Neighbor Charged in Hanging of Girl, 6

[Sequoia]

Source: ABC News

A neighbor of a 6-year-old girl who was found hanged in her family's garage has been charged with sexual assault and capital murder, authorities said Friday.

Hanna Mack's body was found earlier this month by her mother. Authorities said the first-grader had been sexually assaulted and hanged.

Shaun Earl Arender, 19, was linked to the crime scene by DNA evidence, Navarro County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Mike Cox said Friday. Arender lived less than a mile from the little girl's rural home, about 65 miles south of Dallas.

Arender was already in jail on unrelated burglary and drug possession charges. A DNA sample taken from the shirt Hanna was wearing was entered into a Texas Department of Public Safety DNA indexing program Wednesday, and it indicated Arender was a possible match, according to the arrest affidavit.

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3664943

[acmavm]

1. 19 years old. What a shame. What a depraved SOB. Hang

his ass, let him see what it's like.

[FooFootheSnoo]

2. What the hell?

I just can't get over these brutal acts against children. What is going on in the world?

I hope this little girl has found peace and comfort in the afterlife. My prayers go out to her family.

[Gregorian]

6. The world has always been this way.

There's just a shitload of people now. So we see more of it.

[Tesha]

12. This is what happens as civilizations and the norms of a civil society fail. (NT)

[Beausoir]

3. I thought the mom's boyfriend was the suspect. Glad they solved this horrible crime.

[fedupfisherman]

4. Death Penalty

He should get it

:mad:

[guitar man]

5. Texas!

Hell, I'm not usually for this kind of "justice" but in this case, Ill make an exception. I say send him here for trial and punishment :grr:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

7. Thank goodness for DNA

Or else an innocent man may have been put to death for this crime.

For those who don't recall the mother's boyfriend was the person originally arrested for this crime.

Mom's Boyfriend Arrested in 6-Year-Old's Hanging
http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3597168&page=1

[maddezmom]

13. I do remember, thanks for posting the link

:hi:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

16. My pleasure

We all need to remember how easy it is to convict someone in the media and our minds when they're actually innocent. At least I know I do.

:hi: :)

[Burma Jones]

8. What do you bet that this murderer had dropped clues he would do something like this?

A poster boy for the death penalty.

[madeline_con]

15. Well, he was ina DNA database.

He's obviously done something previous to this.

He's probably like Couey, who raped Jessica Lunsford and buried her alive. A known pervert living in the area.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

9. What does this kind of news always comes from states that have the death penalty?

Shows what a great deterrent it is. :eyes:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

10. Not to mention that they had originally arrested the wrong person

Back before DNA it's very likely that the wrong man would have been put to death for this crime.

I also don't see the death penalty as being a deterrent to crime. It's simply a vindictive form of punishment.

Having said that, these types of crimes are committed in all states. It just doesn't lead to innocent people being put to death in others.

[TheWraith]

11. It's not much of a deterrent because people usually think they can get away with it.

Either that, or they're far enough disconnected with reality that they don't even think in those terms anymore.

[madeline_con]

14. It deters the scum who did it

when the DP is carried out as a result of DNA evidence.

[truthisfreedom]

17. A "possible" match? Let's make sure it's an exact match.