Mom Gets 38 Years For Murdering A Man She Falsely Accused of Pedophilia

by Austin Petersen

Why We Don’t Allow Vigilante Justice 101

ENGLEWOOD, CO – A mother was convicted of second degree murder last week after she wrongly killed a man who her 4-year-old daughter accused of sexual abuse.

Forsythia Owen murdered Denzel Rainey with a baseball bat as he slept in an alley after her daughter lied about him sexually abusing her. Owen confessed to repeatedly striking him with a bat, causing a skull fracture, six broken ribs, a broken arm, lacerations to the liver, and a broken testicle. He died only hours after the attack.

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Owen had been drinking alcohol and smoking weed that night, and according to police had a history of mental illness as well, having stabbed her boyfriend in 2002. Jason Siers, senior chief deputy district attorney in Arapahoe County accused her of engaging in “misplaced, vigilante justice.” Her violent behavior “escalated from a stabbing to a homicide,” Siers said. “Based on her history, I’m skeptical.”

District Attorney George Brauchler decried Owens’ attempt to plead insanity, saying: “Despite Colorado having one of the toughest-in-the-nation laws to overcome a plea of insanity, an Arapahoe County jury acknowledged that Owen’s claimed mental illness is no excuse for Owen’s intimate and personal act of repeatedly bludgeoning a poor and defenseless man and leaving him to die alone in an alleyway. She knew what she was doing when she murdered Mr. Rainey, and she will know what she is doing for the next 38 years.”

The case serves as a strong warning against people engaging in acts of vigilante justice based on the accusations made by children.

 

Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.

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