Finally, justice! Nature photographer gets life in prison

[frogmarch]

for abducting and raping a 10-year-old girl in 2012.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/19/jesse-paul-speer-pleads-guilty_n_4305396.html

Excerpt:

CODY, Wyo. (AP) — A Montana nature photographer was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to kidnapping and sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl in Wyoming who was later found wandering in the mountains outside Cody.

Jesse Paul Speer, 41, of Manhattan, Mont., said in court that he found his victim at the county library in October 2012 and tricked her into accompanying him by saying he needed help finding a lost puppy.

When the girl had second thoughts, Speer said he pulled a gun and made her get into his vehicle. He bound her hands and ankles before driving her into the wilderness outside Yellowstone National Park, where he abused her, he said.

He said he had no explanation for the "evil that sprang from my heart."

His account was backed up by an affidavit from law enforcement officials.

About four hours after her abduction, a pair of hunters found the girl wandering at night along a dirt road about 20 miles southeast of Cody.

I'm glad hunters found the child before wild animals did.

[Eleanors38]

1. Hunters help solve or "lessen" a surprising number of crimes.

This poor girl would likely have fallen victim to the cold than from animals.

[frogmarch]

2. You're probably right that

she'd have died from the cold before animals found her, but there are lots of them in that area.

Hunters do seem to come upon dead bodies quite often, it seems. I am sure glad these two hunters found the girl before she became a dead body!

[NightWatcher]

3. joggers always find the bodies in the parks

[frogmarch]

4. Yes, they do!

I wondered how often, so I Googled it and was amazed. :-O