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fender, abducted Jessica from her bedroom in her grandparents’ Homosassa home during
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sister, where Couey, a registered sex offender, had been staying. Evidence indicates Jessica
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with her hands bound by speaker wire. She was clutching a stuffed dolphin which her father
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had won for her at the state fair. Circuit Judge Ric Howard, at Couey’s August 2007 hearing,
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thoughts...cannot be fathomed.”
Lunsford’s slaying sparked a national outrage and led to the passage of Florida’s
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Jessie’s Law for stricter guidlines for the registration and supervision of sexual predators.
This campaign was initiated by Jessica’s father, Mark Lunsford, in conjunction with Joe
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Dawson, both of Homosassa. Dawson later formed the Child Protection Coalition, which
has successfully campaigned for the passage of stricter sexual offender and predation laws
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in numerous other states. On the death of John Couey Citrus County Sheriff Jeff Dawsy had
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"I believe Jessica Lunsford and her family saw justice today with the news of John
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Couey's passing, as confirmed by state prison officials. I wish he could have paid his debt
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to society and that smiling girl in the pink hat by facing the sentence passed down to him by
his jurors, but that isn't going to happen.
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My understanding is that John Couey died from a terminal illness but whatever the
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look him in the eyes as he died, but I'm relieved to know he'll never hurt another child again.
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To the Lunsford family I say this: I hope you can close this terrible chapter in your
lives and take some comfort in knowing Jessie's killer is dead.
To those in my agency, I say again, thanks for doing everything you could to bring
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