Comments by "Glamdolly" (@glamdolly30) on "When a Mom Discovers Her Son's Horrifying Secret" video.
-
Damn, Troy Driver was caught torturing animals aged 14 - something was/went very wrong with him from childhood, but his Mom took no steps to confront or address it - she did the opposite, she stuck her head in the sand and enabled his evil deviancy by denying the truth, and treating him like the 'great kid' she lied to everyone he was.
She continued to lie for, cover for and enable him all his life. And as a direct result of such lousy parenting, that twisted, entitled Mommy's boy wound up murdering a beautiful 18 year old on the cusp of womanhood, with her whole life ahead of her. A young woman who was raised right, by loving parents, would always some day be targeted by poorly raised, dangerously immoral and arrogant, sexual deviant Troy Driver. The abduction and murder of Naomi Irion was ALL about sex - the fact Driver was so desperate to deny that, only confirms it.
The received wisdom used to be that violent criminals became that way thanks to suffering cruel, abusive parents in their early, formative years. But in recent years it's recognised that the opposite frequently applies - killers became twisted and sadistic monsters thanks to indulgent parenting, never being told 'No', learning empathy and respect for others, or having clear, consistent boundaries laid down and enforced for good behaviour. The result is spoiled children used to getting their own way, with no respect for the rights of others - and they become the same kind of adults.
Driver's girlfriend Zulema had a lucky escape - she could easily have been murdered by him, ditto her children who she unwittingly exposed to great danger when she let him into their lives. It's deeply unfortunate her kids had Driver as a childhood influence for any time at all.
I hope Zulema honours Naomi every day by living her best life, being kind whenever she has the opportunity, and doing good deeds until the day she dies. She will get to live her natural lifespan - Naomi's life, with all its beautiful possibilities, was brutally stolen from her.
As for Troy Driver's parents, whose belligerence and defiance with police provided a clue to how he turned out so arrogant and egotistical - May God forgive them for unleashing that monstrous son on the world. Cos I'm sure they don't deserve any human forgiveness here on Earth!
Thank you for such a comprehensive and sensitively produced deep dive, on this distressing case. The police indifference to Naomi's family's first calls for help are an utter scandal. The first officer's stubborn refusal to launch a missing person case, even when confronted with the CCTV proof of her kidnap, delayed Naomi's investigation by over two days. He needs to lose his job!
Sending love and positive energy to Naomi's family, beautiful people who raised a beautiful daughter they will forever be so very proud of.
25
-
11
-
@sharongrigg5336 PoS did NOT delete his vile comment it's still there. Dumb victim-blaming/misogynist trolling of the most cowardly kind.
Naomi was barely an adult, just 18, when this evil predator targeted, kidnapped, assaulted and murdered her. She had her whole life, with all it's beautiful possibilities, stolen from her in the most brutal, vicious way - victimised by a monster, on her way to do her job.
Naomi was clearly deeply loved, and I hope her family and friends, though forever devastated by her loss, will forever treasure their sacred memories of a beautiful soul on the cusp of womanhood. Godspeed sweet Naomi. XXX
6
-
57:14 DAMN! Not that urban myth about Samantha Koenig's ransom photo AGAIN!
The photo serial killer Israel Keyes took of deceased, 17 yr old murder victim Samantha Koenig has never been seen publicly, because it was never released by Canada police, out of respect for her and her family.
That ransom photo is not in the public domain, it never was in the public domain, and it never will be in the public domain. No one but Israel Keyes, the police detectives involved, and Samantha's family, have ever seen it, or ever will see it.
However a mocked-up version of the photo, using an actress pretending to be the corpse of Samantha Koenig (like the real image, with a newspaper in shot to confirm the date of the supposed 'proof of life' image), IS available online - and so many people who find that mocked-up image online, stupidly think it's the actual photo. Including murderer Troy Driver, who according to his girlfriend Zulema was also fooled by the faked ransom picture, and got a sick thrill from viewing it!
The faked photo comes from a TV series on serial killers called 'Dark Minds', which tells true crime stories using actors to reconstruct real events (LINK to 'Dark Minds' Israel Keyes episode: https://youtu.be/eo9OTAnjsAo?si=Rss9TNaHeFcCyyKH).
So the actress depicting victim Samantha Koenig in the TV reconstructions, also played her dead in that infamous posed picture, which was reconstructed for the Israel Keyes episode. In fact the actress who played Samantha Koenig both alive and dead in that TV show, did not much resemble the real Samantha at all - a big clue to the fact the image, so frequently mis-described in YouTube true crime videos as the actual photo, is bogus! The actor who played Israel Keyes looked nothing like him either!
Keyes put the ransom photo into an envelope (it was actually a black and white photocopy of the original Polaroid picture), and attached the envelope to a physical, community noticeboard, with a written ransom demand for $30,000 on the back. He then text Samantha's boyfriend from her cellphone, with directions to find the photo/letter, in hopes of getting a large payment out of her father by fooling him his daughter was alive and currently being held hostage. The ruse worked, and he received the $30k payment.
Keyes deliberately made the image poor quality to disguise the fact Samantha was dead, by taking it with an instant Polaroid camera (lower resolution/sharpness of Polaroid images), then taking multiple photocopies of photocopies, with each photocopy slightly less defined than the one before. The final result was a very low definition, black and white image of Samantha's corpse, which could pass for a photo of her alive - even though she had been dead for two weeks when pictured. In fact Samantha had already been strangled to death by Keyes, when her family first reported her missing.
A macabre fact Zulema omitted to mention, is that Israel Keyes told detectives he had sewn the dead Samantha's eyelids open with fishing line, to make it appear she was looking into the camera. The mock-up is too clear an image to be the one Keyes produced to be deliberately poor quality. He had also braided her hair in the genuine ransom photo, a detail the 'Dark Minds' reconstruction omitted. Another clue to the fact that picture is a fake!
2
-
@lucyloo6263 I think that's a fair assessment. Zulema deserves credit for being totally honest with police, and offering them as much assistance as she can in their investigation of her partner.
It's clear there's no question of her colluding with the evil troy Driver in his horrific murder. She fell for him - he's a narcissistic abuser, and they can be very plausible, especially in the early stages of a romantic relationship when they pull out all the stops to impress.
But there are clues in her recollections, that they were headed for the inevitable, dark stages of the relationship. The fact he wouldn't stay and host her family, when she said previously he was so keen to make an effort for her, with her kids and grandkids, is very significant.
Of course Driver had secret plans to abduct, assault and murder Naomi that weekend - and nothing would get in the way, not even his girlfriend's family gathering. By this time, the novelty had clearly worn off for him. He's a psychopath, incapable of loving anyone. But dangerous individuals like him are often skilled at faking love to get their target hooked and win power over them.
In the famous 'Cycle of Narcissistic Abuse', it's clear from her testimony she had experienced the first, 'love bombing' stage, when Troy Driver could not do enough for her. Now he had her hooked and emotionally dependent on him, the relationship was entering the 'de-valuing' stage. He was starting to withdraw from her, emotionally and in every other way, making himself unavailable, even insulting her, making her doubt his love and feel vulnerable.
If Driver hadn't committed a murder, I believe the relationship was on course for a nasty break-up. The last stage of the narcissistic abuse cycle is called 'The Final Discard', and with a man as toxic as him, you can guarantee his rejection of her would have been cruel, sadistic - and very possibly, fatal. She, and her children and grandchildren, have had a very lucky escape.
1
-
1