[quote=Ricechex][quote=Rustico]I wonder if young kids molested are not frequently parented by poor,uneducated,single and perhaps drug using mothers?Living in other less than optimal conditions? Is it not irrational to consider your own families risk factors to be lower than that of many eventual victims?

I tend think I could have lived next to Westerfield or what ever his name was with zero risk, even if I had three daughters instead of three sons.Not sure though.[/quote]

Absolutely Rustico. The more chaos people live in, the more chaos their children are exposed to.

Also, pedophiles usually “groom” the children. They choose the children that are lonely (parents not readily available for whatever reasons…work, etc), and the grooming pattern occurs over time. They have to gain the child’s trust before the actual sex offense occurs. Typically, they choose children that are more passive and less social. Kids with poor/minimal attachments and support systems. . . . [/quote]

Good points, Ricechex and Rustico. You are “spot-on” in your assertions here. I can’t say HOW I know but Westerfield’s victim’s parents were higher than a kite when she was “stolen” from the confines of her bedroom in Sabre Sprs . . . in other words, asleep at the switch, ON PURPOSE. And I was ALREADY RETIRED from the gov’mt at the time this drama occured :={