12-26-2013, 02:37 PM
It's a very sad story. Most of them are sad stories.
Will be surprised if the stepdad is prosecuted because the mom probably won't want to pursue it and the girl was sorta in the process of breaking and entering her own home.
Still negligent of the stepdad not to check where the kid(s) were first, IMO. I'd have checked on them before confronting a possible burglar. I checked a couple of months back when I wasn't sure who the hell was in my garage in the middle of the night.
Then I grabbed the (dull) butchers knife from the kitchen and my cell phone. I knew it wasn't the kid in the garage and knew where the kid was before I went charging in to confront what turned out to be a damned possum.
Anyway, if there's nothing more to this story than a terrible mistake, I agree that this family will suffer immeasurably whether any charges are pressed or not.
Will be surprised if the stepdad is prosecuted because the mom probably won't want to pursue it and the girl was sorta in the process of breaking and entering her own home.
Still negligent of the stepdad not to check where the kid(s) were first, IMO. I'd have checked on them before confronting a possible burglar. I checked a couple of months back when I wasn't sure who the hell was in my garage in the middle of the night.
Then I grabbed the (dull) butchers knife from the kitchen and my cell phone. I knew it wasn't the kid in the garage and knew where the kid was before I went charging in to confront what turned out to be a damned possum.
Anyway, if there's nothing more to this story than a terrible mistake, I agree that this family will suffer immeasurably whether any charges are pressed or not.