Snipped from the article: Darrel Wayne Mohler said Thursday that he never had been close to his older brother and been "appalled by the allegations." He said he has a 16-year-old granddaughter "and that'd be like me messing with her, and the thought is repulsive. I'm glad I don't have that gene, God darn."
Is this a case of protesting too much?
I agree with MissIzzy that it's all in the details, and the probable cause statement against Darrel had details aplenty. If this alleged abuser turns out to be guilty, I think we can use his statement as a psychological learning tool. Are there any criminologists out there, who have experience in decoding this type of comment?
I'm not a criminalist but from watching a number of cases, I guess you would say his statment was in the category of 'too much information.'
He was appalled.
He'd never been close to his brother
Hadn't seen him in years
He had a 16 yo granddaughter (so he couldn't do something like this)
He didn't have the same 'gene.'
IMO, he should have stopped with being 'appalled at the accusations' and left it at that. Seriously, he's talking like he KNOWS the allegations are true. This really isn't the type of reaction you get from family members when someone's arrested of a crime, UNLESS they KNOW it's true.
FWIW, I knew a family that one of their own was arrested for a 'horrible' crime. Even a family member who had nothing to do with the suspect because they didn't like them (get the drift), didn't talk like the person was guilty. They just said, 'they didn't know.' They did say they didn't normally associate with them, eventhough they lived in the same town, but that's all the statement they made.
JMHO
fran
PS...just OT, that person I knew the family was found guilty and is on DR. The family member I knew had to leave their home of more than 30 years because of the name recognition and being in a small town. The crime had reprucussions state wide, but they have been able to float into the background unnoticed. (sad, really, they had NOTHING to do with what happened but had to pay a heavy price, none the less)...fran