Hero or Predator?

The article about Henry Guiliante is not about a hero but a predator (“Escape From the Sinking Class?” by Kari Rene Hall, April 1). At 34, after abandoning three women and six children, he takes up with a 15-year-old and creates four more children. It’s sad that these children are victims of this man’s irresponsibility. They have had to grow up living in cheap crime-and-drug-infested motels. This would have been a good story if Guiliante had gotten his life together, obtained a job, saved his money, rented a house, married, had children and provided for them. He was smoking in two of the photos. It appears that he found enough money to buy cigarettes. His money could have been spent more wisely on food, medicine and shelter for the children.

David Veal

Santa Clarita

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Hall and Gary Phillips (“Uncertain Territory,” April 1) should be congratulated for understanding what makes a good human-interest article. I hope Guiliante and Phillips know how their stories have touched readers.

Virginia Alleman

Huntington Beach