RIP Autumn

      It is horrifying what people are capable of.  A girl who lived not far from my hometown was taken this past Saturday form her neighborhood. A twelve year old little girl and In two days hundreds upon hundreds of people banned together to search for her. Many used twitter and facebook to spread the news, others marked cars and passed out flyers, there were huge searches for this girl, and this morning the true tragedy of this appearance was announced. Autumn was discovered in a blue recycling bin waiting to be carted away with the trash, not far at all from her home.
      It is a sad and sobering fact that people are capable of being monsters. Whoever is responsible for Autumn's death deserves much worse than what he or she has done. I personally cannot understand how anyone could murder a child, let alone the other horrific possibilities. My heart goes out to her family. I do sincerely hope her family finds peace and the monster responsible is brought to old school justice.
      Some may argue that we have laws and rules for a reason, but monsters like this one deserve none of the protection afforded by those laws. When i say old school justice I mean ripping and tearing the monster apart. Doing anything and everything to cause that person pain.  I am not typically a vengeful person but when someone commits murder its a very bad thing, but when an innocent child is taken off the street and murdered in secret and then shoved in a trash bin like they were nothing, that monster deserves to be drawn and quartered.
      With the bad though comes good. It is moving to see how many people banned together in the two days Autumn was missing. This world may be capable of producing monsters but it is also capable of fighting them. That I dare say is part of being an American, if not simply part of being human. American's join together in times of crisis and fight back. We survive together and demand justice for every wrong done to us.  Consider 9/11, I'm by no means comparing the two events in anyway, but rather the responses. During the days, months, even years after 9/11 people banded together under the guise of fighting back. Triumphing over the evils done. Hundred of people lined up at the armed forces recruitment offices  to join the fight against the terrorists, and many more found ways to join the fight from home. When the word spread about this missing 12 year old girl the community responded. Many levels of police and FBI joined in the search and even many people from outside towns came to assist.
    I think there is a lesson to be learned from this horrible action and awe-inspiring reaction. We may find monsters around us, but we together can fight them off. We will always fight to protect our own.

I AM SO SORRY FOR THE LOSS OF AUTUMN.  I sincerely hope that her family is able to find peace and happiness again and I hope that they know they are loved and supported by the hundreds of people around them.

I hope the monster who hurt this precious child is found and soon.