The One Hundred
Argumentive Essay - written by Renee Francis-Conway, dated 12/6/2006
Introduction and Purpose
The emotionally charged event of an abducted child is every parent’s most horrid nightmare and every lawman’s most silent cringe. When the episode of a missing child occurs it is obvious, after examining the summary of findings in a “one-of-its-kind” study on child homicides, that there is no time to be wasted either searching in the wrong direction or concentrating on the wrong suspects. This “one-of-its-kind” study, conducted by the State of Washington’s Attorney General (SWAG), was completed at the request of the U.S. Justice Department. This unique study was a three-year project that analyzed over 600 child homicide cases covering 44 states. The conclusions of the SWAG study were released on May 13, 1997 (1).
The SWAG’s child homicide study was done in an effort to “improve the efficiency and effectiveness of how law enforcement agencies investigate and solve child abduction murder cases.” According to SWAG there is an average of 100 child abduction-murder cases that occur in the United States each year and the study established that the abducted child is usually found dead within 3 hours of the abduction (“State Attorney General” 1). Based on these two SWAG findings, this writer believes that a great need exists for an immediately distinguishable profiling system that will offer investigators the characteristic possibilities of an abductor as well as a way to fine tune directions and distances to be searched. The focus of this writer’s problem solving paper originates with three particular key findings that resulted from the SWAG study that provoked this writer’s thoughts over to the principles of the astronomical process because they can be interpretative against astrological principles and processes. The two of the three astrologically interpretative findings in the SWAG study that stimulated this writer’s thoughts were that, “the typical abductor is male” and that in, “53% of the cases the victim and abductor were strangers” (“State Attorney General” 1). Hence, the chances are almost equal that when a new case of an abducted child occurs, it has to be assumed from this finding that lawmen will have to immediately spend equal time considering both known and unknown abductor possibilities. In accordance with that thought, it is an astrological principle that the zodiac placement of the Sun and the planet Mars at an individual’s birth will describe the male archetype in the life of that individual--whether for good or evil. Those factors translate to this writer that there is an opening to explore if a high correlation might exist between the sign placement of the Sun and Mars for the subjects in SWAG study against the facts that determined if the murdered child knew or did not know their abductor. The second finding in the SWAG study that this writer found astrologically thought-provoking was that, “timing in reporting a missing child and the police response to those reports is absolutely critical. Quick action on both counts may save a child’s life and will certainly improve the probability of apprehending the kidnapper.” (“State Attorney General” 1). Knowing the location of the initial contact site also proved to be an important factor found in the study, in that, “when it was known to the police the solvability rate increased 13 percent above average” (“State Attorney General” 2). This time and location finding as an important factor in the SWAG study are exactly the same essential details needed to erect an astronomical chart that will reveal the planetary qualities present at any given date, time and location. Parallels have been observed existing between the astronomical process and the factual data observed by this writer in cases of missing children found murdered that leaves this writer with a conviction that an astronomical chart erected for the date, time, and location of a child’s disappearance will reveal the qualities present at the time of the abduction and offer a geographical direction of movement for the kidnapper with the victim. This writer prepares to present solved cases of abducted children that will demonstrate how the Sun and Mars at their birth offered both the characteristics of their abductor and suggested whether the child knew or did not know their abductor. In addition, using the planets’ positions in relation to the Earth and their total degree of celestial longitude at the time and location of a child’s abduction, I plan to demonstrate how these two factors accurately detailed the direction of where a child was found. All of the case demonstrations presented here will lend support to this writer’s appeal to undertake a further study of such observations against the same 600 cases studied by SWAG to discern if the same astonishing patterns presented here emerge with any marked frequency. A frequency which may assist to give law enforcement a system for profiling a child abductor when they are approached with a new abducted child investigation. |
100 Case Illustrations
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Kate, Williams. “Lent Gets 25 to Life for Kidnapping Murder.” South Coast Today. 12 Apr. 1997. 27 June 2001 <http://www.s-t.com/daily/or-97/or-12-97/a10sr071.htm>.
March, Marion., and Joan McEvers. The Only Way to …Learn About Horary and Electional Astrology. San Diego: ACS Publications. 1994.
Noe, Denise. “Profile of Polly.” Court TV Crime Library. 12 Nov. 2006 <http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/predators/klaas/1.html>.
“Sara Anne Wood”. The Doe Network. Case File 851DFNY. :. 15 Nov. 2006 <http://doenetwork.us/cases/851dfny.html>.
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Torun, Erol. “Re:Packaged Arrived.” E-mail to Renee Francis, 27 March. 2002.