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• Suspected Child Killer May Have Kidnapped Before

  The story of Melissa Huckaby, the 28-year-old Sunday school teacher charged with raping and murdering 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, just gets more and more upsetting. CNN reported this week that Huckaby was connected to another possible abduction of a child in the trailer park where she and Cantu live. In the earlier case, which took place in January, a 7-year-old girl was missing for four hours; she was found with Huckaby, who claimed she had permission to care for the child, an assertion the girl's family denies. Read More... Posted Apr 23 2009, 10:31 AM by Kate Tuttle with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: drugs, Child protective services, sandra cantu, mobile home, melissa huckaby, muscle relaxants, lora polk, trailer park, drugged child

• Why Are We So Shocked When Women Kill?

  We may never know why a 28-year-old Sunday School teacher, a woman described as a "mother hen," allegedly killed her own daughter's young playmate, but the Friday arrest of Melissa Huckaby in the murder of eight-year-old Sandra Cantu has rocked the small town in which both lived. Part of the surprise came from the two families' acquaintance -- they both had mobile homes in the same small Northern California town, and the two girls played together often -- and part from the rarity of a woman being accused of this kind of crime. The local police chief was quoted expressing surprise, citing FBI statistics on child murders. Read More... Posted Apr 13 2009, 03:01 PM by Kate Tuttle with | with 12 comment(s) Filed under: Murder, kidnapping, child murder, sandra cantu, mobile home, melissa huckaby