GUILTY NY - Eric Goodridge, 55, mutilated & murdered, Queens, 28 July 2007

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From: New York Daily News: http://tinyurl.com/ysl6ht

"Cops investigating the twisted slaying of Eric Goodridge, 55, believe stepdaughter Brigitte Harris, 26, cut off his penis to exact revenge for alleged sex abuse when she was a girl, law enforcement officials said yesterday."

Apparently, the sexual abuse happened two decades ago. LE were in the process of looking for Brigitte when she checked herself into a mental hospital.
 
Wow, what a story.
If Brigitte was abused as a child, I feel sorry for her. But what she did to her stepfather was horrible.
 
Wow, what a story.
If Brigitte was abused as a child, I feel sorry for her. But what she did to her stepfather was horrible.


Not as horrible as having a grown man molesting you and you being totally defenseless.
 
Not as horrible as having a grown man molesting you and you being totally defenseless.

Hi, Socks
I understand where you're coming from, but this type of vigilante justice scares me a little.
 
If the abuse occurred, then I have no problem with what she did, and I hope now the guy is dead, she is able to work all this out and get on with her life. I realize this is harsh, but I have no sympathy at all for anyone who would destroy a young child's life just to get their rocks off.
 
Hi, Socks
I understand where you're coming from, but this type of vigilante justice scares me a little.

I understand where you're coming from, but IMO it's vigilante justice when, say, a couple of her friends without her knowledge went and did this. This case to me is nothing more than a victim finally able to defend herself. Although I would never have chosen this road.
 
Hey, all!
I didn't mean to offend anyone.
Of course I detest child molesters. I just don't like the idea of victims plotting revenge 20 years later.
I am glad this man can no longer hurt children. I disagree with the way it was done.
 
I don't think you offended anyone. :) It's called having an opinion, and each is entitled to their own, and they are bound to be different. Don't worry! :)
 
I don't think you offended anyone. :) It's called having an opinion, and each is entitled to their own, and they are bound to be different. Don't worry! :)

Thanks JanetElaine. I'm paranoid about being misunderstood!
 
Not as horrible as having a grown man molesting you and you being totally defenseless.


I say she gave him a discount, the full payout would have been much worse, but then , it's difficult to mentally torture an adult in our society, not so for a child who has to live with their tormentor.

not only would i find her not guilty, i'd go back and prosecute the father, stick him in jail, and let him pay the price.

~lightwaveryder~
 
She obviously didn't get the kind of help needed when you've been abused. I'm sorry, but I feel sorry for her. She had a lot of pent up anger inside, directed at the right person, but with the wrong outcome for her. :(
 
Taximom, I understood the reports to indicate that she had killed him. Apparently, he was dead when she castrated him. You have to wonder if the reports of past abuse are true, why she chose NOW to seek her revenge? Did some recent event set her off? Did she become aware of current abuse against other children? The rest of the story will be interesting, I am sure.
 
Taximom, I understood the reports to indicate that she had killed him. Apparently, he was dead when she castrated him. You have to wonder if the reports of past abuse are true, why she chose NOW to seek her revenge? Did some recent event set her off? Did she become aware of current abuse against other children? The rest of the story will be interesting, I am sure.

OH you are right. :blushing: Thanks!

Yes, I think the rest of the story will be interesting. I also wonder if he had other victims.

Wasn't there a Lifetime movie sort of like this? Yikes.
 
Taximom, I understood the reports to indicate that she had killed him. Apparently, he was dead when she castrated him. You have to wonder if the reports of past abuse are true, why she chose NOW to seek her revenge? Did some recent event set her off? Did she become aware of current abuse against other children? The rest of the story will be interesting, I am sure.

I don't know if there's anything needed to 'set off' something like this. When you've been abused it's always there. Just seeing him would be enough.
 
Well I hope she gets a light sentence--I think what she did was basically justified--A bit over the top perhaps but sometimes revenge can really consume you--She obviously felt that this guy ruined her life and so it was payback time---works for me
 
Since she checked herself into a mental hospital, it will also be interesting to see if they allow an insanity defense. I feel horrible for this lady, and while I don't condone what she did.....I can't say that I blame her either.
 
Apparently, she went to a friends home after the murder, and the friend called 911 who then took her to the mental hospital:


"Cops believe Eric Goodridge, 55, who was found bound and gagged with a towel around his neck, was already dead when his daughter, Brigitte Harris, 26, mutilated him in her Far Rockaway apartment Saturday, because there was little bleeding, the sources said.
After the murder, Harris, a heavy-set, rainbow-haired security guard at Kennedy Airport, went to the Staten Island home of a friend, who called 911 to report an emotionally disturbed person, the sources said. An ambulance then took Harris to Bayley Seton Hospital. She was admitted to the psychiatric ward, where cops were not immediately able to interview her. " From: http://tinyurl.com/2pkpdh

From other news sources, the neighbors of the man who was killed are not exactly full of sympathy for him either:
http://tinyurl.com/243fa4
 
Thank God the friend had the presence of mind to get her to a mental hospital before the cops threw her in jail! No telling what kind of damaging statements she might have made.

Perverts don't molest one child and then quit. If they get caught they just find "safer" victims, like a girlfriend's child or grandchildren. They find victims whose caregivers either won't believe the child or won't tell the cops. They learn to make the child believe that it is their fault for being bad. As long as a pedofile is living and breathing, even without a penis, they will continue to abuse children.

It is a good thing this one is dead. It is a shame that if he had been left to be tried and convicted he would probably serve a very short sentance if any. There most certainly would have been more victims.

Susan
 

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