re: tPOS kills girlfriend in Mississippi

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Knowing him personally,

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Has there been any more info on Hattiesburg Police’s delay in acting on the father’s call that she was missing and also getting Onstar location?

Besides his other past abuse/beatings of her and the suspicious stuff at her house like the door physically open he was a fugitive after failing to get tracking device put on him (not sure why he was on honor system for that).

I don’t know if she was still alive at the earliest point the H’burg authorities could have gotten warrant for her Onstar location if they acted more quickly, but Hattiesburg PD could have done a better job with the urgency of their initial actions.

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I just can’t imagine how he could let his daughter go on vacation with a guy that had already beaten the shite out of her 5 times previously. I just don’t know how you let the guy “weasel back in it” at that point.

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I can understand the sentiment but they may not have even known. Keep in mind she was 22 years old and off at school.

It happens all the time.. family finds out that daughter is in an abusive relationship (usually not until after several incidents have occurred). Daughter swears it’s over and she’s never going back. Then you find out she’s back with him when another incident occurs. Rinse and repeat. Women in abusive relationships often know how to conceal it, until they can’t because they’re in real danger (e.g. calling someone screaming because their boyfriend is about to kill them on vacation).

And I think it’s tough when you’re talking about an adult who is in college. Do you pull her out of school and force her to move home? Can you even force her to move home?

Sadly, I’m sure the family will look back and think about all kinds of things they could have done differently. But I wouldn’t necessarily assume they knew she was still with him and allowed it to continue.

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I have no clue the answer and could be totally wrong, but I would think her doctor dad was likely helping her financially.

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I agree it seems likely that they were helping her financially. Just pointing out that it’s a little bit different situation than (for example) a high school kid living under your roof.

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Again I'm not blaming him, but at some point after the 4th or 5th beating, I would have hoped the dad would have somehow done something. The dad told the judge that if he got out he was going to kill the daughter. Did he not think that after the 3rd or 4th or 5th beating?

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Like I said, I get it. Just saying I don’t think we know enough to make any judgement on whether they acted appropriately with whatever knowledge they had. Like.. what if the first time they found out anything was after beating #5 (she calls someone crying and says it’s happened 4 times in the past), and then she swore it was over for good?

Or maybe they found out after the 4th time and she said it was over and they didn’t need to worry. Then it happened again and they said “pack your shite and come home” but she swore it was really over this time, she was so close to finishing her NP program, and she could move back as soon as it was done. Then the vacation happens.

I’ve seen it happen before (obviously not to this extent) and it’s tough for the family because the woman will often do everything they can to conceal the abuse and/or the relationship from them. It’s even harder when they’re in another city. I’m certainly not blaming her either, it’s just an unfortunate reality of abuse situations.

Vigilante groups need to make a comeback in the worst way

What a tragic chain of events.

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Or at a minimum, maybe an auto-restraining order with an auto-long sentence if violated.

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Tennessee does give lifetime orders of protection for ag assault victims like her. And if he was out on bond, that would have been a condition of his bond automatically

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Probably wouldn’t have stopped this psycho

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And this is the problem

ETA: reading further into the thread, guy was supposed to have an ankle monitor. Someone at the jail fricked up bigly turning him loose like that

Stay strapped or get clapped

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The girl lied to the judge to get his bond reduced. In fact, she tried to get him off completely.

She said she started it and he never hit her with a closed fist. Then she ghosted the police. Refused to even return their calls.

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was that in another article? I didn't see it. If so, she did that AFTER those horrendous pictures which is mind boggling.

The girl is definitely not blameless reading that and learning she left her ex-fiancee for the guy

democrats are responsible for this shite

what?