"He digs himself right into their families."
-Sgt. Rich Mankewich, Orange County sheriff's sex crimes unit
The FBI wanted to know why Michael Dale Mankamyer had jumped 70 feet off a cruise ship into the hypothermia-inducing Atlantic Ocean.Then: Why was he on board alone with a 16-year-old boy who wasn't a relative of his? And why had he cruised with three other teens on separate occasions?
Mankamyer's answers prompted the FBI and local authorities to dig more.
On Tuesday, Mankamyer, 35, was arrested on sexual assault charges.
It's not easy being a kid. I wish more people would extend a corner of the blanket of parental caution they have for their daughters over to their sons. The boys could use it.
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Posted by floridacracker at May 30, 2007 11:22 AMWe knew this was on..I am glad someone with a badge
took notice.
As far as parenting goes.. I just don't see it at all anymore.
I think it is a pedophile's heaven in America right now...and who knows where else..
Most teenagers tell their parents what they are going to do. Mine try it all the time. It seemed to me that the Mom of this kid was awol.
Posted by: csason at May 30, 2007 03:24 PM"Apparently, the alcohol took over with my medication," he said.
A no-go excuse if I've ever heard one. If this had been the case, he'd have been comatose or at least passed out, instead of leaping/jumping/slipping seven stories.
Posted by: -S- at May 31, 2007 12:54 AMWell, I know groomers are real slick about working their way into the family. Some of them will even romance/marry the mother just to get to the kid.
I can't imagine though sending a kid off alone with a family friend, whether the kid's a daughter or a son. Any kid's meat to somebody.