his letter is in response to the comments made on Fox News tonight.

VIDEO LINK
Greta Van Susteren reports on the murder of Dani Countryman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tReIZ73BrqY

William Gheen's Open Letter to Mr. Steve Mayes of The Oregonian

Mr. Mayes:

On the night of August 13, 2007, you were interviewed by Greta Van Susterenon on Fox News about the rape and murder of Dani Countryman. Police have charged two illegal alien cousins with her murder by strangulation.

You stated in the interview that Dani was kissing Alex Gamboa earlier in the evening and later they had their pants down as Alex called to his cousin Gilberto to help him subdue Dani and that he put his foot on her neck, which strangled her.

You also stated, "If it was consensual or not consensual, that is up in the air."

Sir, may I remind you that the legal age of consent in the states of Oregon and Texas is 18! Dani Countryman was 15 and Alex Gamboa is 24. It is legally impossible for the intercourse or attempted intercourse between them to have been "consensual".

How you could ever question whether a 15 year old girl who was fighting back at the time of her murder, against two males in their 20's who were on top of her, in a state where the legal age of consent is 18 was having consensual or non-consensual sex is beyond me.

I am requesting that you publicly retract your statement made on Fox News in front of millions of viewers and that you issue an open apology to the victim's family for your insult and misrepresentation of this case.

From the news reports available at this time, Dani Countryman was either raped or murdered during a rape attempt that was either violent, statutory or both.

I hope you will do the right thing and retract your statement and apologize to the family.


William Gheen
President, Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC)
www.alipac.us
Post Office Box 30966, Raleigh, NC 27622-0966
Tel: (919) 787-6009 Toll Free: (866) 329-3999
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