Re: [Paddlewise] PFD Conviction

|Something's missing here.  What was the motive?  No one would do something
so
|heinous without a reason, either misguided or malicious.  The story itself
|represents less than competent reporting.

The little girl and a sibling went swimming from a boat.  A "current" took
them away from the boat.  The step father went after one child and the
"friend" went after the little girl.  He swallowed some water and was a
afraid he was going to drown.  He somehow found time while he was
"drowning" to take off the little girls PFD so he could use it to save
himself.

Motive?  The man wanted the little girls PFD so he would not drown.  He
took it from her when he got a little water in his mouth after he tried to
"rescue" the little girl.  He lived and she drowned.  She would very likely
have survived if he had left her alone much less taking off her PFD.

He should have been put in prison for life, if not worse, instead he was
convicted on a manslaughter charge.  That is a crime in itself.

I hate to bring you bad tidings, but the world is FULL of misguided and
malicious acts.  They happen every second, of every minute, of every hour,
of every day.  They just don't make the news that often and when these
events do make the news the full impact is not appreciated.

Later....
Dan McCarty



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