My Grandma's a Child Molester?

Quick! When you think of child molesters- not that many of us would dwell on such cretins every waking moment- what type of people usually come to mind?

I'd bet that it's usually a male, about 13 to late 50s, or even their 60s. While there has been cases of child rapos being over the age of 70, or even 80, those are rare in and of themselves.

What's even rarer are cases where the over-70 molester is female. After all, women are considered victims of any sexual attack. But as cases such as mary Kay Letourneau- who later married her victim- it shows that women, too, can be the perpetrators (they just do a better job committing the crime, and hiding it).

Which makes the case of 84-year-old Georgie Audean Buoy, of The Dalles, Oregon, all the more stunning.

In the case that stunned the Columbia River Gorge city of 12,000, and some 80 miles east of Portland, a little over a year and a half ago, Mrs. Buoy had an 11-year-old boy in her foster care. Her husband of 45 years was still alive, but going through health problems (the husband has since died). As the husband slept, Mrs. Buoy and the boy would stay up late, watch TV. She hugged him- nothing wrong with that. That's what grandmothers do, right?- then kissed him. Again, nothing wrong with that. Though when I was 11 and my grandmother kissed me, I usually cringed (that's what many 11 year old kids do when their grandmothers kisses them. Why is that anyway? I could never figure that out...anyway...). Only those kisses turned into tongue wrestling, and the nest thing, the boy was in bed with Mrs. Buoy, and had sexual intercourse with her.

Okay...the 11-year-old boy banging an 82-year-old woman...I just can't see it. (Hell, I still can't see myself banging someone 60 and over, yet I did that- had sex with a 60 year old woman. Only difference between this case and mine was that I was 37 when I did the 60 year old. Which brings me to this...). Mrs. Buoy had any eligible bachelor- 18 and over, of course- in The Dalles to choose from. Hell, she could've hit on me, a 39-year-old blogger from Portland (I would've made the 80 mile drive to make her happy. Her mug shot shows that she's not a bad looking broad)

But an 11-year-old, grandma? Ewwww!

Thursday, Mrs. Buoy pleaded guilty to first degree attempted sexual abuse. she had faced first degree rape, and first- and second-degree sex abuse, but those were dropped as part of the plea bargain. Had those charges stayed, the now 14-year-old boy would have testified. She faced 200 months- a little over 17 years- in prison, but since she never had a prior arrest/conviction, and likely, her age, she only gets three years, is ordered to pay $5,000 to her victim- that'll take a bite out of her social security checks- and $7,500 in restitution for counseling. Plus, in addition to now being Oregon's oldest prison inmate, she'll also become one of Oregon's oldest registered sex offenders.

Of course, it has me asking questions:
Did dementia take a demonic turn?
Did her estrogen levels decide to rise back up- or did they never leave in the first place?

She did mention that she was lonely, but her dear husband was still alive. And even if he did have to live on oxygen until his dying day, I'm sure that if his doctor gave his/her okay, Viagra, Cialis, or Levitra would have been prescribed, and no doubt there would be nights of afterglow...hmmm...

This story has stunned the hell out of me, that's for damn sure. I'm still at a loss for words when it comes to describe the actions of Mrs. Buoy.

The news account from The Dalles Chronicle can be accessed by clicking on the title.
Additional stories are available at http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1171605441246780.xml&coll=7

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