In January, about an hour away from my home, 12-year-old Karissa Boudreau was reported missing by her mother. She told the police that she and her daughter had had an argument and Karissa stayed in the car while she went into the grocery store. She stated that Karissa had never run away before but when she returned to the car, she was gone. Apparently she searched for three hours herself before reporting her daughter missing to the police. In a statement made to the public she said “Nothing can be done to make things better, but it's comforting to have support." My question to this was, wouldn't your daughter coming home make things better?
When I heard her statement I knew that there was something fishy going on. And my suspicions grew even more when a video from the grocery store parking lot surveillance camera was reviewed. It showed Karissa's mother leaving the car and going into the store, and even returning, but nobody else ever left the vehicle, and as far as the police could tell, there wasn't even anyone else in the car.
What is even more suspicious is that when the police found Karissa's body, it was lying on a bank which wasn't out of view of the public, which leads me to believe that somebody had placed here there for someone to find, just shortly before the sighting was reported.
When Karissa's mother made her statements to the public, she didn't act like she was in distress about Karissa being missing. When talking about her daughter, she didn't look at the camera like most people in search of their loved ones. Instead she looked down or closed her eyes. To me, this isn't normal.
Last week Karissa's mother was charged for murdering her daughter. The trial is set to begin shortly. This does not surprise me at all. I just knew that she knew something. The police must have quite a bit of evidence against her because they were holding off on charging anybody until they had solid evidence. As a human, and as a mother, I really hope that she is found guilty and gets a life sentence. There are many people in the world who can't even have children, and to take the life of your own, or anybody else's is absolutely disgusting. Hopefully this will all be over soon and Karissa will finally be able to rest in peace.
