Lisa Irwin 10 Mos. missing. MO

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I can think of scenarios both ways.

Then last night I watched an Unusual Suspects program (Investigation Discovery channel) about the murder of Julie Rae Harper's 11 yr old son in 1997. She said a man had broken in and taken her son - her son was found stabbed next to his bed with a steak knife from the kitchen. She was charged and convicted of her son's murder. Found out years later a drifter serial killer had done it - he targeted Julie because he said she was rude to him in a convenience store. The perp (Tommy Lynn Sells) was caught because he had broken in to another house, stabbed two girls while they were sleeping (the parents were both asleep). One girl survived and identified him.

Just goes to show that a random person can break in for the purpose of harming a child or children, and parents could sleep through it.

That would be awful to be convicted of something you didn't do.

In this case, my pessimism comes from the window that still had a screen on it (in which detectives got stuck while trying re-enact the crime), the lights on, the cell phones "so we couldn't call anyone", the dog that didn't bark. One of those things isn't as much of a problem as all of them together. The crime as she stories it is sadly just too far-fetched for me.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10/11/pol...isa-irwin/

The aunt's comments have to be one of the most ill-advised things I've read in quite some time.

There's something about this father's eyes that looks more sad than shy to me. I'm thinking he may not have been involved directly, but has helped to cover up.

I can see that as a possibility unfortunately.