The unimaginable happens behind closed doors

It is hard to imagine that  across every mile of this great wide promising earth something utterly horrifying is happening. Things inconceivable to the human conscience and are happening to millions of nameless victims every 2 seconds that pass. We don’t know it, we don’t always see it and we never see how many people really get hurt every hour, every day.

 

We hear of things, experiences and traumas of unimaginable proportion- all the time, every day. It’s hard not to get numb, fade away and tune out. There is just so much going on. But, we always know in the back of our mind that man or woman and sometimes child can be fatally dangerous. It’s everywhere and somewhere maybe even next door. Horrible things happens in all kinds of neighborhoods. We just hope and pray it does not touch our lives intimately.

 

Its inconceivable what some people can psychologically conjure up, emotionally prepare for, and then physically carry out against another person, let alone a child. It’s disturbing when we realize that the innocence of an abused child could have been saved and preserved- if only. You know, we have just too many if only’s. What are we going to do about that? How about exchange a greater lobby effort to protecting children instead of focusing on less pivotal issues?

 

But what went wrong here? I am breathless. Appalled. Disgusted. And  want to see some accountability!

 

If he could come up with the post for the $500,000 bond, 47-year old Daniel Rinehart, of Harrisonville, Missouri would get it. But, it seems the trailer he’d cowered in behind his frail mom’s house who just can’t believe all of this- isn’t worth anything. With a ridicule like stoicism, his every facial expression reverberates the words “This is ridiculous. Just get me out of here. This is bullshit! I didn’t do anything wrong. I won’t be found guilty, you’re wasting my time” in my head. I can hear it. Perverts say these things all the time, until they actually believe it. Daniel Rinehart, is definitely a dangerous man and I don’t doubt that every one of these thoughts have gone through his head more then once, let alone tipped his dirty lips.

 

On January 1^st, Daniel was charged with one count of statutory rape (for a serious of sexual violations against a child under his authority, his own daughter beginning when she was 13 until she was between 18 and 19.). He faces 2 counts of incest (although his victim bore 4 of his children/grandchildren), one count of child endangerment, and abandoning a corpse. 2 children’s corpses were located on the premise where the family once resided, in a cooler. By medical evaluation, one child appeared to have lived a duration but died from untreated pneumonia. Thus, explains the case of neglect. The third child that also died is buried somewhere in Oklahoma. Just simply matterless bones to this pervasive child molester. The surviving child, who is three, is now in the custody of the state.

 

It is just not even right. There is no sense. I am gasping for air. It’s unfathomable. There was family- adults, there was an opportunity- no, a responsibility to save this little girl’s life and everyone failed to respond because in situations like this- you look, you all look. But here only the children were the made the repeated, ignored victims.

 

On March 5^th, 2009 Daniel will stand for his preliminary hearing. So the charges will be read and choices will be made regarding his punishment. In a separate courtroom will be another responsible party, who is out free to roam at this very moment, and has already missed her first court appearance-  the  primary victims mother.( I am going to have to refer to the girl as the primary because there are multiple victims in this case).  47-year old- Linda Rinehart who will face a charge of child endangerment. “A” charge of child “endangerment”. Linda not only allowed her own child to be sexually violated repeatedly, but helped birth the inbred babies and of course would be privy to their undisclosed deaths. Great parenting skills, and wow! What a grandma! A wife only Daniel could love. She needs to be held accountable to her grave.

It took a very brave move on part of the abused girls sister, who upon turning 18, realizing that she would not become a ward of the state anymore- went and told the secrets she’s keep keeping that were internally breaking her so many years. I cant imagine the fear that Daniel impressed upon everyone in his life- the terrorism had to be constant.

 

I assume Daniel was pretty violent to Linda and there were some chemical dependency issues and a whole lot of other things transpiring within the frame of that house. Domestic abuse, is a very serious matter, but in no way should it be used as Linda’s defense. It can be understood of child witnesses but this mother wholly participated in the continuous sexual violence against her daughter, her child.

 

So Daniel’s mother is pretty old.

I have no pity for her, not an ounce.

When your grand-daughter gets pregnant 4 times before she is 18, and these babies vanish, why aren’t you asking questions? Like what’s going on here? Where or even who are these babies’ dads? Why isn’t she on birth control? Why no funerals?  You don’t ask because you  know. This kind of thing was probably okay in Daniels family all his life. The  primary victim’s cousins knew what was going on and who these babies father was but everyone was afraid to say anything because of Daniels threats. Well, if there are cousins that means there are aunts and uncles too. Where were these cowards? Was she kept in the home all the time and denied schooling?

 

Right now people need to step up and start answering questions and not the victims here. Those that le this happen need a lesson in accountability. I guess we wait until March 5^th to see how Justice is served and for whom.

The Unlayering of Life

Until the case against Casey Anthony is heard and until a conviction has been imposed there is going to be no rest as we, a whole wide world unknown to this child await Justice for little Caylee.

 

Tonight, Caylee’s grandfather sits in a hospital room, a place I am sure that he never imagined he’d ever be-but a place in which the world understands. The months of agony, of the uncertainties, the lies, the misleading, the not knowing, and then the discoveries- the totality of it all would crack even the strongest of characters, how this family has survived thus far, I don’t know. It’s all so incomprehensible.

 

Her father feels responsible. The signs have been there all along- the sadness, the sorrow, the regrets- the “ what if’s” have emanated from his expressions, his voice, his apologies to the little girl he loves most in this world  and doesn’t want to believe that she has done what we know that she has. There had been on-going tensions between Casey and George in the weeks before his granddaughter disappeared. The bizarre behavior of his daughter that followed her leaving the house and “denying” Caylee’s grandparents access to them, or them to her- is volumistic.

 

Between July and August 2007, Casey was in custody and released 3 times. The 7 criminal charges she is facing now are just a few of the dozens of charges she could have pressed against her. While out on bail, Casey continued to thieve, landing her back in jail before a week could pass. The pathological nature of Casey Anthony does not solely cling to her ability to lie without fluctuation, without pause, without thought- it’s all natural behavior- to her.

 

It is probable that she will face criminal penalties for the thefts at a later date, but the consequences will not end there. The stories Casey Anthony told to police during the initial stages of the investigation were so well carried out it was almost as if she actually believed herself. I do have to commend the countless officers and agencies that actually brought this case together and peeled back the layers of Casey’s lies …without that she could go on hurting people in any of the ways that proves herself capable of. Where she is now is a good place for her to be, where she will be- will prevent future victims. Murder is just one of the more serious things she is capable of and capable of pretending she isn’t.

 

Of course, there is talk of filing for a change of venue- but thus far, no motions are in play. What has been asked from Casey’s defense is access to the private property for the next 2 years where she left little Caylee to- disintegrate and of course records pertaining to the volunteers who searched for little Caylee Anthony. So, not only do we know the defense wants to delay this, and that somehow the young woman sitting in protective custody can sleep at night so regardless.

 

I wonder if they would find a relative of Zenaida Gonzalez amongst those volunteers? Since she never really existed, who knows he could have fled to Mexico and is a person of interest? Sure there is no file identifying or linking such a person, not even by ethnicity but…maybe Universal studios has it hidden in the secret room Casey referred to as her “office”.

 

As for the real Zenaida Gonzalez, she has stood up and wants to sue Casey for defaming her name. Well  the woman does have a point here, however, there will be nothing  gained. No money. No fruition –just a piece of paper saying this prisoner for life- who may eventually earn a $1 a day owes her some money, and any received in bits and pieces probably wont even help Zenaida cover the monthly electric bill. It would be unfair, unjust and cruel to try to get money from Casey’s parents.

 

Also in Orlando, is another matricidal mother. Emmalee Fore.

 

Another tragic case, where a child has died after being brought to the attention of the State Department whose job it is: is to protect them but fails – abandons them back into the abusive, destructive arms of dangerous parents. The system is endlessly flawed. It is not simply a state problem it is a national crisis. All we do is sweep it under the rug and let it serve its cosmetic purposes rather then demand better of it. 15-month-old Blake Rupee did not have to die and more then one person is responsible for it. Firing two social workers doesn’t solve the problem here.

 

The case of Blake Rupee opened and closed in less then a year. The social workers wanted to give Emmalee the benefit of the doubt although her son has received a significant injury in her care. When his lifeless body was found, Emmalee might not have been home, although that’s still up in the air at this hour, but the child had broken bones all over his body- a collarbone, his arms, one in his thigh and 2 ribs. How old were those injuries? How long after the case was filed as closed did this little boy die? Within months.