Post by darlahood1970 on Sept 4, 2008 17:26:53 GMT -6
Hannah Mack is one of my pet projects...I thought that her murder was pretty horrific...she went through an experience not much unlike JonBenet...but she wasnt rich...she wasnt a pagent girl...she was just a regular child until that night.
I think it was because she looked so much like Judith that I felt I needed to keep her story alive somehow.
Post by darlahood1970 on Sept 4, 2008 21:27:53 GMT -6
CORSICANA, Texas — A 6-year-old Texas girl was found hanged in her garage Monday and police were investigating the case as a homicide, MyFOXDFW.com reports.
Hannah Mack was discovered Monday by her mother, Dana, hanging in the garage with a rope around her neck in Navarro Mills Lake, about 65 miles south of Dallas, and there were signs that she had been sexually abused, the station reported.
"I just touched her arm and I wanted to get her down so bad," Dana Mack told MyFOXDFW.com.
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Police confirmed Wednesday the child was found hanged and sexually assaulted before she died.
Authorities have made no arrests or named any suspects since Hannah Mack's body was discovered. They are saying little about their investigation.
"I will confirm that the hanging and sexual assault were part of this scenario," Navarro County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Mike Cox said.
Cox said several people have been interviewed and no one has been ruled out as a suspect.
"We don't want to do anything that would compromise a successful prosecution of this case," Cox said Wednesday before abruptly ending a brief news conference.
Neighbors in the rural lakeside community in east Texas are frustrated by the silence so far and worry that a predator remains on the loose.
In a letter to the sheriff's department, Navarro County Judge Vicki Gray said an autopsy of the body showed "a multitude of events that together caused the death of this child." No other details were released.
The first-grader's body was found in a garage behind her home early Monday.
"I'm just concerned about the kids out there," said Harold Hocutt, 75, a neighbor who knows the girl's family. "Little girls. Little boys. It's just something you don't forget. Every time I drive by [Hannah's house], I cry."
Police asked state caseworkers to not say whether Hannah's family had been investigated by child welfare officers, said Marissa Gonzales, a spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
"I wish I could punish this person myself," Dana Mack told MyFOXDFW.com.
Post by gjscroggins81 on Sept 5, 2008 0:08:57 GMT -6
Authorities arrested 19 year old Shawn Earl Arender, and charged him with Hanna Mack's murder. Her mother's live in boyfriend was arrested 2 days after the murder for child pornography on his computer. CBS News has the scoop: cbs11tv.com/local/hanna.mack.navarro.2.507296.html .
And after that...she seemed to be swept under the rug...never to be heard from again
Just like how most of the world forgot about Judith . Even if the world turns it's back on them, and any of child who was murdered, or just died way before their time, I hope there'll always be someone out there who remembers them. So their memory and their legacy never dies.
shes so beautiful R.I.P. angel Judith, Maria, Heather and other angels are with you looking after you i feel like getting all the sickos in the world and drop them into the sun