By David Lohr

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While Lytle did not make much use of her blog, visitors to her profile have started to fill it with comments of their own.  While most of the posts are too vulgar to quote here, a user with the screen name Shiki seemed to sum up everyone's thoughts in a post she or he left yesterday:

"Hearing the way you tortured and mistreated Summer makes me feel sick," Shiki wrote.  "I cannot imagine treating another living creature the way you treated that child.  4 years old... how could the two of you live with yourselves?  I cannot fathom the hell this little girl suffered at the people who were supposed to be loving her.  Remarkably evil doings.  The fact that you wrote this blog the day before Summer died is terrible.  Everything is going great...yea real great."

Adriana Lytle also had a profile on Sparkleroad.com, where she listed herself in the category "Singles interested in Dance clubs."  She described herself as a stay at home mom and housewife, with "Middle of the Road" political views.  She has two photos on the website and her last login date was January 5. 

Another profile can be found on Yahoo.com.  The standard information is the same as the other profiles.  In the latest news section, she talks about the birth of her son.  "Love ya with ALL my heart Jon!!!  I had a healthy baby boy on July 6th!!  He is the center of our world!!!"  Her last login to that site is listed as January 9.

In October of 2006, CPS investigated a report that Summer was being neglected.  Nonetheless, they found no cause for action, and the case was closed. Yesterday, in an interview with The Spokesman-Review, Kathy Spears, a spokeswoman for the Washington Department of Social and Human Services, defended her department's actions.

"Usually we close a case when the threat of abuse or neglect is diminished," Spears said.  "Nobody called in saying they had seen this child covered in bruises.  I'm not going to second-guess what happened with this investigation."

Therein lies the problem.  She's not going to "second-guess" what happened.  One would think that is exactly what her and her agency would do in a situation like this.  Unfortunately, it is all too easy to move on without looking back.

Jonathan and Adriana L. Lytle have been charged with homicide by abuse.  Both remain in the Spokane County jail in lieu of posting $500,000 bond each.

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