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- inactive, on 12/02/2007, -0/+34Is this story true? A Google News search didn't turn up anything for the keyword "Manessa." It seemed odd to me that there wasn't a police number listed in the article to call if anyone had seen her.
http://news.google.com/news?tab=wn&hl=en&ned=us&q= ... - sockpuppets, on 12/02/2007, -3/+34If this story is true then there's multiple felonies being committed here, why hasn't the FBI been called? We're all supposed to jump in the diggmobile and go save her instead?
...and what's up with that photo, the guy looks like the missing link. - spyd3rweb, on 12/02/2007, -3/+27Look in Quagmire's house.
- carterbaldwin, on 12/02/2007, -6/+27But how will people know how clever I am if I can't say something at the victim's expense?
- inactive, on 12/02/2007, -1/+22Save her from what? She ran away, on purpose.
- yndy, on 12/02/2007, -12/+31Before you leave an obnoxious, rude, vicious attempt at being witty comment - remember that this could easily be your sister, your friend, your daughter - someone you care about who is being preyed upon... and just don't.
Her family obviously loves her and is concerned for her safety.
Hopefully she manages to beat the odds here. - salinemist, on 12/02/2007, -1/+20Look at her myspace. She's probably happy as can be doing nothing but getting drunk, *****, and smoking lots of pot.
- skipgamer, on 12/02/2007, -0/+14Im waiting for them to say "its all the internets fault" *sigh* stupid parents, learn to look after your kids. There are NO excuses!!!
- threemagic, on 12/02/2007, -2/+15Hopefully if he has kids and they are teenage daughters he won't let them talk to 38 year olds, let alone continue to call them her boyfriend. The internet is no place for a child to have privacy.. parents HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY to watch what their children do online. Kids have the same walls torn down as adults due when they say things behind a monitor.
- Cwo655321, on 12/02/2007, -3/+14i believe the kid is a "dumb *****", why the hell is she hanging out with someone that much older?
- Ladanea, on 12/02/2007, -7/+18Bittwist, it likely won't ever kick in for the kids. They are simply not mature enough to understand. It needs to kick in with the adults who are supposed to be protecting children by making and enforcing laws and even simply family rules. Sure, the kids need to learn, but lets start by educating the adults.
- liquidpele, on 12/02/2007, -0/+10I was thinking this too.
Couple things I found:
1) Her myspace lists her living is CT still? How log was she in FL for?
2) All her friends have private myspace pages, but her's is public. Weird.
3) Her friends have almost all logged in since 11/30, but none have posted to her page since 11/16
4) Her friend who she was going to meet in CT (posted asking if she was still coming on her myspace page) has this on her info page:
Ms.Mandii ♥ is in new london for the weekend=)
If it's not a hoax, her friends don't seem to be too worried about her... - salinemist, on 12/02/2007, -0/+10I left out the Big Macs, sorry.
- Riffraffs, on 12/02/2007, -2/+12Another 16 year old out getting drilled. Nothing here to see. Not even anything illegal here, or at least where I live.
Hell she probably got tiered of getting it from dad and wanted to branch out. - sirotocus, on 12/02/2007, -1/+11why are people digging a missing skank? if we are going to put every missing brat that some parent can't manage to watch on here, maybe it should have its own section. or we could just post the missing white kids who happen to have a family who knows how to use an html editor to put a web page together because thats ***** awesome...yay. it is easy to care about your child once they go missing.
- LongShlong, on 12/02/2007, -2/+12By adulthood, it's too late to educate with our lame standards.
If we were able to educate with "tough love" (be it adults or kids), ***** like this wouldn't happen. Mind you, "tough love" is much different from beating. - inactive, on 12/02/2007, -5/+14Maybe if you ever have kids you'll look back at this comment and it'll haunt you.
- inactive, on 12/02/2007, -1/+10Craigslist: Help me raise my kids.
- inactive, on 12/02/2007, -0/+9I see what you mean. It may be a ploy to see how many hits they can get on the myspace account. If so, it's a sickening way to do it.
- gregdigg, on 12/02/2007, -0/+8I'm not sure. I know these kinds of things happen all the time, but this thing smells of hoax -- and hoaxes happen all the time too. If you google "manessa" all that comes up is the savemanessa site, digg talking about it, and a bunch of sites linking to it. None of them are news sites, and none add any additional information. Plus, there haven't been any messages on her myspace page in the past week, despite all of the savemanessa stuff, and the only comment that looks like it could have anything to do with this is one that says:
"Hey baby sis i miss u sooooo much there is sooo much i have to tell u about so whenever u get a chance u need to call me!!!! N where are u going? cuz i know ur sneeking off some where cuz u dont jus call someone N ask them questions like u did unless ur trying to get some where without any one knowing lol well i g2g i love u sooo much muah"
Either scenario is sickening. - ElGanyan, on 12/02/2007, -2/+10Manessa...? That's a name only a drag queen could love.
- Enochyang, on 12/02/2007, -0/+8If she does turn out to be fine, I'm concerned that all of this attention might anger her. As a teenager, I once ran away from home and I'm sure that I would have been pretty damn upset if I found a website dedicated to "saving" me, complete with photos, personal letters from family and friends, and explicit information about some pornographic materials (of me) found in my room.
Anyway, I hope she is okay. - johnnytruant, on 12/02/2007, -1/+8I think I'm going to bury this just for being stupid. I'm not sure if I can call the girl stupid really, because I don't know the whole story, but if it's like I'm perceiving it, then she's not the sharpest tool in the shed.
You can't blame it on the fact she's 16. So what if she was told not to see him? Deaths in the family? Single mom? I'm 16, and I think that's just not a reasonable excuse for this. I don't think that much can add up to finding solace in that way. There isn't one, a reason for her doing that, save for stupidity really I think. I know kids do stupid things on emotional whims and such, but really, you don't follow through like this because of your hormones. Some people are just dumb.
Although my condolences to all those who miss her. - Petzke, on 12/02/2007, -1/+8Maybe she doesn't want to be found...
Let's not forget that she had a reason to run away or she wouldn't have. - Remmy, on 12/02/2007, -1/+7I completely agree with that. It's not about beating your children, or being abusive in any form. It's about showing them that when you say no, you mean. Too many parents are more concerned with shutting their children up by giving in to them instead of doing what is best for them. They may hate you for it, but later in life, when they go through it with their own children, they will see how you were looking out for their best interests.
I do sincerely hope that she finds her daughter safe and unharmed. No parent deserves to go through something like this. - seks03, on 12/02/2007, -19/+25Darwin at work......
- Caleb666, on 12/02/2007, -1/+7It's totally her problem
- wiredwezl, on 12/02/2007, -0/+6Ok, I got to believe that this is a hoax. i did a little more research & all i could come up w/ is a fake Myspace page http://myspace.com/savemanessa . And as someone mentioned earlier there are NO news reports anywhere. If you goto the page you'll notice a fake Chris Hanson profile as a friend. and also the link to her myspace profile dosn't even take you there. can someone say FAKE!!
- Kronos6948, on 12/02/2007, -0/+616 is the age of consent in most of America. She probably ran off with him and doesn't want anything to do with her parents anymore. It's not hard to disappear if you don't want to be found...especially when you're 16. No credit cards/debit cards to trace you, you don't have to sign up for anything, hell, you can even get fake ID's easier than an adult.
- Ghoztt, on 12/02/2007, -3/+8Sorry, I don't buy this "Oh, but her family obviously loves her!" Well, they may say that, but from experience bad parents raise these kind of children. When a kid can't find love in the home (real love, through actions - not just raising your kid via the TV-sitter and that school you send them off to) the kid goes out to find what was missing. And often times in the wrong places.
Yes, I blame the parents. - Legacy23x, on 12/02/2007, -3/+8Good riddance. To whoever thinks it would change the mind of another to try to put them in this situation... I have no sympathy for the stupid, regardless if their my family or not. Dumb bitch wants to run off with someone twice her age? She should of known what could of happened.
- dossy, on 12/02/2007, -0/+5How long before this ends up on Snopes.com so we can let this thing go away already?
- inactive, on 12/02/2007, -1/+6your rationale is morally lacking but logical at the same time. dugg.
it was her decision. people have to learn to live with their decisions.
Some might say its not her mistake that she is a rebellious teen and blah blah. hello please screw that stereotype. sure teens are harder to control but not all teens need to be rebellious. its antidote is just called good parenting.
if there were an article for every teen running off on her/his on voliation from home, we might as well make a seperate "Runaway idiot" section for them.
and how are we supposed to help them anyway? Oh, i know. i will digg that article perhaps. since the police hasn't been able to find her my clicking a button will. sorry, but the poster of this article seems to be new to the tubes n lubes. - cwshea, on 12/02/2007, -4/+8You are a horrible, horrible person.
- stonedparadox, on 12/02/2007, -10/+14no
hes right
it is darwin at work
if the kid is stupid enough to go out with a dude whose nearly 40 then she deserves what she gets
dont digg him down..digg him the ***** up - Kronos6948, on 12/02/2007, -0/+4After seeing your comment, I also went looking and found nothing but blogs. No news reports, just blogs, all saying the same thing. You may be right.
- mr5150, on 12/02/2007, -1/+5This is a peaceful transaction why bring in the law? The girl left willingly & peacefully. She wasn't abducted, nor held at gun point. At least she had the courtesy of calling several times to let loved ones know she's fine. Many don't even get that much....leave her alone.
- jayneff, on 03/30/2009, -0/+4bottom of http://savemanessa.wordpress.com/ :
* In Florida, contact the Hernando County Sherrif’s department @ 352.754.6830. The Detective handling this case is Det. Randy Williamson.
* In Bristol, contact the Bristol Police Department @ 860.584.3011. The Officer handling this case is Officer Scott Thomas.
Thanks,
The Donovans, Family and Friends - inactive, on 12/02/2007, -3/+7You guys don't remember being teens at all! If her parents said "Don't see him anymore" then that's exactly the OPPOSITE of what she was going to do. You can't win with teens. They have to test their boundaries. I hope, if this is for real, that everything turns out ok.
- Akronos, on 12/02/2007, -0/+3Yeah, honestly. I don't feel sympathy for her, simply because she chose to go with that man. Now she has to face the consequences of that decision. I hope nothing happens to her (If this isn't a hoax), but really this is her fault and her parents' fault.
- Ziggygallaway, on 12/02/2007, -0/+3yes, but this instance is indicative of a deteriorating society. All facets of our society is failing, not just anything to do with the internet.
- liquidpele, on 12/02/2007, -0/+3Wondering that myself...
Her myspace lists her last login as 11/17/2007, but still says she lives in BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT.
Also, if you view the profile's of her friends, almost NONE of them have public pages, but this girl did?
And most of her friends have logge on since 11/30, but none have posted anything to her profile since 11/16
Last, the girl she was supposed to meet (posted on myspace asking if she was still coming up for TG) has this on her page:
Ms.Mandii ♥ is in new london for the weekend=)
Her friends don't seem too worried about her if it's not a hoax...
Last Login: - rajulkabir, on 12/02/2007, -0/+3Exactly. What's the problem here exactly? In many countries a 16-year-old is above the age of consent. If this exact same girl had been from Spain and had left home to go live with an older boyfriend, it would be a total non-event. Would all the people who are now getting exercised about this be up in arms then? Somehow I doubt it.
She is doing her rebellious teen thing. It's part of growing up. There is no evidence that she is in an abusive situation. - spoonallka, on 12/02/2007, -0/+3I wonder about that too. Maybe she's in serious trouble and it's good they're trying to reach out to every available network. Or... maybe she's just run away and all this extra attention makes it that much harder for her to head home. Here's hoping it's the latter because a little humiliation is far worse than... well... the sort of things you see on the evening news. -_-
- econojon, on 12/02/2007, -6/+9Too many orphan kids looking for a good home. Screw her!
- Drahkar, on 12/02/2007, -2/+4And if it never does and ten years from now they turn up happily married? Don't get me wrong, I think she needs to be made sure she is OK. But a hundred years ago a sixteen year old involved with a mid-thirties man would be the norm. That was basically the case with my grandparents. Its only in modern times that we've created a dynamic that people aren't able to choose things for themselves until their are older. It has nothing to do with reality. Merely control.
- tk0680, on 12/02/2007, -0/+2Site is down so I may be missing important facts here, but what exactly is the issue here? Are we to assume that, because of the age difference, she hasn't just run away from a horrible home life and is now enjoying herself with someone who cares about her?
- Ziggygallaway, on 12/02/2007, -0/+2Because 1) she's an impressoinable teen, 2) Predators are such because of their ability to suck in "prey". We blame her but not him?!? He's just as much to blame and, since he's out there to continue to do this, is more dangerous than the "dumb *****" that she is.
- dossy, on 12/02/2007, -0/+2>> "Then there’s her absentee father who hardly ever sees her even though he lives in the next town over."
This whole "Save Manessa" sounds like the desperate attempts to get back her source of alimony by a guilty and angry mother.
This kid wouldn't have run away if the home life was fine and dandy, you think? Hell, if my parents named _me_ Manessa, I might run away, too. Damn.
Just as econojon commented, "Too many orphan kids looking for a good home. Screw her!"
I do hope that she's not hurt and is safe, wherever she is and wherever SHE wants to be. -
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