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A vicious crime reported in the New York Times:
A day after the bruised body of a 7-year-old girl was discovered in a blood-stained Brooklyn apartment, city officials revealed new and harrowing details of her short life yesterday, as well as repeated missed opportunities to save it. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg declared, "We, as a city, have failed this child."Here's a quote from the suspect's brother:The body of the girl, Nixzmary Brown, was found Wednesday at her mother's home in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Investigators said that the girl's stepfather, Cesar Rodriguez, had banged her head against a faucet in the bathtub and that they were trying to determine whether that was what killed her.
Mr. Rodriguez's younger brother, Miguel, said that he had served in the Army, mainly at Ford Hood, Tex., but was discharged four or five years ago.There's no explanation of why he said that, and given the circumstances, I have to wonder. What has Ft Hood got to do with it?
The obvious answer is because the reporter asked him "Did your brother serve in Iraq?" Which is no doubt a standard question, probably pre-printed on all NYT crime reporter's notebooks.
Or maybe not. It could be just the first thing that ocurred to him.
Reporter: "Hello"
Brother of man just arrested for killing a baby: "My brother served in the Army at Ft Hood Texas but got out before the war on terror began."
Yeah, that's probably how it happened.