live alex king and his what are you, katherine? his adoptive mother? his what? i m unofficially his adopted mother. he calls me mom. larry: but you came in touch with him through writing a book about this case? that s right, yes. larry: and you ve been out how long now, alex? a little over two years. larry: what s it like outside? it s well, at first, i could say it was a bit confusing. i spent a lot of time trying to figure things out. but i d say it s really nice. with a family like i have. with kathy and her daughters and everything. larry: where were you held? a few different facilities. i was in the pensacola county. i was in a program in okeechobee, ojocc. and ultimately i ended up in brevard correctional institution. larry: both juvenile institutions? well, brevard was a youthful
offenders camp, or actual prison, for people 25 years old and younger. larry: do you often think back to that day? no, not so much anymore. i ve come i ve made peace with that. actually, back in 2000 well, a little before 2005, actually, i could say being in the program became monotonous over time and i did something really dumb. i tried to escape from the facility. climbed up in the roof and ended up in a classroom. that from there i went to county to await those charges. and while in there, i received a letter from kathy. and she she just offered support and love. i had received another letter from my family members that was saying they were through with me. and seeing the contrast just
paying for the court costs. larry: the whole the whole court costs. larry: what does he owe? he owes i think $2,400, something like that. they said you cannot come unless you make a payment. and so that s what we had to do. larry: so you paid for him? i loaned alex the money because alex wants to pay these court costs. he feels like that s part of his responsibility. so i said to him, if that s the way you want to do it, i ll be happy to front you the money. and that s what we did. and he received the document, and off he went. larry: what do you think, alex, if there had not been a kathryn in your life? that s an unpleasant thought. kathy, my mom, she s done so much good for me. it s unbelievable. she supported me throughout my entire incarceration, even when i got out. larry: no telling what you d be? no telling. larry: do you call your biological mother mom, too? i do. larry: jayne, what would have happened to alex, do you think, if there were no kathryn
larry: who ll be with us in a little while. so you have vowed nonviolence? yes, i have. larry: what would you add, kathryn, as to what to do when we as a by the way, what was public opinion at the time in florida? you know, it was really widely divided. larry: did they do polls? they do polls. a lot of people were saying these children should you know, they re monsters and they need to go away forever. but there was a compassionate few who said, you know what, there are alternatives that we need to investigate. there were a lot of people with a big heart that really said, you know what, let s take a look at this and see if there s a way that we don t have to give up on these children. larry: jayne, mediation kathy medico, you are the one with a big heart. larry: yeah. jayne, we hear about mediation in contract disputes, divorce settlements. rarely in a criminal case does a mediator step in. did it work? obviously, it worked. it was incredibly it did work bec
pedophile who, if he d been put away, larry, this never would have happened to begin with. because he wouldn t have been taking these boys on, well, if terry were gone, you could live with me. and he led them down this path because they were so vulnerable they went down that path. i m not blaming the victim. but i am saying that there were reasons why this happened. and aren t we lucky that rosie o donnell cared enough and felt so sorry for this little kid that she wanted lawyers to try and help him? and that a woman like kathy medico, who is a guardian angel, would come into alex s life and give him a family and nurture him? i mean, look at this young man. he s doing great. dean s list. and working full-time now. larry: yeah. who s derek with? derek is living in the apartment. larry: in jacksonville? in jacksonville where he s going to school. larry: by himself? he lives by himself? yeah. larry: what is he going to do? well, i m not sure that he has decided yet. he s t