10-28-2011, 11:10 PM
This is a super strange story/situation at several levels. Suppose that indeed, the parents (or mother) accidentally killed the baby and panicked, then frantically tried to hide the little one, with all the horrendous implications about the broken character of such a human being.
First, one can tell that this family (well, cohabiting people) are not exactly sophisticated, fast-thinkers. Then how on earth were they able to devise a smart plan and execute it so quickly, especially with her being highly inebriated? After all, the police/FBI have not found the baby, so whatever this family did to hide the poor little one's body, they did it super well. ("Well" is not quite fitting, of course!) But anyway, they do not seem to be the kinds of people who are up to doing this so well, and erasing all of their traces to such a degree!
Secondly, and related, suppose (far fetched, gruesome, ah!) that they did put the little one's body in the dumpster that was mentioned often in the news, added whatever combustion accelerator the media is referring to, and set the thing on fire, so that no remains are ever to be found. If so, how could they come up with such a thing fast, in the middle of the night--even, say evening? It does not seem that these are the sorts of people who would have the intellectual ability to gather fast and reliable knowledge about how/where to look for whatever substances combust bodies! Or, to find such substances, use them, and get rid of any evidence! Goodness, what a thought to start with.
And thirdly, the whole business of their expensive legal representation is odd. Who would be _interested_ to pay for the services of a hyper-costly lawyer in NYC (!), only to create a defense for what appears to be potentially horrendous? One might suggest: well, the media. The media could pay for the attorney in exchange of access to the couple, to their story, and in co-production with the self-interest of the fame-hungry lawyer. But something does not add up. The TV networks or other media may well be ethically flawed, but they would likely not pay for what seems to be a high caliber legal effort to cover (or throw doubt into) evidence. So, who would have both an interest and the requisite wealth to pay for this? Possibly the same person/institution who is offering the $100,000 recompense? But that is a recompense for _finding_ the baby. Yet the legal effort seems to a reasonable observer to be aiming at _not finding_ the baby. Then again, who's behind all this?
Incidentally, recall that when the mother was asked this morning how come the local lawyer was not representing them any more, she answered something like "this is news to me!" (approximate quote). Something in the phrasing of the answer seemed authentic to me, so whatever lawyer transactions occurred, seemed to have happened over these people's heads.
Ok, my two cents.
First, one can tell that this family (well, cohabiting people) are not exactly sophisticated, fast-thinkers. Then how on earth were they able to devise a smart plan and execute it so quickly, especially with her being highly inebriated? After all, the police/FBI have not found the baby, so whatever this family did to hide the poor little one's body, they did it super well. ("Well" is not quite fitting, of course!) But anyway, they do not seem to be the kinds of people who are up to doing this so well, and erasing all of their traces to such a degree!
Secondly, and related, suppose (far fetched, gruesome, ah!) that they did put the little one's body in the dumpster that was mentioned often in the news, added whatever combustion accelerator the media is referring to, and set the thing on fire, so that no remains are ever to be found. If so, how could they come up with such a thing fast, in the middle of the night--even, say evening? It does not seem that these are the sorts of people who would have the intellectual ability to gather fast and reliable knowledge about how/where to look for whatever substances combust bodies! Or, to find such substances, use them, and get rid of any evidence! Goodness, what a thought to start with.
And thirdly, the whole business of their expensive legal representation is odd. Who would be _interested_ to pay for the services of a hyper-costly lawyer in NYC (!), only to create a defense for what appears to be potentially horrendous? One might suggest: well, the media. The media could pay for the attorney in exchange of access to the couple, to their story, and in co-production with the self-interest of the fame-hungry lawyer. But something does not add up. The TV networks or other media may well be ethically flawed, but they would likely not pay for what seems to be a high caliber legal effort to cover (or throw doubt into) evidence. So, who would have both an interest and the requisite wealth to pay for this? Possibly the same person/institution who is offering the $100,000 recompense? But that is a recompense for _finding_ the baby. Yet the legal effort seems to a reasonable observer to be aiming at _not finding_ the baby. Then again, who's behind all this?
Incidentally, recall that when the mother was asked this morning how come the local lawyer was not representing them any more, she answered something like "this is news to me!" (approximate quote). Something in the phrasing of the answer seemed authentic to me, so whatever lawyer transactions occurred, seemed to have happened over these people's heads.
Ok, my two cents.
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(Msgr. Oscar Romero)
(Msgr. Oscar Romero)