Do you ever feel that you understand and know something without being able to quite put your finger on it? Perhaps it's the ability to empathize with another, or perhaps it's just fine-tuned perception and some folks have and some don't.
Pedofreaks don't have it, that's for sure. It's obvious in their lack of empathy for their victims or even the understanding that what they do is harmful....their lack of recognition of others' personal boundaries....their total self-absorption with their own perverted lust.
If you ever have
that feeling and you wonder whether or not you should act, remember for a moment the case of
Tracie Lee Dean of Atlanta. She was 300 miles from home when she just happened to find herself in the same store as Jack Wiley....and the 3 year old girl who was with him. Something wasn't right, Tracie said the the girls eyes haunted her.
Tracie went home but she couldn't forget that little girl. She tried to report the matter but it
is a rather strange story isn't it? Tracie says that she started to feel crazy. But her persistence paid off, she finally got someone to check the surveillance cameras and track down the little girl....and the man who was with her.
Tracie was right to trust her instincts, it turns out the little girl was being sexually abused by both her mother and step-father.....a sex-offender who had failed to register, of course. Officials said the child appeared quite traumatized.
The mother, Glenna Faye Wiley, 42 of West Virginia has just recently been sentenced to 10 years in prison, and her husband Jack Wiley, 59 will be facing trial in November.
Remember Tracie Lee Dean if you ever doubt your instincts,
that feeling, the gut feeling, the hunch, the voice in the back of your mind. She was a true hero in this story. May we all know such trust in ourselves.
