None of us know what occured. Who is to say that he felt bad because he looked at her bottom out of curosity to long while changing a diaper or maybe he was helping to give her a bath and felt bad that he wiped her down there. His father should not have killed him.

I don't think anyone here is saying that it's A-OK simply because he didn't penetrate, but the fact of the matter is that the law rates sexual misconduct by degrees, and the law treats very differently the type, or the degree, of abuse. If he's so bothered by his thoughts why not call out for help first? He is a 15 year old boy! People that age are very spontaneous & do not think thru the consequences of their actions. Their brains are not yet fully developed to think that way, which is why we have juvenile courts to begin with. I imagine whatever happened might have happened spontaneously and, after the fact, he might have been thinking "OMIGOD what have I done? Am I a monster?" Maybe he'd been abused and recognized that he just did the very thing that someone did to him. He went to his mom - he sought help! What the h3ll else is a boy to do? Any time a kid breaks the law we always tell them to go to their parent or an adult - be honest - face up to it - it's for the best. Didn't work out so well for him. And there is nothing in the article to indicate he waited YEARS to be remorseful. If anything, he seems to have been so bothered by his actions that he went to his mom relatively soon - I don't know it was days or weeks - but he realized it was wrong & needed to come clean & wanted help.

For that reason alone, I think this young boy should have gotten the help he needed and very likely could have been helped. He's not a hardened child predator - he's still a child himself who realized he crossed a line. He didn't fess up after he was caught - he admitted it himself in order to get help. I think his dad crossed the line.

I feel for the little girl, too - I do not know what she experienced. But I do know that without penetration there is no actual physical damage. And, at her age, she might not remember anything later on. Not saying that makes it right- just saying that makes for the best possible scenario for a victim.

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I was thinking VERY much the same sort of thing. He may not even have 'abused' her, just THOUGHT he did by 'looking' or something.

I remember 'wondering' what a man's private's looked like and wanting to 'see' when I was a kid.

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Yes, Really. First we don't even know what is involved here. Second the unconditional love I have for my child, while I would hate the 'action' or the 'crime', would stop me from killing my own child. Really.

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Turning him into the police would have been the correct thing to do. Justice could have been served that way. The only reason I have any sympathy for this Dad is that he must have been totally distraught when he committed this crime and probably was out of his mind with rage.

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