tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6772849.post7698396724025586761..comments2023-10-23T16:03:30.370-04:00Comments on JUST A HIPPIE GYPSY: The Day the World Changedalphawomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788721975727895601noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6772849.post-73052176567090413212012-05-27T00:02:54.983-04:002012-05-27T00:02:54.983-04:00I was 12 when Ann went missing. I lived across the...I was 12 when Ann went missing. I lived across the river in Indiana and remember seeing her picture on the news. I've never forgotten her. The arrest of the guy of the Etan Patz case reminded me of Ann all over again. I hope her family knows Ann hasn't been forgotten. Amazing how vividly I remember the weeks after she went missing. Still haunts me to this day. I'm sure she's been resting in peace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6772849.post-13331188968759745232012-04-20T00:30:50.137-04:002012-04-20T00:30:50.137-04:00I know this is getting even older now... i was 2 y...I know this is getting even older now... i was 2 years younger than Ann when she disappeared. I remember all the bill boards. the news. I promised to myself then, that I would never forget her. Never knew her, was too young to understand. But as time went by, and In my child mind, nothing was being done. Its a promise i made to me. I have kept it, and never told anyone.<br /><br />I lost sight of my son at sea world for 15 minutes.... I too had thought my world had ended! I cant imagine what these parents have had to go through.... An entire lifetime of questions..<br />I will still never forget AnnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6772849.post-20991157673127408522011-07-06T19:05:13.282-04:002011-07-06T19:05:13.282-04:00This appears to be a very old thread, but with the...This appears to be a very old thread, but with the whole Caylee Anthony story, I have been spending some time looking back into the past. I was very young when Ann Gotlieb disappeared and lived 2 hours away in Bowling Green, KY. My aunt lived in Louisville, though, and we came to visit sometimes. I have never forgotten it because it made me much more aware of my surroundings and put the fear in a lot of children. I credit her story for opening a lot of eyes, both those of parents and of children. This, along with the movie Without a Trace and the Adam Walsh story, probably saved a lot of lives, whether anyone was actually aware of it or not. May her death not have been in vain.Anginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6772849.post-77883866992251394562011-06-04T01:05:11.447-04:002011-06-04T01:05:11.447-04:00Thanks so much for posting such a tangible reminde...Thanks so much for posting such a tangible reminder of my fears as a parent. I was born and raised in Louisville and remember vividly Ann's story. I was the same age and by and large, ran the streets at that age. I noticed at the time that my parents became more strict, I wrote it off as they being "smothering". Now, as the parent of a nine year old, I left Louisville in '87 to join the Marine Corps which I still serve and as we've lived all over the world and as my son gets older, I find that my panic and anxiety grow anytime he's not in direct sight. If I loose sight in a Wal Mart, I panic and he know's that he can't leave direct sight of the house when playing with friends and we live in one of the safest and closest knit developments here in SoCal. We've rehearsed over and over again different situations so that he might be prepared if approached by a stranger however I still get sick in my heart that this is what we've become as a society. Our kids can't and never will again experience the sense of innocence that we did as kids and to me that's tragic. And it's all at the hands of these F'ing losers!! We're letting them control us! Any predatory crimes against children should automatically be met with the death sentence, no questions asked. History has shown that there in no "cure" and the recidivism rate is so high, we simply can't take the chance anymore. It's just a sad statement.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10922327353527367677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6772849.post-56433421334961906682010-12-25T15:11:08.395-05:002010-12-25T15:11:08.395-05:00Sorry , I posted prematurely...
At any rate , it ...Sorry , I posted prematurely...<br /><br />At any rate , it is Christmas day and little Ann Gotlieb has gone to a far better place than where she left..She is celebrating Jesus's birthday today..deedshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12690568745825217071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6772849.post-56149249982208685842010-12-25T14:59:02.565-05:002010-12-25T14:59:02.565-05:00Ann's little face has bothered me for 27 years...Ann's little face has bothered me for 27 years now . I just turned 13 years old in 1983 and lived in the projects off of beuchel bank road , I still have family living in buechel terrace..right down the road from bashford mannor , With all the perverts I had encountered in my life she was an innocent tiny girl in my mind and I hated to imagine what they was doing to her..<br />I always tried to think that it was the time of tribulation and God took her.deedshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12690568745825217071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6772849.post-86327402223122099212009-03-01T23:21:00.000-05:002009-03-01T23:21:00.000-05:00I lived in Louisville when Anne Gotlieb disappeare...I lived in Louisville when Anne Gotlieb disappeared. Her death has haunted me all these years. I went to that mall all the time. That's the first abduction I had ever heard of in town. Don't you think that's it's just a little too convenient that on the 25th anniversary of her death they solve her murder? No DNA, no confession, no nothing? But it looks good in the newspaper, doesn't it? Mystery solved. I don't really believe it.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02241267607427067571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6772849.post-7736493933581957832008-12-29T14:19:00.000-05:002008-12-29T14:19:00.000-05:00I lost my daughter in a store once, she was playin...I lost my daughter in a store once, she was playing hide & seek....for just a few moments, I felt my world had ended. This was about 25 years ago. She will be 27 on Sunday.<BR/>What a sad reminder of how cruel this world can be.MariesImageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04566353187057046954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6772849.post-22313863590877975962008-12-24T11:41:00.000-05:002008-12-24T11:41:00.000-05:00New York changed forever in May 79 when Etan Patz ...New York changed forever in May 79 when Etan Patz "went missing" as the saying goes<BR/><BR/>I know it sounds strange that one child could change an entire huge city and region but it did<BR/><BR/>The police did many stupid things also. Many parents thought the parents somehow guilty and I remember people I know not letting their children go to their daughter's birthday party<BR/><BR/>I guess that was a time for losing innocenceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6772849.post-74161406741850572212008-12-10T00:46:00.000-05:002008-12-10T00:46:00.000-05:00It was a terrible time when the children started d...It was a terrible time when the children started disappearing. We have two very sad disappearances that I have been following here in Minnesota for a number of years. I cannot even begin to imagine the parents pain and anguish. :(Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6772849.post-79914551061572170982008-12-09T13:03:00.000-05:002008-12-09T13:03:00.000-05:00It's always difficult to write about about tragic ...It's always difficult to write about about tragic events, but you did it very well. I was just reading this morning about a cold case around here just solved through DNA. Too late for 3 children, though.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05566267303671253480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6772849.post-44415939319542073612008-12-09T11:43:00.000-05:002008-12-09T11:43:00.000-05:00How awful. Kat is correct about what reading this...How awful. Kat is correct about what reading this does to any parent.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861482393432330011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6772849.post-21353472886008142292008-12-09T08:44:00.000-05:002008-12-09T08:44:00.000-05:00I don't think that there is loving parent alive th...I don't think that there is loving parent alive that wouldn't get thier stomach twisted in knots over this story. I know first hand how it feels to know that the authorities have "dropped the ball". I believe it happens far more frequently than we realize, yet we're supposed to believe in and trust "the system". My thoughts and my hear will be with Ann Gotlieb and her family today.sunflowerkat https://www.blogger.com/profile/11643564072168293568noreply@blogger.com