Jamie Bolin was last seen alive on Wednesday, while at the local library... and although she was reported missing when she failed to return home, no Amber Alert was issued until Thursday night.
I understand the need to maintain certain criteria should be met when issuing an Amber Alert... I realise the importance of attempting to ensure that the public doesn't become conditioned to the alerts and slowly begin to ignore them... and yet, something in me is completely bothered that a 10 year old can go missing without people being informed of it.
The police believe, according to a statement released that even if an Amber Alert had been released- we'd still be faced with the same horrible end to this story... but how can they know that? What is the possibility that someone may have seen even the smallest piece of evidence and called LE? Can we really accept that there was nothing that could have saved this child? Now, I don't mean to criticize anyone, I really don't. I just want to make the point that they really don't know whether it would have helped- so I feel it's wrong to announce that it wouldn't have.
I know that it is pointless now to pick at whether the right or wrong choice was made, because Jamie was found Friday, not far from her home, in an apartment belonging to Kevin Ray Underwood.
Underwood has been arrested for what Prosecutor Tim Kuykendall called one of the most “heinous and atrocious” crimes he has seen. Although it is clear Jamie was murdered, details on her death have not been released. Not that I need them. I can already conclude that this man is a monster- who else would murder an innocent child?
UPDATE:
I'm just now watching the press release (7:00pm) from the DA in the case. Some of the information being provide will take a while for me to post, I just can't bring myself to post it all now. I can only say that the last time I cringed while watching the news this badly, was while hearing reports about Joseph Duncan.
But the important part is that her family has set up a memorial fund "The Jamie Rose Bolin Memorial Fund", which can be contributed to at any Bank of Oklahoma
It does seem that this horribly heinous crime was planned out, with items bought for the purpose of the crime over a period of weeks or months. The search of the home turned up a hack saw, duck tape, a cutting board, meat grinder, and a book on cannibalism.
The DA indicated that the monster responsible had planned to kidnap, molest, rape, torture, murder and consume the young girl. There is also evidence that more than one person was targeted, although so far the only victim known is Jamie.
UPDATE #2 a quick look on my crime blog lead me to Optymyst's place who has an excellent post with links to this perverts blog.
Categories:murders,
I understand the need to maintain certain criteria should be met when issuing an Amber Alert... I realise the importance of attempting to ensure that the public doesn't become conditioned to the alerts and slowly begin to ignore them... and yet, something in me is completely bothered that a 10 year old can go missing without people being informed of it.
The police believe, according to a statement released that even if an Amber Alert had been released- we'd still be faced with the same horrible end to this story... but how can they know that? What is the possibility that someone may have seen even the smallest piece of evidence and called LE? Can we really accept that there was nothing that could have saved this child? Now, I don't mean to criticize anyone, I really don't. I just want to make the point that they really don't know whether it would have helped- so I feel it's wrong to announce that it wouldn't have.
I know that it is pointless now to pick at whether the right or wrong choice was made, because Jamie was found Friday, not far from her home, in an apartment belonging to Kevin Ray Underwood.
Underwood has been arrested for what Prosecutor Tim Kuykendall called one of the most “heinous and atrocious” crimes he has seen. Although it is clear Jamie was murdered, details on her death have not been released. Not that I need them. I can already conclude that this man is a monster- who else would murder an innocent child?
UPDATE:
I'm just now watching the press release (7:00pm) from the DA in the case. Some of the information being provide will take a while for me to post, I just can't bring myself to post it all now. I can only say that the last time I cringed while watching the news this badly, was while hearing reports about Joseph Duncan.
But the important part is that her family has set up a memorial fund "The Jamie Rose Bolin Memorial Fund", which can be contributed to at any Bank of Oklahoma
It does seem that this horribly heinous crime was planned out, with items bought for the purpose of the crime over a period of weeks or months. The search of the home turned up a hack saw, duck tape, a cutting board, meat grinder, and a book on cannibalism.
The DA indicated that the monster responsible had planned to kidnap, molest, rape, torture, murder and consume the young girl. There is also evidence that more than one person was targeted, although so far the only victim known is Jamie.
UPDATE #2 a quick look on my crime blog lead me to Optymyst's place who has an excellent post with links to this perverts blog.
Categories:murders,
Comments
The news said she was in the apartment right underneath the one she lived in with her father.
I simply cannot imagine.
Happy Easter Lilo....