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Dad charged with child porn (Sacramento, California)
Dad is identified as MICHAEL GIBSON.
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/05/03/elk-grove-father-faces-child-pornography-charges/
Elk Grove Father Faces Child Pornography Charges
May 3, 2013 10:14 PM
Reporting Nick Janes
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — An Elk Grove father is behind bars in the Sacramento County Jail on charges of producing alleged child pornography using hidden cameras inside his own home.
Michael Gibson was arrested by members of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Friday, and is set to appear in federal court on Monday.
Federal investigators began looking into the case, after a computer at the his residence allegedly linked to an online child pornography file-sharing network.
Friday, investigators revealed that a search warrant served Wednesday at Gibson’s home in the 9800 Block of Nature Trail Way resulted in recovery of a computer hard drive loaded with alleged child pornography. Authorities said they believe the married father himself created some of it using the hidden cameras.
Ted Matthews is a neighbor of the suspect. Matthews said, “It really is sick, you know, and I can’t even fathom the thought that’s my neighbor.”
Another neighbor says the arrest came a day after the family celebrated a birthday for one of two young sons.
Yvette Grandison, a neighbor, said, “I seen him pull in and they had all kinds of gifts in the back of their van, and the next morning, the cops were here.”
Authorities say they believe the married father himself created some of the child pornography uncovered using the hidden cameras.
Federal prosecutors say in court documents Gibson installed cameras in several bathrooms to record unsuspecting children going to the bathroom and showering.
The criminal complaint describes one of the videos found. The officer said in the complaint, “It appears as if Michael Gibson turns on the shower and then walks out. The girl then undresses and the camera angle is set in such a way that it captures the girl completely nude.”
Investigators also said they found “camera pens” in the home, devices that appeared like regular pens, with a camera lens hidden above the clip.
Neighbors in the quiet, upscale community describe Gibson as a nice guy. They sounded shocked to hear of the arrest.
Neighbor Cathy Middleton is concerned. She said, “My daughter used to babysit for them before she went to school but yeah I never would’ve suspected.”
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/05/03/elk-grove-father-faces-child-pornography-charges/
Elk Grove Father Faces Child Pornography Charges
May 3, 2013 10:14 PM
Reporting Nick Janes
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — An Elk Grove father is behind bars in the Sacramento County Jail on charges of producing alleged child pornography using hidden cameras inside his own home.
Michael Gibson was arrested by members of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Friday, and is set to appear in federal court on Monday.
Federal investigators began looking into the case, after a computer at the his residence allegedly linked to an online child pornography file-sharing network.
Friday, investigators revealed that a search warrant served Wednesday at Gibson’s home in the 9800 Block of Nature Trail Way resulted in recovery of a computer hard drive loaded with alleged child pornography. Authorities said they believe the married father himself created some of it using the hidden cameras.
Ted Matthews is a neighbor of the suspect. Matthews said, “It really is sick, you know, and I can’t even fathom the thought that’s my neighbor.”
Another neighbor says the arrest came a day after the family celebrated a birthday for one of two young sons.
Yvette Grandison, a neighbor, said, “I seen him pull in and they had all kinds of gifts in the back of their van, and the next morning, the cops were here.”
Authorities say they believe the married father himself created some of the child pornography uncovered using the hidden cameras.
Federal prosecutors say in court documents Gibson installed cameras in several bathrooms to record unsuspecting children going to the bathroom and showering.
The criminal complaint describes one of the videos found. The officer said in the complaint, “It appears as if Michael Gibson turns on the shower and then walks out. The girl then undresses and the camera angle is set in such a way that it captures the girl completely nude.”
Investigators also said they found “camera pens” in the home, devices that appeared like regular pens, with a camera lens hidden above the clip.
Neighbors in the quiet, upscale community describe Gibson as a nice guy. They sounded shocked to hear of the arrest.
Neighbor Cathy Middleton is concerned. She said, “My daughter used to babysit for them before she went to school but yeah I never would’ve suspected.”
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Custodial dad found guilty of 1st-degree murder, arson in death of 7-year-old son (St. Joseph, Missouri)
This article makes it sound like this is a rare misstep by social services. In fact, this kind of f*** up is disturbingly common, especially with fathers.That's why so many murdered children have in fact had histories with DSS--all to no avail.
Once again, we see that this poor little boy's mother has been airbrushed out of existence, as if she had never lived. It seems pretty clear that killer dad TONY KING was custodial. But how and why? Does somebody not want to answer that?
http://stjoechannel.com/fulltext?nxd_id=341482
Update: We see it verified here that King was in fact a custodial father. This was in January:
According to police, King and his son’s mother had separated years ago, and he had custody of the boy.
Which once again illustrates one of our standard Dastardly Dad Axioms: A violent dad's status as a custodial father tends to get "lost" by the time the case goes to trial.
Jury Finds Bethany Father Guilty in Son's Death
By: Alan Van Zandt, Melinda Barrett Updated: May 2, 2013
(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) A Harrison County man has been convicted of first degree murder, arson and child abuse in the death of his 7-year-old son.
"We have a guilty verdict for a father who killed his son," says Johnathan Meyer, Harrison County prosecutor.
A Buchanan County jury reached the verdict in Tony King's trial around 1 o'clock Thursday.
Testimony came to a close Wednesday for the Bethany man who was accused of setting his home on fire last January with the boy, Jeremiah Lamm, inside.
"It's a terrible crime anytime a father takes the life of his own son and then tries to cover that crime with an arson," Meyer said.
A medical examiner testified that Lamm had been strangled and killed prior to the fire being set.
During the trial which began Monday, jurors also heard testimony from school officials in Bethany. They pointed out that they had suspected Lamm was being abused, but they never could link their suspicion to his father.
Lamm's teacher, principal and school counselor fought back tears as they recalled the 7-year-old coming to school with bruises and other injuries.
"It was getting close to dismissal time, and in my gut, I just had a feeling that I didn't want to send him home, I was so worried. I knelt down to him at his desk, and I looked in his eyes, and I said Jeremiah I love you so much. I want you to know that I care about you, and you deserve to have every person in your life treat you good," said Jamie Carter, first grader teacher at South Harrison Elementary.
The school's principal called the child abuse hotline in the weeks leading up to a fire at his home in Bethany on January 11, 2012.
King's attorneys brought in investigators from the Children's Division of the Division of Social Services who said they did visit his home and interviewed the boy.
The reports from DSS came back as good and the boy's stories seemed to add up with his injuries.
They also said King was always cooperative with them and allowed them in his home.
The trial was moved from Harrison County to Buchanan County following a change of venue request. Prosecutors say the community has been scarred by the entire ordeal.
"There's a lot of heartbreak," said Meyer. "I know people are talking about it a great deal. We know that Jerimiah was loved. There were a number of people who cared about him, teachers, family and friends. It's sad that he met the fate that he did."
Sentencing for King, who could face life in prison, will be next month.
Once again, we see that this poor little boy's mother has been airbrushed out of existence, as if she had never lived. It seems pretty clear that killer dad TONY KING was custodial. But how and why? Does somebody not want to answer that?
http://stjoechannel.com/fulltext?nxd_id=341482
Update: We see it verified here that King was in fact a custodial father. This was in January:
According to police, King and his son’s mother had separated years ago, and he had custody of the boy.
Which once again illustrates one of our standard Dastardly Dad Axioms: A violent dad's status as a custodial father tends to get "lost" by the time the case goes to trial.
Jury Finds Bethany Father Guilty in Son's Death
By: Alan Van Zandt, Melinda Barrett Updated: May 2, 2013
(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) A Harrison County man has been convicted of first degree murder, arson and child abuse in the death of his 7-year-old son.
"We have a guilty verdict for a father who killed his son," says Johnathan Meyer, Harrison County prosecutor.
A Buchanan County jury reached the verdict in Tony King's trial around 1 o'clock Thursday.
Testimony came to a close Wednesday for the Bethany man who was accused of setting his home on fire last January with the boy, Jeremiah Lamm, inside.
"It's a terrible crime anytime a father takes the life of his own son and then tries to cover that crime with an arson," Meyer said.
A medical examiner testified that Lamm had been strangled and killed prior to the fire being set.
During the trial which began Monday, jurors also heard testimony from school officials in Bethany. They pointed out that they had suspected Lamm was being abused, but they never could link their suspicion to his father.
Lamm's teacher, principal and school counselor fought back tears as they recalled the 7-year-old coming to school with bruises and other injuries.
"It was getting close to dismissal time, and in my gut, I just had a feeling that I didn't want to send him home, I was so worried. I knelt down to him at his desk, and I looked in his eyes, and I said Jeremiah I love you so much. I want you to know that I care about you, and you deserve to have every person in your life treat you good," said Jamie Carter, first grader teacher at South Harrison Elementary.
The school's principal called the child abuse hotline in the weeks leading up to a fire at his home in Bethany on January 11, 2012.
King's attorneys brought in investigators from the Children's Division of the Division of Social Services who said they did visit his home and interviewed the boy.
The reports from DSS came back as good and the boy's stories seemed to add up with his injuries.
They also said King was always cooperative with them and allowed them in his home.
The trial was moved from Harrison County to Buchanan County following a change of venue request. Prosecutors say the community has been scarred by the entire ordeal.
"There's a lot of heartbreak," said Meyer. "I know people are talking about it a great deal. We know that Jerimiah was loved. There were a number of people who cared about him, teachers, family and friends. It's sad that he met the fate that he did."
Sentencing for King, who could face life in prison, will be next month.
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Dad charged with abusing 5-month-old baby (St. Louis, Missouri)
This is a good example of why child abuse statistics are often misleading, and why the acts of mothers tend to be over-represented. More often that not, it's the father/boyfriend who is the violent perpetrator, while Mom is trashed for "failing" to stop an out-of-control enraged male--as if that was even possible in many cases. But both parents are dinged as child abusers.
Dad is identified as JOSHUA ANSON.
http://northcounty.fox2now.com/news/crime/177021-parent-charged-abuse-after-infant-bruised-head-toe
Parent Charged With Abuse After Infant Bruised 'Head to Toe'
Submitted by Patch.com Friday, May 3rd, 2013, 1:34pm
Parents of a 5-month-old child, who had unexplained bruising “from head to toe,” face felony charges for child abuse and endangerment, police said.
Joshua Anson, 21, of the 3200 block of Sunswept Park Drive in unincorporated North County, was charged April 25 with abuse of a child. He is the child’s father.
The mother, Andrea Nicole Oster, 20, also of the 3200 block of Sunswept Park Drive just north of New Halls Ferry Road and Lindbergh Boulevard, was charged April 25 with first-degree child endangerment.
Dad is identified as JOSHUA ANSON.
http://northcounty.fox2now.com/news/crime/177021-parent-charged-abuse-after-infant-bruised-head-toe
Parent Charged With Abuse After Infant Bruised 'Head to Toe'
Submitted by Patch.com Friday, May 3rd, 2013, 1:34pm
Parents of a 5-month-old child, who had unexplained bruising “from head to toe,” face felony charges for child abuse and endangerment, police said.
Joshua Anson, 21, of the 3200 block of Sunswept Park Drive in unincorporated North County, was charged April 25 with abuse of a child. He is the child’s father.
The mother, Andrea Nicole Oster, 20, also of the 3200 block of Sunswept Park Drive just north of New Halls Ferry Road and Lindbergh Boulevard, was charged April 25 with first-degree child endangerment.
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Alcoholic dads top list of child abusers (India)
Contrary to what the fathers rights folks keep insisting, this is the consistent story across all the reputable data.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/alcoholic-fathers-top-as-child-abusers/article4681288.ece
Alcoholic fathers top as child abusers
M. P. PRAVEEN
The incident in which a seven-year-old girl was allegedly tortured to death by her stepmother and father in Kozhikode has brought in to sharp focus the increasing incidents of child abuse by parents.
Abuse by the parents account for 20 per cent of the distress calls from children at the Childline centre in the district in a month.
Unlike the cruelty of stepmother that claimed the life of the innocent girl in Kozhikode, it’s alcoholic fathers who have emerged as the main villain for children in households in the district going by the calls received at the toll-free number of Childline.
“Drunk father beating up children is one of the complaints often heard. There have been instances where we have come across children who have run away from homes to escape such abuses,” Antony Jinoy, district Childline coordinator, told The Hindu.
Tales of abuses at home are increasingly being reported during the sessions organised by Childline in schools. When such incidents come to light, Childline officials visit the homes of the children concerned to talk parents out of abusing their children.
In many cases, parents mend their ways out of shame. “If the situation does not improve, then Childline initiates steps to move them to a children’s home through the Child Welfare Committee after securing their consent,” said Mr. Jinoy.
A victim of child abuse can be brought to the care of CWC by anyone. The district CWC holds sitting every Friday during which such cases are heard. On other days, the child can be produced before a member at his home or work place.
“The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act passed in 2012 holds out more stringent punitive measures against child abusers than the Juvenile Justice Act. Since it is more child-friendly, protecting the privacy and identity of victims, children are more forthcoming in reporting abuse,” said K.K. Shaju, member of district Child Welfare Committee (CWC).
Section 3 of the Act provides for a minimum punishment of seven years’ imprisonment, which may go up to life imprisonment. As per Section 5 of the Act, the punishment will be a minimum of 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment, which may extend to life imprisonment, and also fine for aggravated penetrative sexual assault by close relatives or law enforcers responsible for the protection of children.
Senior psychiatrist C.J. John said that though incidents of abuse emanating from neglect, cruelty, hatred and even an unwanted feeling towards children owing to gender issues and unexpected pregnancy are also being reported, the common variant that’s prevalent in the Malayali society is well-intended verbal abuse and physical abuse of children.
While good parenting calls for patience, the parents here often take the easy route of verbal and physical abuse to get their wards perform better and fulfil their dreams without having any idea of the mental and physical scars that it inflicts on them.
“We often talk about the need to abolish corporal punishment in schools forgetting the domestic situation. Hurtful and demoralizing comments and curses shatter the self-esteem of children whose accumulated anger result in revolt against parents at the first given opportunity,” Mr. John said.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/alcoholic-fathers-top-as-child-abusers/article4681288.ece
Alcoholic fathers top as child abusers
M. P. PRAVEEN
The incident in which a seven-year-old girl was allegedly tortured to death by her stepmother and father in Kozhikode has brought in to sharp focus the increasing incidents of child abuse by parents.
Abuse by the parents account for 20 per cent of the distress calls from children at the Childline centre in the district in a month.
Unlike the cruelty of stepmother that claimed the life of the innocent girl in Kozhikode, it’s alcoholic fathers who have emerged as the main villain for children in households in the district going by the calls received at the toll-free number of Childline.
“Drunk father beating up children is one of the complaints often heard. There have been instances where we have come across children who have run away from homes to escape such abuses,” Antony Jinoy, district Childline coordinator, told The Hindu.
Tales of abuses at home are increasingly being reported during the sessions organised by Childline in schools. When such incidents come to light, Childline officials visit the homes of the children concerned to talk parents out of abusing their children.
In many cases, parents mend their ways out of shame. “If the situation does not improve, then Childline initiates steps to move them to a children’s home through the Child Welfare Committee after securing their consent,” said Mr. Jinoy.
A victim of child abuse can be brought to the care of CWC by anyone. The district CWC holds sitting every Friday during which such cases are heard. On other days, the child can be produced before a member at his home or work place.
“The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act passed in 2012 holds out more stringent punitive measures against child abusers than the Juvenile Justice Act. Since it is more child-friendly, protecting the privacy and identity of victims, children are more forthcoming in reporting abuse,” said K.K. Shaju, member of district Child Welfare Committee (CWC).
Section 3 of the Act provides for a minimum punishment of seven years’ imprisonment, which may go up to life imprisonment. As per Section 5 of the Act, the punishment will be a minimum of 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment, which may extend to life imprisonment, and also fine for aggravated penetrative sexual assault by close relatives or law enforcers responsible for the protection of children.
Senior psychiatrist C.J. John said that though incidents of abuse emanating from neglect, cruelty, hatred and even an unwanted feeling towards children owing to gender issues and unexpected pregnancy are also being reported, the common variant that’s prevalent in the Malayali society is well-intended verbal abuse and physical abuse of children.
While good parenting calls for patience, the parents here often take the easy route of verbal and physical abuse to get their wards perform better and fulfil their dreams without having any idea of the mental and physical scars that it inflicts on them.
“We often talk about the need to abolish corporal punishment in schools forgetting the domestic situation. Hurtful and demoralizing comments and curses shatter the self-esteem of children whose accumulated anger result in revolt against parents at the first given opportunity,” Mr. John said.
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Dad charged with seriously injuring 4-month-old son (Twin Falls, Idaho)
Dad is identified as MICHAEL THOMIS MORANVILLE.
Given that the rib fractures were in "advanced stages of healing," this is not the first time that this poor baby has been abused.
Even though Mom has not been charged with any wrongdoing, she has still lost the baby to foster care.
http://magicvalley.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/twin-falls-father-charged-with-injuring-baby/article_75626030-b431-11e2-af48-001a4bcf887a.html
Twin Falls Father Charged with Injuring Baby
5 hours ago • By Alison Gene Smith
TWIN FALLS • A Twin Falls man was arrested after, police say, he seriously injured his infant son earlier this year.
Michael Thomis Moranville, 21, was arraigned in Twin Falls County 5th District Court on the charge of felony injury to a child and released on his own recognizance on Thursday.
On March 4, Twin Falls police were notified that Boise detectives were dispatched to St. Luke’s Medical Center in Boise for a 4-month-old Twin Falls child who was admitted into the pediatric intensive care unit for a brain bleed. Boise detectives also told Twin Falls police that an X-ray revealed that the child had two fractured ribs that were in advanced stages of healing.
The boy was brought to the hospital by his parents.
According to a police report, in an interview with detectives the boy’s father, Moranville, told police that on the evening of Dec. 23 he gave his son a bath at their home in the 1200 block of Twin Falls Loop in Twin Falls.
Moranville told police that he was holding the baby in his left arm while trying to remove the towel the baby was wrapped in with his right arm, the report states. Then, he told police, the baby made a movement that caused him to slip out of Moranville’s arms and fall to the floor, the report states. According to the report, Moranville said the baby may have hit a changing table shelf before hitting the carpeted floor.
Moranville told police that the baby cried for about 30 seconds and had no visible injuries.
The report states that although there were no visible injuries, the parents decided to take the baby to St. Luke’s Magic Valley Medical Center to be checked out.
Moranville's wife told Boise police that medical staff then performed a CT scan on the baby and nothing of concern was found, the report states.
Moranville told police the baby began throwing up excessively between Dec. 29 and Jan. 11 and saw several doctors at St. Luke’s in Twin Falls and Boise.
After several appointments, nurses ordered a CT scan because the baby’s head began to grow abnormally, the father told police. The report states that the CT scan revealed that the baby had fluid in his brain.
Then, on March 5, Moranville and the baby’s mother took the boy to St. Luke’s in Boise where he was admitted and had surgery performed to relieve the pressure, the father told police. At that time doctors discovered the fractured ribs and became worried about child abuse, the report states.
In an interview with police on March 8, the report states, Moranville said that sometime between Jan. 15 and Jan. 18 he was having an argument with his wife. Moranville told police he grabbed the baby away from his wife but was not gentle with him. While walking away, Moranville told police, he squeezed his son too hard and the baby began to cry. According to the report, Moranville also admitted to shaking the baby for about 10 seconds. Moranville said the baby did not lose consciousness or act strangely, the report states.
“Mr. Moranville told me that he didn’t shake his son as if he meant to kill him because it was never his intention to hurt him,” officer Eric Barzee wrote in the report. “But after it happened, he realized he’d gone too far.”
Police also interviewed the baby’s mother. The report states that the 20-year-old woman said her husband gets frustrated and punches walls or furniture, but she had never seen him hurt their son.
On March 19, the baby was released from the Boise hospital and placed with foster parents.
A March 27 report by doctors states that the baby’s injuries are highly concerning and are consistent with the diagnosis of child abuse.
Twin Falls County prosecutors filed a case against Moranville on May 1. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 10.
Given that the rib fractures were in "advanced stages of healing," this is not the first time that this poor baby has been abused.
Even though Mom has not been charged with any wrongdoing, she has still lost the baby to foster care.
http://magicvalley.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/twin-falls-father-charged-with-injuring-baby/article_75626030-b431-11e2-af48-001a4bcf887a.html
Twin Falls Father Charged with Injuring Baby
5 hours ago • By Alison Gene Smith
TWIN FALLS • A Twin Falls man was arrested after, police say, he seriously injured his infant son earlier this year.
Michael Thomis Moranville, 21, was arraigned in Twin Falls County 5th District Court on the charge of felony injury to a child and released on his own recognizance on Thursday.
On March 4, Twin Falls police were notified that Boise detectives were dispatched to St. Luke’s Medical Center in Boise for a 4-month-old Twin Falls child who was admitted into the pediatric intensive care unit for a brain bleed. Boise detectives also told Twin Falls police that an X-ray revealed that the child had two fractured ribs that were in advanced stages of healing.
The boy was brought to the hospital by his parents.
According to a police report, in an interview with detectives the boy’s father, Moranville, told police that on the evening of Dec. 23 he gave his son a bath at their home in the 1200 block of Twin Falls Loop in Twin Falls.
Moranville told police that he was holding the baby in his left arm while trying to remove the towel the baby was wrapped in with his right arm, the report states. Then, he told police, the baby made a movement that caused him to slip out of Moranville’s arms and fall to the floor, the report states. According to the report, Moranville said the baby may have hit a changing table shelf before hitting the carpeted floor.
Moranville told police that the baby cried for about 30 seconds and had no visible injuries.
The report states that although there were no visible injuries, the parents decided to take the baby to St. Luke’s Magic Valley Medical Center to be checked out.
Moranville's wife told Boise police that medical staff then performed a CT scan on the baby and nothing of concern was found, the report states.
Moranville told police the baby began throwing up excessively between Dec. 29 and Jan. 11 and saw several doctors at St. Luke’s in Twin Falls and Boise.
After several appointments, nurses ordered a CT scan because the baby’s head began to grow abnormally, the father told police. The report states that the CT scan revealed that the baby had fluid in his brain.
Then, on March 5, Moranville and the baby’s mother took the boy to St. Luke’s in Boise where he was admitted and had surgery performed to relieve the pressure, the father told police. At that time doctors discovered the fractured ribs and became worried about child abuse, the report states.
In an interview with police on March 8, the report states, Moranville said that sometime between Jan. 15 and Jan. 18 he was having an argument with his wife. Moranville told police he grabbed the baby away from his wife but was not gentle with him. While walking away, Moranville told police, he squeezed his son too hard and the baby began to cry. According to the report, Moranville also admitted to shaking the baby for about 10 seconds. Moranville said the baby did not lose consciousness or act strangely, the report states.
“Mr. Moranville told me that he didn’t shake his son as if he meant to kill him because it was never his intention to hurt him,” officer Eric Barzee wrote in the report. “But after it happened, he realized he’d gone too far.”
Police also interviewed the baby’s mother. The report states that the 20-year-old woman said her husband gets frustrated and punches walls or furniture, but she had never seen him hurt their son.
On March 19, the baby was released from the Boise hospital and placed with foster parents.
A March 27 report by doctors states that the baby’s injuries are highly concerning and are consistent with the diagnosis of child abuse.
Twin Falls County prosecutors filed a case against Moranville on May 1. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 10.
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Dad charged with aggravated murder for shooting 5-month-old son in the head (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Another case where Grandma, Daddy, and the murdered baby were in the home....but not Mom? What happened to Mom? Another custody/visitation situation? I looked at past articles in this paper, and NOT ONE mentions the mother of this infant. Why?
Dad is identified as JOSHUA PETERSEN.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56253971-78/petersen-woman-hearing-ryker.html.csp
911 call details moments after father allegedly shot 5-month-old son
21-year-old Joshua Petersen is charged with aggravated murder.
By Jessica Miller
The Salt Lake Tribune
First Published May 02 2013 04:44 pm • Updated 4 hours ago
The woman who called 911 was breathless as she gave the address to an American Fork home and told the dispatcher her emergency: her grandson had been shot in the head.
"Roll the cops, roll an ambulance," said the woman, who identifies herself only as "the grandma" to dispatchers. "Shots fired. A baby’s been hit in the head. Please come now. Please."
The baby, Ryker Petersen, was 5 months old on April 5 when police say his 21-year-old father, Joshua Petersen, shot him in the head in the basement of their home located near 500 East and 500 North.
During the 911 call — obtained by The Tribune through an open records request — the woman told the dispatcher that the baby’s father had tried to shoot himself and she can be heard telling someone, "You give me that gun."
Moments later, with the gun in the grandmother’s hands, and Ryker in his father’s arms, the woman told the dispatcher that she thought the 5-month-old had died, but then said he began breathing again.
"Ryker, Grandma’s here," the woman said. "Ryker, Grandma loves you with all my heart."
Throughout the phone call, a muffled male voice can be heard in the background, and when the woman asks the man why he did this, his voice can barely be heard in the background: "I wanted [inaudible] together."
Ryker was pronounced dead at a Salt Lake City hospital.
Petersen has since been charged in 4th District Court with aggravated murder, a first-degree felony. If convicted, Petersen could face the death penalty or up to life in prison. Whether prosecutors will seek the death penalty will be decided after Petersen is arraigned.
Petersen appeared in the Provo courthouse Monday, where he was supposed to decide whether to waive his right to a preliminary hearing. His attorney asked for a continuance, and another hearing was set for May 20.
Dad is identified as JOSHUA PETERSEN.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56253971-78/petersen-woman-hearing-ryker.html.csp
911 call details moments after father allegedly shot 5-month-old son
21-year-old Joshua Petersen is charged with aggravated murder.
By Jessica Miller
The Salt Lake Tribune
First Published May 02 2013 04:44 pm • Updated 4 hours ago
The woman who called 911 was breathless as she gave the address to an American Fork home and told the dispatcher her emergency: her grandson had been shot in the head.
"Roll the cops, roll an ambulance," said the woman, who identifies herself only as "the grandma" to dispatchers. "Shots fired. A baby’s been hit in the head. Please come now. Please."
The baby, Ryker Petersen, was 5 months old on April 5 when police say his 21-year-old father, Joshua Petersen, shot him in the head in the basement of their home located near 500 East and 500 North.
During the 911 call — obtained by The Tribune through an open records request — the woman told the dispatcher that the baby’s father had tried to shoot himself and she can be heard telling someone, "You give me that gun."
Moments later, with the gun in the grandmother’s hands, and Ryker in his father’s arms, the woman told the dispatcher that she thought the 5-month-old had died, but then said he began breathing again.
"Ryker, Grandma’s here," the woman said. "Ryker, Grandma loves you with all my heart."
Throughout the phone call, a muffled male voice can be heard in the background, and when the woman asks the man why he did this, his voice can barely be heard in the background: "I wanted [inaudible] together."
Ryker was pronounced dead at a Salt Lake City hospital.
Petersen has since been charged in 4th District Court with aggravated murder, a first-degree felony. If convicted, Petersen could face the death penalty or up to life in prison. Whether prosecutors will seek the death penalty will be decided after Petersen is arraigned.
Petersen appeared in the Provo courthouse Monday, where he was supposed to decide whether to waive his right to a preliminary hearing. His attorney asked for a continuance, and another hearing was set for May 20.
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Dad charged with abusing 11-year-old son (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
Who is the unnamed woman who was protesting the abuse? If it was the mother, wouldn't they say so?
Which makes me think it was NOT the mother. What happened to the mother? Is this yet another custody/visitation situation?
As usual, the mainstream media chooses to confuse the matter.
Dad is identified as SHANE ANDREW SODSAIKICH.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/Tulsa_father_charged_with_child_abuse/20130502_11_tulsa_62208
Tulsa father charged with child abuse
By DAVID HARPER World Staff Writer on May 2, 2013, at 8:00 PM
Updated on 5/02/13 at 9:54 PM
A Tulsa man was charged Thursday with abusing his 11-year-old son last week.
Shane Andrew Sodsaikich, 30, was charged in Tulsa County District Court with "child abuse by injury."
Police were called to Saint Francis Hospital late Friday after a doctor who examined the boy saw bruises on the child's hip and head, according to an arrest report.
A woman told police that she witnessed Sodsaikich pull the boy by the hair, push him to the ground and push his head into a wall, the report says.
The woman also said she yelled at Sodsaikich in an attempt to stop the abuse, the report states. Sodsaikich was booked into the Tulsa Jail on Saturday and remained there as of Thursday night.
Tulsa County Assistant District Attorney Sarah McAmis said Sodsaikich is the father of the child.
Which makes me think it was NOT the mother. What happened to the mother? Is this yet another custody/visitation situation?
As usual, the mainstream media chooses to confuse the matter.
Dad is identified as SHANE ANDREW SODSAIKICH.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/Tulsa_father_charged_with_child_abuse/20130502_11_tulsa_62208
Tulsa father charged with child abuse
By DAVID HARPER World Staff Writer on May 2, 2013, at 8:00 PM
Updated on 5/02/13 at 9:54 PM
A Tulsa man was charged Thursday with abusing his 11-year-old son last week.
Shane Andrew Sodsaikich, 30, was charged in Tulsa County District Court with "child abuse by injury."
Police were called to Saint Francis Hospital late Friday after a doctor who examined the boy saw bruises on the child's hip and head, according to an arrest report.
A woman told police that she witnessed Sodsaikich pull the boy by the hair, push him to the ground and push his head into a wall, the report says.
The woman also said she yelled at Sodsaikich in an attempt to stop the abuse, the report states. Sodsaikich was booked into the Tulsa Jail on Saturday and remained there as of Thursday night.
Tulsa County Assistant District Attorney Sarah McAmis said Sodsaikich is the father of the child.
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Dad stabs to death 3-year-old son (Durban, South Africa)
Notice that the mother is not listed among those who were in the home at the time of the stabbing, though it appears everbody else was there. Is this another one of those crazy killer daddy who got his custody/visitation rights?
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.thepost.co.za/boy-3-killed-by-dad-1.1510086
Boy (3) killed by dad
May 3 2013 at 02:06pm
By SHERLISSA PETERS
INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS
Durban - A father has been arrested in connection with the murder of his three-year-old son, who was stabbed while sleeping.
Wartburg detectives arrested the 25-year-old man at his Swayimane home on Wednesday night and he was expected to appear in the New Hanover Magistrate’s Court on Firday.
Police said he was found in possession of a blood-stained knife, believed to be the murder weapon.
The child had been asleep in the bedroom of his grandmother’s home with his four-year old sister, while his grandmother and aunt watched television in the next room. They heard screams coming from the bedroom and ran into the room to find the boy lying on the bed covered with blood.
“The family immediately rushed the child to hospital but he died from his injuries,” said police spokeswoman, Lieutenant Joey Jeevan. Family members who spoke to the media on Thursday, said that they were shocked and baffled.
“Why would a father kill his child like that? It is too painful to think about,” said the boy’s aunt.
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.thepost.co.za/boy-3-killed-by-dad-1.1510086
Boy (3) killed by dad
May 3 2013 at 02:06pm
By SHERLISSA PETERS
INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS
Durban - A father has been arrested in connection with the murder of his three-year-old son, who was stabbed while sleeping.
Wartburg detectives arrested the 25-year-old man at his Swayimane home on Wednesday night and he was expected to appear in the New Hanover Magistrate’s Court on Firday.
Police said he was found in possession of a blood-stained knife, believed to be the murder weapon.
The child had been asleep in the bedroom of his grandmother’s home with his four-year old sister, while his grandmother and aunt watched television in the next room. They heard screams coming from the bedroom and ran into the room to find the boy lying on the bed covered with blood.
“The family immediately rushed the child to hospital but he died from his injuries,” said police spokeswoman, Lieutenant Joey Jeevan. Family members who spoke to the media on Thursday, said that they were shocked and baffled.
“Why would a father kill his child like that? It is too painful to think about,” said the boy’s aunt.
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Drunk dad slapped, choked 12-year-old son during visitation (Charleston, South Carolina)
Contrary to what the fathers rights people keep whining, violent alcoholics like dad MARTIN DOUGLAS TROY get their custody/visitation rights all the time--even when Mom managed to get a restraining order.
Who has more rights again? Hint: It ain't Mom or the kids.
http://www.live5news.com/story/22145799/father-charged-after-slapping-choking-12-year-old-son
Cops: Drunk dad slapped, choked 12-year-old son
Posted: May 02, 2013 5:01 PM EDT Updated: May 02, 2013 5:16 PM EDT
CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - Charleston police say they have arrested a father who, while possibly intoxicated, slapped and choked his 12-year-old son.
Martin Douglas Troy, 36, was arrested Thursday and charged with unlawful conduct towards a child.
According to an incident report, police were called to the home of the child's mother on March 16 around 9:15 p.m. The mother told officers her son was assaulted by his father while visiting his dad's house earlier that evening.
The victim told police he was pestering his step-brother when his father began slapping his back to get him to stop. When he tried to get his cell phone, his father wrapped his arm around his neck and choked him for a few seconds.
Reports state the victim was then pushed onto a couch after trying to escape. It was at that time that he called his grandmother for a ride home.
The victim told police he believed his father was drinking before the attack because he saw his dad constantly going to a closet where his alcohol is hidden.
The victim's mother said she has a restraining order against Troy that states he is not allowed to drink alcohol or become violent around their children.
The report states officers went to Troy's house on Culver Ave. in West Ashley to perform a welfare check because he was still watching their 8-year-old daughter.
Officers say the child was safe, but Troy appeared to be intoxicated.
Troy is being held at the Charleston County Detention Center.
Who has more rights again? Hint: It ain't Mom or the kids.
http://www.live5news.com/story/22145799/father-charged-after-slapping-choking-12-year-old-son
Cops: Drunk dad slapped, choked 12-year-old son
Posted: May 02, 2013 5:01 PM EDT Updated: May 02, 2013 5:16 PM EDT
CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - Charleston police say they have arrested a father who, while possibly intoxicated, slapped and choked his 12-year-old son.
Martin Douglas Troy, 36, was arrested Thursday and charged with unlawful conduct towards a child.
According to an incident report, police were called to the home of the child's mother on March 16 around 9:15 p.m. The mother told officers her son was assaulted by his father while visiting his dad's house earlier that evening.
The victim told police he was pestering his step-brother when his father began slapping his back to get him to stop. When he tried to get his cell phone, his father wrapped his arm around his neck and choked him for a few seconds.
Reports state the victim was then pushed onto a couch after trying to escape. It was at that time that he called his grandmother for a ride home.
The victim told police he believed his father was drinking before the attack because he saw his dad constantly going to a closet where his alcohol is hidden.
The victim's mother said she has a restraining order against Troy that states he is not allowed to drink alcohol or become violent around their children.
The report states officers went to Troy's house on Culver Ave. in West Ashley to perform a welfare check because he was still watching their 8-year-old daughter.
Officers say the child was safe, but Troy appeared to be intoxicated.
Troy is being held at the Charleston County Detention Center.
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Dad pleads guilty to capital murder in 2-year-old son's death; slit boy's throat during visitation to avoid child support (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Killer dad DANNY PRATT was really nothing more than a sperm donor, a piece of sh** that Mom dated only briefly.
But because we grant donors all the full rights and responsibilities of fathers, this piece of sh** was on the hook for child support. In fact, Mom was REQUIRED to give his name if she was to get food stamps.
So of course, the sh** gets visitation too. And this is what happens.
We need to stop giving rights to sperm donors. The only donors who should have rights are the ones who are legally married to the mother and committed to providing for a family. Period.
And then we need to start funding social services at acceptable levels. This is crap.
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/05/father_pleads_guilty_to_capifa.html
New Orleans father pleads guilty to capital murder for slitting 2-year-old son's throat
By Claire Galofaro, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune on May 02, 2013 at 11:17 AM, updated May 02, 2013 at 2:17 PM
A 26-year-old man pleaded guilty to capital murder in Criminal District Court Thursday morning, admitting that he slit his 2-year-old son's throat to avoid paying $4,000 in overdue child support. Danny Platt accepted a life prison sentence. The only promise prosecutor Robert Moore made him was that the state would not seek to execute him.
"He liked to laugh a lot," the boy's mother, Daniella Powell, said of her boy. "He told me he loved me all day long. He was fun. And he can finally rest now."
Powell said that she agreed to the life sentence. Nobody, she believes, deserves to be killed, even the man who killed her son.
Ja'Shawn Powell adored his father, whom he visited on occasional weekends.
On the evening of Jan. 2, 2009, Platt came to pick the boy up for a visit. The toddler ran to the door, excited to see his daddy. Powell kissed him goodbye, and never saw him alive again.
Just before midnight, Platt took the boy to a park on Jackson Avenue, according to court records.
"He and his son sat on a bench and began talking to each other," the warrant for his arrest reads. "Mr. Platt suddenly grabbed his son and slashed his throat with a box cutter." Danny Platt pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree murder for slitting his 2-year-old son's throat. He accepted a life prison sentence and avoided possible death.
Platt called Powell and told her that a woman had snatched the baby from his arms and ran. Then he called the police.
He told officers that a black SUV pulled up beside them, and three men with dreadlocks and AK-47s forced him and the boy onto the ground, according to court records. They called him "Johnny" and demanded money, he told officers. When he told the gunmen that he wasn't Johnny, they grabbed the child and sped away. Police issued a nationwide Amber Alert for the child.
But Platt's story stopped making sense. Officers noticed that he seemed "emotionless" and "did not appear concerned that his child was missing."
Police grew suspicious. His story changed -- the number of gunmen increased from three to four. He told obvious lies, that he didn't know his own mother's address, and that his cell phone was stolen by his attackers. He couldn't spell his own son's name.
He told detectives that his son's mother was "money hungry."
"Them people aren't worried about that child, they just want money," he said to officers. "I tell you think, they'll never see the $4,000 I owe them after today."
The child's mother said she knew Pratt her whole life and dated him only briefly, but got pregnant. The boy was born on Valentine's Day, 2006.
Powell applied for food stamps, which required that she identify his biological father. His paternity was confirmed with a blood test. The state deducted $100 a week from his paychecks from a French Quarter restaurant he cleaned.
Platt reportedly threatened Powell over his child-support debt of $4,000, vowing that he would kill them before paying it.
Ja'Shawn's 2-year-old body was found in a gym bag on Jan. 2, 2009, near a Central City playground in the 1900 block of Jackson Avenue. His throat had been slashed and he bled to death, the coroner said.
"I'm sorry about killing my baby," he told reporters as detectives led him to Central Lockup in 2009. "I had a lot of pressure on me ... I had a whole bunch of reasons."
Platt was charged with first-degree murder, and prosecutors filed their notice to seek the death penalty. In Louisiana, prosecutors must cite the aggravating circumstances to make a murder a capital case. They listed the "especially heinous, atrocious, cruel or depraved" nature of the killing, and that the victim was a child.
Platt, for a time, was found incompetent to proceed to trial and admitted to the East Louisiana Mental Health System for treatment. But after several months there, he was released, and doctors wrote the court that they believed he was faking a mental disorder. He lied, they wrote, that he did not know his own birthdate, or understand the charges he was facing.
As the capital case against him resumed, he "mainly stared at the floor," according to court records. He spoke little, "appearing depressed and less than cooperative." Platt dropped out of high school in the ninth grade because he wanted to do drugs and "hang on the streets," court records state. Through chronic drug abuse can influence mental health, doctors wrote, they never found any evidence of delusions or psychosis.
District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro said Platt was one of a half-dozen defendants in the last decade to plead guilty to first-degree murder and accept a life sentence. No one has been sent to death row from Orleans Parish since the 1990s.
Cannizzaro said the plea deal, which avoids the possibility of a decades-long appeals process in a capital case, was the best resolution for Platt's case.
"When a child is killed, it's always a very sad, a very difficult situation, even for us," Cannizzaro said. "This is a final solution. There is no appeal. He admits he is guilty. And the family does not have to relive these very horrible events."
Judge Keva Landrum-Johnson imposed the life sentence, without the possibility of parole. Powell said that she is glad her 4-year nightmare is ended. "I don't understand why, I will never understand why," she said. "I'll move forward now, but I can never move on."
Powell carried a photo of her son, sticking out his tongue at the camera.
She used to ask her boy how much he loved her, she told the judge. He would stretch his arms out straight and say, "Mommy, this much."
She fell against the wall and wept as she left the courtroom.
But because we grant donors all the full rights and responsibilities of fathers, this piece of sh** was on the hook for child support. In fact, Mom was REQUIRED to give his name if she was to get food stamps.
So of course, the sh** gets visitation too. And this is what happens.
We need to stop giving rights to sperm donors. The only donors who should have rights are the ones who are legally married to the mother and committed to providing for a family. Period.
And then we need to start funding social services at acceptable levels. This is crap.
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/05/father_pleads_guilty_to_capifa.html
New Orleans father pleads guilty to capital murder for slitting 2-year-old son's throat
By Claire Galofaro, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune on May 02, 2013 at 11:17 AM, updated May 02, 2013 at 2:17 PM
A 26-year-old man pleaded guilty to capital murder in Criminal District Court Thursday morning, admitting that he slit his 2-year-old son's throat to avoid paying $4,000 in overdue child support. Danny Platt accepted a life prison sentence. The only promise prosecutor Robert Moore made him was that the state would not seek to execute him.
"He liked to laugh a lot," the boy's mother, Daniella Powell, said of her boy. "He told me he loved me all day long. He was fun. And he can finally rest now."
Powell said that she agreed to the life sentence. Nobody, she believes, deserves to be killed, even the man who killed her son.
Ja'Shawn Powell adored his father, whom he visited on occasional weekends.
On the evening of Jan. 2, 2009, Platt came to pick the boy up for a visit. The toddler ran to the door, excited to see his daddy. Powell kissed him goodbye, and never saw him alive again.
Just before midnight, Platt took the boy to a park on Jackson Avenue, according to court records.
"He and his son sat on a bench and began talking to each other," the warrant for his arrest reads. "Mr. Platt suddenly grabbed his son and slashed his throat with a box cutter." Danny Platt pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree murder for slitting his 2-year-old son's throat. He accepted a life prison sentence and avoided possible death.
Platt called Powell and told her that a woman had snatched the baby from his arms and ran. Then he called the police.
He told officers that a black SUV pulled up beside them, and three men with dreadlocks and AK-47s forced him and the boy onto the ground, according to court records. They called him "Johnny" and demanded money, he told officers. When he told the gunmen that he wasn't Johnny, they grabbed the child and sped away. Police issued a nationwide Amber Alert for the child.
But Platt's story stopped making sense. Officers noticed that he seemed "emotionless" and "did not appear concerned that his child was missing."
Police grew suspicious. His story changed -- the number of gunmen increased from three to four. He told obvious lies, that he didn't know his own mother's address, and that his cell phone was stolen by his attackers. He couldn't spell his own son's name.
He told detectives that his son's mother was "money hungry."
"Them people aren't worried about that child, they just want money," he said to officers. "I tell you think, they'll never see the $4,000 I owe them after today."
The child's mother said she knew Pratt her whole life and dated him only briefly, but got pregnant. The boy was born on Valentine's Day, 2006.
Powell applied for food stamps, which required that she identify his biological father. His paternity was confirmed with a blood test. The state deducted $100 a week from his paychecks from a French Quarter restaurant he cleaned.
Platt reportedly threatened Powell over his child-support debt of $4,000, vowing that he would kill them before paying it.
Ja'Shawn's 2-year-old body was found in a gym bag on Jan. 2, 2009, near a Central City playground in the 1900 block of Jackson Avenue. His throat had been slashed and he bled to death, the coroner said.
"I'm sorry about killing my baby," he told reporters as detectives led him to Central Lockup in 2009. "I had a lot of pressure on me ... I had a whole bunch of reasons."
Platt was charged with first-degree murder, and prosecutors filed their notice to seek the death penalty. In Louisiana, prosecutors must cite the aggravating circumstances to make a murder a capital case. They listed the "especially heinous, atrocious, cruel or depraved" nature of the killing, and that the victim was a child.
Platt, for a time, was found incompetent to proceed to trial and admitted to the East Louisiana Mental Health System for treatment. But after several months there, he was released, and doctors wrote the court that they believed he was faking a mental disorder. He lied, they wrote, that he did not know his own birthdate, or understand the charges he was facing.
As the capital case against him resumed, he "mainly stared at the floor," according to court records. He spoke little, "appearing depressed and less than cooperative." Platt dropped out of high school in the ninth grade because he wanted to do drugs and "hang on the streets," court records state. Through chronic drug abuse can influence mental health, doctors wrote, they never found any evidence of delusions or psychosis.
District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro said Platt was one of a half-dozen defendants in the last decade to plead guilty to first-degree murder and accept a life sentence. No one has been sent to death row from Orleans Parish since the 1990s.
Cannizzaro said the plea deal, which avoids the possibility of a decades-long appeals process in a capital case, was the best resolution for Platt's case.
"When a child is killed, it's always a very sad, a very difficult situation, even for us," Cannizzaro said. "This is a final solution. There is no appeal. He admits he is guilty. And the family does not have to relive these very horrible events."
Judge Keva Landrum-Johnson imposed the life sentence, without the possibility of parole. Powell said that she is glad her 4-year nightmare is ended. "I don't understand why, I will never understand why," she said. "I'll move forward now, but I can never move on."
Powell carried a photo of her son, sticking out his tongue at the camera.
She used to ask her boy how much he loved her, she told the judge. He would stretch his arms out straight and say, "Mommy, this much."
She fell against the wall and wept as she left the courtroom.
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Dad convicted in beating death of 2-year-old son; gets life in prison (St. Louis, Missouri)
The killer dad is identified as AARON LUCY.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/st-louis-man-who-beat-toddler-son-to-death-gets/article_d2e14b3a-4f92-58c8-bbe6-48f0ad01ca09.html
St. Louis man who beat toddler son to death gets life in prison
April 18, 2013 11:00 am • By Joel Currier
St. Louis man convicted of beating 2-year-old son to death
Jury says Aaron Lucy, 32, committed first-degree murder in assault that left bruises and scrapes on nearly every surface of the boy's body.
ST. LOUIS • A St. Louis man convicted of brutally beating his 2-year-old son to death was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Aaron Lucy, 32, was sentenced by St. Louis Circuit Judge Robin Vannoy. In January, a jury found Lucy guilty of first-degree murder and four felony counts of child abuse, evidence tampering and armed criminal action in the death of his son, Kyle Lucy.
Prosecutors said Lucy beat Kyle to death the afternoon or evening of Dec. 26, 2010, when the two were alone together for several hours at Lucy’s apartment in the 6900 block of Chippewa Street. Other family members were at a Christmas play.
Authorities said Lucy left bruises and scrapes on almost every part of the toddler’s body and caused two skull fractures and a fatal brain injury. Blood was found throughout the apartment, including on the back of a picture frame and a broken drawer that, along with an overturned television, had been thrown across the floor.
“What Aaron took from us has been devastating,” the boy’s mother, Amanda Newman, 30, of St. Louis County, said in court Thursday. “I don’t look at people the same way as I did before. I don’t look at people and wonder what they can offer me and my life. I now look at people and wonder what they will take from me or how they (will) hurt me. The world got a little darker that day.”
Lucy made no statements during Thursday’s sentencing. He appeared in court wearing an orange city jail uniform and still sporting a mustache, but with a much shorter haircut and without the pink hair dye noticeable in his jail booking photo.
Aaron Lucy’s mother, Gloria Lucy, told the court she believes her son is not “a monster.” She said he had received psychiatric treatment since middle school and suffered from bipolar disorder. She said a mental hospital would be a more effective sentence than prison.
“My son loved his kids dearly,” Gloria Lucy said. “He never mistreated Kyle. The way Kyle died wasn’t abuse, in my opinion. It was rage. I don’t know what happened that night. I really don’t.”
Newman says she, too, still doesn’t know why Aaron Lucy killed Kyle, and says the only time she saw him lose his temper was when he was intoxicated. She said she thought he had stopped drinking alcohol at least a year earlier, but she wonders whether he was drunk the night Kyle died.
Newman said she was satisfied with the life sentence because she believes it will keep Lucy away from their daughter, Abby, who is now 7. Newman said Abby now understands it was her father who ended Kyle’s life, but Newman shields her from the horror of how the boy died.
“When she gets older, she has every right to know every detail,” she said.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/st-louis-man-who-beat-toddler-son-to-death-gets/article_d2e14b3a-4f92-58c8-bbe6-48f0ad01ca09.html
St. Louis man who beat toddler son to death gets life in prison
April 18, 2013 11:00 am • By Joel Currier
St. Louis man convicted of beating 2-year-old son to death
Jury says Aaron Lucy, 32, committed first-degree murder in assault that left bruises and scrapes on nearly every surface of the boy's body.
ST. LOUIS • A St. Louis man convicted of brutally beating his 2-year-old son to death was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Aaron Lucy, 32, was sentenced by St. Louis Circuit Judge Robin Vannoy. In January, a jury found Lucy guilty of first-degree murder and four felony counts of child abuse, evidence tampering and armed criminal action in the death of his son, Kyle Lucy.
Prosecutors said Lucy beat Kyle to death the afternoon or evening of Dec. 26, 2010, when the two were alone together for several hours at Lucy’s apartment in the 6900 block of Chippewa Street. Other family members were at a Christmas play.
Authorities said Lucy left bruises and scrapes on almost every part of the toddler’s body and caused two skull fractures and a fatal brain injury. Blood was found throughout the apartment, including on the back of a picture frame and a broken drawer that, along with an overturned television, had been thrown across the floor.
“What Aaron took from us has been devastating,” the boy’s mother, Amanda Newman, 30, of St. Louis County, said in court Thursday. “I don’t look at people the same way as I did before. I don’t look at people and wonder what they can offer me and my life. I now look at people and wonder what they will take from me or how they (will) hurt me. The world got a little darker that day.”
Lucy made no statements during Thursday’s sentencing. He appeared in court wearing an orange city jail uniform and still sporting a mustache, but with a much shorter haircut and without the pink hair dye noticeable in his jail booking photo.
Aaron Lucy’s mother, Gloria Lucy, told the court she believes her son is not “a monster.” She said he had received psychiatric treatment since middle school and suffered from bipolar disorder. She said a mental hospital would be a more effective sentence than prison.
“My son loved his kids dearly,” Gloria Lucy said. “He never mistreated Kyle. The way Kyle died wasn’t abuse, in my opinion. It was rage. I don’t know what happened that night. I really don’t.”
Newman says she, too, still doesn’t know why Aaron Lucy killed Kyle, and says the only time she saw him lose his temper was when he was intoxicated. She said she thought he had stopped drinking alcohol at least a year earlier, but she wonders whether he was drunk the night Kyle died.
Newman said she was satisfied with the life sentence because she believes it will keep Lucy away from their daughter, Abby, who is now 7. Newman said Abby now understands it was her father who ended Kyle’s life, but Newman shields her from the horror of how the boy died.
“When she gets older, she has every right to know every detail,” she said.
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Custodial dad accused of assaulting 3-month-old son; second time he's "suspected" of assaulting infant (University City, Missouri)
Whoa. So this is the second time dad JEREMY GILES has assaulted a helpless baby? And the first time he had "sole custody of the baby"?
Who dropped the ball here? Who allowed this sh** to be anywhere near an infant again, much less "caring" for one???
No mention of the mothers of these babies. It's like they never existed....
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/university-city-father-accused-of-hurting-infant-son/article_7ec2c7bc-0199-5870-bbaa-f70f1da31a81.html
University City father accused of hurting infant son
3 hours ago
• By Valerie Schremp Hahn
UPDATED at 12:10 p.m. with more information about previous charges.
UNIVERSITY CITY • A University City man has been charged with first-degree assault after admitting he intentionally dropped his three-month-old son, which caused serious injuries to the baby's head and torso.
It's the second time he's been accused of hurting an infant in a similar manner.
Jeremy Giles, 25, of the 7300 block of Balson Avenue, was charged Tuesday in St. Louis County Circuit Court.
University City Police said that on April 24, they responded to Children's Hospital for a possible child abuse case. Emergency room staffers told them the baby was brought there with the injuries, but police were unable to locate the father. The incident happened a day or two prior to the infant being brought in, police said.
The child had skull fractures and brain swelling, according to court documents.
"Doctors tell police that (the) victim's injuries required significant force and that a simple drop would not have caused these injuries," police said in court documents.
On Monday, Giles turned himself in and was arrested, and admitted he dropped the boy while at home. He was being held on a $200,000 cash-only bail.
In 2012, Giles was charged in Jefferson County with endangering the welfare of a child in a case involving a different child in Festus.
Giles' one-month-old son was hospitalized on Oct. 9, 2011, after suffering two black eyes and extensive bruising, according to a probable cause statement.
Giles, who had sole custody of the baby, told a detective the baby was injured when Giles tripped over a cat as he made a bottle and dropped the baby.
He changed his story as the interview progressed, court documents say, and then said he was carrying the baby upstairs when he tripped and dropped the baby twice.
A doctor at St. Louis Children's Hospital determined that the baby's injuries were not supported by Giles' explanations.
Giles is awaiting trial on the Jefferson County charge.
Leah Thorsen of the Post-Dispatch contributed to this report.
Who dropped the ball here? Who allowed this sh** to be anywhere near an infant again, much less "caring" for one???
No mention of the mothers of these babies. It's like they never existed....
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/university-city-father-accused-of-hurting-infant-son/article_7ec2c7bc-0199-5870-bbaa-f70f1da31a81.html
University City father accused of hurting infant son
3 hours ago
• By Valerie Schremp Hahn
UPDATED at 12:10 p.m. with more information about previous charges.
UNIVERSITY CITY • A University City man has been charged with first-degree assault after admitting he intentionally dropped his three-month-old son, which caused serious injuries to the baby's head and torso.
It's the second time he's been accused of hurting an infant in a similar manner.
Jeremy Giles, 25, of the 7300 block of Balson Avenue, was charged Tuesday in St. Louis County Circuit Court.
University City Police said that on April 24, they responded to Children's Hospital for a possible child abuse case. Emergency room staffers told them the baby was brought there with the injuries, but police were unable to locate the father. The incident happened a day or two prior to the infant being brought in, police said.
The child had skull fractures and brain swelling, according to court documents.
"Doctors tell police that (the) victim's injuries required significant force and that a simple drop would not have caused these injuries," police said in court documents.
On Monday, Giles turned himself in and was arrested, and admitted he dropped the boy while at home. He was being held on a $200,000 cash-only bail.
In 2012, Giles was charged in Jefferson County with endangering the welfare of a child in a case involving a different child in Festus.
Giles' one-month-old son was hospitalized on Oct. 9, 2011, after suffering two black eyes and extensive bruising, according to a probable cause statement.
Giles, who had sole custody of the baby, told a detective the baby was injured when Giles tripped over a cat as he made a bottle and dropped the baby.
He changed his story as the interview progressed, court documents say, and then said he was carrying the baby upstairs when he tripped and dropped the baby twice.
A doctor at St. Louis Children's Hospital determined that the baby's injuries were not supported by Giles' explanations.
Giles is awaiting trial on the Jefferson County charge.
Leah Thorsen of the Post-Dispatch contributed to this report.
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Dad on trial for murdering 7-year-old son (St. Joseph, Missouri)
Is TONY KING a single father? Once again, we see no mention of a mother in the home. And it's hard to believe that if there had been a mother in this home, that she wouldn't come up in some way.
http://stjoechannel.com/fulltext?nxd_id=341352
Both Sides Rest Case in Trial of Father Accused of Killing Son
By: Melinda Barrett Updated: May 1, 2013
(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) Testimony came to a close in the trial of a northwest Missouri father charged with killing his own son.
Tony King of Bethany, Mo. is charged with murder, child abuse and arson.
Wednesday, his defense team worked to prove his innocence.
Jurors in King's trial also learned more about the boy some suspect was a victim of abuse.
Testimony from school officials in Bethany pointed out that they had suspected Jeremiah Lamm was being abused, but they never could link their suspicion to his father.
Lamm's teacher, principal and school counselor fought back tears as they recalled the 7-year-old coming to school with bruises and other injuries.
They said they often questioned where the injuries came from, and that the first grader's stories rarely added up.
The principal called the child abuse hotline in the weeks leading up to a fire at his home in Bethany on January 11, 2012.
School officials also pointed out Lamm's lack of attendance at school during the months leading up to the fire.
A doctor testified that the boy had been had been strangled, and that the fire did not cause his death.
The prosecution alleges King is responsible for the abuse, and, the child's teacher suspected that too.
She recalled the last time she saw Lamm at school.
"It was getting close to dismissal time, and in my gut, I just had a feeling that I didn't want to send him home, I was so worried. I knelt down to him at his desk, and I looked in his eyes, and I said Jeremiah I love you so much. I want you to know that I care about you, and you deserve to have every person in your life treat you good," said Jamie Carter, first grader teacher at South Harrison Elementary.
King's attorneys brought in investigators from the Children's Division of the Division of Social Services who said they did visit his home and interviewed the boy.
The reports from DSS came back as good and the boy's stories seemed to add up with his injuries.
They also said King was always cooperative with them and allowed them in his home.
The state and defense both rested their cases on Wednesday.
Closing statements are expected to begin Thursday.
http://stjoechannel.com/fulltext?nxd_id=341352
Both Sides Rest Case in Trial of Father Accused of Killing Son
By: Melinda Barrett Updated: May 1, 2013
(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) Testimony came to a close in the trial of a northwest Missouri father charged with killing his own son.
Tony King of Bethany, Mo. is charged with murder, child abuse and arson.
Wednesday, his defense team worked to prove his innocence.
Jurors in King's trial also learned more about the boy some suspect was a victim of abuse.
Testimony from school officials in Bethany pointed out that they had suspected Jeremiah Lamm was being abused, but they never could link their suspicion to his father.
Lamm's teacher, principal and school counselor fought back tears as they recalled the 7-year-old coming to school with bruises and other injuries.
They said they often questioned where the injuries came from, and that the first grader's stories rarely added up.
The principal called the child abuse hotline in the weeks leading up to a fire at his home in Bethany on January 11, 2012.
School officials also pointed out Lamm's lack of attendance at school during the months leading up to the fire.
A doctor testified that the boy had been had been strangled, and that the fire did not cause his death.
The prosecution alleges King is responsible for the abuse, and, the child's teacher suspected that too.
She recalled the last time she saw Lamm at school.
"It was getting close to dismissal time, and in my gut, I just had a feeling that I didn't want to send him home, I was so worried. I knelt down to him at his desk, and I looked in his eyes, and I said Jeremiah I love you so much. I want you to know that I care about you, and you deserve to have every person in your life treat you good," said Jamie Carter, first grader teacher at South Harrison Elementary.
King's attorneys brought in investigators from the Children's Division of the Division of Social Services who said they did visit his home and interviewed the boy.
The reports from DSS came back as good and the boy's stories seemed to add up with his injuries.
They also said King was always cooperative with them and allowed them in his home.
The state and defense both rested their cases on Wednesday.
Closing statements are expected to begin Thursday.
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Dad arrested for choking 3-year-old son; boy has life-threatening brain injuries (Huntsville, Alabama)
Notice that Daddy didn't call 911 himself, but took the 3-year-old son to his aunt's house, who then rushed him to the emergency room.
Somehow I'm thinking MAURICE CARTWRIGHT is a single father who does not live with the mother, or else he would have contacted her. Custody/visitation situation?
http://www.waaytv.com/news/local/huntsville-father-arrested-for-choking-his-toddler-son/article_08f51b14-b30e-11e2-8160-001a4bcf6878.html
Huntsville father arrested for choking his toddler son
Posted: Thursday, May 2, 2013 4:52 am | Updated: 7:43 am, Thu May 2, 2013.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAAY)-- Police arrested a Huntsville man for choking his 3-year-old son while under the father's care.
Maurice Cartwright, 33, said that his son woke up from a nap, unable to breathe. Cartwright took the child to his aunt, who then rushed the child to the emergency room.
Officials at the E.R. said the child showed signs of being choked. The victim received a C.T. scan where doctors found the child was suffering from brain trauma and severe bleeding. The child was sent to surgery with life-threatening injuries.
Police arrested the father who is charged with child abuse.
Somehow I'm thinking MAURICE CARTWRIGHT is a single father who does not live with the mother, or else he would have contacted her. Custody/visitation situation?
http://www.waaytv.com/news/local/huntsville-father-arrested-for-choking-his-toddler-son/article_08f51b14-b30e-11e2-8160-001a4bcf6878.html
Huntsville father arrested for choking his toddler son
Posted: Thursday, May 2, 2013 4:52 am | Updated: 7:43 am, Thu May 2, 2013.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAAY)-- Police arrested a Huntsville man for choking his 3-year-old son while under the father's care.
Maurice Cartwright, 33, said that his son woke up from a nap, unable to breathe. Cartwright took the child to his aunt, who then rushed the child to the emergency room.
Officials at the E.R. said the child showed signs of being choked. The victim received a C.T. scan where doctors found the child was suffering from brain trauma and severe bleeding. The child was sent to surgery with life-threatening injuries.
Police arrested the father who is charged with child abuse.
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Dad arrested for aggravated abuse, criminally negligent homicide in drowning death of 13-month-old son (Cullman Alabama)
Is B.J. BRYANT a single father? Notice there is no mention of a mother in this home at all.
http://www.cullmantimes.com/local/x319974637/Father-arrested-for-negligence-in-13-month-old-son-s-death
May 2, 2013
Father arrested for negligence in 13-month-old son’s death
By Lauren Estes
The Cullman Times
A 22-year-old Cullman father has been charged with negligence and abuse in the case of his 13-month-old son’s drowning.
B.J. Bryant, 22, was arrested for aggravated abuse and criminally negligent homicide on Tuesday, April 30, after an 11-month investigation by the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office in the death by drowning of his son, Chief Deputy Max Bartlett said.
“Based on the conditions of the scene and the home, we had reason to believe the child had been severely neglected,” Bartlett said. “After a long and lengthy investigation led by Justin Tyus, we were able to get the elements necessary to prosecute this case.”
Bartlett said on May 21, 2012, officers responded to a call in reference to a small child that was unresponsive after he had been in the bathtub. An officer responded and attempted to revive the child and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) arrived at the scene shortly. The child was later transported to Cullman Regional Medical Center’s emergency room and then medflighted to Children’s Hospital where the child was put on life support and died a week later.
“We’ve worked hand in hand with the D.A’s office and Wilson Blaylock; he’s helped us come to a resolution in this case,” Bartlett said. “This will be a very sensitive case due to the circumstances, so we don’t want to go into too much depth on details. Justin has worked very hard on the case and had diligence in seeing it through. These are hard cases for the officers involved, especially emotionally. We are advocates of the victims, and in this case, we have a small child that can’t speak for himself.”
Cullman County Sheriff Mike Rainey, Bartlett and Tyus commended several groups that have been helpful throughout the investigation.
“The Juvenile Probation Office, DHR (Department of Human Resources), the staff at Child Haven and the District Attorney’s office have helped pave our investigation,” Tyus said. “It’s been a cumulative effort between everyone in Cullman County to make sure that this case is heard.”
Bryant is being held at the Cullman County Detention Center on a $36,000 cash bond. He has been charged with criminally negligent homicide, a class-A misdemeanor and aggravated child abuse, a class-B felony.
“There were multiple factors that contributed to drowning and death of this child,” Tyus said. “I wanted to speak for this child who can’t speak for himself. His story needs to be heard, that is the biggest thing.”
Bartlett stressed that practicing safety with young children is vital, especially around water.
“To all parents, especially young ones, we’ve had too many children die by drowning; it could be in bath tubs, swimming pools, whatever,” Bartlett said. “If they are a small child, it only takes a moment for tragedy to strike, this is not that type of circumstance, this is a criminal matter.”
http://www.cullmantimes.com/local/x319974637/Father-arrested-for-negligence-in-13-month-old-son-s-death
May 2, 2013
Father arrested for negligence in 13-month-old son’s death
By Lauren Estes
The Cullman Times
A 22-year-old Cullman father has been charged with negligence and abuse in the case of his 13-month-old son’s drowning.
B.J. Bryant, 22, was arrested for aggravated abuse and criminally negligent homicide on Tuesday, April 30, after an 11-month investigation by the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office in the death by drowning of his son, Chief Deputy Max Bartlett said.
“Based on the conditions of the scene and the home, we had reason to believe the child had been severely neglected,” Bartlett said. “After a long and lengthy investigation led by Justin Tyus, we were able to get the elements necessary to prosecute this case.”
Bartlett said on May 21, 2012, officers responded to a call in reference to a small child that was unresponsive after he had been in the bathtub. An officer responded and attempted to revive the child and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) arrived at the scene shortly. The child was later transported to Cullman Regional Medical Center’s emergency room and then medflighted to Children’s Hospital where the child was put on life support and died a week later.
“We’ve worked hand in hand with the D.A’s office and Wilson Blaylock; he’s helped us come to a resolution in this case,” Bartlett said. “This will be a very sensitive case due to the circumstances, so we don’t want to go into too much depth on details. Justin has worked very hard on the case and had diligence in seeing it through. These are hard cases for the officers involved, especially emotionally. We are advocates of the victims, and in this case, we have a small child that can’t speak for himself.”
Cullman County Sheriff Mike Rainey, Bartlett and Tyus commended several groups that have been helpful throughout the investigation.
“The Juvenile Probation Office, DHR (Department of Human Resources), the staff at Child Haven and the District Attorney’s office have helped pave our investigation,” Tyus said. “It’s been a cumulative effort between everyone in Cullman County to make sure that this case is heard.”
Bryant is being held at the Cullman County Detention Center on a $36,000 cash bond. He has been charged with criminally negligent homicide, a class-A misdemeanor and aggravated child abuse, a class-B felony.
“There were multiple factors that contributed to drowning and death of this child,” Tyus said. “I wanted to speak for this child who can’t speak for himself. His story needs to be heard, that is the biggest thing.”
Bartlett stressed that practicing safety with young children is vital, especially around water.
“To all parents, especially young ones, we’ve had too many children die by drowning; it could be in bath tubs, swimming pools, whatever,” Bartlett said. “If they are a small child, it only takes a moment for tragedy to strike, this is not that type of circumstance, this is a criminal matter.”
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Dad gets prison for sexually assaulting his daughters for years (Charleston, West Virginia)
The scumbag dad is identified as BILLY TOWNSEND.
http://www.dailymail.com/policebrfs/201304300106
Tuesday April 30, 2013
Father sentenced to 51 to 205 years in prison for sexually assaulting his daughters
by Cheryl Caswell Daily Mail staff
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Kanawha judge sentenced a Clendenin father to 51 to 205 years in prison for sexually assaulting his daughters for years.
Billy Townsend, 41, apologized in court, and his attorney asked for a 25-year sentence.
After listening to one of the victims testify, at times in graphic detail, about the assaults that occurred over her lifetime, Circuit Judge Charles King said he couldn't justify that sentence.
"Since I was a small child, my sister and I went through things no child should have to go through," she said. "I was 6 when he started molesting me."
She said her father was an alcoholic and frequently abusive to her mother also. But he was sober when he sought her out, she said.
The teenager said that in addition to the sexual abuse, Townsend would choke her, punch her in the stomach and threaten to kill her and her mother if she told.
She was 12 when he brutally raped her, she said. The first time was in his truck, but later he began to come to her bedroom at night. He told her he was in love with her.
Townsend held his head in his hands as the girl spoke tearfully. He never looked at her.
"I've heard he has found religion," she said. "His whole family thinks he has changed, but I don't believe it. He deserves to spend the rest of his life in prison.
"I'm tired of worrying who his next victim will be," she said.
Townsend was arrested last June after one of the victims disclosed the abuse to police. He waived a grand jury indictment and pleaded guilty to two charges of first-degree sexual abuse and one charge of third-degree sexual abuse.
He received two 25-100 year sentences and a one-to-five-year sentence. Townsend will have to register for life as a sexual offender
http://www.dailymail.com/policebrfs/201304300106
Tuesday April 30, 2013
Father sentenced to 51 to 205 years in prison for sexually assaulting his daughters
by Cheryl Caswell Daily Mail staff
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Kanawha judge sentenced a Clendenin father to 51 to 205 years in prison for sexually assaulting his daughters for years.
Billy Townsend, 41, apologized in court, and his attorney asked for a 25-year sentence.
After listening to one of the victims testify, at times in graphic detail, about the assaults that occurred over her lifetime, Circuit Judge Charles King said he couldn't justify that sentence.
"Since I was a small child, my sister and I went through things no child should have to go through," she said. "I was 6 when he started molesting me."
She said her father was an alcoholic and frequently abusive to her mother also. But he was sober when he sought her out, she said.
The teenager said that in addition to the sexual abuse, Townsend would choke her, punch her in the stomach and threaten to kill her and her mother if she told.
She was 12 when he brutally raped her, she said. The first time was in his truck, but later he began to come to her bedroom at night. He told her he was in love with her.
Townsend held his head in his hands as the girl spoke tearfully. He never looked at her.
"I've heard he has found religion," she said. "His whole family thinks he has changed, but I don't believe it. He deserves to spend the rest of his life in prison.
"I'm tired of worrying who his next victim will be," she said.
Townsend was arrested last June after one of the victims disclosed the abuse to police. He waived a grand jury indictment and pleaded guilty to two charges of first-degree sexual abuse and one charge of third-degree sexual abuse.
He received two 25-100 year sentences and a one-to-five-year sentence. Townsend will have to register for life as a sexual offender
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More on father who shot 1-year-old son in the head; baby has life-threatening injuries (Waveland, Mississippi)
More on dad KHIRY THOMAS, the allegedly "depressed" daddy who shot his 1-year-old son in the head. All in an isolated motel room before offing himself.
Lots of interesting things here. Daddy picked up the baby from HIS PARENTS' HOUSE. There is mention of a relative, an aunt.
THERE IS STILL NO MENTION OF THE MOTHER WHO APPARENTLY HAD HER BABY TAKEN AWAY FROM HER--only to be given to a presumably mentally ill (vengeful) father and his enabler family in denial. Why? Who was behind the decision?
http://www.wlox.com/story/22119715/police-investigating-shooting-of-father-and-son-in-waveland
Father dead, son injured in Waveland shooting
Posted: Apr 30, 2013 1:36 PM EDT
Updated: May 01, 2013 6:54 AM EDT
By Al Showers
WAVELAND, MS (WLOX) - Waveland investigators are trying to put together the pieces of a shooting that left a young father dead and his infant son fighting for his life.
Few official details have been released, but a source told WLOX News the baby was shot in the head. Fortunately, he is expected to survive.
The child's father, 22-year-old Khiry Thomas, died of a gunshot wound to the head, and police said it appears to be self inflicted.
"Evidence at the scene is indicating toward that the baby was shot," said investigator David Allen. "We are still determining the exact method by which the baby was shot."
According to a relative, Khiry Thomas arrived at the Coast Inn and Suites in a taxi after stopping at his parents' home to pick up his infant son. She said Thomas had been depressed and recently sought treatment.
"The last time I saw Khiry, he was telling me when he came and got his bag was that he was leaving and he wasn't coming back, and that we didn't have to worry about him no more when he left," said Khiry's aunt, Toni Thomas recalled. "I didn't think nothing of it because he was leaving and he was supposed to be going by his mom's house."
Toni Thomas said her nephew stayed with her from time to time. And that he loved his son, and had a lot to live for.
"Khiry was an intelligent person. He was smart, he made straight A's in school. He used to tell my mom he wanted to be an architect."
She doesn't believe Thomas would take his own life or harm his son.
"Me, personally? I don't think he done it. I don't think he done it... Khiry is not capable of doing nothing like that. He's too smart for that."
Lots of interesting things here. Daddy picked up the baby from HIS PARENTS' HOUSE. There is mention of a relative, an aunt.
THERE IS STILL NO MENTION OF THE MOTHER WHO APPARENTLY HAD HER BABY TAKEN AWAY FROM HER--only to be given to a presumably mentally ill (vengeful) father and his enabler family in denial. Why? Who was behind the decision?
http://www.wlox.com/story/22119715/police-investigating-shooting-of-father-and-son-in-waveland
Father dead, son injured in Waveland shooting
Posted: Apr 30, 2013 1:36 PM EDT
Updated: May 01, 2013 6:54 AM EDT
By Al Showers
WAVELAND, MS (WLOX) - Waveland investigators are trying to put together the pieces of a shooting that left a young father dead and his infant son fighting for his life.
Few official details have been released, but a source told WLOX News the baby was shot in the head. Fortunately, he is expected to survive.
The child's father, 22-year-old Khiry Thomas, died of a gunshot wound to the head, and police said it appears to be self inflicted.
"Evidence at the scene is indicating toward that the baby was shot," said investigator David Allen. "We are still determining the exact method by which the baby was shot."
According to a relative, Khiry Thomas arrived at the Coast Inn and Suites in a taxi after stopping at his parents' home to pick up his infant son. She said Thomas had been depressed and recently sought treatment.
"The last time I saw Khiry, he was telling me when he came and got his bag was that he was leaving and he wasn't coming back, and that we didn't have to worry about him no more when he left," said Khiry's aunt, Toni Thomas recalled. "I didn't think nothing of it because he was leaving and he was supposed to be going by his mom's house."
Toni Thomas said her nephew stayed with her from time to time. And that he loved his son, and had a lot to live for.
"Khiry was an intelligent person. He was smart, he made straight A's in school. He used to tell my mom he wanted to be an architect."
She doesn't believe Thomas would take his own life or harm his son.
"Me, personally? I don't think he done it. I don't think he done it... Khiry is not capable of doing nothing like that. He's too smart for that."
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Custodial dad, gal pal get prison for abuse of his 2-year-old son; had only had custody for SIX WEEKS (Douglas County, Nebraska)
Of course, dad CHAD CYMBALISTA blames his girlfriend for everything. Even though Daddy Dearest admits putting the makeup on his 2-year-old son to disguise his bruises. And it looks like he admits making the boy sleep on a urine-soaked blanket. And punishing him for wanting food.
But check this out: you have go 13 paragraphs to find out that this sh** of a father HAD CUSTODY, and had only had custody for SIX FREAKING WEEKS.
So of course the big unasked (and unanswered) question is WHO GAVE THIS ABUSER DAD CUSTODY and WHY? What happened to this little boy's mother? As so often happens, the mother has been utterly erased from the news account, as if she had never existed...
Who says daddies are discriminated against again? Notice that this entitled little sh** thinks he can take a few classes and get custody back.
http://www.omaha.com/article/20130501/NEWS/705019883/1707
Makeup couldn't mask tot's injuries from 'horrific' abuse; dad, girlfriend get prison
By Todd Cooper
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
There was no hiding the child's disfiguring injuries in a Douglas County district courtroom Tuesday.
Nor was there any concealing of the abuse of the child by his father and the father's girlfriend.
Not like Chad Cymbalista and his then-girlfriend, Nicole Corcoran, had tried to do April 24, 2012, when they caked makeup on the boy's face and took him to the Nebraska Medical Center. Tuesday, their abuse of the little boy was laid bare.
Several times, prosecutor Molly Keane held up a photo of the 2-year-old — taken moments after doctors removed the makeup.
In the photo, the toothy toddler has a goose-egg knot in the center of his forehead, both eyes swollen shut, abrasions on his cheeks and a lower lip marred by what doctors believe was a burn. Doctors further found marks in the shape of adult hands on his arms — and other bruises in various stages of healing.
The photo of the boy — in a hospital gown adorned with big-eared dogs — cried out for punishment, Keane said.
“This was horrific treatment,” Keane said, noting that one investigator described it as “torture.”
Shuffling through that photo and others, Douglas County District Judge Greg Schatz rejected a probation officer's recommendation of probation for Cymbalista, who had no record.
Cymbalista and Corcoran, both 27, faced up to 20 years in prison.
The judge sentenced Cymbalista to four to five years in prison for attempted child abuse — the reduced charge to which he pleaded guilty. He then sentenced Corcoran, mother of three other young children, to eight to 10 years on the same charge.
In giving Corcoran twice as much time as Cymbalista, Schatz cited comments made by Corcoran's children, who witnessed the beatings.
The children, who lived with Cymbalista and his child, said Corcoran would call the toddler “dumb” and “stupid” and beat him in the face and head while Cymbalista was at work. She and Cymbalista would force him to sleep on a urine-soaked blanket. And they would use toddler gates to pen in the boy “for daring to seek out food,” Keane said.
And, Keane noted, the two did all that damage in just the six weeks that they had taken over custody of the boy.
Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine called the abuse brutal.
“Sometimes it's hard for people to imagine that anyone is capable of hurting a defenseless child,” he said. “There are so many people who would just love to have this child and would be willing to do whatever it takes to raise the child the way it should be raised.”
Fortunately, the child is in one such home now — with a foster family that dotes on him and cares for him, authorities say. Now 3, he's eager and bright and talkative, said Shakil Malik, a deputy Douglas County attorney who met with the boy a couple of months ago.
He's mostly overcome his injuries. There's no discernible brain damage, but the child may have slight scarring beneath the eyes.
The biggest lingering issue: A plastic surgeon testified that the boy likely will need surgery to repair his lower lip. After losing a third of his lip, the child had a severe drooling and dribbling problem — and was unable to swallow properly.
But he's now able to eat and drink.
“He's doing as well as can be expected,” Kleine said.
Cymbalista and Corcoran had told authorities that the toddler tore open a cut to his lip by eating popcorn salt. He then picked at it for more than a month before the two decided to take the boy to the hospital, they said.
Doctors found the popcorn-salt story incredible. They suspect that the child suffered a burn to his lower lip that wasn't treated for weeks.
Cymbalista admitted that they covered up the boy's injuries with makeup. However, neither Cymbalista nor Corcoran admitted to the abuse.
As Corcoran's attorney, Bill Eustice, pointed out, Cymbalista blamed Corcoran and vice versa.
Cymbalista had taken classes and had since made efforts to become involved in the boy's life, with the goal of having custody of him again, said his attorney, James Kozel.
Corcoran, for her part, read a five-minute statement in which she denied abusing the boy. She insisted she loved him as if he were her own. She also said she was “born to be a mother.”
“I don't have a mean bone in my body,” Corcoran said. “I love all children. It breaks my heart to see them in any pain. ... I'm only responsible for not asserting myself in my relationship.”
To that, Schatz pointed to her children's accounts of their mother's abuse of the young boy.
“The judge did a good job in discerning who was the more responsible of the two,” Kleine said. “Even so, it's hard to imagine that the child's own father could just stand by and allow this to happen.”
Under state sentencing guidelines, inmates must serve half the lower term of their sentences before being eligible for parole and most are released after serving half the upper term.
But check this out: you have go 13 paragraphs to find out that this sh** of a father HAD CUSTODY, and had only had custody for SIX FREAKING WEEKS.
So of course the big unasked (and unanswered) question is WHO GAVE THIS ABUSER DAD CUSTODY and WHY? What happened to this little boy's mother? As so often happens, the mother has been utterly erased from the news account, as if she had never existed...
Who says daddies are discriminated against again? Notice that this entitled little sh** thinks he can take a few classes and get custody back.
http://www.omaha.com/article/20130501/NEWS/705019883/1707
Makeup couldn't mask tot's injuries from 'horrific' abuse; dad, girlfriend get prison
By Todd Cooper
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
There was no hiding the child's disfiguring injuries in a Douglas County district courtroom Tuesday.
Nor was there any concealing of the abuse of the child by his father and the father's girlfriend.
Not like Chad Cymbalista and his then-girlfriend, Nicole Corcoran, had tried to do April 24, 2012, when they caked makeup on the boy's face and took him to the Nebraska Medical Center. Tuesday, their abuse of the little boy was laid bare.
Several times, prosecutor Molly Keane held up a photo of the 2-year-old — taken moments after doctors removed the makeup.
In the photo, the toothy toddler has a goose-egg knot in the center of his forehead, both eyes swollen shut, abrasions on his cheeks and a lower lip marred by what doctors believe was a burn. Doctors further found marks in the shape of adult hands on his arms — and other bruises in various stages of healing.
The photo of the boy — in a hospital gown adorned with big-eared dogs — cried out for punishment, Keane said.
“This was horrific treatment,” Keane said, noting that one investigator described it as “torture.”
Shuffling through that photo and others, Douglas County District Judge Greg Schatz rejected a probation officer's recommendation of probation for Cymbalista, who had no record.
Cymbalista and Corcoran, both 27, faced up to 20 years in prison.
The judge sentenced Cymbalista to four to five years in prison for attempted child abuse — the reduced charge to which he pleaded guilty. He then sentenced Corcoran, mother of three other young children, to eight to 10 years on the same charge.
In giving Corcoran twice as much time as Cymbalista, Schatz cited comments made by Corcoran's children, who witnessed the beatings.
The children, who lived with Cymbalista and his child, said Corcoran would call the toddler “dumb” and “stupid” and beat him in the face and head while Cymbalista was at work. She and Cymbalista would force him to sleep on a urine-soaked blanket. And they would use toddler gates to pen in the boy “for daring to seek out food,” Keane said.
And, Keane noted, the two did all that damage in just the six weeks that they had taken over custody of the boy.
Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine called the abuse brutal.
“Sometimes it's hard for people to imagine that anyone is capable of hurting a defenseless child,” he said. “There are so many people who would just love to have this child and would be willing to do whatever it takes to raise the child the way it should be raised.”
Fortunately, the child is in one such home now — with a foster family that dotes on him and cares for him, authorities say. Now 3, he's eager and bright and talkative, said Shakil Malik, a deputy Douglas County attorney who met with the boy a couple of months ago.
He's mostly overcome his injuries. There's no discernible brain damage, but the child may have slight scarring beneath the eyes.
The biggest lingering issue: A plastic surgeon testified that the boy likely will need surgery to repair his lower lip. After losing a third of his lip, the child had a severe drooling and dribbling problem — and was unable to swallow properly.
But he's now able to eat and drink.
“He's doing as well as can be expected,” Kleine said.
Cymbalista and Corcoran had told authorities that the toddler tore open a cut to his lip by eating popcorn salt. He then picked at it for more than a month before the two decided to take the boy to the hospital, they said.
Doctors found the popcorn-salt story incredible. They suspect that the child suffered a burn to his lower lip that wasn't treated for weeks.
Cymbalista admitted that they covered up the boy's injuries with makeup. However, neither Cymbalista nor Corcoran admitted to the abuse.
As Corcoran's attorney, Bill Eustice, pointed out, Cymbalista blamed Corcoran and vice versa.
Cymbalista had taken classes and had since made efforts to become involved in the boy's life, with the goal of having custody of him again, said his attorney, James Kozel.
Corcoran, for her part, read a five-minute statement in which she denied abusing the boy. She insisted she loved him as if he were her own. She also said she was “born to be a mother.”
“I don't have a mean bone in my body,” Corcoran said. “I love all children. It breaks my heart to see them in any pain. ... I'm only responsible for not asserting myself in my relationship.”
To that, Schatz pointed to her children's accounts of their mother's abuse of the young boy.
“The judge did a good job in discerning who was the more responsible of the two,” Kleine said. “Even so, it's hard to imagine that the child's own father could just stand by and allow this to happen.”
Under state sentencing guidelines, inmates must serve half the lower term of their sentences before being eligible for parole and most are released after serving half the upper term.
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Dad shoots 1-year-old son in the head, kills self (Waveland, Mississippi)
Confusing and misleading news account. Going by the headline, you would figure that father and son were the victim of a street crime. Not that Daddy Dearest nearly killed his 1-year-old son with his own gun.
Whether the baby's injury was "accidental" from a bull fragment or intentional hardly seems the point. It's still a pretty selfish and sickening thing to kill yourself when you apparently have sole responsibility for a mere baby. A baby who will witness this trauma without being able to fully comprehend it. A baby who has no way of contacting the authorities. A baby who has no one to take care of him, feed him, or comfort him. But do we really think that Daddy gave a sh** about all that either way?
Which leads to the next question. Why was this father checking into a motel alone with a baby? What happened to the baby's mother?
I suspect this will turn out to be one of those scenarios where Mom was breaking off with Dad's sorry @$$, but in order to punish/control her, he took off with her child and nearly killed him.
Daddy is identified as KHIRY THOMAS.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/05/01/4632998/father-killed-son-wounded-in-waveland.html
Father killed, son wounded in Waveland shooting
Published: May 1, 2013 Updated 10 hours ago
The Associated Press
WAVELAND, Miss. — Waveland police are investigating the shooting of man and his 1-year-old son at the Coast Inn.
Detective David Allen tells The Sun Herald ( http://bit.ly/16ks0TB) police found 22-year-old Khiry Thomas dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head about 8:30 p.m. Monday. Allen says the child survived and is expected to live.
Police believe Thomas checked into the motel Sunday.
Allen said police are trying to determine if the child was struck in the head by a bullet fragment or was shot. The case remained under investigation.
Coroner Jim Faulk said Thomas' death has been ruled a suicide.
Whether the baby's injury was "accidental" from a bull fragment or intentional hardly seems the point. It's still a pretty selfish and sickening thing to kill yourself when you apparently have sole responsibility for a mere baby. A baby who will witness this trauma without being able to fully comprehend it. A baby who has no way of contacting the authorities. A baby who has no one to take care of him, feed him, or comfort him. But do we really think that Daddy gave a sh** about all that either way?
Which leads to the next question. Why was this father checking into a motel alone with a baby? What happened to the baby's mother?
I suspect this will turn out to be one of those scenarios where Mom was breaking off with Dad's sorry @$$, but in order to punish/control her, he took off with her child and nearly killed him.
Daddy is identified as KHIRY THOMAS.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/05/01/4632998/father-killed-son-wounded-in-waveland.html
Father killed, son wounded in Waveland shooting
Published: May 1, 2013 Updated 10 hours ago
The Associated Press
WAVELAND, Miss. — Waveland police are investigating the shooting of man and his 1-year-old son at the Coast Inn.
Detective David Allen tells The Sun Herald ( http://bit.ly/16ks0TB) police found 22-year-old Khiry Thomas dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head about 8:30 p.m. Monday. Allen says the child survived and is expected to live.
Police believe Thomas checked into the motel Sunday.
Allen said police are trying to determine if the child was struck in the head by a bullet fragment or was shot. The case remained under investigation.
Coroner Jim Faulk said Thomas' death has been ruled a suicide.
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Dad to be sentenced for raping 6-year-old daughter (Fiji)
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.fbc.com.fj/fiji/9896/father-to-await-sentencing-on-friday
Father to await sentencing on Friday
17:05 Tue Apr 30, 2013
Taken from/By: FBC News
Report by: Dev Narayan
A father who raped his six year old daughter will be sentenced this Friday.
The accused appeared at the Suva High Court this morning and is convicted for incest and sexual assault.
The Director of Public Prosecutions has asked for a minimum sentence of ten years.
Judge Justice Salesi Temo says this sentence should serve as a lesson to all fathers as having sexual intercourse with your own children is a serious offence.
The incident happened in Tailevu in 2011.
http://www.fbc.com.fj/fiji/9896/father-to-await-sentencing-on-friday
Father to await sentencing on Friday
17:05 Tue Apr 30, 2013
Taken from/By: FBC News
Report by: Dev Narayan
A father who raped his six year old daughter will be sentenced this Friday.
The accused appeared at the Suva High Court this morning and is convicted for incest and sexual assault.
The Director of Public Prosecutions has asked for a minimum sentence of ten years.
Judge Justice Salesi Temo says this sentence should serve as a lesson to all fathers as having sexual intercourse with your own children is a serious offence.
The incident happened in Tailevu in 2011.
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