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So, you know, all the signs of, I believe, parental neglect are here.

You know, why didn't the father listen to his daughter if she, in fact, told him that, you know,

she felt threatened by her 16-year-old stepbrother?

This was like the perfect storm for something really bad to happen, Mike.

Yeah, Bill, you know, denial is a very strong motive here.

The father may have been in denial.

I would imagine that she may have spoken to her father and said,

look, dad, you know, I'm not really comfortable with this sort of

situation. And the father might be very much in denial, not have his intent is up, not wanting to

even confront the possibility that with his new family, you know, that he's just made with his new

mom, that you would want to throw some cold water on that relationship and maybe,

you know, make allegations against, you know, a stepbrother that you're feeling comfortable.

This is not uncommon, unfortunately, for family people to family members like parents and uncles to try to look away,

try to put it down, try to ignore and deny that there's anything wrong. Let's give it a time.

Let's see how we work. Let's work this all out, and not actually listen

and actually hear what that daughter is saying. This is not uncommon whatsoever. So I think maybe

there's a little bit of denial going on within the family about how that boy was, that young man

was reacting to that young lady joining that family.

And that's sad because it's not that uncommon.

You know, it reminds you the expression you had the fox guarding the chicken coop, you know?

Yes.

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