Redondo Beach transient gets 25 years to life for failing to register as a sex offender

Just when you think there's nothing left in the criminal justice system to shock your senses... a case like this comes along.

Wynford Murray, 35, was sentenced today to 25 years to life in prison for failing to register as a sex offender. The conviction was his third strike, following two 1997 convictions in New York for sexually molesting two girls, ages 3 and 5.

In handing down the sentence, Torrance Superior Court Judge Mark Arnold noted the "fantasy" stories of sex with babies that Murray had in his possession. Arnold began to read them, he said, explaining that he couldn't get past the first page.

The stories were submitted as exhibits to the prosecutor's sentencing papers, so I decided to take a look, too.

Un. Be. Lievable.

I couldn't get past the first paragraph.

Someone sat down to write a story about their 1-year-old blonde niece, with her soft skin and long eyelashes. Then, it got unreadable. I walked out of the courtroom in a bit of a daze.

I don't know if the stories are true or fantasy, but just the fact that some people find this arousing and entertaining is chilling to the core.

This is a good time to remind people that the Megan's Law Database is available with the area's sex offenders. Get to know your neighbors.