Sunday School teacher arrested for the kidnapping and murder of Sandra Cantu

[cali]

Her name is Melissa Huckaby, age 28. She lives in the same trailor park where Cantu lived and her daughter was one of Sandra's playmates. Huckaby's grandfather is the pastor at Clover Road Baptist church where she taught Sunday School.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/11/earlyshow/main4936448.shtml

[Christa]

1. It's so seldom

that a female gets arrested for these kind of things. To think her daughter was a playmate of the little girl.

Weird.

[polichick]

2. Jeez, what could her motive be?

[PuraVidaDreamin]

3. The thought of this being true makes me physically ill

She's due her process, but if she did it...

what makes people who say or believe they are moral by way of religion inflict such inhumane actions and pain?

[vadawg]

4. In my experience it dosent matter whether you are religious or not

if you have the switches wired wrong in your brain, your gonna put someone elses light out.

[AngryAmish]

5. of course

[malaise]

6. Remember they interviewed the pastor as well

The daughter may have been covering up for him.

[cali]

7. actually, the pastor is her grandfather, not her father

my bet is they have a ton of evidence against her. That's what authorities are hinting.

[malaise]

10. Yep grandfather

Truth will out.
It's very rare that women commit atrocities like this.

[A-Long-Little-Doggie]

11. They have been saying on CBS that

The grandfather was never a suspect.

[malaise]

13. Thanks n/t

[NashVegas]

9. Before Reading About Grand-dad

My first thought was that her husband probably raped the kid and she was getting rid of the threat to her homelife.

I'm that cynical. I think granddaddy chester molester is a safe guess, too.

I've had religious tracts placed on my wind-shield, attacking some 9 year old girl who accused her pastor step-father of sexual abuse. The attitude these fundies have towards the victims of their crimes is that reporting on them is a far worse offense than perpetrating them.

[Vinca]

8. So much for rounding up all the sex offenders - the church lady did it.

What a bizarre case.

[LisaL]

12. A few people here swore up and down the suspect will turn

out a previously convicted pedophile. I guess not. Mind boggling.