I am so PISSED about this that I want to cry. Why was this SOB allowed out of jail to begin with? Look at his criminal history:
Ratliff had a criminal record dating to the 1980s in Nebraska and California that included prison stretches for theft, burglary and possession of methamphetamines. He disappeared after his parole in July 2001.
Oh so we let him out of jail so he can go rape and pillage again. Great parole system Nebraska and California have. Shouldn't there be some checks and balances that have to be met before you let a career criminal out? I can't imagine how these girls feel. Yes they are alive, but they were raped at the age of 16 or 17. They also saw a man get killed up close by gunfire.
I guess the liberals on this board will defend this guy. "He just needed more rehabilitation." Fvck that. He needed to stay behind bars his entire life. The trauma these girls and their family have had to go through and will have to continue to go through is not even imaginable.
I am not much for killing people, but I would have shot this guy about 80 times in the head just to get some type of justice done.
Nothing in the news has pissed me off this much in my life except for Sept.11. I REALLY hate that this ever happened to these girls.
This is a reminder why I don't want children. If I did have children I certainly wouldn't let them be out in the middle of the damn desert at 2 AM!!! What do you think they do out there? They weren't studying or reading poetry. C'mon!!! You can't let your underage children go out into the desert with some 18 year old guy. Not only that, but this desert spot had a reputation as a party spot. I just don't see how parents can condone these actions.
Of course the children could have lied about where they were heading, but there is no reason for them to be out at 2AM anyways!