The saga is over: DNA testing established that Carol Ann Cozzi’s little girl is her biological daughter and not Bejohna Peres. Brianna has been returned to her mom. Thanks to Annie for pointing out the up-to-date article.
I guess it’s a good thing that the police and everybody did their jobs in this instance and followed up on a good lead towards Bejohna’s whereabouts. But it is really a shame what the Cozzis went through. The true crime goddess Ann Rule wrote once that crimes have a kind of butterfly affect that leads to all sorts of unintended unforeseen consequences, not just for the criminal and victim either. This is a perfect example: because a woman in Texas ran off with her daughter in violation of a court order, a woman in Canada was subjected to an intrusive police investigation and had her child taken from her.
Meanwhile, little Bejohna remains among the missing.
July 21, 2009 at 3:29 pm |
Pretty predictable really. Awful and stressful for everyone involved.
August 20, 2009 at 3:20 am |
Carol Ann…I CAN’T believe what you had to go through…I was in tears…how is your little girl doing? What a horrible experience for you both…I’ve been trying to find you. I think I found your address in Suffolk…are you on Facebook?…J. Monteal says hi…I wish I could talk to you…it’s been a loooong time.