FL - Madeline Soto, 13, Missing Child Alert, 13500 blk Town Loop Blvd, Orlando, 26 Feb 2024 *arrest* #14

[ttjo]

I thought this hearing would give some closure... I can't speak for anyone else but it made me even more angry and upset.

I feel the same, I feel shorthanded somehow. Not that I needed to hear details , but I want to know what happened? How she died, why she died. I feel like they get away with no shame/ less shame in what they did when they dont have to say it out loud.

 

[Inthedetails]

Not surprising as JS never appeared to be there for Madeline when she was alive.

Bingo.

 

[Gemmie]

I don't think it's been confirmed yet that she was there.

My question still stands even if she wasn't there. Where was her impact statement?!??!?

IMO making a statement was a no-win situation for JS. She's damned if she doesn't, but I don't think she could say anything about how much she loved and misses Madeline that people who have followed the case would have believed.

I'm with you that it was a no-win situation for JS. But since it was a no-win situation, she should have decided to lose by giving an impact statement IMO! She was her MOTHER. And she's the one that sent her to sleep with her murderer. So IMO, she chose the easy way out by not giving a statement. I can't help but to feel like she lost more in this no-win situation for making that choice.

 

[Teche]

THEN WHERE WAS HER IMPACT STATEMENT??? Sorry for the caps. Yeah, I was yelling there. She could have written something for someone else to read for her!

Remember that the judge told the participants on zoom to have the microphones off. Maybe the judge didn’t want us to hear when LE placed the cuffs on JS. Wishful thinking.

 

[Megnut]

Why did the State acquiesce?

Phone records were in. They could have held the irons to the fire. He pleads guilty and allocates or it's DP. He was in no position to bargain.

(Trial) cost analysis maybe. But that isn't satisfying. Why why why did they let him off easy? He should have been forced to say guilty, say whether he acted alone. Otherwise DP stays.

Maybe everyone is gunshy after Caylee but this was solid.

The State caved.

SS brought NOTHING to the negotiations table.

No contest.

That is not right.

JMO

 

[Skigh]

I feel the same, I feel shorthanded somehow. Lke not that I needed to hear details but I want to know what happened? How she died, why she died. I feel like they get away with no shame/ less shame in what they did when they dont have to say it out loud.

Exactly. He should have been made ,as part of the plea,to admit to exactly what happened the night he murdered her . He should have had to plead guilty to every charge. He should never have been allowed to speak unless it was to look her relatives and friends in the eye and apologise to them for the pain he has caused them.

 

[Leilei]

Remember that the judge told the participants on zoom to have the microphones off. Maybe the judge didn’t want us to hear when LE placed the cuffs on JS. Wishful thinking.

If only, Teche.
I'll wish with you.
IMO.

 

[girlhasnoname]

Whaaaaaaat?
You strangled her to death. Own up to it for goodness sake.

I feel dirty after listening that

I just couldn't listen to that sniveling, whiney, coward of a murderer and all the horribleness. I would have probably thrown my laptop across the room at a minimum. It physically sickens me and brings out a very unhealthy anger and sense of injustice. Poor vulnerable, innocent Madeline.

I can't even begin to start about JS participating by Zoom? Could she have been there in person? This is HER DAUGHTER who was sexually abused from the age of 8 years old, 8, and then murdered by this sick pedophile. Where is she and why is she hiding????

MOO

 

[ttjo]

Exactly. He should have been made ,as part of the plea,to admit to exactly what happened the night he murdered her . He should have had to plead guilty to every charge. He should never have been allowed to speak unless it was to look her relatives and friends in the eye and apologise to them for the pain he has caused them.

I agree, I just dont feel like the family expressing their rage is enough, especially whren they get no response back, I think it can feel even worse.
O know you cannot repair the harm that was caused to them , but something, anything to acknowledge their suffering, their loss, would be better than hearing. I miss her too, I pray shes in heaven. Its almost insulting, like where else would she be ?

 

[Tricia]

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