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Sunday, December 27, 2009

Sarah Foxwell Burial and Funeral Expenses



John Holloway has informed us that all funeral and burial expenses have been paid by a local philanthropist, who wishes to remain anonymous.

Considering all expenses have been provided, fund raising efforts will not be necessary. If you want to donate your money please consider the Child Advocacy Center or a charity of your choice.

To our anonymous benefactor please accept our heartfelt thanks. You will be blessed.

This was originally posted on 12-26-09 at 10:46 PM

90 comments:

joealbero said...

For those of you who choose to make "additional" donations to the "Family" through the Bank of Willards, go for it. However, just know that all expenses are covered.

Anonymous said...

To the person who covered all of the expenses, Thank you.

Anonymous said...

Thank God. and thank the Holloways.

They have been good to me through out 4 funerals in my family.

Let all the pety crap go away now and honor this child and what she went through.

Joe, please let us know when we can expect the funeral and thanks for keeping all of ua informed. I appreciate it more than you know.

Anonymous said...

oh an thank you so much unidentified donor. May God bless you.

Anonymous said...

god bless that person

Anonymous said...

Joe: Im a 20-something that lives on old OC rd... what can i do to protect myself and the ones i love who are too young to protect themselves??????

Anonymous said...

May God bless the person who is paying for this burial. May this little angel RIP!

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful act of kindness.

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much anonymous benefactor. May God bless you ..RIP Angel

Anonymous said...

11:14PM, Common sense, self defense and learn to shoot a gun.

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful and caring person. No words can describe a simple thank you. You have a huge heart.. Sarah baby may you rest in peace and live freely in heaven.. We all will see you again one day

Anonymous said...

Crime has crossed the line here in Salisbury. When adults murder adults, that's one thing. But when adults turn to killing children it's time to take a stand. Maybe a rally against registered sex offenders in Salisbury should be on the next agenda at the GOB. Tougher standards for the police department to follow. Random checks on them at home etc.

Not really sure what the answer is but she should have not paid ultimate price for our lack of attention to registered sex offenders living among us. They are registered for a reason...... Think about it.

God bless the person that has offered to give this child a proper send off to heaven.

Dave M said...

May God richly bless the donor of the funds to pay for Sarah's funeral - and He most surely will.

To me, it's even more touching that this person has done it anonymously. God will reward you beyond anything we on Earth can imagine.

Anonymous said...

God Bless the donor!! What a beautiful act of kindness!!

Anonymous said...

The Child Advocacy Center is a worthless agency that needs to be dismantled or replace everyone involved in it. Because of my job I have had to contact them on 2 separate occasions. They told me both times that the had 5 days to respond. That's right FIVE days to respond. And when I questioned the director she was very sarcastic. A lot of harm and/or death could happen in 5 days.

Save your money and vote out every incumbent in office today. They are the ones that failed this precious child by enacting their lame laws.

Anonymous said...

Thank you anonymous person for the donation. I actually like the suggestion today somewhere on this blog about putting registered sex offenders picure on telephone poles, especially if they live in your neighborhood, so kids are aware of who they are what they look like so they know to stay away from those addresses. I hate it because they are allowed to live in neighborhoods where there are children. Please keep checking the internet for this trash that may be in your neighborhood and by all means keep your children aware of where to stay away from and print the picture and post it on the telephone poles in your neighborhood. If the judges won't help, we are going to have to help ourselves.

Anonymous said...

God Bless you! Your thoughtfulness will surely be rewarded. What a beautiful gesture. Although tragic, these past few days have proven there are still beautiful people in the world.

Anonymous said...

rallies dont stop crime, vigils dont stop crime. Training, awareness, prevention, and action stop crime. Not much could have stopped this freak of society from doing his awful act, but Maryland could be more preemptive in self defense by being more citizen friendly when it comes to protecting ourselves. We are not a british colony anymore and its time Maryland recognizes that its policies don't deter crime, but only make criminals more comfortable in committing them.

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much for your kind generosity anonymous benefactor. I thank you for allowing Sarah Haley Foxwell to have a decent, honorable funeral and burial. She deserves only the best, for NO ONE (especially a dear, sweet child) should have to go through what she has had to go through the 11 years of her life. Thank you everyone that took the time out of their lives to help assist this young child in coming home to God for Christmas.....Sarah, spread your wings and fly and mature to be the beautiful woman you were meant to be....You will always be remembered and never forgotten sweetheart. Merry Christmas Baby Girl!!!!

Anonymous said...

In this day and time, parents and adults should all run a sexual offenders and personal check on any person they feel are date worthy. It is a shame it has come to this; but there are so many offenders just in our immediate area and can be searched for free. The biggest issue is our Court System. Judges/plea bargains, etc have contributed.
I'm afraid we have to revert to the older ways to find out about evil people.

Anonymous said...

thank you your kindness will never be forgoton

Anonymous said...

12:08, you make a LOT of sense! I'm going to start doing EXACTLY as you suggested with the pictures on poles in my neighborhood.

Hopefully, many others will see the good sense this makes and do the same!

Anonymous said...

12:05, thank you for making me aware of this. I had no idea that was how these people operated.

Anonymous said...

I think if any money is raised it should be put in trust for her younger sister. The truth is the mother has no business nor does half of the family in management of these funds.

This angel has been taken and only God knows why something this horrific could happen to such a sweet child.

Lets all face it he did give us knowledge and understanding. We have failed in so many ways not hlding those accountable due to various political befiefs.

To T.J. you better learn to know God. I know what you did and if I ever get the chance to encounter you in this life time or the next. I can assure you that no other children will come to harm at your hands or other various parts of your body.

God has forgiven you. I will never forgive nor forget.

I will ask my God for forgivness for my intentions and acts if I ever see you again. I will take my punishemnt. You have my word to God I will have vengance at some point in your wretched life.

I do know the horrible things that happend to you in the past. That will never justify or make any sense as to what you have done here.

I pray you dead. Painful, slow and without mercy.

Anonymous said...

12:05 is totally wrong.The CAC is an effective and vital agency.

Anonymous said...

Simply put....it is a very nice person who is going to provide this child with a respectable funeral....Does anyone else find it strange that the DT is reporting the body was found severly burned. I for one am feeling a little skeptical about everything involving not only the disaperance but the recovery of this innocent child. On the 24th it was widely announced that they had found her and she had been burned...quickly the story changed and they continued looking for her on Christmas....Then on Christmas a search party of just law enforcement found the body and she had been burned. I'm sorry to say it but I find that to be a bit odd. News outlets reported that Leggs wasnt cooperative...but he had to have at least talked about location....the search was in the right area the entire time....he could have dumped her body anywhere on the eastern shore during that timeframe...Also the DT reported the toothbrush found in his car likely isnt Sarah's. I hope our local law enforcement hasnt screwed this up. Something isnt right and I'm afraid we havent been told the truth...just my 2 cents.

Anonymous said...

12:32 Nothing you said will stop crime. Economy causes crime, police presence prevents crime.

Anonymous said...

In response to the posters on here who want to know what they can do to prevent this type of thing from happening again. Don't limit your anger at Salisbury or Wicomico county. It is the STATE and FEDERAL laws in this country that need to be changed.

I know some didn't want this politicized but the bottom line is this.
Liberals tend to think of the 'civil rights' of criminals and focus their efforts on protecting them when making laws - witness the ACLU.
Conservatives tend to think of the victims and how they can best protect them when making laws.

So next time you go to the voting booths - vote for the candidate (not even naming a party) but a CANDIDATE who will work to get legislation passed to prevent this type of thing.

This man should have never seen the light of day after that conviction in Delaware. Why was he even out?

One final comment. God Bless the person who stepped up to pay for this little angels burial.

Anonymous said...

wow, that was so generous. I am glad that this little one will have a proper funeral. Now, could there please be an update as to when/where the funeral will be held?

Anonymous said...

To the person/persons whom helped to pay for Sarah's funeral and burial. As a Wicomico County resident, I wish to give you my heart felt thanks. What you have done will not go unnoticed!! God has blessed this family with a community that cares rather they knew them personally or not. Thank you so much for your kind and generous donation to this family.

Anonymous said...

12:05am- the state allows up to 5 days to initiate a neglect investigation. A response time of 24 hours or less is required in physical or sexual abuse cases. I'm familiar with CPS- when people make a referral, they typically ask when someone will go out on a call. The standard response is "We have _____ days to respond." Just because you make a referral, don't think you have a right to know when someone is going out. Furthermore, the person you speak to when callimg in is an intake worker- that person often does not know to whom a case will be assigned, and therefore doesn't even know when someone might go out.

As far as speaking with the supervisor, the perceived sarcasm probably came as a response to the attitude you probably had in the first place.

People- educate yourselves about child protection laws in MD- corporal punishment is not illegal (unless you cause injury), and it is actually very hard to remove children and keep them out of their homes.

Joe- may I suggest that you have a sit down with a local DSS agency to do an interview on what should be reported, what is actionable, what removal requirements are, etc.? I think many people in the community could benefit from this.

Anonymous said...

11:14 - I would get an alarm company. They are not that expensive. Don't share the code with anyone or change it frequently. That way if someone found a key outside they would have to have the code to disarm the alarm if the door or window was opened.

Anonymous said...

God Bless the Anonymous Donor. This little Angel did not deserve the abuse and torture that ended her life. She trusted this person.

As for the protection of our children, DSS lacks in their responsibility. A mother had lost custody of her child and the grandmother was given full custody. The mother of the child has been in and out of jail as well as the father. The grandmother who had been give legal custody received time in the local jail and the mother was left in charge of the child. She was doing drugs, allowing different men to come and go with this child in the house. When DSS was called, B.S. from Social Services returned the call and asked for additional information so they could give further assistance to the mother while the grandmother was in jail. She was told the mother didn't need further assistance, the child did not need to be there. So the father, the mother and grandmother have criminal records and other family members have asked to provide for the child but the courts allow the child to stay in this environment. There are many of these cases out there that people want to help to get the children out of these situations but the courts try to keep the family unit together. If the family unit is made up of multiple criminals/violators of the law, then why would the courts want to keep the children in these homes just to learn these behaviors and continue the cycle of drugs, alcohol, theft, burglaries, manipulations, lies.
This is a fear I live with that someone will be brought into their home and this will happen to this child, but the rest of the family has their hands tied.
DSS needs to step up and provide the services they were hired to do. Protect the children. If they want to keep the family unit together then have guidelines set up to do so. If either party tests positive for drugs, remove the child from the home of the ones that have been put in charge of protecting these innocent children. And don't give me the crap that came from one of their caseworkers, that just because people do drugs does not mean they are bad parents. You have got to be kidding me, but they weren't.

Anonymous said...

I'd bet my paycheck the one to thank is the Holloway family. They have helped us many times before.

Anonymous said...

11:14, get a gun. For you to even ask that, scares me. Can you make your own breakfast or write a check or do you need help with that too. Can make babies but don't know anything about safty. Great!

The CAC is a joke!

Anonymous said...

I would bet the Holloways are a part of the donation but I don't think they are doing it all. If they were they wouldn't have released the information to Joe they would have just done it.

Anonymous said...

GOD bless the donor.

Moon Willow said...

This is true generosity. Good works do nothing for the soul if you go telling the world about them. My hat is off to our anonymous benefactor. You have a beautiful soul.

Anonymous said...

To the arm chair quaterbacks: It is very hard to get custody of a child away from the mother. Even if she is doing drugs with the child present, going to known drug houses (her suppliers) with the child. Been there done that, 2 long years of battle and the lawyer got rich. We were told she had to be arrested for drug possesion, test dirty, go to jail. Then we might stand a chance of getting custody of the child.

To the anonymous benefactor: Thank-you for such an act of kindness. May good deeds return to you and yours.

Anonymous said...

I have a few suggestions, New picture updates every year for the sexual offenders list on-line (this way we know they are being checked on, better once than not at all) and we recognize them. I check the registry all the time, and I wouldn't recognize alot of them by the crummy picture on line. Also, is there a way that the local police could do a mass texting and /or picture texting to all who would like to receive them? The amber alert was no where to be seen except for this web sight, while she was missing I had been all over town running Christmas errands, and if I had had a text and a pic of her, I could have kept my eyes open...just a suggestion!!

Anonymous said...

The Registered Child offenders Ratio in the city of Salisbury is....261 to 1!!! That's 1 registered child offender for every 261 people..

Anonymous said...

thank you so much whoever you are, this little angel deserves to be honored for what she must have endured...we must never forget this lesson and promise to never allow it to happen on the Eastern Shore again

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

12:05 is totally wrong.The CAC is an effective and vital agency.

4:00 AM


You are full of crap. A complaint to the CAC should be just like a 911 call. An immediate response to protect the child/children. How many children have been harmed when they took up to 5 days to investigate a complaint.

Anonymous said...

For everyone thinking of donating the additional funds for Sarah's family. Please remember it was Sarah's family that brought this monster into her life & you're putting money in their pockets.

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful gift. This person has such a generous heart.

I think a scholarship or learning fund should be set up in Sarah's memory. This way other children can benefit.

No offense, but Child Advocacy in Wicomico County has let enough children down, including my own daughter.

Anonymous said...

Can Salisbury News develope a link to a web site for posting local sex offenders on Delmarva? Maybe some of the funds raised should go to support a local sex offender website in Sara's name. The web site could have better, more updated info than what the web site the state provides, ie: like place of employment, what they drive ect. The website could also update the public on any type of recovery the "sick offenders" are doing to try to heal themselves and join society again. The website could be named in the tradedy of Sara Fowell on christmas 2009. AS EVIL THINGS HAPPEN IT IS OUR JOB THROUGH THE WORKS OF GOD TO BRING MORE GOOD OUT OF IT. Let us not be consumed by anger that is what evil wants. Don't do your acts fueled by anger That is what they do. Do your acts guided by good by God.

joealbero said...

anonymous 10:13, we've already done that. On the right hand side of the Blog under "links" you'll see, Wicomico County Sex Offenders. Click on that link and it will take you to where you need to be.

Anonymous said...

8:37, Of COURSE when someone calls CPS they want to know how long it will be before someone goes out. And the comments 12:05 made reflecting their concern over the fact that a lot of harm can happen in five days is only reasonable. His/her frustration is both reasonable and realistic.

Maybe 12:05 DID have "an attitude" (as you put it) when s/he spoke to the supervisor. Quite frankly, so would I. People with outlooks like yours amaze me. You feel fine mouthing off to / about the referrer, but you didn't say one syllable about perpetrators and perverts. Your attention might well be directed to the perps
rather than those who catch or suspect them. Instead, you seem more focused on educating and preaching to 12:05 about what is "actionable", etc.

While you're preaching about what is "actionable" and "standard responses" and what a referrer does and doesn't have the right to know, kids are dying at the hands of sickos like TJ. If Sarah's funeral is public, I hope you will attend. And as you sit there, think how this might have been your child. Then see if you'd feel comfortable with hearing on the other end, "We have up to 5 days to respond". Sarah lost her life in a lot less time than that.

The laws are broken. The system is broken. People with altitudes like 12:05 had to deal with on the phone are broken bureaucratic robots. Defend / explain it all you want. Get angry with my comments all you want. That's just the way it is!

Until enough people (myself included) stand up to their so-called representatives and say, "We're madder than HELL and we're not going to let this be this way anymore", our kids are going to keep being abused and killed.

Sarah woke me up to the point I should've been at all along. I AM mad enough to get involved and try to do something about it. May that be true for you as well.

Anonymous said...

7:39:
I wondered about some issues, myself...The toothbrush for one. Where was the aunt. Funny she should miss a toothbrush. They DID know where to look, didn't they. Someone was compliant. If it wasn't the non compliant perp, who was it? A lot of questions. But I'm sure they'll be answered...in time.

Anonymous said...

In such a tragic time for this community, it warms my heart to know that there are still decent people in this world. Thank you for keeping my hope alive for good-hearted people like yourself! God Bless!

Anonymous said...

12:05 and anyone else who has had experience with CAC - I am right there with you.

I still remember the day when the detective on my case called me with such dismay because he was demanded to drop the case. I was in a divorce process, my ex had a scumbag lawyer and my daughter told the truth. More than one lie detector test was performed (guess one was not good enough) - LOL.

That detective was so hurt because he believed my daughter and could do nothing for her - because of his director. So he did the right thing and left CAC because of their lack of support and justice for the victims.

Norm Conway, I asked you a long time ago to shut them down. Maybe now you will listen.

Anonymous said...

The REAL issue here is that this guy was released from jail two years ago or whenever. This guy should have rotted there. Meanwhile, because of "overcrowding" they're releasing people who have caused harm to other people (PARTICULARLY CHILDREN) and leaving pot posessors locked up. Amazing and awful. Whoever dropped the ball on this one should have their head roll, and someone needs to go back over the other released prisoners to see what kind of monsters have been let loose to cause harm again.

Anonymous said...

I am shock, i just went on the WCSO sex offender list. there is 171 people living in our county. I can't believe the ones on there that I either know or have had contact with. My God, it really makes you wonder who is who anymore.

doug wilkerson said...

What a wondeful thing to do. You are a decent person.

Anonymous said...

They were looking in that area because that is the info they received from checking his cell phone, this is the 21st century, your cell phones have tracking devices on them, that is why they were concentrating in that area, come on people dont doubt the professionals in this case, they know what they are doing, I mean the FBI was also on the case.

Anonymous said...

7:59, while I agree with what you've said, I'd like to add one that you didn't mention. . .the judges. Sure, our laws need to be tougher, but there are laws (Adam's Law, Dru's Law, others) already on the books that would be more effective than they are IF JUDGES WOULD ENFORCE THEM TO THE MAX and "throw the book" at the perpetrators!! Any law is only as good as its enforcement and its penalty.

Adam Walsh's kidnapper / killer was never caught. But Sarah's has been and, once convicted as he surely will be, needs to suffer the MAXIMUM penalty possible under the law. These judges who throw stiffer penalties on bank robbers than they do child killers need to be tossed out on their...robes...and replaced with what we used to call "hanging judges."

We can enact all the laws we want, but until the people who put the TEETH in the law (those doing the sentencing) start biting as hard as the law allows, it will be largely for naught.

Incidentally, I don't mean it to sound like I want bank robbers let off easy. Just saying the judges / juries need to understand and prioritize better on behalf of our children.

Mike Lewis and all the other officials involved in this case have done their jobs and done them damn effectively.

I can only hope that whatever judge or jury gets this case will do theirs as well.

UwillTapout said...

Great post, and good people.
Might I suggest that all comments that are not in direct response to this act of kindness be removed, and future comments be unapproved. Maybe just a new post about how people are feeling would be better. Joe, do as you wish, just a suggestion of course. Happy New Year everyone.

Anonymous said...

do the burial expenses include a headstone for Sarah? If not, would donations be accepted at Holloway Funeral Home to help with covering that?

Anonymous said...

Our community should feel proud to have this philanthropist who stepped in to do a good deed. This is very touching and makes me proud to live here. It was a very noble thing to do making it anonymous. I'm sure the person who did it is very wealthy and does not want to be criticized by people who think he/she had their own personal agenda in this. The anonymity factor will keep people from making sick comments that you know people would have made about the individual. God Bless you to whoever you are! This was a very generous and selfless act and is commendable!

joealbero said...

anonymous 11:45, the headstone is also taken care of. All expenses have been covered.

Anonymous said...

Thank you for this wonderful final gift to Sarah. What an honorable and selfless thing to do.

Anonymous said...

To the person or persons that paid for this.
You are a very good person at heart and everyone thanks you. You are a true american helping others and that is the way america should work.
America is not gone as long as there are people like you.

Anonymous said...

Well said, 12:11. I can only echo what you've said and add this to it: This generous and non self-seeking person is living by the Golden Rule.

Anonymous said...

Thanks to Holloways, and to anonymous. We must lose the complacency we seem to have developed and step up. another thing is, I often hear adults say to children, "you have to listen to adults"-I disagree, wrong message,teach your children that no one has the right to touch them and parents/guardians, my God, don't introduce your brand new lover to a child as if he's been cleared as a decent person, making them trust him/her. Don't have children pay for your lack of discernment.

10001110101 said...

~Proverbs 27:2~

*GOD COMMENDS HUMILITY*

Let another Praise you,
And not your own mouth;
Someone else, and
not your own lips.

And for this
~I heart you with all my heart~

Anonymous said...

Thank you to the person paying for the funeral.

Guns and alarms are great security measures but keep in mind that the "boogey man" is not likely to harm your child. It is probably going to be someone you know like it happened in this case!

Anonymous said...

Thanks to everyone involved in the event of Sarah. My comment is why is the Daily Times the only one that posted certain information such as the condition of the body. That info was given by a source close to the investigation but can't be revealed. In the past we have received wrong information from the DT.

Anonymous said...

Pretty sure there is a sex offender that works at the WalMart Dunkin Donuts. http://www.dpscs.state.md.us/sorSearch/search.do?searchType=detail&anchor=false&id=5293188 He's bald now and has a tattoo on one of his hands. 99 percent positive this is him.

Anonymous said...

Sex Offender living on Fairground Drive, which borders Pemberton School. Are sex offenders allowed to live right next door to a school?

Anonymous said...

Thank you to the donor that has given the time and money to take care of the funeral expenses. I know we all wish we had the money to have stepped up to do it. Thank you.
If any money could be collected it should not go to the famiiy. I think we should get an angel headstone for the grave site.
If this is the case I will donate but not to the family

Anonymous said...

I have sent Mr. Joe a poem that I wrote in honor of Sarah. This little girl will stay in our heart's forever.

Cindy Whetzel

Chimera said...

Just curious,are they are any legal implications that would result from posating sex offenders info on steeet poles?Im all for it as a mother but dont want to get sued by one of those freaks.

Anonymous said...

you are 100% correct there is a sex offender working at Dunkin Doughnut, I had a relative that USED to work there. He tells everyone that he is a registered sex offender, maybe he is proud of it. Go figure. I no longer go there.

Anonymous said...

Just looked at the registry for Maryland, and in the last name starting with B there is a man who molested a child for 5 years. This mans wife is with social services in the child protection department. With her training how did she not know he was doing that? i know of a case she was involved in where she made the remark she knows when a child is being molested. no she didn't the child in question told the same story over and over that no one had touched her it was a case of playing, this social worker tortured the child put words in her mouth and separated her from her father had the father arrested all for nothing. maybe she needs more classes to learn better how to know who is molested since she didn't know it was going on under her own roof. beware of wicomico county child protection services

Anonymous said...

I find it very interesting thru this whole terrible ordeal that we have not seen the face of the mother or the aunt thanking the citizens of Delmarva! This is very strange. We see family members all the time when a loved one goes missing. Why did everyone else have to step up for them. Is there something wrong here, which I am sure there is that the family members let this dear child down? OR did I miss something? I would like to think I did, but frankly I am beginning to wonder. Where is the dear little 6 year old sister? I hope someone is looking out for her best interest.

Anonymous said...

I sent this Tribute to Sarah to Mr. Joe in an email but I am glad that he DID take the day off and leave the site to the moderators. Maybe Ghanima can post it for me.



In Memory of Sarah

 

Tears fell from Heaven

As the Good Lord cried.

It was time to pick an Angel

And only He could decide.

He looked and He searched

And when He knew her fate,

He picked little Sarah

And opened Heaven's gate.

What a beautiful little Angel!

The others Angels said.

They gave her white wings

And put a halo on her head.

Again tears from Heaven

In the form of raindrops they fell.

Welcome home little Angel.

Welcome home Sarah Foxwell.

 

May you rest in peace Sarah!

 

You united a community,

You brought us together.

You will continue to live

In all of our hearts forever!

Cindy Whetzel

Concerned said...

Cindy if you send me that poem in an email I would appreciate it. Email to jd3140@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

Thank you to the donor, you're unselfishness will not go unnoticed in heaven, as SARAH looks down...

Anonymous said...

Thanks so much to the person who donated the money..You have blessed this community, and will help in making Sarah remember in ourl ives forever....

Anonymous said...

Thank you to the anonymous philanthropist. Very very nice gesture.

tracey powell said...

God Bless the person who gave so openly. Words will never express how we feel. On behalf of The Foxwell Family you are truly a hero .I sit here grieving so and I CAN NOT FIND THE WORDS , i am so confused . Icould of purchased the prom dress the things that will never be . WHY HAS THIS EVIL ENTERED MY LIFE , WHY DID HALEY BUG HAVE TO KNOW HIS NAME . GOD PLEASE TELL ME WHY

Anonymous said...

could of, would of, should of....
This blog is not the place for you to gain any understanding of this horrendous event. Find a quiet place to reflect.

Anonymous said...

My heart goes out to you Tracey Powell. I saw you at the prayer vigil and you introduced yourself at the end as her aunt. God Bless your family. I want these bloggers to know that there was some presence of the family there.

Anonymous said...

just looked on the sex offenders list and there are 2 sex offenders that live 300 to 400 feet away from pemberton elem. school!!! This is very disturbing to me!!
Thanks to the person that made the kind donation to pay for sarahs funeral!! May you rest in peace salisbury's little angel.
I only pray that tj gets a taste of what he has done to you in jail!! You rest baby girl!!!

Anonymous said...

The Daily Rag keeps making this comment I copied and pasted below. There was also a comment by our chief law enforcement officer about other victims. If this toothbrush is a child's toothbrush then it makes me wonder if indeed there were definitely other victims.

"Police searched a 2003 Dodge pickup truck Leggs reported driving Dec. 23 and found a toothbrush and lollipop; however, sources close to the investigation say police do not believe the toothbrush belongs to Foxwell."

Anonymous said...

7:54am? Economy does not cause crime, the economy did not cause Leggs to go out and murder a little girl, the economy does not cause people that were not working beforehand to go out and rob people and places, these are people that have not concept of morality and respect for others. Police respond to crimes, very rarely do they deter them, because the police can't be everywhere and quite often, even the police will tell you that criminals will committ crimes in front of them.

Anonymous said...

Thank You...

Anonymous said...

I find this story so devastating. I as well as my whole family followed this story from the beginning. We found ourselves glued to the tv everytime the news came on, and listened to every news conference. When the news that little Sarah's body was found came on the news at 6 we had all just sat down to eat our Christmas dinner(just minutes before we had sad a prayer for Sarah's safe return.) needless to say none of us could eat. I didn't personally know Sarah but for those few days we all welcomed her into our lives. I find myself asking so many unanswered questions. For instance Sarah's aunt knew this man was a sex offender, why was there a key left outside? Why were these young girls left home alone, and if they weren't why was Sarah able to be taken by this man? Something just isn't adding up to me. I think the aunt should be under serious investigation. Not only because this man had such easy access to these young girls, but out of everything that should have been going through this woman's mind she notices a toothbrush missing from her home? A toothbrush? Which happens to be the same evidence found in Thomas Leggs' truck that sounds very suspicious to me. I'm very happy to hear that the funeral and burial cost has been taken care of. There is no reason why donations need to be made to the family. Like someone else said on here it should be put toward a scholarship fund in Sarah's name. I hope Thomas Leggs' rots in jail for what he put this little innocent girl through. And as for this little angel Sarah may she rest in peace she is in a safer place now.

Anonymous said...

why does the real mother of this child have a photo of Tommy Leggs on her myspace drinking together? this is an out rage.... part of the blame for Sarah being dead is the family and the poor decisions of people they hang out with and they could have looked him up online considering they all have face book and myspace photos... they def know how to use a computer..... oh yeah and lets not forgot the legaL GUARDIAN.... allowed him to freely enter the house at any time lets leave this guy a key..... this is CRAZZZYYY

Chimera said...

Sarahs obituary in the paper today left myself and alot other people puzzled.First of all,no survivor names are mentioned.Secondly and most alarmingly,the obit mentiones she is survived by SIX other siblings BUT that one sister preceded her in death


Does anyone know if this was a natural death or an accidental one?And is anyone making sure the other kids are safe?
I have tried to be decent and not play "blame game" because it is ultimately Leggs fault but I cant help but think they made it easier for him.If my spouse and I were to divorce you bet your behind I am not dating ANYONE until I have checked him out thoroughly.I see the situation all the time-single mom with numerous kids doesnt want to be alone so she settles for guys most women would reject and her kids end up paying the price.Sorry but I had to get this off my chest.Hearing that there are a half dozen other kids in the family and they have already lost one child made my hinky alert come on strong.I am a Mother and I am taking this very personally.