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(48,121 posts) Wed Jul 31, 2013, 01:01 PM Jul 2013

Woman outraged that sex offender neighbor not on public database [View all]

BEAVERTON, Ore. – When a woman found out a convicted rapist lives right next door to her, she became outraged and terrified.

"I find it disturbing and frankly disgusting," the woman told KATU News under the condition of anonymity.

There are 25,000 convicted sex offenders in Oregon. Of those 25,000 offenders, more than 23,000 get to live mostly private lives. You won't find their names or addresses in any public database.

The man the woman is concerned about is Donald Tornquist. In Washington 20 years ago, he assaulted and raped a child under 12 years old. He pled guilty, served a decade in prison and registered as a sex offender.

When Tornquist lived in Washington, you could find him listed in the sex offender database. When he moved to Oregon, he registered with police but you’ll find no trace of him on the state police sex offender website.

http://www.katu.com/news/local/Woman-outraged-sex-offender-neighbor-not-on-public-database-217683061.html

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I'm with the woman on this one. The guy raped a child. Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #1

If you read through the comments, he was 14 and she was 12 Xithras Jul 2013 #13

OK, that does make a difference. But I think I would still want to know, in this case. Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #15

I'd have a bigger problem with the face that it was rape, and not the age of the victim. Xithras Jul 2013 #16

Sex offender registries have proved more harmful than helpful overall. Jackpine Radical Jul 2013 #2

Don't rape children. Problem solved. Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2013 #3

Nor rape anyone else. Jackpine Radical Jul 2013 #5

How much sympathy am I required to maintain on behalf of people who rape child? Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2013 #6

So I know a rapist is next door but not a murderer? Idiotic! n-t Logical Jul 2013 #18

List both. Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2013 #27

WTF? What state lists murderers? n-t Logical Jul 2013 #30

I didn't say they did. I'm saying I'm not opposed to listing violent felons, sexual or otherwise. nt Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2013 #31

It is true. I think the stigma stays with the person as long as that person is on the list. Mr. David Jul 2013 #4

There is no rehabilitation from an actual sexual predator Pelican Jul 2013 #7

Cognitive behavioral therapy and group therapy actually do work. NuclearDem Jul 2013 #9

The "just shoot 'em all!" mentality just makes things worse. Dash87 Jul 2013 #19

+10000 NuclearDem Jul 2013 #8

If you had kids, would you do anything differently if you knew a child rapist lived next door? Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #10

Me thinks thou who protest ---errr up above...have no kids. trumad Jul 2013 #11

darn tooting. loli phabay Jul 2013 #14

Easy solution: don't leave my kids unsupervised around strangers and tell them to be cautious NuclearDem Jul 2013 #12

I don't want to sound like a dick, but... sofa king Jul 2013 #17

Wait, why can't we have mugger and car thief lists? JVS Jul 2013 #20

Post removed Post removed Jul 2013 #21

Oh, I see what you're getting at. NuclearDem Jul 2013 #23

He asked a question and I offered a solution joeglow3 Jul 2013 #26

No, you blatantly misrepresented what he was talking about. NuclearDem Jul 2013 #29

Why should she decide how much I know about the risk my neighbors pose to my car? JVS Jul 2013 #24

So, u believe in an all or nothing solution? Black or white? Zero tolerance? No thinking involved? joeglow3 Jul 2013 #25

Maybe you should do less assuming and answer my question. JVS Jul 2013 #28

Depending on the state, year, and specific study, SOs have a recidivism rate of anywhere from NuclearDem Jul 2013 #22