The horrific, unfolding story of the abduction of Shasta and Dylan Groene by a known sex offender just gets uglier the more you look into it.
The biggest question, however, is how did Joseph Duncan evade Fargo authorities forso long? Why was never hauled in for questioning in the Groene case? Groene, on his own blog:
- admits to being a convicted sex offender;
- admits that he was being monitored by police, and to even talking with an officer who had confirmed his registration address after an incident in which someone broke into his home;
- admits that at least one neighbor, as well as other acquaintances, knew of his past and status;
- claims to be frequently harassed by police, and even directly challenges the Fargo police chief;
- was a student at a local college and not hiding his identity;
- operates a public web site dedicated to the issue of reducing the post-sentence penalties for sex offenders;
- admits to being a fugitive in a post that directly precedes the abductions;
- becomes increasingly irrational, even delusional, in posts that go right up to three days before the Groene murders and abductions...
Did he not trip the radar for anyone in Fargo when Shasta and Dylan Groene went missing? Did none of the hundreds of commenters on his site get the urge to call police and warn them about this nut-job? Where were all of the failsafes that were supposed to protect these poor children from this monster? And what the hell good is Megan's Law if it can't keep people like this either locked up for firmly under police surveillance? Perhaps its time to add monitoring the Internet activities of convicted sex offenders to the law enforcement "to do" list. Sheesh... Previous post: scary pajama people |
