A Child's Identity

SwedishJewfish on July 9, 2012:

I have not revealed any private information about my daughter. I posted pictures of her before my identity was outed and I decided to go public with my identity as part of my activism.

Identity outed as a direct result of "F*ck Joe Paterno," posted on January 22, 2012 as stated here, here, and here, for example.

Comments by SwedishJewfish mentioning the child's name were posted on April 27, May 9 and May 18.  Also on May 18, SwedishJewfish posted a comment with the child's name and image.

Roxine, friend of SwedishJewfish and Tree Climbers co-founder, posted the following diary on May 2, 2012, 6:40 a.m. PDT:

Tree Climbers: Prayers for One of Our Own -- Mattea (SJF's daughter)

Rebecca just emailed me that Mattea is sick and is on her way to the hospital. Please offer up prayers for this beautiful little girl. Mommy (Rebecca) is extremely worried and could use our support and well wishes.

I will update you if I hear anything further.

Thanks,
Roxine

PS - Not looking for tips or recs - but if you want to leave a message for Rebecca feel free.

7:38 a.m. PDT:  Update from Rebecca - "she's going to the childrens hospital to undergo some testing, they do not believe its anything life threatening even if it is the worst case scenerio what they suspect is a serious but highly curable condition. She is in good spirits and is a little trooper as always."

Update From Rebecca:

"We are leaving the hospital-going to see a nephrologist at 3:45...there is a mass on her right kidney but they said it looks more like a cyst than a wilms tumor so that's a good sign...you can share this as well as this picture with everyone-my little trooper :)"

[Picture of SJF daughter omitted by truth teller.]

4:14 p.m. PT:  From Rebecca - They're both home and exhausted: "she's OK but they need to do more testing. they are sending us to a specialist Hopefully we will have more answers next week. In the meantime, she's still feeling really crappy :( "

Tags:  Mattea; prayers; Tree Climbers
 

Other examples are available to the reader who chooses to undertake further research.

A Day in the Lives

SwedishJewfish on April 18, 2012:

"Well for starters, I couldn't pay the fine because I had a third party check, so I was told I had to go before the judge. Court was already in session and I had to wait for everyone else to go. I've been to court for MV violations many times before (I'm a shitty driver) so I'm used to just being in there with other MV cases...but for whatever reason, whether it's because this is a smaller town and they only have one courthouse, I was in there with people appearing for all kinds of criminal violations....
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"so trigger warning (which I sure as fuck wish I got)I had to sit through all of these arraignments (or whatever it's called when you appear before the judge) and hear in detail about horrific crimes, everything from a man who put a loaded gun against his wife's head (he got accelerated rehabilitation) to a woman who threw kittens out of her car on the highway (accelerated rehabilitation) and then the man I was sitting next to went up and I found out he was charged with degree sexual assault and strangulation, and his piece of shit lawyer went on this whole blame the victim diatribe and I ended up having a full blown meltdown in the middle of open court and had to leave. in so doing, missed my name being called. They called me again, everything is fine now, but I'm really, really shaken by what just happened."

Richard Rivas Arredondo on September 1, 2010:

"Police in Stamford have arrested a city man after they say he pulled a 16-year old girl into his car and then strangled and raped her.

"Richard Rivas Arredondo, 25, has been charged with Sexual Assault 1st Degree, Unlawful Restraint 1st Degree and Strangulation 1st Degree."

(Emphasis added; paragraph break added to first quote for ease of reading.)

John at 17

SwedishJewfish:

My visual flashbacks are not to the actual rape anymore, thankfully...I've trained my mind like that over the years. Now I see a picture- as vivid as the day it happened. I'm looking through the windshield of a car, that is parked in an abandoned lot- the wipers are going because it's pouring rain out.

Norwich (CT) Bulletin:

After throwing a bag of garbage into a trash bin, the victim said a man pushed her into the car from behind. The woman said she was driven to a nearby parking lot and raped, police said.

SwedishJewfish:

I sustained physical injuries, and a weapon was used.

Norwich Bulletin:

The man threatened the use of a gun, the victim said.

SwedishJewfish:

I was 17 years old, held against my will for over 7 hours by a 43 year old man who raped me repeatedly.

and

he raped me in two different locations

and

He was very violent, very out of control, and towards the end (especially after one of his relatives called him to find out where he was) I could tell he was getting scared.

Norwich Bulletin:

After that, the victim said, she was driven to Westchester County in New York, where her kidnapper hoped “to find out what the brother thought he should do to the victim,” the affidavit states. When he found his brother was not home, the victim said the man pulled over and raped her again before driving back to New London and leaving her with the car.

Distance between New London and New York is about 250 miles; five or so hours drive time.

SwedishJewfish:

The evidence against him was staggering-failed poly, physical evidence, physical injuries well documented by the hospital.

Norwich Bulletin:

[E]vidence [was] collected as part of a sexual assault evidence collection kit taken when the victim was treated at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London in 2002.

SwedishJewfish:

[Says the rapist was 43 and, elsewhere, 45 (maybe others, too). See links above.]

Norwich Bulletin:

The victim in the case, who was 42 at the time...

The rapist is John Moniz and he was 36 at the time. The case went unsolved from 2002 to 2010. He was arrested after his DNA was matched to evidence collected at the hospital.

SwedishJewfish:

They charged him with 2 counts of first degree sexual assault and 1 count of involuntary restraint. Guess how much time he got in prison?
None.
6 months in county jail.
This was in 2002.

Norwich Bulletin:

Moniz submitted a DNA sample during his time in prison for a 2003 conviction of first-degree unlawful restraint and third-degree assault. He was also convicted May 15, 2002, on charges that included third-degree assault and patronizing a prostitute, records show.

SwedishJewfish:

I also sold my body. More than once. During my "sexual manipulator" phase I was a craigslist call girl for a stretch of time.

and

He gave me money too-a $100 bill, which I threw in the dumpster because I was afraid they would use it as proof that I was a prostitute. When I gave the initial statement I left that part out because I was afraid that's what he would claim-and he did, in fact.

All emphasis added.