by DL-Online
Bemidji teacher found dead one week after he’s charged with molesting young students
January 31, 2013 at 2:58 am in DL-Online
BEMIDJI, Minn. A former elementary teacher charged here last week with sex crimes against children is dead. John Thorn Wangberg, 58, of rural Cass Lake, was found deceased in his home about 3 p.m. Wednesday, according to law enforcement investigating his death. Continue Reading
I feel bad for his family and what they will have to live with. But this selfish jerk took away a chance for his victims to see justice and closure (as if it is ever over). After he was arrested he learned what it was for his world to fall apart. Did he think of what he did to his victims and their families world? No. So he can not take what he had done and killed himself leaving destruction in his wake.
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“Did he think of what he did to his victims and their families world?”
You make an excellent point, but my bet is that sexual predators are so self-possessed the last thing they think about is their victims.
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“a gas station owner?”
I see you’re in on the joke too.
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Stan you’re right … but … his victims won’t have to go to court or worry about this man being set free some day. Now they can focus on suing the estate.
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“or worry about this man being set free some day.”
Which is the problem. Recidivism among sexual preditors is almost 100%. There is no way, once caught and incarerated, they should ever be released.
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He was charged, not convicted. 35 years of teaching and this is the first anything is reported? I need more information.
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I honestly believe sex offenders should be given the cure, castration. It sounds barbaric and this will probably get rediculed, but I feel this will not only save victims, but it may save offenders from outcomes like these.
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Castration does nothing.
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