Good grief, I have been a huge fan of true crime since childhood, and I've watched more documentaries, TV shows, and YT videos than I can count, but I've NEVER seen a family that made me so incredibly apathetic towards them because their level of stupidity and how much they failed their child repeatedly. They are so insulated, ignorant, and full of latent perversions that I couldn't even feel bad for anyone but the victim. They kept that predator around, letting him overstep to a ridiculous degree repeatedly because the parents themselves were sexually attracted to him. They were obvious in their unbelievable justifications and in their lies about being duped. They were not as sick as him, but still suspect. Those red flags were ignored on purpose because, where other people sensed his sickness and stepped away, they instead went so far as to engage with him sexually and literally let him into bed 4 nights a week with their child (among a ton of other things).
These are the type of folks who would think themselves a cut above religiously, people who would look upon others with suspicion who don't look like them, but they let a predator work freely on their child. They even delayed getting the police involved to give him more alone time with her.
The parents are MASSIVE failures in protecting their child. Their own lusts left the door open for her abuse. While I'm sorry for the victim, the whole family was very weird, like the type of people who would be involved in a cult quite easily. The alien story was as weird as it was unsurprising in how easy it was to exploit.
This is just gross and frustrating.
These are the type of folks who would think themselves a cut above religiously, people who would look upon others with suspicion who don't look like them, but they let a predator work freely on their child. They even delayed getting the police involved to give him more alone time with her.
The parents are MASSIVE failures in protecting their child. Their own lusts left the door open for her abuse. While I'm sorry for the victim, the whole family was very weird, like the type of people who would be involved in a cult quite easily. The alien story was as weird as it was unsurprising in how easy it was to exploit.
This is just gross and frustrating.