Madeline Soto case

[Anonymous]

Anyone following? It’s so sad but my suspicions were up the first time I heard that the mother’s boyfriend was the last to see her alive. But I’m also confused bc the mom gave an interview that said there was surveillance video of the boyfriend dropping her off Monday morning and now the cops are saying she was already likely dead by Monday morning. Did the mom lie? How is she not currently a suspect?

[Anonymous]

Lots of crappy moms value having a boyfriend over their kids. Why do they even bring these creeps into their homes in the first place? Because they care more about themselves than their kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of crappy moms value having a boyfriend over their kids. Why do they even bring these creeps into their homes in the first place? Because they care more about themselves than their kids.

Yes 2 little girls gone in the last month bc of parents (not just moms) letting unsafe, unrelated men live in their home.

[Anonymous]

There was one in Houston where a man living in the backyard of the mother killed her daughter. He had swastikas tattooed on his body. He sometimes "babysat" the girl. I used that as a lesson to my kids that I would never allow someone who looked like that to babysit them and if he ever tried to lure them into his car to scream and run away b/c there would never be a reason I would ask someone like that to do such a thing. Every alarm bell should have gone off about this guy, yet he was allowed to be close to the family.

[Anonymous]

This is sad and far too common.

Being a single parent is not easy. It’s a pretty lonely experience and can feel desperate.
I was one, from the time DS was 2. He is now 18.
I was always paranoid about child predators - I didn’t even trust my DS to use the men’s bathroom until he was around 8 or 9. I’d just drag him into the women’s bathroom with me.
But, it can feel very desperate and I can understand how some single moms are vulnerable to a boyfriend who steps in to help.
I wouldn’t judge if you’ve never walked in the shoes of a single parent.

[Anonymous]

“Detectives later recovered Madeline's backpack and her school-issued laptop from that dumpster. At 8:19 a.m., we have evidence that shows Stephan Sterns returning to the complex, and Madeline was visible in that vehicle," continued Mina. "We believe she was already dead at that time."

Wow that is just sick. Such a sad story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“Detectives later recovered Madeline's backpack and her school-issued laptop from that dumpster. At 8:19 a.m., we have evidence that shows Stephan Sterns returning to the complex, and Madeline was visible in that vehicle," continued Mina. "We believe she was already dead at that time."

Wow that is just sick. Such a sad story.

Here’s the article: https://people.com/madeline-soto-13-found-dead-police-suspect-mother-boyfriend-moved-body-8603425

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of crappy moms value having a boyfriend over their kids. Why do they even bring these creeps into their homes in the first place? Because they care more about themselves than their kids.

+ 1 million

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I wouldn’t judge if you’ve never walked in the shoes of a single parent.

This woman’s daughter is dead because her mother prioritized sex over the safety of her own child. Heck I’m going to judge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There was one in Houston where a man living in the backyard of the mother killed her daughter. He had swastikas tattooed on his body. He sometimes "babysat" the girl. I used that as a lesson to my kids that I would never allow someone who looked like that to babysit them and if he ever tried to lure them into his car to scream and run away b/c there would never be a reason I would ask someone like that to do such a thing. Every alarm bell should have gone off about this guy, yet he was allowed to be close to the family.

You are not a very clever person, mom. As a former prosecutor of child sexual assaults, I can attest to you having had hundreds of hours of trainings on the issue and read thousands of pages of research, the men most likely to rape or assault your kids are members of your own family, circle of friends, or otherwise upstanding members of the community - teachers, Scout masters, pastors, coaches, etc.

You are a FOOL if you think you're protecting your child by keeping people with tattoos away from them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is sad and far too common.

Being a single parent is not easy. It’s a pretty lonely experience and can feel desperate.
I was one, from the time DS was 2. He is now 18.
I was always paranoid about child predators - I didn’t even trust my DS to use the men’s bathroom until he was around 8 or 9. I’d just drag him into the women’s bathroom with me.
But, it can feel very desperate and I can understand how some single moms are vulnerable to a boyfriend who steps in to help.
I wouldn’t judge if you’ve never walked in the shoes of a single parent.

This is ultimately why I chose never to marry and never to have kids. Having been an abused child myself, and having been predated upon by male members of my family as well as upstanding neighbors who were good friends of my parents, I was keenly sensitive above all else to my ability to provide a safe childhood for any child I might have - and believe me, I desperately wanted to be a mom from my earliest childhood, there was no ambivalence about that and I spent a decade grieving in deep depression when my biological window closed and I knew it would never, ever happen.

But I learned very quickly early in my life from observation and experience that women cannot ever really fully trust a man to show up and parent well and stick around through thick and thin.

And unless you are independently wealthy, when you find yourself a single mom you will likely have to find a partner to help you support your kids so they aren't living in poverty - and then you open the door to predators, because the majority of child abuse perpetrated by men is perpetrated by fathers or boyfriends.

We would like to think that we know our partners and we wouldn't choose such a person - but again I speak from the experience of being a former prosecutor, former CASA, former domestic violence and child advocate; most of the male predators in this world aren't tattooed monsters, they look like the father next door, the teacher at the front of your kid's class, the Scoutmaster, the pastor, etc.

[Anonymous]

Why did the mom say in an interview that she saw footage of Madeline walking around the parking lot when it was going to be easily proven as a lie?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I wouldn’t judge if you’ve never walked in the shoes of a single parent.

This woman’s daughter is dead because her mother prioritized sex over the safety of her own child. Heck I’m going to judge.

Damn straight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was one in Houston where a man living in the backyard of the mother killed her daughter. He had swastikas tattooed on his body. He sometimes "babysat" the girl. I used that as a lesson to my kids that I would never allow someone who looked like that to babysit them and if he ever tried to lure them into his car to scream and run away b/c there would never be a reason I would ask someone like that to do such a thing. Every alarm bell should have gone off about this guy, yet he was allowed to be close to the family.

You are not a very clever person, mom. As a former prosecutor of child sexual assaults, I can attest to you having had hundreds of hours of trainings on the issue and read thousands of pages of research, the men most likely to rape or assault your kids are members of your own family, circle of friends, or otherwise upstanding members of the community - teachers, Scout masters, pastors, coaches, etc.

You are a FOOL if you think you're protecting your child by keeping people with tattoos away from them.

They were f*****g swastikas, moron.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was one in Houston where a man living in the backyard of the mother killed her daughter. He had swastikas tattooed on his body. He sometimes "babysat" the girl. I used that as a lesson to my kids that I would never allow someone who looked like that to babysit them and if he ever tried to lure them into his car to scream and run away b/c there would never be a reason I would ask someone like that to do such a thing. Every alarm bell should have gone off about this guy, yet he was allowed to be close to the family.

You are not a very clever person, mom. As a former prosecutor of child sexual assaults, I can attest to you having had hundreds of hours of trainings on the issue and read thousands of pages of research, the men most likely to rape or assault your kids are members of your own family, circle of friends, or otherwise upstanding members of the community - teachers, Scout masters, pastors, coaches, etc.

You are a FOOL if you think you're protecting your child by keeping people with tattoos away from them.

They were f*****g swastikas, moron.

Statistically speaking, people with swastika tattoos are harmless. I have mountains of anecdotal evidence.