Dastardly Dads

Dad arrested for sexually assaulting daughter (Bryan, Texas)

noreply@blogger.com (ANONYMOUS) — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:46:00 +0000

Dad is identified as MARTIN ANGEL ESPITIA. No mention of a mother in the home.

http://www.kbtx.com/news/local/headlines/Father-Arrested-for-Allegedly-Sexually-Assaulting-His-Own-Daughter-208664781.html

Father Arrested for Allegedly Sexually Assaulting His Own Daughter

By: KBTX Staff

Posted: Thu 11:03 AM, May 23, 2013

BRYAN

An investigation from January leads to the arrest of a father accused of sexually assaulting his daughter.

33-year-old Martin Angel Espitia was arrested overnight Thursday.

According to the investigators, the victim was his daughter. She was 11 when the assaults started.

She told investigators that it started out as touching and escalated. The victim never told anyone because she was scared.

Espitia denied the allegations. He was given the opportunity to take a polygraph, but refused.

He was arrested and charged with sexual assault of a child and is being held in the Brazos County Jail under $50,000 bond

Dad charged with 2nd-degree murder in death of 10-week-old daughter (Lexington, Missouri)

noreply@blogger.com (ANONYMOUS) — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:41:00 +0000

Dad is identified as ALEX GILBERT. No mention of a mother in the home.

http://fox4kc.com/2013/05/22/10-week-old-babys-death-ruled-homicide/

Father charged in death of 10-week-old girl

Posted on: 11:26 am, May 22, 2013, by Sarah J. Clark, Macradee Aegerter and Barrett Tryon, updated on: 02:56pm, May 22, 2013

LEXINGTON, Mo. — The father of a 10-week-old girl who died after suffering a fractured skull and brain damage has been charged in her death.

Prosecutors charged Alex Gilbert, 24, with one count of second-degree murder.

According to the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a home on Linn Road in southwestern Lafayette County on May 17. An infant was reported to be unresponsive and was having trouble breathing.

The child was transported to St. Mary’s Hospital in Blue Springs were medical staff discovered the infant had sustained a number of injuries. She was then transferred to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., where she died on May 20.

According to the Jackson County Medical Examiner who performed an autopsy, the infant suffered numerous broken bones, including a fractured skull, contusions and brain damage. Due to his findings, the medical examiner ruled the child’s death a homicide.

Gilbert’s father told FOX 4 his son would never harm a child and believes investigators are just looking for someone to blame.

Gilbert is being held on $500,000 bond.

Dad accused of assaulting 5-week-old daughter (Everett, Washington)

noreply@blogger.com (ANONYMOUS) — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:35:00 +0000

UNNAMED DAD. Another freaking idiot who just couldn't stand normal infantile "fussing" or crying.

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20130523/NEWS01/705239877

Published: Thursday, May 23, 2013, 12:07 p.m.

Father accused of assaulting 5-week-old girl
By Eric Stevick, Herald Writer

EVERETT -- The April photo on his social media site shows a smiling young father with a baby cradled in his arms.

A month later, the Everett teen is in the Snohomish County Jail and his five-week-old daughter is at a Seattle Children's Hospital where she's being fed through tubes and is on anti-seizure medication.

She suffered a skull fracture, bleeding and swelling in her brain as well as two broken ribs, according to a police report.

An Everett detective wrote that the baby girl will be a long-term rehabilitation patient.

"The prognosis at this time is that she will likely have brain damage and vision impairment," the detective wrote Wednesday. "The extent of damage is unknown at this time."

Her dad, 18, was arrested Wednesday for investigation of first-degree assault of a child. He has not been formally charged.

Everett police spokesman Aaron Snell said the girl's mother appears not to have known anything about the alleged abuse.

"He is the only suspect based on what has been said and written," Snell said.

The Everett couple called 911 on Wednesday after the baby seemed lethargic and had trouble breathing. She was taken to Providence Regional Medical Center Everett before being transferred to Children's.

Doctors became suspicious of the parents' explanations for how the injuries occurred. They called state Child Protective Services and the Everett Police Department.

The suspect initially told authorities that he was holding the girl in a bedroom when she pushed her body up and hit her head against his chin. The mother said she had no idea how her child could have sustained a head injury.

In a follow up interview with a detective, the suspect allegedly admitted to getting angry when the baby was fussy and wouldn't stop crying.

"He described shaking (her) in vigorous, short, repetitive movements in an attempt to stop her fussiness," the detective wrote. "He described shaking her once or twice a week since she was two weeks old."

He allegedly said the baby began having problems after he shook her Wednesday. "He also admitted to squeezing her forceful enough to break her ribs," the detective wrote.

"(He) said the impact to her head occurred when he inadvertently slammed the back of her head against the wall earlier in the week."

Court: Dad threw newborn daughter in "fit of rage"; baby in critical condition (Queenland, Australia)

noreply@blogger.com (ANONYMOUS) — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:49:00 +0000

UNNAMED DAD. No mention of a mother in the home.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/qld-dad-violently-threw-baby-girl-court/story-fni0xqi4-1226649213403

Qld dad violently threw baby girl: court

AAP • May 23, 20131:40PM

A NEWBORN baby is fighting for her life after her angry father threw her into her cot as hard as he could, a court has heard.

The man, 39, is facing one count of grievous bodily harm and appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Thursday where he successfully applied for bail.

During the application the court was told the man, from North Lakes, allegedly threw the five-week-old infant into her cot in a fit of rage last Friday evening.

The baby, who is a twin, is critically ill in Redcliffe Hospital.

Magistrate Wendy Cull granted bail on the condition he is forbidden from seeing either of his babies.

He will live with his sister on the Gold Coast, and is required to report regularly to police.

The man will reappear in court on July 2.

Dad charged in death of 2-month-old son (Richmond, Virginia)

noreply@blogger.com (ANONYMOUS) — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:46:00 +0000

Dad is identified as CORY DANIEL WALLS. No mention of a mother in the home.

http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/article_b99b40c3-697c-5c2e-b921-21cc5c1538b7.html

Father charged in death of infant son

Henrico case involves allegations of shaken-baby syndrome

Posted: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 12:00 am

BY BILL McKELWAY
Richmond Times-Dispatch

As part of the funeral tribute to Shane Daniel Walls, age 120 days, a picture montage shown on Valentine’s Day this year during the visitation pictured the baby sleeping soundly on his father’s chest.

On Monday, Cory Daniel Walls, 23, was arrested in the death of his infant son.

Henrico County police offered few details in the case, describing the child as having been taken to a Henrico hospital and transferred to VCU Medical Center shortly before his death Feb. 9.

Indictments charge Walls of the 500 block of North Laburnum Avenue with felony murder stemming from non-willful but life-threatening actions and two counts of felony child abuse causing severe injury.

One of the abuse charges covers a period from Dec. 15, when Shane was 2 months old, to Feb. 2, according to a grand jury indictment.

A second felony abuse count pertains to alleged conduct on Feb. 3. The case involves allegations that the infant suffered from shaken-baby syndrome.

Shane Walls, according to his 21-word obituary published by a local funeral home, was buried in Hanover County. No survivors are listed, and no tributes are posted on the funeral home’s website.

Cory Walls is due back in court next month.

Dad charged with felony murder in death of 3-month-old son (Ionia, Michigan)

noreply@blogger.com (ANONYMOUS) — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:26:00 +0000

Another case where Mom was at work and Dad was babysitting the 3-month-old twins.

Dad is identified as KEITH THIBEAULT.

http://www.sentinel-standard.com/article/20130520/NEWS/130529940

Father charged with felony murder, child abuse in case of infant son's death

Keith Thibeault of Portland has been charged with one count felony murder and one count of child abuse in the first degree in the March 2012 death of his 3-month-old son, Everette. Trial began Monday with jury selection, opening statements and the first witness, Everette's mother, being called to the stand.

By Mattie Cook
Updated May. 20, 2013 @ 10:26 pm

Ionia, Mich. — Keith Thibeault of Portland has been charged with one count of felony murder and one count of child abuse in the first degree in the March 2012 death of his 3-month-old son, Everette.
Thibeault's trial began Monday with jury selection, opening statements and the first witness, Everette's mother, being called to the stand.

Thibeault's trial is taking place in the Ionia County 8th Circuit Court with Chief Judge Suzanne Hoseth Kreeger presiding. Jury selection began at 9 a.m. and lasted until just after noon.

Ionia County Prosecuting Attorney Ron Schafer explained the timeline of events leading up to the incident to jurors. Thibeault got off from work early on March 23, 2012, and picked up his twin sons, Everette and Keagan, from day care after 9 p.m. After getting home, he put the boys in bed and then at 4 a.m. woke to feed both sons. He placed both boys on the couch and when he looked away, Everette was on the floor. At 6:12 a.m., Thibeault called 911.

According to Schafer, the defendant's story has undergone many changes based on the audience.

The first responder to the 911 call was Thibeault's mother-in-law, who then informed Nicole Thibeault, her daughter, that Everette would be on his way to Sparrow Lansing Hospital. Nicole worked as a medical secretary at Sparrow Lansing Hospital.

After Everette arrived at Sparrow, a series of tests were conducted to determine the cause of his injury. Schafer argued that the medical experts assisting his case have posited that the injuries Everette had could have been caused by shaking or slamming his head against a soft surface. According to Schafer, Everette died from inflicted, severe brain injury.

Along with questioning Keith Thibeault's interest in his child while at the hospital, Schafer reminded the jury that they are expected to determine the results of the case based on whether or not the defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Schafer reminded the jury that reasonable doubt does not mean that it is beyond possibility, but rather that the decision should be based on reason and common sense.

"We are going to ask that you hold his (Everette's) father accountable for his actions," Schafer said to the jury.

THE DEFENSE

The opening statement provided by the defense was led by criminal defense attorney Kevin Peterson, who told the jury that it is important to get a second opinion, whether because of a medical issue or if on trial. According to Peterson, the issues at play in the trial are so complex that even respected medical experts cannot agree on the events.

Why ever more fathers are killing their children: Top criminologist reveals her research into this sickening trend (United Kingdom)

noreply@blogger.com (ANONYMOUS) — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:28:00 +0000

Contrary to the insistent droning of the fathers rights people, daddies DEFINTELY and CONSISTENLY KILL for reasons related to power and control over their wives and children. And these efforts often often cloaked by custody/visitation "disputes."

Check this out: the vast majority of family annihiator murders - 59 of the 71 - are committed by men. And that most of these murders take place on weekends, when fathers are provided with access via their custody/visitation rights. THIS IN NOT A MINOR OR MARGINAL PROBLEM, folks.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2328784/Why-fathers-killing-children-Top-criminologist-reveals-research-sickening-trend.html

Why ever more fathers are killing their children: Top criminologist reveals her research into this sickening trend

By Elizabeth Yardley

PUBLISHED: 18:39 EST, 21 May 2013 | UPDATED: 04:29 EST, 22 May 2013

His neighbours said he was like any other loving dad. They'd often seen him and his wife take their two children to the park, and they'd pop out to local restaurants for dinner together.

So why on earth did Julian Stevenson apparently brutally kill his own children? How could a father turn on his own flesh and blood and attack them so viciously?

The 48-year-old Briton has reportedly admitted cutting the throats of his two children — Matthew, ten, and Carla, five — after he was allowed to see them alone for the first time since his bitter divorce from their French mother.

After killing the children, Stevenson escaped his blood-splattered flat in Lyon, France, on a pair of rollerskates.

While I was as horrified as anyone else at the brutality of this killing, I have to admit that I wasn't in the least bit shocked.

As a criminologist specialising in murder, I have just completed research into the phenomenon of parents killing their children.

And my discoveries left me wondering not how it could happen — but just how soon it would be before another case of parental murder would hit the headlines.

Perhaps the most terrifying thing I have learned from my research is that the incidence of parents murdering their children is becomingly increasingly common. There have been 71 cases since 1980 - and the numbers are speeding up alarmingly.

In the Eighties, fewer than one child a year was murdered by a parent. Over the past decade, numbers have risen to two or three a year - a rate that is increasing steadily.

Though mothers are also capable of murdering their children, the vast majority of murders - 59 of the 71 - are committed by men. I call them Family Annihilators because they cold-bloodedly plot their family's destruction.

And the reason why these apparently normal, loving men turn into ruthless killers? Family breakdown, which, of course, is also on the increase. Shortly before he took his children's lives his wife Ruth, 34, had told him she had feelings for a university lecturer and was leaving the marriage. At the inquest into the deaths, she recalled how her husband stood in front of her on the last night they spent together, crying, holding his wedding ring and asking if he should take it with him.

I examined all of the cases of murders by parents of their children since 1980, looking at everything from the fathers' jobs to the day of the week they committed the murder — and uncovered some quite extraordinary patterns.

In seven out of ten cases, the children have been at the centre of a bitter family break-up.

Of course, I wouldn't for a minute suggest that divorce inevitably leads to murder.

Far from it.

However, what's extremely worrying is that there is a small minority of men who find it impossible to cope when their families break up.

These men come from all walks of life. They include doctors, businessmen, electricians, lorry drivers and security guards.

But they all seem to have one thing in common. They feel that their masculinity is being threatened.

In getting divorced, they believe they are losing the one thing that makes them feel like successful men: their families.

In murdering their children, they are, in some twisted way, wresting back control not just of their children, but often of their wives, too.

Killing their children is the most shocking and dramatic way they can think of to shout to the world: 'Look how powerful I am.'

In murder, many are also seeking the ultimate revenge. They know that in killing their children they are killing the things that are most precious to their former wives.

Horrifically, many of these men leave notes at the scene, blaming their ex-wife for the tragedy. Some even add the extra twist of writing: 'I hope you will be happy now.' In so many ways, then, the case of Julian Stevenson is very typical if he is eventually found guilty of the killings.

He was in the throes of a bitter custody battle with his French ex-wife, Stephanie. He had been banned from seeing his children alone after attacking her in 2010, so last weekend was his first unsupervised access visit with his children in three years.

There are two patterns that Family Annihilators follow — both equally dangerous for children.

The first scenario is that the parents are living together, but the family is fracturing, often because the husband or wife is having an affair. The father can't bear the thought of losing his children and is often raging at his wife, so he exacts the ultimate punishment.

In the second scenario — as in the Stevensons' case — the marriage is already over, the family has broken up and the children are living with the mother.

Far from satisfied with the outcome and filled with impotent rage, the father wants revenge.

I don't know about Stevenson's wife, but often the trigger is that the spouse is with a new partner or is pregnant. He may have been dreaming of a reconciliation: now he has to face the reality of losing his wife for ever.

In half of all cases of Family Annihilator, the murderer kills his former wife, too.

One of the most chilling examples is that of 53-year-old Brian Philcox, a security guard from Runcorn, Cheshire, who was in the middle of a bitter marriage breakdown. In June 2008, on Father's Day, he collected his children — Amy, seven, and Owen, three — and drove them to a remote beauty spot in Snowdonia, North Wales. The funeral of Amy and Owen Philcox at All Saints Church in Daresbury in June 2008

After sedating them with drugs and makeshift chloroform masks, he joined them on the back seat of his Land Rover and waited for exhaust fumes to kill them all.

Meanwhile, he'd left a booby-trap bomb in his home, designed to explode when his ex-wife opened a note he had left addressed to 'The Bitch'. Luckily, it failed to explode.

For most parents, the thought of sitting down and plotting how we are going to take our children's lives isn't just abhorrent, it's simply unimaginable.

But that is exactly what these fathers do. They spend weeks — sometimes months — planning every gruesome detail.

And perhaps most frightening of all, they are able to do it all while keeping up a facade of normality. While they are plotting, no one guesses what's on their mind.

The terrifying truth is that these men are silent killers. In most cases, no one has seen the clues — not their wives, not their friends and not their families. Friends and neighbours often say they appear to be loving and devoted fathers.

Not surprisingly, perhaps, most murders occur between Friday and Sunday nights. I'm sure this is because weekends are commonly when estranged fathers get to see their children alone — giving them the opportunity to kill.

The way that Stevenson is alleged to have murdered his children — by slitting their throats — is horrifying in its violent brutality.

Incredibly, though, it's not rare. In fact, one of the most shocking things my research has uncovered is that one-third of men stab their children to death.

Stabbing usually occurs where the murderer is full of violent rage and anger and wants to damage his victim's appearance.

It's a violent way to kill, and a horrible way to die. But these men seem to want to inflict maximum damage on their children as a way of proving just how powerful they are — and as a means to inflict the maximum pain on their wives.

It appears that Stevenson was a violent alcoholic, with a record of attacking his wife. In this, he is uncommon. Fewer than 10 per cent of Family Annihilators have a record of domestic violence.

Even more frightening, perhaps, most have no record of mental illness. They have simply slipped beneath the radar.

But the most disturbing aspect of my research is that, as far as I can see, these parent-on-child killings are going to continue happening with increasing regularity. Marriages are going to continue breaking up. Fathers are going to continue feeling aggrieved and powerless.

And there is no way of predicting which men are going to carry on being loving fathers — and which are going to act on these feelings and turn into Family Annihilators.

* Dr Elizabeth Yardley is deputy director of the Centre for Applied Criminology at Birmingham City University.

Dad jailed for just 7 years for killing 1-month-old daughter (United Kingdom)

noreply@blogger.com (ANONYMOUS) — Tue, 21 May 2013 23:35:00 +0000

The killer dad is identified as BENJAMIN ROACH.

http://swns.com/news/father-24-jailed-years-killing-one-month-old-baby-35642/

Father, 24, branded a ‘monster’ is jailed for just SEVEN years after killing one-month-old babyMay 21, 2013 | by SWNS Reporter

Benjamin Roach was jailed for seven years for killing his month-old baby Roxie A grieving mum branded her ex-lover a “monster” today after he was jailed for seven years for killing their one-month-old baby.

Benjamin Roach, 24, shook helpless Roxie Hopkins-Roach and threw her down so violently that she suffered severe brain injuries.

The heavily-tattooed dad claimed he merely dropped her – but experts said the tot’s wounds were similar to those seen in car crashes.

Anguished mum Kelly Hopkins, 23, was at Plymouth Crown Court in Devon to see Roach jailed for killing her “perfect angel”.

She said of his manslaughter conviction: “He is a monster. I hope he rots – I don’t think he has realised how much he has destroyed my life.”

Jurors at Roach’s trial heard Ms Hopkins left him to look after Roxie as she nipped to the supermarket on September 23, 2010.

When she got home minutes later she found paramedics at her door and her daughter fighting for her life inside.

Roxie’s life support machine was switched off the following day – less than a month after she was born on August 27.

The little girl suffered retinal haemorrhaging and bleeding within her skull and brain. Had she survived she would have been blind and brain damaged.

Jobless Roach first tried to pass off the mite’s wounds as being caused by a cold.

He later confessed to dropping Roxie on to a carpet – but claimed it was an accident and that he only shook her to try to revive her.

Doctors, however, told the court her injuries could not have been an accident and jurors convicted Roach of manslaughter.

Bernard Tetlow, defending, said Roach was a loving parent who would live with the “burden of guilt” for the rest of his life.

Jailing the dad for seven years, Judge Graham Cottle told Roach: “The injuries were described by one of the witnesses in the case as some of the worst he has seen. Grieving mother Kelly Hopkins branded her former lover a ‘monster’ for killing their daughter.

“It was the injuries of a child being very violently shaken and deliberately thrown or dropped. Only you know what happened but ever since you have evaded the truth.

“Nearly three years have now gone by and you have continued to deny Kelly and others the opportunity to have some closure over Roxie’s death.

“You have been concerned only by covering your own self. Your response has been unforgivable.”

Ms Hopkins said the guilty verdict meant Roxie could now rest in peace.

She said: “It will be difficult for me to trust anyone again. I have not been able to move on with other relationships. He has never apologised to me.

“The justice I have fought for, finding the truth about what happened to Roxie, and knowing she is now in a better place, has been all I’ve wanted. And now I can finally say I have achieved it.”

Dad convicted of assaulting 9-month-old son (Sinsbury, Connecticut)

noreply@blogger.com (ANONYMOUS) — Tue, 21 May 2013 23:12:00 +0000

The baby was in dad CHRISTOPHER BERMAN's "care" while Mom was at work. Why we need better maternity leaves in this country....

http://articles.courant.com/2013-05-20/community/hc-simsbury-father-son-assault-0521-20130520_1_your-town-news-hurting-son-judge-joan-k

Simsbury Father Convicted Of Hurting Son

May 20, 2013|

By DAVID OWENS, The Hartford Courant

HARTFORD — A Simsbury father pleaded guilty Monday to risk of injury to a minor for assaulting his infant son and was sentenced to five years in prison and five years of probation.

Christopher Berman, 29, pleaded guilty under the Alford doctrine, meaning he did not agree with the facts presented by prosecutors but pleaded guilty to take advantage of the plea agreement rather than risk going to trial.

Prosecutor Thomas Garcia told Judge Joan K. Alexander that on Sept. 9, 2012 Berman's 9-month-old son was left in his care while the baby's mother worked in Boston.

Berman became frustrated with the baby and bent the child's leg back toward his head, causing it to fracture. In a statement to Simsbury police, Berman said he was tired and trying to sleep, but the baby was keeping him awake. Angry, he grabbed the baby's right leg. "I bent his leg forward toward his head and heard a popping noise," Berman said.

Berman also faced charges for an earlier incident where he allegedly squeezed the baby, causing him to go into cardiac arrest. Doctors, however, disagreed about what happened and the state would have had a hard time proving its case at trial, Garcia said.

Alexander ordered Berman to have no contact with the child while on probation, to undergo mental health counseling and have no contact with children younger than 16

Dad guilty of manslaughter in death of infant daughter (Plymouth, West Virginia)

noreply@blogger.com (ANONYMOUS) — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:58:00 +0000

The killer dad is identified as BENJAMIN ROACH.

http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/update/2013-05-20/plymouth-father-guilty-of-manslaughter-after-shaking-baby-daughter-to-death/

Plymouth father guilty of manslaughter after shaking baby daughter to death

Last updated Tue 21 May 2013

A Plymouth father has been found guilty of the manslaughter of his baby daughter. The jury took less than two hours to return the verdict.

Medical evidence at the trial heard that some of the baby's injuries were so severe they could have been caused in a car crash, and if she had survived Roach's assault, she would have been left blind.

Benjamin Roach will be back in court tomorrow [Tuesday] to be sentenced.

Dad charged with abusing 7-month-old son, baby has severe brain damage (Sturtevant, Wisconsin)

noreply@blogger.com (ANONYMOUS) — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:53:00 +0000

It seems the baby was in Daddy's care for only the short time that Mom was at the park with the other kids.

Dad is identified as JUSTIN GARDNER.

http://mountpleasant.patch.com/articles/teen-father-charged-with-shaking-baby

Teen Father Charged with Shaking Baby

A young father is charged with shaking his baby and causing severe brain damage to the child.

By Heather Asiyanbi
May 20, 2013

A seven-month-old baby boy remains in an Illinois hospital after police say his father shook him and caused the baby's brain to swell.

Justin Gardner, 19, of Sturtevant, was charged Monday in Racine County Circuit Court with a single count of felony child abuse. If convicted, he faces up to 3-1/2 years in prison and/or up to $10,000 in fines.

According to the criminal complaint, Gardner's seven-month-old baby was transported to the hospital on May 6 for possible seizures. Based on an emergency assessment of the baby's condition, he was then transported to Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois. There, doctors diagnosed him with two separate brain bleeds.

At first, the baby's mother tried to explain the injuries were a result of the baby falling and hitting his head on a carpeted floor, but after interviewing Gardner, police determined the injuries were caused by being shaken, the complaint reads.

Part of the doctor's report included in the complaint against Gardner reads, "The extended timeline of bleeding is worrisome for abuse, over a duration of days, and the story of a fall off the chest a few inches does not seem to correlate with the findings.”

The boy's mother told police that Gardner sometimes "plays too rough" with the baby and that on several occasions he put the child in a bouncy seat and shook the seat to try and get the baby to stop crying, the complaint reads.

On May 5, Gardner reportedly told officers he could have inflicted Shaken Baby Syndrome when the baby wouldn't stop crying as Gardner tried to feed him rice cereal. The baby was in the bouncy seat at the time, the complaint confirms.

Police say that on May 6, the child's mother left the baby in Gardner's care while she took other children to the park. When she returned, the baby was limp and gasping for air.

Gardner says he propped the baby up in the bouncy seat with a bottle and went to take a shower, police say. When he got out of the shower, the baby was gasping for air and had stiff arms so Gardner ran to a downstairs apartment with the baby and called 911.

Gardner remains in the Racine County Jail on a $10,000 cash bond. His next court appearance is on May 29 for a preliminary hearing.

Dad tries to kill 3-day-old daughter (Vijayawada, India)

noreply@blogger.com (ANONYMOUS) — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:31:00 +0000

Dad is identified as P. ARJUNA.

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-19/hyderabad/39369303_1_baby-girl-3-day-old-girl-girl-child

Father tries to kill 3-day-old girl

TNN May 19, 2013, 01.39AM IST

VIJAYAWADA: In a shocking incident, a man tried to kill his three-day-old baby girl at Wynchpet here on Saturday. As he did not want a girl child in his family, the father threw the baby on the ground and tried to strangle her with his legs.

Hearing the infant's cries her mother rushed in and shouted for help. The neighbours who gathered in strength thwarted the man's attempts to kill the baby and thrashed him before alerting the police. The baby was injured on her neck and was admitted to government hospital in the city.

The police, however, did not register a case against the accused identified as P Arjuna, who runs a snacks cart, after his wife Lakshmi withdrew the complaint under pressure from relatives.

Lakshmi had given birth to a baby girl three days ago much to the chagrin of P Arjuna. He had been quarrelling with his wife ever since the birth of the girl.

The quarrel turned violent when he threw the baby on the floor and tried to kill her. The neighbours rushed the infant to the government general hospital and alerted the police.

The police visited the spot and took Arjuna into custody. But police did not register a case against the accused as his wife withdrew the complaint under pressure from relatives. The police let Arjuna, who runs a snack cart, go after a stern warning.

Dad loses appeal, convicted of killing 17-month-old son in 2010 during visitation (Clayton County, Georgia)

noreply@blogger.com (ANONYMOUS) — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:08:00 +0000

Once again, we see why collecting child support from sperm donors is a bad idea. This father had no commitment to this mother or the baby. He didn't want to provide any financial support for them, he just didn't give a sh**. These volatile teen fathers never bond with the babies, they just see them as a nuisance. Especially this one, who had threatened the mother.

That's why they should NOT be provided with visitation. Why pretend they are real fathers?

The result of providing dad JAMALL DECARLOS MATHIS with access is that he beat this baby to death. And this after apparently abusing the baby during an earlier visit.

I wonder if there was a family court judge idiot behind all this, and who it was. Or whether Mom was just being nice and accommodating by letting Daddy see the baby when he asked.

Once again we see the lies of the fathers rights people. Daddies don't kill because they're kept from their kids; they kill because they are GRANTED ACCESS TO THE KIDS.

http://www.examiner.com/article/to-court-uphold-dad-s-life-sentence-for-beating-17-month-old-boy-to-death

Supreme court upholds dad's life sentence for beating 17-month-old boy to death

MAY 20, 2013

BY: KIMATHI LEWIS

The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a man's murder conviction and life sentence for beating his 17-month-old son to death, officials said.

An 18-year-old Clayton County dad beat his 17-month-old son to death, possibly with a baseball bat, after refusing to provide financial support for the child and threatening the toddler’s mom.

Still, Mr. Jamall DeCarlos Mathis appealed to the Supreme Court of Georgia to overturn his murder conviction and life sentence, claiming the punishment was too harsh and that the evidence was insufficient.

But on Monday, the state’s highest court said it has denied his appeal — closing the door on Mr. Mathis’ last hope for freedom.

Mr. Mathis was 16-years-old when his girlfriend, Ms. Tiasha Jones, gave birth to their son, Ja ‘Mari Myckahi Jones, according to court records.But the teen was unhappy about the pregnancy and threatened to have someone hurt the woman.

He wasn’t there for the baby’s birth and after the boy was born, barely saw him and provided no financial support.

In May 2009, Ms. Jones began legal proceedings to gain child support from Mr. Mathis who asked her to drop the complaint, the records show. But she refused.

“Shortly before his death, Ja ‘Mari returned from one of his few visits to his father’s house with a swollen knee that caused him to limp,” according to the court records. “Mathis said the toddler “probably fell.”

In September, Mr. Mathis asked for another visit with Ja ‘Mari. But this time, when he arrived to pick up the child, the baby cried.

Around 11 p.m. on Sept. 15, Mr. Mathis, who was staying at his aunt’s with several family members including his mother, brother, sister and his sister’s baby, called Ms. Jones to tell her Ja ‘Mari had fallen off the bed and hit his head while sleeping with his mother and infant niece.

Around 9 a.m. on Sept. 16, Mr. Mathis yelled from the bedroom that Ja ‘Mari was not breathing. Paramedics arrived to find Ja ‘Mari unresponsive.

“One of the treating paramedics testified that on the way to the hospital, Ja ‘Mari’s skin was warm and dry, indicating his injuries were recent," the records show. "By the time they arrived at Southern Regional Hospital, the knot on the toddler’s head had swollen to the size of a softball, also indicating a recent injury.”

Expert medical witnesses testified they found “pattern injuries” to Ja ‘Mari’s chest and arm as well as a significant skull fracture extending “all the way to the base of the skull.”

Ms. Jones and her family took the baby off life support. A few days later, Mr. Mathis contacted Ms. Jones to ask if she was expecting an insurance check for Ja ‘Mari’s death. He also texted her saying he wished to have another child with her.

“At trial, the medical examiner said Ja ‘Mari’s injuries were consistent with having been struck on the head at least three times but “very likely” more than that,” according to the court records.

"Two baseball bats had been found in the house, and the baby’s head injuries were consistent with having been hit by a bat, but no physical evidence was introduced at trial directly linking the bats to the blows Ja ‘Mari suffered."

In November 2010, Mr. Mathis was convicted of felony murder, aggravated battery, cruelty to children and other crimes. He was sentenced to life without parole for the murder plus another 41 years in prison for the other crimes.

Dad arrested for breaking son's arm, refusing to seek medical help (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)

noreply@blogger.com (ANONYMOUS) — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:15:00 +0000

Is ALLEN WILSON a single dad? No mention of a mother in the home--or anywhere else.

http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S3038109.shtml?cat=500

Father arrested for breaking son's arm and refusing to seek help

Posted at: 05/18/2013 7:37 PM
By: Jeffery Gordon, KOB.com

A young boy reportedly suffered with a broken arm for two days before being taken to the hospital.

Deputies said Allen Wilson got mad at his son and grabbed him by the arm lifting him off the ground on Tuesday.

The boy complained his arm hurt but Wilson told him he was fine.

It was not until a school nurse saw his arm that the boy was taken to urgent care. It was discovered that they child had a fracture in his arm.

Deputies said they found a drug pipe on Wilson when they arrested him.

Wilson faced a judge on child abuse charges Saturday.

Dad stabs 3-year-old son to death to "punish" mom (Durban, South Africa)

noreply@blogger.com (ANONYMOUS) — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:01:00 +0000

Another @$$hole who killed a child just 'cause he was all pissed off at Mom.

Dad is identified as SIBONELO NDLELA.

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Dad-killed-son-to-punish-mom-20130520

Dad killed son to punish mom

2013-05-20 10:04

Durban - A KwaZulu-Natal father told a local court last week that he stabbed his 3-year-old son to death to punish the boy’s mother for having an affair.

Sibonelo Ndlela, 25, said he repeatedly stabbed his son, Ayabongwa, even as the child lay screaming and crying on the bed, begging his father to stop, reported the Daily News.

Ndela made a statement to court in which he said he had two children with his girlfriend Samkelisiwe Ngubane - Ayabongwa and a 4-year-old daughter.

“Ngubane and I had a stormy relationship and I suspected her of cheating on me. On the morning of 1 May we were in town in Pietermaritzburg, when she admitted to cheating on me because I was a drunkard,” Ndlela said.

Ngubane apparently told him to leave her alone and said she wanted to meet her new lover.

Angry

Ndella then went drinking and later in the evening went home to see if she had returned.

"I put Ayabongwa to bed and called Ngubane’s cellphone. An unknown man answered and hung up. I began to brood over her fickleness and more I festered over her infidelity, the angrier I became,” Ndlela said.

He then decided to kill Ayabongwa in order to hurt her.

“I wanted her to feel the same pain as me and I concluded that the only way to accomplish this was to kill her son,” said Ndlela.

Ndlela said that he started stabbing the sleeping boy, and continued even as the child woke up screaming, stabbing him until he became quiet.

The Witness reported that acting judge Piet Bezuidenhout will hear submissions before sentencing on 1 July, when a State advocate is expected to present victim impact statements, detailing the consequences of the murder on the family.

Baby dies after assault by dad (Lowell, Massachusetts)

noreply@blogger.com (ANONYMOUS) — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:55:00 +0000

Since when does PTSD make you murder babies? Total crap.

Dad is identified as CHRISTOPHER BERRY.

http://www.telegram.com/article/20130520/NEWS/305209846/1052

Monday, May 20, 2013

2-month-old Lowell baby boy dies

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOWELL — Prosecutors say a 2-month-old Lowell baby allegedly shaken by his father has died.

The Middlesex district attorney's office says William Berry was taken off life support and died Friday at Tufts Floating Hospital for Children in Boston.

An autopsy has been performed and could result in additional charges against the father, 22-year-old Christopher Berry.

Prosecutors allege he shook the baby boy on May 11 causing catastrophic brain injuries. He pleaded guilty last week to assault and battery on a child causing substantial bodily injury. He is being held on $500,000 bail.

Berry's attorney says his client has post-traumatic stress disorder after serving a year in Afghanistan and has been receiving medication and counseling.

Dad in "custody dispute" accused of killing son, daughter; named by police (Lyon, France)

noreply@blogger.com (ANONYMOUS) — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:49:00 +0000

Why was this piece of merde EVER allowed access to the kids? When are we going to finally rank the safety of children over the custody "rights "of violent alcoholic deadbeat sperm donors?

Dad is identified as JULIAN STEVENSON.

http://metro.co.uk/2013/05/20/british-father-appears-in-french-court-over-child-murders-3801851/

British father in French court over children found with their throats slit

Monday 20 May 2013 2:21 pm

A British father accused of killing his son and daughter by slitting their throats was today named by French police.

Julian Stevenson is due to appear in court in Lyon where a formal investigation into the murders was opened. It is alleged he has admitted cutting his children’s throats because of a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife.

He is said to have carried out the double murder at the family’s former apartment in the Saint-Priest suburb of Lyon, eastern France, before fleeing the scene on a pair of roller-skates.

Mr Stevenson was arrested on Saturday night, just hours after his ex-wife discovered the bodies of son Matthew, ten, and five-year-old daughter Carla.

This weekend was the first time Mr Stevenson had been allowed custody of the children since the couple divorced in 2010, a judicial source said.

But when he failed to return the children to their mother’s home as planned, she went to his house and saw him looking ‘panicked and angry’.

‘He was in the stairwell of the apartment block, and his clothes were covered in blood,’ said a neighbour. ‘He made off on a pair of roller-skates, leaving his car in the apartment block’s garage.’

The mother, who is French, spoke with prosecutors yesterday to provide them with details of her troubled five-year marriage to Mr Stevenson.

It is claimed the 47-year-old was a heavy drinker and had attacked his ex-wife in 2010, leading to his rights of access to the children being withdrawn.

His ex-wife, an accountant’s assistant, had won custody of the children after that incident and went to live in the Isere region of France, which is just to the south of Lyon and an easy drive or train journey away.

Until this weekend, it is claimed Mr Stevenson had only been allowed supervised access to his children.

Investigators will want to know who gave the father legal authority to care for his son and daughter.

Neighbours of the out-of-work father said the apartment block had been under police guard since details of the tragedy first emerged. A sign across the door contained the single word ‘homicide’, as forensic investigators combed the home for clues.

‘We’ve been told to keep away,’ said one neighbour, who did not to be named. ‘We used to see the man come and go, but until this weekend we hadn’t seen him with his children for years.

‘They suddenly turned up out of the blue, and then this. It is deeply shocking. We are all traumatised.’

Other local residents said the man was often seen at nearby shops and bars, and was well known for his ‘British accent’.

A neighbour who socialised with Mr Stevenson before his divorce said: ‘He and his wife used to be like any other young couple – they took the children to the park, they went out for dinner.

‘That all changed with the divorce, however – it was clearly very messy.’

According to a judicial source a knife, thought to be the murder weapon, was found at the flat.

The source said the alleged double murder was ‘clearly linked to a painful separation’ and ‘legal procedures concerning the right to access to the children which the father deemed insufficient.’

A Foreign Office spokesman said the matter was being investigated. ‘We are in touch with the French authorities and await the outcome of their investigation. We stand ready to provide consular assistance,’ he said.

Dad charged in death of 4-month-old daughter (Corpus Christi, Texas)

noreply@blogger.com (ANONYMOUS) — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:37:00 +0000

Dad is identified as JOE ANGEL RODRIQUEZ.

http://www.kztv10.com/news/father-charged-after-infant-s-death/#_

Father Charged After Infant's Death

Posted: May 20, 2013 10:39 AM
Updated: May 20, 2013 12:57 PM

CORPUS CHRISTI - The father of a 4-month-old girl is now facing a charge of injury to a child after her death last week.

Early Friday, a 911 call came in about an unconscious infant at a home in the 2900 block of Niagara. The father, 17-year-old Joe Angel Rodriguez, told police he woke up to find the girl limp and cold.

She was rushed to Driscoll Children's Hospital, but did not survive.

Dad beats 12-year-old son to death over exam results (Abu Dhabi)

noreply@blogger.com (ANONYMOUS) — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:34:00 +0000

UNNAMED DAD

http://gulftoday.ae/portal/b69a3744-0730-4c12-8ed9-1978fc59f5e4.aspx

Father beats son to death over exam results

BY A STAFF REPORTER May 20, 2013

ABU DHABI: A 12-year-old boy died after his father beat him up because he failed the school exams.

On the day of the incident the suspect called his wife, who was not at home, to tell her that their son did not bring home his exam results and claimed that the school would distribute it the following morning.

When she got home, the mother saw her son crying as his father had beaten him up with a computer cable, which he used to punish the victim.

In the evening, the mother was surprised when the suspect hurried to bed and snatched their son, who was sleeping beside his mother. The father reportedly began beating up the victim with the cable again, asking him for the certificate but the child swore that he did not receive it.

The suspect did not believe his son and continued to beat him.

At dawn, the father began shouting at his son who woke up to be beaten up by the furious father again.

The screams and tears of the child failed to move the stone-hearted father who continued beating up his son until he fell unconscious, with his blood splattered on the floor of the room.

The mother hurried and carried her son to hospital with their maid's help. She told the authorities there that he fell dow, the same excuse she used every time the father beat up the boy.

When the mother was told that her son had died, she disclosed the truth. The police arrested the father who said that he did not want to kill his son but wanted to scare him to do his best at school.

Is World War Needed to Protect Our Children?

noreply@blogger.com (ANONYMOUS) — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:33:00 +0000

Excellent piece by Phyllis Chesler, one of the first advocates to bring attention to the problem of abusive fathers winning child custody.

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/1116/is-world-war-needed-to-protect-our-children

Is World War Needed to Protect Our Children?

by Phyllis Chesler
On the Issues Magazine

May 16, 2013

Every time a news story breaks about a woman imprisoned as a sex slave (for example the Cleveland Three) people are, appropriately, shocked and horrified.

What is even more shocking is the fact that such crimes are committed every single day in every country on earth. Children and adult women are routinely sold, tricked or kidnapped in epidemic numbers and trafficked into sex slavery for profit. Rarely do such pimps and profiteers bother to keep one girl (or boy) only for themselves.

Civilian pedophiles do that. We think of pedophiles as depraved older men or, increasingly, as men of the cloth, whose prey is an under-age stranger. Once caught, they are registered as sex offenders and law enforcement can, potentially, keep eyes on them.

But what if the pedophiles are fathers and their captive prey are their own children? How will the police ever learn about this? There is no system that monitors children in their own homes. When mothers try to do so, they often lose custody of their children. Pedophiles, including a child's own father, are often charming, docile, and seem "normal."

Given that it is almost impossible to "police" a man's home (which is still his castle), mothers are on the front line in terms of protecting children. There is no one else. But when mothers try to protect their children from physical or sexual abuse they often lose custody of them.

This past weekend I delivered a keynote speech at the tenth annual Battered Mothers Custody Conference. This conference was founded by Dr. Maureen ("Mo") Hannah and has functioned as a life line forbattered and "protective" mothers. The program included keynote speeches by Terry O'Neill, NOW's national President and Toby Kleinman, prominent family law attorney and champion for women's rights. More than 15 sessions took place, led by the most dedicated and fearless lawyers, mental health professionals, and mothers. More than 150 people attended this conference. Forty people delivered lectures; 10 of them were custodially challenged mothers.

Some mothers lost custody of their children to their batterers. Many battered mothers lost their children when they alleged that their violent husbands had also been sexually abusing their child. Often such mothers are seen as "crazy," and as "alienating" the child from their perfectly nice father. I first broke this scandal 27 years ago when I published my book Mothers on Trial. The Battle for Children and Custody. There have been some improvements. Documented domestic violence is often factored in a bit more often; where there are assets, judges may award mothers a greater percentage of them; gay parents and mothers with demanding careers do not lose custody as they once did for these reasons.

However, matters have worsened in many areas—so much so, that I added eight chapters to the 25th anniversary edition of this book. Two chapters are titled "Court-Enabled Incest in the 1980s and 1990s," and "Court-Enabled Incest in the Twenty-First Century."

The court system does not want to believe that a well-spoken, charismatic man could really be a savage wife-beater or child abuser. It is easier to believe that his traumatized, sleepless, frightened and rapidly impoverished wife is lying, exaggerating or imagining things. I have interviewed many such mothers, and many more were present at this extraordinary conference which was held in Washington DC at the George Washington University Law School.

The police do not rescue these children. In fact, the courts often award custody to their abusers and severely limit the "crazy' mothers' visitation. When such mothers finally run away to save their children, they are routinely captured, imprisoned and lose access to their children for a very long time.

One such mother, Holly Collins, was beaten badly for a very long time in the American state of Minnesota. Her children were beaten, too. No one came to their rescue. On the contrary. Eventually, the father, who terrified his children, gained custody of them. The court system nearly destroyed this mother and her children. And so, in 1994, Holly fled the country. She carried her entire legal file with her in her suitcases. In 1996, after an extensive legal review and appeal, Holland granted this American mother political asylum (!) on the grounds that America had not protected her or her children and did not seem likely to ever do so. Garland Waller directed a riveting documentary about Holly, titled No Way Out But One. The film was shown to the conference. According to Dr. Hannah, their reaction was "highly positive."

The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the Battered Mothers Custody Conference and The National Organization of Men Against Sexism presented an award to the "People and Government of the Netherlands and to the extraordinary lawyer who fought for Holly and her children, Els Lucas.

The BMCC mothers asked me amazing questions. "Do we need to launch another world war to keep the children safe in America?" "Where is our Abraham Lincoln on this subject?" "What country should we live in if not here?" The mothers, including a group calling itself the "Mothers of Lost Children" demonstrated outside the White House.

According to the testimonies of these mothers, their children either witnessed their mothers being beaten on a daily basis and/or were also beaten; some children were also sexually abused. These were households of terror, ruled over by a legal husband and father, not by a stranger. Yes, I know, some mothers falsely allege domestic violence; most do not, nor do most mothers allege incest unless a teacher, pediatrician, social worker or other mandated reporter does so first. And why? Because 21st century mothers have all been advised by their lawyers that they risk losing custody if they make such an allegation. Even so, these mothers still lost custody of the children they were trying to protect.

Jennifer Collins, Holly's daughter, has created a website for children who, like her, are living "underground." Both Jennifer, who is working as a para-legal, and Holly, led a workshop at the conference.

The work I began in 1976, when I testified in my first custody case for a mother and when I worked with "protective" mothers in the 1980s,continues. Now, there is a growing movement underway. I salute all those who are part of it.

Dad charged with captal murder in death of 3-month-old son (Franklin County, Alabama)

noreply@blogger.com (ANONYMOUS) — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:23:00 +0000

Dad is identified as PABLO DIEGO LARIOS. Fathers are the leading perpetrators of abusive head trauma injuries due to shaking/throwing a baby.

http://www.franklincountytimes.com/2013/05/18/father-charged-in-babys-death/

Father charged in baby’s death

Published 6:06am
Saturday, May 18, 2013

A former Franklin County resident was arrested on capital murder charges Wednesday after authorities alleged he was responsible for the death of his three-month-old son in July 2011.

Pablo Diego Larios, 23, 201 8th Ave. SW, Decatur, was arrested and charged with capital murder on Wednesday afternoon, Franklin County Sheriff Shannon Oliver said.

Oliver said the capital murder charge was warranted since the victim was under 14 years old.

According to Oliver, the alleged incident took place on July 2, 2011, but because of a backlog of cases due to budget cuts and lack of funding, forensic autopsy results have not been available until the sheriff’s office received the official report from the Department of Forensic Sciences on Tuesday listing the cause of death as homicide.

Oliver said once the report had been received, the case was able to move forward.

Oliver said on the day of the incident, the sheriff’s office received a call that a baby located at a residence in the Town and County Trailer Park was not breathing.

Oliver said when officers arrived on the scene, the three-month-old child was still not breathing and was transported to Russellville Hospital where he was unable to be revived and pronounced dead.

Oliver said investigators returned to the residence at the trailer park where they interviewed Larios, who was the child’s father.

Oliver said the mother of the child was not home and he was the only parent at the residence at the time.

“At the time of that interview, the suspect admitted to tossing the child in the air,” Oliver said, “but the forensic results we received on Tuesday listed the cause of death as homicide and stated that the injuries the infant suffered were consistent with shaken baby syndrome and that it appeared to be very violent.”

Oliver said after receiving the autopsy report, investigators obtained a warrant for Larios’ arrest Wednesday morning.

Oliver said investigators received word that the suspect had moved from his residence in Franklin County to a home in Decatur so the FCSO contacted the Decatur Police Department who assisted them on the arrest on Wednesday afternoon.

“We are relieved that an arrest has finally been made in this case after we have been pursuing it for almost two years,” Oliver said.

“It’s disheartening that because of budget cuts and a lack of funding that a case like this took so long to be resolved. It’s hard on the families to have to wait for answers, so we are glad the case can finally move forward.”

Larios is in custody at the Franklin County Jail without bond at this time.

Franklin County District Judge Paula McDowell denied bond at a hearing on Thursday afternoon.

If convicted of capital murder, Larios could face the death penalty.

Dad convicted of manslaughter in death of 5-month-old son (Jacksonville, Florida)

noreply@blogger.com (ANONYMOUS) — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:15:00 +0000

The convicted killer dad is identified as CORDERO WEBBER SR.

http://www.actionnewsjax.com/content/topstories/story/Father-convicted-in-death-of-5-month-old-son/DQ8Ri-E-NUGFqnYUdCvyJg.cspx

Father convicted in death of 5-month-old son

Published: 5/17 1:38 pm
Updated: 5/17 2:15 pm

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Jacksonville man was convicted Friday of manslaughter and aggravated child neglect in the death of his 5-month-old son.

In November of 2011, 5-month-old Cordero Webber Jr. was home with his mother and father when the mother, Kierra Laird, found her son not breathing. Evidence in the case showed the infant suffered a blow to his head and died at home.

Doctors discovered multiple bruises on the baby's cheeks, chin, head and ears. The child suffered from severe malnutrition and his brain was half the normal size. Doctors say the baby stopped growing due to trauma. They also found the baby had rib fractures from a prior assault.

The father Cordero Webber Sr. faces up to 45 years in prison in the case. He will be sentenced July 8.

Laird is also charged in the case. She pleaded guilty to child neglect. Her sentencing is scheduled for June 17.

Dad admits "causing" death of 4-year-old son during custody/visitation time; gets 5 years in prison (Magoffin County, Kentucky)

noreply@blogger.com (ANONYMOUS) — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:09:00 +0000

Protective moms know that this happens all the time. The father who just must must MUST have access to the kids merely dumps the caretaking tasks on the new girlfriend.

It is not made clear here whether dad JAMES GARCIA had full custody, joint custody, or just visitation rights. For the murdered boy, it really didn't matter....

Dad gets only five years in prison. Most moms get much longer for "failing" to stop their violent boyfriend.

http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/207971501.html

Man says he 'failed' as a father when 4-year-old son died

MAGOFFIN COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - He says he failed as a father.

An eastern Kentucky man who admitted causing the death of his 4-year-old son spoke out from jail Friday.

It came a day after a Magoffin County judge sentenced James Garcia to five years in prison for reckless homicide.

Investigators say Garcia's son, Cameron, died of blunt force trauma in 2011.

Garcia says he was at work when the child was injured. He says his live-in girlfriend was watching Cameron at the time.

"I wasn't there for him (Cameron)," Garcia said. "I guess I should have sat there and watched him 24/7 but I put her trust in him."

Garcia says he pled guilty to reckless homicide because he felt he needed to take responsibility for his son's death.

During Thursday's sentencing, the child's mother lunged at Garcia.

Garcia says he wasn't surprised that happened. He says he understands she's in pain.

Violent dad regains his visitation rights--then slits the kids's throats on first visit (Lyon, France)

noreply@blogger.com (ANONYMOUS) — Mon, 20 May 2013 03:13:00 +0000

UNNAMED DAD loses his custody rights because of domestic violence. They he gets his visitation rights back. And to demonstrate what a great decision this was, he murder the kids during during their first visit. Who was responsible for this decision?

Stop catering to abusers. No access, no murders.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/british-man-france-admits-slitting-two-childrens-throats-185121494.html#bux1u0g

British man in France admits slitting his two children's throats

Reuters – 8 hours ago

LYON, France (Reuters) - A British father living in France has admitted to killing his two children by slitting their throats, blaming a rocky divorce from his wife, prosecutors said on Sunday.

Police arrested the 48-year-old unemployed man on Saturday after the bodies of his 5-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son were found at his apartment in a suburb of the eastern city of Lyon.

"He offered explanations linked to the children's custody," an official from the Lyon prosecutor's office told Reuters.

The mother left the man in 2010 due to family violence and his right to have the children visit him at his apartment, previously the family home, was revoked after a violent episode. At the time of the murder, he had recently recovered the right to receive the children, and they were staying with him briefly for the first time since then.

The man's ex-wife crossed him in the stairs as he fled the scene on Saturday with blood on his clothes, the official said.

She called police who found the suspect in a street in Lyon.

Dad who won "primary custody" of daughter STILL murders Mom, two others (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania)

noreply@blogger.com (ANONYMOUS) — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:28:00 +0000

It's not hard to connect the dots here. This is classic abuser behavior, with the system enabling his continuous abuse of the mother every step of the way. Mom was obviously reading this guy correctly, and that he was a a clear risk to her safety. And yet SHE was the one who had to suppress her address, SHE was the one who had to quit going to work so he wouldn't harm her further. Then he uses the family courts and a "custody dispute" to further threaten her. Mom--thanks to the influence of fathers rights in the courts--has to "make nice" and not sound alienating. He's a great dad, blah blah. Meanwhile this slime ball uses her unemployment against her--even THOUGH HE CAUSED IT.He threatens to kill her at every opportunity, and yet he still has HIS CUSTODIAL RIGHTS. Still has the "right" to carry a gun.

In fact, the (unnamed) judge finally granted him PRIMARY CUSTODY. But is he happy? No. Violent abusers are never happy.

The authorities never lift a finger to stop the harassment and the threats. And now Mom is dead along with two other people.

Don't tell me this is just a "tragedy." There were multiple red flags that the authorities ignored.

Dad is identified as KEVIN CLEEVES.

http://www.publicopiniononline.com/latestnews/ci_23210868/custody-dispute-preceded-murders-cleeves-expected-plead-guilty

Custody dispute preceded murders; Cleeves expected to plead guilty

Friday By SAMANTHA COSSICK

CHAMBERSBURG - Prior to last summer's triple murder, Kevin Cleeves was in the process of seeking custody of his daughter through Franklin County Central Court.

He will likely never go home to her again.

Cleeves, 36, is expected to plead guilty to three counts of first degree murder and receive three consecutive life sentences today before Judge Shawn Meyers. He is currently being held without bail at Franklin County Jail.

On July 27, Cleeves allegedly shot and killed three people in a Quincy Township driveway -- his estranged wife, Brandi Cleeves, 25; her boyfriend Vincent "Luke" Santucci, 28; and Santucci's mother, Rosemary Holma, 55.

Kevin and Brandi Cleeves lived together since the birth of their daughter, Leia, on Dec. 28, 2007. They did not marry until Feb. 29, 2012 and were separated by June 17, according to court records.

In custody papers filed in Franklin County Central Court, Brandi Cleeves alleged she fled in June to escape the troubled relationship, concealing her address; however, she still maintained contact with Kevin Cleeves, formerly of 14 N. Phillips Ave., Waynesboro.

Brandi Cleeves "finally decided to end the relationship when (Kevin's) alcohol use became so detrimental to the parties relationship that (she) feared for her safety," the records state.

However, Kevin Cleeves, who worked in information technology for Martin's Famous Pastry Shoppe in Guilford Township, filed for custody of Leia on July 6 and said in documents that while he wasn't concerned about the safety of their daughter or Brandi's ability to care for her, he was worried about her emotional reaction to her mother's behavior.

In the papers, he cited the living arrangements between Brandi Cleeves and her new boyfriend as a concern and claimed that Leia shared a bed with her mother and boyfriend. He also worried about Leia being affected by Brandi Cleeves changes of address and her recent unemployment.

According to July 11, 2012 court documents, Brandi Cleeves had changed her address to Boonsboro, Md., stating she had previously been living with her boyfriend, but had since moved in with her parents. Prior to this, she had not disclosed her address "because she feared for her safety."

Brandi Cleeves had been working at Applebee's in Waynesboro. While Kevin Cleeves alleged she was fired, she claimed she stopped returning for her scheduled shifts after he allegedly called her work so many times she feared to return, the records state.

She "admits that (Kevin) is capable of caring for the child but denies that he can provide a more stable environment for the child than she can," the records state. "Since September, (Kevin) has threatened (Brandi's) life by text message and physically fought (Brandi) in public. (Kevin) has a license to carry and has held a gun in his hand while the parties had an argument at a custody exchange."

Residents who apply for a license to carry are subject to a background check through the Pennsylvania Instant Check System in Harrisburg, according to the Franklin County Sheriff's Office. Officials in Harrisburg only provide whether a license was approved, denied or undetermined. They do not disclose what comes up in the background check. Public Opinion was unable to get a date for when Kevin Cleeves received his gun permit. On July 12 a temporary order was granted giving Kevin Cleeves primary custody of their daughter, court records state. Custody exchanges were to take place at noon on Saturdays and 10 a.m. on Wednesdays at the Waynesboro residence of Sarah Killingsworth, Brandi's grandmother.

A conciliation conference was scheduled for Sept. 11, 2012 where an "effort will be made to see if the issues can be resolved by agreement of the parties," court records state.

That day never came. According to charging documents, Pennsylvania State Police said Kevin Cleeves told relatives he had been trying to contact his wife to make arrangements to pick up their daughter and went to Santucci's house in Quincy Township on July 27 to make sure the girl was safe. Kevin Cleeves allegedly confronted his wife and Santucci in a car with Leia in the driveway, but was ordered off the property. Around 9 p.m., he opened fire shooting Santucci in the car, his wife when she jumped out and Santucci's mother as she ran toward him.

Police said he took Leia and fled, later telling authorities he was trying to get to a relative's house in Michigan. An Amber Alert was issued and Kevin Cleeves was apprehended on Saturday, July 28 after police in Austintown, Ohio, said the car was spotted in a hotel parking lot off Interstate 80. The car was later stopped in the parking lot of the Weston Plaza on Route 46 where Kevin Cleeves was arrested without incident, police said. Leia Cleeves was located in the car and was unharmed.

On Aug. 13, 2012, Leia's grandfather, Jeffrey Killingsworth, of Boonsboro, Md., who has been caring for the child since July 30, was permitted to retain physical and legal custody of her.

He "has enjoyed a close, loving relationship with the child since her birth. The child has been living in (his home) since July 10, 2012 after (Brandi Cleeves) fled the residence to escape from an abusive relationship," the records state.

In addition to providing for her living, schooling and entertainment needs, Jeffrey Killingsworth has also enrolled Leia in counseling and taken other steps to ensure her mental well-being, records state.