Saruti

He's like...

come on over whenever you want and it's the 90s so they're not even aware of like what the potential risks are here of doing such a thing and the problem is also nobody was really keeping that close an eye on him because he came across as harmless people just thought he was a bit stunted but like that's just john just big john which is the most effective way for him to position himself yeah

And his posse of younger boys actually included Katie's older half-brother, who, as you already guessed it, Hannah, was affectionately dubbed Little John.

Nothing gets past me.

And yes, this was all going on.

John was hanging out over there until a couple of months before Katie's disappearance, when Little John made the very brave admission to his mum, Marilyn.

that Big John had been sexually molesting him.

Horrified, Marilyn forbade her kids from spending any time alone with Big John moving forward.

Although, interestingly, she didn't tell the police.

And again, I know it's very easy to be critical of these people and believe me, we will be.

But like, I think a lot of people in this community, A, just want to get on with their lives.

They don't want to get involved.

And also, I think a lot of people don't report things to the police because they don't want their lives being scrutinized by the police either.

I'm not making excuses and I'm not saying that's okay.

I just think that's a big motivator for why they don't do it.

And I think also take Marilyn, for example.

A lot of people are very critical of her for not having reported Big John at this point because she's getting a big red flag.

From her son, this man is sexually molesting me.

I'm not making excuses for her.

But in her mind, I'm guessing her motivation for not doing that is don't go near him to her children.