22nd JUNE 2004

AS much as you hope and pray, there are still crazy people out there in the world. The ones who do harm, the ones that hurt people and cause you to not be able to sleep at night.

On this day in 2004, in Belgium, convicted pedophile and child killer Marc Dutroux is sentenced to life in prison for the kidnap and rape of six young girls, as well as the murder of four young girls.

Dutroux and his accomplices, abducted the girls and kept them in a purpose-built dungeon in Dutroux's basement.

I'm not really concerned with the facts of the event. More with what something like this, somebody like Dutroux represents.

It's that series of words right there can freak me out so much and really make me question why these people do things like this.

"Purpose-built".

A lawyer might try and raise the issue of their client's sanity. But not here. The fact that Dutroux intentionally abducted and raped and killed these girls. I just can't understand that.

Why? For me, it is the ultimate question in nearly every situation. Why?

What drives a person to abduct and kill children? Innocent children.

Just, what goes on in a person's head that possess them to do something like that?

And I know that in most cases there is  something wrong with these people. They might have suffered abuse when they were a child. They might have some mental disorder. But really, can't we just call them what they are?

Crazy. Scary. Creepy. Confused. People that you would want to stay away from. Sick.

People that you wouldn't want to know. Or would want to become.

Ever.




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