Human beings are fascinating animals, aren’t they? I mean, we can do such amazing things with our hearts, minds and bodies. We’re so unique in that we have the capacity to be enormously giving, loving and compassionate, but also hurtful, deviant and evil. In fact, the depth of evil humans can reach is staggering and unimaginable.
I’m sure by now most of you have heard of Baby Grace, right? If not, then be prepared when you read the story. When I first heard about her yesterday, it literally took my breath away and I instantly began crying. How someone can do something so sick and demented to a child is beyond any normal person’s comprehension. My heart is absolutely breaking for Baby Grace. The sketches they’ve done in hopes of identifying her depict a lovely, adorable little girl, completely innocent of the evil this world can hold — until it came and ended her life. Whomever did this to her deserves to die. In fact, they deserve the same kind of death they dealt her. An eye for an eye, ya’ know? Child killers don’t deserve anything humane, least of all the manner in which they die.
Bob Smither, co-founder of the Laura Recovery Center For Missing Children, has launched a web site in hopes of generating more leads in identifying who this precious child is and who did this to her. I encourage all of you to visit, learn what you can do, and then post something — anything — about Baby Grace on your own blogs so that she can be identified and laid to rest with the name she was given, and the perpetrator of this horrific crime can be caught. You all know how powerful the blogging community is! Perhaps we can play a part in helping law enforcement find justice for Baby Grace.
I want to share with you a press release given by Maj. Ray Tuttoilmondo of the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office:
I don’t often make an appeal of emotion, choosing to stick with the facts of cases as we should. However, a case such as this draws out emotions in all that touch it – even us cynical old cops. I ask that you “buck the system” and include the emotions you, like me, are experiencing in looking at this case as a parent, a child, one who has children as part of your life, or just as a human being. The emotion in this case is strong – likely stronger than many I’ve seen in my 20+ years in this business, and we need your help to make this case break.
You must admit this case tugs at your heartstrings, just like it does mine. I hide behind the façade of the stoic cop – and you behind your “just the facts” media approach. It’s going to take more than “just the facts” to make this one work, and I appeal to your (and your heartless editors!!!) sense of humanity to give this case a face – and a heart.
I think Chau (the alleged short timer) said it well – “This case makes me sick to my stomach.” Cynthia had a comment something to the effect this was a sad case. They’re both right.
I cannot help but emphasize we are dealing with a little girl, not just unidentified body. To us, she isn’t unidentified – we simply don’t know her name. She has an identity to the lives she touched – and there are likely more than just a few of those, including every one of us involved in this case and has come to know her, in our own way, during the past couple of days. There is someone out there that is missing her in both the literal and emotional sense, and it is absolutely critical that we hear from that someone. That’s where you come in, getting that message to that some.
Feel free to quote me on any of the comments above…I’d appreciate it, and I would hope our little girl would as well.
Maj. Ray Tuttoilmondo
Galveston County Sheriff’s Office
601 54th St., Suite 2100
Galveston, TX 77551
409-766-2369
fax: 409-765-3100
ray.tutt@co.galveston.tx.us
Don’t you think bloggers are part of the media? I do! So come on, people, let’s do our part in helping to “make this case break”. Do it for Baby Grace.
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