Jacob Wetterling

I have not posted a blog post in 8 months! I am glad to be back and plan on posting as much as I can on here about recent cases, or whatever peaks my interest or you, my readers! :)

In the beginning days of September 2016 the remains of 11 year old Jacob Wetterling were recovered by authorities in Minnesota. I have followed this case since it occurred in 1989 when I too was a young child of 11/12. This case hit home to me because my older sister was 12 when she was kidnapped, raped, and bludgeoned to death by her murderer. I followed this case with hope and prayers that he would be found at a local fishing spot wetting a line and enjoying the great outdoors with a friend however that is not the case. According to recent information released by LEO in MN Jacob's alleged killer admitted to killing him after raping, torturing, and killing him in which manner was not released. The killer "graciously" allowed LEO to know the location of Jacob's remains so that the family could bury him properly. In return for his cooperation and the statue of limitations he will not be charged with Jacob's horrific murder. HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE OR JUSTIFIED??? I am sure many of you are screaming the same thing but this is the sad, sad state of our criminal justice system. God forbid we infringe on the rights of criminals but hey let's screw the victims and their families out of justice so we can make things easier in the short term. I know LEO were tied in what they could as I am very familiar with the legal aspects HOWEVER I feel that if we were harder on criminals in the first place they would not be so quick to plea for lighter sentences. If we had public hangings I guarantee there would be a lot less people out committing murder. I know it sounds archaic however what in the world do we think occurred to this poor, sweet 11 year old boy at the hands of that depraved psychopath??? I doubt he gave him a milkshake and shook his hand after his horrible actions. NO! He more than likely restrained this poor boy while doing unimaginable acts to him all while gaining sexual pleasure. You may be thinking why not just castrate him or others like him that do these sexual depraved acts? Well, it has been shown that if they are castrated they will find other items to use to gain gratification and that removing their sexual organs, or hormones, will not stop the torturous actions at all but make them even more depraved because they find other items such as curling irons, boards, sex toys, etc. Yes, I have read reports of the above being used by sexual predators that have been castrated in order to help them "control" their urges.

My heart is broken for this family however my heart rejoices that they finally have answers and are able to bury him properly. I pray for them, and all victims of violence such as this, daily.

I pray this never happens to another family however we all know that is highly unlikely.

What are your thoughts? Did you think he would be found alive after all this time? After all there have been several in recent years found alive after being held captive for years by their tormentors. Or did you assume he was already dead soon after being kidnapped? What steps do you think we should take to prevent this from occurring?

Please share your thoughts and opinions.
Thanks for reading! :)