Today a headline caught my eye and the story broke my heart.
Galveston, Texas: the body of a two year old girl was found in Galveston Bay.
Although awaiting the results of DNA tests for confirmation, officials are fairly certain that the child is Riley Ann Sawyers. They are holding Riley Ann's mother and stepfather.
According to the mother's statement, the child was beaten with leather belts, repeatedly had her head held under water and was thrown across the room-- among other things.
"The mother told authorities how the girl died "of her own volition," sheriff's Maj. Ray Tuttoilmondo said Tuesday on CBS' 'The Early Show.'"
Indeed? Of her own volition? What does that mean? This TWO YEAR OLD begged to be murdered? The three skull fractures were self-inflicted?
She was "asking for it?"
How can this happen? How is this possible?
According to this horrific story, that simply gets more horrific, the mother's statement detailed that she and the stepfather placed the body in a storage shed for two months before placing the body in a plastic bin and dumping it in the bay. The mother and stepfather forged papers to "prove" that the child was taken by social services.
What is the story here? What could a two year old do that could provoke such -- what? cruelty? rage?
Who can these people be to commit such outrages on the very one, the vulnerable one, for whom they were supposed to be responsible?
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