Are there any victims you just don't feel much sympathy for?

[MidwesternPhoenix]

For example, likely murder victim Father John Kerrigan. Knowing what we know now about him, (he was likely a serial child molester), and the possibility he was killed as a result of this.

[StackTime]

I go back and forth on some like this. For instance, Dick Hansen. Was it a drug deal gone bad, as some people suspect, or a random act of violence?

[Corkys-Place]

IIRC in the past on these boards some people have struggled with sympathy for Jennifer Pratt's Mother due to how she came across in the segment(s).

[StackTime]

Good call. I'm mixed on that too. All sensitivity aside, I do think she was just speaking some uncomfortable truth.

[TheCars1986]

Kerrigan is one. If the allegations were true, Danny Paquette would be another.

[schmave]

Haven't given this much consideration, but I guess Father Kerrigan would be at or near the top of my list. Still, when I first saw the segment it hit me the wrong way as a lifelong Catholic.
Glen Hyde sounded like a piece of work, but not sure he was one worth murdering by whoever committed the act.
I don't excuse Danny Paquette's killer. I was very glad to hear when they were arrested. That struck me as an extremely cowardly killing.

[bell83]

Originally Posted by TheCars1986

Kerrigan is one. If the allegations were true, Danny Paquette would be another.

I hadn't heard about the Danny Paquette ones until now.

[XCalibur]

Originally Posted by TheCars1986

Kerrigan is one. If the allegations were true, Danny Paquette would be another.

That one is a curious case for sure. Th Unsolved Mysteries episode portrayed Danny Paquette in a rather sympathetic light due to the trauma if his mother's death and losing his kids later. It hinted that his ex wife was a real shrew who turned his kids against him. And it only interviewed Danny's immediate family who of course defended him so we only got one side of the story.

But according to his ex wife and other people around the town, he was abusive towards them both physically and sexually, in which case you probably couldn't feel very sorry for him. But Danny's family, particularly his older brother have suggested that the allegations were either exaggerated or not true at all so its hard to say.

Its also alleged that Eric Windhorst, the guy who shot him was tricked into doing so by his stepdaughter because she lied to him about things Danny had done and he was shooting him to be a hero. The fact that Windhurst later apologized to Danny's family for what he had done kind of leads me to think even he realized that he might have been duped by a snotty teenager who just hated her stepfather and wanted him out of the way for selfish reasons. and that the accusations weren't true.

But the family Danny married into would have to have been some real deceitful scuzballs to slander him like that, so its a little hard to believe. I think its pretty clear Danny Paquette had problems, but the extent of them we may never know. It would be one thing to have a temper or other emotional problems and be difficult to live with, but another altogether to be a sex offender and physical abuser. Its always possible Danny may have duped his own family as well and they genuinely believed he was innocent when he wasn't, no way to know for sure.

[dynoguy88]

Father John Kerrigan is probably the most obvious choice. What I hate most about that is the grim reality that there are many, MANY John Kerrigans out there destroying children's lives and innocence, whether today or 50 years ago or long before that. And the way the church handles this is a whole other separate and infuriating can of worms. The torture and murder is hard for me to stomach in one sense but I just can't feel sympathy for Kerrigan. Not after doing what he did for decades and decades.

Part of me wanted to reply by saying Charlotte Pollis' mother. But I guess that's not being fair. No matter how unlikable and completely overbearing she was in the segment, the bottom line is that her daughter was missing and her son-in-law was a bum who had MANY issues. I have to feel sympathy for her but I don't have to like her. Sometimes I wonder if Charlotte looked at who she was married to and who her mother was and finally decided to disappear by choice just to save her sanity.

[Labonte18]

Originally Posted by MidwesternPhoenix

For example, likely murder victim Father John Kerrigan. Knowing what we know now about him, (he was likely a serial child molester), and the possibility he was killed as a result of this.

I always get the two confused.. Kerrigan and Rivera. Very similar cases, but Rivera is not suspected of any wrongdoing at all.

I doubt these two cases are connected at all. If Kerrigan was a vigilante/revenge case.. Have to give them credit for this.. They did a hell of a job, because he hasn't been found. Which would make this Murder 1 because it had to have been planned. You don't really 'luck' into performing a murder and the body not being found. Some planning has to be involved.

It seems the connection in these cases is they were both priests and a coat hanger was used.

Oh and someone has the theory that Kerrigan staged his own death. that's.. Weird.

Don't get me wrong here, I'm certainly not defending what the guy (allegedly) did. However, in no way can I justify vigilantism. I just don't trust the great unwashed to properly separate emotions to make sure that they've got the right person and the person did what they're going after him for.

[bell83]

Originally Posted by dynoguy88

Father John Kerrigan is probably the most obvious choice. What I hate most about that is the grim reality that there are many, MANY John Kerrigans out there destroying children's lives and innocence, whether today or 50 years ago or long before that. And the way the church handles this is a whole other separate and infuriating can of worms. The torture and murder is hard for me to stomach in one sense but I just can't feel sympathy for Kerrigan. Not after doing what he did for decades and decades.

If you want to stomach the murder and torture a little more, look up the case of Father Richard Lavigne. Not only did he get away with decades of sexual abuse, he got away with murdering a 13 year old boy he'd been molesting. He was a suspect for decades, but they couldn't bring charges, due to insufficient evidence.

He was protected from charges in any of the abuse in part by a local police chief or sheriff (I don't remember for sure which one it was), and the worst part was it turned out that he was also molesting two of the cop's nephews.

He finally confessed to it and died the same day, of Covid. I watched a two part video on him a few weeks ago and...I'll just say I thought it was too bad someone didn't pull a Kerrigan on him.

[Jon]

Originally Posted by dynoguy88

Sometimes I wonder if Charlotte looked at who she was married to and who her mother was and finally decided to disappear by choice just to save her sanity.

"Someone like that doesn't just get lost in a crowd..."

[DALLASTEXAN!!]

Originally Posted by Jon

"Someone like that doesn't just get lost in a crowd..."

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You are evil, and I laughed at that so I guess I am too.

[Jon]

Originally Posted by DALLASTEXAN!!

You are evil, and I laughed at that so I guess I am too.

[drew790]

I came here to also post Lisa Penz.