MOST VICTIMS KNOW ATTACKER, INVESTIGATORS LEARN IN CASES.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Mistry is a surname, and may refer to:
This page or section lists people with the surname Mistry. Daily News Staff Writer It's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have almost always somebody close to them, detectives say. It could be a parent, a relative or a friend. Year after year, hundreds of Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley children are sexually and physically assaulted by people they know. ``It's not the guy who lives in Pasadena Pasadena (păs'ədē`nə). 1 City (1990 pop. 131,591), Los Angeles co., S Calif., at the base of the San Gabriel Mts.; inc. 1866. ,'' said Sgt. Mike Becker, in charge of the Juvenile Investigation Bureau in Lancaster. ``It's our own people in this valley who are molesting our children.'' A 15-year veteran with the sheriff's department assigned as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. to the child abuse detail 12 months ago, Becker says 90 percent of abuse suspects are known to their victims. ``It's someone who is very close to the child,'' Becker said. ``It's someone who sees the child on a daily basis.'' Molesters often defend their actions as for the child's own good, he said. Common explanations: I wanted to show the child what someone else shouldn't do to them, I wanted to teach them the right way to have sex, I wanted to express my love. Others blame their use of alcohol or drugs or their lack of a current adult relationship, or say the child encouraged them. ``I'm asking the people in this valley to please stop molesting our children,'' Becker said. ``We together must stop this.'' |
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