The Face of a Murderer

Harley Spencer II, Previously known as Eugene Columbaro  convicted of murdering Adam Clark. 

Adam Clark,  killed at age 6 1/2 years

It's time to get real. As in, sometimes there really are people in our lives who do the worst possible things.  It is terrible when the bad guys are in your life as a child because kids don't get to vote on who their parents choose spend time with.

I wrote about Eugene Columbaro in my book, explaining that my adopted sister and I testified at his first trial for his defense. That only happened because once again, as minors, no one asked us our vote on whether we thought he was a murderer or not. We were asked questions on the stand, we answered them. That is the way our justice system works.

Thankfully, the original detective involved in the case didn't let it go and 20 years later  he was able to find new evidence that proved Eugene did kill Adam.

To read more about this sad story, check out

a website created by Adam's older sister after his death.

http://www.angelfire.com/az/rememberadam/

For another perspective, Adam's mother wrote her own website at

http://www.fryedmarbles.comhttp://www.fryedmarbles.com

I have my own thoughts on this madness. Unfortunately, Eugene Colombaro was not the only person my adoptive parents had in our lives that did damage, some even closer to home than Adam's death.

 What I learned from growing up surrounded by seriously messed up adults, is that it is ok to have problems. It is fine to struggle and feel broken. That is part of the human condition. It is not ok to inflict your pain on others.

Adults first responsibility is to protect the children. Period.