http://story.news.yahoo.c...girls_dead


By NICOLE ZIEGLER DIZON, Associated Press Writer
4 minutes ago



WAUKEGAN, Ill. - The man accused of stabbing to death his 8-year-old daughter and her best friend hunted his child down in a park in a fit of rage because she was supposed to be grounded for stealing money, prosecutors said Wednesday.



A judge denied bail for 34-year-old ex-convict Jerry Hobbs after prosecutors said he admitted in videotaped and written statements to beating and stabbing his daughter Laura Hobbs and 9-year-old Krystal Tobias on Mother's Day.

He claimed the older girl pulled a knife on him, but prosecutors said they doubt that.

The girls were found dead Monday in a park in Zion, the day after they never came back from a bike ride. They had more than 30 stab wounds between them, and Laura was stabbed in each eye, prosecutors said.

"You can see through the injuries to these two individuals the rage that was exhibited. This was a slaughter of two little girls," prosecutor Jeff Pavletic said.

Hobbs, who had been released from a Texas prison last month, said he thought Laura had stolen money from her mother, prosecutors said. She was supposed to be grounded on Mother's Day, but her mother let her go out and play, so Hobbs went out to find her and bring her home, Pavletic said.

"Mr. Hobbs believed that her mother was too lax in her supervision of Laura," the prosecutor said.

But when Hobbs found the girls, Laura refused to go home, and he beat and stabbed the girls with a small kitchen knife, prosecutors said. Hobbs then allegedly dragged them into the woods and left them side-by-side.

Hobbs told investigators that Krystal pulled the knife to defend her friend, and he wrested it away. But prosecutors said they doubt the little girl was carrying a blade.

"It was a brutal beating, repeated punching of the two little girls and then repeated stabs. It's pretty horrible," State's Attorney Michael Waller said.

Hobbs stared at the courtroom floor as Pavletic described the case against him. Public Defender David Brodsky said he had not seen details of the case and could not comment yet, but he said he would assign two capital defenders to represent Hobbs.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 9, but Brodsky said he expects Hobbs will be indicted by a grand jury before then. He also said his office would investigate whether Hobbs' statements should be admissible in court.

Hobbs has a long criminal history dating to 1990 in Texas, including arrests for assault and resisting arrest.

Just last month, he was released from a Texas prison after serving time for an assault in 2001. He had argued with Laura's mother, Sheila Hollabaugh, then grabbed a chain saw and chased neighbors until someone hit him in the back with a shovel, according to prosecutor Rick Mahler in Texas. No one was injured.

Hobbs was sentenced to 10 years' probation but failed to appear for required meetings and was thrown in prison in 2003.

He and Hollabaugh, who never married, had three children together. They were reunited after his release and were living with Hollabaugh's parents in Zion, a town of about 22,000 along Lake Michigan north of Chicago.

Outside the home where Jerry Hobbs and Sheila Hollabaugh had lived with their children, a man who identified himself as a family spokesman Wednesday read a brief statement and said they would have no other comment.

"The entire family wants to express their deepest sympathy for the Tobias family," Jeremy Harter said. "They wanted to thank the Zion community for all their support throughout this trying time."

Down the street, outside Krystal Tobias' home, there was makeshift memorials of flowers and teddy bears on a path leading up to house.

Monster.










for the little girls and the rest of their families.

of all the days to pull somethin' like this too. Something else happened on Mother's Day, and I'm like what's wrong with people these days.

"It is not that I don't acept God Alyosha, I just most respectfully return him his ticket"



I wish I could still take comfort in a line like that

I hope they send him a quick ticket to the electric chair so they can fry him the fuck up. How and why would you want to do that to a child, especially your own child? My God, it just keeps getting worse and worse out here.
[Edited 5/11/05 20:45pm]

It takes a special kinda m*therf*cker...to kill two little girls.
I hope that something special happens to him and I pray for these children 's and their families.

Last week I was sad about Erica (Precious Doe)...now I am just angry.

this was on the news this morning that they haven't found out who did it. This is fucking wrong and he needs some kinda punishment. Personally, I think he deserves WHATEVER he gets, (except death penalty, 2 wrongs don't make a right) fore I stand behind the law sometimes.....










..... for the lil' girls and their families

Just think, his ass came home and acted like he didn't know where she was for a whole went "looking" for her and pretended to find them

http://story.news.yahoo.c...MlJVRPUCUl


Wed May 11, 8:36 AM ET



CHICAGO (Reuters) - A father recently released from prison was charged on Tuesday with murder in the weekend stabbing deaths of his 8-year-old daughter and her friend in a quiet town near Chicago, authorities said.


Eight-year-old Laura Hobbs and friend Krystal Tobias, 9, went missing on Sunday during a bike ride in Beulah Park in Zion, Illinois, some 40 miles north of Chicago.

Laura's father, Jerry Hobbs, 34, who was recently released from a Texas prison after an assault conviction, located the girls' bodies on Monday while ostensibly searching the park with his father in law.

"This horrific crime has terrorized and traumatized the Zion community and, it's safe to say, people of goodwill everywhere," said Michael Waller, the Lake County, Illinois, prosecutor.

Waller said there was no "rational or reasonable" motive for the murders but said Hobbs went looking for the girls and encountered them in the park where he beat and stabbed them.

The coroner said the girls' bruised and bloodied bodies were found fully clothed, dead from multiple stab wounds. No weapon was found and the girls had not been sexually assaulted. The bicycle they were sharing was found nearby.

The crime sent shudders through the community of 23,000, and many parents either kept their children at home or escorted them to heavily guarded Beulah Park Elementary school where Laura and Krystal were second-grade classmates.

Hobbs' criminal record included an aggravated assault conviction in which he chased neighbors with a chain saw.

The suspect could face the death penalty, Waller said. He was being held and a bond hearing would be held on Wednesday.

Zion, which lies about halfway between Chicago and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was founded in 1901 as an Utopian community by an evangelist, according to the town's Web site. Residents pledged to "commit to living clean lives, have healthy habits and work together for the honor and glory of God."
[Edited 5/11/05 22:44pm]

guys don'y wort our creator will have his way , in due time.

missmad said:

Why the morbid fascination with these awful crimes? This is the third such thread and I don't really understand what you're trying to achieve.

Stick with dreams and trivia I'd say.

Fauxie said:

Are you trying to stereotype me now?

Janfriend said:

Yes, all your kind, all you prince.org members with the handle Janfriend always post about dreams and trivia.

No, I wouldn't try to stereotype you as that would be the wrong term.

I was just simply wondering why you've developed a penchant for posting news stories about violent crimes against children. Don't get me wrong, these are awful crimes and I've no problem with being informed, but why here and why all these threads?

Fauxie said:

fyi: I post about more than just dreams. I'm all over the forums

I thin it's said and fascinating that all of this is happening around the same time and it seems like nothing is being done about and some people don't know what's going on. It further fuels my belief in not trusting anyone

Janfriend said:

I know you post about more than dreams. I mentioned them because you do regular installments. I didn't mean to say there aren't more strings to your bow.

They certainly are interesting stories. I was simply curious about your choice of this forum and that you posted 3 similar stories.

I'm not sure what widespread distrust of human nature would achieve but I doubt it'd be a positive thing. I tend to trust people where possible and accept the bad with the good. Surely distrust could only breed distrust, and I'd like to think that trust works similarly. Perhaps I'm naive.