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Originally Posted by Dazrin
They're 10-12 years old. They probably didn't have a realistic idea of what was going on with the Lonely One. It was like a game to them. I know when I was growing up (1980s and 90s about an hour from where this guy lived) I was well insulated from the true fright and horror of what was going on in the world. I had heard of the Green River Killer but it was always in the abstract. Do you really think their parent's were letting them get enough gory details to really understand what was happening? |
This is another example of Doug seeming much younger than 12. When I was growing up, by that age I was VERY aware of murder and murderers, from movies and books and tabloids. Maybe because girls generally grow up knowing they're vulnerable.