Convicted 13 times, there's something seriously wrong with the justice system in America.

I believe that if someone has already been convicted of violent sexual crimes against women and children, for the sake of the innocent and vulnerable in our society they should never be released again.

He lived longer on death row than this poor little girl lived period. That is beyond ridiculous.

this is why i take my dog EVERYWHERE with me now, i have a giant bull mastiff who always protects me. A few years ago when i was 13 i was walking my dog and he was off the lead and i suppose the man didnt see him. He tried to grab me and pull me around the corner to where his car was parked with the boot open. My dog heard me scream and instantly ran over to protect me. He went for the man and scared him off. he saved my life, i love him with all my heart ❤️❤️

These judges who let child predators off easy should be investigated. Nobody should give a person like this a 2nd chance.

The fact that he blames DRUGS is truly disgusting. He had evil intentions and was just waiting for the perfect victim.

The death penalty should be reserved for child predators, rapists and serial killers. And should be available everywhere. Those people shouldn’t be allowed to either walk free or waste our tax payer dollars while they’re alive behind bars.

To continue the story, Carlie's mother was so distraught, she got on drugs , became a hooker, and overdosed a few years later. This man ruined so many lives! Just horrible! He had daughter of his own too, what a creep!

Her mother died of an overdose. Everything about this case is so so devastating. It could’ve been prevented if the people had locked him up when he was supposed to be.

I have three sons, the oldest two are 12 and 10. When they have their friends over, from the second the child walks into my home, I take full responsibility for that child, right up until I release them directly into their parental care, am I free of that responsibility. I’ve been told by several parents ‘to let them walk home, it’s up the rd.’ and I never do, either myself or my husband will get them home & this is exactly why.

I really appreciate how you provided steps to avoid abduction. It really shows that you care for the safety of others and wouldn't want anything like this to happen to anyone. I'll definitely teach my child this, thank you very much.

RIP to Carlie as well as her mother, Susan who sadly passed from a drug overdose in 2017. Carlie’s passing was just too much for her.

It's absolutely infuriating to know a dangerous repeat offender can just be out roaming freely like this. RIP Carlie.

Can we talk about how AMAZAING her mother did on that phone call to 911. You can tell she's distraught but is holding it together to give very clear, detailed information based on all the last known information she had. Most people panic and freak out and cant concentrate on those details and can take longer to get help. Her mother, despite her obvious distress, fought through those emotions to do everything she could to help Carlie. That is a sign of strength that I don't think most people could ever have. What an incredible mother.

I can’t understand how could the friend’s mother let Carlie walk back home alone? Any responsible person would call the kid’s parents to know if they can allow the child to walk back home alone by their selves. Carlie would’ve been alive had the mother of the friend called Carlie’s mother before letting her walk back alone.

This is why I’m absolutely against young kids walking anywhere alone, there are so many predators looking for young vulnerable kids. I myself have experienced a scary situation while picking my kids up from school, it’s a block away and a man in a van was following me and asking me if I wanted a ride while walking with my kids (I was able to dodge him & thankfully nothing happened) however, can you imagine a kid walking alone?!

I can’t imagine how much fear this poor little girl was in during the final moments of her life, this is heartbreaking. My heart breaks for her and her family. RIP beautiful Carlie Brucia.

This is absolutely terrible, being a girl or a woman is terrifying at times. My brother stopped an incident like this from happening on his way home from work, the attacker thought there was no one around, he didn't know my brother was sitting in the bus shelter, the almost victim was approaching the bus shelter when the attacker jumped out and grabbed her, she screamed, my brother heard and got up to see what was happening, he saw them and started yelling at the man, then he started running towards the man who panicked, let the woman go and ran off.

Here's another abduction prevention tip: don't let 11 year olds walk a mile alone anywhere. Especially if they're not your kids. Even if they insist it's ok or have permission, immediately call their parents and communicate.

Instantly pisses me off the other mom let the 11 year old Carlie walk home by herself you always double check !

I really appreciate how you paused the story to give some tips on how to avoid abduction. I started martial arts when I was around 11 and one of the first things they taught us was NEVER go to a secondary location with a stranger - fight with everything in you to keep it from happening. That lesson saved my life about 2 years later. I will be teaching my kids that when they're old enough. This case is so heartbreaking - it's terrifying as a woman and mother that there are monsters like this walking the same streets as us. Thank you for the great coverage of the case

I took a self defense years ago from a police department. We practiced scenarios. One thing that they taught us was how predators can paralyze and weaken victims with intense verbal commands and threats. Surprisingly, even though we were practicing scenarios, it was actually scary and it did catch you off guard. But the more we were exposed to it, it help to lessen the fear. They found in past cases victims were terrified and paralyzed by a predator using using foul language, threats and aggressive intimidation etc. Watching the footage it looks like Smith did that. She was just blindsided by it. I hate that people like Smith can breathe air on earth. I know he's gone now but he got what 16-17 years to live longer than Carlie. We need stronger laws for sex crimes perpetrators committing against men, women and especially children!!!

When my daughter was little she hid in the house for fun. We couldn’t find her for a couple of mins & those couple of minutes were the worst fear I’ve ever experienced . I had this terrible pain in my stomach & felt sick so my heart goes out to this mother. I can’t imagine how you would cope

It just keeps happening. When I was in highschool I knew a girl named Chelsea who would have survived if the offenders probation officer checked on him and someone knew that he had been staying at his mom's which was near children. He was Totally off their radar and killed two girls It helped create Chelsea's law for others but wasn't worth it.

I remember this case so clearly, especially the video. The way he just led her away as though it was a normal interaction is bone chilling. In the news coverage I heard “Never allow yourself to be taken to the second location” for the first time and I’ve never forgotten it. I’m not the only one, shortly after this a young girl was almost abducted but, because she heard the same thing, she fought and screamed so the would-be abductor got scared off. They found him with horrifying tools that were meant for her. I have no doubt that Carlie and her tragic story saved at least one girl’s life.

Carlie was my sisters best friend. I can't believe it's almost been 20 years😭 This was incredibly difficult to watch. Carlie's death destroyed their family and indelibly effected ours. Joseph P. Smith's death sentence being over-turned and reduced to life w/o possibility of parole, re-opened the old wounds. Joseph died recently in prison 👏 too humane for him, but glad none-the-less. The fact that he had daughter's of his own, is even more disturbing. Beautiful Carlie, We miss you. Allie misses you🥺💕 You didn't deserve this. You haven't been forgotten. The school still tends your garden, the church too. I kissed your pictured last night. We have kids now, they know you too. You are our angel. Rest in peace with momma. See you on the other side🙏💗😇

What sort of world do we live in when a young girl can’t walk along a street in broad daylight, without being at risk? Society is going backwards. That poor child 😢

I remember when this happened. My parents showed me the footage and used it to teach me about stranger danger. They told me if somebody ever tried this with me to scream and cry as loud as I could. It scared the shit out of me.

Yes! For everyone watching, please remember this, just in case: do EVERYTHING possible to avoid being taken to a second location!! Your odds of survival drop drastically once that happens, but if it is absolutely unavoidable or unsuccessful, remember to leave your DNA all over that second location! Do whatever you can; spit, leave your blood, pull your hairs out, rub your clothing against a surface… even if you don’t survive, this could be the thing that allows detectives to catch the perpetrator. Be safe, guys! ♥️

This horror happens all to often. Six years ago I was smoking a cigarette leaning against a tree with my daughter only six feet from me trying out her new skate shoes when a car slowed down behind her and passenger door opened as a guy made to grab her. I yelled run, which she did right back into the store as I put a rock in their rear windshield. Driver took off almost leaving his friend behind. No plates and never caught. It's one of those things that many think won't ever happen to them till it does. I drilled my kids on what never to do, even more so after that day.

My mom was always so worried about me as a kid, I was so trusting and friendly to strangers and she absolutely GRILLED the rules of avoiding abduction into me. -the use of a safe word -never get into unknown vehicles -be as loud as possible -run as fast as could be -and if all else fails fight and scratch with all your might if being forced into a vehicle (That one’s especially sad considering she knew if a kid is abducted they’ll likely be murdered, and she wanted the killer to be caught if it happened) These things can seriously save lives and it’s important to engrave in your children as sad as it is

First video i have seen and i love the suggestions you made!!! Subscribed because of that!!

Seeing so many baby teeth still in her xrays just broke me. Eleven years old. She didn't even get a chance. I'm heart broken for her parents and family especially her poor mother.

As a brother of 3 sisters and a father of 2 daughters, its a crying shame that we live in a world that a 14 yr old girl and in some cases grown women can’t even walk a mile down the road by themselves in broad day light w/o the possibility of being kidnapped, raped, tortured and killed because of evil men amongst us. Btw, I guarantee you those men killed him in prison for what he did. Convict Justice!

My mom and dad had me watch this video multiple times and talked to me about it multiple times. They hated that she just walked off with him. I was younger than this sweet girl. I still think about her and I hope anyone watching this talks to their children about this.

It's very heart breaking to watch the footage and imagine the horror and pain that innocent girl was having. My condolences to her parents. 😢

TEACH YOUR CHILDREN TO BE RUDE I cannot stress this enough, so many of us teach our kids that good children are polite and respectful to adults no matter what while still trying to teach them stranger danger and it will straight up get them killed! Teach your children that if they're not 100% certain that the adult is safe, they can and should "be rude" - refuse to go with them, don't do as they say, run away, and, if they're grabbed, kick, scream, shout, tell them to fuck off, bite, whatever it takes. Teach your children you will NEVER be angry with them if they're just trying to stay safe, and that no half-decent adult will have a problem with talking to their parents or letting them talk to their parents, and no safe adult will ever try and get them to keep a secret from their family. Criminals often target children who can't talk to their parents for exactly that reason - it's easy to isolate them, gain their trust, and lure them away with promises of something better. You cannot teach your kids that you'll wash their mouths out with soap if you catch them being rude then expect them to defend themselves.

Thank you for covering this story! Carlie lived only a few houses away from me. I was 10 at the time. People still leave flowers outside of her house, even after her family moved. McIntosh Middle made a memorial for carlie the day they announced her death and its still there today. I would pass it everyday at school. My best friend was good friends with carlie. Eventhough I didn't know her personally, this hit too close to home for me. my parents still live in the same house to date and driving by her house is heartbreaking still today. This story shocked the city of Sarasota, and has served to advise young kids in the area, including mine, her memory lives on. Her family fought hard for the death penalty but in the end carlies heartbroken mom died 4 years before that monster. It was also suspected that Joseph might've already claimed a victim in bradenton (tara Reilly-case remains unsolved) only 4 years before killing carlie. Heartbreaking :'(

This abduction is so heart breaking. The horror that she must have experienced before her life was ended is a mothers worst nightmare. Rest In Peace young Carlie. I pray the family can one day find peace🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

The 911 call with the mother just broke my heart. I could not imagine the intense fear and worry she felt of her baby girl. And that gut retching feeling when she couldn’t find her… gosh I couldn’t imagine. 😞

I always told my kids, "if someone tells you to do what they say or they'll hurt you: *don't* do what they say, because they're *going* to hurt you."

How was a guy like this walking free when people are STILL in prison for weed and minor strike 3 offenses? I know it varies by state buy this is ridiculous. Our prison, healthcare, education, and CPS agencies are all broken and its sad our government doesn't put our taxes to better use.

This was a very close friend of our family. Growing up we were always at each others house…I was young but I still remember. My grandpa helped build Carlie’s Garden and every March her life is still celebrated. We miss her dearly, I looked up to her like a big sister…😔 Fly high baby girl, you are so loved. I know you and your mama are looking down on us🫶🏻🕊️

This is absolutely horrifying!! My love and prayers to all of her family and friends! 😭🙏 ❤️☮️

I was 1 grade below Carlie and went to the same school. This is terrifying and heartbreaking when it all happened. We created a beautiful butterfly garden in her honor off the side of the 6th grade wing. May she rest in peace

My daughter would've been 10 yrs old this Sept. Instead, her mother decided that texting was more important than actually paying attention to the road while she was driving and she had a really bad wreck that caused the death of my only child. I couldn't imagine the terror that mother felt. My heart goes out to her. I know the pain of burying your child. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

I was the same age as her, in the same town when this happened. I’ll definitely never forget her name, her disappearance was talked about constantly and we weren’t allowed to go anywhere by ourselves pretty much ever again. He’s a monster, just disgusting, he doesn’t even deserve to rest in peace.

Nothing ever gets done with these demons until it’s too late

Seeing that monster grab this little 11YR OLD girl like that made me so mad!!! I've seen hundreds of these cases over the yrs but for some reason, seeing him aggressively grab her as she's minding her business just boils my blood. 13 PRIOR ASSAULTS?! And he was let out to walk the streets?! From now on when a monster like this is let out and commits another assault, the judge who allowed him out ought to have to go to jail too. Maybe then they'd be a little more stern on who they let go. Ridiculous! May Carlie rest in paradise.🙏😢

When do we as a society start putting overwhelming pressure on the justice system for releasing these scumbags back into society? Sick and tired of hearing about cases like this it is beyond infuriating.

I just read that Carlie's mother died from a heroin overdose now too. This is just so sad!

Her friend's mother should have never let that kid leave her house alone she should be charged with child endangerment something neglect or something

I lost my daughter five years ago to homicide. The pain never subsided. You just learn to live with it

I love how you always have “prevention methods” on every video that needs one 💚

Thank you for the helpful tips you guys put in. That’s really cool.

“City of Sarasota sanitation site” is one heck of a sentence. My deepest condolences to the victim and her family. I can’t even imagine if this happened to my family. I would be filled with hatred, despair, deep sadness, and SO MUCH more. Why can’t people just live their life without damaging or ending another’s?

I went to school with her, and grew up one street over from where she was abducted. This was so devastating to our community when I was growing up. Absolutely heartbreaking.

I feel so bad for this girl and her family. As for the video giving advice on how to keep kids safe, my parents gave my brother and I a "password" when we were young. My dad instructed us that even if it was his best friend, (who we knew well and considered an uncle) if he didn't have the password, we weren't to go with him. I have now taught my kids the same and the password is the same that it was for us when we were young.

I wish I didn’t know that there’s so many sick and twisted individuals in the world. I want to wrap my nieces in my arms and never let them go. RIP Carlie 💔

Thank you for sharing tbis!

This happened in my town and it was huge news. I remember being glued to the updates and driving all over in my 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse trying to help find her. The morning after her body was found I saw they changed the sign outside her school to "We love you Carlie".. It really hit people hard and inspired them to teach their kids even more about stranger danger. Then social media came along and made it even easier for the depraved psychopathic assholes to get to our kids! Please monitor your kid's online usage and don't let them walk alone 💖

I live in Cleveland, where Ariel Castro lived. He kidnapped 3 girls and kept them for over 10 years. Amanda Berry was one of his victims. I remember the DeJesus family stopping cars with her picture asking everyone and anyone if they’ve seen Gina. They stopped me at an intersection near the Castro house (of horrors). Those poor girls, Amanda, Michelle, and Gina endured abuse for over a decade before they were discovered. These types of people are PURE EVIL.

How is he confessing to murdering her and where he buried her to multiple family members over the phone while in jail, yet LE needed THEM to come forward and reveal what he confessed? Why aren’t they actively listening in to his conversations

So thankful for the Abduction Avoidance Advice I have 2 daughters & wasn’t sure if They should cooperate or create a scene in order to ensure Safety. You guys are doing great work

An innocent young girl with her whole life ahead of her snuffed out by a predator like that it makes you sick.

Such a sad story. That beautiful young girl, full of life getting killed by that psychopath. Can't imagine the pain she went through and how scared she was. RIP Carly. Thanks EWU for this story. Love all your channels

I remember when I was little my parents always used to tell me not to talk with strangers or go with them if they asked me, etc. My parents always kept telling the same thing over and over again which younger me thought it was annoying. But looking back now, I see that they were too scared if something might happen to me. I'm really thankful for my parents for educating me these kind of things at such a young age. Every parent should educate their children about these things. Not just school work.

This is why I don’t trust ANYONE with my kid. Her friends mom was responsible for her since she was under her care at the time and didn’t take care of her. This could have been prevented.

Someone tried to abduct me from school when I was 5 yrs old. They called the office and had my full name and information and were trying to get permission to come get me from school. Luckily, the secretary in the office knew me personally and had a bad feeling so she didn't let it happen. Thank God for that woman. Mrs Bailey was her name. It still makes my heart race when I think about it and that was 35 years ago. I don't remember the actual event, only what my mom told me when I got older.

I have waited so long for someone to do this story. Thank you. I was at her house waiting for her to come home that day. The responsibilities she was referring to, was more or less acting as her little brothers mother. She did more cooking and cleaning and caring around that house than anyone, but she would have never left her little brother willingly. She was too pure of a soul to be on this earth.

I was a barber in Manatee county at the time and the initial investigating officer was my client. This case it changed him. Changed a lot of us around here.

I remember seeing this on the news when it happened. Thank God that auto shop had cameras, since that was the main evidence against that psychopath pos. Back in those days it was expensive for a small business to have a camera system, so there weren’t camera’s everywhere. I just wish they helped catch this guy before he hurt her.

The thought of the unimaginable terror and pain she endured in her final hours at the hands of a total stranger is heartbreaking.

You failed to mention Carli’s mom died of a heroin overdose years after because she couldn’t handle the pain

This happened in my hometown and I also knew Joe Smith. He actually gave me a ride when i was 15 years old to a friend's house and he made a commitment about ine of the young girls at my friend's house saying "I really love blondes" looking back now i wish I could have done something. I was just visiting last month and every time I go there I think about her..RIP ❤️

The judge not granting a warrant for his arrest because the police hadn't filled out the necessary papers makes me sick. They all should carry some of the blame for the murder of this child, and convicted thirteen times and still walking the streets are just as sickening.

I personally also blame her friend's mother. The girl was eleven years old and she let her walk home for a walk that would take an hour and a half, wtf! When children are playing at your house you are responsible for them period! I don't care if she said she was allowed to walk or not, her safety would be my responsibility. I hope that mother thinks about the choice she made for everyday for the rest of her life and feels guilty. If it were my child I could never forgive her! 😡

Never ever let a child walk home alone ever, not in this day and age! If she runs off, call her parents immediately and if possible, get in your car, and try to catch her. I have family members that age, and they are in no way ready to take responsibility for themselves! Just like this very scary case, in can happen in the blink of an eye!

Carlie was a beautiful girl. Who knows what would have become of her not so many people failed her. As a mama, this is a fate worse than death.

I bought my daughter a cell phone at 6 when she started school! Myself or fam waited for her at the bus stop up until 8th grade! She hated it but I didnt care! After 8th grade she was in sports and was at school til picked up then she got a car at 16! These stories break my heart and even though my daughter is a freshman at OSU today I still check her location faithfully! Nothing is guaranteed but Im not making shit easy either! God bless these poor families! I can't even imagine!!

I am a mother of 6 children and this is one of my absolute fears! While devastating and heartbreaking, I am going to show this to my children in hopes that God forbid they ever face this situation, they know what to do. This serves as a stark reminder that evil lurks everywhere.💔

One can clearly see galaxies through telescopes which are millions of light years away, but it seems impossible to get anything but blurry images from a CCTV of someone only a few meters away.

Dear Carlie, may you be soaring high in the heavens above and may you also have the biggest most badass playground with the absolute coolest toys. It is beyond sad that you never had a chance to live your life but as you are now 11 years old forever, may you have blessings in abundance. R.I.P. Carlie Brucia

Dogs are truly a gift to us all!! Great doc!

Poor girl! I had never heard of this case till now, it's so scary the way he just walked off with her in broad daylight! In the early to mid 90s when I was between 9 through 11 years old, my family moved to a very quiet street where all the houses were higher and further up from the street, as they were built on a hill. The school bus would drop me pretty far from my house and I was the only kid who lived on the long winding street, the other kids lived right near the bus stop. I enjoyed the long walk home, it was so peaceful that I often was in no rush, but I knew my mom whom was at work would be worrying and calling the house to check if I was home yet. I remember i used to walk holding my house key jutting out between my fingers so that if someone stopped and tried to grab me, I could jab them in the eye with it,lol. I'd tense up everytime a car passed me a little too slowly. But the street wasn't where something happened. Our apartment was a rented basement apartment in the back of a large home, to get in I'd have to walk up a long steep driveway, go through a breezeway to the back of the house where our door was. It was creepy because the family upstairs was never home and the backyard was just miles of woods. One day as I passed through the breezeway I heard noises coming from the garage, I turned to see an unfamiliar man peeking at me through the glass window of the door leading to the garage, he opened it and said "Hey Come in here " in a slurred voice, I forgot all about my "key weapon", panicked and ran towards my apartment door wondering if I'd have time to unlock it and get in before he reached me? Should I run to the woods instead? I had seconds to decide as I could hear him stumbling behind me. It must have been my lucky day because I reached my door and it was already unlocked, turns out one of my older brothers had come home sick early from school and had never locked the door behind him, I slammed the door in the mans face and he started banging on it, I yelled for my brother to call the police. The banging stopped after a few minutes and we waited in fear till the police showed up. They found the man an hour later hiding and intoxicated in a tool shed. He had a knife on him and had been driving drunk, left his car somewhere in the neighborhood and the police believed he had just randomly picked our garage to hide in. Later i was told he had a record and had kidnapped and assaulted his niece a few years prior. My mom moved us out of there not long after. It was one of the scariest moments of my life at that point and as anyone can tell by the length and detail of this comment, it's something I still vividly remember despite the 30 years since it happened. I often think of how different the outcome might have been had my brother not been home and that door would have been locked.

I’d love to know the name of the cops who were too lazy to do the right paperwork to get a warrant for his arrest.. he would have been in jail, and this wouldn’t have happened.

It’s crazy, I think the footage of her being kidnapped is what I was shown as a child in school to teach us to never walk alone. I could be wrong and it could be another case but. That’s stuck with me since I was 6/7, would’ve been a few years after. I was really haunted by that footage and I took the message very seriously, never did go walking alone. Rip Carlie.

and there is now a program called Carly’s Crusade, teaching younger children how to protect them selves against predators. I myself have had these people come to my school and teach us (elementary) self defense, and how escape someone’s hold, and many ways to get help. we learned how to scream stop, we learned how to get others attention to help us. this story is heart breaking. thankyou to the people who made this program to teach younger children how to help themselves against our world.

That 911 call kills me... You can tell her mom trying so hard to stay calm, but the fear and panic her voice is raw.

Its an awful world we live in where a case when a beautiful 11 year old girl is raped and murdered....isnt even close to the "most twisted case Ive ever heard"😔

My mom started teaching me about stranger danger when I was only 2 years old. It's never too soon to teach your kids how to protect themselves. It's just the way you talk about this things that must change, but the lesson is the same. Teach your kids they should be rude and loud, use all their efforts to escape, and that you'll never be mad at them for trying to be safe. I remember being so so young when my mom told me that I should be rude to adults I didn't trust, and that I should make it very clear when I was not feeling comfortable around someone, specially adult men, despite the kind of intimacy they might have with my family or friends. It could be an uncle, or a friend's father, or a total stranger, don't EVER go with that man, doesn't matter what he says, be LOUD and MAKE A SCENE!! This kinds of speeches may annoy a kid when growing up, but may as well save their lives.

I was 14 on my way home on bike, i think 2 minutes away from my home when a car stopped and wanted to block me, on the middle of the lonf road! But because he already was driving slow i was suspicious and stopped when i saw him parking in front of me, middle of the road and it is not a road to park so it was obvious and creepy!! to try block me, i turned my bike and cycled away fast! From that time on i always weared clothes for boys; wide jeans and wide hoodies over my head , skating shoes, acting im a boy and not a girl whenever i was alone on my way home in the evenings. I didn't felt comfortable anymore in just a top and skinny jeans untill i was around 19 or 20 years old. I remember i was so angry at the person in the van, i was like omg how dare he, and i felt so afraid but relieved that i took action fast! Also everytime i was walking home in evening on scary roads with lot of bushes and saw people i always went in the bushes and hide till they passed.. i was so afraid bc of that car trying to block me on this long road with no one else.. that my behaviour putted me more aware of my surroundings and act to it to survive, if im alone and see people i take another street if its night time. Also when i was maybe 6 a man asked my friend and me if we wanted to see his bunnies. And bc the man was talking with my mother earlier and told her he would repair my bike we sae no harm and went wirh him to his house. There were no bunnies but the sister of my friend saw us leaving with him, followed us, run back and told my mom, and 2 minuter after we were in the house my mom was there totally in shock, and almost tears, and took us away.. i always remembered that there were no bunnies and how easily this went (bc we thought it was no "stranger" and how lucky we were and i felt so stupid we didmt let my mom know where we were going :( and he also did not told us to first ask our mothers if it would be oke. I learned my lesson young, and nothing happened thank God

Judges should be barred from ever practicing law again, that is downright sickening.

This could have been prevented, if the other girl’s mother just drove her home and dropped her off. She has a daughter herself. It’s only 1 mile. You gotta insist to take her home, or call the other mother to pick her up. Now tragedy has happened, I wonder whether both families ever spoke again. It’s not her fault, it’s the predator’s fault, and the law system failed us to let a dangerous man back out, but it is also her fault by letting a teenage girl walk home alone. ;-;

Blows my fucking mind they let him go after those charges against women and children, Carlies mother passed away due to an OD. the system fucked up one time and ruined a family, everything about this case is so unsettling

When I was a child someone tried to abduct me from walking home from Church 2 blocks from my house. I hid in a bush and he drove around looking for me, I ran home after he passed by. He was executed 15 years later because he tortured and killed other girls. I'm grateful that I got away but heartbroken for the other girls, I don't know why I was the lucky one.

Men, Woman and Children please please NEVER go along with a stranger. Even if they have a gun or a knife please put up the biggest fight of your life. Do not allow the person to take you to another location. You may be in a secluded area such as the woods or a desolate street, it does not matter scream and yell FIRE! FIRE!! HELP! HELP!! The fact that you are calling attention to the area should hopefully scare off the Perpetrator.. AGAIN, KICK SCREAM FIGHT BACK AND RUN IF POSSIBLE. Be Kind and Stay Safe 😊

Glad to hear he died. Was sad to look up this case and see Carlie’s mother has also died (actually before Joseph). Also big props to Joseph’s brother John who testified against him several times and seems to have continued to speak out against him. He also thinks Joseph killed another young girl who’s case was never solved.

I was only 9 when she went missing, I’ve lived and Sarasota my whole life. This case was everywhere and to be honest, it still haunts this town terribly.

Oh God, the way the mother is straining with all her being to stay calm in that 911 call is heartbreaking, that sweet woman and her sweet daughter 💔