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tulipsandroses

(7,503 posts)
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 12:00 AM Friday

WTH???? A 44 yr old man cannot have a relationship with a 14 yr old girl.

The way this is being described as a "relationship" pisses me off. A 44 yr old man murdered a vulnerable 14 yr old that he sexually abused. The age of consent, even in FL is 18 yrs old.

TAMPA, Fla. - More than three years after a 14-year-old girl's body was found in a field, the man charged with her murder is standing trial in a Tampa courtroom.

The backstory:
In May 2022, Nilexia Alexander was found shot to death off Floribraska Ave. Investigators said she was seen on video getting into Ronnie Walker's car in the early morning hours of May 6, 2022.
The teen was considered a runaway from Temple Terrace, police said. Earlier this week, her mother, Ashley Alexander, told FOX 13 she adopted Nilexia when the child was 4 years old.

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Her mother had to listen to – and see – some of the gory details from the early morning of May 6, 2022, when her daughter was found shot six times, at least once in the head.

"That gun was within 12 inches of her face. Intentional premeditated," prosecutor John Terry told the jury.

Prosecutors believe Walker was mad he had contracted something from her in their relationship, and that he'd given it to his actual girlfriend.

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WTH???? A 44 yr old man cannot have a relationship with a 14 yr old girl. (Original Post) tulipsandroses Friday OP
What I want to say about this would no doubt get me banned here. PoindexterOglethorpe Friday #1
Some people are shit. Full stop. Most men have a "clue" and don't do any of this BS Melon Friday #2
Re: "She didn't say no" - The law says she cannot consent. tulipsandroses Friday #7
It seems to me there are many men with a sick attitude regarding the female and the men who are decent are not the Stargazer99 Friday #11
I honestly would not peg "most men" as perverts Skittles Friday #3
A young poet gets it. LuvLoogie Friday #6
I did NOT say most men are perverts. PoindexterOglethorpe Friday #4
You didn't say far too many...you said most. You implied most men are idiots and you have to restrain yourself Melon Friday #5
Restrain myself? PoindexterOglethorpe Friday #8
This premise is way off course. You've tried to turn a young girls murder about you and your own issues with men. Melon Friday #10
I disagree with you - force can take many forms - like a father or family male can it difficult to say no Stargazer99 Friday #12
I'll go read it again for "force". Melon Friday #14
Whatever happened to calling this "statutory rape" ? Hekate Friday #9
I think it would have if they caught it at that stage. Melon Friday #13
Caught it what stage? What are you talking about here? tulipsandroses Friday #18
Imagine if tomorrow women started murdering and assaulting Scrivener7 Friday #15
He looks nice.... Celerity Friday #16
I don't like the beard, but there's nothing in that face that would Scrivener7 Friday #17

PoindexterOglethorpe

(27,949 posts)
1. What I want to say about this would no doubt get me banned here.
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 12:31 AM
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So I'll control myself. Men have zero clue. Most of them really do think that a "no" means "yes". Age difference does not matter. Men who murder women, anyone who murders anyone else deserves whatever happens to them. And sadly, too many of them get away with murder.

Melon

(447 posts)
2. Some people are shit. Full stop. Most men have a "clue" and don't do any of this BS
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 12:37 AM
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She didn’t say no. It looks like he came back to find her because she gave him an std. sounds like 1st degree murder.

But all of your comments are about men are patently false. Same as if I took a shockingly negative attribute of one woman and applied it to all.

Stargazer99

(3,221 posts)
11. It seems to me there are many men with a sick attitude regarding the female and the men who are decent are not the
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 02:08 AM
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more prevalent. It is a fact that more girls are sexually abused not by other men but with in family males...says something

Skittles

(165,288 posts)
3. I honestly would not peg "most men" as perverts
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 12:44 AM
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sure, they can be pushy but most of them don't rape, minors or otherwise

PoindexterOglethorpe

(27,949 posts)
4. I did NOT say most men are perverts.
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 12:52 AM
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What I am saying is that far too many men don't understand that "no" means "no". I've been there far too many times.

Melon

(447 posts)
5. You didn't say far too many...you said most. You implied most men are idiots and you have to restrain yourself
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 01:05 AM
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To not say worse. Most men are just fine actually. Most men get about their day without conflict with females and certainly have no difficulty understanding what no means. Some woman overly generalize negative connotations to entire groups but I would easily recognize that most….do not.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(27,949 posts)
8. Restrain myself?
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 01:19 AM
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Having had far too many times when sex has been essentially forced on me, all I can say is to ask you if you've ever been coerced into having sex when you really and truly did not want to. If yes, then you know exactly what I'm talking about. If no, if you've never been coerced (or worse yet forced) into having sex when you really and truly did not want to, then you have no idea. I've been there.

And yeah, maybe not most men, but far too many men think that if they want sex, the woman should go along/cooperate/give in, whatever way you want to express it. Trust me, I've heard that sentiment over and over far too often.

So again, I'll ask, how often were you essentially forced to have sex?

Melon

(447 posts)
10. This premise is way off course. You've tried to turn a young girls murder about you and your own issues with men.
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 01:56 AM
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Nowhere in the story was she forced anything. All you. She was murdered and the two guys involved are garbage….not all guys.

Stargazer99

(3,221 posts)
12. I disagree with you - force can take many forms - like a father or family male can it difficult to say no
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 02:17 AM
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Statically it shows more sexual abuse occurs within the family as opposed to individuals outside the family

Hekate

(98,262 posts)
9. Whatever happened to calling this "statutory rape" ?
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 01:50 AM
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The photo shows a beautiful, beautiful girl — her Mom’s heart must be just shattered.

Melon

(447 posts)
13. I think it would have if they caught it at that stage.
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 02:17 AM
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Or maybe not….because it would have been an adder charge to the murder.

Scrivener7

(56,155 posts)
15. Imagine if tomorrow women started murdering and assaulting
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 06:41 AM
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men with the same frequency at which men murder and assault women today.

It would be a worldwide crisis. There would be no end to the articles and speeches asking, "What's wrong with women?"

But, sadly, this girl's story is all too common.

Scrivener7

(56,155 posts)
17. I don't like the beard, but there's nothing in that face that would
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 07:20 AM
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clue me in. That's the problem. There never is.

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