The Babysitter

Frank Gutierrez





Sex offenders often prey on the needs of others in order to perpetrate their crimes. Their most common methods are either striking a romantic relationships with single mothers or to simply become a helpful friend in their already hectic lives. It's called "grooming".

The latter method may start with a friendly "hello", an offer to help carry groceries, water plants while you're out of town, etc...

Eventually, the offender has gained the trust of the busy mom and begins babysitting their child. It's the beginning of a new kind of terror for a child.

I don't know exactly how Frank Gutierrez, (pictured above), managed to gain the confidence of the mother of his latest victim. I can only guess he was a seemingly harmless, borderline elderly man. Little did the mother of his 9-year-old victim know, he was an already convicted child molester. His last known victim being a 9-year-old girl. Source

The police say the mother could have easily found out about Gutierrez's past by doing a search of the sex offender registry. That's true, I found his information quickly and easily by searching the National Sex Offender Registry . But what about notification? Gutierrez had been living at the apartment complex since 2005. How many of the residents knew about his sex offender status? And how many other victims did Gutierrez have that are unknown? Whatever the case, whether the mother could have or should have found out the information, she's not to blame. Sadly, we live in a society where people believe that things like this only happen to other people. We all like to think that we would be able to spot a sex offender. We like to think that they are creepy-looking, and have some sort of aura about them.

More proof that sex offenders come in all shapes, sizes, and ages. They are unrelenting and manipulative. They don't have signs on their backs. Yet.

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