Most recent public comments by Abbey McWhirter https://nowcomment.com/users/23606 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56139?scroll_to=566382 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56139?scroll_to=566382 Schmidt was at least in his mid twenties when he started killing girls. I wonder it was still illegal for a 17 year old to date a man of his age back then, as it its now? If it was this would add to my evidence of Schmidt being a pedofile. Also it might explain why so many young girls were attracted to him. Since he was "off-limits", girls probably saw that as mysterious and sexy so they sought after him. Wed, 14 Sep 2016 19:05:02 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56139?scroll_to=566365 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56139?scroll_to=566365 She actually was killed by a blow to the head. Schmidt knew that but he still wanted a retrial because he thought he could convince the jury otherwise. Also, he moved Rowe's body on his own, so then he had leverage to perhaps get a shorter sentence. Yet, his plan backfired and the autopsy showed that Saunders, Schmidt's accomplice and the man who testified against him told the truth about Rowe's body. Thus meaning, Schmidt was not getting out of jail anytime in his life. Fri, 09 Sep 2016 21:13:55 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56139?scroll_to=566349 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56139?scroll_to=566349 The author says this nonchalantly. She uses syntax and diction to make the sentence very powerful. The thing that is interesting about this sentence is not as much the words used but the words not used. She doesn't build up the tension to make the reader anxious to know about Schmidt, she blatantly says "...he killed girls.", making the reader look back and read it again. The short sentence cut into two fragments adds to the casual tone. She doesn't use too many words to make the tone formal and she doesn't make the sentence short and choppy for effect. She uses it to create a calm reader who then suddenly becomes confused and frightened. Sat, 01 Oct 2016 23:13:29 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/55691?scroll_to=560518 https://nowcomment.com/documents/55691?scroll_to=560518 The article's main idea is that teens fight with their parents a lot because children increasingly get more independent and begin making there own choices and opinions. A lot of the time this scares parents because they don't want their child to grow up. They want to protect their kids from real life's problems and keep them sheltered. Fri, 09 Sep 2016 21:13:55 -0400