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    "If he had been deported, my daughter would be alive to

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    Menendez found guilty
    By SHAWN COHEN
    THE JOURNAL NEWS
    (Original Publication: May 31, 2006)

    An unrepentant Ariel Menendez swore at the courtroom after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder and rape of his ex-girlfriend, a speedy verdict that could send him to prison for the rest of his life.

    "Ariel, coward!" Patricia Butler, mother of murder victim Elizabeth Butler, shouted back at Menendez before he was led away in handcuffs.

    Westchester District Attorney Janet DiFiore said she now will seek to have the 28-year-old locked up for life without parole, calling this the "only appropriate sentence" for the brutal raping, stabbing and strangling of a 17-year-old girl.

    The conviction on the top charges came yesterday afternoon, just two hours after jurors began deliberations in Westchester County Court.

    Elizabeth Butler's parents said they were surprised at how quickly the decision came, and they praised law enforcement for its success, but there were no smiles even when the verdict was read.

    "I don't know how you replace thousands of lost moments," Bill Butler said of his daughter, who was set to graduate from North Salem High School and head to college when she was murdered. "We can't.

    "It's not a happy event," he said. "All I can say is we're pleased with the verdict."

    He and his wife, Patricia, found their daughter's body in her Nissan Pathfinder the morning of June 5 after she didn't show up for work at the Hygrade Market across from the Croton Falls train station. Prosecutors said Menendez, who met Butler at the market while working at a nearby construction job, raped and then killed her because he could not accept that their relationship was over.

    The crime shocked the small, quiet community, where many locals knew Butler from her activities in high school, the Girl Scouts, the market and the nursery at Hardscrabble Tennis Club.

    During the two-week trial, the defense argued that the prosecution couldn't prove its first-degree murder case because there was no sexual assault, only consensual sex. But prosecutors presented extensive DNA evidence showing Menendez's semen at the crime scene and Butler's blood on the clothes he tried to get rid of that day. They said the proof she was raped and intentionally killed was the knife he took from his friend's apartment the previous day.

    Jurors asked for a readback on some of that evidence, before returning with the verdict minutes later. Butler's parents, with hands clasped, stared intently at Menendez.

    "I just needed to see his face when he was found guilty," Patricia Butler said. "He took my daughter away from me and I had to see justice done."

    Menendez held his head down, showing no reaction at first. A member of the defense team rubbed his back to comfort him, before he directed a profanity at the gallery.

    "Who's going to rub Elizabeth's back?" Patricia Butler shouted at Menendez after calling him a coward.

    Menendez's relatives left the courthouse before the verdict came back.

    Prosecutors got everything they were looking for, a conviction on two counts of first-degree murder, first-degree rape and first-degree criminal sexual act. Menendez faces 20 years to life without parole in state prison on the murder conviction when he is sentenced July 25 before Judge Barbara Zambelli.

    "On the morning of June 5, 2005, the life of a young woman was cut short and many others were changed forever," DiFiore said later. "Although the conviction of this defendant will send him to prison effectively for the rest of his life, the loss that the victim's family and friends have endured will be with them for the rest of their lives."

    She congratulated the state police and prosecution team for the conviction and said, "I will seek the maximum penalty allowed by law at the sentencing."

    The Butlers, who joined DiFiore for a press conference, said they hope the case will teach young people about the dangers of abuse in relationships, a cause they're promoting through the newly created Elizabeth Gabrielle Butler Angel Foundation.

    "As bad as some things are in life, we hope some good will come of it," Bill Butler said.

    Patricia Butler denounced the fact that Menendez, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, was allowed to remain in the United States after past convictions for felony driving while intoxicated and other offenses.

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    That is so sad. She was so young with so much hope and promise for the future.

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    Oh, but he's such a hardworking man with so many family values who just wants to make life better for himself. Why can't we just let this one slide and give him some social security benefits and give him a 2 year free tax break so he can make life easier for himself because afterall it's you stupid Americans fault that he did what he did. Oh the humanity.

    This is what happens when you continue to let in a flood of third world cavemen to stream across the border. We need to ask ourselves, do we want these people in our neighborhoods?
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    This is an incredibly disturbing story.
    This family should be in everyone's prayers.
    What I wouldn't give for just 30 seconds alone with this rotten scum.
    I wonder what McCain and Kennedy have to say about this discusting piece of trash?
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    death by illegal

    Those poor folk. Don't even want to imagine their pain and what their poor daughter went through, the pain and fear, before the illegal killed her.

    STINKS ON ICE!

    Crimes like this remind me that I could have so easily been killed by the illegal Hispanic gang member, who broke in with the gun to kill me, but that was inexperienced enough to get scared off by me screaming that 'I've called the cops'. The cop said he was there to 'make his bones'???

    Does that mean make his' first kill'? I was too upset at the time to ask.

    I'm glad the jury came through for the victim.
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    I wonder what McCain and Kennedy have to say about this discusting piece of trash?
    They are both criminals themselves so why would they care? They more than likely condone the behavior. Chappaquidick Ted probably applauded the good hearted man for doing a job that an American won't do.
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    I cannot even imagine the pain of losing a child to murder or any reason for that matter. What those parents go through everyday is horrifying to any parent and their worst nightmare come true. If he was not here illegally she would still be alive.

    With regards to Ted Kennedy, he is a murderer, and he got away with it. That poor girl and what her family went through, no matter how much money the Kennedys paid them it would never be enought to replace their daughter. That is what being rich gets you in this country, you are above the law.
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    When the barbaric culture from the south becomes the majority you females better learn quickly that you are the property of the male and must obey.... or else.

    Simple reality. The macho males of the invading overlords.... they WILL be in power after they eventually become the majority... take great offence when females get uppity. They must "save face" among their peers and not allow a lowly females to disobey or leave her allotted position in society.

    For the naysayers, yes, there ARE exceptions. Some of the invader males do not resort to beating, murder, etc. to control their female property. But, generally, the Hispanic male, as I have observed numerous times, controls the female and those females KNOW they must obey or face the consequences.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lsmith1338
    I cannot even imagine the pain of losing a child to murder or any reason for that matter. What those parents go through everyday is horrifying to any parent and their worst nightmare come true. If he was not here illegally she would still be alive.
    and to know that it happened because their government failed to secure the border makes them a victim as well -- makes Congress and the President accessories after the fact
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