texasaggie2015 said:
Brazoria County in the news again...
Former Destiny Church pastor indicted on 18 felony charges | News | thefacts.com
Went to high school with this guy. Nearly dropped my phone when I saw this come across my feed. Absolutely disgusting.
I know the feeling. I remember being completely stunned when I read the news to find out that this guy who lived down the street my entire life had been raping children, hoarding child p0rn, and ended up confessing to murdering a young girl in cold blood when she wouldn't have sex with him. Then I think it turned out he was basically a serial killer...linked to numerous prior homicides.
Not sure why I was so shocked tho...looking back, if anyone gave off serial killer vibes, it was him. Something in his brain was broken...possibly undiagnosed autism. In little league baseball games off Hammerly, he would sit out in right field picking dandelions. Or sometimes just face the other way and watch traffic go by. Completely disconnected from reality at times and had to fight to even pay the slightest bit of attention to anyone. I feel sorry for his dad...seemed like a good natured redneck/working class dude who just wanted his son to be normal, play sports and have friends etc.

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Man charged in teen's brutal stabbing death in her bedroom closet back in 2009
By ABC13
Saturday, October 27, 2012
HOUSTON
Joseph Michael Payne, 32, was arrested in February for possessing child pornography and sexually assaulting a child. But before he went to jail, someone -- possibly him -- sent an email to the sheriff's department identifying him as Trang Michelle Van's killer.
Now, investigators believe she's not his only victim.
For 12 years, Payne dutifully clocked in and out at Andy Valero's auto service shop.
"He came to work everyday, went to lunch, came back to work. I mean, he's a hell of a technician," Valero said.
Valero thought he knew him, but maybe he didn't know him at all.
"It is very hard to believe a young man like him would do anything because of the fact that he worked with me side by side," he s aid.
Payne is now charged with killing Van on July 2, 2009. The prosecutor says Payne sent out red flags soon after Van's father found her stabbed to death inside their northwest Harris County home. But it wasn't until emails sent by clicking on the "Contact Us" tab on the Harris County Sheriff's Office website in January that investigators zeroed in on Payne.
https://abc13.com/archive/8861662/