Poor baby, stupid girl
This is an entry about the recent murder of a 17 year old college student, named Taylor Behl. She went missing just a few DAYS into her college education. Made a probably impulsive decision to go skateboarding at night, maybe to find some friends.
She had a MySpace account, with a photo of her on it. Under the photo it says "interested in meeting new and interesting people" on it or something like that.
Guess she did. Poor baby. Some sicko found her and killed her, and yes, being an enlightened woman, I assume she was raped too until I hear otherwise.
She had recently befriended a kind of weird older guy, the one who last saw her alive. The cops found a bunch of child porn in his apartment. Her body was found on some property he was associated with and had regular access to.
They also found a box of bones and a bunch of other creepy shit.
New and interesting people, indeed. Poor baby, stupid girl.
I don't think Taylor was stupid, I think she's me.
She could have been me. But most importantly to everyone, she could have been Alex. So that's mainly why I'm writing all this.
Why could she have been me?
I did the exact same thing she did when I first got to college.
I befriended a one Jim Green, a guy way older than me, way creepy, and, as I found out later, way into SOMETHING that got him 5, count them, 5, counts of criminal trespass on Tech Campus alone.
Criminal trespass, with that kind of frequency, is a nice way to say: peeping tom. He also had an assault charge and a theft charge. I talked to him about biology stuff, unaware of my danger. I even went over to his house.
I had a hell of a time getting rid of him- he would write weird notes to me, magically appear in my classes, and even scared a friend of mine so bad she moved to be farther away from his house.
He lives right by Lubbock High. I often thought of him when Joanna went missing. He's currently a grad student at Tech. Just for the record.
Yep, I befriended this guy. We would have lunch together at the dorms sometimes. Even after he asked me if I'd ever had an abortion.
I was 17.
My first week of school, I befriended him.
I went in his house.
Let him get in my car.
Poor baby, stupid girl. When my trust finally backfired on me I was 19, and that was the last time I ever picked up a stranger. But yeah. I picked up a stranger.
Why am I not dead? Luck.
Why is Taylor dead? Luck.
Why is Alex not dead? Luck.
That's why I say poor baby, stupid girl. Taylor wasn't stupid. I'm not stupid. Alex isn't stupid.
Taylor befriended an older guy and paid.
I befriended an older guy and didn't.
Alex, baby, you make friends with older guys too. Walked home alone many times, I'm sure, because I did it too and I bet Taylor has before also.
Teenage boys are awful company in general, so I see why it happens. Some of us live and some of us don't.
Poor baby, stupid girl.
She had a MySpace account, with a photo of her on it. Under the photo it says "interested in meeting new and interesting people" on it or something like that.
Guess she did. Poor baby. Some sicko found her and killed her, and yes, being an enlightened woman, I assume she was raped too until I hear otherwise.
She had recently befriended a kind of weird older guy, the one who last saw her alive. The cops found a bunch of child porn in his apartment. Her body was found on some property he was associated with and had regular access to.
They also found a box of bones and a bunch of other creepy shit.
New and interesting people, indeed. Poor baby, stupid girl.
I don't think Taylor was stupid, I think she's me.
She could have been me. But most importantly to everyone, she could have been Alex. So that's mainly why I'm writing all this.
Why could she have been me?
I did the exact same thing she did when I first got to college.
I befriended a one Jim Green, a guy way older than me, way creepy, and, as I found out later, way into SOMETHING that got him 5, count them, 5, counts of criminal trespass on Tech Campus alone.
Criminal trespass, with that kind of frequency, is a nice way to say: peeping tom. He also had an assault charge and a theft charge. I talked to him about biology stuff, unaware of my danger. I even went over to his house.
I had a hell of a time getting rid of him- he would write weird notes to me, magically appear in my classes, and even scared a friend of mine so bad she moved to be farther away from his house.
He lives right by Lubbock High. I often thought of him when Joanna went missing. He's currently a grad student at Tech. Just for the record.
Yep, I befriended this guy. We would have lunch together at the dorms sometimes. Even after he asked me if I'd ever had an abortion.
I was 17.
My first week of school, I befriended him.
I went in his house.
Let him get in my car.
Poor baby, stupid girl. When my trust finally backfired on me I was 19, and that was the last time I ever picked up a stranger. But yeah. I picked up a stranger.
Why am I not dead? Luck.
Why is Taylor dead? Luck.
Why is Alex not dead? Luck.
That's why I say poor baby, stupid girl. Taylor wasn't stupid. I'm not stupid. Alex isn't stupid.
Taylor befriended an older guy and paid.
I befriended an older guy and didn't.
Alex, baby, you make friends with older guys too. Walked home alone many times, I'm sure, because I did it too and I bet Taylor has before also.
Teenage boys are awful company in general, so I see why it happens. Some of us live and some of us don't.
Poor baby, stupid girl.