# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/21 "2011-12-29T02:24:50Z")
> [@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. What the ever loving fuck is wrong with you? ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/22 "2011-12-29T03:46:37Z")
**Simplicio** is totally owning this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/23 "2011-12-29T04:10:43Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > **Simplicio** is totally owning this thread. Agreed. Can I lead the “stand and start the slow clap” for him? ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/24 "2011-12-29T05:13:10Z")
> [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](#): > > 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. Well, I’ve been here for 5 more years than you, which must be why I’m wondering why this thread is in IMHO. While we’re at it, I’m wondering what you have against the apostrophe key. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/25 "2011-12-29T07:01:09Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > 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. What does y’all being “pretty conservative” have to do with it? A little girl was murdered. There isn’t any indication that it was about politics. You seem to be implying an innuendo that this wouldn’t shake up a town of liberals, or that it might be less of a surprise in a town of liberals. ---
**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, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/26 "2011-12-29T08:00:00Z")
> [@papergirl](#): > > And you know…not all of Indiana sucks. I mean, really–Illinois is better? No, the entire Midwest sucks. I just have a special place in my heart for Indiana. I’m not saying this isn’t horrible and terrible, etc. But the shocked outrage that humans can be disgustingly evil seems way overdone. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/27 "2011-12-29T08:25:35Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Agreed. Can I lead the “stand and start the slow clap” for him? I’m waiting to stand behind you, pumping my fist. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/28 "2011-12-29T08:37:17Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > I’m wondering why this thread is in IMHO. Because I find it’s perfectly acceptable to beat a child to death with a brick, dismember them, and throw the body in a dumpster. That’s MY OPINION, OK?!?! Jeeze. (All kidding aside, and yes I was kidding, Illinois vs. Indiana? Well you might have Abraham Lincoln; but we have both Orville Redenbacher as well as John Cougar artist formerly known as Mellencamp. AND David Letterman! Oh and this [scamp](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson#Early_life_and_The_Jackson_5_.281958.E2.80.931975.29) briefly tickled the public’s fancy. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/29 "2011-12-29T15:29:23Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > 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. **rachelellogram** , save your lectures; people are allowed to discuss most any topic that interests them without threadshitters coming in and telling them they don’t have the right. If _you_ don’t want to talk about this case, well then … don’t. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/30 "2011-12-29T15:55:30Z")
This thread is supposedly about the tragic murder of a little girl. Apparently, some people think it should be about them. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/31 "2011-12-29T16:37:56Z")
My hometown is not far from Ft. Wayne and I have a lot of friends there so I’ve heard a lot about this story. I assume the family was unaware of the babysitter’s criminal record. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/32 "2011-12-29T16:48:00Z")
How is this thread not in the pit with all the other RO-about-chopped-up-people? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/33 "2011-12-29T22:06:52Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > 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. What’s wrong with you? Don’t you know a white womans life is valuable? Patrice O’Neal explains: https://www.youtube.com/embed/TeCMCJc5-jg?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**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 31, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/34 "2011-12-31T18:47:08Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Well, I’ve been here for 5 more years than you, which must be why I’m wondering why this thread is in IMHO. While we’re at it, I’m wondering what you have against the apostrophe key. Because it isn;t a general question, or a debate. It isn;t about a movie, and I don;t think it is mundane or pointless. And I wasn;t pitting anyone or anything, I just read about the case, it made me sick, and I needed to get it off my chest. And the apostrophe key killed my friends father. It must prepare to die. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/35 "2011-12-31T20:43:45Z")
> [@HongKongFooey](#): > > What the ever loving fuck is wrong with you? Word. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/36 "2011-12-31T20:46:16Z")
Why is this in IMHO? ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/37 "2011-12-31T20:47:10Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Why is this in IMHO? Dude, the OP explained his reasoning a whole two posts before yours. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678/38 "2011-12-31T20:49:21Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Dude, the OP explained his reasoning a whole two posts before yours. Sorry didn’t see it. But still it belong in MPSIMS then. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-9-year-old-girl-killed-by-babysitter/607678.md?page=1)