I'm not completely convinced he actually did it. He seems to have been obsessed with it and with her for a long time, and it wouldn't be the first time a slightly-unbalanced person has confessed to get attention, or because he's convinced himself he was responsible. I don't know.

Not that I think there's a lot of support for that kind of thing here, but it does remind me once again of just how utterly creepy are child beauty pageants. Lots of quotes in the news here about him being "in love with her", etc. Not healthy. Not that pedophiles won't target children anyway but dressing tiny girls up as Barbie dolls doesn't help.