Caught

Yesterday my Writing for Film class was cancelled, so I went to a non-partisan “Support the Troops” candelight vigil over by Tommy Trojan. While there, I heard that police had caught the person who abandoned the newborn in the dumpster across the street from my apartment, and that she’s a USC student. I really didn’t see that one coming. They released her name, so of course everyone was looking her up on Facebook. (In fact, the news is now showing her Facebook photo.) It’s kind of eerie reading her profile in light of what’s happened. One gets the impression that she was partying a bit too hard (30-40% of her Facebook groups have to do with partying, including “SAY NO TO CUPS: students for drinking straight from the container,” “Crack Changed my Life,” and “People Who Should Quit Drinking and/or Drugs But Don’t Neccessarily Want To Support Group”), but that hardly makes her stand out around here. Actually, she seems pretty average in all respects. Her favorite movies list includes Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Three Amigos, The Secret of NIMH, and “Chronicles of Narnia (out Dec 9 2005 – fun day).” I can only imagine what kind of messed-up circumstances led to this situation. Her favorite quote now seems eerily prescient: “I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.” -Keith Richards. She’s being arraigned today on murder charges. Sad.