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Poems - Found Dead In A Banana Box
| | Found Dead In A Banana Boxby wolfinwindow
This happened many years ago
but it's forever etched in my mind.
Lila Ebright was her name,
found dead in a banana box
was her only claim to fame.
She went missing for weeks
from her own backyard.
She made national news,
police were baffled,
her mother worried sick.
She knew in her heart that
Lila was dead.
I could feel the emotion
oceans of tears that were cried,
as the searched and they tried.
I watched it in the media.
She was only five years old.
-what happened behind the scenes-
In Scott Schroat's bedroom,
drama played on.
They allowed her to play the big kid game,
Dungeons and Dragons.
He had her alone that day.
He placed her on his bed.
Scott Schroat took her by the throat
and strangled her three times and
stabbed her with a knife
before she finally died.
Poor Lila Ebright
It was part of the game
in a crazy boys mind
in a crazy neighborhood.
Scott let all the children
see the corpse
they laid their gaming hands
upon her...
the last little warps
before he put her in the box
and left her there to rot.
It was the August of the year
and very hot.'
The house started to stink,
so he threw her in a dumpster
like so much trash..
Luckily, that was his downfall
Lila was found soon after that.
Schroat was 17 and tried as an adult.
Scott Schroat got life imprisonment.
Lila Ebright became a memory.....
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Re: Found Dead In A Banana Box
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by sedubah on Thursday, March 08, 2012 (14:43:15) |
wolfinwindow,
thanks for the tribute, poet
her tumbstone reads
Lila Ebright
April 1986
April 1992
she was so young, she left behind dreams and tears
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Re: Found Dead In A Banana Box
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by wolfinwindow on Friday, March 09, 2012 (01:56:54) |
I remember worrying about her and hoping they would find her alive. Thanks for coming by.
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Re: Found Dead In A Banana Box
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by Zbird on Thursday, March 08, 2012 (16:23:04) |
I remember hearing about this and wondering what kind of sick mind could do such a thing. She should be remembered and this is a beautiful way to make sure her story stays alive.
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Re: Found Dead In A Banana Box
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by wolfinwindow on Friday, March 09, 2012 (02:01:04) |
I believe her story should stay alive. And now they can study him all they want.
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Re: Found Dead In A Banana Box
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by liarbird on Thursday, March 08, 2012 (22:49:37) |
G'day Linda...
A chilling story Linda. Sadly this kind of sadness happens to often. Society needs to be harsh on the offenders as the victim has no choice at all.
Thank you Linda
Lindsay
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Re: Found Dead In A Banana Box
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by wolfinwindow on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 (12:13:48) |
Its been twenty years come April. And the story still haunts me.
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Re: Found Dead In A Banana Box
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by deepali on Friday, March 09, 2012 (00:16:44) |
.............oh!
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Re: Found Dead In A Banana Box
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by wolfinwindow on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 (12:11:59) |
Yes I know
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Re: Found Dead In A Banana Box
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by omegapaf on Saturday, March 10, 2012 (02:08:44) |
geezzz wolfie. this was not what i wanted to read at 6am....but i still had to read it all the way to the end. poweful sortta jounalistic poem....somebody has to remember these kids - paul.
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Re: Found Dead In A Banana Box
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by wolfinwindow on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 (12:11:01) |
Yea we need to remember these poor tortured children. I can't forget. She lived in the same housing project I grew up I and she was tiny with dark hair and I always thought ...my gos that could have been me.
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Re: Found Dead In A Banana Box
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by Pujakins on Sunday, March 11, 2012 (21:02:22) |
Oh how tragic! Is this something you heard or did you also experience it? Thank you for the sharing. Love and a hug, Tasha
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Re: Found Dead In A Banana Box
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by wolfinwindow on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 (12:07:16) |
Twenty years ago of was all over the news. Plus I met members of the schoat family to fill in details. I have never been able to forget her.
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