No Words

Back in Bonney Lake, the newspaper covers are splashed with the latest investigation of a 16 year-old mentally disabled girl, Kimmie Daily, who was killed and sexually assaulted post mortem by her 18-year neighbor Tyler Savage. (Does anyone else feel the unsettling irony of that name...?)

Today in the paper, Tyler was described by his neighbor Jenny Berto as a "good kid" whom she trusted "wholeheartedly."

????

I'm sorry Jenny, but you lose all credibilty with that statement. No one is going to even begin to sympathize with the sociopath. No matter what you say, no one will believe that a necrophilic murderer was a "good kid," and that this is so unexpectedly out of character. I don't want to make a serious subject into sarcasm, but there are these things called warning signs that you so blissfully neglected. Even without a criminal record, no one up and kills someone. Maybe you should look at your own son's behavior because there is this cute saying that goes "birds of a feather, flock together." That's a little scary.

Lastly, this was a girl who was developmentally disabled due to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (thanks Mom). A loving, innocent disposition is what ultimately led to her death. I hate the term RIP, but I hope she is finding more joy, happiness, and understanding in a world beyond this one.