# Missing 9 year old girl killed by babysitter **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 28, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678 "2011-12-28T23:54:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/1 "2011-12-28T23:54:09Z")
> **[Indiana Baby Sitter Accused of Killing 9-Year-Old Girl to Appear in Court Friday](https://abcnews.go.com/US/indiana-baby-sitter-killed-year-girl-court-friday/story?id=15247766#.TvuowzWXRik)** > > The baby sitter charged with killing a 9-year-old girl who had disappeared from an Indiana trailer park will appear in court Friday, the first chance prosecutors will have to explain why he allegedly killed and then dismembered the girl's body. Aliahna Lemmon, who was missing since before Christmas, was found dead Monday. 39 year old Michael Plumadore, who was babysitting her and her younger sisters, admitted to beating her to death with a brick and stuffing her in his freezer. Then when the other kids left that night (and people were searching for the girl), he cut her into pieces, kept her head, hands and feet, and threw the rest of her body into a dumpster. I first read that she was missing online a few days ago, then I saw in the paper today that the babysitter admitted to killing her. What the fuck. You can;t even call this shit bag a person. People don;t do things like this. When this dog is convicted, he should be put down as soon as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/2 "2011-12-29T00:30:44Z")
“The page you’ve requested either does not exist or is currently unavailable.” Try this link instead: [Indiana Baby Sitter Accused of Killing 9-Year-Old Girl to Appear in Court Friday - ABC News](http://abcnews.go.com/US/indiana-baby-sitter-killed-year-girl-court-friday/story?id=15247766) What is it with you, Indianians? First Sylvia Likens, now this. But I must say, this is yet another example of “missing white woman syndrome,” and as such, it’s hard to get sufficiently worked up. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/3 "2011-12-29T00:41:03Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > “The page you’ve requested either does not exist or is currently unavailable.” Try this link instead: [Indiana Baby Sitter Accused of Killing 9-Year-Old Girl to Appear in Court Friday - ABC News](http://abcnews.go.com/US/indiana-baby-sitter-killed-year-girl-court-friday/story?id=15247766) > > What is it with you, Indianians? First Sylvia Likens, now this. But I must say, this is yet another example of “missing white woman syndrome,” and as such, it’s hard to get sufficiently worked up. The link in my OP works fine. What do you mean “you, Indianians”? It is hard to call a 9 year old a woman. And if you don;t get worked up over a child being killed, I have nothing more to say to you. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/4 "2011-12-29T00:42:29Z")
> [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](#): > > You can;t even call this shit bag a person. People don;t do things like this. Obviously, people do do things like this. It’s animals that don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/5 "2011-12-29T00:48:23Z")
> [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](#): > > The link in my OP works fine. Not for me. > [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](#): > > What do you mean “you, Indianians”? It is hard to call a 9 year old a woman. And if you don;t get worked up over a child being killed, I have nothing more to say to you. You’re expressing what is known as [recreational outrage](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=320298) (or RO) 'round these parts. Is there anybody anywhere who thinks that killing a child is permissible? Hardly. That doesn’t mean everybody wants to roll around in pity and cry every time another horrific murder story comes out. You also seem fairly new to the internet in general, and message boards specifically. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/6 "2011-12-29T00:51:11Z")
> [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](#): > > The link in my OP works fine. Not for me. > [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](#): > > What do you mean “you, Indianians”? It is hard to call a 9 year old a woman. You seem fairly new to the internet in general, and message boards specifically. Welcome. You may find w[ikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_white_woman_syndrome) a helpful resource moving forward. > [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](#): > > And if you don;t get worked up over a child being killed, I have nothing more to say to you. You’re expressing what is known as [recreational outrage](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=320298) (or RO) 'round these parts. Is there anybody anywhere who thinks that killing a child is permissible? Hardly. That doesn’t mean everybody wants to roll around in pity and cry every time another horrific murder story comes out. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/7 "2011-12-29T00:53:16Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Obviously, people do do things like this. It’s animals that don’t. On review, the latter is incorrect. Animals do kill immature members of their own species, sometimes even their own offspring. What they don’t do is remove the parts of the body that might identify their victim. That’s only done by people who have watched too much CSI. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/8 "2011-12-29T01:00:01Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > On review, the latter is incorrect. Animals do kill immature members of their own species, sometimes even their own offspring. What they don’t do is remove the parts of the body that might identify their victim. That’s only done by people who have watched too much CSI. People were mutilating other people long before CSI existed. And animals are so wondrous and pure, that they definitely never [eat their own babies](http://www.livescience.com/2264-parents-eat-young-big.html), either. ---
**Author:** ![slm2955](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/9 "2011-12-29T01:01:47Z")
This story is no more worse than the woman who repeatedly stabbed her OWN daughter who was a special needs child all because the daughter wasn’t “cooperating” with her… It’s a mad world out here! ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/10 "2011-12-29T01:13:13Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > What is it with you, Indianians? First Sylvia Likens, now this. But I must say, this is yet another example of “missing white woman syndrome,” and as such, it’s hard to get sufficiently worked up. I agree. This incident, when added to the Sylvia Likens murder of 1965, is definitely proof that Indiana is fucked up. I mean, two brutal murders in forty-seven years? Jesus Christ, this place is such a basket case. And yeah, like you, I really can’t get worked up over mainstream missing-person/murder cases. The whole white thing…it’s just so lame. I, personally, prefer to go look at the bulletin board at my local bodega, in search of missing brown people. I know, it takes a little extra effort, but it’s _so_ much more satisfying. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/11 "2011-12-29T01:14:39Z")
So did the parents get their money back? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/12 "2011-12-29T01:16:14Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > People were mutilating other people long before CSI existed. Sure. But I think that removal of the girl’s feet, hands, and head was obviously solely intended to hinder identification of her remains, and for no other reason. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/13 "2011-12-29T01:44:58Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > I agree. This incident, when added to the Sylvia Likens murder of 1965, is definitely proof that Indiana is fucked up. I mean, two brutal murders in forty-seven years? Jesus Christ, this place is such a basket case. > > And yeah, like you, I really can’t get worked up over mainstream missing-person/murder cases. The whole white thing…it’s just so lame. I, personally, prefer to go look at the bulletin board at my local bodega, in search of missing brown people. I know, it takes a little extra effort, but it’s _so_ much more satisfying. I’m \*from \*Indiana. I’m just riffing my home state. Don’t take it personally. It’s a farking shirthole, and I earned the right to say so. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/14 "2011-12-29T01:54:18Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > You also seem fairly new to the internet in general, and message boards specifically. Coming from the person who dosn’t know how to post a message the right way? :rolleyes: I was a member here for 4 more years than you. If I am new, I guess you didn;t even get here yet. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/15 "2011-12-29T02:02:40Z")
RO or not, this was in my hometown. We’re pretty conservative and this has shaken our city. As for Indiana being a “farking shirthole”, opinions are like assholes, everyone has one. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/16 "2011-12-29T02:05:39Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > As for Indiana being a “farking shirthole”, opinions are like assholes, everyone has one. [Thats not true.](http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/18/6247993-holy-crap-chinese-dude-lived-55-years-without-an-anus) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/17 "2011-12-29T02:08:14Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > RO or not, this was in my hometown. We’re pretty conservative and this has shaken our city. My hometown as well. A friend of mine has a kid who knew this girl. Absolutely horrible. ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/18 "2011-12-29T02:10:30Z")
The report I read indicated that the mom knew the neighborhood was chockfull of registered sex offenders, but was reassured by her own dad (himself a registered sex offender) that they were all _reformed_ sex offenders, and her daughters would be safe living there. The alleged killer was one specifcally discussed by Mom and Grandpop, and Mom apparently felt safe enough to leave her daughter alone with him for several days. What her rationale was, I can’t even begin to imagine. Personally, I don’t find Recreational Outrage to be any more offensive than the reaction that somehow those who express it are in the wrong, that they are overreacting, or that they don’t care about all the little murdered black children. This particular story is big locally, so naturally it would get at least local attention. People discuss things as a way of processing them, and everyone looks at the world through his or her own filter. And you know…not all of Indiana sucks. I mean, really–Illinois is better? That’s a new one to me, but I’m sure it depends on where you live in either state… ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/19 "2011-12-29T02:12:38Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > RO or not, this was in my hometown. We’re pretty conservative and this has shaken our city. That must be rough. My hometowns pretty liberal, so when somebody dismembers a child we’re all just like _meh_, but I can see where it would be rough in a town that was more conservative. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/20 "2011-12-29T02:20:52Z")
For the last couple days CNN’s been reporting on a toddler abducted from her bedroom. Isn’t that the second one in the past few months? These dumbass parents need to think up better stories. I blame our educational system. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678.md?page=2)