Jessica Lunsford a 9-Year-Old girl

 Af: Kristina Andersen

Jessica Marie Lunsford was only nine years old, when she was abducted from her own home in Homosassa, Florida.
On Friday, February 24, 2005 Mark Lunsford alarm clock went off 5:00 A.M. His daughter, Jessica usually got up around the same time he did. After taking his usual bath, he could not understand why Jessica’s alarm was still buzzing in her room. He opened the door, expecting to find his daughter sleeping in bed, but the bed was empty. Jessica was not in her bed. Mark looked all over the house, but Jessica was gone. The next day police, volunteers and family combed the area.
Days past and there was still no sign of Jessica.
When a child is reported missing, the police check all known sex offenders in the area.
In the course of their investigation, they discovered that at well-known sex offender, was not living on the address he was registered.
When they found John Couey (47 years old), he started out saying that he did not do anything, but as the case went on he ended up telling the truth.
You can read what he did here in point form:

·         Entered Lunsford home 3:00

·         Woke her and ordered her to be quiet

·         Told her to follow him, back to his sister’s house

·         Couey raped Jessica first time in the night

·         Next morning – raped her again

·         Afterward he put her in his closet while he was and work

·         Kept her in the closet for 3 days

·         During that time, investigators came to look for Couey, but did not check the closet

·         When he learned that detectives were searching for him, he panicked

·         He decided to bury her…… even though she was not dead

·         Her body was found inside two tied plastic garbage bags

·         Her wrists were bound

·         She died clutching her prized purple dolphin

·         Cause of death: suffocation

·         It took around 3 to 5 minutes for Jessica to stop breathing

On August 24, 2007, a judge in Inverness, Florida sentenced Couey, a sex offender, to death for kidnapping, sexually battering, and first degree murder of Jessica. The jury recommended death penalty.

 

On September 30, 2009, Couey died from colon cancer, before he got his before he got the proper punishment for killing and raping an innocent child.

I think, that death penalty is the right punishment for this awful person, what he did is terrible. He buried a child, while she was still alive.