14 Year Old Woman Gets Run Over Because She Refused $200 Sexual Proposal

What's wrong with this headline? EVERYTHING. Fourteen is not the age of adulthood, this is childhood. It upset me greatly that one report would dare to term this child as a woman and somehow marginalize the devastating impact of this crime- unintentional, maybe. Let it not be ignored that while this would be awful if it happened to woman of sexual consenting age, it makes a deeper cut when this behavior is aimed at a child. That being said...

This story comes from the State of Florida. (pause for the shaking of many heads) It was 7pm on Sunday the 22nd of September 2013 when a fourteen year old girl was walking down the road. Adrian Mendez, age 21, approached her in his SUV and propositioned her $200 to have sex with him. Stop. Right. There.

(Below is the mugshot of Adrian Mendez, remember this face if he goes free.)

What could have triggered in his brain to make him believe that a fourteen year old girl, a girl period, would be someone to not only lust after but to offer money to to satisfy his devious sexual desires? If he were to argue that her physical appearance was misleading and he thought she was older, the next question would be "what made you think that this random person was someone remotely open to the possibility of PPP (Pay Per Pleasure)?" No answer would grant him pardon. The story does not end there...

The young girl refused Mendez's sexual proposal and that sparked his rage. The victim, from her hospital bed, told police that he grabbed her hair and pulled her into his SUV and strangled her until she passed out. Passed out! From there, Mendez threw her out of the car, literally. This story goes from bad to worse to HORRIFIC. Adrian Mendez began to do something incomprehensible- he drove his SUV over this fourteen year old girl's body REPEATEDLY! Thank God, some people began to notice what he was doing and screamed for him to stop. Witnesses were astonished at what they were seeing, they could not believe it was a young girl's body in the street being purposefully run over not once or twice but multiple times. Mendez stopped when the screams made him aware that he was being watched, then he fled. Cowardly and pathetic. When help arrived they found the girl's body laying in the street on Wilson Parrish Road near Umatilla. The victim needed to be airlifted to the hospital where she would be treated for the life threatening injuries she sustained- neck injuries and crushed hips and legs. No person should have to experience this, even more so a child- a child protecting her self.

I will say this, in this awful incident I see two victories. The first, this brave little girl protected her value and tried to protect her well being, she demonstrated wisdom. The second, the screaming witnesses who got the criminal to stop trying to kill this young girl and it resulted in saving her life. More great news is that she positively identified Adrian Mendez from a photo line-up, he was arrested at his home in Marion County, Florida the next day (Monday) and has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and false imprisonment. The victim is in stable condition. She is a survivor!

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• http://globalgrind.com/2013/09/25/florida-man-runs-over-14-year-old-because-she-wouldnt-have-sex-with-him-details/?utm_source=Facebook

Zimmerman Revisited

Could we revisit one of this year's most controversial cases? Great, thanks. Surprise, surprise. George Zimmerman's wife, Shellie, wants a divorce!

Recently Shellie Zimmerman has stood her own trial for perjury sans George at her side! In April of 2012 Mrs. Zimmerman lied about the state of their finances- she said they were "broke" when in actuality they had been the recipients of $135,000 in donation monies. The lies caught up with her and so did remorse.

She now admits that George has a temper and was verbally abusive. If this information had been stated during the trial, justice for the slain may have been served. I know, I know who expects family and friends to tell the truth no matter what under oath despite the consequences right?! I DO! In this case, the truth literally would have set her free.

In her appearance on Good Morning America, Shellie states that her marriage is in jeopardy, she never really knew him and despite wanting to have children, remaining married to George is (as of now, was) something she has to think about. Now the latest news that has people and conspiracy theorists buzzing is George's new police interaction. It's well known that the couple have not lived together since the end of his trial, with the exception of three or four days. That being said, the domestic altercation involved three parties as the Lake Mary PD stated- George, Shellie and her father David Bryant Dean. It is reported that George punched Mr. Dean in his nose and grabbed Shellie's iPad from her hand and then cut it with a pocketknife.

What?! This is all very violent, all within the scope of what we've learned about this man. As much as I know and want this criminal to pay for the life he took that was not his for the taking, I know there has got to be more to this story. I have questions especially since Shellie Zimmerman, after conferring with her attorney, has decided NOT to press charges.

Questions & Things to Think About:

*Why was he there at his father-in-law's house?

*Why did he have a bodyguard in his truck with him, along with the gun he always has at the ready? (Did he think a cool tag team might happen?)

*Does George always travel with a body guard? If not, why this time? Is he afraid of his wife and father-in-law?

*Is someone threatening or forcibly persuading Shellie to change her mind so that she could get a peaceful divorce? (call it speculation if you so desire)

*George is pulled over twice for speeding, first in Texas where he is warned and told to close his glove compartment and not play with his gun. [insert confused face here] Second time, in Florida and is issued a $256 ticket. Yes, people speed BUT we're focusing on George. What's his rush? Was there a bodyguard there as well?

*Do you feel differently after hearing the jurors such as Juror B29 state things like "he got away with murder..."?

So many many many questions but let's start with those first.

What do you all think? COMMENT BELOW.

To read the articles or see the videos for yourselves click on any of the source links below:

ABC NEWS

http://abcnews.go.com/US/transcript-shellie-zimmermans-911-call/story?id=2020546

HUFFINGTON POST

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/09/shellie-zimmerman-911-call-george-zimmerman_n_3895831.html

HLNTV

http://www.hlntv.com/article/2013/09/09/george-zimmerman-trouble-again

CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/09/us/george-zimmerman-detained/

http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/25/justice/zimmerman-juror-b29-interview/index.html