Teen Trauma

        I came across a very disturbing news story the other day. A man and his wife had several children. When one of his daughters turned 18 he lured her into the basement of their home, drugged and bound. He made her leave a letter saying that she ran away from home so that no one would question why she was no longer there. He raped her and used her as a sex slave, keeping her in the basement for 24 years. 24 years!

He sound proofed the basement and installed electronic locking doors of which only he could open. The basement had a small kitchen area and bathroom facilities but no windows.

     In all of those 24 years, his wife claims she had no idea what was going on in their house. This monster father sired 7 children with his own daughter. One of the baby’s had died and he quickly disposed of it in the homes incinerator. Three of those offspring never saw the light of day. The others he brought upstairs to raise saying that he adopted them. They range in age from 5 to 19 years old.

     They were discovered because the 19 year old girl became very ill and had to be taken to the hospital. She now lays in a coma and the monster is on trial.

     This kind of story is enough to make anyone angry enough to want revenge or at the very least some justice for these poor victims of this monster. However much I hate that man for what he’s done, I have even stronger feelings towards the wife. I understand she couldn’t hear because of the soundproofing. I understand that she couldn’t enter the basement because of his special locks. I can only imagine that she was curious and suspicious but was in some way controlled or threatened or even beaten by her animal husband. Even somewhere in her most wild imagination she must have questioned the connection between all this secrecy and her daughters disappearance, and if she did, while he was busy in his basement, she could have fled to get help, It was her daughter, she could have, should have, done something.

     I have heard of many cases where their was some form of abuse and the other parent claimed no knowledge. Sorry, that is just an outright lie. The truth is they didn’t want to know or handle it so they shut their eyes while their children suffered the consequence of their selfishness. That is unacceptable. Most parents would risk their lives for their children, die for their children. Don’t ever shut your eyes. If you suspect any abuse tell someone, do something about it. Save your child from a life of Hell on earth!

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