July 30, 2007

Alleged Cheshire killer a child molester?

From what little we know about alleged killer Joshua Komisarjevsky, he appears to have a thing for young teenage girls. What's particularly alarming is that his sickness may have been obvious back in 2002 if only authorities in Bristol had noticed or cared.
I've already written about this here, but it is an important issue that's worth real scrutiny. If Komisarjevsky was having sex with a 15-year-old Bristol girl, and there's reason to believe he was, then why didn't he get charged with the crime at the time? Bad enough that he was donning night vision goggles and burglarizing homes, but if you throw in the sexual abuse of a minor, you have a far better idea why a judge once called him a "cold, calculating predator."
I don't know if it would have saved the Petit family, but I do know that there was plenty of reason for police and prosecutors to look at the issue in Feb. 2002, when Komisarjevsky's 16-year-old girlfriend was about to give birth to a daughter later named Jayda. Did they look into it? Did they care? And what did they find out if they did investigate?
It's already past time for the relevant probation reports, court files and police records to be unveiled so that we can see what happened back in 2002. Get it out in the open -- and quick.

Anyone out there who has information on the issue, please let us know what you know. You can reach me at scollins@bristolpress.com or phone me at the newspaper at (860) 584-0501 x. 254.


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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Steve,are we playing the blame game, I want more facts. Just because the Police arrest him doesn't mean they do a background and family history on everyone in the house. I doubt the girlfriend would have cooperated with any investigation. I think the press should have looked into the birth of this child more when the birth announcement was posted. I guess you are are to blame too.