Terri Horman’s long time friend since junior high school, Jaymie Finster, says Terri is scheduled to take a 2nd polygraph today. According to OregonLive.com, Jaymie said, “She [Terri] is not very happy about it.”
You can read more here.
Video of Multnomah County Sheriff’s Capt. Jason Gates
speaking about the Kyron Horman case
Today the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Capt. Jason Gates spoke out to the media about updates on the Kyron Horman case. He talked about a flyer/questionnaire that is being passed around to the students, teachers, faculty and staff of Skyline Elementary School which asks questions about Terri Horman and Kyron Horman on June 4, 2010. Law enforcement is hoping the flyer can jog people’s memories. To see more about the flyer, click here.
Unfortunately, I do not analyze law enforcement or attorneys, because I respect the job they do and need to do, and I don’t see anything positive coming from my assessments. I hope you understand.
To see my thoughts on the Horman’s earlier press conference a week after Kyron Horman went missing, click here.
Thanks, Marie, for the video link.
Police aren’t saying if Terri Horman is a person of interest, but they are passing out a flyer in hopes of getting more information from people who were at the Skyline Elementary school on June 4, 2010. The flyer shows photos of Terri and Kyron Horman as well as the vehicle Terri was driving that day.
To see the questionnaire, click here. You can read more about these developments at Oregon Live.
People magazine (Report: Stepmom Investigated in Missing Oregon Boy) is saying that the Williamette Weekly reports that Terri has inconsistencies in what she says she did the day Kyron went missing.
Things are starting to heat up, as I suspected, sadly. Terri Horman really alerted me with her body language that something is not right in this case when she appeared in her first press conference a week after Kyron went missing. To read my thoughts, click here.
ABC 20/20 video with Melody Granadillo and Chris Cuomo
ABC 20/20 tonight will show an interview with Melody Granadillo, Joran van der Sloot’s ex-girlfriend from Aruba. You can see a snippet of it here. It’s clear by this interview that Melody still has a soft spot for Joran. She appears to be a very kind, soft-hearted individual. When the two were together, there is little doubt that Joran called the shots.
Read moreInterestingly, Melody may never have been in danger with Joran, because psychopaths, even serial killers, often deem people “important” in their life, and these people they never seem to touch. It’s an odd phenomenon. Don’t get me wrong, I would never say you are safe with a psychopath, but most of them do have an odd history when you look at them.
Perhaps these “deemed-important-people” walk gingerly around these killers, and subconsciously know to never upset them. I don’t know. It would be interesting to study the personalities of those who were involved with psychopaths, who escaped their fury. What does a psychopath use to deem someone important? Joran still seemed to cling to Melody up until the end.
Think of BTK–aka Dennis Rader. He was married with children all of those years and never touched his wife or kids. Other serial killers, I think it was the Iceman, cried over someone he loved. I can’t remember if it was his mother who died when he was in prison or if he was falsely told his wife was dead or dying. Forgive me. Whatever it was, I remember being awestruck at how he had deemed someone of significance to him, because he was such a cold, callous man!
ABC 20/20 is also reporting this morning that Joran van der Sloot’s mom communicated with ABC and has stated she believes her son, Joran, is not a murderer. It’s not surprising, is it?
It surprises me that people can’t understand a parent’s denial. I can hear the logic from a distance. “I raised my son! I’ve known him his whole life. I know him better than anyone and he would not kill anyone. He could not kill anyone. They must have the wrong person. I am his mom and I know him the best!” Tell them that their child lies, and I can hear them reason back, “Who hasn’t lied? Who has raised a child that doesn’t lie?! Give me a break.”
On the evening of February 8, 2009, a distraught young man, Aaron Vargas, 32, drove to the trailer of Darrell McNeill, 63, and shot and killed him in front of his terrified wife. Aaron Vargas, only weeks away from his wedding, had just learned that he wasn’t the only one that Darrell had molested. The knowledge shocked and angered Aaron, and in a drunken angry state, he arrived at Darrell’s with a loaded revolver in his pocket. After a short dispute between the two men, Aaron shot and killed Darrell.
Read moreThe people of Fort Bragg, California were stunned and surprised at the killing of Darrell until the truth started coming out. Several men came forward to say they had been sexually molested by the man, also. The town began to rally around Aaron and called him a hero.
In May, ABC’s 20 20 did a story on Aaron. Aaron spoke for the first time to Chris Cuomo. He revealed that he had been molested by Darrell since he was 11 years old. He told Chris that he didn’t go there with the purpose of killing Darrell, but he was trying to warn him to stay away from himself and his family. Aaron said Darrell had began to come around his baby daughter and was showing too much interest in her, and Aaron feared Darrell would start molesting his daughter, too. He also said that fear for his child and the need to put a stop to Darrell’s hold over him, which had driven him to a breaking point.
Aaron plead no contest to a charge of involuntary manslaughter in April. On June 16, 2010, in front of a packed courtroom, Judge Ronald Brown sentenced Aaron to 9 years out of a possible 10 year maximum sentence. The Vargas family was upset. They had hoped for probation, and they plan to appeal.
Darell’s sister, Mindy Galliani said after the sentencing, “It’s clear that the justice system still doesn’t have an understanding of childhood sexual abuse.”Judge Brown said “I believe the defendant intended to kill and intended him to suffer,” and that Vargas’ actions “were consistent with an intentional killing.” The judge said he could not overlook the use of violence to solve problems.
What do you think? Do you think the sentence is too severe or do you think the sentence should have been longer?
