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She's .. she’s a happy go lucky golden angel, do you know what I mean?

Of all the appeals to familiarity/agreement, of which there are many, this is the most concerning to me. Pedophiles live in a secret world, where entrance requires sharing of pictures, etc. I don't know if he was active on the internet in that regard, but it's possible. This instance could almost be a code to that secret life.

We had that sort of relationship. It was that sort of thing. It was just.. do you know… she wanted it and she got it.

Very likely he convinced himself that she "wanted" this kind of relationship, or that his grooming was her approval of it.

I see a person oscillating between over-familiarity with the interviewer to anger at not being believed. He likely felt mistreated by life, and probably is able to switch fluidly between subservience in front of authority to anger/violence against people he felt superior to. Hence he probably felt entitled to take what he wanted.

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Thanks for the comments as always. I found his words that you’ve repeated above really disturbing.

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