This week the parents (mother and stepfather) of Kiesha Abrahams were taken into custody and charged with murder. Yes that's right, murder. Right from the beginning of this case I had suspected foul play. In fact, I think most of Australia thought that something wasn't quite right.
At the heart of this awful case is a young girl who would have been 7 this week. Her life was tragically stolen from her before it even really began. As a new parent, I find myself so saddened by this story and how a mother could take her baby's life. What on earth must have happened to this woman to make her such an evil monster? How could you ever harm a child? How could you harm your own child?!
As I watch my sweet little Molly sleep, a chill travels up my spine at the thought of poor little Kiesha being murdered at the hands of her own mother. It takes a real coward to hurt a child, and the fact that one of those cowards was Kiesha's own mother makes me sick to the deepest darkest pit of my stomach. I cherish my little girl with every fibre of my being and she fills my heart with such love and joy I cannot even begin to put it into words. In my naivety, I simply thought that all mothers felt the same as me, oh how I have been brought rocketing down to earth! I am so saddened by the world sometimes, and the hate that filters through it and permeates into people making them such horrid and evil creatures.
If you take a look at interviews with Kiesha's parents and compare them with interviews of Madeleine McCann's parents you can see some very drastic differences. One in particular is that the McCann's have not at any point given up hope on Maddie. They have persevered through all the scrutiny and continued to fight to find their missing little girl, investing everything they have in the efforts to find her. I cannot imagine the pain and worry that must plague them. The Abrahams however, started referring to Kiesha in past tense fairly early on which was an alarm in itself. They immediately thought the absolute worse case scenario had taken place. No loving parent would give up hope so easily, unless they already knew what had happened. I wonder what drove them to do such a terrible thing. Was it merely an accident and they panicked and tried to cover it up? Or was it premeditated, cold blooded murder? How must Kiesha's biological father feel? My heart goes out to him in these shockingly sad times.
I know the police and the legal system in general have a hard task ahead of them and I hope that fire and brimstone have some part in the proceedings.
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