The world demands to know who killed Somer Thompson, a beautiful seven year old girl kidnapped on her way home from school. The abduction and murder has stunned a community and shocked the nation. It has left citizens across America to ask themselves if children are safe anywhere.

What is horrifying about the Somer Thompson case is that she was only 500 yards away from her school when abducted. She had also been walking with siblings and friends before running ahead of the group. In that brief moment of time, she was snatched away from her family, community, and from the world. Her body was found buried in a Georgia landfill as if she were nothing more than garbage being thrown away.

Somer Thompson’s mother, Diena Thompson, sent her daughter’s killer a direct but stern message. “We’re coming for you. We’re going to get you!” She stated through raw grief that has made its way from emotional heartbreak to anger at the one who has inflicted this heinous injustice upon a small innocent life. Her anger is shared by a nation, a community, and a state that is tired of seeing another child’s face on the Amber Alert only to hear horrific tales of sexual abuse, torture, and murder. We’re coming for you, and we’re going to get you, is the outcry heard across the country today.

America is tired of pedophiles, tired of rapists, tired of baby snatching child killers who are filled with sick lust and perverted desires. America is also sick of repeat sex offenders committing crime after crime and abusing woman, man, girl, and boy only to be released back on the streets to ‘perfect’ his craft of preying on the innocent, the helpless, and the unassuming.

America is tired of creating new laws in the name of child victims and not creating one law that deals with the problem. America is tired of mapping out communities to know how many sex offenders are moving into neighborhoods where children can no longer play, ride a bicycle, or walk home from school.

America wants to know who killed Somer Thompson, and what is going to be done to stop this from happening again.
 

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