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11-29-2010, 07:46 PM
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Re: I Am Beautiful No Matter What They Say..
The picture of the guy with the black bandana, here is his story - so tragic. 1983: Ex-convict Charles Rothenberg raced like a coward from a burning motel room in Buena Park in March 1983. He left behind his 6-year-old son David. Rothenberg was later convicted in Orange County Superior Court of giving his son a sleeping pill, then dousing the room with kerosene and igniting it with a match…before he took off to save his own skin. David survived, but he suffered permanent disfiguring with burns over 90 per cent of his body. One of the many shocking aspects to the case was the motive. Rothenberg was locked in a bitter custody dispute with his ex-wife in New York when he took his son with a promise of visiting Orange County amusement parks. Instead, he attempted to murder the boy so his ex-wife couldn’t have him. The community was stunned again when Rothenberg was sentenced to only 13 years in prison – the maximum allowed at the time. He served less than seven before he was paroled. But Rothenberg is now back in prison. He was sentenced by a judge in Northern California in 2007 to 25-years in life as a third-striker for being a felon in possession of a gun. David said he would never forgive his father and does not have a relationship with him |