Read article, what a tragedy...
blindthrall said:
Why did that chick even hang out with those guys in the first place? She was cute.
If you want a genuine answer to the question, read the linked article, it's rather thourough. Long story short though, she was an absolute sweetheart who was far too trusting for her own good and those guys were part of her social circle and she had started getting close to them following a breakup with one of their friends.
While we are it, people should read the article first before making knee jerk reactions such as calling for them to be tortured for the rest of their lives or whatever, reading the article makes you realize the main perpetrator was a ticking time bomb due to several fun factors such as....
-Being the son of a serial killer/rapist who sexually assaulted and raped a 16 yr old girl, foreshadowing?
-Never having been interviewed or psychologically followed over his fathers actions, he never talked about this with anyone beyond "he understood what he did", interpret that however you want.
-All this was during his early childhood, again the child was never seen or treated for any of this, these issues were allowed to grow and influence an expanding mind, tainting it
-The troubled signs continued into adolescence with substance abuse, participation in risky activities and petty crime (a stepping stone to more violent and hardcore activities) and a growing interest in violent porn at an age where his hormones were starting to become really strong....
Yeh, I could go on, but you all get the picture. This guy was almost a hopeless case from the start but we can't say this was a random lunatic, all the signs were there and this could have been prevented had measures been taken at a young age when the child was clearly disturbed and could have been pushed towards being a more positive individual or left to be dragged down by the burdens given by the father. Then again hindsight is a wonderful thing, and I have no clue to what extent social services were involved with this kid, if they were at all.
I'm left more wondering about the guys friend who doesn't have these excuses though.
RIP Kim for what it's worth...