10, 1973. Pedophilia victim warns parents of a common lure that may have helped his abductor kidnap him. Pedophilia - a Paraphilia an Abnormal Attraction  Pedophilia coined in 1886, by a German psychiatrist Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing comes from the Greek words, “pais” meaning child, and “philia” meaning friendship or love. Pedophilia is an abnormal attraction, a paraphilia, or someone sexually excited by a child. Predators Access Children Electronically  How can we as parents monitor our childrens safety when he or she can text, instant message, surf, and call anyone in the world from their own bedroom behind closed doors without a parent ever knowing with whom their child is interacting. Monitoring children is part of being a parent. Predators Soliciting Teens by Texting  The stories never stop coming from the news media involving sick pedophiles and innocent children. This week in Broward County Florida a 21-year-old male working as a childcare monitor at the Pine Lakes Elementary School is in jail because he has been sexually texting three male students. Protecting Children from Predators  Pedophiles have fantasies, reoccurring thoughts, and behaviors that involve sexual activities with a child usually younger than 14 years. Are your children safe? Registered Offenders Missing in Action  According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, there are 664,731 registered sex offenders in the United States, and 100,000 missing. Richard Steve Goldberg Captured - FBI´s Top Ten Fugitive  Today, thanks to the hard work of one Canadian citizen children in our world are safer. One person smelled a rat, and helped get Richard Steve Goldberg one of the FBI´s Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives and a bad Child Molesters off the street! Sam Shelton Confession Tape Released by Judge  Today Saint Clair County, Illinois, Judge Milton Wharton released the taped police confession of a twenty-six year old teacher who had a relationship with a seventeen- year old student. The teacher, Samson R. Shelton, will go on trial later this year for the attempted murder of Ashley Reeves. Samuel Burnett Sentenced Sixty Years  Circuit Judge Melvyn Wiesman asked the now 8 year old on September 25 to think about what she felt would be appropriate for her attacker to receive as punishment, and to write him a letter. She did. She asked, “That he go away for 60 years…because when he gets out he won´t hurt any other person.” School Policy Regarding Parent Offenders  Many schools mandate all volunteers, including parents, and all employees have to submit to a background check prior to any contact with students. However, just as many schools do not require this back ground check. How schools deal with parents who are registered sex offenders varies greatly. Sherman Burkett - Missouri´s Youngest Adult Inmate  He was 13, she was six, and they were neighbors in the Saint Louis County Neighborhood the lived in. Something happened November 11, 2005 that changed both their lives forever. That night Sherman Burkett kidnapped his six-year-old neighbor from in front of her home. The Newest Tool of Child Predators - Cellphones  Cell phones are what most parents will buy a child in order to feel that their child is safe. Cell phones have become a pedophiles new tool to groom a child for a meeting. A parent may never realize a sex offender is contacting their child for a physical meeting until it is too late. Find out why. The Secrets of Skidmore Missouri  Lisa Montgomery confessed to strangling Bobbi Jo Stinnett, and then cutting her unborn baby girl from her mother’s womb.
To Catch a Predator  Watch Dateline's To Catch a Predator series to know what lurks in cyberspace and learn how to protect your children from sexual predators. Zero Tolerance for Child Offenders on Halloween  Zero tolerance means sex offenders cannot decorate their homes with Halloween lights or decorations. On Halloween, offenders cannot turn on their porch light or pass out Halloween candy to children who are trick or treating. Links marked with the [offsite link] designation point to websites not associated with BellaOnline.com. BellaOnline.com is not responsible for the material found there.
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