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procrastinatorsuprem Apr 13, 2026 +11014

She was afraid of him and they made her room with him on the cruise.

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EyCeeDedPpl Apr 13, 2026 +3993

From an article someone posted here, Tim has an ankle monitor and was required to stay with his uncle. That was just amended so he could go hangout with his dad at his dads landscaping business.

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MadmanMaddox Apr 13, 2026 +2512

JFC It's like the affluenza asshat all over again.

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splanks Apr 13, 2026 +595

which of the many?

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SarryK Apr 13, 2026 +714

the one who got a suspiciously light punishment ^(jk, that doesn‘t help either)

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X-Kami_Dono-X Apr 14, 2026 +307

The little shit from Texas. Ethan Couch and it was “affluenza”. He had priors and should have never been given the deal he had.

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Pixel_Knight Apr 14, 2026 +107

The judge was clear as day paid off. He should have been given a sentence as long as the one Couch deserved.

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Warbr0s9395 Apr 13, 2026 +145

You’re talking about that Texas kid right?

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MadmanMaddox Apr 13, 2026 +270

Yes. Batshit mother, thunderdouche son, dipshit Judge.

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MisogynyisaDisease Apr 14, 2026 +606

Which can also apply to the Jesse Butler case in Oklahoma. You know, the serial rapist Jesse Butler who put a girl in the hospital for surgery and yet only got community service. That rapist named Jesse Butler.

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EyCeeDedPpl Apr 14, 2026 +612

Are you talking about “the Rapist” Jesse Mack Butler? Or the other one Brock “the Rapist” Turner? So many “The Rapists” with judges who let them off easy because “boys will be boys” bullshit.

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M4DM1ND Apr 14, 2026 +384

You mean rapist Brock Allen Turner who has been going around as Allen "the Rapist" Turner recently because he couldn't handle his brand recognition?

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aca689 Apr 13, 2026 +275

Same POS dad who banned the mom from coming to the funeral. Edit: wrong dad

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sjtfly Apr 13, 2026 +221

No, that's the other dad. The father of the victim is the one that allegedly didn't allow the mom to be at the funeral (though this seems to be disputed by others). The father of the killer is the one with the landscaping business.

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buttercupcake23 Apr 13, 2026 +3899

Typical parents siding with the male child and assuming he can do no wrong, she's overreacting and dramatic for attention, and if he does the victim was at fault for seducing him...etc. Sickening. Those parents should be in jail with him.

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procrastinatorsuprem Apr 13, 2026 +3612

She didn't want to go on the cruise. Her boyfriend and his family were very worried for her. As soon as it happened they said look at the step brother. This was such common knowledge her boyfriend's father knew it.

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HonestDespot Apr 13, 2026 +2043

Let down by everyone who was supposed to care for her. Spent her last moments being murdered by the person she was fearful to be around. Horrible.

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Ki-to-Life-5054 Apr 13, 2026 +859

Spent her last days in fear for her life and getting gaslit.

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gardentwined Apr 13, 2026 +445

Well apparently the boyfriends family cared, but rhey can only do so much.

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KaputtEqu1pment Apr 13, 2026 +835

There's no way the parents can feign ignorance like that. I wouldn't be surprised if there was even more weird family stuff going on there.

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saintash Apr 13, 2026 +674

It's sickening how common parents don't like one of their kids. And see them as the problem in all situations. My stepmom will use any excuse to turn a problem as something I did or am doing to her. My least horrible story, we had a guest over once. And my stepmom was cutting up strawberries for something. And she noticed her pile was smaller than when she left it a few minutes earlier. and I was getting screemed at for eating the ingredient. Behind her while she was screaming, at me my sister was munching on the f****** strawberries. The family friend pointed out. It's not the kid you're yelling at, It's the other one. My stepmom turned around and saw. That I was innocent of this crime. Turned right back at me and continued to scream at me for f****** eating the strawberries. No apologies. No turning around and yelling at the kid commitmenting the crime. Just continuing to scream at me because she doesn't like me. And me being there while she was mad was all the excuse she needed to just let lose.

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amscraylane Apr 13, 2026 +310

And then the kids get wise to who the parents prefer. I have a whole lot of being blamed for strawberry crime in my life too.

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Ragnarok314159 Apr 13, 2026 +244

When I joined the army, it never felt right. Always asked myself why did I do this. After chatting with a bunch of other dudes in basic training a lot of us had similar strawberry stories. So many of us joined just to leave. There was no guilt in going back, no “you have to come help us!”, we were gone and there was nothing anyone could do.

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Complex-Quantity7694 Apr 13, 2026 +134

I joined the Air Force to escape as well. I never went back. I also have plenty of strawberry crimes in my past.

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Ragnarok314159 Apr 13, 2026 +105

I remember telling my mom I am leaving for the army the day before was shipping out and she just shrugged and told me she is selling all my stuff. And she did just that.

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Complex-Quantity7694 Apr 13, 2026 +134

Nearly the same story. Not much has changed either. I’ve since had a moderately interesting and successful (in a normal guy way) life that I can honestly say I made happen on my own with help from not a single one of them. I live an unexciting, even boring life. Yet, I am treated kinda like a criminal and undeniably different than everyone else in my family. I blamed myself for a long time, until life gave me custody of my daughter when she was a little girl, and I quickly found that the dislike of me was genetically passed down to my little girl. She did nothing to them. She was just a little girl. I was finally able to realize then that at least it wasn’t me. Their cruelty set me free. There’s some irony there I suppose. I’ve been more or less ok ever since, with some saltiness sprinkled in here and there. Mostly around Christmas or when I see nice families on tv or in movies. My daughter doesn’t care because none of them have ever been in her life anyway. I try my best to be extra emotionally supportive in every way for her so she doesn’t feel alone or sad.

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Dirty_Commie_Jesus Apr 13, 2026 +193

I recognize this dynamic as a 9-year-old being woken up in the middle of the night to be accused of eating a can of chili beans that I "stole" from the pantry in the house that I lived in. I'm nine I don't want beans. It's obviously my mother, your wife.

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AccomplishedToe2217 Apr 13, 2026 +68

This is scary accurate and recognizable :( for me it was literally a cherry on a cake. Stood there all night in the stair hallway with my arms up while he checked on me. Cant remember going back to bed that night. Think I was 8

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RetiredRover906 Apr 14, 2026 +42

Yup. My example was her car keys. They were missing and obviously that meant I had stolen them. She found them in her coat pocket. I have many more such stories.

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TheGlassHammer Apr 13, 2026 +28

I’m sorry that happened. You deserved better. Hopefully you are out of there.

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CharcoalGreyWolf Apr 13, 2026 +105

If I were a guest, I would actually now say “This makes me uncomfortable; I think it’s time I left”. I think it’s the only thing I could do to call that kind of behavior out against the person exhibiting it.

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HowTingz Apr 13, 2026 +165

Oh no, THAT just makes it the kid's fault that you left. "Had you been watching MY daughter/your little sister, she wouldn't have eaten the strawberries! Great, now our guest's gone because you can't f****** pay attention you \*insert expletive or insecurity here" My ex friend and I would argue all the time over how she treated her older daughter vs how she treated her son from her husband. The last straw was her telling me to go ahead and f*** her daughter since I clearly want to, all because I helped her tune out and ignore her birther and pay attention to me while I helped her with her homework instead of sitting quietly while her birther got on her ass for not understanding it. When I got up to leave she tried to blame her for that, but I was like I'm leaving to stop myself from putting my hands on you. First thing her daughter did when she graduated was go to a University in Jamaica and stayed there with her dad. Doesn't even call them.

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saintash Apr 13, 2026 +56

Yeah, no one really ever did anything including c p.s. It was an extreme open secret about what my stepmom was doing to me and my other siblings. Specifically, my older siblings, not my younger ones. and when, nothing changes after you're beaten with a dust broom handle. With large visible bruises. And all she gets is a talking to. You kinda don't go back and ask for more help. A lot of the adults were just uncomfortable.And trying to play down her rections when things escalated. I like to think it'd be better now in the two thousand twenties.When this was happening to me was the nineties. But like part of the reason I feel like I also didn't get support is because she always played it like I was the worst person in existence.Who was making her life Hell.So I had it coming.

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heyjajas Apr 13, 2026 +53

Don't leave. Its not making it easier on abused kids when no one is around to witness. Its understandable, but it just makes it easier for the abuser to gaslight the victims when there is never one around to call them out. Its a tremendous help to have people who witnessed that behaviour, talk with them about it afterwards, to understand that this is not normal. Most adults fail in that regard because they just turn away when they get slightly uncomfortable and leave you alone in the mess.

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buttercupcake23 Apr 13, 2026 +25

Christ what a monstrous woman. I am so sorry you had to endure that. What did the family friend say at that?

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agreensandcastle Apr 13, 2026 +231

I am looking forward to what they charge the parents with. His case isn’t interesting. But charging the parents will make sure her justice is fully received.

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peon2 Apr 13, 2026 +68

Maybe a dumb question but when something like this happens in international waters what laws apply, the country the ship came from? Is going to? Is closest to?

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Lucas_Steinwalker Apr 13, 2026 +64

Shh didn’t you see the parents state that this is deeply painful and complex for them?

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Cute-Aardvark5291 Apr 13, 2026 +36

*deeply complex*

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hostile65 Apr 13, 2026 +30

What horrible parents she had. I feel so bad for her. Her boyfriend and his family must feel so horrible

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buttercupcake23 Apr 13, 2026 +98

Jesus that's horrifying. Jail for ALL INVOLVED. Those f****** parents failed this child and deserve to be in JAIL

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Daisy2345678 Apr 13, 2026 +245

Daughters of "boy moms" know this pain so well. My brother let his friends drug and SA me when we were teens and to this day I haven't told her because I know she would never believe me, and would blame me. But my brother can do no wrong, ever, in her eyes.

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buttercupcake23 Apr 13, 2026 +117

Yup. Women with this lived experience or people who have observed this are chiming in and yet I still have comments replying to me acting like this never happens lol.

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Kthulhu42 Apr 13, 2026 +49

Even those who don't have horrifying stories like the poster above, but grew up knowing that they weren't cared for or prioritised. Decades of hearing you aren't the golden child. For my mother it was that girls always have to cook and clean and keep their rooms tidy, while the boys could do.. whatever the f*** they wanted. Boys were *special*.

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YourMothersButtox Apr 13, 2026 +39

Oh like the rapist Brock Allen Turner who is son of Dan Turner who once famously said his son shouldn’t be castigated for “20 minutes of action”?

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SurreptitiousSyrup Apr 13, 2026 +4457

More information https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/titusville-teen-charged-adult-killing-stepsister-cruise-ship > T.H. was initially charged as a juvenile by information on Feb. 2. The case remained sealed until U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom ordered it transferred for adult prosecution. > T.H. is charged with murder in the first degree and aggravated sexual abuse. If convicted, Defendant faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.

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Current-Anybody9331 Apr 13, 2026 +982

T.H. is Timothy Hudson https://apnews.com/article/cruise-ship-florida-stepbrother-stepsister-375e51de4c35c1ec2069b24cd84de6a1

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Catona Apr 13, 2026 +664

“At the same time, we are deeply troubled that, despite the seriousness of the charges, he has not been taken into custody." So wait. If he is not currently in custody then where is he staying? It can't possibly be in their house.

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Hinaiichigo Apr 13, 2026 +630

Hes staying with his uncle. The court order was recently amended so he could go spend time with his biological father at his landscaping business a few times per week. What a joke.

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geekyheart225 Apr 14, 2026 +303

Hopefully that will be rescinded and he will be taken into custody now that he's being charged as an adult

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EmpyreanMelanin Apr 14, 2026 +124

What the f***.

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ClownfishSoup Apr 14, 2026 +252

He is effectively out on bail in the custody of his Uncle, and monitored by GPS. I'm guessing at 16/17 he is not a flight risk and his uncle has promised to keep an eye on him. If he doesn't show up at his trial a warrant for his arrest will be issued. He has no resources and no way to run away. Plus his assault and murder was specifically targeted so the I guess the public is in no immediate harm from him. Anway, f*** that POS. I hope he dies in prison. I don't know why, but that photo of her with her braces just devastates me (I have two 18 year olds) I think it's the braces... she's 18, but like a kid she has braces on to fix her teeth. The braces are a thing to help your future, something he stole from her. This just makes me so sad and angry.

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ugly_dog_ Apr 13, 2026 +818

insane that they're hiding his name and face while showing the victim's

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Hopeful_Method5175 Apr 13, 2026 +631

Especially insane that he hasn’t even been taken into custody yet. He’s living with his uncle with a monitoring bracelet and was even given release to go work with his biological father at his landscaping business. Even his own mother and stepfather are releasing statements stating they don’t understand why this little monster isn’t in custody yet.

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RAF2018336 Apr 13, 2026 +328

Because they’re probably buddies with the police. My cousin was killed by a drunk driver on his bike. Dude was absolutely hammered and didn’t realize he had hit anyone. The only reason he was arrested was because a witness called 911 and told them he’s following the guy and they better get there before he got to him. He drove 30 miles on the wrong side of the road with multiple calls to 911 of a wrong way driver. Didn’t get his license suspended, $5000 bond, his plea agreement that he signed was for 15 years, judge cut it down to 7 out at 4.5 on good behavior, with one year already served even though he wasn’t even in custody. Dude was a businessman who frequently had lunches with the local PD. They’re all corrupt

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Timely_Influence8392 Apr 13, 2026 +161

Corruption is America's pastime.

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FillFrontFloor Apr 13, 2026 +2332

Glad they did this. There were two girls in Mexico that murdered their "friend" and send the video to her mom. One got 2 years and the other didn't even get jailed time just conditional release because they didn't get tried as adults.

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12IQBeachBoysFangirl Apr 13, 2026 +2106

The girls were ordered to pay 5,600 pesos (around $320) to the victim's family. The poor mother publicly rejected this offer and stated that it wasn't even enough to cover the 30,000 pesos ($1,733) in funeral expenses for her daughter. That poor girl in the video, she obviously trusted them. They blindfold her and tell her to wait "for the big surprise" before they just smirk and stare while they strangle her. I don't get how a prosecutor can look at that video and think that the sentences given to them was just. Different country, different laws I know, but what the f*** man.

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TimTom8921 Apr 13, 2026 +1177

If I'm that child's parent I see the justice system fail their child like it did, you can I bet I'd make it my life's work to make those girls lives a living hell both figuratively and literally.

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Sasquatchjc45 Apr 13, 2026 +800

Shit, in Mexico? Id have paid the cartel whatever it took.

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seejur Apr 13, 2026 +72

I think most of the time it depends, because probably that mother also has responsibilities toward her other children that are alive and need her support in life. But if that's me, as soon as my other kids are independent and well? Yup, I would go down that road

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wolfgang784 Apr 13, 2026 +29

Like that woman somewhere in south america whose kid was brutally murdered by the cartel and the police/govt refused to do anything because it was the cartel and told her to drop it. She flipped her life around and dedicated it to hunting down each of the people at all related to her kids death and either personally killed them or directly led to their arrests.

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haha_squirrel Apr 13, 2026 +75

Does anybody know the names in this case/have a post? Would be interested to read up on it.

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frank_datank_ Apr 13, 2026 +173

That’s seriously messed up.

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monkey_monkey_monkey Apr 13, 2026 +5237

This is such a horrific crime. If statements that she was afraid of him and had expressed that to the adults, someone needs to take a hard look at the adults. If they knowingly put her at risk, they should be charged with neglect.

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Equivalent-Cicada165 Apr 13, 2026 +2647

What really bothers me is that in the beginning, her father was defending the stepson. Too often people remarry and automatically try to unjustly protect the new spouse/family of the new spouse in order to stay in their good graces. It disgusts me. This poor girl was thrown to the wolves

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monkey_monkey_monkey Apr 13, 2026 +1470

Reading what little I have about the case makes the father sound pretty bad. Apparently left his first wife for the 15 y.o. babysitter, actively alienated the bio mother. It sounded like he doesn't have the ability to put his daughter's needs ahead of his own and I suspect that's likely the case here. Wanted a vacation and time with wife and didn't care that he was putting his daughter in the room alone with someone she was scared of.

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Queasy_Donkey5685 Apr 13, 2026 +1092

He's the kinda guy that bangs the 15yr old babysitter. He gives zero fucks about women, including his own daughter.

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raquibalboa Apr 13, 2026 +527

How is he not in jail for being involved with a minor??!

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thehelsabot Apr 13, 2026 +962

The same way the president and his friends aren’t in jail for banging minors Patriarchy

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djlinda Apr 13, 2026 +690

Raping* minors

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skeezycheezes Apr 14, 2026 +217

I do not understand why we are STILL having to correct people on proper wording. These people are f****** rapists. Wtf. Thank you for doing the necessary correction. I get so f****** tired of doing it

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McNasty420 Apr 13, 2026 +556

The whole family was defending the stepson. And they barely know him! These people have only been married like 8 months

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AngelSucked Apr 13, 2026 +599

Including HER GRANDPARENTS WHO WERE ON THE SHIP, TOO! They had their own cabin, she could have slept in there. Her own grandparents have said, almost literally, "well, she had a good life, oh well." The pix of the little creep going to court make me sick -- in his little camo jacket with his "dark thin blue line" hat with the American flag. Good on that judge. I also just read the Feds are interested in charging him, too.

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McNasty420 Apr 13, 2026 +278

The grandparents lied to the media about him. They said she wasn't sexually assaulted.

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Muted-Move-9360 Apr 13, 2026 +184

EIGHT MONTHS!?!?!?! Christ on the cross... That poor girl.

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susandeyvyjones Apr 13, 2026 +34

When the story broke there were a bunch of articles about how they were the best blended family and they all loved each other so much.

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kombitcha420 Apr 13, 2026 +145

Honestly i empathize with this poor girl so much. She could have been me. She was failed and it’s breaking my heart. Her family is disgusting. She deserved better

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Gnd_flpd Apr 13, 2026 +135

Sometimes trying to "blend" family can go really, really, bad. Much like this tragic avoidable situation here.

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WienerRetrievers Apr 14, 2026 +134

That is one of many reasons my dad refused to date after mom gave him the boot. He was worried he would make wrong decisions and us kids would suffer. Once we were all adults I tried to get him to date, and he wouldn't budge on the subject. Us kids had to come first. Decades later I tried again. He said if he gets involved with someone, she'll get too much of his savings and there wont be enough to give us kids a big boost in life, like replacing our tiny old cars, or helping our kids through college/uni. So he has besties where they all help eachother get groceries, cook holiday meals, and go bananas for eachothers grandkids. He pinches his pennies so he can keep adding to his savings. There is plenty, we keep telling him he needs to have some enjoyment in life, so see a movie, a play, visit us ffs! Nope, wants to save save save as he has 6 grandkids. Stubborn old fart lol But he's always been there for us and we never felt replaced or less important.

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Dj_Donkey Apr 14, 2026 +58

Wow, he sounds like a truly great father.

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Equivalent-Cicada165 Apr 14, 2026 +37

What a wonderful father you have! My late grandfather was similar. He was widowed young due to my grandmother's long illness. When several years passed, people tried to set him up, but he refused, telling them he wasn't ready. He did not want a person who could come in between him and my dad, aunts and uncles. Like you with your father, my aunts tried to get him to date when everyone grew up, but he just wasn't interested. By then I think he was comfortable with his solitude. Guess it's hard to be lonely when you're surrounded by friends and family! I miss him

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Mamasan- Apr 13, 2026 +173

I’m a blended family with different sexed kids and have made sure they have their own rooms and if I at ANY moment thought there was fishy business going on I’d do something about it. AND full on siblings do terrible shit to one another. DUGGERS I can’t believe these people are being told by their own child that something weird is happening and they do nothing.

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McNasty420 Apr 14, 2026 +108

Her ex boyfriend's DAD told Anna's dad about the attempted sexual assault that was witnessed on Facetime. Nothing.

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MissVnKY Apr 14, 2026 +52

That’s good. All those sick freaks moved into her house and yet-SHE ended up in a “converted” dining room with no doors 🤔🤔

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chokokhan Apr 14, 2026 +24

Cinderella is a famous story for a reason. Parents remarrying evil step families is not new.

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FiveUpsideDown Apr 13, 2026 +396

I think the step-mother needs to be charged with neglect. According to her, her son needed medication that she forgot to give him.

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Medivacs_are_OP Apr 13, 2026 +466

I'm not aware of any medication that makes someone not-a-rapist...

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AngelSucked Apr 13, 2026 +439

She said it's his ADHD meds. lol When I very occasionally forget my Adderall, I just had a harder day focusing. I don't murder my coworkrs or spouse.

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CrazyPlantLady143 Apr 13, 2026 +139

i just wanted to add that i also do not murder anyone when i forget my adderall.

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drumbanger91 Apr 13, 2026 +86

There are dozens of us!

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lividresonance Apr 14, 2026 +65

My gf takes adhd medication daily and when she runs out or forgets to take it she also does not r*** or murder anyone.

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strawberrycreamdrpep Apr 13, 2026 +156

Incredibly likely she didn't "forget" to give him medication. He didn't want to take it and she just went with it.

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Possible-Courage3771 Apr 13, 2026 +2186

her dad and stepmother failed her. she didn't even have a bedroom at their house. she had the dining room with a sheet. she had no privacy from this monster. and they knew the kids had past issues and still made them share a room on the cruise.

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Any-Log-6706 Apr 13, 2026 +1191

Let’s also add her paternal grandparents who joined them on the cruise, knew about him, were playing bingo when her body was found, and then defended him.

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twenty-onesavage Apr 13, 2026 +859

What the f*** is wrong with every single one of these people? This girl was robbed of her life and failed by everyone. Horrible

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alaysian Apr 13, 2026 +438

The fact that its the whole family that is fucked up is probably the least surprising thing about this to me. Far too many times I've met someone's parents and gone "Oh, that's why they are fucked up". Seems more rare to me than someone spontaneously being a bad apple.

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LilyLils15 Apr 14, 2026 +130

Absolutely. As a doctor I have so much empathy for my patients who struggle with drugs and mental health issues because people don’t just randomly choose that for themselves. These people always have horrible stories to tell about their childhood and adolescence that it’s no mystery at all why they struggle.

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xgorgeoustormx Apr 14, 2026 +78

I’ll bet she looks and has mannerisms of her mother, so they were punishing her for existing.

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ArcticEdda Apr 14, 2026 +42

Girls’ lives are worth nothing to these people. They are just there to be used and thrown away. But protect the men and boys, always. 🙄

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bagkingz Apr 13, 2026 +197

So they can afford to go on a cruise but not give their child her own bedroom? Wow

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kelsobjammin Apr 14, 2026 +116

They prioritized it exactly how they wanted. Neglect for sure. Throw the parents under the jail next to the son.

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Glibasme Apr 13, 2026 +180

OMG! That's so horrible and sad. She was so close to getting out of there. That poor girl. My heart breaks for her.

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External12 Apr 13, 2026 +73

Should have held off a couple vacations to build her a room or something.

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PrestigiousSeat76 Apr 13, 2026 +986

The parents should be charged with crimes as well. F****** assholes. They knew he was fucked up in the head, they knew she was scared of him. F****** horrible people.

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Dry-Yak5277 Apr 13, 2026 +1209

Iirc the family in this case is extremely fucked up. When Anna was a baby Anna’s father cheated on Anna’s mother with an underage babysitter (15 year old iirc) and later married that babysitter when she was barely legal. Anna’s biological mother struggled with addiction issues that were worsened by her partner abusing/having an affair with a teenager while she was post partum, and she still has them today, so she hasn’t had custody of Anna since. Anna was basically raised by the new wife who acted as a surrogate mother to her (even tho the new wife was basically a victim of grooming) Years later the new wife and Anna’s father break up and because the new wife wasn’t Anna’s biological mom, Anna’s dad moved her in with the new new wife (mother of the demon who killed her) where she didn’t even have a room to herself and where the son basically tormented Anna. Anna was terrified of him but they still made her room with him despite them knowing this and them not even being related in the first place. The only “family” advocating for Anna in this fight are the second wife (who raised Anna) and her family. Anna’s biological mom has spoken out about being left in the dark about the situation but she’s not exactly in an emotionally stable or mentally healthy place so she hasn’t been active in this fight at all. I’m not sure if she had much of a relationship with Anna to begin with but I think that’s partially because Anna’s father has kept her away from her- they even said they wouldn’t let her attend the funeral.

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FerretsAreFun Apr 13, 2026 +381

This adds a huge piece of this puzzle that I felt like was missing. In the beginning it seemed like most information about her family leaned heavily in favour of the stepbrother. Now I know why.

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SarryK Apr 13, 2026 +181

Just what I‘ve thought. Tormented by a monster and surrounded by enablers who, being adults and her guardians, had immense power over her.

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RedoftheEvilDead Apr 14, 2026 +47

That explains why all the media is saying her and her stepbrother were "two peas in a pod" while her boyfriend said she was terrified of him. Sounds like all the adults in her life decided that since her stepbrother was obsessed with her she needed to be around him always to entertain that obsession. As soon s she decided to say no she was murdered for it. I really hope there are some charges brought up against the adults here too, but i doubt there will be.

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wip30ut Apr 13, 2026 +76

very sad.... sometimes you hear stories of kids who are runaways and you wish they could be reunited with their families. But in Anna's case you wish she had just dropped of high school at 18 and just enlisted to get away from her messed up family!

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littlemachina Apr 13, 2026 +81

Punt that dad into the sun along with the stepdemon.

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evenstar40 Apr 13, 2026 +109

Oh my god.....

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GrackleFan666 Apr 14, 2026 +63

Also, the new new wife (2nd wife?) That raised her... some people did a deep dive on her (since she has stayed out of the media) and found out that the 2nd wife's dad was guilty of SA crimes against children. She may have never been out of harms way at no point.

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fictionallymarried Apr 13, 2026 +2644

This case is so awful, the signs were there that he made her uncomfortable. She shouldn't have been made to bunk with him, there was the grandparents' cabin... Shame on those who didn't listen to her.

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PuzzledStreet Apr 13, 2026 +730

IIRC it wasn't even just signs, it had been verbally expressed to them!

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snollygoster1 Apr 13, 2026 +47

They'll also sit there and allow older siblings to suffer abuse because "oh you're supposed to be the mature one".

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Ki-to-Life-5054 Apr 13, 2026 +983

They should also be charged.

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Stygma Apr 13, 2026 +791

There's no way they didn't know. This is some golden child "He's such a sweet boy!" type bullshit. Lock away every single piece of shit that enabled him.

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Lopsided_Tiger_0296 Apr 13, 2026 +36

I really hope not but they might’ve not believed her and took his side. I hope they feel guilty for the rest of their lives

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laoganma_enima Apr 13, 2026 +241

Agree. For sure some “that’s just how he is, ignore him” energy.

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KTKittentoes Apr 13, 2026 +188

“He just needs to grow up a little —boys mature slower, you know—and meet the right girl.”

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machama Apr 13, 2026 +107

"Boys will be boys" bull shit.

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BroughtBagLunchSmart Apr 13, 2026 +116

I really want to know about how college football potential before we determine if he should be held accountable for this crime.

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BookusWorkus Apr 13, 2026 +69

There's also a chance he could be a collegiate swimmer.

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saintash Apr 13, 2026 +87

So many people just dont want to know. I don't know why, So many adults are primed to think that children are one hundred percent Lying little fucks who are looking to cause trouble. Rather then people need in protection begging for help and not getting any.

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tertain Apr 13, 2026 +75

I mean, the stepbrother here is a lying little f*** psychopath. So that wasn’t wrong. They just believed the wrong one.

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Dark-Faery Apr 13, 2026 +97

I don't understand her sharing with the boys, even if she wasn't afraid of him she should not have been sharing a cabin with teenage boys, especially when one is a stepbrother. That family seemed so shady when it first happened. That poor girl

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Aggravating_Firehead Apr 13, 2026 +3238

F****** hell. That poor girl. They had said in the news that her friends and family knew she was afraid of him :( another little girl who wasn't protected what the f***

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Any-Log-6706 Apr 13, 2026 +967

I saw an interview with her paternal grandparents. They knew and still defended him. Her dad knew and stuck them together in a separate room on the boat. They all (dad, stepmom, paternal grandparents) should go to jail also for negligence - especially to add to it they knew she was missing, but they were too busy gambling while on that cruise ship.

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Lost_Madness Apr 13, 2026 +332

I couldn't imagine knowing my kid was missing and not panicking like all hell. Pure insanity.

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JohnBrownOH Apr 13, 2026 +218

I can't rest if my cat is hiding in a new spot in the house. Don't get me wrong, my cat is pretty awesome, but she's not a kid.

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Tomi97_origin Apr 13, 2026 +99

See that's the difference. You care about your cat. If you give a mouse to snake you don't start to wonder where the mouse is once it disappears.

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Islandmov3s Apr 13, 2026 +19

Damn. Hit the nail on the f****** head

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McNasty420 Apr 13, 2026 +191

The grandparents coming out and basically saying “well, she had a good run” is WILD

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Any-Log-6706 Apr 13, 2026 +98

Seriously, I wouldn’t even say that to a stranger who lost their pet. Horrible people, if we can call them that.

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McNasty420 Apr 13, 2026 +97

The grandparents had only known him for a year. These people have only been married for like 12 months. I'm not getting this.

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BookQueen13 Apr 14, 2026 +23

Yeah this whole thing is absolutely bizarre. The way the family is reacting is nuts.

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Gloomy_Macaron_136 Apr 13, 2026 +75

Where I live we sometimes say that "[Person] had a good life" but that's only if the said person dying is due to old age. A girl not even in her twenties? The f*** good run, she barely even started to live at all

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Tyrrox Apr 13, 2026 +1075

They originally charged him as a juvenile but it seems like he planned to r*** and kill her. Lock him up for life, he's lost the right to be free ever again. Edit: word change to make it sound less weird. ADHD brain needs to tinker.

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YomiKuzuki Apr 13, 2026 +150

This poor girl was failed by everyone around her.

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Silvermoon424 Apr 13, 2026 +599

So many women and girls are needlessly harmed and even killed every single day because nobody took their plight seriously. As a woman myself, it’s deeply distressing to see this happen over and OVER again with no end in sight.

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saintash Apr 13, 2026 +24

It's so infuriating how many of these stories exist of the new family matters more than the child you brought into this world.

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Any-Log-6706 Apr 13, 2026 +16

Wasn’t the girl’s father was the one who took them on a cruise with the stepmom and it was her mom who was concerned? Even the grandparents knew and they were on the same cruise. When she was “missing” they were busy playing bingo and still defended their step grandson after the incident.

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Drak_is_Right Apr 13, 2026 +51

And usually its close family that does it (including spouse/bf in close family).

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Silvermoon424 Apr 13, 2026 +168

What an absolute tragedy. She had her whole life ahead of her and it was stolen from her in a completely preventable way. May she rest in peace.

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Based-Goddess Apr 13, 2026 +481

Parents need to be charged too if they knew he was molesting her. We absolutely do not do nearly enough to protect girls and women in this world.

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Any-Log-6706 Apr 13, 2026 +164

Absolutely. They ignored her (dad and stepmom). Please add the grandparents who likely also knew and then when she was missing they were too busy playing bingo while on the same cruise.

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ThatPhatKid_CanDraw Apr 13, 2026 +123

The father apparently cheated on his last wife with an underage babysitter that he married when legal, so....

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Any-Log-6706 Apr 13, 2026 +45

Forgot that detail about what a human waste that person is.

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SeaWitch1031 Apr 13, 2026 +171

I’ve never been able together past the parents putting her in the same cabin as the killer. They weren’t siblings, they hadn’t known each other that long.

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RedVelvetCake425 Apr 13, 2026 +65

Yeah, it’s insane. Whenever I visited/traveled with my family and there wasn’t enough space for me to have my own room, I would be rooming with my parents, even as a grown adult. What I don’t get is why her parents didn’t just have her room with them. Cruise staterooms are cramped but it is doable.

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HausDePotat Apr 13, 2026 +107

Because the adults cared more about getting to have sex than they cared about her life. That’s really what it boils down to. They wanted their fun vacation, and she’s the one that paid for it.

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spidersprinkles Apr 13, 2026 +46

Also they were 18 and 16. Old enough to have their own rooms, at least for thr sake of some privacy. Never mind the fact she had expressed she was scared of him. Wtf.

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wip30ut Apr 13, 2026 +203

anybody think it's hellla weird to ask a teen girl to room with her stepbrother? What were the parents thinking?! The whole family seems to have boundary issues.

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HIM_Darling Apr 13, 2026 +186

IIRC the cruise lines don't even allow it. There must be someone 21 or older in every room unless its a married couple under 21. So the parents had to have lied and said one of them was staying in the room and then switched room keys with one of the kids. To me that makes them accessories, especially if Anna's boyfriend(and his father) are willing to testify that the dad and/or stepmom knew of inappropriate behavior going on.

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Ill-Parking-1577 Apr 14, 2026 +30

In addition, if he had an adult’s key card, there’s the possibility he could have been purchasing alcohol from negligent staff and/or paying them off. Obviously this is just speculation, but something that crossed my mind.

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Any-Log-6706 Apr 13, 2026 +158

Interesting all those folks looking for her while her grandparents were busy playing bingo. Such injustice for her.

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hirudoredo Apr 13, 2026 +59

it does warm my heart just the slightest bit that so many strangers cared enough to take time out of their vacations / work (as in cruise ship employees) to search for her hoping it was a tragic accident instead of easily avoidable murder. still doesn't bring back this poor girl or set things right, but at least there's that.

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latentnomrn Apr 13, 2026 +115

The details in the DOJ report are absolutely sickening. To think this happened in a cabin shared by family members while everyone else was probably asleep just a few feet away is terrifying. If he’s convicted, life in prison is the only sentence that fits the level of betrayal and violence described here.

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Comprehensive_Ant984 Apr 13, 2026 +75

I don’t think there’s a woman alive who heard this story when it first broke and didn’t immediately know exactly what had happened to that poor girl. So awful and so unnecessary.

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ScoutsterReturns Apr 13, 2026 +657

>The DOJ alleged the stepbrother "sexually assaulted and intentionally killed" Kepner. The Florida high school senior died from mechanical asphyxiation, officials said. The boy was initially charged as a juvenile, prosecutors said. He's now been indicted as an adult by a federal grand jury on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated sexual abuse. This story is so sad, her poor family. I'm glad he's being charged as an adult. edit: I hadn't read that there were issues known to the family so to the extent they were not vigilant enough that's horrible.

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TooObsessedWithOtoge Apr 13, 2026 +242

I don’t feel empathy for the family. They knew he was a problem and made her deeply uncomfortable yet THEY forced this situation and have said things trying to cover up for the stepbrother.

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hopefoolness Apr 13, 2026 +282

sounds like her "poor family" are completely to blame for this, actually. I hope her parents never know peace for what they allowed to happen to her

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ScissorMeeTimbers Apr 13, 2026 +144

Send him and the parents to jail forever. They all failef

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izwald88 Apr 13, 2026 +43

So they announced this but have yet to take him into custody? Are they just giving the step father time to murder him, or what?

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Smooth_Ad_5178 Apr 13, 2026 +49

Castrate and put him away for life

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Ttm-o Apr 13, 2026 +41

This took forever. Holy shit. Also, her parents have failed her.

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pineapplepredator Apr 13, 2026 +276

We don’t look at sibling sex abuse enough. Obviously this has another huge layer but the sex abuse and frankly any sibling abuse should be taken more seriously and if it had been here it may have been understood as a sign.

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Madame_Arcati Apr 13, 2026 +116

Sibling violence is ignored, and the victims left to fend for themselves as they will. If you try to ask for help, people just try their best to ignore you, or, even worse, to blame you.

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TerrifiedJelly Apr 13, 2026 +148

Given the amount of incest p***, I bet it occurs much more frequently than we would assume. Absolutely horrendous

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hirudoredo Apr 13, 2026 +69

the real stupid thing about the incest p*** is that it's purely the result of capitalism/marketing. There's a reason why most of what makes it "hello stepsister" (because "sister" would get it banned) is the dialogue at the beginning and maybe the end, with the middle just being regular p***. Producers figured out a long time ago that they could catch two cats with one bag by putting out the generic p*** most people are looking for and then slapping some "Taboo" shit at the beginning and in the keywords to attract the fetishists, who are often willing to spend more $$$ to access their f***** and kinks. (I know about this shit because I work in an adult-adjacent industry and have known quite a few people in the proper adult industry. Saw this shit play out in real time.) Of course now we have a whole generation of boys and young men who were practically raised on this shit and it's fried their f****** brains. God damnit.

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JG-for-breakfast Apr 13, 2026 +95

Parents needs to go to jail

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tsaltsrif Apr 14, 2026 +41

If my daughter says she’s afraid of someone you can bet your sweet ass I’m going to find out why and I’m bringing fire and fury when I do.

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Kurise Apr 13, 2026 +49

The parents failed that girl and allowed this to occur. Parents get charged for kids shooting up a school. These parents should be charged for ignoring this clear predator.

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bidhopper Apr 13, 2026 +23

You knew this was coming. There had to been very little doubt since he was the only one coming and going from that room that he shared with his sister.

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MajorComrade Apr 13, 2026 +92

This world is so fucked up

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greihund Apr 13, 2026 +23

>The couple said the 16-year-old suspect has not yet been taken into custody, which they said has left them "deeply concerned and troubled." Wait... so they know (or at least strongly suspect) that the stepbrother is a murderer, and they're just leaving him in the custody of his parents for now? There's a very real chance that he might just melt down and self-destruct (and maybe take some other people with him) rather than face the public scrutiny and trial and a life in jail. I can't believe there's news articles about this story and the kid is still just roaming free out there

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Head-Preference-7081 Apr 13, 2026 +42

That is one seriously f'd up family.

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FiveUpsideDown Apr 13, 2026 +23

Someone posted the family tree for this family it’s hard to follow.

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Scared_Smoke_4608 Apr 13, 2026 +50

That poor girl was failed by her entire family. And then the whole white-trash clan started giving media interviews left and right while her body was still warm. Instead of grieving her death, they started looking for their 15 minutes of fame.

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HiYoSiiiiiilver Apr 13, 2026 +17

Kid murders someone and they just them go? WTF

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wyvernx02 Apr 13, 2026 +17

Now charge the rest of the family for enabling the abusive little shit-head.

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pvt_majorboner Apr 14, 2026 +16

He's being tried as an adult for his crimes tho hes 16. Which is obviously correct. But when Jesse Butler an 18 year old brutally raped and strangled 2 teen girls he was tried as a minor and told to see a therapist instead....

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tayhawk10 Apr 13, 2026 +16

wtf did I just read, This some BS like I HIGHLY doubt there were 0 indicators, and the families response to the incident seems like they are protecting the boy,

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ItsYaBoySabt_ad Apr 13, 2026 +14

wtf is wrong with people

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Bleezy79 Apr 13, 2026 +14

Wait, they havent even apprehended the murderer yet??? wtf!? What a strange, evil world we live in these days.

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JourneyMan2585 Apr 13, 2026 +15

Parents deserve prison too. Lock all of them up

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