Monday, July 11, 2016
LAST POSTING
We started this blog on June 24, 2009--just over seven years. And like all good things, it's time to bring this project to a close. It has served its purpose. We have close to 10,500 postings regarding fathers and child abuse, with hundred of those cases being enabled by the family courts, social services, and others in authority. The documentation is clear. It is now time to stop documenting and put that energy into changing the situation that puts thousands of mothers and children at risk every day.
Dad kills mom, three kids in custody-related mass murder (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Leaving an abuser is the most dangerous time for women and children, especially when authorities do not take women's concerns seriously. This could have been prevented.
Dad is identified as JASON HAGAN DEJ-OUDOM.
http://nbc4i.com/2016/06/30/bystander-tries-to-save-woman-from-husband-who-killed-3-kids/
Las Vegas police: Father kills wife, three children before turning gun on himself
By Associated Press Published: June 30, 2016, 7:41 pm | Updated: June 30, 2016, 8:25 pm
LAS VEGAS (AP) – A good Samaritan could not save a Las Vegas woman screaming for help as her gun-wielding estranged husband chased her from their home to two drug store parking lots in a chaotic murder-suicide that left a family of five dead, authorities said Thursday.
The man gunned down his wife outside a business and killed their children, ages 9 to 15, at their apartment before shooting himself at the residence, police said.
Homicide detectives are investigating what drove him to kill his family.
“It’s really hard to understand how this could happen, how somebody could do that to children,” police Lt. Dan McGrath said. Court records show that Phoukeo Dej-Oudom filed for divorce May 25 from her husband, Jason Hagan Dej-Oudom.
No attorney is listed in the petition, which said they were married in July 2000 in Columbus, Ohio.
The document asked a judge to consider domestic violence when considering custody.
It didn’t provide any detail, but noted the involvement of Clark County Child Protective Services.
Police said they aren’t releasing any details of a domestic violence call earlier this month because detectives are looking into it as part of the murder-suicide investigation. No one appeared for a June 22 hearing in the divorce case.
The Clark County coroner’s office identified the couple’s children, including 15-year-old daughter, Dalavanh Ariel Dej-Oudom, and sons, Xonajuk J.J. Dej-Oudom, 14, and Anhurak Jason Dej-Oudom, 9. The youngest child died of a gunshot wound to the head. The coroner hasn’t released the cause of death for the 35-year-old woman or the other children.
A driver spotted Phoukeo Dej-Oudom waving her hands and screaming for help in the street near her home and picked her up Wednesday night.
Jason Hagan Dej-Oudom chased them to a CVS drug store two blocks away, where he dragged his wife into his car at gunpoint.
As he drove off, his wife partially hung out the window and eventually escaped and started running.
Witnesses saw Jason Hagan Dej-Oudom chasing her in his car while she fled toward a Walgreens about a half mile away.
Witnesses outside the store reported hearing four gunshots, and a bystander rushed to help the woman but she was already dead, with least one gunshot wound to the head, McGrath said.
Jason Hagan Dej-Oudom fled. A relative called police half an hour later saying the man was at the apartment and suicidal.
A SWAT team responded and found the bodies of the father and three children in a bedroom, though authorities were not sure if he killed the children before or after his wife.
Dad is identified as JASON HAGAN DEJ-OUDOM.
http://nbc4i.com/2016/06/30/bystander-tries-to-save-woman-from-husband-who-killed-3-kids/
Las Vegas police: Father kills wife, three children before turning gun on himself
By Associated Press Published: June 30, 2016, 7:41 pm | Updated: June 30, 2016, 8:25 pm
LAS VEGAS (AP) – A good Samaritan could not save a Las Vegas woman screaming for help as her gun-wielding estranged husband chased her from their home to two drug store parking lots in a chaotic murder-suicide that left a family of five dead, authorities said Thursday.
The man gunned down his wife outside a business and killed their children, ages 9 to 15, at their apartment before shooting himself at the residence, police said.
Homicide detectives are investigating what drove him to kill his family.
“It’s really hard to understand how this could happen, how somebody could do that to children,” police Lt. Dan McGrath said. Court records show that Phoukeo Dej-Oudom filed for divorce May 25 from her husband, Jason Hagan Dej-Oudom.
No attorney is listed in the petition, which said they were married in July 2000 in Columbus, Ohio.
The document asked a judge to consider domestic violence when considering custody.
It didn’t provide any detail, but noted the involvement of Clark County Child Protective Services.
Police said they aren’t releasing any details of a domestic violence call earlier this month because detectives are looking into it as part of the murder-suicide investigation. No one appeared for a June 22 hearing in the divorce case.
The Clark County coroner’s office identified the couple’s children, including 15-year-old daughter, Dalavanh Ariel Dej-Oudom, and sons, Xonajuk J.J. Dej-Oudom, 14, and Anhurak Jason Dej-Oudom, 9. The youngest child died of a gunshot wound to the head. The coroner hasn’t released the cause of death for the 35-year-old woman or the other children.
A driver spotted Phoukeo Dej-Oudom waving her hands and screaming for help in the street near her home and picked her up Wednesday night.
Jason Hagan Dej-Oudom chased them to a CVS drug store two blocks away, where he dragged his wife into his car at gunpoint.
As he drove off, his wife partially hung out the window and eventually escaped and started running.
Witnesses saw Jason Hagan Dej-Oudom chasing her in his car while she fled toward a Walgreens about a half mile away.
Witnesses outside the store reported hearing four gunshots, and a bystander rushed to help the woman but she was already dead, with least one gunshot wound to the head, McGrath said.
Jason Hagan Dej-Oudom fled. A relative called police half an hour later saying the man was at the apartment and suicidal.
A SWAT team responded and found the bodies of the father and three children in a bedroom, though authorities were not sure if he killed the children before or after his wife.
Protective mom: custodial dad, girlfriend killed 7-year-old daughter (East Point, Georgia)
The custodial dad is identified as MICHAEL WASH.
http://www.wtvm.com/story/32360641/mother-of-missing-child-i-believe-they-killed-my-baby
Mother of missing child: 'I believe they killed my baby'
Published:Saturday, July 2nd 2016, 8:28 am EDT
Updated:Saturday, July 2nd 2016, 11:49 am EDT
By Julian Johnson EAST POINT, GA (CBS46) - A mother is demanding answers now that the search for her missing 7-year-old daughter has turned into a homicide investigation.
East Point police say a father and his girlfriend are in custody in connection to a homicide investigation that was launched after a 7-year-old girl was reported missing.
27-year-old Michael Wash has been charged with aggravated assault, cruelty to children, giving false statements and concealing the death of another.
In addition, 30-year-old Lasherae Davis was charged with party to aggravated assault, party to cruelty to children, giving false statements and concealing the death of another.
Kamaire Wash's father, Michael Deon Wash, and his girlfriend, Lasherae Davis, remain in custody facing several charges.
However, none of the charges include murder.
CBS46 found Kamaire's mother in Illinois and she told us without a doubt, she believes Kamaire's father and his girlfriend were involved in her death.
"Yeah, I believe they killed my baby. I do, I sure do," said Kashira Pettigrew.
As a mother, they're words she likely never thought she'd be saying, but now she's faced with the fact her daughter is missing and presumed dead.
"They found the body the day before. They didn't even know who it was, they just so happened to be saying the baby was missing yesterday," said Pettigrew.
East Point police are still awaiting confirmation a body found in Lake Allatoona on Wednesday afternoon is in fact Kamaire. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is conducting an autopsy.
CBS46 has confirmed police believe Wash and Davis drove Kamaire's body up to the lake and dumped it.
"Why would they do a baby like that? She was only 7, had a beautiful heart, beautiful spirit," said Pettigrew. "It's not adding up to me. I want answers for my baby. She deserves justice.
We're told Kamaire had only been living with her father for about a year.
Wash is charged with aggravated assault, cruelty to children 1st degree (2 counts), cruelty to children 3rd degree, giving false statements, and concealing the death of another.
Davis is charged with party to the crime aggravated assault, party to the crime – cruelty to children 1st degree (2 counts), party to the crime – cruelty to children 3rd degree, giving false statements, and concealing the death of another.
They both both waived their first appearance Saturday. Their next appearance is July 15 at 9:30 a.m. No bond was granted.
http://www.wtvm.com/story/32360641/mother-of-missing-child-i-believe-they-killed-my-baby
Mother of missing child: 'I believe they killed my baby'
Published:Saturday, July 2nd 2016, 8:28 am EDT
Updated:Saturday, July 2nd 2016, 11:49 am EDT
By Julian Johnson EAST POINT, GA (CBS46) - A mother is demanding answers now that the search for her missing 7-year-old daughter has turned into a homicide investigation.
East Point police say a father and his girlfriend are in custody in connection to a homicide investigation that was launched after a 7-year-old girl was reported missing.
27-year-old Michael Wash has been charged with aggravated assault, cruelty to children, giving false statements and concealing the death of another.
In addition, 30-year-old Lasherae Davis was charged with party to aggravated assault, party to cruelty to children, giving false statements and concealing the death of another.
Kamaire Wash's father, Michael Deon Wash, and his girlfriend, Lasherae Davis, remain in custody facing several charges.
However, none of the charges include murder.
CBS46 found Kamaire's mother in Illinois and she told us without a doubt, she believes Kamaire's father and his girlfriend were involved in her death.
"Yeah, I believe they killed my baby. I do, I sure do," said Kashira Pettigrew.
As a mother, they're words she likely never thought she'd be saying, but now she's faced with the fact her daughter is missing and presumed dead.
"They found the body the day before. They didn't even know who it was, they just so happened to be saying the baby was missing yesterday," said Pettigrew.
East Point police are still awaiting confirmation a body found in Lake Allatoona on Wednesday afternoon is in fact Kamaire. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is conducting an autopsy.
CBS46 has confirmed police believe Wash and Davis drove Kamaire's body up to the lake and dumped it.
"Why would they do a baby like that? She was only 7, had a beautiful heart, beautiful spirit," said Pettigrew. "It's not adding up to me. I want answers for my baby. She deserves justice.
We're told Kamaire had only been living with her father for about a year.
Wash is charged with aggravated assault, cruelty to children 1st degree (2 counts), cruelty to children 3rd degree, giving false statements, and concealing the death of another.
Davis is charged with party to the crime aggravated assault, party to the crime – cruelty to children 1st degree (2 counts), party to the crime – cruelty to children 3rd degree, giving false statements, and concealing the death of another.
They both both waived their first appearance Saturday. Their next appearance is July 15 at 9:30 a.m. No bond was granted.
Protective mom: custodial dad, girlfriend killed 7-year-old daughter (East Point, Georgia)
The custodial dad is identified as MICHAEL WASH.
http://www.wtvm.com/story/32360641/mother-of-missing-child-i-believe-they-killed-my-baby
Mother of missing child: 'I believe they killed my baby'
Published:Saturday, July 2nd 2016, 8:28 am EDT
Updated:Saturday, July 2nd 2016, 11:49 am EDT
By Julian Johnson EAST POINT, GA (CBS46) - A mother is demanding answers now that the search for her missing 7-year-old daughter has turned into a homicide investigation.
East Point police say a father and his girlfriend are in custody in connection to a homicide investigation that was launched after a 7-year-old girl was reported missing.
27-year-old Michael Wash has been charged with aggravated assault, cruelty to children, giving false statements and concealing the death of another.
In addition, 30-year-old Lasherae Davis was charged with party to aggravated assault, party to cruelty to children, giving false statements and concealing the death of another.
Kamaire Wash's father, Michael Deon Wash, and his girlfriend, Lasherae Davis, remain in custody facing several charges.
However, none of the charges include murder.
CBS46 found Kamaire's mother in Illinois and she told us without a doubt, she believes Kamaire's father and his girlfriend were involved in her death.
"Yeah, I believe they killed my baby. I do, I sure do," said Kashira Pettigrew.
As a mother, they're words she likely never thought she'd be saying, but now she's faced with the fact her daughter is missing and presumed dead.
"They found the body the day before. They didn't even know who it was, they just so happened to be saying the baby was missing yesterday," said Pettigrew.
East Point police are still awaiting confirmation a body found in Lake Allatoona on Wednesday afternoon is in fact Kamaire. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is conducting an autopsy.
CBS46 has confirmed police believe Wash and Davis drove Kamaire's body up to the lake and dumped it.
"Why would they do a baby like that? She was only 7, had a beautiful heart, beautiful spirit," said Pettigrew. "It's not adding up to me. I want answers for my baby. She deserves justice.
We're told Kamaire had only been living with her father for about a year.
Wash is charged with aggravated assault, cruelty to children 1st degree (2 counts), cruelty to children 3rd degree, giving false statements, and concealing the death of another.
Davis is charged with party to the crime aggravated assault, party to the crime – cruelty to children 1st degree (2 counts), party to the crime – cruelty to children 3rd degree, giving false statements, and concealing the death of another.
They both both waived their first appearance Saturday. Their next appearance is July 15 at 9:30 a.m. No bond was granted.
http://www.wtvm.com/story/32360641/mother-of-missing-child-i-believe-they-killed-my-baby
Mother of missing child: 'I believe they killed my baby'
Published:Saturday, July 2nd 2016, 8:28 am EDT
Updated:Saturday, July 2nd 2016, 11:49 am EDT
By Julian Johnson EAST POINT, GA (CBS46) - A mother is demanding answers now that the search for her missing 7-year-old daughter has turned into a homicide investigation.
East Point police say a father and his girlfriend are in custody in connection to a homicide investigation that was launched after a 7-year-old girl was reported missing.
27-year-old Michael Wash has been charged with aggravated assault, cruelty to children, giving false statements and concealing the death of another.
In addition, 30-year-old Lasherae Davis was charged with party to aggravated assault, party to cruelty to children, giving false statements and concealing the death of another.
Kamaire Wash's father, Michael Deon Wash, and his girlfriend, Lasherae Davis, remain in custody facing several charges.
However, none of the charges include murder.
CBS46 found Kamaire's mother in Illinois and she told us without a doubt, she believes Kamaire's father and his girlfriend were involved in her death.
"Yeah, I believe they killed my baby. I do, I sure do," said Kashira Pettigrew.
As a mother, they're words she likely never thought she'd be saying, but now she's faced with the fact her daughter is missing and presumed dead.
"They found the body the day before. They didn't even know who it was, they just so happened to be saying the baby was missing yesterday," said Pettigrew.
East Point police are still awaiting confirmation a body found in Lake Allatoona on Wednesday afternoon is in fact Kamaire. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is conducting an autopsy.
CBS46 has confirmed police believe Wash and Davis drove Kamaire's body up to the lake and dumped it.
"Why would they do a baby like that? She was only 7, had a beautiful heart, beautiful spirit," said Pettigrew. "It's not adding up to me. I want answers for my baby. She deserves justice.
We're told Kamaire had only been living with her father for about a year.
Wash is charged with aggravated assault, cruelty to children 1st degree (2 counts), cruelty to children 3rd degree, giving false statements, and concealing the death of another.
Davis is charged with party to the crime aggravated assault, party to the crime – cruelty to children 1st degree (2 counts), party to the crime – cruelty to children 3rd degree, giving false statements, and concealing the death of another.
They both both waived their first appearance Saturday. Their next appearance is July 15 at 9:30 a.m. No bond was granted.
Protective mom: custodial dad, girlfriend killed 7-year-old daughter (East Point, Georgia)
The custodial dad is identified as MICHAEL WASH.
http://www.wtvm.com/story/32360641/mother-of-missing-child-i-believe-they-killed-my-baby
Mother of missing child: 'I believe they killed my baby'
Published:Saturday, July 2nd 2016, 8:28 am EDT
Updated:Saturday, July 2nd 2016, 11:49 am EDT
By Julian Johnson EAST POINT, GA (CBS46) - A mother is demanding answers now that the search for her missing 7-year-old daughter has turned into a homicide investigation.
East Point police say a father and his girlfriend are in custody in connection to a homicide investigation that was launched after a 7-year-old girl was reported missing.
27-year-old Michael Wash has been charged with aggravated assault, cruelty to children, giving false statements and concealing the death of another.
In addition, 30-year-old Lasherae Davis was charged with party to aggravated assault, party to cruelty to children, giving false statements and concealing the death of another.
Kamaire Wash's father, Michael Deon Wash, and his girlfriend, Lasherae Davis, remain in custody facing several charges.
However, none of the charges include murder.
CBS46 found Kamaire's mother in Illinois and she told us without a doubt, she believes Kamaire's father and his girlfriend were involved in her death.
"Yeah, I believe they killed my baby. I do, I sure do," said Kashira Pettigrew.
As a mother, they're words she likely never thought she'd be saying, but now she's faced with the fact her daughter is missing and presumed dead.
"They found the body the day before. They didn't even know who it was, they just so happened to be saying the baby was missing yesterday," said Pettigrew.
East Point police are still awaiting confirmation a body found in Lake Allatoona on Wednesday afternoon is in fact Kamaire. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is conducting an autopsy.
CBS46 has confirmed police believe Wash and Davis drove Kamaire's body up to the lake and dumped it.
"Why would they do a baby like that? She was only 7, had a beautiful heart, beautiful spirit," said Pettigrew. "It's not adding up to me. I want answers for my baby. She deserves justice.
We're told Kamaire had only been living with her father for about a year.
Wash is charged with aggravated assault, cruelty to children 1st degree (2 counts), cruelty to children 3rd degree, giving false statements, and concealing the death of another.
Davis is charged with party to the crime aggravated assault, party to the crime – cruelty to children 1st degree (2 counts), party to the crime – cruelty to children 3rd degree, giving false statements, and concealing the death of another.
They both both waived their first appearance Saturday. Their next appearance is July 15 at 9:30 a.m. No bond was granted.
http://www.wtvm.com/story/32360641/mother-of-missing-child-i-believe-they-killed-my-baby
Mother of missing child: 'I believe they killed my baby'
Published:Saturday, July 2nd 2016, 8:28 am EDT
Updated:Saturday, July 2nd 2016, 11:49 am EDT
By Julian Johnson EAST POINT, GA (CBS46) - A mother is demanding answers now that the search for her missing 7-year-old daughter has turned into a homicide investigation.
East Point police say a father and his girlfriend are in custody in connection to a homicide investigation that was launched after a 7-year-old girl was reported missing.
27-year-old Michael Wash has been charged with aggravated assault, cruelty to children, giving false statements and concealing the death of another.
In addition, 30-year-old Lasherae Davis was charged with party to aggravated assault, party to cruelty to children, giving false statements and concealing the death of another.
Kamaire Wash's father, Michael Deon Wash, and his girlfriend, Lasherae Davis, remain in custody facing several charges.
However, none of the charges include murder.
CBS46 found Kamaire's mother in Illinois and she told us without a doubt, she believes Kamaire's father and his girlfriend were involved in her death.
"Yeah, I believe they killed my baby. I do, I sure do," said Kashira Pettigrew.
As a mother, they're words she likely never thought she'd be saying, but now she's faced with the fact her daughter is missing and presumed dead.
"They found the body the day before. They didn't even know who it was, they just so happened to be saying the baby was missing yesterday," said Pettigrew.
East Point police are still awaiting confirmation a body found in Lake Allatoona on Wednesday afternoon is in fact Kamaire. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is conducting an autopsy.
CBS46 has confirmed police believe Wash and Davis drove Kamaire's body up to the lake and dumped it.
"Why would they do a baby like that? She was only 7, had a beautiful heart, beautiful spirit," said Pettigrew. "It's not adding up to me. I want answers for my baby. She deserves justice.
We're told Kamaire had only been living with her father for about a year.
Wash is charged with aggravated assault, cruelty to children 1st degree (2 counts), cruelty to children 3rd degree, giving false statements, and concealing the death of another.
Davis is charged with party to the crime aggravated assault, party to the crime – cruelty to children 1st degree (2 counts), party to the crime – cruelty to children 3rd degree, giving false statements, and concealing the death of another.
They both both waived their first appearance Saturday. Their next appearance is July 15 at 9:30 a.m. No bond was granted.
Dad pleads guilty to aggravated manslaughter in death of 6-year-old son; what happened to mom? (Sarasota, Florida)
Notice there is mention of dad's girlfriend, but not the mother. What happened to mom? Did dad JAMES "RICK" DEARMAN have full custody? Joint custody? What? As usual, there is no explanation.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/father-accused-squishing-child-death-pleads-quilty/nrqzz/
Father pleads guilty to killing son by 'squishing'
Published: Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 1:42 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 2:30 p.m.
SARASOTA COUNTY - An Englewood man pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in the death of his 6-year-old son.
During a plea hearing on Thursday, James “Rick” Dearman pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter of a child under the age of 18.
His son Jimmy died Christmas Eve 2015 after authorities say Dearman and his girlfriend, Ashley Cole, sat on him.
That night, Jimmy and his sister were heard making noises in their bedroom, Assistant State Attorney Art Jackman said. They were then told to put their noses against the wall as a form of punishment.
The boy did not, instead watching Cole and Dearman play video games. After this, Cole brought the boy to the couch where he sat on his side, his face against the rear cushions, Jackman said. Cole sat on his back, and Dearman sat on his shoulder.
“They had previously used this as a form of punishment,” Jackman said. “They called it 'squishing.'”
Despite the boy's protests of needing to use the bathroom and being unable to breathe, the two remained on the boy.
After approximately five minutes, he stopped moving. After Cole and Dearman left the room to smoke in the garage, they came back about 10 minutes later and called police after finding the boy unresponsive.
At the time, Jimmy weighed about 45 pounds. Dearman weighed about 279 pounds and Cole about 170 pounds. According to the medical examiner's report, Jimmy's death was ruled a homicide by asphyxiation.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/father-accused-squishing-child-death-pleads-quilty/nrqzz/
Father pleads guilty to killing son by 'squishing'
Published: Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 1:42 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 2:30 p.m.
SARASOTA COUNTY - An Englewood man pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in the death of his 6-year-old son.
During a plea hearing on Thursday, James “Rick” Dearman pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter of a child under the age of 18.
His son Jimmy died Christmas Eve 2015 after authorities say Dearman and his girlfriend, Ashley Cole, sat on him.
That night, Jimmy and his sister were heard making noises in their bedroom, Assistant State Attorney Art Jackman said. They were then told to put their noses against the wall as a form of punishment.
The boy did not, instead watching Cole and Dearman play video games. After this, Cole brought the boy to the couch where he sat on his side, his face against the rear cushions, Jackman said. Cole sat on his back, and Dearman sat on his shoulder.
“They had previously used this as a form of punishment,” Jackman said. “They called it 'squishing.'”
Despite the boy's protests of needing to use the bathroom and being unable to breathe, the two remained on the boy.
After approximately five minutes, he stopped moving. After Cole and Dearman left the room to smoke in the garage, they came back about 10 minutes later and called police after finding the boy unresponsive.
At the time, Jimmy weighed about 45 pounds. Dearman weighed about 279 pounds and Cole about 170 pounds. According to the medical examiner's report, Jimmy's death was ruled a homicide by asphyxiation.
Dad, girlfriend suspected in death of 7-year-old daughter; is he custodial? (Atlanta, Georgia)
Dad is identified as MICHAEL WALSH. At minimum, he had out-of-state visitation. Or he may have had full custody. Notice we are not told the details about how and why this father had access to this child.
http://www.wandtv.com/story/32364452/7-year-old-found-in-lake-in-georgia-could-have-ties-to-champaign
7-year-old found in lake in Georgia could have ties to Champaign
Posted: Jul 03, 2016 1:39 PM EDT Updated: Jul 05, 2016 5:23 PM EDT
ATLANTA – WANDNews has word from an NBC affiliate near Atlanta, Georgia, that a seven-year-old girl found dead in Lake Allatoona could have ties back here in Central Illinois.
Our partners at WXIA report a seven-year-old was killed this past Sunday or Monday, and police in East Point, Georgia, say they believe her father and his live-in girlfriend had a hand in her death. Authorities tell
WXIA they believe 27-year-old Michael Wash and 30-year-old Lasherae Davis drove 7-year-old Kamaire Wash to the lake and left her in the water. WXIA reports boaters found a young girl’s body, Wednesday afternoon, that they believe is the missing girl. She had been in the water for around 48 hours.
This story has connections back to Illinois, with WXIA sources saying the girl’s mother is from Champaign, Illinois. WAND News has reached out to the woman believed to be the victim’s mother and will report any further developments.
In the meantime, WXIA reports the father faces charges of aggravated assault, child cruelty and concealing the girl’s death, and his girlfriend could be charged with being a party to the assault and cruelty, along with concealing the child’s death.
East Point Police tell WXIA they are not ready to charge them yet. Both suspects claim they put the girl to bed on Wednesday night, and she was missing with the door left open when they woke up.
Details are still developing in this case, with police not yet ready to confirm where, how and why Kamaire was killed.
The earliest the public will positively know the identity of the child, as well as the cause of death, would be Tuesday, after the Fourth of July holiday.
http://www.wandtv.com/story/32364452/7-year-old-found-in-lake-in-georgia-could-have-ties-to-champaign
7-year-old found in lake in Georgia could have ties to Champaign
Posted: Jul 03, 2016 1:39 PM EDT Updated: Jul 05, 2016 5:23 PM EDT
ATLANTA – WANDNews has word from an NBC affiliate near Atlanta, Georgia, that a seven-year-old girl found dead in Lake Allatoona could have ties back here in Central Illinois.
Our partners at WXIA report a seven-year-old was killed this past Sunday or Monday, and police in East Point, Georgia, say they believe her father and his live-in girlfriend had a hand in her death. Authorities tell
WXIA they believe 27-year-old Michael Wash and 30-year-old Lasherae Davis drove 7-year-old Kamaire Wash to the lake and left her in the water. WXIA reports boaters found a young girl’s body, Wednesday afternoon, that they believe is the missing girl. She had been in the water for around 48 hours.
This story has connections back to Illinois, with WXIA sources saying the girl’s mother is from Champaign, Illinois. WAND News has reached out to the woman believed to be the victim’s mother and will report any further developments.
In the meantime, WXIA reports the father faces charges of aggravated assault, child cruelty and concealing the girl’s death, and his girlfriend could be charged with being a party to the assault and cruelty, along with concealing the child’s death.
East Point Police tell WXIA they are not ready to charge them yet. Both suspects claim they put the girl to bed on Wednesday night, and she was missing with the door left open when they woke up.
Details are still developing in this case, with police not yet ready to confirm where, how and why Kamaire was killed.
The earliest the public will positively know the identity of the child, as well as the cause of death, would be Tuesday, after the Fourth of July holiday.
Custodial dad, step accused of sexually abusing, torturing two kids over two years; who gave this man custody? (Australia)
Typical Clueless Daddy defense. He was the victim of the step!
BS. Was she holding a gun to his head or something? Beating him up? Ridiculous.
More importantly, who gave this vicious abusive rapist father custody, and left the mother with periodic "access visits"?
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/father-and-stepmother-of-boy-and-girl-stand-trial-accused-of-whipping-caging-tormenting-and-sexually-abusing-children-for-two-years/news-story/2bef266de29596e21e8c67a45e168c5a
Father and stepmother of boy and girl stand trial accused of whipping, caging, tormenting and sexual abuse for two years
Chief Court Reporter Sean Fewster, The Advertiser July 6, 2016 7:56am
TWO children were tied to trees, locked in cages, had their fingers slammed in car doors and whipped by a father and stepmother who recorded their suffering, a court has heard.
A District Court jury has been told the girl, now 9, and her brother, now 7, were also sexually abused by their father during years of torment on a remote regional property.
Amelia Cairney, prosecuting, told jurors they would see photographs taken, and recordings made, by the father and stepmother of the abuse they inflicted upon the children.
“The prosecution case is that, while living with the accused, the young lives of this girl and boy were tormented with regular, and often prolonged, acts of violence and neglect,” she said. “This ongoing abuse, along with sexual abuse, resulted in an environment of fear and degradation on the part of the children.”
The father and stepmother, who cannot be named, have pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of assault and false imprisonment.
The father has also denied sexually assaulting both children on multiple occasions.
Opening the trial, Ms Cairney said the children lived with their father and his partner on a rural property between 2011 and 2013.
She said that, when the children were not on access visits with their biological mother, the children suffered due to the stepmother’s “bad influence” on their father.
“The girl said the stepmother would get angry and say ‘do something to the girl’ or ‘do something to the boy’,” she said. “When the father slammed their fingers in the car door, the stepmother told him to do this ... after, the children were told to walk home.”
Ms Cairney said the girl would give evidence of nights spent locked in a birdcage and in the garage, and of being tied up and gagged while her father took photographs.
“(One day) the father said ‘you are going in the tree’ ... she said ‘no, please’ (but) he walked her to the tree, lifted her up and tied her to the tree by the neck with a rope,” she said. “She was not able to touch the ground and her hands and feet were tied as well ... he came back an hour later and said ‘have you learned your lesson?’.”
She said the boy would give evidence of being struck with a wooden bed slat, his father’s belt and being hit five times with a stock whip, leaving visible scars on his body.
“You will hear an audio recording, made by the father, of him tormenting and physically assaulting the boy,” she said. “A female voice can be heard in the background — the prosecution says that is the stepmother.”
The trial, before Judge Sophie David and a 14-member jury, is expected to run for three weeks.
BS. Was she holding a gun to his head or something? Beating him up? Ridiculous.
More importantly, who gave this vicious abusive rapist father custody, and left the mother with periodic "access visits"?
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/father-and-stepmother-of-boy-and-girl-stand-trial-accused-of-whipping-caging-tormenting-and-sexually-abusing-children-for-two-years/news-story/2bef266de29596e21e8c67a45e168c5a
Father and stepmother of boy and girl stand trial accused of whipping, caging, tormenting and sexual abuse for two years
Chief Court Reporter Sean Fewster, The Advertiser July 6, 2016 7:56am
TWO children were tied to trees, locked in cages, had their fingers slammed in car doors and whipped by a father and stepmother who recorded their suffering, a court has heard.
A District Court jury has been told the girl, now 9, and her brother, now 7, were also sexually abused by their father during years of torment on a remote regional property.
Amelia Cairney, prosecuting, told jurors they would see photographs taken, and recordings made, by the father and stepmother of the abuse they inflicted upon the children.
“The prosecution case is that, while living with the accused, the young lives of this girl and boy were tormented with regular, and often prolonged, acts of violence and neglect,” she said. “This ongoing abuse, along with sexual abuse, resulted in an environment of fear and degradation on the part of the children.”
The father and stepmother, who cannot be named, have pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of assault and false imprisonment.
The father has also denied sexually assaulting both children on multiple occasions.
Opening the trial, Ms Cairney said the children lived with their father and his partner on a rural property between 2011 and 2013.
She said that, when the children were not on access visits with their biological mother, the children suffered due to the stepmother’s “bad influence” on their father.
“The girl said the stepmother would get angry and say ‘do something to the girl’ or ‘do something to the boy’,” she said. “When the father slammed their fingers in the car door, the stepmother told him to do this ... after, the children were told to walk home.”
Ms Cairney said the girl would give evidence of nights spent locked in a birdcage and in the garage, and of being tied up and gagged while her father took photographs.
“(One day) the father said ‘you are going in the tree’ ... she said ‘no, please’ (but) he walked her to the tree, lifted her up and tied her to the tree by the neck with a rope,” she said. “She was not able to touch the ground and her hands and feet were tied as well ... he came back an hour later and said ‘have you learned your lesson?’.”
She said the boy would give evidence of being struck with a wooden bed slat, his father’s belt and being hit five times with a stock whip, leaving visible scars on his body.
“You will hear an audio recording, made by the father, of him tormenting and physically assaulting the boy,” she said. “A female voice can be heard in the background — the prosecution says that is the stepmother.”
The trial, before Judge Sophie David and a 14-member jury, is expected to run for three weeks.
Dad, step charged with abusing 2-year old; dad had previously served time for killing, sexually abusing 18-month old. Why was he allowed access? (Fayetteville, North Carolina)
Where to even start with this story? Many unanswered questions.
Why was a man who murdered and raped an 18-month-old child not behind bars permanently? Only 10 years served? Pretty outrageous.
Why was a father with this kind of history allowed any access to a child at all? Who allowed it or ordered it? The family courts?
Of course, the custody/visitation angle to this story was buried when the step was misidentified as the mother. Happens a lot.
Dad is identified as JIMMY TYRONE BALDWIN.
http://www.wral.com/nc-man-imprisoned-for-child-abuse-previously-charged-again/15838367/
NC man imprisoned for child abuse previously charged again
Posted 4:32 p.m. Friday Updated 4:35 p.m. Friday
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A man who served time for the death and sexual assault of an 18-month-old faces charges of abusing his own child, as does the toddler's stepmother.
Fayetteville police said in a news release Friday that 38-year-old Jimmy Tyrone Baldwin and 25-year-old Chaka Baldwin are each charged with felonious child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury.
Police say the child's biological mother brought the 2-year-old to a hospital on June 11 after she received the child back from Jimmy Baldwin, the child's father. The child has been released from the hospital.
Jimmy Baldwin was released from prison in 2008 after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the 1998 death and sexual assault of a child.
He remained in custody Friday under a $250,000 bond. Chaka Baldwin was released on bond. It wasn't clear if either has an attorney.
___ This story has been corrected to show that Chaka Baldwin is the child's stepmother, not the mother.
Why was a man who murdered and raped an 18-month-old child not behind bars permanently? Only 10 years served? Pretty outrageous.
Why was a father with this kind of history allowed any access to a child at all? Who allowed it or ordered it? The family courts?
Of course, the custody/visitation angle to this story was buried when the step was misidentified as the mother. Happens a lot.
Dad is identified as JIMMY TYRONE BALDWIN.
http://www.wral.com/nc-man-imprisoned-for-child-abuse-previously-charged-again/15838367/
NC man imprisoned for child abuse previously charged again
Posted 4:32 p.m. Friday Updated 4:35 p.m. Friday
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A man who served time for the death and sexual assault of an 18-month-old faces charges of abusing his own child, as does the toddler's stepmother.
Fayetteville police said in a news release Friday that 38-year-old Jimmy Tyrone Baldwin and 25-year-old Chaka Baldwin are each charged with felonious child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury.
Police say the child's biological mother brought the 2-year-old to a hospital on June 11 after she received the child back from Jimmy Baldwin, the child's father. The child has been released from the hospital.
Jimmy Baldwin was released from prison in 2008 after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the 1998 death and sexual assault of a child.
He remained in custody Friday under a $250,000 bond. Chaka Baldwin was released on bond. It wasn't clear if either has an attorney.
___ This story has been corrected to show that Chaka Baldwin is the child's stepmother, not the mother.
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