I generally do not write about individual crimes. These are the fodder for the "if it bleeds, it leads" local newscasts. But sometimes I see something so horrendous that I resent having to share a universe with these evil human beings.
A story just came out about a Gary, Indiana woman who rented out her infant daughters for sexual abuse and pornography.
Court documents state that the 25 year old mother (who I won't even dignify by printing her name) pleaded guilty to one count of selling a child for sex and two counts of allowing a child to take part in child pornography.
The woman admitted that she sold her baby for sex eight times and that she was present for each of the meetings except for the last time when the man paid her extra to be alone with the infant.
An indictment was also handed down to a Gary man, charged with buying a child to produce child pornography, producing child pornography and possessing child pornography depicting a child under the age of 12.
FBI officials were alerted by a woman who worked for the man as a masseuse, when the man approached her to help film the pornography. The man then sent her text messages containing graphic depictions of what he planned to do to the children.
Further texts stated: "Yeah ive done it several times its cool..." He said the child was 1 1/2 years old and that the arrangement began when the child was 4 months old.
The charges cover a period between Aug. 1, 2011 and Feb. 14, 2013.
The woman admitted under questioning that she met the Gary man through an online dating service in 2011 and that they agreed to meet at her place. That was when the man started asking her about two children she had access to, both girls, who were 4 months and 3 years old at the time.
The woman told law enforcement after she was arrested that she agreed to sell the children because she needed money.
The woman faces between 30 years in prison up to life.
I do not even know how to end this blog. Clever quips or profound observations seem inappropriate. This story goes beyond the issues of race, gender, drugs, and the politics of poverty.
Perhaps the children are too young to remember much of what happened to them. But some scars run deep, and some wounds never completely heal.
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