The Plot Gets Thicker...

The Plot Gets Thicker...

Topic Author: Auburn Hutton

Posted: 11:14 AM Dec 12, 2008

Replies Posted: 6 comments

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As I sat in court the past few days, listening to testimony about the rape and murder of 19-year-old Brianna Denison, I can't help but feel as though our community owes an apology to her family and others surrounding the crime.

According to testimony presented in court, Brianna was likely strangled with a pair of her friend's pink thong underwear. No one saw that gruesome detail coming.

While James Biela is innocent until proven guilty, forensic specialists have testified that his DNA matches that left from the crime scene. A swab of semen taken from the doorknob of the home Bri was abducted from.

But Biela is a stranger to this community...as he was to Brianna Denison and her family. The sad part is, until now, no one knew who to blame...so they pointed fingers in the wrong direction.

Since Bri went missing, suspicion has loomed over people who knew her. First, people blamed her boyfriend, an out-of-towner who she exchanged heated messages with the night she vanished. He's not even a suspect.

Then people blamed Brianna herself, asking if she had been drinking too much that night, wondering how an underage girl got booze. But when you hear about the brutal way she died, does that even matter?

Next, people wondered about her friend, "Ian," who drove her home to Mackay Court the night of her abduction. Police say he's innocent.

Time went by and people started questioning those blue ribbons around town, calling them "trash" and a distraction...when all along, the family was just holding onto hope.

It's too late to bring Brianna back...or take back the nights the other two women say they were raped...but it's not too late to learn from this.

I am guilty of it too...speculating when there's no where else to turn. But maybe in the future, we should all realize that when someone is murdered, regardless of who they were or what they were doing the night of the killing, it's a human life lost. And even if there is no one to blame, eventually the details will come out. We should all have a little more faith in our justice system.

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by grieving mom on Jun 7, 2009 at 08:02 AM

To Gina if you were referring to my comment... I was not referring to Brianna. I was referring to the blatent disregard of the departments in my daughters case. If I could get one person to help me that would be great. But my daughter was killed in small town Nevada, and she was the outsider, so the town is covering up what happened to cover their own. Thank God Brianna had people who want justice for her and as a parent who lost their own child I pray to god she gets it.

by gina Location: reno on Jan 27, 2009 at 04:49 PM

How can you say she didn't seem to matter, if anything she got more attention then most girls do get. The city owes an apology to the girls he raped before hand that the news made seem untruthful. If she wasn't beautiful and popular I bet she wouldn't have been in the news at all.

by laird Location: washoe cty. on Jan 13, 2009 at 07:45 AM

A growing uncaring and unjust judicial system has convert law to one which is damaging the general public. At present, it operates to ensnare the most vulnerable people in a growing industry. It’s a feeding trough for unethical lawyers and other "fiduciaries" appointed by the courts to protect, many of whom nothing more than predators. State agencies acting as oversight allow the abuse. Ex., Dept of Aging Services and the State Bar refused investigation when inquired on clear financial abuse. Courts set up various parties to exploit deaths, taking advantage with the dissolving and breakup of families. It’s quite an industry, court officers feeding income to state officials with a few select others thrown in. Try and file criminal charges against a court officer, executor or trustee and see where it gets you.”

by laird Location: washoe on Jan 13, 2009 at 07:32 AM

The greatest commonality we share is ethical misconduct of the middle/core bureaucracy. Public comments include ‘ethical misconduct is costing this country more than 9/11’. Hello… its way more terrible than that. More likely this unethical behavior is a principal reason the ‘tali-ban’ & ‘Al-Qaida’ denounce western society. Ethical conduct is mostly scrutinized in hi-public officials & ignored for the bureaucratic morass. State agencies acting as oversight allow the corporate abuse. Dept of Aging Services and the State Bar refused investigation when inquired upon. To quote:” its nothing out of the ordinary”. Family Courts sets up various parties to exploit senior deaths, taking advantage with the dissolving and breakup of families. It’s quite an industry, court officers feeding income to state officials with a few select others thrown in. A growing uncaring and unjust judicial system has helped convert law to what is damaging to the general public.

by grieving mom Location: reno on Dec 15, 2008 at 06:50 PM

you are right.. i too had my daughter taken from me but she seemed not to matter, I contacted law enforcement outside the town she lived, yes here in Nevada, as the law enforcement in the town she was killed "overlooked her case" I contacted state officials and even the press. Your station as well, if you say they all should matter equally as a life lost then why on the multiple times I contacted you were not interested, neither were the others. It was just not my case, there was the boy in North valley's killed outside a club, and until recently, that case was not important either. But here you say they all should matter. Brianna did not deserve to die, nor did that young man and my daughter, but they did, and yes they all should matter equally, but they dont. To Brianna and her family I am so happy you can begin to heal after this horrible situation. May Brianna rest in peace and watch over you. May mr biela get his due justice!