As some of you may have heard about the tragic rape and death of an 8 year old Sandra Cantu here in California in the town of Tracy - there are still a lot of unanswered questions which beg to be answered and indeed the young girl's brutal murder cries out for an answer.
In case you missed it, to sum up briefly this young girl went missing from her mobile home park the end of March and for about 10 days the police and volunteers put on a massive manhunt . Then finally after 10 days some farmworkers found Sandra's body in a suitcase in an irrigation pond only about 2 miles from her home. Search warrants were put out and neighbors were questioned including a Baptist minister , his wife, and his 28 year old grandaughter Melissa Huckaby whose 5 year old daughter played with Sandra all the time. Huckaby lived with her minister grandfather only about 70 feet from Sandra's residence in the mobile home park. Police searched the Baptist church thoroughly and the minister and his wife and Huckabie's residence.
Saturday night an arrest was made on Melissa Huckaby who is a Sunday school teacher in her grandfathers church. Her stories did not match up in interviews with the police. She said she owned a suitcase that appears to match the one which Sandra's body was found. But her explanation about the suitcases disappearance from her grandfathers residence conflicted with what she had originally told the police in the intial investigation of the murder. Huckaby had stated that she had set the suitcase in front of her house the day Sandra disappeared and that " someone took it. " She did not say why she set the suitcase outside.
Interestingly although this woman ( Huckaby ) is being charged with murder - she did not enter a pea when in court. Curiously the police are continuing their investigation at the pastor grandfather's house where Huckaby lived , and have confiscated the home computer and sent it to Virginia FBI headquarters for examination. Also police are still continuing to search the Baptist church where both Huckaby and the pastor grandfather preached. Although the police claim that Huckaby is the only suspect - I feel that they are keeping their cards hidden and playing it close to the vest just in case someone else ( perhaps the grandfather minister ? ) is guilty as well.
Expert attorneys and law experts have said it is extremely rare that a mother with a daughter of her own would commit such a heinous rape and murder of a young girl all by herself on her own. Even Huckabie's friends have said it is extremely out of character for her- and they were shocked !
My take ? Could it be that Huckaby is taking the fall for this crime to protect the minister grandfather ? Could he be the real culprit ? As more evidence comes forward, especially information from the FBI on what has been viewed on the computer - perhaps it will give more clarity to this awful crime. One thing is cetain though - no matter who is guilty , this poor little defenseless girl will never get to grow up , never get to fall in love herself as an adult, or ever have her own children. A human life has been robbed from her future. And the monster murderer should pay . I feel the jury is still out on this one as to motives and what really happened. Stay tuned. As always I look forward to your comments and observations. Please hug your children and spouses tonight and all your loved ones. Peace to all, Mr. Flipper