Dastardly Dads

Notice that there is mention of the grandparents, but not of a mother. Is this a single dad? If so, what happened to Mom? Was this idiot awarded custody at some point or what?

Dad is identified as RODERICK ROBINSON.

http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/news/local/father-left-2-kids-in-car-after-police-chase/nWJQ7/

Updated: 3:42 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 | Posted: 3:17 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013

Father left 2 kids in car after police chase

By Rick McCrabb

MIDDLETOWN — A Middletown man was convicted of child endangering after he allegedly left his two children — ages 9 and 4 — in the car when he jumped out of the car and fled Middletown police following a short pursuit.

Roderick Robinson, 29, of Bonita Drive, was found guilty of those charges, plus eluding and obstructing official business, in Middletown Municipal Court on Wednesday afternoon. He pleaded no contest and was sentenced to 240 days in Middletown City Jail.

On Tuesday, Robinson was pulled over on Roosevelt Boulevard near Wicoff Street because his front license plate wasn’t displayed, police said. After he was stopped, Robinson took off in his vehicle and was chased by a Middletown police officer, said Maj. Rodney Muterspaw of the Middletown Division of Police.

Robinson got out of his vehicle and was chased by police because he had a warrant through Butler County Sheriff’s Office. Police later found Robinson, and when he continued to run, police deployed a Taser and Robinson was arrested.

The case seemed to end there until police reviewed the cruiser’s camera and it showed two children, whom the officer didn’t see, exiting the vehicle as police chased their father, Muterspaw said.

The children told police their father told them: “I’m running. Go to your grandparents.”

After viewing the tape, police shifted the focus of their investigation to the children, Muterspaw said. He said the children were found at their grandfather’s home, a short distance away. Muterspaw said the children were scared, but unharmed.

Muterspaw said after 22 years on the force, he thought he had seen it all. Then he watched the video and saw the children’s heads popping up, and them running away.

“Incredible,” he said.

I remember reading about this case years ago. Clueless "caret taking" father who kept the baby in a clothes basket in the closet. She eventually died from suffocation. All while Mom was at work to support his clueless @$$.

Dad is identified as ROBERT FLORES. 

http://www.abqjournal.com/main/2013/02/08/news/cruces-dad-convicted-in-babys-death.html

Cruces Dad Convicted In Baby’s Death

By Scott Sandlin / Journal Staff Writer on Fri, Feb 8, 2013

An Albuquerque jury hearing a Las Cruces child abuse case Thursday convicted the father of a 4-month-old girl who died while in his care of negligent child abuse and tampering with evidence.

Robert Flores, 28, was taken into custody immediately on the order of District Judge Fernando Macías, who ordered a presentence report.

Assistant District Attorney Jacinto Palomino argued that Flores should be denied bond entirely because he faces an 18-year mandatory sentence on the child abuse count. Flores’ attorney Mark Pickett suggested that bond should remain at the $50,000 figure set following the child’s death in 2007, noting his client has complied with all his conditions of release in the interim.

Macías decided to increase the bond to $100,000, so Flores will remain in custody until the amount is posted.

Flores was home alone with his infant child while his girlfriend was at work. He put the child in a laundry basket of dirty clothes in a dark closet, according to trial testimony, though the prosecution said it was so neighbors wouldn’t hear her cry and the defense contended it was so she would be comfortable. The child died of asphyxiation.

Pickett declined comment after the verdict.

Palomino said after the verdict that Flores gave a statement to police in which he said that, even after finding the child unresponsive, he put her on the bed for an hour, telling police, “I hoped she’d wake up.” 

Police were called to the residence when the mother returned from work at 3:30 a.m. on Dec. 6, 2007, and found her daughter Kalynne dead.

The case took five years to get to trial in part because the prosecution took a pre-trial appeal of Macías’ ruling excluding certain evidence — namely that Flores had left the home about 10:45 p.m. to purchase beer and cigarettes. Though Macías found that evidence unduly prejudicial, he said prosecutors could present Flores’ statements that he had been drinking and the alcohol containers that were found at the scene.

The Court of Appeals upheld Macías last April.

“We recognize that the jury may never learn defendant’s specific purpose in leaving the residence,” the court said in its opinion, "(but) it seems unlikely that a jury would reasonably infer that (Flores’) reason for leaving his infant daughter was justified.”

The tampering with evidence charge related to Flores pouring out a glass of beer before police arrived. 

A sentencing date has not been set.

Notice that there is mention of Daddy's mother (the one who turned him in), but there is no mention of a mother in this home at all. Was there one? Or is this a single father? If so, what happened to Mom?

The abuser dad is identified as HAMILTON MORALES. 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2275639/Dad-arrested-forcing-son-carry-weights-backpack-jab-punching-bag-hes-exhausted-punishment-bad-behavior-school.html#axzz2KMF0Hwyb

Father who 'LASHED his misbehaving 10-year-old son with a belt and force-marched him around yard with heavy backpack' is charged

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

PUBLISHED: 09:50 EST, 8 February 2013 | UPDATED: 10:19 EST, 8 February 2013

A South Carolina man who allegedly disciplined his son by lashing the boy with a belt and forcing him to carry weights to the point of exhaustion has been charged by police.

Hamilton Morales, 33, was turned in by his own mother Wednesday evening after she saw him inflicting the unusual punishments on her grandchild, according to police.

The 10-year-old boy had been forced to walk around the family's Rock Hill back yard carrying a book bag filled with weights that was so heavy it dug scrape marks into the boy's shoulders, the Charlotte Observer reports. Police say Hamilton Morales used unusual forms of punishment on his son, including making him pound on a punching bag for 20 minutes.

His father also made him jab a punching bag for 20 minutes in an attempt to exhaust him so he wouldn't misbehave.

Responding police officers found red marks on the boy's right leg from the blows allegedly inflicted by Morales' belt. The father reportedly admitted that he had struck the boy 'several times.'

The boy had infuriated his father after being mischievous at school.

The father reportedly told police he was trying to 'break (the boy) down mentally and make him too tired to act out.'

Morales has been charged with unlawful conduct toward a child and as of Thursday evening was being held on $5,000 bail at the Rock Hill jail, police say.

In the past, Morales reportedly told cops he had made the boy stand with his hands stretched out while he held a pair of boots. If the boy dropped his arms, he’d receive a whipping from Morales’ belt.

An expert who spoke with the Observer said the father's behavior had crossed the line from corporal punishment to 'extreme' punishment.

Jane Alleva, interim director of Safe Passage, a shelter for battered women and children in Rock Hill, the fourth largest city in South Carolina, commended the boy's grandmother for contacting authorities.

'Family members have a higher sense of responsibility and obligation to ensure the safety of their loved ones,' she was quoted as saying.

 She said boys who are abused are prone to committing domestic violence when they grow up.

'Violence begets violence,' she told the newspaper.

Authorities make a distinction between child abuse and corporal punishment, which is allowed in South Carolina and 'gets utilized on a daily basis,' Sgt. Robert Kegler, a spokesman for the Horry County Police, said in an interview with WBTW News 13.

Abuse occurs when corporal punishment goes too far.

According to Karole Jensen, founder of the nonprofit Wings for Children in Myrtle Beach, S.C., figuring out when a parent has crossed the line can be a matter of 'the amount of violence and aggression used and how much rage is involved.'

Jensen said that, since she established her organization in the late 1970s, she has seen cases ranging from children with bruises inflicted by their parents to instances 'where children have been beaten to death.'

The first comment posted said exactly what I first thought. Another JOSH POWELL here. 

For those who don't remember, the Utah authorities totally screwed up the investigation regarding the disappearance of Powell's wife, totally ignored the forensic evidence pointing to a violent crime. They dragged their feet for ages. Meanwhile, Daddy finally got "supervised" visitation with the two surviving kids--kids he promptly murdered after locking the supervisor out of his house. 

This is like deja vu all over again. The authorities putz around regarding the mother's death. And meanwhile, we put the children at risk by returning them to their father. 

Once again, the authorities ignore testimony regarding the father's violent history and history of erratic behavior.

Once again, people are "gagged" and banned from telling the truth. 

Once again, Daddy gets the kids even though the criminal investigation is not complete. 

Once again, whether it's Utah or Saudi Arabia, fathers rights trumps the rights of everybody else....

Dad is identified as JOHN BRICKMAN WALL. 

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865572542/2-children-returned-to-father-investigated-in-ex-wifes-death.html?pg=1

2 children returned to father investigated in ex-wife's death

 By Pat Reavy, Deseret News

Published: Thursday, Feb. 7 2013 1:10 p.m. MST

 SALT LAKE CITY — Two children of a Salt Lake man being investigated in the death of his ex-wife have been returned to him after they had been removed from the house for about seven months.

Late last week, 3rd District Juvenile Court Judge Charles Behrens granted a motion to return the two younger children of John Brickman Wall to the custody of their father under a transition plan.

The children are 12 and 13 years old. Wall's 17-year-old daughter "will remain in temporary custody consistent with prior court orders," according to court spokeswoman Nancy Volmer.

Because child protection matters are confidential, and because a gag order has been placed on the primary parties, little information has been released about the ongoing child custody arrangements. The children were part of a custody battle in a bitter 2006 divorce between Wall, 49, and his ex-wife, 48-year-old Uta von Schwedler. Since von Schwedler's mysterious death in 2011, the couple's four children have become entangled in a bitter legal battle.

Von Schwedler was found dead in her overflowing bathtub on Sept. 27, 2011. Because of the mysterious circumstances surrounding her death, the state medical examiner was not able to determine if the death was the result of a homicide or a suicide.

The couple's oldest son, Pelle Wall, 18, is convinced his mother was killed by his father. In court documents, he said he was "so fearful for his physical safety around his father (after his mother's death) he has, on occasion, armed himself with knives." He moved out of his father's house when he turned 18 and later filed a petition in court to have his siblings removed from the house, saying he was concerned about their safety and that they were "suffering physical, emotional or development injury or damage."

 In June of 2011, on the day a hearing was to begin in juvenile court over whether the three remaining siblings should be removed from John Wall's house, the court announced that a settlement had been reached but could not comment on details. Friends of the family confirmed the children had been relocated to an undisclosed location.

In Pelle Wall's original petition, he had asked that his siblings be removed from his father's house while a criminal investigation into whether John Wall had any involvement in his ex-wife's death was completed. Salt Lake police said Thursday that their investigation into von Schwedler's death is still active. They declined to comment about whether John Wall or anybody else was still being investigated as a person of interest.

 Police and the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office met in October to discuss the case. The meeting gave prosecutors an opportunity to learn where police were with their investigation. Both sides declined to talk about what was discussed.

Also in court last week, Behrens denied a motion to have Wall undergo a psychological evaluation, finding there was insufficient evidence to justify one.

Pelle Wall said in court documents that in the days following his mother's death, his father made statements to his children such as, "Am I monster?" "How am I supposed to know what I do when I'm asleep?" "What if I did it and I don't remember?" "I loved Uta, I couldn't have done that to her, right?"

Wall also asked his children to stay with him "so he wouldn't jump," court records state. His "extreme emotional distress" continued as his children found him "laying on the bed in a fetal position making strange statements." He was eventually admitted to the University Neuropsychiatric Institute.

While visiting the institute, Pelle Wall said his father made several statements about police and their investigation, including, "If they find my phone there, how can I refute that?" court records state.


Also in last week's court ruling, the judge ruled that the guardian ad litem will take an active role to ensure that the best interests of the children are being met. The guardian ad litem will monitor the children in their home placements.Von Schwedler's sister, the administrator of her estate, and other members of von Schwedler's family have previously complained that Wall would not allow the children to communicate with them.Another hearing is scheduled for May 8.Meanwhile, the volley of lawsuits between Pelle and John Wall are still pending. John Wall is suing his estranged son for possession of family photo albums. Pelle Wall filed a wrongful death suit against his estranged father in December, claiming that the man had "the motive, opportunity, intent and the stated desire" to end his mother's life.John Wall has never been arrested in connection with his wife's death.

Once again, we see a complete inability to name the problem or the perpetrators. The problem is not abusive "parents." The problem is MALE VIOLENCE, specifically abusive fathers who are totally empowered by a social system that privileges fathers rights over the rights of anyone else. Every example cited in this article shows this, but no one will admit it. 

I for one am sick of patriarchal religious pukes of all stripes who try to justify their abuse of children or try to minimize that violence. That's another big piece of the problem. 

In the case of the girl who was tortured to death by Daddy Dearest, it is quite clear that we had a father with a history of domestic violence and drug abuse, yet he was still allowed contact with his daughter. In fact, he was SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE CUSTODY when the girl turned seven in accordance with Sharia law. This is the same piece of crap who doubted the virginity of a 5-year-old girl. The same piece of crap who RAPED HER. 

Are we surprised that this piece of crap refused to return the child to her mother, and tried to destroy their bond as well? No, this is typical of abusers as well. 

But you can't deal with the crap until you start telling the truth....

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-arabia/saudis-appalled-by-child-abuse-cases-1.1143591

Saudis appalled by child abuse cases

Victims as much in focus as the social mores their tormentors take advantage of

By Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief
Published: 15:32 February 8, 2013

Manama: The recent media reports about two children who were subjected to heart-rending abuse at the hands of their parents have evoked outrage, anger and condemnation among Saudi citizens even as the realisation grows that such reports point to deeper social issues.

The nation was still reeling from the reports that a man who tortured his five-year-old daughter to death had apparently escaped with a light sentence when the local media reported that a nine-year-old boy was being treated at a hospital for injuries inflicted by his father, who repeatedly poured scalding hot water and tea on him.

“That was really too much for us,” Rayyan Abdul Aziz, a real estate agent in the Eastern Province, said. “We are sickened by these reports that alarm us about the depths to which some parents have stooped. People today want concerted and long-ranging efforts by all segments of the society to put an end to a phenomenon that grew out of unacceptable societal norms and values held by some people who have little or no regard for the wellbeing of children despite the clear teachings in Islam to protect them,” he said.

The recent cases have focused attention on parents as perpetrators of domestic abuse, especially when they are virtually certain that they will not have to face the consequences of their actions. Article continues below

In the death-by-torture case, the father had passed himself off as a preacher to give lectures on a private television channel about ethical and moral behaviour. He, however, didn’t have any qualms about torturing his own daughter, Luma, “to discipline her” after the girl’s unsuspecting mother, who was divorced from him, took her over to visit him at a residence where he was living with his new wife.

 Luma lived with her divorced mother, but she was allowed to visit her father even though he reportedly did not seem to care about her.

According to Luma’s mother, her former husband had a history with drugs but seemed to have reformed himself before marriage. However, his violent streak surfaced following their marriage and he would often beat her, she said. Unwilling to continue her life with him, she filed for divorce and a court in the eastern city of Dammam ruled in her favour. The judge told her that she would have the custody of their daughter until she turned seven.

She said that, following the divorce, her ex-husband took a new wife and saw Luma only on four occasions.

“The last time was when I took her to visit him after he lapsed into a long silence even though Luma was keen on seeing him,” she said. “The agreement was she would spend two weeks with him, but he refused to let her come home to me. The last words I heard from her were ‘I love you mum and I always pray for you.’ Her father often said that he would make her forget all about me,” the mother said.

She was later informed by police in Riyadh that her daughter was in hospital, where she was being treated for severe burns and bruises and that her condition was critical.

“I could not recognise my own daughter when I saw her in hospital. It was such a terrible shock to see her frail body in this tragic state. She remained paralysed for eight months before she passed away,” she said.

Reports said that the father used wires and an iron rod to punish his daughter and that he had doubts about her virginity.

But Suhaila Zain Al Abideen, a Saudi human rights activist, said no religious or social dimension could explain the father’s behaviour with his daughter. “Let us look at all the theories,” she said. “If the father went by the weak saying that parents could hit their children, it never meant breaking skulls, ribs and a hand. It did not mean using fire to burn a child,” she said, quoted by local news site Sabq.

A father cannot logically have the slightest doubts about his child’s sexual attitudes, she said. “She is a child and what does a five-year-old child know about sexual relations? This is totally illogical. Even if she had been raped, she is the victim and does not understand anything about these things,” she said.

“The punishment, if all the evidence is incriminating, is to give her 100 lashes, and not to break her skull or to torture her,” she said, insisting that the father had no justification for his actions on social, legal or religious grounds and had to be severely punished for killing his daughter by torturing her.

According to the activist, the “tragedy is that the father claims to be a religious preacher”.

“This is a disaster. Islam does not condone violence. Unfortunately, the father knew that he would not be punished severely because, if retribution had awaited him, he would have never tortured his daughter. A preacher is supposed to be a genuine guide in words and deeds,” she said.

In the second child abuse case to make the news in the country recently, a boy repeatedly burnt by his father spoke out about what he endured after his grandfather helped move him to a care centre from his father’s home.

The boy’s father had poured hot water and tea on his son on numerous occasions and also stubbed out cigarettes on his frail body.

The mother chose to remain silent to the abuse but the paternal grandfather reported the matter and the boy, Rakan, was eventually rescued from the his own parents.

The grandfather alerted the Protection Home in Jeddah which took the young boy in.

According to the grandfather, the father did not even have formal identity papers issued in his son’s name. The boy thus never went to school.

Rakan, currently receiving treatment at King Fahd General Hospital in Jeddah, refused to return to his parents, saying that both his father and mother repeatedly punished him with hot water and fire.

“My father poured hot water or hot tea and burned me with fire. He also beat me every day even when I did nothing wrong. Whenever I suffered from the scalding hot liquids or terrible burns, nobody rushed to help me or to treat me,” he recalled.

With the number of abuse victims on the rise, activists and compassionate people face formidable challenges owing to the conservative nature of Saudi society and the privacy reserved for family matters.

Getting information on domestic abuse often proves elusive and even professionals come up against massive challenges addressing such cases.

Last year, Princess Adila Bint Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, who patronises many charitable foundations and who has often spoken out against domestic violence, said that strategists and policymakers would need more information, research and studies to help young victims of abuse.

“These are the scientific factors that provide the sound knowledge necessary to lay plans, strategies and programmes that address the lack of care and accomplish the achievements that support children,” she told local Arabic daily Al Riyadh.

Najla, a private school teacher, said that the reasons often given by people to explain negative attitudes by parents included “social exclusion, lack of social skills and addiction to drugs”.

“These have seemingly combined with a culture of passive behaviour and silent attitudes and the lack of strong preventive reactions,” she said. “However, more facts are needed to launch robust drives to promote awareness and instil a culture of truly preventive measures because there is no reason to allow this phenomenon to continue, or, alarmingly, to grow as indicated by the figures released by competent agencies or authorities,” she said.

Let's see. We have a child molester daddy who was basically watching "kiddie porn" while watching FIVE CHILDREN. The dumb @$$ lets the 3-year-old daughter drown while he's playing with himself. 

BUT WHERE IS THE MOTHER IN THIS HOME? Is there one? Or is this a custodial father?

Dad is identified as CHRISTOPHER LANE HOPKINS. 

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Father-sentenced-for-tub-drowning-attributed-to-4261172.php

Father sentenced for tub drowning attributed to porn

By Craig Kapitan Updated 7:05 pm, Thursday, February 7, 2013

A father whose disabled 3-year-old daughter drowned in the bathtub after he left her unattended so he could watch porn was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison.

Christopher Lane Hopkins, 31, was arrested in March 2011, days after he called 911 reporting that he had found Cassie Hopkins floating face down and unresponsive in the tub. 

His 12-year-old step-daughter, one of five children in the Northeast Side apartment, aided him in administering CPR, which she had learned months earlier in school, authorities said. The child never revived.

Investigators found the dirty tub drained, with a plastic plate, pacifier and empty Gatorade bottle inside.

Hopkins initially told authorities only that he was watching TV during the bath and that he had left her alone about 10 minutes. But his story changed a day later, explaining that he was actually masturbating in his locked bedroom when the drowning occurred.

“Christopher said he was watching a pornographic movie called 'Barely Legal' while Cassie was in the bathtub,” Detective Randy Jones noted in court documents. “He said it was bothering him so much he wanted to come in and talk to me (again).”

Cassie, an Indiana native who would have turned 5 this month, was born with Angelman syndrome — a cerebral palsy-like handicap that left her unable to walk or talk and with the motor skills of a 1-year-old.

Child Protective Services had opened an investigation and temporarily taken custody of the children two months earlier, after Cassie had a seizure — a symptom of the syndrome — while the family was living at a motel. She was nourished and had no signs of abuse at the time of death, her autopsy noted. 

Hopkins was charged with reckless injury to a child by omission causing serious bodily injury, a second-degree felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Under terms of a plea agreement reached in January, prosecutors Meli Carrion and Katie Magee agreed to ask for a 15-year term, with the defense requesting deferred adjudication probation.

“He feels beyond remorse for what happened,” defense attorney Brian Hammer told state District Judge Lori Valenzuela, adding that his client has two jobs and a minimal prior criminal record.

Although not mentioned during the hearing, court documents state Hopkins was accused in September of having molested a child six years earlier. He has not been arrested or indicted for the outcry.

The poor little "scared" dad is identifed as PAUL K. BROOKS SR.

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-02-05/news/bs-md-ar-paul-brooks-20130205_1_child-abuse-severn-father-methadone

Severn father on trial for child abuse after boy drank methadone

Prosecutors say father waited until child lost consciousness to call 911

February 05, 2013|By Andrea F. Siegel, The Baltimore Sun

Police testified Tuesday that a Severn man, whose 5-year-old son lost consciousness last September after drinking methadone that the father acknowledged buying, waited more than an hour after the boy initially became ill to call for help because he "was scared."

The remark came as the trial of Paul K. Brooks Sr., 28, opened in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court.

Brooks is facing child abuse and related charges. Three other charges in the case were dropped last month.

In opening statements, defense attorney Peter S. O'Neill conceded neglect and "poor judgment," but said Brooks was not guilty of child abuse.

This story is not very clear. Was dad CEDRIC MATAMOROS a custodial father? Was the mother's lawsuit to obtain custody and child support? Was this a "shared parenting" situation that the mother wanted to end in favor of sole custody? Who knows, as the reporter doesn't bother to clarify the matter for us.

At any rate, it's pretty hard to believe that it was a coincidence that the child was killed FIVE DAYS before the parents were to appear in court on this unexplained custody matter. Sure looks like an abuser daddy with big control issues to me.

.http://theadvocate.com/home/5035911-125/child-death-under-review


Child death under review

DA ‘reassessing’ 2006 case after suspect’s recent death

BY JOE GYAN JR.
Advocate staff writer
January 29, 2013

East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore III said Monday his office is “reassessing” its case against Shelna Matamoros in the 2006 asphyxiation death of her 2-year-old stepdaughter now that Cedric Matamoros Sr. — her husband and the child’s father — has died.

A grand jury charged both Cedric and Shelna Matamoros with first-degree murder in May 2011 in the death of Malyasia Chante’ Matamoros. Moore’s office said last February it would seek the death penalty against Cedric Matamoros, who was being held without bond.

Cedric Matamoros, a long-term dialysis patient, died in early December. He was 33.

“It is our belief that Cedric was more culpable in the child’s death than Shelna,” Moore said. “We are reassessing our case against Shelna and the extent of her culpability in the child’s death.”

Shelna Jackson Matamoros, 37, has remained behind bars since her indictment. Her next scheduled appearance in Baton Rouge state court is Feb. 27.

Prosecutors said the charges against Cedric Matamoros will be dismissed Tuesday, which was to be his next scheduled court appearance.

Moore has said previously that Malyasia Matamoros was “killed for money.’’

The toddler was covered by five insurance policies totaling $185,000 at the time of her death, and Cedric and Shelna Matamoros were the beneficiaries, he noted. The child was pronounced dead Aug. 31, 2006. Two of the insurance policies totaling $110,000 were set to lapse Sept. 1, 2006, Moore has said.

After Cedric and Shelna Matamoros were indicted, the child’s mother, Shantel Fountain, said she always thought her daughter’s death had something to do with a lawsuit she filed against Cedric Matamoros for custody and child support. The former couple was due in court five days after their daughter’s death.

Cedric Matamoros claimed someone broke into his unit at the Brandywine Condominiums on Darryl Drive the night of Aug. 30, 2006, when his daughter was attacked in her bedroom. He said he fired a 9 mm handgun at the intruder. Shelna Matamoros was at the apartment that night.

In an interview Aug. 31, 2006, Cedric Matamoros said if anyone thought he killed his child, they were wrong.

“I don’t have those kind of guts. I love my child,” he said. “I did what any father would do; I protected my family.”

Matamoros said he did not get a good look at the intruder. He said he could not tell if the person was a man or woman.

Police were called about 4 a.m. Aug. 30, 2006, to the Matamoros’ apartment in reference to gunshots being fired, police have said.

Several gunshots had been fired inside the apartment, but no one was hit, police stated.

Cedric Matamoros pleaded no contest in September 2010 to simple arson, insurance fraud and workers’ compensation fraud. He was released from prison the day before he was arrested in his daughter’s slaying.

Shelna Matamoros pleaded guilty in March 2010 to simple arson, insurance fraud and other charges in the same string of arsons and frauds. She was released from prison a year later.

Dad is identified as KENNETH W. LARSON.

http://www.twincities.com/crime/ci_22474460/wisconsin-father-pleads-not-guilty-death-infant-son

Wisconsin father pleads not guilty in death of infant son

Pioneer Press

Posted: 01/29/2013 12:01:00 AM CST January 30, 2013 3:41 AM GMT

Updated: 01/29/2013 09:41:12 PM CST

POLK COUNTY, WIS.

Man pleads not guilty in son's death

A Wisconsin man convicted of causing severe injuries to his infant son has pleaded not guilty to a first-degree reckless homicide charge that was filed after the boy died.

Kenneth W. Larson, 30, entered the plea Monday, Jan. 28, in Polk County Circuit Court. He was being held in the Polk County Jail, officials said Tuesday.

Larson was released in October from Oshkosh Correctional Institution in Oshkosh, Wis., having been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to child abuse recklessly causing great bodily harm in the death of his son.

The boy was 1 month old when his mother took him to a hospital emergency room in September 2007 with injuries that included a severe brain injury, according to the criminal complaint.

In an interview with police, Larson said his son had rolled off a bed in Balsam Lake, Wis., striking his head and cheek, and claimed that he did not harm the boy, the complaint states.

The child died in November 2011, the result of complications from the brain injury, and a medical examiner determined the death could be classified as a homicide.

Larson's cash bond is set at $25,000.

The next court hearing in the case is a pre-trial conference scheduled for March 1.

If convicted, Larson faces a sentence of up to 60 years.

-- Andy Rathbun

Dad is identified as JUSTIN MCINTYRE.

http://www.wwmt.com/shared/newsroom/top-stories/stories/wwmt_father-sentenced-child-abuse-7379.shtml

Father sentenced for child abuse

OTTAWA COUNTY, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - An Ottawa County man was in court Monday to receive his sentence for critically injuring his infant son.

Last month a jury found Justin McIntyre guilty of second-degree child abuse.

Police say McIntyre violently shook his six-week-old son Bentley back in August, causing critical head injuries.

Bentley spent several weeks in the hospital before going home to continue his recovery.

Monday McIntyre received 19 months to 120 months in prison, with credit for 157 days served. Restitution will be determined at a later date.

Contrary to fathers rights propaganda, mothers are held to a much higher standard than fathers. Notice that Mom may lose her parental rights, even though DHS doesn't believe she was involved in the assault on this infant. Fathers are very seldom held accountable in those cases where the mother was the sole abuser.

The abuser dad is identified as TYLER LEE STONER.

http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/jan/29/father-faces-child-abuse-charges/

Father Faces Child Abuse Charges

By Ray Kisonas
Tuesday, January 29, 2013, 01:29 p.m.

A teen-aged father accused of shaking his infant son, causing life-threatening injuries, was arrested at the hospital where the baby reportedly is being treated, authorities said.

The Monroe County Prosecutor’s Office issued a warrant charging Tyler Lee Stoner, 18, of Frenchtown Villa Mobile Home Park in Newport with first degree child abuse, a felony that has a maximum penalty of life in prison upon conviction.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office reported that Mr. Stoner was arrested in Ohio at the hospital where his 6-week-old son remains listed in critical condition with severe head injuries.

Mr. Stoner is being held in the Lucas County jail and will be brought here once he legally can be transferred to Michigan.

Sheriff’s detectives reported that on Jan. 19, Mr. Stoner was caring for the child while the baby’s mother slept.

The parents, who are not married, took the infant to Mercy Memorial Hospital when he became unresponsive. He eventually was transferred to a Toledo hospital.

In addition to severe head injuries, the baby suffered broken ribs, authorities reported.

Since the incident, probate court officials ruled that the father was not allowed to have contact with the infant.

The hospital where he was arrested also had banned him from visiting the child.

The Michigan Department of Human Services is seeking to terminate the parental rights of both parents, even though the mother was not believed to be involved with the assault.

She is allowed supervised visits with her son.

Another babysitting daddy who managed to beat up a child in his care.

Dad is identified as TOMMY DEANGELO BUTLER.

http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2013-01-28/story/jacksonville-man-held-abuse-charges-after-girl-suffers-internal-injuries

Jacksonville man held on abuse charges after child injured

Posted: January 28, 2013 - 12:40pm | Updated: January 28, 2013 - 5:20pm

By Dan Scanlan

A 28-year-old Westside Jacksonville man was arrested Friday on two charges of aggravated child abuse after a little girl was hospitalized with a rib fracture, internal injuries and bruises on her stomach and back, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Tommy Deangelo Butler remains behind bars in the Duval County jail on $100,000 bail, jail records show. A second person also was arrested, but the name was redacted on the arrest report.

A state Department of Children and Families investigator summoned officers to Wolfson Children’s Hospital about 9 p.m. Friday as the child was being operated on for the injuries, police said.

Officers spoke with the girl’s mother, who said the child had begun throwing up and feeling sick after being cared for by her father and someone else earlier in the week. Investigators questioned Butler and the other person after speaking with other people who care for the child, then arrested them, police said.

I disagree. I humbly submit that being raised by a rapist daddy has everything to do with Sonny turning out the same way. Funny how we'll give Daddy credit when the son emulates the father in a good way, but deny deny deny that fathers ever teach their son misogyny and violence against women.

The rapist daddy"role model" is identified as JASON CZEKALSKI.

http://www.sentinelsource.com/news/local/father-and-son-face-separate-sex-assault-charges/article_b0f2b789-72be-5001-8a1d-1ebe012b8170.html

Father and son face separate sex assault charges

Posted: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 12:00 pm | Updated: 10:35 am, Tue Feb 5, 2013.

By Danielle Rivard Sentinel Staff

The son of a Rindge lawyer accused of sexually assaulting a child in the 1990s was indicted on unrelated sex assault charges.

Luke Czekalski, 26, of Jaffrey is charged with seven counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault on a child.

On Oct. 9, Jaffrey police received a report of a possible sexual assault. After an investigation, police arrested Luke Czekalski on Oct. 30, alleging he sexually assaulted a 6-year-old girl.

It is unclear from court documents how many times the alleged assaults occurred.

An indictment is not an indication of guilt, it is a determination by a grand jury that there is enough evidence to go to trial. Meanwhile, a separate months-long investigation conducted by Rindge and State Police led to the Jan. 25 arrest of Luke Czekalski’s father, Jason A. Czekalski, 51, at his home in Rindge.

Jason Czekalski is charged with one count of aggravated felonious sexual assault and two counts of felonious sexual assault.

Jason Czekalski engaged in a pattern of sexual contact with an 11-year-old child he knew between March 1993 and December 1995, according to court documents. His case has since been forwarded to Cheshire County Superior Court.

Police say the alleged incidents are unrelated.

“Luke’s issues had nothing to do with the father,” Jaffrey Police Chief William J. Oswalt said in an interview.

Both men are being held at the Cheshire County jail in Keene.

More UNNAMED DAD coddling...

http://www.wfaa.com/news/Father-in-Cleburne-shooting-will-not-face-charges-189861751.html

Police: Cleburne father who shot daughter will not face charges

by BAILEY MCGOWAN WFAA

Posted on February 5, 2013 at 12:24 PM The Cleburne father of the five-year-old girl who accidentally shot his daughter Feb. 1 will not face charges.

An investigation by the Cleburne Police Department found the man was loading a handgun he recently purchased when he accidentally fired it, striking his daughter in the abdomen, according to a release.

The child, whose name was not released, is in good condition at Cooks Children’s Hospital, according to the release. The case was also referred to Children Protective Services.

At the time of the incident, the child was rushed to the Fort Worth hospital from the 600 block of North Robinson Street, according to a previous report by WFAA.

Dad MOHAN PAL abducts and kills motherless son. Police do sh**.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/Shahdol-villagers-block-highway-demanding-arrest-of-killer-father/articleshow/18359611.cms

Shahdol villagers block highway demanding arrest of 'killer father'

TNN | Feb 6, 2013, 03.54 AM IST BHOPAL:

Angry residents blocked national highway at Shahdol after placing the dead body of a 12-year-old child whose body was found from a river on Tuesday. They alleged that the child was abducted and killed by his father and alleged inaction by police.

The body of the boy was found at Sarfa village of Shahdol and was identified as Sonu son of Mohan Pal. Sonu's father had left him after death of his mother and the child was living with his maternal grandfather, Gajadhar Pal at Lalpur village, said sources.

The child was reported missing on January 27 and a missing report was filed with Sehore Kotwali police station.

In their written complaint to police on Tuesday, villagers alleged that the father of Sonu, with whom minor had some legal issues, didn't liked him and he had abducted him on January 27. It was only after the police officials assured action on the basis of the post-mortem report that the highway blockage could be cleared, added sources.

Yet another family annihilator dad. This one is identified as SHIVINDER SINGH GROVER. 

http://johnscreek.patch.com/articles/report-4-people-dead-in-johns-creek-apartment

Causes of Death Determined in Johns Creek Murder-Suicide

Police found bodies at Johns Creek apartment complex on Monday.

By Ann Marie Quill Updated, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 5:15 p.m.:

The causes of death in the murder-suicide that claimed the lives of a family of four in a Johns Creek apartment complex were hanging, injury by sharp objects and blunt force trauma, said Police Chief Ed Densmore on Tuesday.

The two children, Sartaj and Gurtej Grover, died from homicide by sharp force injuries to the neck; their mother, Damanjit "Daisy" Kaur Grover, died from homicide by blunt force trauma to the head; and the father, Shivinder Singh Grover, died from suicide by hanging.

"I'd like to first give our condolences to the Grover family for the tragic situation they suffered," Densmore said. The "Fulton County Medical Examiner gave his ruling a short time ago which confirmed our initial suspicion yesterday . . . that is was a murder-suicide."

Densmore said that investigators are still on the scene at Aylesbury Apartments and that a motive has not yet been released. He also did not give a time nor date of death.

Updated, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 9:40 a.m.:

The bodies of a family of four found dead at Aylesbury Farm Apartments in Johns Creek on Monday have been identified as Shivinder Singh Grover, 52 (male); Damanjit Kaur Grover, 47 (female); Sartaj Singh Grover, 12 (male); and Gurtej Singh Grover, 5 (male), by the Fulton County Medical Examiner's office. 

While Johns Creek Police said Monday that the deaths are the result of an apparent murder-suicide, a representative from the ME's office told Patch that the autopsy is being conducted this morning and an official cause of death is expected to be released this afternoon.

Meanwhile, WSB TV reports that friends gathered at the family's worship place, Sikh Gurudwara in Roswell, to mourn Monday evening.

The killer dad is identified as PHILLIP MARSHALL.

http://www.mymotherlode.com/news/local/1965105/Update-On-MurderSuicide.html

Update On Murder-Suicide

February 03, 2013 02:48 pm

B.J. Hansen, MML News Director

Murphys, CA -- The Calaveras County Sheriff's Office has identified the three people killed in the suspected murder suicide in Murphys.

The body of 54-year-old Phillip Marshall, and his two juvenile children, were found inside their home in the Forest Meadows subdivision yesterday afternoon. All three died from gunshot wounds to the head. The children were 17-year-old Alex Marshall and 14-year-old Macaila Marshall, both students at Bret Harte High School. The family dog was also found dead. The Sheriff's Office believes that Phillip shot his children, and then turned the gun on himself. Phillip's estranged wife, and mother of the two children, was out of town at the time of the shootings.

The home is in the 1200 block of Sandalwood Drive. The Sheriff's Office plans to release more information as the investigation unfolds.

Killer dad ISIDRO ZAVALA=Utter Scum 

http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Man-Kills-Two-Sons-Then-Kills-Self-in-Boynton-Beach-Police-Say-189500051.html

Mom Saw Her Sons 'Killed Before Her' in Double Murder-Suicide, Boynton Police Say

At the crime scene after the killings, detectives found a blue bag with a second firearm, extra ammunition, duct tape, cutting shears and a note, police say

By Gilma Avalos and Juan Ortega | Sunday, Feb 3, 2013 | Updated 6:30 PM EST

A South Florida man strangled his two young sons with a rope at his estranged wife’s house and then used a gun to shoot one of the boys several times before he shot himself to death, authorities said Saturday afternoon.

Police say Isidro Zavala, 45, early Saturday went to the Boynton Beach home of his wife with the intention of killing her and their children, Eduardo Zavala, 12, and Mario Zavala, 11.

At the crime scene, detectives found a blue bag with a second firearm, extra ammunition, duct tape, cutting shears and a note addressed to Zavala's oldest son, who was not at the residence during the killings, police said.

Isidro Zavala carried out his plan, but with an exception: He spared his wife, Victoria Flores Zavala, 36, so that she could suffer, police said.

“What Mrs. Zavala had to go through -- watch her children killed before her -- is probably the most horrific thing you could ever imagine, at least for me,” said Boynton Beach Police Chief G. Matthew Immler, saying that he himself is a parent.

The motive for the killing "is just speculation at this point," Immler said.

Victoria Flores Zavala contacted police, who arrived at her house in the 400 block of Southwest Eighth Avenue about 1:50 a.m. Saturday.

Officers found one child dead in a back screened patio area. A second child was found dead in the kitchen dining room area. Officers found Isidro Zavala’s body in the kitchen, police said.

Victoria Zavala said that her husband killed their children, police said. She said her husband had been separated from her for some time and no longer lived in the house.

She told detectives that she was watching TV when she heard commotion in the house, went to check on her children and saw Isidro Zavala choking one of his sons, police said.

Then the killings happened. Mario was the boy who was shot repeatedly, police said. The mother had tried to stop her spouse.

“She tried fighting him off and begged him to kill her and not the children,” Boynton Beach police spokeswoman Stephanie Slater said in a press release. “He told her she was going to stay alive and suffer the loss of them.”

Detectives obtained a warrant to search the house, as well as a house in the 1100 block of Southeast Third Street, where Isidro Zavala had been living, police said.

The Zavalas have a 19-year-old son who does not live with his family and was not there when the killings occurred, police said. The note found at the crime scene addressed to him said something to the effect that "he was a good son," police said.

Detectives have called the state Department of Children and Families to investigate. “It should be noted that there is no history of reports of domestic violence or abuse noted at the house,” Slater said.

The Zavala couple married in 1993, records show. In 1999, the pair signed a $73,700 mortgage on the home where the killings occurred, Palm Beach County records show.

In October last year, Victoria Flores Zavala filed for divorce from her husband in Palm Beach County, a case that records showed was still listed as pending.

Immler called Saturday's case "an unusually brutal type of murder," but said such murder-suicide cases unfortunately have been known to happen.

"And certainly I've seen it over the years of being a police officer, that there are mentally disturbed people out there who commit these types against their own family members, against their own loved ones," he said.

The police chief turned his attention to the surviving Zavalas.

"Hopefully, as time passes, perhaps their wounds will heal. I doubt it," he said. "You know, I don’t believe you could ever recover from something like this.

"Hopefully, the surviving Zavalas can get the help they need and somehow go on with life."

If you want to know what institutionalized fathers rights looks like, you need look no further than Saudi Arabia, where a daddy can murder his young daughter and get by with a fine. 

The killer daddy is FAYHAN AL-GHAMDI.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21281992

31 January 2013 Last updated at 17:36 ET

Anger over death of Saudi girl after father's 'beating' 

The campaign was launched by Manal al-Sharif - known for her efforts to win women the right to drive The case of a five-year-old Saudi girl who died after allegedly being beaten by her father has sparked outrage and an online campaign in the kingdom.

 The girl, Lama, was the daughter of Fayhan al-Ghamdi, an Islamic preacher who made regular appearances on TV.

 He was arrested after Lama's death in November but was reportedly absolved by the judge in the case.

The verdict has sparked an online campaign calling for punishment for violence against women and children.

Saudi media reports said that Ghamdi had paid 200,000 riyals ($50,000; £31,500) in "blood money" - a sum that can be paid to relatives of a murder victim and which, if accepted, can replace a death sentence.

The amount is half what would have been necessary if Lama had been male.

The women's rights activist Manal al-Sharif has launched a Twitter campaign using the hashtag "Ana Lama" (Arabic for "I am Lama") to demand legislation criminalising violence against women or children, the BBC's Sebastian Usher reports.

A few people have signed up so far, but Saudi activists say it's unlikely to have much effect, our analyst says. 

But with concern over the issue growing, the Saudi authorities have recently said a 24-hour hotline will be set up to take calls about child abuse.

 Lama's mother has said she will pursue the case however she can.