Dastardly Dads

Dad is identified as ANDRE HAMPTON. 

http://www.wcnc.com/news/crime/Life-or-death-Verdict-reached-in-trial-for-beaten-toddler-198980591.html

Father gets life in prison for the murder of his 1-year-old son

by TONY BURBECK / NBC Charlotte

Posted on March 19, 2013 at 11:37 AM Updated today at 5:55 PM

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A father will spend the rest of his life in prison for murdering his young son, but will not face death row.

A jury decided Andre Hampton's fate Tuesday after about 16 hours of deliberations spanning three days. The same jury convicted Hampton of abuse and murder by torture in the death of his 23-month-old son Elijah Burger.

Hampton beat Burger to death with a belt, toothbrush and hairbrush. Some investigators call it the worst murder they've ever seen in Mecklenburg County.

"It was a family tragedy that Elijah Burger died and the verdict speaks with compassion," said attorney Norman Butler, who represented Hampton.

"We respect their decision, we respect the process they followed to do it and we respect the system of laws that allowed them to do it," said Assistant District Attorney Bill Stetzer after the jury rendered the verdict. 

Prosecutors offered Hampton life in prison but Hampton and his attorneys chose to go to trial. 

Hampton spoke after learning his fate and told courtroom there are no words to describe how sorry he is. Hampton also thanked the prosecutors because their case showed how much they cared about Elijah.

"I appreciate those words and he'll never be free to hurt another child, and that gives us some solace," Stetzer said.

Jurors left the courthouse escorted by deputies and did not explain their verdict.

Hampton's mother April Gadson gave NBC Charlotte this statement:

"To God be all the glory! I am relieved that the jury saw fit to save my son's life. I am very thankful. I tried to raise my children in a way that they would not have had a fate such as this. But God is always in control. We loved Elijah and will go forth as a family to make sure that we as well as other people will be educated to break the cycle of abuse."

The trial and sentencing was flat-out gut wrenching, from the testimony to the pictures.

Most if not all the jurors, as well as others in the courtroom, cried when it was over.

UNNAMED DAD

http://www.fbc.com.fj/fiji/8863/man-cops-17-years-for-rape

Man cops 17 years for rape

17:36 Fri Mar 15, 2013

Taken from/By: Report by: Dev Narayan

Suva High Court Judge, Justice Salesi Temo has sentenced a man to 17 years imprisonment for raping his daughter.

In his ruling, Justice Temo described the case as the worst parental abuse case that he has come across in the 19-years that he has served on the bench.

Justice Temo also said the sentence should serve as a warning to fathers who want to abuse their daughters in the way the accused did.

The 37-year old father of three children was found guilty of five counts of rape and two of indecent assault.

The man whose name has been permanently suppressed systematically indecently assaulted and raped his daughter from 2004 to November 2011.

Justice Temo told the accused that he unashamedly committed these crimes in the comforts of his own home, mostly in his daughter’s bedroom.

The rapes stopped when the daughter was found to be suffering from cancer and that she was 20-weeks pregnant, carrying her own father’s child in 2011.

It was then with support from the mother and doctors, that the matter was reported to the police.

The court heard the accused has three children aged between four years and 16 years. He also apologised to his wife, children, family and the court. The court has ordered a non-parole period of 16-years imprisonment.

Dad is identified as JONATHAN CURTMAN.

http://www.wcti12.com/news/Police-Child-found-in-parking-lot-dad-passed-out/-/13530444/19384358/-/10mery9/-/index.html

Police: Child found in parking lot, dad passed out

By Jaime McCutcheon, Anchor

POSTED: 6:26 PM Mar 19 2013
UPDATED: 6:43 PM Mar 19 2013

WILMINGTON - Police say a father drove his six-year-old child on the back of a motorcycle from Jacksonville to Wilmington and then passed out while leaving his child to play in a parking lot. 

Wilmington Police say they found the child at 8:48 Monday night in the parking lot outside of the Dollar Store on College Road in Wilmington. Witnesses told the officers the six-year-old child had been left in the parking lot and had been playing with toy cars for several hours.

While attempting to locate a parent, officers found Jonathan Curtman, the child’s biological father, passed out in some nearby bushes. Officers say they also located two packets of “Spice” in Curtman’s pockets.

The investigation revealed Curtman, 28, had brought the child from Jacksonville to Wilmington on the back of his motorcycle. He apparently bought some toy cars at the store and told the child to play on the ground behind the parked motorcycle. Curtman then went over to the bushes and passed out. 

Curtman was arrested for child abuse and placed under a $5,000 secure bond. He remains in custody as of Tuesday afternoon. The child was released to the custody of the child’s mother.

Once again, it appears we have one of those classic deadbeat, lying daddies (also known in polite terms as "stay-at-home" fathers) who busy snoozing while Mom was working.

And given that mothers must be punished and held accountable for what fathers do (though fathers are seldom held accountable for what mothers do), SHE has lost custody to the Department of Social Services because she "involved" Daddy. Just like mothers are told they must do by the Department of Social Services. Can't win for losing.

Dad is identified as TRIEQUOMY BROWN.

http://www.14news.com/story/21659434/sheriff-searching-for-guardian-after-toddler-found-wandering-on-road

Father held after toddler found wandering on road in dirty diaper

Posted: Mar 16, 2013 12:07 PM EDT
Updated: Mar 18, 2013 8:16 AM EDT

By Renee Standera
By Jody Barr

CLARENDON COUNTY, SC (WIS) - The father of a toddler found wandering on a busy road in a dirty diaper Saturday morning is being held on $50,000 bond and has been ordered to stay away from his son.

Clarendon County Sheriff Randy Garrett says a woman driving to work at a bank on Highway 261 near Manning found the 2 1/2-year-old boy wearing a tee-shirt, soiled diaper and shoes walking on the road at about 9 a.m. She picked him up and called 9-1-1.

Deputies took the boy door-to-door in the neighborhood trying to locate his family, but nobody recognized him.

Sheriff Garrett says nobody filed a missing child report and the child went unclaimed for more than three hours. At about 12:30 p.m., the Sheriff says a man claiming to be the boy's father went to the Sheriff's Office to pick up the child along with another man.

After he failed to answer certain questions regarding the boy, deputies determined that 17-year-old Nakeius Robinson was not the boy's father, and Robinson admitted the boy's father was his companion, who was waiting in the lobby. Robinson was charged with providing false information. He is a nephew of the boy's mother.

Garrett said deputies discovered that the father, Triequomy Brown, was wanted on a warrant for a traffic violation.

Sheriff Garrett said the boy was identified as Triquan Brown. Investigators determined the boy was found on the four-lane highway about 200 yards from the Forest Villa apartment complex where his father lived.

Brown was taken into custody on a charge of child neglect and providing false information to law enforcement. At a bond hearing Sunday, the judge ordered Brown held on $50,000 bond.

Robinson was released on $1,500 personal recognizance bond.

In court, both men admitted to lying to investigators about their identities. Robinson admitted his guilt in court.

"I'm not here to try you," the judge told him. "I'm just here to set your bond, okay?"

Major Kip Coker with the Sheriff's Office says Brown told investigators he fell asleep at about 7 a.m. Saturday and when he woke up, the boy was gone.

"It could have been a lot worse," says Coker. "A few minutes more, the child would have been in the middle of Highway 261 where there was a lot of traffic and possibly gotten hit."

Sheriff Garrett says they located the boy's mother, who was questioned by the Department of Social Services. Garrett said she was working at the time the boy wandered away and the boy's father was supposed to be taking care of him.

When Brown asked the judge how long he had to stay away from his son, the judge told him, "Until this has gone to court."

The Department of Social Services now has custody of the boy.

The family thinks Daddy killed this 20-month-old daughter as part of a "religious ritual"??? Say what?

Dad is identified as STEPHON LINDSAY.

http://www.waaytv.com/news/local/man-accused-of-killing-child-due-in-court-next-month/article_6fcb982e-8fdf-11e2-ad06-0019bb30f31a.html

Man accused of killing child due in court next month

Posted: Monday, March 18, 2013 10:20 am | Updated: 10:36 am, Mon Mar 18, 2013.

GADSDEN, Ala. (WBMA) - The man accused of killing his 20-month-old daughter is set to appear in court next month.

Stephon Lindsay, 35, will have a court appearance April 11th for a preliminary hearing before Etowah County District Judge Will H. Clay. The court has appointed attorneys for Lindsay.

Lindsay was arrested Tuesday night after an investigation began into the disappearance of 20-month-old Maliyah Lindsay. Maliyah's body was discovered off a dead-end road. Her father was charged with capital murder.

The child's family held a funeral Saturday afternoon in Gadsden. They tell ABC 33/40 they believe the murder was part of a religious sacrifice. Police have not yet released a motive.

No explanation here as to whether Daddy's weekend visitation was court-ordered or "voluntary" on Mom's part.

The killer dad is identified as KELCEY JONES.

http://www.newscentralga.com/news/local/Twiggs-County-father-gets-life-in-prison-for-beating-four-year-old-son-198833821.html

Twiggs County father gets life in prison for beating four-year-old son

NewsCentral Staff

Created: Mar 18, 2013 at 3:42 PM EDT (Story Updated: Mar 18, 2013 at 3:42 PM EDT )

ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's highest court has upheld the conviction and life prison sentence given to a father accused of beating his 4-year-old son to death in Twiggs County.

The Supreme Court of Georgia on Monday announced the unanimous ruling involving defendant Kelcey Jones.

An autopsy had found that Jones' 4-year-old son Joshua died of blows to the head and abdomen in September 2003. The boy's mother, who had separated from Jones earlier, said the child had been spending the weekend with his father when the beating occurred.

Kelcey Jones was sentenced in Twiggs County to life in prison for murder and an additional 20 years for first-degree cruelty to a child.

Jones appealed the conviction, but the state Supreme Court rejected most of the arguments made by his lawyers.

UNNAMED DAD

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/mar/17/baby-father-arrested-abuse-charges/

Father of injured baby arrested on abuse charges

By Debbi Baker
2:50 p.m.March 17, 2013

NATIONAL CITY — The father of a 5-month-old was arrested on child abuse charges Friday in National City after doctors found the baby had fractured ribs and bleeding on the brain.

Paramedics were called to the baby’s home on D Avenue near East 24th Street Wednesday about 10:20 p.m. after someone reported the child was having difficulty breathing and could possibly be having a seizure, National City police said.

The infant was taken to Rady Children’s Hospital where doctors found multiple rib fractures, a recent injury causing bleeding on the brain as well as an old injury that also caused bleeding, police said.

National City police returned to the home on Friday, interviewed the parents and took the child’s father into custody. He was booked into county jail on felony child abuse charges, police said.

We've posted on custodial dad CHAD CHRITTON before. As we have previously noted, this wasn't so much "neglect" as out and out torture. Prisoners of war are entitled to better treatment than this girl got.  

So far, this is typical of the judicial wrist slapping that abusive fathers get, especially abusive fathers with full custody....

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime_and_courts/father-convicted-of-child-neglect-jury-deadlocked-on-other-charges/article_ee93a25e-8cfc-11e2-9161-001a4bcf887a.html

Chad Chritton convicted of child neglect; jury deadlocked on other charges

March 16, 2013 7:15 am • ED TRELEVEN | Wisconsin State Journal

Chad Chritton, whose 15-year-old daughter told authorities she was starved, abused and confined to a basement, was convicted Friday night of felony child neglect after 19 hours of deliberation by a jury over two days.

Chritton, 41, of Madison, also was acquitted of one count of misdemeanor child neglect. But for Chritton, the case may be far from over.

The jury of 10 women and two men deadlocked on four other felony charges, meaning that Chritton could be retried on the charges at a later date.

District Attorney Ismael Ozanne was circumspect afterward when asked whether he would retry the charges, which include first-degree reckless endangerment, child abuse, false imprisonment and causing mental harm to a child. Ozanne said only that he is "looking to retry" the charges.

"The next case we have is Melinda Drabek’s, that’s our next concern," Ozanne said.

Ozanne was referring to Chritton’s wife, Melinda Drabek-Chritton, 43, whose trial on similar charges will begin April 8.

Chritton’s sentencing on the felony child neglect conviction would be held after trials for Drabek-Chritton and her son, Joshua Drabek, who is scheduled to be tried on sexual assault charges in June, and after a possible retrial of Chritton on the charges on which the jury was deadlocked.

The child neglect conviction carries a penalty of up to three years in prison and three years of extended supervision.

Chritton’s lawyer, William Hayes, said after the verdicts that he did not expect the jury to do what it did.

"I had no idea what the jury was going to do," he said. Hayes said he wasn’t happy with the result because his client was convicted of a crime. But he said he was grateful that the jurors took the time over the three-week trial to listen carefully to the evidence and give it careful consideration during deliberations.

Hayes said he assumed Ozanne would prosecute Chritton again, "and then we’ll just have to gear up and go through it again."

It was apparently a difficult deliberation for the jury. In notes to Dane County Circuit Judge Julie Genovese, the jury indicated that it was deadlocked within about an hour after deliberations started Thursday afternoon.

The jury went home about 12:45 a.m. Friday and returned about 10 a.m., and by about 7:50 p.m. jurors were asking whether they could go home and return Saturday for more deliberations. But asked by Genovese whether more deliberations were likely to break the deadlock, the jury answered "no."

At that point, Genovese brought the jury into the courtroom and read verdicts on two of the charges and declared mistrials on the other four charges. Jurors declined to comment on the deliberations after the verdicts were read.

This is what happens in a culture where fathers rights are institutionalized, and mothers have none. Even fathers with criminal records get complete control of the kids. Not one word here on what happened to this poor boy's mother. Typical in that the mother is erased...but this happens in stories about abusive/violent custodial fathers all the time.

Dad is identified as NASIR.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/520971/brutal-end-child-dies-from-fathers-beating/

Brutal end: Child dies from father’s beating

By Our Correspondent

Published: March 15, 2013

  MULTAN: A ten year-old died on Wednesday from a beating by his father annoyed by his asking his stepmother for food.

Bharwaan Mai, Dilawar’s stepmother, told The Express Tribune that her husband, Nasir, wanted to be served dinner first. She said Dilawar began crying at this.

Nasir then began to beat him with a wooden rod until the boy fainted.

She said that Nasir then tried to revive the child and failing in the effort took the body to his father’s house in Sameej Abad colony before he fled. The deceased’s brother, Rawal, told his grandfather, Muhammad Ramazan what had happened. Ramazan then informed the police.

An FIR has been registered at the New Multan police station. Police said Nasir had a criminal record.

Post-mortem report revealed 40 fractured bones and more than 160 bruises.

A lot is passed over in silence in this article. Like, what happened to this boy's mother? Is she alive, dead, "missing," what? Why is this boy in the custody of a drug-addicted, neglectful father? Did somebody in the court system grant him custody? If so, who? Why is this boy now with CPS and not with the mother?

Dad is identified as CHAD STEVEN KISER.

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/topsociety/ten-year-old-calls-911-after-dad-and-grandma-overdose-heroin

Ten-Year-Old Calls 911 After Dad and Grandma Overdose on Heroin

By Ashley Davis, Thu, March 14, 2013

A ten-year-old boy whose father and grandmother overdosed on heroin saved their lives by calling 911.

The child called police in New Brighton, Penn. after his father and grandmother collapsed from heroin.

Authorities arrived at the home to find Chad Steven Kiser, 34, unresponsive in the bathroom, and Ginger Ray Foust, 52, also unresponsive.

The boy first called to tell authorities that his father had collapsed, but he called back minutes later after his grandmother collapsed as well. She was trying to help Kiser.

Police said the mother and son were revived by medical personnel and are being charged with endangering the welfare of a child.

The child said the pair were trying to help each other overcome their drug addiction. He said they had tried to go to rehab before.

Authorities said there was no food in the apartment but found a pipe, scale, mirror and a silver tube for inhaling controlled substances.

He is now in county welfare custody.

Typical CPS incompetence and abuser daddy coddling.

These folks work very much hand in hand with the corrupt family courts that gave this convicted felon and wife beater custody of these kids.

Daddy is identified as PHILLIP HERNANDEZ.

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/usworld/article/303601/6/Father-allegedly-kills-son-with-hatchet

Social workers visited home before hatchet killing

10:16 PM, Mar 14, 2013

(AP) - Child welfare workers investigated claims of violence and drug use at a Sacramento home three weeks before authorities said a 9-year-old boy was killed by his father with a hatchet.

While representatives from the Sacramento County Child Protective Services office confirmed drug use was going on at Matthew Hernandez' home during a Feb. 4 visit, they concluded the behavior did not warrant removing the boy and his older brother, the Sacramento Bee reported Thursday.

Despite the claim, the agency said, "The children do not appear to be in any imminent danger at this time."

Matthew's father, Phillip Hernandez, has been charged with murder in the boy's Feb. 26 slaying. The 36-year-old did not enter plea during his appearance in a Sacramento County courtroom Thursday.

He was jailed without bail and is due back in court April 12.

County records did not make clear the report whether the caregiver mentioned was Hernandez. County Department of Health and Human Services spokeswoman Laura McCasland declined comment Thursday to The Associated Press on whether Hernandez is the caregiver cited in the report.

The report also does not mention who made the initial claims, but the boys' mother, Jessica Hernandez, told KCRA-TV that she called CPS on Feb. 4 and 5 to complain about the welfare of her children and to report that Philip Hernandez uses drugs, is violent and there were rifles inside his home.

Phillip Hernandez was convicted of domestic violence and served prison time from July 2006 to October 2007, according to state records.

The slain boy's 12-year-old brother is now in the custody of his mother, who divorced Phillip Hernandez and lives in Las Vegas, the newspaper said.

Authorities say officers found Matthew Hernandez dead from blunt-force trauma after his father allegedly had gone into the backyard to get a hatchet and, for unknown reasons, broke through a sliding glass door to get back inside.

The boy's great-grandmother who lives in the home heard the glass shatter, ran into the living room and found Hernandez standing over his sleeping son with the ax, authorities said. The victim's brother, who was at home during the attack, was unharmed.

The county said in a written statement Thursday that it is working with law enforcement in the criminal investigation.

Why are the authorities so quick to call these incidents an "accident"? Funny how most of these "accidental" shootings of children involve fathers--not mothers--and charges are almost never filed.

Dad is identified as LARRY BASS.

http://www.ksee24.com/news/local/Father-Accidentally-Shoots-Kills-Baby-198469551.html

Father Accidentally Shoots, Kills Baby

By John Newland, NBC News March 15, 2013Updated Mar 15, 2013 at 9:24 AM PDT

A 10-month-old boy was shot and killed by his father Thursday in an apparent accident at a Nashville, Tenn., hotel, local media reported.

Two police detectives from the Hermitage Precinct were close to the hotel when the call went out and made it to the scene within about three minutes but were unable to resuscitate the child, NBC affiliate WSMV-TV Channel 4 reported.

The child's mother Jacquelin Bass, 28, and the couple's other sons, aged 3 and 2, were in the room when the gun went off, the station said.

The baby was shot once in the chest as his father, Larry Bass, 30, handled the semi-automatic handgun, the Nashville Tennessean reported.

NBC News was unable to independently confirm the accounts early Friday.

Both news outlets reported that the family, from Texas, was at the Extended Stay America hotel near Nashville International Airport when the incident happened. Larry Bass was in town to work on construction of the Music City Center, a 1.2-million-square foot convention center

We've followed this case since it broke, and I can hardly believe this guy has the freaking nerve to show his face in public again.

In reality, he got off easy. The evidence very strongly suggests that he abducted AND KILLED this baby.

But entitled abusers never take responsbility for their own actions.

Dad is identified as SEAN PHILLIPS.

http://www.upnorthlive.com/news/story.aspx?list=294709&id=872562

Baby Kate's father challenging conviction

by Anne Cook

Posted: 43 mins ago

Sean Phillips was convicted of unlawfully imprisoning his four-month-old daughter Katherine.


MASON CO. -- The father of missing baby Katherine Phillips - or "Baby Kate" as she became known - is challenging his conviction of unlawfully imprisoning his daughter.

Sean Phillips, who was convicted of the unlawful imprisonment of his 4-month-old daughter Katherine, has filed an appeal with the Michigan Appeals Court.

According to his attorney, Valerie Newman, the appeal was filed on February 14. They are citing three reasons for appeal:

The state failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Kate was "restrained."

Mason County Judge Richard Cooper erred in instructing the jury that the secret confinement could be from either Kate's mother, Ariel Courtland, or from the State of Michigan.

The judge departed from sentencing recommendations for reasons that were not articulated as substantial or compelling.

Newman says it could take up to nine months for the decision to be rendered.

A jury found Phillips guilty of the unlawful imprisonment of his daughter in April of 2012. He was sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison.

Baby Kate went missing in June of 2011, when her mother, Ariel Courtland reported her as missing. Courtland testified that Phillips allegedly drove off with the child and that was the last time she saw her.

A letter, apparently written by Sean Phillips in prison, details what happened the day Baby Kate disappeared.

Mason County Prosecuting Attorney Paul Spaniola told 7&4 News in September that the letter was given to investigative officers by a family member of Baby Kate.

Dad is identified as TRAVIS FOX.

http://news.yahoo.com/arkansas-father-arrested-deaths-2-infants-232341187.html#.UUNP8248ZYg.facebook

Arkansas father arrested in deaths of 2 infants

Associated Press – 17 hrs ago

SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas man accused of fatally shaking two of his infant children in separate angry outbursts was charged Thursday with two counts of first-degree murder.

A 7-month-old baby was brought Wednesday to Northwest Medical Center, where doctors found the boy to have suspicious injuries.

Under questioning, the baby's father, Travis Fox, 24, of Springdale, told investigators "that he violently shook the child for an extended amount of time because the child was 'fussing,'''police said in a news release.

"He demonstrated the shake and it was violent," the release said.

Authorities said Fox acknowledged that he drank five beers before shaking the baby.

While the baby's death was being investigated, Springdale officers learned that Fox was under investigation for the Sept. 4, 2011, death of another of his children, a 6-month-old boy.

A Washington County sheriff's detective interviewed Fox about the baby's death in 2011.

 "Mr. Fox admitted that he shook his 6-month-old son for 30-45 seconds because he was 'fussing,'" according to a prosecutor's report. "Mr. Fox said he was angered and tired because he was up for two days without sleep."

The report says Fox told the investigator that he admitted drinking tequila the day of the first death and that he'd tossed the child on a chair.

"Mr. Fox admitted he needs help for his anger," the report said.

It was unclear Thursday whether Fox had an attorney. He was being held without bond at the Washington County Jail.

Lots of vague euphemisms here.

We are told that the accused killer dad had a "rocky marriage" with the mother. This is often code for "high conflict marriage" which is often code for a violent and abusive husband.

Then there's that throwaway line about the baby being "left" with the killer daddy. "Left" behind like your cell phone on the kitchen counter?

I don't think so.

It is not uncommon in the slightest for abusive fathers to be control freaks over their partners and spouses--and insisting on "ownership" of the mother's baby is one way to demonstrate that you be da man and to hurt the mom. Wanting to be a parent or luuuuv is NOT the motivation for these guys. That's why the children are often abused or killed by these fathers. 

Notice that this account discretly passes over any possible involvement by lawyers or family courts in this "left" baby.

And notice that this guy has every sign of being a pathological liar. Also typical behavior for abusers.

The custodial dad is identified as MATTHEW THEURER.

http://fox59.com/2013/03/14/air-force-investigators-to-interview-local-family-members-of-airman-charged-in-sons-murder/#axzz2NI05qQ5k

Air Force investigators to interview local family members of airman charged in son’s murder

•Indiana airman charged in infant son’s murder

Air Force investigators will be turning their attention to the family and friends of the Indiana airman accused of killing his 15-month old son, to learn more about what may have led to the tragedy.

Matthew Theurer of Portland, Ind., was arrested after the body of his baby, Matthew, was discovered in a bag on the side of a highway about 100 miles away from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina.

Theurer, senior airman at the military base, is charged with voluntary manslaughter, negligent homicide and murder.

An Air Force spokesperson said investigators would soon be in touch with loved ones here in Indiana to learn more about the suspect.

“They will be in touch with family in Indiana and others who know him,” said Linda Card from the Air Force, Office of Special Investigations.

 “Everybody’s basically praying for them,” said neighbor Justin Winters. “It leaves everybody speechless.”

 Others who knew Theurer are shocked by the allegations.

“He was just very quiet. Very just.. kind of awkward,” said one Air Force wife living at the same base. She said she knew Theurer and his family through spending time with them on the base.

She recalled Theurer and his estranged wife, Amy, had a rocky marriage and said they were separated. She said his wife had moved back to Indiana, had gotten engaged and was pregnant.

The baby was left in Theurer’s care. The woman said Theurer was telling people on the base that his son was in Indiana.

“I would never in a million years thought that he would do that to his own child,” she said.

Authorities said Theurer tried to commit suicide after he claimed he found his son dead in a crib and dumped his body.

“You just pray for people like that,” said Portland resident Alice Lehman. “Your heart breaks for them, but there’s nothing you can do and it’s just a definite shock.”

Theurer is being held in Sampson County Pre-Confinement Facility.

We need to stop "involving" fathers who were never committed to the mother or to making a family together. This dude has a history of domestic violence. He supposedly had a "screw loose" (according to two different people) and his own toddler daughter was afraid of him. There was nothing to be gained by letting this kind of sh** have access to a child, and everything to lose.

Dad is identified as STEPHON LINDSAY.

http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/20130313/NEWS/130319936?p=1&tc=pg

Father accused in Gadsden child's death

By John Davidson
Times Staff Writer

Published: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 6:44 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 4:50 p.m.

A 20-month-old girl was found dead Tuesday night at the corner of Plainview Street and Block Avenue, according to Gadsden police. Her father is in custody and is expected to be charged Thursday with capital murder.

Maliyah Tashay Lindsay was reported missing Monday evening by her mother, Tasmine Thomas, 19, Gadsden, when she couldn't locate her daughter. The father, Stephon Lindsay, said he took the girl to his sister's house about a week earlier.

When Thomas called Lindsay's sister to pick up Maliyah, the sister said she had not seen either of them for weeks. Thomas called Lindsay and when he did not answer her calls, she called police.

Gadsden Police Capt. Bobby Jackson said Lindsay was arrested Tuesday night at a residence on Clayton Boulevard. Detectives interviewed him, and information from the interview led them to a wooded area off Plainview Avenue, where they found Maliyah's body.

The investigation was a joint effort between Gadsden police, the Etowah County Sheriff's Office and other agencies, but Jackson said, “We'll be the lead because it happened in our jurisdiction. Anything like this, we'll get support from the surrounding law enforcement agencies and that's important.”

Jackson pointed to a picture of Maliyah. “How can you hurt that little baby?” he asked.

Mary Jones, Maliyah's great-grandmother, described her as a sweet baby. She said Thomas was so shaken by her daughter's death that she had to be hospitalized.

“When she got the news yesterday evening, I've never seen her so upset,” Jones said. “I'm just trying to hold up, because (Tasmine) needs me.”

Shanika Thomas, Maliyah's aunt, said her niece used to make some of the silliest faces. Jones said the child was full of life and energy and ran all over the house.

“We used to try to get her to stop or come back,” Jones said. “She'd just stop and look at you and keep on running.”

Jones said Maliyah was scared of Lindsay and didn't want to be around him.

“He'd walk in the door and she'd run from him,” Thomas said. “She didn't want to go with him, so he'd leave.”

Shanika Thomas and Jones said he had “a screw loose,” but wouldn't describe him as mentally ill, Jones noting that he “pays his bills” and “knows exactly what he's doing.

Both said they don't understand how anyone could do what was done to Maliyah.

“I don't even see how he can look at her and want to hurt her,” Shankia Thomas said. “Not just any baby, but your own?”

Maliyah's body has been sent to Huntsville for an autopsy to determine the cause of death.

We've posted on this case before.

Notice that this child was killed within three weeks of Daddy demanding summer visitation--even though the boy was only four and lived out of state with his mother. Previous articles have demonstrated that the father had a history of violence and child abuse.

Dad is identified as WILFRED EXILASE.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2013-03-13/news/os-child-abuse-charges-upgraded-murder-20130313_1_child-abuse-charges-child-abuse-face-murder-charges

Father's child-abuse charges upgraded to murder

March 13, 2013|By Desiree Stennett, Orlando Sentinel

Wilfred Exilasse told investigators that his 4-year-old son's severe head injuries occurred when the boy slipped and fell.

But doctors didn't believe him. To them, the child's fatal injuries looked more like he had been involved in a violent car crash.

Now, Exilasse's child-abuse charges have been upgraded to first-degree murder.

A grand jury indicted the 27-year-old father in late February, nearly six months after his son, Elijah Exilasse, died of complications caused by blunt-force head trauma.

Elijah's mother Felicia Lubin, who lives in Colorado Springs, sent the boy to spend the summer in Orlando at Exilasse's insistence. Three weeks later, her son was in the hospital.

In the ambulance on May 30, Exilasse told emergency responders he had been disciplining Elijah when the boy slipped from his hands and fell between the bathtub and sink, according to court documents. When investigators questioned him the next day, he said Elijah slipped off the toilet and fell to the floor while he was playing alone.

Dr. Greg Olavarria, the neurosurgeon who treated Elijah at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, said both stories were "suspicious and improbable" because Elijah's injuries were far more severe than Exilasse had originally explained.

"That type of injury could only be caused by extreme blunt force such as a car crash, being struck by an object or being shaken," Olavarria told investigators.

Elijah died Sept. 1 and now his father who was initially charged with two counts of aggravated child abuse will face murder charges at trial. A tentative trial date has been set for April 22.

Dad is identified as PAUL DAY. Yet another daddy who got "frustrated" with normal infant crying....

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/oakland-park/fl-delayed-baby-homicide-20130314,0,3894164.story

Oakland Park father charged with murder in shaken-baby case

By Erika Pesantes and Tonya Alanez, Sun Sentinel 1:15 p.m. EDT, March 14, 2013

An Oakland Park father who allegedly shook his fussy infant, causing injuries consistent with shaken-baby syndrome, has been charged with murder after the boy died from the injuries three years later, authorities say.

According to a Broward Sheriff's Office report, Paul Day, 41, violently shook his 6-month-old child, Anibus Day, after he grew frustrated with the child's crying on June 11, 2009.

The incident occurred in a home in the 4300 block of Northeast 19th Terrace in Oakland Park.

Day called 911 after the baby stopped breathing and the boy was transported to Holy Cross Hospital where doctors determined his condition was caused by shaken-baby syndrome, the report said.

The child never regained consciousness and was transferred to Broward Children's Center in Pompano Beach. At the time, Day was charged with aggravated child abuse and child neglect.

Little Anibus Day, who had never regained consciousness following the incident, died on Dec. 15, 2012, authorities said. He was 3 years old.

A nurse at the Pompano Beach extended care facility found the boy lying unresponsive on his bed. The medical examiner later determined the child's death was a delayed homicide upon reviewing the boy's previous medical records.

Day appeared before Circuit Judge Andrew Siegel Thursday, where the prosecutor, Hussein El Rashidy, told the judge: "The victim in the aggravated abuse has passed away."

A new hearing for Day has been scheduled for April 12. He is currently being held without bail.

Dad is identified as ANTONIO CERVANTES.

http://bryantimes.com/news/associated_press/article_dfb2e878-8ad4-11e2-9af6-0019bb2963f4.html

Ohio dad pleads guilty to charges in baby’s death .

Posted: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 1:22 am

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio father whose newborn infant was found stashed in an apartment freezer has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and other charges connected to the baby’s death.

A court official confirmed Monday that Antonio Cervantes, of Toledo, also entered guilty pleas to charges of tampering with evidence, child endangering and abuse of a corpse. A message was left with his attorney.

So this @$$ lied and STILL gets a break. Daddy coddling at its finest....

Dad is identified as MICHAEL ANTHONY GOODMAN.

http://wtkr.com/2013/03/12/suffolk-dad-sentenced-in-shooting-of-3-year-old-son/

Suffolk dad sentenced in shooting of 3-year-old son

Posted on: 3:04 pm, March 12, 2013, by Doris Taylor

Suffolk, Va. –Michael Anthony Goodman, a Suffolk father, has been sentenced in connection to the shooting of his 3-year-old son last year.

He was sentenced to 25 years in jail with all but 6 years and 11 months suspended.

Goodman pleaded guilty in November to attempted malicious wounding, malicious wounding, child abuse, disregard for life, use of a firearm in commission of a felony and child abuse and serious injury.

Police say he accidentally shot his son in the shoulder during an argument with the child’s mother and a friend.

Goodman fired shots in the friend’s direction, but his son was hit according to the documents.

After Goodman was arrested, he said his son shot himself after finding a gun in his car police say.