By ThinkGoat
Lake Cushman, Washington I know better than to “read more” on a child abuse story. I really do. As anyone who’s read me for a long time knows, I hate these stories but believe in exposing the monsters who prey upon them. I’m just not the person for the writing job. They affect me deeply and once I get sucked in, I become so consumed with what the hell drives adults to do these things that I end up writing them. And I would have looked over this story with hope someone else would pick it up had it not been for the picture of this darling little girl and the words, “slashed throat”. And after reading about a dozen police accounts, mother’s statement, and probable cause report, I was so disgusted and sucked in that I had to tell little 5-year-old Clare Louise Shelwell’s story.
On vacation with her mother, sister, and stepprick Peter Wilson, an argument over discipline (between adults) ensued sparking the most tragic and extreme “solution”.
Police state they initially received the report of an 18-year-old with an accidental cut which was quickly amended to a child…and no accident. When they arrived, paramedics were already on-scene and Clare was lying on her back in a pool of blood, the knife present, with a nearly decapitated head. Her throat had been slashed.
Clare’s mother stated she and Peter had been arguing in their vacation rental when her resourceful hubby decided to exert his authority and took Clare downstairs to the kitchen. It was only after this “diagnosed” bi-polar assfuck slashed the 5-year-old’s throat, that Sarah Wilson heard screams and ran down to find her baby holding her throat, dying on the floor…with the famous words of Peter ringing in her head telling her, “not to worry” and that he would “take care of things.” Well, one thing’s for sure. He sure as fuck did.
Police found Peter Wilson outside the rental, covered in blood and sitting on a swing in the gazebo. He admitted to his involvement and was arrested without incident.
As if the actual murder of a child isn’t horrific enough, the recurring theme of “bi-polar” is. I don’t give a fiddlyfuck what ailments an adult has – it makes my pussy sick to see the mainstream media using this as some form of excuse. In a letter written to and published in the Vancouver Sun, it doesn’t sound like Sarah Wilson is willing to use this mental deficiency as an excuse for the hidden monster she married. At the time of the publishing of the letter, Peter Wilson had not been formally charged so the news organization redacted his name. Sarah didn’t have a problem stating that shit though. She called the fucker out as any mother should.
Let’s hope the judicial system sees this as one of the most god-awful acts committed against a child. Let’s hope Sarah gains the strength to take the stand and describe the screams emitting from her little Clare as this child clutched her neck and fell to the cold hard floor and died in a pool of her own blood. Let’s hope the jury gets to be sickened by the crime scene photos of a once precious child who’s head was damn-near severed by a knife-wielding motherfucker with zero ability to deal with children being children. And finally, let’s hope the punishment is painful followed by a quick death for this 29-year-old.
Here’s an excerpt from the 911 call placed by Sarah Wilson, a nurse…
Wilson:”My daughter’s throat has just been cut. I need you to come right now! I can’t stop the bleeding.”
911 operator: “OK, what’s the address?”
Wilson: “I don’t know. Near Cushman Lake. I don’t know! I don’t know where!”
911 operator: “Ma’am, you need to calm down and give me an address, or we can’t come.”
Wilson: “North Cushman Lake- she’s bleeding so much, I can’t stop it. Oh, my God! Oh, my God…Oh my God, my baby.”
911 operator: “Keep pressure on it, please.”
Wilson: “You have to come right now.”
911 operator: “Ma’am, we’re getting people en route right now, OK? … Hang on. We’re dispatching the fire department right now.”
Wilson: (panting) “You have to come now, please.”
911 operator: “Ma’am, they are. Please keep pressure on that wound. Don’t take anything off of it.”
Wilson: “Oh, my God, please. I don’t think she’s breathing.”
Wilson tried to calm down enough to explain to the 911 operator what had just happened.
911 operator: “How did this happen?”
Wilson: “My husband took a knife to her throat.”
911 operator: “Your husb- purposely?”
Wilson: “Yes.”
911 operator: “Where is he now?”
Wilson: “He’s here, but he’s away from her.”
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911 operator: “Does he still have the weapon, ma’am?”
Wilson: “No, he does not.”
911 operator: “OK, where is the weapon?”
Wilson: “It’s on the floor in the kitchen – where I am, not where he is.”
911 operator: “OK, where is he in the house?”
Wilson: “He’s sitting in the next room, but he’s pretty docile right now.”
911 operator: “OK, why is he so docile?”
Wilson: “Probably because he’s in shock over what he just did.”
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Wilson: “She is not breathing.”
911 operator: “OK, then you’re going to get her some air. Is there anybody else there who can hold that bandage on while you tilt the head back and give her CPR?”
Wilson: “Yeah, but I’m going to have to keep the phone down.”
911 operator: “OK, just keep it as close to you as you can, and let me know what’s going on.”
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Wilson: “Nothing is getting through to her chest. When I breathe through her mouth, it is all exiting out through the gash in her throat.”
Email ThinkGoat: thinkgoat2@gmail.com
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The sick fucker needs to have his own throat slashed.
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He needs to get every part of him slashed, slowly.
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Damnit. Can’t do it for the same reason you made yourself do it, TG. I didn’t even read past “Read more”. That sweet little girl’s face is not allowing me to read about the horrible things that were done to her. 😦
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This fucker should have to die like Clare did. Awake and aware that he was dying. It makes me long for vigilante justice.
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I just reread the 911 transcripts and ache. I hate this story.
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Amen Jess. I can’t do the crimes against children either. I just skip over them. That which has been seen cannot be unseen, right?
The problem is, these asswipes are the ones who deserve to be named and shamed the most! So anyone out there who feels like they can stand to wallow in that insanity, and is capable of hanging two sentences together in a literate fashion – submit a story to TG. She will pass it around the committee, and if we like it, you’ll be a famous published writer, and get hate mail of your own!
Come on! What can it hurt? These victims need a voice.
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I can’t. Because all I want to do is KILL THE MOTHER FUCKERS who do these things in the most painful, slowest way possible.
I mean like peeling the skin off, then cutting thru the muscle, then bones, ect. And doing it slowly enough they live thru it all till the very end.
Bi-polar my ass. Bi-polar does not a murderer make. He’s a monster period. I know many bi-polar people (including one of my daughters) and none of them are violent. Messed up? Sure they are. Do they hurt themselves by doing stupid things? Yes, a lot of them do. Drugging, drinking to try to kill the pain. But they do NOT violently attack anyone, especially small children!
Sigh, now all I can think about is the ways this bastard should die…..
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Holy fucking shit. Don’t listen if you’re easily disturbed by this sort of thing. They just released audio of the 911 call.
[audio src="http://www.vancouversun.com/audio/1008674Homicideredacted911call.mp3" /]
It’s one of the most disturbing and heart-wrenching things I’ve listened to. And the audio is such you can hear the air exiting the gash in this child’s neck as the mother frantically attempts resuscitation of her daughter. The call is 23 minutes.
Here’s an extended transcript of the 911 call but it doesn’t include the vast majority.
This 911 operator is fantastic. He remains cool, calm, and collected.
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/vancouver/Transcript+Abbotsford+mother+desperate+call+police+after+daughter+murder/3217825/story.html
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Alright, I just read the fucking thing. I told myself I would just keep up with the comments, but then I read the 911 transcript and had to know what could possibly lead to this.
I am deeply, deeply sorry for this child and her family. I honestly can’t even express everything I felt reading that 911 transcript. My kids are about that age and I just can’t even fathom the feelings that mother was having while she was trying to save her child’s life.
I agree the bi-polar excuse is nonsense. No one cares if he’s bi-polar. As Peeperann said, bi-polar does NOT a murderer make. The monster has to be there to start with. It also troubles me that he was allowed to take the child to the kitchen alone when he was obviously not in an appropriate state of mind to be dealing with a child. These types almost always show signs before they do something like this.
I don’t care if this child was the worst possible discipline problem, I don’t care if she was tearing the house apart and hitting and biting people. She was a CHILD and there are about a billion ways of disciplining a child without nearly taking her head off.
I really want to cut a hole in this guy’s throat so the air comes out and then point and laugh while he struggles to breathe.
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In one of the articles I read, it said the girls were both wonderful children. That even a lady at McDonalds commented on what well-behaved children they were.
I’m now very interested in how long Sarah and Peter had been married and the length of their courtship.
I also read where the bio-father had given up all parental rights to his girls. (I’ll go back and see if I can find that link). So here’s the million-dollar question. Say you fall in love with a man (or woman) who appears to be “normal” by everyday standards. Even IF/WHEN diagnosed with bi-polar…they’d been taking their medication and you’ve never witnessed any strange behavior. At what point do you allow the new “parent” to assume some disciplinary authority? Or do you? I’d say, more than likely you do. Otherwise there’s no chance of melding as a family unit. There are bound to be arguments/discussions with how to discipline a child who will constantly test the boundaries. Even the best of children do to some extent. It’s not been disclosed whether there were any warning signs – but I’m not ready to blame the mother for allowing him to take Clare with him. Not without more information. Perhaps she thought he was just going to speak to her…I don’t know. I cannot fathom her letting him take that child to another part of the house if she feared what might happen. Jesus. I’d certainly hope that wasn’t the case.
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It’s the 2nd source I referenced, the father James speaks to the press. I did read somewhere else he gave up his parental rights but I cannot locate that source.
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I wasn’t trying to blame the mother, I just think it’s odd if this came out of nowhere. It would be very strange for this man to have never shown any signs of being excessively violent or out of control, and then suddenly do something of this magnitude. Normally there are signals there before something this extreme happens, but I also realize people become blind to a lot of that when it is someone they love. I, too, would like to know how long he and the mother have known each other and been married.
In a case like this, even if I thought the mother was less than diligent about his actions in relation to time spent with the child, I would never blame her. Nothing can ever come close to what she went through that night and what she will go through for the rest of her life.
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I’m generally the opposite – I’m quick to examine the mother’s role. I’m always quite skeptical of their role.
The thing that really really gets to me, mothers always seem to “go on” after a failed marriage and although she’s had enough time to “fall in love”, I don’t ever think it’s ample time to examine how they are around other children. What’s that timeline? I haven’t a clue. Is 6 months sufficient? I doubt it. Don’t know. Is a year? Again, who knows. But what I do know by nature of dealing with these stories for so long, it seems women are blinded to subtle signs their new partner may give off. And if there are signs, are they recognizable to the point of causing grave concern?
There’s a local story/case that’s still in pre-trial, a mother met her new love online and moved in with him…with her young daughter. 3 days later, the daughter is dead from blunt-force trauma. This shit happens all too often, the carnal needs and desire to be with someone overrides better judgement and “love” blinds what should never be ignored. The needs of the children. The safety of the children. So I think your original question was a very normal one to have, ETJ. And had I not read the 911 transcripts and then listened to the call, I would more than likely be slightly skeptical of the situation as well.
There are several things to examine with his fucker….had he been drinking while on his medication…had he been “set off” by something else? I’ll tell you one thing, it takes a lot to grab a knife, hold that child, and damn near cut her head off.
I sat in the parking lot tonight waiting for the Goatman and I tried to imagine what that poor little girl went through. She obviously knew she was in trouble…and having to follow this guy probably expecting to have an unpleasant discussion or to have her bottom spanked. I imagine the trip downstairs was agonizing. Then the confusion, seeing him grab the knife (or hearing it). And knowing what had happened because reports state she had grabbed her neck.
I really hope this fuck is placed in general population – and I hope his final days are made as miserable as humanly possible.
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I just read this article. I know that James got together with Sarah right after she had Claire. I’m just sick to my stomach and have not been able to get the mental picture of this monster doing this to this poor little girl. I, myself, knew James as a coworker for a short period of time, and met Sarah and her beautiful girls. He was married when he got involved with her, and I do know that he and his previous wife never wanted children. Such a tragedy… He will get what’s due to him… my heart goes out to Sarah….poor sweet Claire …
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Thanks for coming by, 2noakiller. I’m not quite sure what I’d be thinking had I been a coworker of someone who had the capability to murder…let alone an innocent child.
If you don’t mind me asking, did James have anger issues that you noticed at work or was he just an ordinary guy? As you can imagine, those of us who have delved into Clare’s story can’t wrap our heads around this. Nor any crime committed against a child.
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Hi. I do recall him saying that he did have an anger issue. I didn’t know he was bi-polar, shitty reason for a defense. He was a little odd, how can I say, kind of immature and quorky. I knew him for only about a year, but knew of him through friends who had worked with him for many years before I worked with him. I would have to say that I myself, didn’t feel comfortable around him if no one else was around. I don’t know why, just a girls’ intuition. I keep racking my brain and remember that when he married his first wife, I use to say to him, you’ll change your mind and want kids, and he told me not unless he had a reverse vasectomy. So obviously there are reasons why he shouldn’t have been around children. This has been all too consuming for me….hits too close to home. I’ll never wrap my mind around this.
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I like to call it the “hinky meter” going off. Although certain people give no reason in which we feel uncomfortable, the hinky meter still goes off the chart – I’ve run across a few myself.
I don’t know if you listened to the 911 call, 2no, it was chilling to hear that this asswipe was sitting on the floor, within view, as the mother and her sister (?) were attempting to keep this child alive. It was chilling to hear the calm voice, in a normal speaking volume, telling him he has to leave the house. It’s a 23 minute glimpse into hell that hopefully not a single one of us will experience first-hand.
I thank you for coming back to address the questions I posed. Please feel free to “sound off” on this thread anytime – we’re generally not this “nice” when it comes to people who do these things – I think it’s the insane nature of this crime against an innocent child that has us reeling from disbelief as well.
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I listened to the call and felt ill, I think the mother should have found where the stepprick was- a relavent question, after all he just slit an innocent childs throat! Regardless of his “illness” I hope the fucker rots in the deepest depths of hell!
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*Sighs*
This poor, sweet angel.
I do have to wonder if this prick had incurred some sort of frontal lobe brain injury in the past. This before, event, and after behavior of someone who is having a psychotic episode due to a TBI at the frontal lobe.
Regardless of the reasoning in his mind….
There’s not pit in hell deep or hot enough for this sick son of a bitch.
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I can’t and won’t read the story! I did read all comments though and he needs his neck slashed and bled to death slowly! I can’t imagine what this mother is going through, its making me sick just to think of what had happened. That poor baby girl! May that sweet child RIP!
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The bi-polar defense is bullshit and it makes me want him to die even more painfully if that is possible just for considering using it. Being bi-polar does not make one a murdered and is not an excuse.
And “his state of mind at the time of the killing”? Are they fucking serious? If that was any kind of defense, no one would ever go to jail for murder, because obviously no one who murders is in a good state of mind at the time!
About the death penalty, I don’t really care. It’s too good for him. The best thing they can do in my opinion is send him to maximum security for life and leave him in general population. His fellow inmates will take care of him.
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That pisses me off! Being bi-polar is NOT an excuse! I should know I AM BI-POLAR!!!!!! FUCK THAT SELF RIGHTEOUS, WORTHLESS, NO GOOD, LOW DOWN PIECE OF SHIT!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHH!!!! (As you see I was calm up until the point of finding out his FUCKING MORON of an attorney wants to use that to his defense!) There are a PLETHORA of people out there with bi-polar disorder but you don’t see THEM killing somebody OR using that as an excuse! UnFUCKING believable! If I have to DRAG that fuck tard to hell MYSELF I will! Make no mistake about that!
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this is something of a nightmare … think goat is ee what you mean by exposing this piece of trash.. tht precious lil girl didnt have be done this way . bipolar? BULLSHIT!!! thats the problem with this world try to blame a sick ass crime on a mental disorder! tht’s really is low . sorry for the abusive language jus thoroughly pisses me off after all i went through and to see this child fall to this fate it saddens as a mother to know what monsters like tht do but most of they are getting three hotts and a cott.. fry the fucker i say!!!
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Never apologize for use of language on this site, Julie!
This was such a horrible story and it’ll be interesting to hear his defense. I can almost guarantee they’ll attempt a “temporary insanity” plea using his “bi-polar” condition. Just fry the fucker indeed. And soon.
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i agree with julie and a few more of these writers, he needs his throat slashed slowly, just like the colored lady in south carolina that killed her 2 lil boys and then put them in the car and let the car go in the river,it gets so tiring hearing mental illness, if they kill someone then they are aware of it and don’t need to blame it on any illness
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I hope people on this forum don’t paint all people who suffer bipolar disorder with the same brush. Being bipolar is no excuse for killing an innocent child, I would be more curious to see if he didn’t suffer from a schizophrenia that would cause him to do such a terrible thing. people who suffer from bipolar disorder are FAR more likely to harm themselves than others, its a terrible disease.
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Nick, we paint all fuckers who do horrible things to children with the same brush and it’s infuriating to think this particular one will use Bipolar as part of his defense.
I will search for the article – his ex-wife was interviewed and she stated she had no clue he had a screw loose…had no idea he was bipolar, etc. We’re not bashing those who suffer with this disorder but rather a system that’d allow someone to get a lesser sentence (if convicted at all) while blaming his actions on his defect.
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nick i see what you are saying and to be . alot of people perfectly healthy tend to use mental disorder as a insanity plea or what ever… but as for that fucker : well i say fry his ass, take him in the middle of a field and throw him in a behive pain is all i wish for him ..
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thinkgoat how are ya ? thanks for making me welcome here you rock !!!!!
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Hey Julie, I’m doing just fine, thank you! And I hope you know you can come visit us any time you please. You’re always welcome. =)
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Okay, so, I read the comments and noticed noone else said anything like this. Now I realize that I don’t know where they were in relation to the fire/police department but.. WHY THE FUCK DID IT TAKE 23 MINUTES FOR THEM TO GET THERE!!!! They were actually there in about 15-20 but they wouldn’t go in without police!? HE WAS SITTING ON THE FLOOR WITH NO WEAPONS!!! OUT OF IT!!! IF THEY HAD ACTUALLY GONE IN TO TAKE CARE OF THE DYING BABY WHEN THEY WERE “IN THE AREA” SHE COULD HAVE POSSIBLY LIVED. WHAT THE FUCK!!??!?!?!
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