Dad acquitted of murder now charged with beating 16-year-old daughter (Davenport, Iowa)

Dad ALFRED DEMOND BROWN was acquitted of murdering a man in March. Now he is charged with beating his 16-year-old daughter with a belt and an extension cord. The daughter was trying to stop Dad from beating his live-in girlfriend. Not a word about the girl's mother.

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Acquitted murder defendant arrested in beating
Ann McGlynn Posted: Friday, August 14, 2009 10:45 pm

A Davenport man acquitted of first-degree murder in March is now charged with beating his 16-year-old daughter with a belt and extension cord, forcing her to escape from a window to get help, police said.

The assault by Alfred Demond Brown, 34, happened at the home of Julie Parks, who is listed as Brown's live-in girlfriend as well as a state-registered day-care provider.

Brown is charged with assault with injury in connection with the June 16 attack, records show.
Parks' ability to provide child care in Iowa is now revoked, an official with the Iowa Department of Human Services, or DHS, said.

According to court documents:

Brown's daughter was attempting to stop Brown from choking and slapping Parks. Brown chased his daughter throughout the house, first hitting her with a belt and then with an extension cord. He beat her until she bled, records indicate.

The daughter left the house at 3221 Orchard Ave., Davenport, through a window. She went to a neighbor's house for help.

His daughter was left with wounds to her arms, back and leg. The wounds took weeks to heal.

Brown is not supposed to be at Parks' house at the direction of DHS, documents say. "Alfred smokes marijuana frequently and also in the presence of the young children being cared for by Julie," a search warrant executed at the Orchard Avenue address states.

Police seized a computer, an extension cord, a belt and a scale with drug residue, records indicate.

Brown is out on bail, records indicate.

Brown drove Oliver Litt Jr. to the International House of Pancakes in May 2008. Litt shot and killed Hano Bailey as he entered the building to start his shift as a dishwasher. Officials have said Litt was upset with Bailey because he thought Bailey sexually abused one of Litt's relatives years earlier. Bailey was released from prison in March 2008 after serving seven years on a separate sex abuse charge.

Defense attorney David Morrison argued during the trial that Litt was armed when he forced Brown to help him carry out the crime. Litt was found guilty of first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison.

Morrison is representing Brown on the most recent charge, documents indicate. He could not be reached for comment.

Parks declined comment.

She will be barred from providing child care as of Aug. 25, regardless of the number of children, said Roger Munns, spokesman for DHS. Her participation in the subsidized childcare program also is revoked.

"Regulation of these in-home businesses is much less formal than regulation of licensed centers," Munns said. "There is not nearly enough staff to visit all of the in-home businesses on a regular basis, but in this case, DHS social workers will be keeping a regular watch on this particular business between now and the time that Ms. Parks must cease providing child care. Should there be imminent danger to children at this business, the DHS will seek to close the business as soon as possible."