The Predator | FULL EPISODE | The FBI Files

The case of Frank Atwood who kidnapped 8 year old, Vicki Lynne Hoskinson. Unravel the mystery alongside the FBI's greatest law enforcers and forensic scientists.
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Season 3 Episode 6: A stranger snatched an eight-year-old girl as she played in her Tucson, Arizona neighborhood. Within hours, police began to suspect a drifter who was out on parole for abducting children. He was nowhere to be found and time had, unfortunately, run out.
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[@gamertoo9441]

For anyone interested, Frank Jarvis Atwood was executed on June 8, 2022 in Arizona state prison. He was 66 years old.

[@craigime]

took way too long

[@elizabetholive589]

Thank you Arizona!

[@bigbowlowrong4694]

Neat

[@maryanndrella6296]

Good! Thank you for the info

[@BluesClues31]

That's so satisfying: long, hard years in prison, knowing that he'd never be getting out alive, and then the terror of being led down the hall to his death.

[@tonyaspain4719]

I grew up in the 70s and 80s. We walked to school by ourselves, starting in kindergarten. We played outside, unsupervised, until dusk. That was how it was back then. This mother did nothing wrong.

[@mattosullivan9687]

same for me in the 60s

[@Talletc]

It's the way it should still be done. That's the only way to raise a functioning human. Look what helicopter parents have raised! A whole generation of lazy crazy socialist freaks

[@nenaj1]

I agree. I grew up in those times too.

[@yougotgamesonyourphone6947]

And that’s why there were so many cold cases for children in the 60s-80s being abducted raped and murdered.

[@Lion_Hamza]

Lol home of the free and brave my ass! We have 2021 and our children walk till today alone to kindergarten and to school. America should change the country name to Yankeestan!

[@popazz1]

Atwood's mother, by agreeing to wire her monster of a son money, could very well have seriously hampered his apprehension or even allowed him to get clean way. Thankfully her husband did the correct thing and contacted the authorities. She knew why the police/ FBI wanted him in custody yet she still preferred to help him! What a sick individual.

[@TheSP33DFREAK]

It's hard for a parent to let go of their child. If you were put into the same situation they were, you would also have a hard time deciding.

[@Ash-hu5hb]

She is just as sick as him!!!

[@mikewilson6869]

@@TheSP33DFREAK (NOT EVEN IN THE NAME OF MY CHILDREN'S EVIL AND ESPECIALLY A LITTLE ANGEL-!!!!)

[@TheSP33DFREAK]

@@mikewilson6869 can you translate that into English, please? I have no idea what you just said.

[@proudmilitarybrat76]

@@TheSP33DFREAK nope. I have 5 kids. I taught them right from wrong. I told them they can never do anything that would make me not love them and they will have my support, but if they do something wrong, they have to accept the consequences for it. When my oldest son was 4, he stoled a candy bar from Safeway. I didn't know he took it until a couple hours later when we got home. I explained to him that he knew it was wrong and he had to go back to the store and tell them what he did. He asked me if he was going to go to jail and I told him I didn't know what they were going to do, but he will have to deal with whatever they do, but no matter what, I would support him through it. The manager was an awesome lady who had raised 6 kids and appreciated the lesson I was trying to teach him, so she told him if he picked up the garbage in the parking lot for 30 minutes she would accept it as payment for the candy bar. I paid for the candy (I didn't tell my son) and I held the garbage bag, as he picked up the garbage. I explained to him that I love him, so I will support him (by holding the bag), but he has to pick up the garbage because it was his consequence for choosing to steal. My son is 24 now and to this day, he still thanks me for that lesson. If he was to commit crimes, it would be handled the same way. I would visit him in prison, pay for an attorney, put money on his books, etc.... and support him any way I could, but he has to do the time because he chose to do wrong.

[@pslinky]

I was 12 yrs old and living in Tucson when this happened. My younger cousin was friends with Vicki Lynn. She still posts about her on the anniversary of this. You didn't live in Tucson and not know about & be affected by this case. It was tragic and terrifying. Also this mom isn't a bad mom. The 70s & 80s were a different time. The rule was don't talk to strangers & be home before dark. That wasn't a small portion of parents it was most parents.

[@berninyberg8765]

Thanks for your comment...8 yrs old, daylight, 10 minutes, local neighborhood...pretty normal for 1984.

[@pslinky]

@@berninyberg8765 yup. There was even a known convicted child molester who lived close enough to my childhood home that I could see his house from mine. I was friends with his nephew. The rule was, stay away from that house, run if you see him , be home when the street lights came on. I'd ride my bike all around that neighborhood. It was a very different time for sure. I feel bad for Vicki Lynn's mom, you know everyone judges her and you know she probably also beats herself up about letting Vicki Lynn out of her sight. She doesn't need or deserve that judgement. 🙂

[@lorettasearcy1471]

I grew up during the 70s and 80s my parents were the same way

[@amrimonroe429]

Yes even in the 90s, it was very common practice. We were free children that played outside at every opportunity. Given that this was Vicky's Frist adventure out on her own, just goes to show how protective the mother was in this case at that time.

[@jamedlock83]

Liar.. . stop trying to get likes

[@rocioaguilera3555]

Jim Kallstrom from the New Yawk office passed away July the 3rd 2021, one month and 12 days ago. Rest in peace

[@pamelameeks3772]

In the 70's we played outside til dark. The 80's started it all. Now in 2020 if your grandkids accidentally walk outside and shut the door, you just about have a heart attack before you get the door open! Humans are a terrible species.

[@awakeandalive3020]

I have CCTV to watch my 4 year old grandson outside. ;) And yes, I remember being told to come home when it gets dark - I am a child of the 70's.

[@traciw.6044]

Claire exactly what I was thinking.

[@vickiehaper4615]

Yeah

[@mayani777]

The worst of all the species. I find it unimaginable how someone can take another's life let alone a defenseless child. Good Lord what has the world become. 💔

[@JoDo777]

@Pamela Meeks: You're ignorant. Humans are fine, it's sociopaths/narcissists/psychopaths you should worry about. They're NOT HUMAN

[@merkadioe9806]

Rest in heaven little Angel, Vickie..

[@joaquimrodriguez8961]

Not yet, Jesus will walk her there.

[@daisypenner4228]

Jodes Naughties wow have you no faith there is a god he’s real and you just need help to see him. God has a plan for people like this guy do so such horrible things to kids he will relive his most horrific days over and over again no need to be rub to people

[@daisypenner4228]

Trash Man it’s a good thing I was not talking to you then

[@darlenemichuk124]

@Jodes Naughties God is Good

[@michaelanderson7715]

"Rest in heaven little Angel, Vickie.." - demonstrate your sky-bullshit is real

[@proud_american3164]

Can we talk about the dad who was willing to give his son up to save a child. God bless him

[@ajayhelliwell5817]

So he should ffs

[@ceciliaarvizo740]

He should have protected his own son from being molested

[@Wendellv57]

@@ceciliaarvizo740 bs excuse

[@ceciliaarvizo740]

@@Wendellv57 bs excuse for? What exactly???

[@youmissed0-2]

That's cause us soldiers have something called integrity.

[@kheriandyou9132]

the killer mother makes me sick just like his son do smh good job dad

[@currencytrader4389]

Damn...can you imagine that?? First time out and she gets taken?! I swear, I'm micro-chipping any kids I have.

[@collectagirl8238]

SAME

[@amandasherman4140]

Any abductor knows that cell phones can be tracked and will likely get it off the child and get rid of it before anyone even knows something is wrong. Or they'll turn it off and pull the card. Cell phones DO NOT MAKE CHILDREN SAFER.

[@swallowedinthesea11]

Micro GPS chips made for humans should be developed.

[@mahimarao868]

CurrencyTraderXAUUSD And for any BFF's they might have... these days you can't even trust the best friends

[@barbarabonnette2705]

I said that one time as I was walking away from a school function with my youngest son. This lady overheard me and said what a horrible person I was to suggest such a thing. Maybe it couldn’t hurt.

[@vjs4539]

The mom of the predator reminds me of my sister in law. She has a son who has molested all of his siblings and some of his cousins, yet his mom won't believe it, and sticks up for him. One day he'll get caught and end up in jail.

[@ajayhelliwell5817]

FFS the family should sort the effing perv themselves!

[@Cookiefac]

Have you reported this to the police ?

[@gracieamazing2076]

She probably molested him first and worries that he'll point at her too.

[@PollyGammy]

When my daughter was this little and she wanted to do stuff alone, I said absolutely not. At 11-12, I allowed it, but I was that creeper mom that was stalking behind in bushes watching her. Fuck that. I never, ever let my guard down. I walked my daughter to the bus stop until she was a junior in high school. After that, my ass was watching from the porch. I’m not blaming this mother, it’s a damn shame you can’t allow your kids to walk 5 mins down the road alone. It’s gotta be unbelievably painful for her.

[@zek7353]

Exactly! I grew up in the 80s and my mom never allowed me to run errands or go off alone when I was just eight years old. 12 was the age where she granted more independence.

[@deniserossiter1059]

Me too!! I’m the same way!! I grew up in the 80’s w/ the constant horror stories of Adam Walsh, Jacob Wetterling, Johnny Gosch Amy Mihaljevic!! We were so conscious of it that we would see a van in our neighborhood & just run & tell our mom or dad. It’s crazy how many kids were taken back then.

[@chrisgillette1260]

Your what a great mom should be 🙂

[@madilynramos5720]

You let your daughter go alone at 11 years old? 🥴 stupid.

[@Cynnas]

STFU and stop victim blaming. Statistics show children are at more risk at home with family and known people than from strangers on the street. I'm 52 and walked to school at 6 and spend the majority of my childhood outside in a big city suburbs, we all did. Today is no different aside from actually being more safe than 30 years ago. Your kids are at more risk at the hands of your family than a random guy on thr streets

[@cherrillodge28]

I will never understand how man or woman can hurt or kill a child ; it’s heartbreaking god bless you and your family ❤️

[@ceciliaarvizo740]

Atwood was molested as a child fyi

[@emilywiebel3238]

The teacher super observant and attentive to think to write the license plate down.

[@SassyShell13]

I was born in 81 and was allowed to run free and just had to be home when the street lights came on, but I had my daughter in 2006 and never let her out of my sight. It's sad how much times changed. My daughter and I had totally different childhoods in totally different worlds.. smh.

[@aude2sapere]

The risks were the exact same, our parents just didn't realize it or didn't care

[@TarekElsheky-np3xz]

❤❤❤

[@wt1370]

3 minutes and 02 seconds in and as a dad this is already breaking my heart . Dear lord , evil walks among us.

[@azerkahn]

Same here. As a dad with a little daughter, I had to pause the video here and take a couple of deep breaths. I know exactly the kind of pride they're talking about, and how much this moment would've meant to that little girl, and how happy and excited she must have been. I literally can't even imagine how someone could want to hurt her.

[@ebrosie3736]

I feel so sad for the victim and her family. Thank God his father did the right thing. I wonder if he regretted it after his son got the death penalty, and I also wonder if his marriage survived.

[@lerniewojack8348]

My heart breaks for the investigators, parents and friends of this precious little girl. May our Lord comfort thrm.

[@coolstoryari8538]

If I ever lost my child I wouldn’t be able to ever be myself again let alone have the courage to even move forward.... my heart goes out to all parents families for ever losing their loved ones... and shame on these heartless human beings that don’t value love and life enough to live and let live...

[@joanodom2104]

It is the most painful experience possible, but, we have to find a way to continue on. Especially if there is a sibling. Some days it is unbearable and I can scarcely breathe. My daughter needs me now. But she understands when I have the occasional day where I simply can't rise from my bed...

[@INSHERRYSOPINION]

This is sad, but great also. Never let a child’s life be forgotten. Turn the tragedy into a purpose, a law, or a cause.

[@moserfugger6363]

Sadly Jim "Nu Yawk awfice" Kallstrom died on July 3, 2021. 78 years old. Rest in peace, Jim! Thanks for being a legend! We'll always remember you. Greetings from Germany.

[@nzchrisvaughan]

It's weird seeing these actors be the criminal in one episode, and then the detective in another episode.

[@matteoforrester5398]

My feet sweating thinking about if this was to happen to my son These predators should get life in prison so they don't reoffend

[@saltpepper2556]

I cant imagined the horror the mother felt when she knew her daughter is gone.

[@makeapathpresents]

Lmao, the one detective in this was the Road Sniper from another video I just watched.

[@АрсенийГазарянц-н1п]

Yea that's true

[@246madridista6]

🤣I was saying he looked familiar

[@АрсенийГазарянц-н1п]

@@246madridista6 not familiar bro it's the same guy

[@CatholicHousewife2017]

🤣 when we're able to identify the actors, clearly we watch too much 🤣

[@cherylfisher7264]

HiPoint45acp and

[@bryantperezsanchez8113]

Thanks for the consistent uploads, I don’t have cable

[@jmill6618]

I'm sure Vicki Lynne is so proud her mamma's STILL a fighter

[@w.m.t.4897]

I keep wondering if the cops asked the lady from the toy store what the little girl was wearing and if it matched the moms account

[@Natalia-jt8em]

A witness saw a man with a child and left alone and no questions about that appears

[@newyorkusa9155]

I feelfor her losing my only child, and son, 2015, though he was older , no mother should endure that pain, its indescribable torture, there in heaven now, I'm so sorry RIP AMEN

[@jeffwright1722]

Parents please watch your children at all times. Predators are constantly searching areas looking for that one moment they can take a child. Watch them at all times. Heartbreaking story that keeps repeating itself day after day in this broken world.

[@nathanadams4296]

You can’t wrap kids up in cotton wool sorry my daughter is 13 can’t keep her in likes prisoner cos iof these vile ppl they shud be in jail

[@jeffwright1722]

@@nathanadams4296 Huh???????????????????????????

[@maryjanebrown4667]

Every era and every neighborhood are “safe” until they aren’t.

[@HdHd-cg4nz]

@Nathan Adams You’re a shit dad.

[@dragoon0705]

My parents let me walk to the store alone once when I was around 8. But like good parents they followed me from afar. to make sure I was safe.

[@craigime]

so you didn't walk alone

[@lilianfowler7988]

Approximately 1970 my cousin and I were walking home from elementary school. A young man with dark hair and a beard stopped and asked us if we wanted some candy and to get in the car. I was seven and tired and hungry after school and would have. But my cousin who was one year older yelled "You are a stranger! I am going to tell." We ran 3 blocks to my house and told my mom. She didn't call the police but told us we had done the right thing. Later, when my kids were young, I asked her and she didn't remember. I was much more careful about my children. They were born when Adam Walsh was missing. Why do we realise physiological predators like this? Anyone who would kidnap and or molest a child doesn't belong in society. Registries are not enough. Even if they were traumatized as children they carry the poison.

[@afoleyyasmin9280]

This investigators really do well in their job. How the manage to sketch the description of a person to match the physical appearance of that same person is really cool

[@lisaricci4779]

The father was a brigadier general, where did this monster 👹 come from? Mom is a wack job.

[@beatriceloss6333]

The 3 year old boy & gimteacher were very smart and helpful. Vicky looked so delightful & happy only 8 why ?

[@kiki29073]

I was 14 when this happened. I remember the days when we were free to run the roads in our neighborhoods. From the time I was 6 years old I walked home from school alone, walked to the store, my friends houses up to a couple miles away, rode bikes even futher. I remember this happening. It eas one of the reasons parents started being more steict on their kids. It's sad that kids can't be free like we were.

[@qp2qp226]

Some dont remember this... But there was a time in america when locking your doors was not a instinct or habit. It just didnt need to happen, communities where really that communities people helped people watched each others kids while they ran errands and so forth. Over time criminals and reporting on it has increased over the years, which has shifted communities from being friendly and helped to quiet and fearful. What we do today is a result of exposing the horrors some people will go to to fulfill themselfs in this life. Keep your kids close as more and more people are found to be unstable in their heads.

[@Kirsten_is_cursed10]

There were still plenty of crimes happening in the past, you were just unaware of it at the time. I’d rather the numbers be accurately reported than look back at the past through rose-colored glasses which does nothing to help any of the actual issues in the present.

[@qp2qp226]

@@Kirsten_is_cursed10 Hey there snowflake you acting as if your better then everyone else when speaking. Especially when your talking to someone from a older generation, which is a problem for a lot of young people like your self, you think you know everything and us old timers dont have a clue. And the accurate numbers your looking for is called history book pick up a book and read a bit. I forgot pampered kids now days expect everything to be handed to them. Have a wonderful day snowflake if there are any problems I'm sure theres a safe place for you somewhere.

[@nenaj1]

@@qp2qp226 So true. These youngins dont understand.

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

Crime is lower today. Your ability to hear about it is another story of course.

[@andrewgehl5913]

Last year Atwood got executed, justice finally got served

[@fionagregory8078]

This programme started me off liking crime shows.

[@Hey___you]

The music is so loud that it's difficult to hear the dialogue.

[@muthuicyrus]

You are not meant to hear the dialogue. It is only for dramatization purposes. The actors don't have a script

[@vmm5163]

Yes, I can't hear the mumbling narrator over the loud music either. It's all the way through the video ☹️☹️

[@vmm5163]

@@muthuicyrus Not meant to hear the dialogue? There's a narrator barely audible through the entire thing !!

[@Hey___you]

cyrusville Well, that’s just silly. Why have any voiceover at all if you’re not meant to hear it?

[@Hey___you]

EviLLivE Clan Get a grip on yourself. My “tv” is just fine.

[@nofunone1]

you never ever ever let your little girl go out alone never never

[@inkyguy]

@Ben Lynch , society is actually safer than its been in 50 years. In fact, “stranger danger” crimes against children have remained constant throughout history. Albert Fish committed his crimes horrific crimes against children over a hundred years ago - back in “the good old days.” What has changed is our PERCEPTION of danger. We are now finding many children become adults without well developed executive functioning capacity because they have not had to practice making decisions for themselves.

[@rhiannonrede]

Atwood's mother reminds me of Brian Laundrie's mother. Luckily, Atwood's father turned him in & they could catch him.

[@zohraqasimi898]

No parent should have to go through this! :(

[@legitbeans9078]

I feel so bad for the mother. I can't even imagine how much she beat herself up for letting that innocent Little girl out on her first excursion... Awful 😓

[@LoveeZahraaa]

I really hoped Vicki would return to her family safe. 😔

[@tarantulabunnydog]

Thanks for posting this

[@RicTic66]

Poor sweet kid. RIP Vicki x

[@gracieporter3648]

This sad i be watching my daughter an son like a hawk i don't play at all i don't even let them go around the corner when they riding their bikes especially my lil girl

[@desereeballentineaustinbla6402]

Then Frank atwood never ever in the first place be out of Jail.He needed too been in Prison

[@frankrubio1546]

I love the diligence of the FBI! I wouldn’t want to have any other justice system in the world.

[@LMTMarta]

Pedophiles should be shut immediately when found guilty

[@amadujalloh6287]

Thanks for the subtitles

[@johnsnider2812]

Never allow any child go out of the house on their own even for a small distance unaccompanied by an adult!!!

[@erikasmith8010]

I would never let my 8 year old child go no where by herself i don't care how far it is.

[@thomasnorton2679]

Now Frank Atwood has an execution date of 28th September. Let's finally get justice for Vicki.

[@GlamRockCowboy]

Frank Atood has exhausted his appeals. Now aged 65,he remains on Arizona's Death Row, while the State of Arizona continues to work on the legal details of his execution.

[@TheNaijaboy007]

... that's sick!

[@briellebardot5252]

One minute in an the victim blaming begins: when is a female child old enough to briefly go outside alone?”Never” in this twisted perspective because girls and women of all ages get murdered, almost always by MEN. When is a man human enough to be allowed outside without supervision?

[@craigime]

what are you even talking about

[@thomasnorton2679]

Go all the way Arizona. Don't stop justice for Vicki Lynn now.

[@madisonfox8542]

He had a long hair like a woman so the kid thought he was a woman always a predator stays a predator

[@candybroughtitup]

24:53 You just said she tried to kidnap a baby! 🙄

[@virgoqueen0911]

right && she was released..smh

[@kellymarieapplebee]

I don’t experience this often if at all with these cases but for the first time in a long time of reading and watching these horrendous cases, I really was holding out hope that this beautiful little girl was going to be found alive, maybe it was how quick her abduction was reported, I don’t know but it inevitably broke my heart all the same. I hope Vicky is at peace and whilst I can’t expect the same for her poor mother and family as grieving is something you cannot process but learn to live with, I hope so much her loved ones have been able to find the happiness they deserve in life ❤️

[@normanpinnock8374]

Atwood mother should go to jail too that's a evil mother I hope helll got a place for her

[@lewthrasher4194]

Stories like this should be shown to kids . Just to many sick ,evil people on this planet.

[@japankofun]

It's really sad that things like this seem to happen all too often in countries like the US and Australia where we have to be so worried about young kids being outside without being supervised. I was amazed when I first came to Japan to see children clearly much younger than 10 catching trains by themselves, going to convenience stores, riding bikes around etc. - it's an every day, normal thing (and an independence that helps kids mature faster too). Yes there are also sickos, perverts and weirdos in Japan and it's definitely no utopia, but it's a shame that many other societies can't achieve that level of every day safety (safety for adults too, not only children).

[@MyriamRichardsdotter]

In Japan, having s3x with a 13 year old is legal. That’s why so mich hentai and loli p0rn depicts little girls, it’s about appealing to ped0s. If a western man is into anime p0rn, he’s probably a ped0

[@ishtyaqali5164]

Back in 70'80'and 90! They are the most safest Time kids Play in summer hot days and summer short nights'and even in dark winter cool night they go in group to watch TV in neigbhood' but when such vicious event occurred it terrorisd us and parents' the time was very simple with lack of internet and social media and communicatve source it is very hard to find such beast' Now we have everything advance but elder greation still miss this simple time' you bring me tears 😭 R.I.P honey Lots of love from Pakistan

[@bluefaery1865]

Her house has a mailbox with a flag on it to tell the postman there is mail they need delivered. SMH

[@undenkz]

The detective was the sniper actor on other episodes.

[@nabdone6947]

First kid goes missing, so mom sends next kid to look for first kid. Are you kidding me

[@treyb7530]

Hart breaking 🖤. We should go back to Hanging on the Court House lawn. A week after the sentence .

[@megh9263]

I used to scoff in my head @ parents who made their children wear connected wrists bracelets "child leashes". I'm officially that millennial mom that just ordered connected wrist bracelets for my kid due to these shows.

[@zaodedong9935]

When I eventually have a family, my child will definitely be taught how to use a knife, and encouraged to carry one. My child will be made aware, it's your life or their's, show no mercy stab deep and repeatedly.

[@craigime]

careful your kid doesn't turn into a psycho or gets thrown in jail

[@zaodedong9935]

@@craigime all kids should know how to use a knife in my opinion. Kidnappers would have to think twice if they thought little Jimmy, or Jenny was gonna cut them from asshole to appetite.

[@Raul_Gajadhar]

Thanks God for the gym teacher and the father. I really want to thank the Audio engineers of this program for making the former head of the fbi James Kallstrom sound like a mumbling idiot in the background. Apparently that was what they were going for?

[@GoldRangerFanGirl35]

I can understand what he is saying perfectly & he is not mumbling either

[@noteatingpets2024]

I never told my sons there were no monsters. I taught my sons that anyone can be a monster and never trust a stranger that walks up to you to talk or ask for help or directions. Run away... Sheltering children from the realities of life can get them killed. Always have a password with your child and if a stranger says to your child "Your mom told me to pick you up" if they do not know the password never go with them. But this monster struck Vicki with his car, she never had a chance. We as parents must teach "Stranger Danger" Her dad was my sons soccer coach in the early 90's.

[@safiremorningstar]

I remember this as if it was yesterday I lived in Tucson at the time I was a teenager and I remember less than a week before Kathy Fritz have been nabbed off literally her front yard and her body was found I think three or four days after she was snatched; people were worried because of what happened to Kathy Fritz but nobody ever mentions anything and I don't think her murderer was ever found.

[@Quacks0]

Mrs. Hoskinson's remarks at the end of the episode always puzzled me; I never understood what was significant about the helicopter? What does it have to do with the story?

[@NurseArielPhysiotherapists]

Hey, i recognized the detective wearing eye glasses, he also act as killer in the previous episode.

[@aqua40jjc43]

Lol

[@ixora81]

This my first time seeing crime documentary which police takes action without delay.. " 90 mins after reported " Great

[@ShanieCakesss]

8:27 but do they take these things seriously ...I think not

[@Poeticdimples_]

They don’t take rape or child molesters serious in the justice system it’s sad!!!!!

[@enjoyingmyvodka1013]

At least her body was recovered. What was left of that beautiful little girl. RIP

[@chopzmasta07]

Convicted child molesters should never be released. Ever. If a dog growls at a child it is put down. Why are child molesters allowed to walk free?

[@topsirloin4209]

They should cut their dicks off.

[@chutzpah5603]

@@topsirloin4209 I assure you I would not oppose to that idea however it would not stop the crimes against children or of rape. Those crimes are considered violent crimes. The offenders would still have the sexual drive and still have the violent urges against children. They could still kidnap and molest and torture and intimidate and murder their victims. Lock them up and throw away the key. They still might get loose. I would vote in a positive conviction that they get the death penalty. They are NEVER cured and ALWAYS repeat their crime. It is such an evil.. dark crime that you can't cure these people and certainly a few months in jail or prison will not deter them. It's an evil all consuming possession.

[@topsirloin4209]

chutzpah awesome! Let's kill them all

[@kennyclauw9713]

growls?biting them you mean??

[@queencersei2644]

I agree with the child molester part. However you can not compare them to dogs. Dogs are shaped by the humans or lack of of humans around them. Dogs learn to either love or fear us based on what we do or fail to do. I rehabilitate abused, abandoned, and dogs that have been taught to be aggressive. None of it is because the dog has done something wrong, it is always the human who is at fault.

[@PhuongHuynh-qm5th]

People who are attracted to kids should be locked up forever. There’s no “cure” for these scums of the earth.

[@maribart4237]

Depends … personally I think they can be helped before offending.

[@cefarther3945]

@@maribart4237 Dear God, grow up!

[@cefarther3945]

phuong: Atwood is getting the death penalty 6/8/2022 in AZ. Frank Atwood, justice for Vicki.

[@Joshtow167]

You spelled shot wrong

[@rae6982]

@@maribart4237 only if they knew from the very start (when they had their first thoughts of it) that they needed help. if they dont acknowledge that they need help, then they won't be able to receive help. i read a story of a guy who got help extremely early on into his foul thoughts, and he was able to overcome all of it

[@debbiecarlson9514]

After reading all the comments I felt compelled to respond not that you deserve my response. For those who are criticizing the mother for allowing Vicki Lynne to go by herself, be careful about pointing your finger because when you look at your hand you have 3 pointing back at you. This was 1984 not 2020. A very different time where kids were able to play without worry. Vicki Lynne’s case changed that scenario in Tucson, innocence was taken away that day from all the children. Parents changed on what their children were allowed to do! Also Vicki was not your average 8 year old! How do I know this? Because I am her mother, I hope and pray you never have to live with a decision that ends up taking your child’s life. Until then you will never understand. In 1984 our children walked to school, played outside, rode their bikes everywhere! She took the exact same route she walked to school everyday except when the weather was bad! She beamed riding away, that I trusted her to go by herself. And yes, her last words were, “I love you momma”, we told our children that every night before bed. This mother, as some of you are calling me stupid, her fault, irresponsible, lazy, deserved to lose her daughter, etc, did nothing wrong! All your name calling is so further from the truth! You don’t even know me or our family. The perpetrator (a convicted sex offender) did everything wrong! He made the choice to knock my daughter off her bike with his car, kidnap her with the intention to rape and kill her, which he did within 30 minutes of abduction! Where does his responsibility and accountability lay?! It would of been that little 3 year old boy that witnessed the abduction if Vicki had not come along. It took me 7 years , 6 nervous breakdowns later to realize where the blame really laid! On Frank Jarvis Atwood! Not me! She laughs during the interview..... Don’t judge till you’ve been thru it! These interviews were the hardest thing to do.....you relive it. It’s not a laughing per say but a protective energy that goes thru you to protect you from falling apart. I know, that was me in that interview. What you don’t know is I had a complete breakdown and hospitalized for 30 days after that interview. But you are the experts on how to deal with a horrific tragedy as this! I did not seek attention or request these interviews. I was asked to do them. Why, because they saw I was trying to make something positive come out of a very negative tragedy. My daughter was not going to have died in vain! Her life meant something! What laws were changed..... I was an active part of the “Dangerous crimes against children Bill” that was passed in Arizona in the late 80s. Making mandatory sentencing on any crimes against children under the age of 15. It wasn’t the strongest law but it was a start. I testified before the AZ House & Senate to get this passed. In 1990, the Victims bill of Rights was passed by the voters of Arizona. Vicki’s case was a full force on the passing. We worked hard and were diligent to do something positive. During our trial, we did not have the rights that victims have now because of it. It was not easy spilling you guts and reliving your tragedy to make a difference but I did it for Vicki and our communities. I worked closely with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. I testified before US Congress on behalf of the Center for future federal funding. Through the center I privately worked with other families going through what we did. Buddy system.......yes I broke my own rules twice in one day. Do I deserve your tongue lashings.....do you not think I had to live with that?! As a parent sometimes we make wrong/bad decisions. Are you perfect? I LOST my daughter, she was raped and brutally murdered! Her throat sliced, her heart stabbed, I know her last words! How? Because, he wrote it down and verbally confessed to 3 different inmates at different times with the same story! Our 3 year old son was sleeping at the time and literally woke up to a house full of police. What do you think that did to him. I didn’t abandon my children! I have fought for 35+years for justice for my daughter! We are closer now to execution than we ever have been. He has lost all of his appeals and a year ago tried to start all over. His case just got dismissed last week. It’s time for him to die as his sentence was given. The reason the death penalty doesn’t work is because of all the frivolous appeals that are allowed and continued at our families emotional expense. He should of been executed 20 years ago but too many bleeding hearts trying to stop it! I know because I/we have lived it. September 17, 2020 will be 36 years! I would of loved to have had 36 more years with her! We have 3 other children who are now all responsible, law abiding adults with children over the ages of 8 except one. I think as parents we’ve done an exceptional job with our kids. We are hands on grandparents to 6! We are a close family. We have suffered enough emotionally, physically & financially. The stress is not one I would wish on anyone. It would take me days to explain what we have gone through. How have we survived? Because of Gods Grace. We know we will be with Vicki Lynne again when we leave this earth. I’d like to say thank you to the ones with the kind words. For those who saw fit to bash me, I forgive you because you have no clue and I pray you never have to experience what we have or make a wrong decision in your life. God Bless you. From a very strong mother who only gets her strength from God. #dontforgetvickilynne #justice4vickilynne #loveneverforgets 💝💖 Oh by the way, Coach Hall quit teaching that year. Two years later became a full time pastor. We keep in touch on a regular basis. We are survivors. 💝✝️💖

[@jillthespy9750]

Debbie god bless you. I grew up in Tucson in the same area as Vicki. I have thought of her story over the years. It certainly did change the way the people of Tucson thought back then. Thank you for all you have done to make change in our community. I am so sorry you have to even remotely defend yourself to these online trolls. I know Vicki is watching over all of you. She is proud of the parents, grandparents, survivors you all are.

[@debbiecarlson9514]

Jill The Spy, Thank you for your kind words. God Bless you. Debbie

[@kmarch6630]

@@jillthespy9750 You don't owe the trolls any justification for what happened. Trolls thrive on being instigators. Thank you for all you have done for children everywhere

[@barbarastephens494]

Debbie Carlson Debbie, you are so correct! In the days I was a child (late 50’s early 60’s etc), we were allowed to go anywhere, and had to be home by dark, when the streetlights came on! We all had bikes, were in and out of friends homes, our home, had no fear of anyone snatching us! This was small town (8,000 pop) Iowa and I NEVER recall anyone being snatched, molested, anything like that! I only recall accidental shootings, maybe one every three yrs., maybe 4, as everyone had guns/rifles. Those days are my fondest memories! We did have one weird guy my mom warned us about, and I remember going by his house fast, never slowing, but I don’t recall him ever hurting any kids so I have no idea how my mom knew to warn us about him! But what you did Debbie, was not at all unusual! My mom was the best and loved us more than life! If she had thought we were ever in danger, she would’ve never let us go anywhere alone, JUST LIKE YOU! I raised my sons in the 80’s-90’s! While I didn’t let them go too far I would let them bike to the local store, post office, to their friends homes, in our neighborhood! You can’t protect your children from everything! If you smother them, give them no freedoms, in my opinion, you will kill their soul! Sometimes you can fear death so much, you don’t actually live! Debbie, you said your little angel was beaming with pride as she biked away...she knew she was loved! What a beautiful memory to hold on to! I’ve always taught my sons, it’s not the quantity of years we all live, it’s the quality of life we live! Your little girl had more love in her short life than many children experience in a lifetime! You are so right, in going on and making changes in the laws that allow these evil human beings to be free to do this over and over! Personally, I think if they are released, it should be to some island, where they can all live with those like them, and away from all other humans! Had this monster been put on that island, your beautiful little girl would still be here, with you! Your strength to carry on is so admirable! If anything had happened to either of my sons, I pray I would’ve been as strong as you! My son is a soldier at Fort Huachuca and his fiancée, and I have met him in Tucson to spend time w/him! My other son lived w/his wife and son many yrs in Tucson! We all loved it there! Debbie, please don’t let others determine who you are! YOU KNOW YOU WERE A GOOD MOM, your daughter was a beautiful little vision of you! Celebrate her life, all she gave/taught to others who knew her, her beaming little face full of joy and confidence! Reach out to other families who may need your strength and wisdom, and change what laws you can! Vicky gave her life but imagine how many lives have been changed with those laws, saved, and better as a result of Vicky, you, her daddy, and all those she touched in her life! Just like my soldier son, is doing everyday, Vicky was enjoying her life doing what she wanted to do! Imagine if she had lived a life of abuse, very little love if any, and died. There was nothing you or Vicky could’ve done any different that day! What you did after, has made a difference! Vicky would be very proud of you and all who loved her! 😁❤️

[@4brookeevelyn]

Bless your heart ❤️ You are amazingly strong. Don’t give trolls a second thought, they aren’t worth it. I don’t think I’d make it if I lost one of my kids that way, it’s my biggest fear. Times really changed since I was a kid and it’s just heartbreaking how unsafe the world is. Much love and prayers to you and yours.

[@_bupe425]

When they found Vicki’s skull, they said a witness had seen him go into that area with a child and then come out alone. Why in the hell didn’t they say something to the police bc I’m sure his face was plastered all over the news??

[@moserfugger6363]

Because many people living in those areas have drug problems etc. and avoid contact with the police.

[@moserfugger6363]

@Valarie The kind you would marry if you could It's not an excuse, it's a fact.

[@PAULLONDEN]

That might seem a reasonable assumption....but don't forget that large parts of "God's Cuntry" are lawless hellholes where state troopers consider the regular public as their enemy. No one in their right or wrong mind will seek contact with law enforcement ,even for fear they might be accused for the crime they are reporting. Although one should've reported it anonymous .

[@candybroughtitup]

and he was covered in blood.

[@RawOlympia]

@@feitme the pastor was the break they needed, he was a sharp man in the park, and cracked the case, but you are right!! Too many idiotS!

[@aminasaidmo]

Credit to the teacher who wrote down the car plates number and the father who told the police about this monsters whereabouts

[@helenkruse]

Amina>> I said that too. His mother was going to help him run and hide. She should have been arrested and made an example of too,so maybe the next one thinking of helping a demon hide and escape will turn them in. My child or not, I'd have to turn them in. When they become adults, they are responsible for what they do, not the parents. The parents are responsible for how they raised those children though,and they answer on the Other Side to Our Father for that too.

[@de3182]

Took courage from both men to follow their instincts and come forward.

[@corneliawissing7950]

@@de3182, I remember, some few years ago, about a Muslim father who saw a news item that police in France were looking for the owner of a car parked near the Notre Dame Cathedral, filled with containers of gas. He called the police to say it was his car, being used by his daughter. He didn't know she wanted to blow up the cathedral. And I thought to myself this was a real, proper father. But it must be heartbreaking to turn in one's own child.

[@vetterealname-trudyosamare5328]

Yes they was going to get him anyway.

[@benphillips126]

cornelia wissing ggg iiiiii

[@diannekareensarvida3149]

Sex offenders should never be eligible for parole 😡

[@georgecarberry9222]

So true!!!

[@georgecarberry9222]

Certain types of criminals should just be eliminated one way or another. Why should society be forced to continue to bear the financial burden of the care of certain societal outcasts?

[@yiannishadjiloizou5501]

The Law is flexible with monsters with good lawyers. Mother tried to protect her son while father gave him to police

[@Justme_1221]

💯. Certain crimes should get people removed from society…PERIOD…

[@badazzbarbiePOV]

@@yiannishadjiloizou5501 yet apparently 3 strikes only applies to drug dealers weird huh

[@foleyoni]

He remains on Death Row. Atwood got married, at age 35, on Dec. 17, 1991, to Rachel Lee Tenny, 29, of Tucson. The marriage, witnessed by Atwood's mother, was performed inside prison. If I live to be 500 years old, I'll never understand these kind of women.

[@NutsNBerries]

David Foley exactly....how could you be attracted to someone like that

[@vickyhelgren6972]

Agree with you.. I think it's because it is a safe commit for them they know where the guy is, and they have problems with a real relationship...

[@foleyoni]

@@vickyhelgren6972 we can all feel lonely at times but why search for the worst person possible? Lots of men are in prison and safely behind bars for other reasons. Lots of male and female prisoners are also lonely. What gets me is women who intentionally seek out the worst. Please explain.l

[@melanieachsen7549]

She probably thinks that she is the one thats gonna change him, Like most other women with a “BAD boy”. I know its not normal, but women do that...

[@arantzaayastuy4]

Me too

[@celticlofts]

I've always believed that anyone who fails to disclose the location of their victims should not be entitled to time off for good behavior, parole or any comforts in prison. They should sit in solitary confinement with no books, tv or anything else. They should pay a huge price for their silence. Sadly we live under a criminal justice system that says it's not a violation of a person's human rights to sentence them to death, but it is a violation of their human rights to take their books and tv away from them.. Go figure..

[@ckoritko]

This comment should have WAY more likes.

[@sualhurtado2972]

very well said.

[@4brookeevelyn]

Agree!

[@melissahardeman294]

Me too it’s sad

[@ahoy8888]

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[@simplyalexis594]

It’s amazes me that anyone actually thinks a sex offender won’t reoffend… like why is this person even let out to begin with.

[@korab.23]

It has the highest incidence of repeat offending. This is why it's so important to press charges when something happens.

[@PlatinumIrishrose]

It also amazes me when drunk drivers kill people and get off with warnings to not do it again. Our "justice" system is not set up to help the victims get help, it's the other way around. Only we can change it. ❤

[@bigoz1734]

People think that because he "found god" he's now innocent. There's a massive push to write a plea against his conviction. Whether or not he killed the girl, it's highly likely he did. And he's a monster. In some ways his execution is God's punishment on him for his previous crimes.

[@nuzzi6620]

@@bigoz1734 There’s tons of evidence he didn’t do it though, and some FBI agents have said the accusations were fabricated…

[@badazzbarbiePOV]

because of jail crowding u know all those drug dealers filling it up oh and they say good behavior. Well duh ! they’re no kids in prison of course they behaved

[@maryannswanson3832]

These molesters are repeat offenders and end up killing the child! SO my question is, WHY are they always released!?!?! The judges that release these demons should be held accountable!!

[@sachdevkaurbala9705]

Right on

[@cynthiaisako]

Exactly !!! These disgusting creeps need to be locked up FOREVER.

[@tonyvision4137]

Drug dealers get more time & be terrified to touch them again after release. Then u got molesters that no matter how much time they get, they go right back to it after release

[@JoDo777]

It's intentional

[@vickiehadd4324]

Because there is always some bleeding heart psychiatrist saying they’re rehabilitated and safe for society when in fact they are NOT!! SO THEY REPEAT OFFEND AND SOMEONE ELSES CHILD GETS MURDERED.

[@danilamonteiro8746]

Repeat after me " child predators must die"

[@mattjohnson8090]

Epstein to

[@lindapalmer6189]

Child predators must die

[@brianrodney712]

This apology for a human being had been paroled only five months before he murdered this girl. He had served only three years for a sexual offense against a young boy. The time has come for members of parole boards to accept responsibility for their decisions to release paedophiles from prison.

[@mahimarao868]

brian rodney Pedos should never even be considered for parole... world is a lot safer with them behind bars

[@bokani79]

I think the parole board needs to make peace with their demons

[@amorrissey9264]

Has anything changed yet...😭 it would be nice to have a Thanos snapping his fingers to make every single garbage human disappear for good!

[@georgecarberry9222]

Here here!!!

[@monabrallier5494]

Because of something just like that here in Pennsylvania many years ago now for someone to be paroled it HAS TO BE A UNANIMOUS DECISION BY ALL MEMBERS OF THE PAROLE BOARD! Someone was released and then killed someone not long after making the law as such as it is Now!

[@Jsatchel2010]

The little boy that saw the kidnap thought that he was a woman because he had long hair.

[@darlenemichuk124]

So sad.......................................

[@charlitacampbell9185]

@NillyC 3 year olds cant stereotype

[@ultimatewitcherfan6677]

At 3 years old, he was too young to distinguish between a male with long hair and a female. Kids that young don’t yet have the mental capabilities to recall all the details about an event they witnessed.

[@admiralgeneralaladeen8830]

29:10 dad is a hero, its not snitching if it has to do with pedos!!

[@TheNaijaboy007]

...a criminal deserve no father.

[@Anna-br9jt]

His dad did everything right, his mom should be held accountable for not calling the police right away and trying to send him money.

[@craigime]

lol what are you talking about? this "no snitching" crap is what's killing neighborhoods

[@brianrodney712]

I think that this monster's father had reached the end of his tether with the trouble that his son has brought to his family., that is the reason he assisted the police i to find him

[@RickRobinCagnaan]

My speculation as to why Frank Atwood's father betrayed him to the Feds was that this crime brought shame upon his family.

[@TheNaijaboy007]

Soldiers have limits of taking shit!

[@dianamakori]

It is so wrong that he was let out of prison in the first place. Child abduction shouldn't be pardoned. If he had been given life the first time, this would never have happened.

[@inkyguy]

If you guarantee life you are encouraging abductors to harm their victims. For instance, if you ensure the harshest penalty for just kidnapping alone, then the abductor has much to gain and little to lose by killing the child. That’s not the behavior you want to encourage.

[@vickiehaper4615]

You got that right

[@cynthiaisako]

@@inkyguy that’s a great point. It’s so difficult. I wish all these monsters didn’t exist and leave us alone.

[@catdooley4616]

@@inkyguy And yet with shorter sentences more of these monsters are let back onto the streets and statistically speaking, unless someone cracks the case immediately, the kidnapper usually kills their victim. I doubt very much sentencing encourages or discourages these monsters from doing what they want to do, if it did, they wouldn't do it in the first place.

[@craigime]

@@inkyguy lol what kind of reasoning is that? giving them a hard punishment is encouraging them to kill kids? get outta here

[@chriscross5617]

They should interview the members of the parole board who set him free

[@tiwonnasims8206]

White supremacist doing for sure if it's true, hard to believe.

[@dwightstewart7181]

@@tiwonnasims8206 .. Oh, fuck you. Keep your filthy, racist, views to yourself. White supremacy, hell race itself, had nothing to do with this. Your hateful views won't change that, you stupid damn twit.

[@heyya5447]

ABSOLUTELY! They should #1 be kicked off the parole board #2 check any other parolees they granted it to and look into their history and any unsolved crimes to see if there is a correlation #3 why are rapists/pedophiles/murderers/kidnappers EVER set free and I personally know people sitting in prison for 20-LIFE over a few pounds of marijuana. Our justice system is majorly flawed and I am personally going to try and help fix it. I'm going back to college to get my degree in political science then going to law school and then going to begin my ascent through positions until I'm able to run for the presidency. Remember my face you may see me 20 years down the road running for president. I'm dead serious too. I WILL MAKE a difference one day.

[@heyya5447]

@@tiwonnasims8206 he killed a white child. He molested white children. Race had absolutely nothing to do with any of this. And I'm mixed and I firmly believe alot of cases are race based but not this one.

[@tiwonnasims8206]

The parole board setting this monster free is a process of white supremacy if he was any other race especially black he would've never seen the light of day. Now to the angry racist sorry if you took my comment the wrong way geez .

[@r33s3s_]

My mom went to the same school as her... this was why my mom was so protective over me and my siblings.

[@CrimeAllTheTime]

@Adriana Gambina are you kidding me? That's not what the OP is saying....she is saying over protective. You must be miserable finding something wrong in everything you see, read or hear.

[@carolannelady9271]

When i was 12 i ran away alot and my mom put me in Tucson Psychiatric Institute (a very popular place to put your unruly kids in the 1980s lol). Her mother was in there for a nervous breakdown after she went missing. I saw her crying in the cafeteria over her breakfast plate. We all knew her daughter was dead. She knew, too. Fuckin tragic. I never ran away again. I never took my mom for granted again. Ill never forget how gutted i felt after seeing this woman.

[@funtastic2578]

You do realise she commented on this thread a week before you? Why don’t you thank her directly?

[@anonymous-cd4cc]

:(

[@anonymous-cd4cc]

@@funtastic2578 stop judging

[@TahtahmesDiary]

I guess you were effectively scared straight but as someone who was also sent somewhere as a teen where some people were there for minor things and others had extreme trauma, I just REALLY Xdon't think its okay to send teens to places like that.

[@carolannelady9271]

@@funtastic2578 what is wrong with you?

[@sunflowerz54]

The agent that found the paint on the mailbox post was a genius!!! The coach was also on his toes to write down the plate number! The FBI and law enforcement deserves kudos for their wonderful work on this case. The monster was taken off the streets and saved unknown lives of other children

[@lesleymugochi2791]

Am l the only one who feels kudos to the young boy who witness the kidnapping. He told the police that the car hit the bike. It was this info that connected the kilker to the missing child.

[@RawOlympia]

@@lesleymugochi2791 INDEED

[@topgrain]

The lead agent who didn't let the case bog down on the woman at the mall also used some great logic and deduction.

[@gracieamazing2076]

@@lesleymugochi2791 And he was only 3 years old. Genius child.

[@nowayjose8174]

That's the only evidence they had some paint and little boy seeing a woman. Not enough evidence this dude got screwed