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The case has rocked this East Texas community to its core and left many residents in the working-class neighborhood where the attack took place with unanswered questions.
Among them is, if the allegations are proved, how could their young men have been drawn into such an act?

“It’s just destroyed our community,” said Sheila Harrison, 48, a hospital worker who says she knows several of the defendants. “These boys have to live with this the rest of their lives.”

Residents in the neighborhood where the abandoned trailer stands — known as the Quarters — said the victim had been visiting various friends there for months. They said she dressed older than her age, wearing makeup and fashions more appropriate to a woman in her 20s. She would hang out with teenage boys at a playground, some said.

“Where was her mother? What was her mother thinking?” said Ms. Harrison, one of a handful of neighbors who would speak on the record.

I came to watch the game again. LOL -Die

Did the tsunami that hit Japan last March affect your ability to tour there?

Kaoru: "Yes, very much so. It's really hard to say how things will go for us. Right now in Japan, because of the disaster, life is very hard for many people. Things haven't returned to normal, and it's difficult to say when they will. We have no idea if we can continue as a band, if we can tour in JapanÂ…things are extremely difficult. But we're committed to working as hard as we can right now and being the best band we can be. That's all we can do."