In 2009, an eight-year-old girl, Tori Stafford, was lured into a car by a familiar woman, an acquaintance of Stafford’s mother. She lured Stafford, who was walking home from school for the very first time that day, into Rafferty’s car with talk of a puppy. But there is one key detail that must be shared: there were opportunities for McClintic to change her mind and save Stafford. McClintic even later claimed, contrary to her earlier statements, that she was the one who wielded the hammer and beat Stafford to death. And Tori Stafford, and the many who grieve for her deserve so, so much better than this.

Source: National Post September 28, 2018 21:00 UTC