In the darkness of night
When little girls dream
of things that delight
A Monster waits
for the time to be right
In the darkness of night
A child sleeping
all snug in her bed
watching sugarplums
dance in her head
A Monster strikes
Another child disappears
In the darkness of night
Nine years old
happy and free
innocent and pure
vanished, gone, no one
can find her
The Nation watches
sends their prayers
Searches go on
Hope in a downward spiral
Click Clock, Click Clock
Time passing as we watch
the clock, Click Clock
It's over
The monster confesses
Jessica Lundsford
Age 9
Dreams no more
In the darkness of night
Sweet Jessica
My heart cries for you
For what your last hours on this earth
were like for you
At the hands of a sick Monster
During your parting from here
to your new home
I know the Angels came for you
to comfort you in wings of love
To take you to the place where
there are streets of gold
Lots of puppies for you to hold
smiles and kisses
lots of laughter
no fright or pain
Our hearts go with you
to help you along the way
Candy from the Milky Way
Pillows of clouds on which to lay
Angel wings always, always
Holding you close
So travel on sweet Child
As for you, we Pray
Rest In Peace Sweet Jessica
My sympathy to this family, for what they are going through.
Stay strong, you will meet again.
Prosecutors: Girl was buried alive 150 yards from home
Associated Press
Apr. 21, 2005 07:25 AM
HOMOSASSA, Fla. - A 9-year-old girl who was found dead last month had been raped and bound and may have been buried alive behind the mobile home where her alleged killer was living, state prosecutors said in newly released documents.
Jessica Lunsford's body was found March 19 buried, sitting and clutching a purple stuffed dolphin just 150 yards from her house in Homosassa, about 60 miles north of Tampa, according to the documents released Wednesday.
The body was wrapped in two plastic trash bags knotted at her head and feet in a grave covered by a mound of leaves, the state attorney's office said in the documents.
Jessica was found wearing shorts and a shirt - different from the pink nightgown her family said she was wearing when they reported her missing Feb. 24, the documents show.
Detective David Strickland wrote that Jessica's hands appeared to be bound in front of her with speaker wire. Strickland also wrote that a medical examiner noted signs of sexual battery.
Jessica died of asphyxiation, according to a coroner's report. A convicted sex offender, John Evander Couey, 46, is charged in her slaying. He has pleaded not guilty.
Officials said they believe Jessica may have been alive in Couey's home while police and volunteers searched for her. After she was killed, Couey fled to Georgia.
A message left for Couey's attorney was not immediately returned Wednesday evening.
Couey told investigators where to find the grave. He has a home elsewhere in Homosassa, but sometimes stayed with a half-sister in the mobile home where Jessica's body was found, authorities said.
Prosecutors said Couey told them his half-sister and two others living in the mobile home did not know he had kidnapped the girl and kept her there.
Clothing taken from Couey's bedroom appeared to have blood on them, and a mattress and bedding had similar stains, though there was no evidence Jessica had been in the room, according to the documents. Site Admin.
