SOMER RENEE THOMPSON - 7 yo (2009) - Clay County FL

Low life necrophiliac pedophile.

Murdered child's mom watches as lawmakers take aim at predators

Tuesday, March 4, 2014 8:50pm

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TALLAHASSEE — With the mother of a murdered child looking on, the Florida Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed four bills intended to make the state as inhospitable as possible to sexually violent predators.

Diena Thompson, whose 7-year-old daughter Somer disappeared in Clay County in 2009 while walking home from school, watched in tears from the gallery. After an extensive search, the child's body was found in a south Georgia landfill. Last year, a 26-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison for her death.

"This is for Somer," said Sen. Rob Bradley, R-Fleming Island and sponsor of one of the bills. He noted that he was wearing a purple tie because it was Somer's favorite color.


The legislative package has been at the top of Senate President Don Gaetz's agenda since August, when the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported that 594 sexual offenders had gone free since 1999 — only to commit 463 child molestations, 121 rapes and 14 murders.

"We will protect our children and we will scorch the earth against sexually violent predators," Gaetz, R-Niceville, said in an address Tuesday. "We cannot waste one more day. We cannot lose one more child."

The Senate approved the following measures:
• SB 522 by Sen. Denise Grimsley, R-Sebring, would require sheriffs to refer for civil-commitment proceedings inmates who are serving sentences in county detention facilities if the inmates are registered sex offenders or sexual predators and have previously committed sexually violent offenses.

• SB 524 by Eleanor Sobel, D-Hollywood, would require a person to be subject to civil confinement as a sexually violent predator after a finding by two or more members of a multidisciplinary team.

• SB 526 by Bradley would increase the length of sentences for certain adult-on-minor sexual offenses and prohibit incentive gain-time for certain sexual offenses.

• SB 528 by Sen. Greg Evers, R-Baker, would require registered offenders to report vehicle information, Internet identifiers, palm prints, passports, professional licenses, immigration status, work at higher education institutions and other information.

Sobel cited the case of Cherish Perrywinkle, an 8-year-old Jacksonville girl who was kidnapped, raped and murdered last year. A registered sex offender, Donald Smith, will be tried in May for those crimes. Smith, 57, had made repeated failed attempts to kidnap young girls — even posing as a Department of Children and Families worker, authorities say. Under the proposals, he would not have been released before the Perrywinkle abduction given his previous crimes.

After the Senate adjourned, reporters asked Thompson if the bills could have changed what happened.

"I don't know that the law would have changed it for Somer," she said. "But what I do know is that it would change it for Cherish and many other children to come, so that's really all that matters."

The House versions of the bills passed two committees, and House Speaker Will Weatherford said they'll be ready within two weeks.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/legislature/murdered-childs-mom-watches-as-lawmakers-take-aim-at-predators/2168572

Jarred Harrell: A look at Somer Thompson's killer

By Jackie Taurianen
updated7:53 PM EDT, Thu July 17, 2014

○ Jarred Harrell pleaded guilty to killing 7-year-old Somer Thompson
○ Thompson's body was found in a landfill two days after she vanished
○ Jane spoke with Diena Thompson, Somer's mother

"The Killer Next Door" takes a look at stories of murderers who walked among us, asking what were the red flags and how did we miss them?

Somer Thompson vanished without a trace in 2009 while walking home from school with her twin brother and older sister, on a street they all routinely traveled.

Two days later, cops found the 7-year-old's body in a Georgia landfill.

For months, investigators searched for Somer's killer without any leads, interviewing nearly 100 sex offenders in the area, searching vacant houses and cars, desperate to find out who discarded Somer like trash.

Then cops announced they had identified a person of interest.

Jarred Harrell, 24, was arrested on 29 counts of possession of child pornography, unrelated to the Somer Thompson investigation; however, it was during this arrest that cops announced Harrell as a person of interest in Somer's case.

Cops were tipped off to the child pornography on Harrell's computer by his former roommates, who had turned over everything they found two months before Somer disappeared.

During their investigation, police were tight-lipped about Harrell's connection to Somer, simply calling him a person of interest. Then a month later, cops announced Harrell was being charged with first-degree murder.

In order to avoid a trial and the death penalty, prosecutors and Harrell agreed to a plea deal that would put Harrell behind bars for the rest of his life.

Harrell pleaded guilty to a total of 59 charges, including abducting, molesting and killing the 7-year-old girl. He also pleaded guilty to molesting a 3-year-old girl and possession of child pornography. He was sentenced to six life terms in prison and agreed to never appeal the convictions.

It was at that sentencing hearing where the gory details about what happened to Somer were finally revealed.

Harrell admitted he abducted, sexually assaulted and lewdly touched Somer's private areas before he strangled her. He also admitted to then putting her body in a container and discarding her in a commercial dumpster.

Investigators revealed at the hearing that Somer often played with a dog at Harrell's house, suggesting Harrell used the dog to lure Somer into his home.

Diena Thompson, Somer's mother, was outspoken throughout the investigation.

"I want you to know that I will not sleep until this person is found. I hope they get you and I hope they make you pay for a long, long time," she told reporters when her daughter was reported missing.

Her outrage did not stop once Harrell was caught. After Harrell pleaded guilty, Diena Thompson spoke directly to him at his sentencing.

"Before you took her life, you took her dignity, her virginity and then you took her life. After all that, you treated my child like trash," Diena said, addressing Harrell directly. "This will be the last breath that I waste and use on you. It is now time to take out the trash."

Jane spoke with Diena Thompson, who has become a fierce advocate for child safety, establishing Somer’s Foundation and working for the passage of Somer’s Law, which closes loopholes in the law and toughens penalties for sex offenders.

http://www.hlntv.com/video/2014/07/16/jarred-harrell-look-somer-thompsons-killer