Kristi
6:14 pm on November 19th, 2007
Good Lord…He is 13 years old!!! Just a little boy really. How does this happen? I am now officially terrified to let my 3 year old little girl out of my sight! I am going to be known as the crazy psyco Mom who follows her child everywhere. I was never a fan of home schooling for fear it would, in a sense handicap children socially. But hell I take alive, well , and maybe a bit socially handicapped any day over the alternative out there. Or maybe I should start petitioning the schools now so that I can sit in on her classes.
Morbid, how old are you if you don’t mind my asking? And do you have children? Though it appears you have a good head on your shoulders and your posts seem well thought out and you have good common sense, I don’t know how you can see all this stuff and be okay with having children in this world.
Morbid
8:14 pm on November 19th, 2007
I am ok with the world. There are more good people than bad. It’s quite simple, really. The fact that I choose to post about all the bad ones is not to scare anyone, as much as it is to shame some of the subjects by ensuring that they are not dropped from search engines, bring to light cases that are not making the news (especially in regards to black-on-white crime or missing people who are not white and blond) as well as to just discuss these people with other people who are fascinated with the criminal mind.
Overall, these stories are an extremely small percentage of the population in the US and they have never went anywhere. They were around when you were a kid, when your parents were kids and so on, and so on. The amount of information we get now is what has changed. It is quite staggering how much info we get on a daily basis and the speed we get it. 20 year as ago, if these stories did not happen in your state, you’d never have known.
Nyrak
8:31 pm on November 19th, 2007
He was 13 when he propositioned an 11yr old for sex? And then got pissed when she said no? What the fuck??
He was in the same jail at the same time with his father? Guess that’s where that idiot gene comes from.
I have not one ounce of sympathy for this kid…what an asshole.
He probably doesn’t even give a shit that he’s going to be in prison for the rest of his life…dumb fuck.
Seriously…what a dumb fucking kid. He knows right from wrong, I refuse to believe otherwise.
Well, if he didn’t right from wrong before, he probably does now.
Or maybe not. Who knows. Dumb fucking kid.
Hippiepoet
8:55 am on November 20th, 2007
What a fucking waste of life. Where did all this anger come from in this child? Why on Earth would he choose to do these things. What kind of home life did he have? What the fuck was going on with him? Obviously there is fault here with the adults in this young mans life. His life….man, it’s over now. I wonder what the fuck he’ll feel like when he actually grows up and becomes an adult. This is a sorry ass situation. Wow.
thepooh5
2:40 pm on November 20th, 2007
WTF! I hate that this young man’s life is over before it starts. BUT, thank the good Lord in heaven, for the judge’s foresight – this kid cannot be rehabilatated! The only good news out of the whole story is — HE GOT 60 yrs.
More than most pedophiles get, I might add, even when there is a greater age difference between attackers and victems.
I am glad he does not get out for 60 yrs. I just wish the same sentences were imposed when it is 30 year old attacking 15 year old.
Kristi
2:41 pm on November 20th, 2007
Morbid,
I hope that you are correct in that it really is just a small percentage. It absolutely makes sense that we are just more aware of what is happening today than we have been in the past because of the development of modern technology and the internet. And I have seen you post once before that there really has been no increase in these types of crimes or child abductions. Do you know that to be fact? I am not doubting you and though I have heard this before I do not know how or where to find proof to substanciate those claims.
I am not sure which is worse, to think that society is becoming increasingly more inhumane with time, or to think that there are evil dispicable beings out there who have always behaved in this mannor.
Morbid
3:47 pm on November 20th, 2007
I know that the FBI state that child abductions by strangers have declined (BTW, only 25 percent of child abductions are by strangers. The majority are runaways or abducted by family). In the 1980s the number of child abductions by stranger averaged annually about 200 to 300. In 2000, the number of cases dropped to 93 compared with 134 in 1999 and 115 in 1998.
But let’s look at the numbers from the last 20 years;
Taken from United States: Uniform Crime Report State Statistics from 1960 – 2006
(sorry for the shitty table, I had to cut-n-paste real quick)

Something to remember is that these numbers are being recorded more accurately as they go, while the population increases. I see no crime epidemic or sign of social degradation. Of course, you will get the opposite argument from others, especially in regards to child abduction, but I will go with FBI stats over a site selling ID tags for children.
Kristi
4:54 pm on November 20th, 2007
Wow Morbid, I had no idea. Thank you for taking the time too dig this up for us. You hear all the time how much worse things are getting, and how movies, music, video games, and the internet are responsible for corrupting society. When clearly the advancement of technology and the rest of it hasn’t seem to have made much of a difference. It’s pretty eye opening. Much appreciated!
funnymommy
6:48 pm on April 10th, 2008
I have a six-year-old daughter and I cannot imagine anyone harming her, much less another child. Scary.
It blows my mind that a judge sentenced a 13-year-old to 60 years but we have repeat adult offenders all over this site.
Malik7
6:08 pm on August 4th, 2008
The judge ruthlessly threw this boy in prison without even looking into the boy’s attourney’s suggestions that he could be rehabilitated, immediately assuming that the boy is a menace to society!!
Shame on this heartless individual for not giving this boy the chance to at least be evaluated for a possible rehab in a counciling program!!
~Malik7.
impqueen
6:22 pm on August 4th, 2008
Shame on this heartless individual for not giving this boy the chance to at least be evaluated for a possible rehab in a counciling program!!
That’s tricky. He beat a little girl nearly to death. He has a history of sexual predation that is rare in a boy so young. And sexual predators are virtually never fixable. Once they start raping and molesting, they never really stop – so starting at 12 or 13 means he is unlikely ever to do anything else.
It’s horrible. I don’t know what the answer is, but keeping this boy’s victims safe has to take priority, because next time, he’ll kill someone. Do you really think a little counseling is going to make this kid non-violent?
Malik7
11:04 pm on August 5th, 2008
It certainly wouldn’t hurt to try! Like everyone else who has committed
a violent crime such as this, he should get help and hopefulluy be cured.
WryBread
11:15 pm on August 5th, 2008
It certainly wouldn’t hurt to try! Like everyone else who has committeda violent crime such as this, he should get help and hopefulluy be cured.
I’ll tell you what. After he gets this help he can come live at your house and you can see if he hopefulluy is cured.
Malik7
11:31 pm on August 5th, 2008
I’ll tell you what. After he gets this help he can come live at your house and you can see if he hopefulluy is cured.
Good! I’d help him get rehabilitated and cured.
Malik7
11:55 pm on August 5th, 2008
He was 13 when he propositioned an 11yr old for sex? And then got pissed when she said no? What the fuck??He was in the same jail at the same time with his father? Guess that’s where that idiot gene comes from.I have not one ounce of sympathy for this kid…what an asshole.He probably doesn’t even give a shit that he’s going to be in prison for the rest of his life…dumb fuck.Seriously…what a dumb fucking kid. He knows right from wrong, I refuse to believe otherwise.Well, if he didn’t right from wrong before, he probably does now.Or maybe not. Who knows. Dumb fucking kid.
It isn’t all the kid’s fault. Part of it is, but the rest comes from home and his background. Someone or something turned this boy into a raging madman & sexual predator, and yes, it IS so shocking that this boy got into to having sex at only 13 – such an unbelievably incredibly early age!!
I’m willing to bet that this child’s mind isn’t right. It’s plain to see that he
doesn’t have it all upstairs. How he turned into the raging monster that he’s become is still a mystery, since nothing is coming from his home.
His parents are probably too busy messing up their own lives to even be bothered with trying to fix up his life!! The system was supposed to help him before things got too far out of hand with him. Now the system has failed him & turned its back on him and he’s gone south and committed this horrible crime to which it is making a pure example out of him.
His dad IS messed up, yes, and what a poor and deplorable example he’s shown for this boy. They both were no help, as they didn’t try to help him. Boot camp could have helped him, who knows? We’ll probably never know now!
WryBread
12:02 am on August 6th, 2008
Whew, Malik7, what is this boy to you? No one has commented on this story in four months and suddenly you show up.
You seem aware of the outrageous horror of what this boy has done and yet you think counseling will remake his entire personality. I hope you’ll take your caring heart and find someone more deserving of help and more likely to benefit from help.
Do you know him or his family somehow? Is that why you are so passionate about Sherman?
April
12:19 am on August 6th, 2008
Boot camp could have helped him, who knows? We’ll probably never know now!
Thank God for that. Mothers of 6 year old girls everywhere can rest better at night knowing that at least THIS sexual predator is behind bars.
I think that the judge made a great choice on this one. If he is committing these types of crimes at 13, I shudder to think what he would progress to by 23, 33, 43… He is a deviant and deserves every day he sits his ass behind bars. While his parents should take blame for his upbringing, at 13 he knew better than to victimize a 6 year old. I hope he thinks of her everytime some one victimizes him in prison. He ruined her life – he deserves nothing less than what he imposed on that poor child.
LeeMouse
12:33 am on August 6th, 2008
Well, as we all know, plenty of kids have horrendous upbringings, yet don’t prey on other children. So there was something wrong with this kid to start with; maybe it wouldn’t have been triggered if he’d had a decent homelife. But he didn’t, and it was. And that’s a deadly and unfixable combination.
Here’s the thing about claims that someone was too disturbed, or too mentally ill, or too addicted, or had too low of an IQ, or whatever, to control their behavior: That is all the more reason to keep them locked up. Maybe it’s not their fault; just the fickle hand of fate giving them a raw deal. So, they have my sympathy…but they need to be behind bars. If some kind of physical or mental or emotional or behavioral defect keeps you from knowing something is wrong, and keeps you from controlling your own violent impulses, then you need to be locked up and roaming the streets, period.
I never understand when the defense is, “He can’t help it.” Well, if he can’t help it, then there’s zero chance at rehabilitation. So keep him locked up for everyone’s safety. I actually kind of think that the criminal who CAN help it, but just chose not to, might be a better candidate for rehabilitation. Because at least he has the ability to act differently. If he can only act one way because of his upbringing or whatever, and that one way is violent, then keep him off the streets because there’s not much hope. Maybe not in prison, but somewhere secure.
Malik7
12:42 am on August 6th, 2008
Whew, Malik7, what is this boy to you? No one has commented on this story in four months and suddenly you show up.
You seem aware of the outrageous horror of what this boy has done and yet you think counseling will remake his entire personality. I hope you’ll take your caring heart and find someone more deserving of help and more likely to benefit from help.
Do you know him or his family somehow? Is that why you are so passionate about Sherman?
No. I don’t know him or his family. Nothing passionate either.
I just don’t like to see or hear that this boy and others like him get into this much trouble and it puts them behind bars. It’s just the caring person in me.
I certainly hope that the children I tutor don’t end up in his shoes!!
April
12:51 am on August 6th, 2008
I certainly hope that the children I tutor don’t end up in his shoes!!
Malik – Hopefully you can mentor them so that they don’t end up in his shoes. Perhaps if this child had ANY guidance – He would have been a decent young man. He chose a shitty path in life. He could have chosen to rise above his upbringing and not followed his father’s downward spiral… Shame. I still stand by what I said though – kudos to the judge for keeping a rapist off the streets.
Malik7
12:55 am on August 6th, 2008
Well, as we all know, plenty of kids have horrendous upbringings, yet don’t prey on other children. So there was something wrong with this kid to start with; maybe it wouldn’t have been triggered if he’d had a decent homelife. But he didn’t, and it was. And that’s a deadly and unfixable combination.
Here’s the thing about claims that someone was too disturbed, or too mentally ill, or too addicted, or had too low of an IQ, or whatever, to control their behavior: That is all the more reason to keep them locked up. Maybe it’s not their fault; just the fickle hand of fate giving them a raw deal. So, they have my sympathy…but they need to be behind bars. If some kind of physical or mental or emotional or behavioral defect keeps you from knowing something is wrong, and keeps you from controlling your own violent impulses, then you need to be locked up and roaming the streets, period.
I never understand when the defense is, “He can’t help it.” Well, if he can’t help it, then there’s zero chance at rehabilitation. So keep him locked up for everyone’s safety. I actually kind of think that the criminal who CAN help it, but just chose not to, might be a better candidate for rehabilitation. Because at least he has the ability to act differently. If he can only act one way because of his upbringing or whatever, and that one way is violent, then keep him off the streets because there’s not much hope. Maybe not in prison, but somewhere secure.
This part of why I say something very disturbing and horrible more than likely happened in the house that possibly caused the boy’s mind t0
go south.
But it IS strange. That later when the girl threw the rock at him, his mind snapped and he just when berserk on her. But I bet that i’m right by saying that things with this boys went unchecked, then had slowly manifested, causing the boy to turn into Frankenstien – a monster.
Malik7
1:00 am on August 6th, 2008
Malik – Hopefully you can mentor them so that they don’t end up in his shoes. Perhaps if this child had ANY guidance – He would have been a decent young man. He chose a shitty path in life. He could have chosen to rise above his upbringing and not followed his father’s downward spiral… Shame. I still stand by what I said though – kudos to the judge for keeping a rapist off the streets.
Well, the judge, as we know, followed the girl’s wishes, so let’s all hope that he can still be helped and rehabbed while he’s there.
Malik7
1:13 am on August 6th, 2008
I think that the judge made a great choice on this one. If he is committing these types of crimes at 13, I shudder to think what he would progress to by 23, 33, 43… He is a deviant and deserves every day he sits his ass behind bars. While his parents should take blame for his upbringing, at 13 he knew better than to victimize a 6 year old. I hope he thinks of her everytime some one victimizes him in prison. He ruined her life – he deserves nothing less than what he imposed on that poor child.
He won’t have any contact with the men or other immates. He’s in a special section unit where no other immates can get at him, nor can they talk to him.
Sort of like the supected 20th 09-11 would-be hijacker Zacarius Mousouoi when he went to prison.
April
1:18 am on August 6th, 2008
Well, the judge, as we know, followed the girl’s wishes, so let’s all hope that he can still be helped and rehabbed while he’s there.
One can hope. I still think that the damage is done. Especially now that he has been to prison. My father shot his friend when he was 13. An accident. He was a statistic. He and his friend were playing with a gun that belonged to the friends father. My Dad did not meant to shot and kill his BEST friend. My Dad was sent to reform school instead of counseling. He was not even permitted to attend his friends funeral. Let me just tell you that reform schoo taught my Dad how to be mean, not how to deal with his friends death and his roll in the death. It made his life of being a waste of humanity easy. He learned how to do all kinds of nifty criminal stuff in prison. Plus he can kick the dog shit out of any man that so much as looks at him wrong. My Dad had a GREAT childhood prior to that. His parents were married up until my grandfather dies in a plane accident. My grandmother would do anything for her children. So his upbringing was not to be questioned…. In all of the years my father has been a “career criminal” – He has NEVER raped anyone and he never will – But he is still a waste of human space. I love my dad and feel sorry for him – but prison is a great place for him.
Sorry for the life story – I just want you to know that I am not just being hard on this young man. I just have a little insight into the mind of a crimal and I think that “reform” is a rare thing when it comes to criminals…. more so when they start off at such an early age and the cards are all stacked against them.
Have a good night.
michelle
1:19 am on August 6th, 2008
But it IS strange. That later when the girl threw the rock at him, his mind snapped and he just when berserk on her. But I bet that i’m right by saying that things with this boys went unchecked, then had slowly manifested, causing the boy to turn into Frankenstien – a monster.
If a rock throwing would set him off I think the best thing for us ALL as a society is that ( however sad), he be jailed. He has been damaged beyond repair. While it is possible that he could improve, the real truth is that those brain connections are made in the first years. He couldn’t, wouldn’t, never feel anything about another human being. So sad. TRUE.
Malik7
1:34 am on August 6th, 2008
I think I read somewhere that he showed no remorse in court. That he smirked at the girl and felt no sympathy for her or her mom.
So sad! Maybe he IS too far gone. Time will tell.
Wonder
3:12 am on August 6th, 2008
60 years of clothing, housing, feeding, providing utilities and medical care… why bother… when are they going to just FEED them the PILLS and place them in a pine box … this is ridiculous
good question Wry…
Whew, Malik7, No one has commented on this story in four months and suddenly you show up.
?? related post / Tags / categories
This boy / crime reminds me of this story which isn’t linked to related post :S – http://www.dreamindemon.com/2008/07/03/dymia-woody-was-murdered-by-14-year-old-neighbor/
** I have to agree – if you want to mentor or help choose innocent children that need role models and someone to some them love… no point in wasting time and money on a broken soul.
Dakota Valkyrie
7:12 am on August 6th, 2008
Time will tell.
Time has been told. Violent sexual predators are never fixed. Trying to “fix” him is only going to set him loose on an unsuspecting public. Sad that you would allow him into your home.
Can you say “Joseph Duncan III”? Started young and violent. Got rehabilitated. Fooled many into believing his “goodness”. Fucked up again. Ran. And now Shasta Groene is the only survivor.
I bet the doctor that stood up for Duncan and had him living in his home after he was “rehabilitated” feels like a more than a fool for getting that ball rolling.
Max The Cat
7:47 am on August 6th, 2008
Shame on this heartless individual for not giving this boy the chance to at least be evaluated for a possible rehab in a counciling program!!
It certainly wouldn’t hurt to try! Like everyone else who has committed
a violent crime such as this, he should get help and hopefulluy be cured.
I respectfully disagree Malik7. This kid is a true child molester/predator. As such he has no real remorse and, like the proverbial leopard, has zero chance of changing his spots. This is the fact that gets shoved down our throats again and again: Violent sex offenders, especially those who hunt young children, are evil and unredeemable. He poses no threat to any of us. Hell, I wish he would mess with me – There’d be no need for a trial, at least not for him. It is our duty as civilized people to protect the weakest among us from the most deranged. That’s what his sentence is about, not revenge or punishment, and certainly not rehabilitation.
Max
Malik7
10:36 am on August 7th, 2008
I tell you, his mind is in question, because before the rock was thrown at him, there was no flare-up. If it was an adult throwing the rock or someone his own age, would he still run after that person and do the same thing? Probably not, since he’s also a bully.
Bullies pick on, poke fun at and terrorize people smaller or weaker than they are. I was a victim of that during my school years. I kept being picked on, sucker-punched and the whole bit until finally one day, I had enough and started fighting back.
I punched a boy in the face repeatedly until it was swollen because he sucker-punched me. After that day, no one bothered me any more.
Had Sherman meet his match, was taught a lesson by someone who would not take any more of his bullying and terrorizing ways, he might have changed.
That fact that he was crazed for sex at such a young age, was trying to buy sex and violated a little girl for it, he was branded as a child rapist, child molester and a young monster. And he’s not able to get over on an adult because he’d have a very hard time even trying to MANIPULATE an older person.
I still think someone or something turned him on to sex, and from then on, he just couldn’t get enough of it. He was like a wild animal on the prowl for his prey! If someone got in his way, he would attack them as well. This, as you all know, is NOT the mind of a normal boy. It’s like he
suffers from some kind of metabolic inbalance. Something is just not right in his mind, and when he thinks about sex and when he thinks that the opportunity is there, he turns into Fankenstien.
Sadly, it IS true that because he attacked and sexually assaulted this girl, he may NEVER go back to being normal. He would more than likely go right back to abusing children, and when he turns 16, he more than likely would kidnap and forcibly rape a 13-year-old or even a fifteen-year-old girl!!
Malik7
1:44 am on September 3rd, 2008
I just read on one of the websites that Sherman tried to clear himself and put the heat on his older brother, saying that HE attacked and molested the girl instead of him!!
That when the police had searched his bro’s bedroom, Sherman acted like he knew nothing at all about the attack!!
~Malik7.
Malik7
3:54 pm on September 6th, 2008
WTF! I hate that this young man’s life is over before it starts. BUT, thank the good Lord in heaven, for the judge’s foresight – this kid cannot be rehabilatated! The only good news out of the whole story is — HE GOT 60 yrs.
More than most pedophiles get, I might add, even when there is a greater age difference between attackers and victems.
I am glad he does not get out for 60 yrs. I just wish the same sentences were imposed when it is 30 year old attacking 15 year old.
Yeah, it was so shocking to learn that not only is this kid a pedophile, but he has also become a sexual predator, a rapist, child abuser, stalker, and a sex-crazed promiscuous monster all in one at only 13! The whole nine yards!!
He’ll NEVER be able to have a relationsip with anyone, because as soon as he’s told that he can do something, or is denied any sex, he’ll go out out of his mind, turn into Frankenstein and may KILL someone. He only knows one way – HIS way.
He can never have kids of his own either, because if he does, he’ll harm THEM as well!! No girl or woman would want him at all because of his dark violent horrible past!! He’ll go out of his mind now because he can’t have sex with anyone.
How in the hell does a young boy become so promiscuous and sex-crazed at only 13?!!
~Malik7

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