Murder, Mayhem and the Media

Something isn’t right about the recent murder in a quiet Fairfield, CT neighborhood. Something isn’t being told that should be told, but what is it?

The first strange thing that came to me about the report that a 29 year old lawyer, Jonathan Edington had broken into the home of his 59 year old neighbor Barry James, and stabbed him to death was this: why?

Then the media said it was because Edington’s two year old daughter had told her mother that she had been molested by James and Edington had gone into a blind rage and acted upon this rage.

Hmmmm.

Must be one smart kid. Most of the two year olds I have ever known aren’t that articulate, and even if they do have a great command of English by two, they still wouldn’t be able to talk about molestation and name names. And even if they could do the former, well, a professional should interview them to make sure the child is competent to make such an accusation.

None of this rings true to me…what else is odd?

What wife would tell a husband over the phone that their child had been molested? Isn’t that a bit odd? Wouldn’t you want to be with your husband to discuss the incident? Wouldn’t you want to file a complaint immediately after this oh so articulate and believable child made her accusation?

Or is the mother interpreting for the child? Is the mother inciting the husband to riot?

According to the NY Times, Edgington had another bout of rage once:

“In 1998, while Mr. Edington was enrolled at Finger Lakes Community College, he was charged with harassment and disorderly conduct for flinging items from a Planned Parenthood display at a health fair onto the ground, according to the Ontario County Sheriff’s Department. After ripping the display down, Mr. Edington told the Planned Parenthood representative, “How many babies have to die?” and “How’s your conscience,” according to a police report.

Mr. Edington told The Finger Lakes Times at the time that he was “trying to make a statement” about his opposition to abortion, but “it wasn’t a violent thing.”

Interesting.

I see now that cable news has picked up this story and will hash and rehash it. Already the sleepy little street in Fairfield where this murder occurred is being bombarded with news media.

Now Edington’s wife is filing charges of molestation against the dead Barry James.

Very interesting.

Edginton had filed a complaint in the past that James was naked by an open window.

Neighbors say James struggled with alcoholism and had been shouting obscenities at neighbors and passing out in his driveway.

Abortion, nudity, obscene language, a small child, alcoholism, molestation and big shiny carving knives –oh boy! Looks to me the media circus has moved from Boulder and is relocating in Fairfield.