The family structure isn't explained here, but notice that there is no mention of a wife/mother in the home or anywhere else. Just various "relatives." Also notice that the little girl had a different last name, which is fairly rare in a married situation. So it sounds very likely that Daddy had some kind of access/custody.
Dad is identified as BRETT HARMON.
http://www.wisn.com/news/murdersuicide-reported-in-cudahy-overnight/37222788
Family reacts to father, toddler killed in Cudahy murder-suicide
Relatives cope with news that father, 27, killed his two-year-old daughter
UPDATED 9:00 AM CST Jan 01, 2016
CUDAHY, Wis. —UPDATE: The Cudahy Police Department has released the names of family members involved in the killing.
While responding to a family member's 911 call, officers found Brett Harmon, 27, dead at 3723 Whittaker Avenue residence. The child, Skylan Hartman, was also found and transported to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.
A GoFundMe page is now up to raise money for Skylar's unexpected funeral costs.
Cudahy police say father shot and killed his 2-year-old daughter before turning the gun on himself overnight. Now, relatives of the toddler are coping with the news of her death.
Police got the call around 1:40 a.m. from a woman in a home near Whittaker and Kirkwood avenues.
When they arrived, the father, 27, was already dead.
The child was later pronounced dead at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.
"We're all just shocked and really sad," said Kaitlin Monroe, cousin of the toddler who was killed.
She doesn’t understand what would have lead the father to commit such a heartbreaking act, so close to the child’s birthday, no less.
“Her birthday party was in two days, and we're all just really upset because she was gonna be three, and we just don't get why he would take her life too,” Monroe said.
Cudahy police and the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office are still investigating.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Dad with custody/visitation charged with physically abusing sons (Eagle, Wisconsin)
As very often happens, Dad's custodial rights are not spelled out here. Whether he had full custody, joint custody, visitation or something else is not clear. But he had some kind of access. And how much you want to bet that he had a history of violence that the courts ignored when he was awarded access?
Dad is identified as KEVIN LOCK.
http://wsau.com/news/articles/2015/nov/16/father-charged-with-child-abuse-in-waukesha-county/
Father charged with child abuse in Waukesha County
Monday, November 16, 2015 4:28 p.m.
TOWN OF EAGLE, WI (WTAQ) - The father of two teenage boys is charged with two counts of physical abuse.
The mother of the 15-year-old boy called the sheriff's department after receiving a picture message from her son of fresh bruising while he was at her ex-husband's house November 9th.
42-year-old Kevin Jock was charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court on November 10th.
The boy’s 17-year-old brother also had neck injuries and bruising, and told Emergency Services that he did not feel safe in his home when his father was there.
If convicted, Jock could face up to 7 years in prison and $20,000 in fines.
Dad is identified as KEVIN LOCK.
http://wsau.com/news/articles/2015/nov/16/father-charged-with-child-abuse-in-waukesha-county/
Father charged with child abuse in Waukesha County
Monday, November 16, 2015 4:28 p.m.
TOWN OF EAGLE, WI (WTAQ) - The father of two teenage boys is charged with two counts of physical abuse.
The mother of the 15-year-old boy called the sheriff's department after receiving a picture message from her son of fresh bruising while he was at her ex-husband's house November 9th.
42-year-old Kevin Jock was charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court on November 10th.
The boy’s 17-year-old brother also had neck injuries and bruising, and told Emergency Services that he did not feel safe in his home when his father was there.
If convicted, Jock could face up to 7 years in prison and $20,000 in fines.
Monday, November 16, 2015
Decades after custodial dad brutally abused little boy, 36-year-old son dies from his injuries (Oshkosh, Wisconsin)
Famous case from the 1980s. Custodial dad is identified as RANDY DESHANEY. Basically got away with a tap on the wrist for destroying this boy's life, all while CPS enabled him to death.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/obituaries/joshua12-b99614381z1-346259422.html
Boy at center of famous 'Poor Joshua!' Supreme Court dissent dies
Joshua (DeShaney) Braam died Monday at 36, decades after horrendous abuse at the hand of his father led to a landmark court ruling.
Boy at center of famous 'Poor Joshua!' Supreme Court dissent dies
By Crocker Stephenson of the Journal Sentinel Nov. 11, 2015
Whatever childhood Joshua DeShaney might possibly have had ended at the age of 4, in the early spring of 1984, when his father delivered the semiconscious boy to Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh.
The boy's father, Randy DeShaney, received custody of his son in a 1980 divorce settlement in Wyoming and moved to Winnebago County. It is not clear how long the father abused his son. Officially, according to the meticulously kept but ultimately useless records compiled by the Winnebago County Department of Social Services, probably two years.
In early 1983, following a report of child abuse and hospitalization, the department recommended the boy be kept in the hospital. In a matter of days, the child was returned to his father. Again and again and again, a department social worker reported suspicion of child abuse. There were bruises, hospitalizations and days when Joshua was too "sick" to be seen. Again and again and again, the department made agreements with the father that the father then ignored.
In March 1984, the boy was brought to Mercy with new and old bruises over much of his body. Doctors opened Joshua's skull and found evidence of serious head injuries suffered over a period of time, leaving the boy with serious and permanent brain damage. His father said he had fallen down stairs.
Randy DeShaney was charged and convicted of child abuse, but served less than two years in jail.
And Joshua, who was 36 when he died on Monday, would go on to live two lives.
One would be private, spent in the care of his adoptive parents, Richard and Ginger Braam, who made room for Joshua in their Muskego home when he was 12.
The other would be public, preserved in a precedent-setting Supreme Court decision that to this day is cited in legal briefs, analyzed in law review articles and argued about in constitutional law classes.
Joshua's biological mother sued Winnebago County, arguing that child welfare workers violated Joshua's constitutional rights by failing to rescue him from his abusive father. Melody DeShaney sought compensatory and punitive damages under the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
To the consternation of many children's rights activists, a decision issued by the court in 1989 and authored for the majority by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, said they had not.
The due process clause, Rehnquist wrote, "is phrased as a limitation on the state's power to act, not as a guarantee of certain minimal levels of safety."
Due process, in other words, protects us from government intrusion. It does not compel the government to act.
Justice Harry Blackmun's dissent is one of the most famous of his career:
"Poor Joshua! Victim of repeated attacks by an irresponsible, bullying, cowardly, and intemperate father, and abandoned by (child protective services), who placed him in a dangerous predicament and who knew or learned what was going on, and yet did nothing....
"It is a sad commentary upon American life, and constitutional principles — so full of late of patriotic fervor and proud proclamations about 'liberty and justice for all' that this child, Joshua DeShaney, now is assigned to live out the remainder of his life profoundly retarded. Joshua and his mother, as petitioners here, deserve — but now are denied by this Court — the opportunity to have the facts of their case considered in the light of the constitution...."
The storm spawned by the Supreme Court's decision blew over the Braam's home in Muskego. "We didn't pay a lot of attention to the politics," Ginger Braam said.
"What we've tried to do is provide Joshua with what he didn't have — a family and a home.
We were content to have him a part of our family.
"He made a difference in our lives."
Besides Richard and Ginger Braam, Joshua is survived by 15 adoptive and foster siblings. Joshua (DeShaney) Braam Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Wednesday with funeral services to follow at 2 p.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, S66-W14325 Janesville Road, Muskego.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/obituaries/joshua12-b99614381z1-346259422.html
Boy at center of famous 'Poor Joshua!' Supreme Court dissent dies
Joshua (DeShaney) Braam died Monday at 36, decades after horrendous abuse at the hand of his father led to a landmark court ruling.
Boy at center of famous 'Poor Joshua!' Supreme Court dissent dies
By Crocker Stephenson of the Journal Sentinel Nov. 11, 2015
Whatever childhood Joshua DeShaney might possibly have had ended at the age of 4, in the early spring of 1984, when his father delivered the semiconscious boy to Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh.
The boy's father, Randy DeShaney, received custody of his son in a 1980 divorce settlement in Wyoming and moved to Winnebago County. It is not clear how long the father abused his son. Officially, according to the meticulously kept but ultimately useless records compiled by the Winnebago County Department of Social Services, probably two years.
In early 1983, following a report of child abuse and hospitalization, the department recommended the boy be kept in the hospital. In a matter of days, the child was returned to his father. Again and again and again, a department social worker reported suspicion of child abuse. There were bruises, hospitalizations and days when Joshua was too "sick" to be seen. Again and again and again, the department made agreements with the father that the father then ignored.
In March 1984, the boy was brought to Mercy with new and old bruises over much of his body. Doctors opened Joshua's skull and found evidence of serious head injuries suffered over a period of time, leaving the boy with serious and permanent brain damage. His father said he had fallen down stairs.
Randy DeShaney was charged and convicted of child abuse, but served less than two years in jail.
And Joshua, who was 36 when he died on Monday, would go on to live two lives.
One would be private, spent in the care of his adoptive parents, Richard and Ginger Braam, who made room for Joshua in their Muskego home when he was 12.
The other would be public, preserved in a precedent-setting Supreme Court decision that to this day is cited in legal briefs, analyzed in law review articles and argued about in constitutional law classes.
Joshua's biological mother sued Winnebago County, arguing that child welfare workers violated Joshua's constitutional rights by failing to rescue him from his abusive father. Melody DeShaney sought compensatory and punitive damages under the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
To the consternation of many children's rights activists, a decision issued by the court in 1989 and authored for the majority by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, said they had not.
The due process clause, Rehnquist wrote, "is phrased as a limitation on the state's power to act, not as a guarantee of certain minimal levels of safety."
Due process, in other words, protects us from government intrusion. It does not compel the government to act.
Justice Harry Blackmun's dissent is one of the most famous of his career:
"Poor Joshua! Victim of repeated attacks by an irresponsible, bullying, cowardly, and intemperate father, and abandoned by (child protective services), who placed him in a dangerous predicament and who knew or learned what was going on, and yet did nothing....
"It is a sad commentary upon American life, and constitutional principles — so full of late of patriotic fervor and proud proclamations about 'liberty and justice for all' that this child, Joshua DeShaney, now is assigned to live out the remainder of his life profoundly retarded. Joshua and his mother, as petitioners here, deserve — but now are denied by this Court — the opportunity to have the facts of their case considered in the light of the constitution...."
The storm spawned by the Supreme Court's decision blew over the Braam's home in Muskego. "We didn't pay a lot of attention to the politics," Ginger Braam said.
"What we've tried to do is provide Joshua with what he didn't have — a family and a home.
We were content to have him a part of our family.
"He made a difference in our lives."
Besides Richard and Ginger Braam, Joshua is survived by 15 adoptive and foster siblings. Joshua (DeShaney) Braam Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Wednesday with funeral services to follow at 2 p.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, S66-W14325 Janesville Road, Muskego.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Dad convicted of 1st-degree homicide in death of infant son (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Dad is identified as DAVID A. ALLEN SR.
http://www.channel3000.com/news/jury-convicts-milwaukee-father-in-shaken-baby-death-trial/35801882
Jury convicts Milwaukee father in shaken baby death trial
Published On: Oct 12 2015 03:53:56 PM CDT
MILWAUKEE - A jury has convicted a Milwaukee man accused of physical abuse that prosecutors said led to the 2013 death of his infant son.
Thirty-four-year-old David A. Allen Sr. was convicted Monday of first-degree reckless homicide, as well child abuse and child neglect, each causing great bodily injury.
The Journal Sentinel reports Allen faces up to 57 years in prison when he's sentenced Dec. 17.
Defense attorneys had brought in experts who challenged the medical presumption of shaken baby syndrome and Allen's own confession to abusing his son, known as Junior.
Doctors who testified for prosecutors said Junior's injuries were a classic case of shaken baby syndrome.
In closing arguments, Assistant District Attorney Matthew Torbenson called the testimony by defense experts a "courtroom controversy," not a real medical debate.
http://www.channel3000.com/news/jury-convicts-milwaukee-father-in-shaken-baby-death-trial/35801882
Jury convicts Milwaukee father in shaken baby death trial
Published On: Oct 12 2015 03:53:56 PM CDT
MILWAUKEE - A jury has convicted a Milwaukee man accused of physical abuse that prosecutors said led to the 2013 death of his infant son.
Thirty-four-year-old David A. Allen Sr. was convicted Monday of first-degree reckless homicide, as well child abuse and child neglect, each causing great bodily injury.
The Journal Sentinel reports Allen faces up to 57 years in prison when he's sentenced Dec. 17.
Defense attorneys had brought in experts who challenged the medical presumption of shaken baby syndrome and Allen's own confession to abusing his son, known as Junior.
Doctors who testified for prosecutors said Junior's injuries were a classic case of shaken baby syndrome.
In closing arguments, Assistant District Attorney Matthew Torbenson called the testimony by defense experts a "courtroom controversy," not a real medical debate.
Monday, October 12, 2015
Dad on trial for child abuse death of infant son (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Dad is identified as DAVID A. ALLEN SR.
http://www.startribune.com/jury-deliberating-wisconsin-case-alleging-shaken-baby-death/331889411/
Jury deliberating in trial of Milwaukee man accused in 2013 death of infant son
Associated Press October 10, 2015 — 5:30pm
MILWAUKEE — Jury deliberations are expected to resume Monday in the trial of a Milwaukee man accused of physical abuse that allegedly led to the 2013 death of his infant son.
Jurors began deliberating the case of David A. Allen Sr. shortly before 3 p.m. Friday but did not reach a verdict, the Journal Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1jhMHsX ) reported.
Allen, 34, and the boy's mother, took their son to a West Allis hospital on Oct. 6, 2012, after a day when he wasn't eating normally and seemed lethargic. After giving a series of changing explanations of what might have injured the boy, Allen admitted he squeezed the baby too hard once, and another time shook the boy when he wouldn't stop clawing at his face.
Junior was put in foster care, where his condition deteriorated until he died in April 2013. Prosecutors then charged Allen, already facing child abuse counts, with reckless homicide.
The two-week trial has highlighted uncertainty about whether "shaken baby syndrome" is always the only explanation for certain brain injuries in children.
Defense experts who questioned both the medical basis for concluding the infant died of child abuse and the validity of Allen's confession to shaking the child earned more than $40,000 for their efforts to create "a courtroom controversy," a prosecutor told a jury Friday.
Assistant District Attorney Matthew Torbenson called the experts "frequent fliers" who came from four states and England to "collect a paycheck" while trying to raise doubt that Allen's actions led to the death of his son.
Torbenson said there was no doubt that child abuse led to the boy's death. He cited diagnoses from local pediatric experts who treated David Allen Jr. at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. He said those were corroborated by Allen's admissions about squeezing, shaking and dropping his son in the fall of 2012, just months after the boy, who was born two months prematurely, was released from intensive care.
In addition to the brain injuries, the boy had 12 broken ribs.
In the defense closing argument, attorney Anthony Cotton reminded jurors of his experts' credentials, and said they testified because there is a contentious debate in the medical community about attributing certain injuries to child abuse without more evidence than particular brain conditions.
"Your job isn't to reconcile that debate," Cotton told the jury.
Cotton summarized defense experts' findings that conditions resulting from the boy's premature birth could have caused silent seizures, resulting in bleeding near his brain, and that his ribs were so weak they could have been broken by normal handling.
The defense attorney reminded jurors there were no bruises, skull fractures or evidence that the child screamed or reacted as would be expected around the time his father later said he had squeezed the boy too hard.
http://www.startribune.com/jury-deliberating-wisconsin-case-alleging-shaken-baby-death/331889411/
Jury deliberating in trial of Milwaukee man accused in 2013 death of infant son
Associated Press October 10, 2015 — 5:30pm
MILWAUKEE — Jury deliberations are expected to resume Monday in the trial of a Milwaukee man accused of physical abuse that allegedly led to the 2013 death of his infant son.
Jurors began deliberating the case of David A. Allen Sr. shortly before 3 p.m. Friday but did not reach a verdict, the Journal Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1jhMHsX ) reported.
Allen, 34, and the boy's mother, took their son to a West Allis hospital on Oct. 6, 2012, after a day when he wasn't eating normally and seemed lethargic. After giving a series of changing explanations of what might have injured the boy, Allen admitted he squeezed the baby too hard once, and another time shook the boy when he wouldn't stop clawing at his face.
Junior was put in foster care, where his condition deteriorated until he died in April 2013. Prosecutors then charged Allen, already facing child abuse counts, with reckless homicide.
The two-week trial has highlighted uncertainty about whether "shaken baby syndrome" is always the only explanation for certain brain injuries in children.
Defense experts who questioned both the medical basis for concluding the infant died of child abuse and the validity of Allen's confession to shaking the child earned more than $40,000 for their efforts to create "a courtroom controversy," a prosecutor told a jury Friday.
Assistant District Attorney Matthew Torbenson called the experts "frequent fliers" who came from four states and England to "collect a paycheck" while trying to raise doubt that Allen's actions led to the death of his son.
Torbenson said there was no doubt that child abuse led to the boy's death. He cited diagnoses from local pediatric experts who treated David Allen Jr. at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. He said those were corroborated by Allen's admissions about squeezing, shaking and dropping his son in the fall of 2012, just months after the boy, who was born two months prematurely, was released from intensive care.
In addition to the brain injuries, the boy had 12 broken ribs.
In the defense closing argument, attorney Anthony Cotton reminded jurors of his experts' credentials, and said they testified because there is a contentious debate in the medical community about attributing certain injuries to child abuse without more evidence than particular brain conditions.
"Your job isn't to reconcile that debate," Cotton told the jury.
Cotton summarized defense experts' findings that conditions resulting from the boy's premature birth could have caused silent seizures, resulting in bleeding near his brain, and that his ribs were so weak they could have been broken by normal handling.
The defense attorney reminded jurors there were no bruises, skull fractures or evidence that the child screamed or reacted as would be expected around the time his father later said he had squeezed the boy too hard.
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Dad on trial for killing infant son will challenge confession (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Dad is identified as DAVID A. ALLEN.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/father-on-trial-for-killing-infant-son-will-challenge-confession-b99586810z1-329978301.html
Father on trial for killing infant son will challenge confession
By Bruce Vielmetti
Sept. 29, 2015
A Milwaukee man charged with killing his infant premature son falsely confessed to abuse during a police interview so that the child's mother would be released as a suspect, his attorney told jurors Tuesday.
The case could also highlight a growing doubt within the medical community that certain brain injuries among children can result only from "shaken baby syndrome," imposed by stressed-out, frustrated caregivers.
David A. Allen, 34, is on trial for first-degree reckless homicide as well as child abuse and neglect causing great bodily harm. His namesake son died in April 2013, six months after the then 12-week-old boy was first taken to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, where doctors diagnosed broken ribs and brain damage later attributed to blunt force trauma. Allen was first charged in October 2012; prosecutors upgraded the charges after the child died.
"Home. There should be no safer place for a child," Assistant District Attorney Matt Torbenson told the jury in an opening statement. But the victim, referred to as Junior, spent his last day at home unable to eat, deteriorating as his father "watched and did nothing."
As in most child abuse prosecutions, medical experts for the state will testify that Junior's injuries were inconsistent with any cause other than abuse, Torbenson said. On top of that, he said, jurors will hear Allen's varied explanations of accidents that might have led to the injuries.
He first mentioned a fall from a 3-inch mattress, a bump on the faucet during a bath, then a fall from his arms to a concrete floor, then finally saying that, with Junior clawing at his face, Allen shook the boy, hard.
The next morning, the boy wouldn't eat, and his condition worsened before his parents finally called 911.
At the end of his final police interview, Torbenson said, Allen is seen alone in the interrogation room, holding his head in his hands and saying, repeatedly, "I'm so sorry, my son."
But defense attorney Anthony Cotton promised jurors a different view of the evidence from other experts, including one who studies false confessions. Cotton noted that in a quarter of cases where convicted offenders have been cleared by DNA evidence, they had falsely confessed to crimes.
Cotton said the pair of intense interviews Allen was subjected to right after his son was hospitalized in October 2012 were exactly the kind that lead to false confessions. He said the detective provided facts relayed to him by doctors at Children's Hospital, and kept Allen talking until he described doing something to the child that would be consistent with the injuries. Only then would Junior's mother, who had also been arrested, be released "to go and pray over your dying child," Cotton said the detective told Allen.
Cotton suggested Junior's injuries could just as consistently be explained by his birth — two months premature — and compromised health.
He said no one around the couple, not even the baby's mother, will testify they ever saw Allen seeming depressed or overwhelmed, as he told a detective. In fact, staff from the neonatal intensive care unit where Junior spent a month before going home will say Allen was very attentive and appropriate with his son.
Later, the boy and his parents moved into a house with seven other people, and none of them saw any signs of depressions or abusive behavior in Allen, Cotton said.
"He loved his son," Cotton said of Allen. "He was not quick to anger."
http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/father-on-trial-for-killing-infant-son-will-challenge-confession-b99586810z1-329978301.html
Father on trial for killing infant son will challenge confession
By Bruce Vielmetti
Sept. 29, 2015
A Milwaukee man charged with killing his infant premature son falsely confessed to abuse during a police interview so that the child's mother would be released as a suspect, his attorney told jurors Tuesday.
The case could also highlight a growing doubt within the medical community that certain brain injuries among children can result only from "shaken baby syndrome," imposed by stressed-out, frustrated caregivers.
David A. Allen, 34, is on trial for first-degree reckless homicide as well as child abuse and neglect causing great bodily harm. His namesake son died in April 2013, six months after the then 12-week-old boy was first taken to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, where doctors diagnosed broken ribs and brain damage later attributed to blunt force trauma. Allen was first charged in October 2012; prosecutors upgraded the charges after the child died.
"Home. There should be no safer place for a child," Assistant District Attorney Matt Torbenson told the jury in an opening statement. But the victim, referred to as Junior, spent his last day at home unable to eat, deteriorating as his father "watched and did nothing."
As in most child abuse prosecutions, medical experts for the state will testify that Junior's injuries were inconsistent with any cause other than abuse, Torbenson said. On top of that, he said, jurors will hear Allen's varied explanations of accidents that might have led to the injuries.
He first mentioned a fall from a 3-inch mattress, a bump on the faucet during a bath, then a fall from his arms to a concrete floor, then finally saying that, with Junior clawing at his face, Allen shook the boy, hard.
The next morning, the boy wouldn't eat, and his condition worsened before his parents finally called 911.
At the end of his final police interview, Torbenson said, Allen is seen alone in the interrogation room, holding his head in his hands and saying, repeatedly, "I'm so sorry, my son."
But defense attorney Anthony Cotton promised jurors a different view of the evidence from other experts, including one who studies false confessions. Cotton noted that in a quarter of cases where convicted offenders have been cleared by DNA evidence, they had falsely confessed to crimes.
Cotton said the pair of intense interviews Allen was subjected to right after his son was hospitalized in October 2012 were exactly the kind that lead to false confessions. He said the detective provided facts relayed to him by doctors at Children's Hospital, and kept Allen talking until he described doing something to the child that would be consistent with the injuries. Only then would Junior's mother, who had also been arrested, be released "to go and pray over your dying child," Cotton said the detective told Allen.
Cotton suggested Junior's injuries could just as consistently be explained by his birth — two months premature — and compromised health.
He said no one around the couple, not even the baby's mother, will testify they ever saw Allen seeming depressed or overwhelmed, as he told a detective. In fact, staff from the neonatal intensive care unit where Junior spent a month before going home will say Allen was very attentive and appropriate with his son.
Later, the boy and his parents moved into a house with seven other people, and none of them saw any signs of depressions or abusive behavior in Allen, Cotton said.
"He loved his son," Cotton said of Allen. "He was not quick to anger."
Monday, July 13, 2015
"Caregiver" dad gets 30 years for torture of 10-month-old daughter (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Dad is identified as COREY BURNS.
http://www.inquisitr.com/2230497/corey-burns-burned-baby-sentenced/
Corey Burns: Father Who Brutally Beat, Burned 10-Month-Old Daughter With Charcoal Grill Learns His Fate
Different types of child abuse cases are reported around the country on a daily basis, but a recent case is unlike anything most have ever read about. Now, a father has learned his fate for the horrific torture of his infant daughter.
Corey Burns’ 10-month-old daughter suffered what prosecutors have described as “absolute torture.” Now, he has learned his fate for the ongoing, agonizing torture his poor daughter suffered. On Thursday, June 25, Burns was sentenced to 30 years behind bars. The 21-year-old father gave a brief statement of apology for the heinous crimes he committed that led to baby’s death. “I apologize for my actions,” he said. “I take full responsibility for my actions. And that’s it, judge.”
Although he’s apologized for his actions, sadly, the horrific damage has already been done. “There are no words that encompass the level of depravity and the inhumanity that was shown to this child over a short period of time,” Assistant District Attorney Matthew Torbenson said.
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the baby and her mother, Chazzidy White, 22, relocated from Texas to Wisconsin in late October of 2014. Just days after their arrival, White began working, and Burns became the baby’s full-time caregiver, which is when things took a horrific turn for the worse. Throughout the month of November, the baby suffered relentless torture that her mother did nothing to stop.
Channel 3000 reports that baby’s thighs were “wasting away” when she arrived at Children’s Hospital last November. It was reported that she had extensive injuries, including a burn pattern on her back that resembled the lines on a charcoal grill in their kitchen. In addition to severe burns in her mouth and burns on her legs that looked as if she had been skinned, she also had bites, bruises, and severe brain injuries as a result of being “violently shaken, slammed down, and thrown,” according to investigative reports. Approximately 15 percent of the baby’s body was burned.
Although Burns’ sordid childhood, which also consisted of horrific abuse, was taken into consideration, Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Rebecca Dallet still had little remorse for him, insisting that his vile actions were inexcusable regardless of what he endured as a child.
“You took a child who was already severely burned over her legs, her lips, who has bite marks and all of these injuries to her body, who is no longer sitting up, who is not making eye contact… and is basically laying there,” Judge Dallet said. “And you put her on a grill.” She added, “This was torture, absolute torture of your daughter, and it went on for many, many days,” she said. “I see a lot of child abuse cases in here. I see a lot of cases of burns. I have never seen anything like this.”
Burns and White were both charged for torture the baby suffered. Burns’ sentence follows White’s guilty plea, entered back in April. According to NBC-15, she was charged with child neglect and failing to prevent child abuse. She was sentenced to two years in prison. After her release, she will also have five years of extended supervision.
http://www.inquisitr.com/2230497/corey-burns-burned-baby-sentenced/
Corey Burns: Father Who Brutally Beat, Burned 10-Month-Old Daughter With Charcoal Grill Learns His Fate
Different types of child abuse cases are reported around the country on a daily basis, but a recent case is unlike anything most have ever read about. Now, a father has learned his fate for the horrific torture of his infant daughter.
Corey Burns’ 10-month-old daughter suffered what prosecutors have described as “absolute torture.” Now, he has learned his fate for the ongoing, agonizing torture his poor daughter suffered. On Thursday, June 25, Burns was sentenced to 30 years behind bars. The 21-year-old father gave a brief statement of apology for the heinous crimes he committed that led to baby’s death. “I apologize for my actions,” he said. “I take full responsibility for my actions. And that’s it, judge.”
Although he’s apologized for his actions, sadly, the horrific damage has already been done. “There are no words that encompass the level of depravity and the inhumanity that was shown to this child over a short period of time,” Assistant District Attorney Matthew Torbenson said.
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the baby and her mother, Chazzidy White, 22, relocated from Texas to Wisconsin in late October of 2014. Just days after their arrival, White began working, and Burns became the baby’s full-time caregiver, which is when things took a horrific turn for the worse. Throughout the month of November, the baby suffered relentless torture that her mother did nothing to stop.
Channel 3000 reports that baby’s thighs were “wasting away” when she arrived at Children’s Hospital last November. It was reported that she had extensive injuries, including a burn pattern on her back that resembled the lines on a charcoal grill in their kitchen. In addition to severe burns in her mouth and burns on her legs that looked as if she had been skinned, she also had bites, bruises, and severe brain injuries as a result of being “violently shaken, slammed down, and thrown,” according to investigative reports. Approximately 15 percent of the baby’s body was burned.
Although Burns’ sordid childhood, which also consisted of horrific abuse, was taken into consideration, Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Rebecca Dallet still had little remorse for him, insisting that his vile actions were inexcusable regardless of what he endured as a child.
“You took a child who was already severely burned over her legs, her lips, who has bite marks and all of these injuries to her body, who is no longer sitting up, who is not making eye contact… and is basically laying there,” Judge Dallet said. “And you put her on a grill.” She added, “This was torture, absolute torture of your daughter, and it went on for many, many days,” she said. “I see a lot of child abuse cases in here. I see a lot of cases of burns. I have never seen anything like this.”
Burns and White were both charged for torture the baby suffered. Burns’ sentence follows White’s guilty plea, entered back in April. According to NBC-15, she was charged with child neglect and failing to prevent child abuse. She was sentenced to two years in prison. After her release, she will also have five years of extended supervision.
Monday, June 29, 2015
Primary caregiver dad gets 30 years for "absolute torture" of infant daughter (Milwaukee County, Wisconsin)
I have now posted over 10,000 stores about fathers and child abuse. Not much gets to me anymore. But this literally churns my stomach. Dad is identified as COREY BURNS.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/father-gets-30-years-for-absolute-torture-of-baby-girl-b99526932z1-309904341.html
Father gets 30 years for 'absolute torture' of baby girl
By Ashley Luthern of the Journal Sentinel June 25, 2015
When a 10-month-old baby girl arrived at Children's Hospital last fall, her thighs were wasting away.
The front of her legs were covered with scalding burns, injuries so painful she simply stopped moving.
She had burns inside her mouth. Her neck and body were covered with bite marks and bruises. She had severe brain injuries, the kind that come from being violently shaken, slammed down or thrown.
#And the burn on her back matched the pattern of a charcoal grill in her parents' kitchen.
On Thursday, her father, Corey Burns, was sentenced to just over 30 years in prison for "cruelty and torture," as the case was described in a medical report.
"There are no words that encompass the level of depravity and the inhumanity that was shown to this child over a short period of time," Assistant District Attorney Matthew Torbenson said.
The baby and her mother, Chazzidy White, moved to Wisconsin from Texas in late October. Within days, White had a job and Burns became the child's main caregiver.
On Nov. 5, White called from work to check on the baby. Burns asked her to hurry home, saying their daughter was burned in bathwater. The explanation wasn't plausible, investigators say, because the baby was not burned on her bottom or back of her legs. She was burned only on the front, as if she was dipped in the scalding liquid.
White later told police her daughter's legs looked "like she was skinned."
White wanted to take her to the doctors, but Burns talked her out of it, saying child welfare officials would get involved, according to court documents. A week later, White noticed her daughter had circles on her neck, scratches on her face and bruises on her chin. The baby became lethargic.
On the morning of Nov. 22, White saw a grate burn and bruises on her daughter's back. Burns claimed the baby brushed against a metal heating vent. The burn pattern did not match the vent, but did resemble the markings of a charcoal grill in the kitchen.
"You took a child who was already severely burned over her legs, her lips, who has bite marks and all of these injuries to her body, who is no longer sitting up, who is not making eye contact ... and is basically laying there," Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Rebecca Dallet said.
"And you put her on a grill."
When the baby's back burns were discovered, White took the child to the hospital, where doctors found burns on 15% of her body. She and Burns were arrested. White, 22, pleaded guilty to child neglect and failing to prevent child abuse. She was sentenced in April to two years in prison and five years of extended supervision.
Burns, 21, pleaded guilty to three felonies. Four others were dismissed. When asked if he had anything to say, Burns cleared his throat before a brief statement.
"I apologize for my actions," he said. "I take full responsibility for my actions. And that's it, judge."
Dallet acknowledged Burns had a troubled life and had himself suffered horrific abuse but said nothing explains his actions, which have scarred his daughter for life.
"This was torture, absolute torture of your daughter, and it went on for many, many days," she said. "I see a lot of child abuse cases in here. I see a lot of cases of burns. I have never seen anything like this."
http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/father-gets-30-years-for-absolute-torture-of-baby-girl-b99526932z1-309904341.html
Father gets 30 years for 'absolute torture' of baby girl
By Ashley Luthern of the Journal Sentinel June 25, 2015
When a 10-month-old baby girl arrived at Children's Hospital last fall, her thighs were wasting away.
The front of her legs were covered with scalding burns, injuries so painful she simply stopped moving.
She had burns inside her mouth. Her neck and body were covered with bite marks and bruises. She had severe brain injuries, the kind that come from being violently shaken, slammed down or thrown.
#And the burn on her back matched the pattern of a charcoal grill in her parents' kitchen.
On Thursday, her father, Corey Burns, was sentenced to just over 30 years in prison for "cruelty and torture," as the case was described in a medical report.
"There are no words that encompass the level of depravity and the inhumanity that was shown to this child over a short period of time," Assistant District Attorney Matthew Torbenson said.
The baby and her mother, Chazzidy White, moved to Wisconsin from Texas in late October. Within days, White had a job and Burns became the child's main caregiver.
On Nov. 5, White called from work to check on the baby. Burns asked her to hurry home, saying their daughter was burned in bathwater. The explanation wasn't plausible, investigators say, because the baby was not burned on her bottom or back of her legs. She was burned only on the front, as if she was dipped in the scalding liquid.
White later told police her daughter's legs looked "like she was skinned."
White wanted to take her to the doctors, but Burns talked her out of it, saying child welfare officials would get involved, according to court documents. A week later, White noticed her daughter had circles on her neck, scratches on her face and bruises on her chin. The baby became lethargic.
On the morning of Nov. 22, White saw a grate burn and bruises on her daughter's back. Burns claimed the baby brushed against a metal heating vent. The burn pattern did not match the vent, but did resemble the markings of a charcoal grill in the kitchen.
"You took a child who was already severely burned over her legs, her lips, who has bite marks and all of these injuries to her body, who is no longer sitting up, who is not making eye contact ... and is basically laying there," Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Rebecca Dallet said.
"And you put her on a grill."
When the baby's back burns were discovered, White took the child to the hospital, where doctors found burns on 15% of her body. She and Burns were arrested. White, 22, pleaded guilty to child neglect and failing to prevent child abuse. She was sentenced in April to two years in prison and five years of extended supervision.
Burns, 21, pleaded guilty to three felonies. Four others were dismissed. When asked if he had anything to say, Burns cleared his throat before a brief statement.
"I apologize for my actions," he said. "I take full responsibility for my actions. And that's it, judge."
Dallet acknowledged Burns had a troubled life and had himself suffered horrific abuse but said nothing explains his actions, which have scarred his daughter for life.
"This was torture, absolute torture of your daughter, and it went on for many, many days," she said. "I see a lot of child abuse cases in here. I see a lot of cases of burns. I have never seen anything like this."
Dad admits he abused 4-month-old son (Portage, Wisconsin)
Dad is identified as RAYMOND H. KOESTER. No mention of a mother in the home.
http://www.channel3000.com/news/court-document-father-admits-shaking-fussy-infant/33774628
Court document: Father admitted shaking fussy infant
Published On: Jun 25 2015 04:17:12 PM CDT Updated On: Jun 25 2015 07:06:06 PM CDT
PORTAGE, Wis. - A document charging a Columbia County man with abusing his infant son said the man admitted to shaking the baby when he became fussy.
Raymond H. Koester, 26, of Doylestown, appeared in Columbia County court Thursday afternoon via video. He is charged with two felony counts of physically abusing a child intentionally causing great bodily harm.
Koester's infant son was admitted to UW Hospital in Madison Saturday for multiple bilateral subdural brain bleeds.
According to the criminal complaint, Koester admitted to a detective that he shook the baby twice. One time was about a week before the baby’s 4-month-old checkup when the the infant became fussy in his bouncy chair. Koester told the detective he picked the baby up and shook him about four times.
At the baby's checkup June 11, the doctor noticed his head measured larger than normal, and an MRI days later showed the baby had a fluid collection in his head, according to the complaint.
A Columbia County Human Services social worker contacted the sheriff's office when the baby was admitted to University of Wisconsin Hospital Saturday with suspicious injuries.
In the complaint, a physician’s assistant told a detective the injuries are consistent with the baby being shaken, his head being struck by an object or his head striking an object. A doctor said the injuries were consistent with an intentional act.
In addition to the brain bleeding, the baby had hemorrhaging in his eyes, which is consistent with shaken baby syndrome and could cause long-term vision problems. Tissue in the baby's mouth was torn, which was consistent with being force-fed or with a pacifier being forced into the mouth, officials said.
According to the complaint, Koester admitted to a detective that he shook the baby twice, once about a week before the baby’s 4-month-old checkup when the baby became fussy when he was in his bouncy chair, so Koester picked him up and shook him about four times. #Detectives believe the baby was injured on or around June 4 and June 12.
The baby underwent brain surgery Tuesday and was listed as stable. A physician's assistant said the baby's prognosis wouldn't be known until the injuries healed and he grew.
In court Thursday, the judge ordered a $20,000 cash bond for Koester. He was also ordered not to have contact with the baby. If convicted of the two he could face up to 40 years in prison.
http://www.channel3000.com/news/court-document-father-admits-shaking-fussy-infant/33774628
Court document: Father admitted shaking fussy infant
Published On: Jun 25 2015 04:17:12 PM CDT Updated On: Jun 25 2015 07:06:06 PM CDT
PORTAGE, Wis. - A document charging a Columbia County man with abusing his infant son said the man admitted to shaking the baby when he became fussy.
Raymond H. Koester, 26, of Doylestown, appeared in Columbia County court Thursday afternoon via video. He is charged with two felony counts of physically abusing a child intentionally causing great bodily harm.
Koester's infant son was admitted to UW Hospital in Madison Saturday for multiple bilateral subdural brain bleeds.
According to the criminal complaint, Koester admitted to a detective that he shook the baby twice. One time was about a week before the baby’s 4-month-old checkup when the the infant became fussy in his bouncy chair. Koester told the detective he picked the baby up and shook him about four times.
At the baby's checkup June 11, the doctor noticed his head measured larger than normal, and an MRI days later showed the baby had a fluid collection in his head, according to the complaint.
A Columbia County Human Services social worker contacted the sheriff's office when the baby was admitted to University of Wisconsin Hospital Saturday with suspicious injuries.
In the complaint, a physician’s assistant told a detective the injuries are consistent with the baby being shaken, his head being struck by an object or his head striking an object. A doctor said the injuries were consistent with an intentional act.
In addition to the brain bleeding, the baby had hemorrhaging in his eyes, which is consistent with shaken baby syndrome and could cause long-term vision problems. Tissue in the baby's mouth was torn, which was consistent with being force-fed or with a pacifier being forced into the mouth, officials said.
According to the complaint, Koester admitted to a detective that he shook the baby twice, once about a week before the baby’s 4-month-old checkup when the baby became fussy when he was in his bouncy chair, so Koester picked him up and shook him about four times. #Detectives believe the baby was injured on or around June 4 and June 12.
The baby underwent brain surgery Tuesday and was listed as stable. A physician's assistant said the baby's prognosis wouldn't be known until the injuries healed and he grew.
In court Thursday, the judge ordered a $20,000 cash bond for Koester. He was also ordered not to have contact with the baby. If convicted of the two he could face up to 40 years in prison.
Friday, May 15, 2015
Dad accused of abusing 14-week-old daughter gets deferred prosecution deal (Barron, Wisconsin)
Dad is identified as PAUL J. BIVER.
http://www.leadertelegram.com/News/Local/Briefs/2015/05/13/Deal-reached-in-Barron-County-child-abuse-case.html
Deal reached in Barron County child abuse case posted
May 13, 2015 12:21 a.m. | updated May 13, 2015 12:21 a.m. (CDT)
by / Leader-Telegram staff
BARRON — A 23-year-old Rice Lake man charged with injuring his daughter last year when she was 14 weeks old entered into a one-year deferred prosecution agreement Friday in Barron County Court.
Paul J. Biver is charged with a felony count of child abuse that has a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison.
According to court records:
Hospital officials in Rice Lake notified police on April 12, 2014, of a girl with suspicious head injuries. She eventually was taken to two Twin Cities area hospitals for treatment. Reports indicated the child had a subdural hematoma likely due to abusive head trauma, and an acute clavicle fracture, which indicated the child was a victim of shaken baby syndrome.
Biver, the girl’s father, told police the child fell off a couch the previous day, something that had happened before. Medical reports said the child would not have received such serious injuries from such a fall.
http://www.leadertelegram.com/News/Local/Briefs/2015/05/13/Deal-reached-in-Barron-County-child-abuse-case.html
Deal reached in Barron County child abuse case posted
May 13, 2015 12:21 a.m. | updated May 13, 2015 12:21 a.m. (CDT)
by / Leader-Telegram staff
BARRON — A 23-year-old Rice Lake man charged with injuring his daughter last year when she was 14 weeks old entered into a one-year deferred prosecution agreement Friday in Barron County Court.
Paul J. Biver is charged with a felony count of child abuse that has a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison.
According to court records:
Hospital officials in Rice Lake notified police on April 12, 2014, of a girl with suspicious head injuries. She eventually was taken to two Twin Cities area hospitals for treatment. Reports indicated the child had a subdural hematoma likely due to abusive head trauma, and an acute clavicle fracture, which indicated the child was a victim of shaken baby syndrome.
Biver, the girl’s father, told police the child fell off a couch the previous day, something that had happened before. Medical reports said the child would not have received such serious injuries from such a fall.
Friday, May 8, 2015
Dad who abused son for three years still awarded "conditional visits" (Sheboygan, Wisconsin)
Another example of the triumph of fathers rights. Dad JOSEPH DREPS gets his "rights" regardless of his past history of abuse, regardless of his son's feelings about the matter (which the reporter doesn't even bother to find out, as kids and their well-being, safety, and security don't matter.) No mention of a mother either--her existence, not to mention her opinions, have been neatly airbrushed out of the picture as well.
http://whbl.com/news/articles/2015/may/08/judge-grants-bail-modifications/
Judge Allows Father Conditional Visits
Friday, May 08, 2015 4:40 a.m. CDT
by Rusty Mehlberg
SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - A Sheboygan father accused of harming his son will be able to see him with conditions.
Judge Terence Bourke allowed the bond against 50 year old Joseph Dreps to be modified this week. Under new conditions, Dreps would see his son under the direction of Sheboygan County Human Services, and he would not be allowed to have violent or abusive contact with him and others named in the bond.
The son claims his father has beaten and abused him over the past three years whenever he is angry, leading to an arrest in March.
Online court records show Dreps will face a plea hearing and possible jury trial next month for a child abuse charge.
http://whbl.com/news/articles/2015/may/08/judge-grants-bail-modifications/
Judge Allows Father Conditional Visits
Friday, May 08, 2015 4:40 a.m. CDT
by Rusty Mehlberg
SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - A Sheboygan father accused of harming his son will be able to see him with conditions.
Judge Terence Bourke allowed the bond against 50 year old Joseph Dreps to be modified this week. Under new conditions, Dreps would see his son under the direction of Sheboygan County Human Services, and he would not be allowed to have violent or abusive contact with him and others named in the bond.
The son claims his father has beaten and abused him over the past three years whenever he is angry, leading to an arrest in March.
Online court records show Dreps will face a plea hearing and possible jury trial next month for a child abuse charge.
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Custodial dad, girlfriend bound over for trial in torture-murder of 3-year-old daughter (Holmen, Wisconsin)
We've reported on this case before, but this is the first time I have seen it confirmed that dad DYLAN BARTSH was CUSTODIAL.
This is what happens when we strip out social services. Moms with serious illnesses or disabilities are forced to farm out their kids, just like we were still living in the 19th century. This child would never have been in the home of these psychos if the mother had had adequate support.
http://www.winonadailynews.com/news/local/father-girlfriend-bound-over-for-trial-in-toddler-s-death/article_9cb72349-66d6-5950-bd78-d179349e0f7f.html
Father, girlfriend bound over for trial in toddler’s death
Holmen father, girlfriend charged in toddler’s death
A Holmen father and his girlfriend beat a malnourished 3-year-old girl, subjected her to 10-hour timeouts and may have forced her to eat salt
LA CROSSE, Wis. — A phone call from a nurse ripped Sheena Poldoski from her sleep early Oct. 29.
“I remember her words vividly,” Poldoski said during an interview last month. “She said, ‘You need to get ready. You need to come say goodbye to your daughter.’”
Poldoski drove from Hutchinson, Minn., to a La Crosse emergency room, where her 3-year-old daughter clung to life. She grabbed Audryna Bartsh’s tiny body, apologized through sobs and held her daughter until she died on Oct. 31.
The toddler’s father, Dylan Bartsh, 30, and his girlfriend, Jaymie Rundle, 24, subjected the malnourished and dehydrated child to extensive abuse while raising her in their Holmen home until she suffered a seizure early Oct. 28, according to testimony in La Crosse County Circuit Court.
A judge Wednesday bound the couple over for trial on charges of child neglect resulting in death and physical abuse of a child, both as party to the crime. They return to court Tuesday for arraignments.
“I hate them. They’re monsters,” Poldoski said. “I want them to suffer the way my daughter did. I would love an eye for an eye, but that’s not the way it is. I want them in prison for the rest of their lives. I want them to suffer for the rest of their lives.”
Dane County Medical Examiner Vincent Tranchida testified Wednesday that he discovered 22 scrapes and 28 bruises on the toddler’s head, including a black eye, as well as a torn lip and bleeding in her brain.
Audryna had 70 scars on her neck consistent with an adult fingernail. Abrasions, bite marks and 17 injuries consistent with being struck with a wire hanger covered her body.
The child also was dehydrated and emaciated, with cracked lips, sunken ribs and protruding hip bones.
“We’re talking about quite a few days of not being fed enough,” Tranchida said.
The toddler’s sodium level reached 206 — the normal range is 136 to 146 — and the medical examiner could not rule out she was forced to ingest table salt.
Tranchida ruled Audryna’s death a homicide, the result of child abuse.
Bartsh told police he had “checked out” of caring for Audryna and considered her Rundle’s responsibility, Holmen police investigator Crystal Sedevie testified. He said he spanked the toddler after he noticed she was thin but did not seek medical care because he was frightened police would investigate her physical injuries.
Bartsh also said Rundle denied harming the girl when he confronted her, Sedevie testified.
Two other children who lived in the house said the couple spanked Audryna and that Rundle slapped and hit her with a flyswatter, Sedevie said. Police did not see signs of abuse to four other children living in the house.
Bartsh and Rundle took custody of Audryna in May 2013 from Poldoski, her biological mother, although she said she did not forfeit her rights to her child.
Poldoski said a medical condition that required surgeries left her unable to care for Audryna and her son.
“I knew I was having a hard time taking care of my kids. I wanted what was best for them,” she said. “It was the most difficult thing I ever had to do. Clearly, I wish I had never made that decision.
“Do not make me regret this,” Poldoski said she told Bartsh. #She next saw her daughter Oct. 29 in a hospital bed, hooked to ventilators.
“I couldn’t believe they would do that to her,” she said. “I knew they were going to go away for this.”
Poldoski remembers praying for a daughter when she learned she was pregnant in 2010. Audryna was born Aug. 12, 2011, at a healthy 7 pounds, her mother said. She grew into a child drawn to shoes and leopard print.
“She was a little bit of a drama queen,” Poldoski said.
Audryna’s ashes are in a white box on her mother’s dresser. One day, when there’s justice in her daughter’s case, Poldoski plans to hold a celebration of life.
“People say, ‘Be strong,’ but I don’t feel strong. The only thing that keeps me going is my son and knowing one day I’ll see Audryna again,” she said. “I’m so sad. It’s a living nightmare.”
This is what happens when we strip out social services. Moms with serious illnesses or disabilities are forced to farm out their kids, just like we were still living in the 19th century. This child would never have been in the home of these psychos if the mother had had adequate support.
http://www.winonadailynews.com/news/local/father-girlfriend-bound-over-for-trial-in-toddler-s-death/article_9cb72349-66d6-5950-bd78-d179349e0f7f.html
Father, girlfriend bound over for trial in toddler’s death
Holmen father, girlfriend charged in toddler’s death
A Holmen father and his girlfriend beat a malnourished 3-year-old girl, subjected her to 10-hour timeouts and may have forced her to eat salt
LA CROSSE, Wis. — A phone call from a nurse ripped Sheena Poldoski from her sleep early Oct. 29.
“I remember her words vividly,” Poldoski said during an interview last month. “She said, ‘You need to get ready. You need to come say goodbye to your daughter.’”
Poldoski drove from Hutchinson, Minn., to a La Crosse emergency room, where her 3-year-old daughter clung to life. She grabbed Audryna Bartsh’s tiny body, apologized through sobs and held her daughter until she died on Oct. 31.
The toddler’s father, Dylan Bartsh, 30, and his girlfriend, Jaymie Rundle, 24, subjected the malnourished and dehydrated child to extensive abuse while raising her in their Holmen home until she suffered a seizure early Oct. 28, according to testimony in La Crosse County Circuit Court.
A judge Wednesday bound the couple over for trial on charges of child neglect resulting in death and physical abuse of a child, both as party to the crime. They return to court Tuesday for arraignments.
“I hate them. They’re monsters,” Poldoski said. “I want them to suffer the way my daughter did. I would love an eye for an eye, but that’s not the way it is. I want them in prison for the rest of their lives. I want them to suffer for the rest of their lives.”
Dane County Medical Examiner Vincent Tranchida testified Wednesday that he discovered 22 scrapes and 28 bruises on the toddler’s head, including a black eye, as well as a torn lip and bleeding in her brain.
Audryna had 70 scars on her neck consistent with an adult fingernail. Abrasions, bite marks and 17 injuries consistent with being struck with a wire hanger covered her body.
The child also was dehydrated and emaciated, with cracked lips, sunken ribs and protruding hip bones.
“We’re talking about quite a few days of not being fed enough,” Tranchida said.
The toddler’s sodium level reached 206 — the normal range is 136 to 146 — and the medical examiner could not rule out she was forced to ingest table salt.
Tranchida ruled Audryna’s death a homicide, the result of child abuse.
Bartsh told police he had “checked out” of caring for Audryna and considered her Rundle’s responsibility, Holmen police investigator Crystal Sedevie testified. He said he spanked the toddler after he noticed she was thin but did not seek medical care because he was frightened police would investigate her physical injuries.
Bartsh also said Rundle denied harming the girl when he confronted her, Sedevie testified.
Two other children who lived in the house said the couple spanked Audryna and that Rundle slapped and hit her with a flyswatter, Sedevie said. Police did not see signs of abuse to four other children living in the house.
Bartsh and Rundle took custody of Audryna in May 2013 from Poldoski, her biological mother, although she said she did not forfeit her rights to her child.
Poldoski said a medical condition that required surgeries left her unable to care for Audryna and her son.
“I knew I was having a hard time taking care of my kids. I wanted what was best for them,” she said. “It was the most difficult thing I ever had to do. Clearly, I wish I had never made that decision.
“Do not make me regret this,” Poldoski said she told Bartsh. #She next saw her daughter Oct. 29 in a hospital bed, hooked to ventilators.
“I couldn’t believe they would do that to her,” she said. “I knew they were going to go away for this.”
Poldoski remembers praying for a daughter when she learned she was pregnant in 2010. Audryna was born Aug. 12, 2011, at a healthy 7 pounds, her mother said. She grew into a child drawn to shoes and leopard print.
“She was a little bit of a drama queen,” Poldoski said.
Audryna’s ashes are in a white box on her mother’s dresser. One day, when there’s justice in her daughter’s case, Poldoski plans to hold a celebration of life.
“People say, ‘Be strong,’ but I don’t feel strong. The only thing that keeps me going is my son and knowing one day I’ll see Audryna again,” she said. “I’m so sad. It’s a living nightmare.”
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Custodial dad with history of domestic assault charged in abuse death of 3-year-old daughter (La Crosse County, Wisconsin)
So basically Daddy and his girlfriend tortured his 3-year-old daughter to death.
That's sickening enough. But what is left unsaid and unexplained is just as horrifying. Who made the decision to take this little girl away from her mother and give custody to a father with a previous CONVICTION for domestic assault? Let's start seeing names. Because the people who delivered this poor little girl to this vicious freak are just as responsible.
Dad is identified as DYLAN BARTSH.
http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/holmen-father-girlfriend-charged-in-toddler-s-death/article_c8a5d419-617b-5e7c-80a0-7892ac513266.html
Holmen father, girlfriend charged in toddler’s death
19 hours ago • By Anne Jungen
A Holmen father and his girlfriend beat a malnourished 3-year-old girl, subjected her to 10-hour timeouts and may have forced to eat salt before her Oct. 31 death, according to court records.
Prosecutors Tuesday charged Dylan Bartsh, 30, and Jaymie Rundle, 24, with child neglect resulting in death and physical abuse of a child, both as party to the crime, in La Crosse County Circuit Court.
The toddler died at a hospital after a seizure three days earlier, when doctors discovered she was emaciated with bruises, scratches and scarring on her face and body, according to the complaint.
A medical examiner ruled her death a homicide and during autopsy discovered contusions to her head, a black eye, fingernail and bite marks, injuries inflicted by an object similar to a wire hanger and chronic malnutrition and dehydration.
The autopsy also found elevated levels of table salt contributed to her death. The medical examiner could not rule out that she was forced to eat salt after finding injuries to her mouth, cheeks and jaw, the complaint states.
Bartsh and Rundle, who together have other four children, took custody of his daughter in May 2013 from her biological mother.
Bartsh told investigators that his daughter’s life was a “challenge” and that she stopped eating two weeks before her death, according to the complaint. He blamed her sodium levels on PediaSure and Ensure consumption.
The other children reported the couple forced the toddler into timeouts in the shower and spanked the child with a fly swatter, the complaint states.
Bartsh’s mother, who wasn’t allowed to visit her grandchild, told police the victim was put on timeout for 10 hours. The grandmother photographed the child’s injuries.
Bartsh, who lives now in Altura, Minn., is in the Winona County Jail awaiting extradition to Wisconsin. Rundle is housed in the La Crosse County Jail and expected to make her first court appearance Wednesday.
Bartsh was convicted of domestic assault in Winona County District Court in 2008 and 2012, according to court records. The 2008 conviction stemmed from an incident where he was accused of brandishing a steak knife and threatening and hitting a woman in the presence of a small child.
That's sickening enough. But what is left unsaid and unexplained is just as horrifying. Who made the decision to take this little girl away from her mother and give custody to a father with a previous CONVICTION for domestic assault? Let's start seeing names. Because the people who delivered this poor little girl to this vicious freak are just as responsible.
Dad is identified as DYLAN BARTSH.
http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/holmen-father-girlfriend-charged-in-toddler-s-death/article_c8a5d419-617b-5e7c-80a0-7892ac513266.html
Holmen father, girlfriend charged in toddler’s death
19 hours ago • By Anne Jungen
A Holmen father and his girlfriend beat a malnourished 3-year-old girl, subjected her to 10-hour timeouts and may have forced to eat salt before her Oct. 31 death, according to court records.
Prosecutors Tuesday charged Dylan Bartsh, 30, and Jaymie Rundle, 24, with child neglect resulting in death and physical abuse of a child, both as party to the crime, in La Crosse County Circuit Court.
The toddler died at a hospital after a seizure three days earlier, when doctors discovered she was emaciated with bruises, scratches and scarring on her face and body, according to the complaint.
A medical examiner ruled her death a homicide and during autopsy discovered contusions to her head, a black eye, fingernail and bite marks, injuries inflicted by an object similar to a wire hanger and chronic malnutrition and dehydration.
The autopsy also found elevated levels of table salt contributed to her death. The medical examiner could not rule out that she was forced to eat salt after finding injuries to her mouth, cheeks and jaw, the complaint states.
Bartsh and Rundle, who together have other four children, took custody of his daughter in May 2013 from her biological mother.
Bartsh told investigators that his daughter’s life was a “challenge” and that she stopped eating two weeks before her death, according to the complaint. He blamed her sodium levels on PediaSure and Ensure consumption.
The other children reported the couple forced the toddler into timeouts in the shower and spanked the child with a fly swatter, the complaint states.
Bartsh’s mother, who wasn’t allowed to visit her grandchild, told police the victim was put on timeout for 10 hours. The grandmother photographed the child’s injuries.
Bartsh, who lives now in Altura, Minn., is in the Winona County Jail awaiting extradition to Wisconsin. Rundle is housed in the La Crosse County Jail and expected to make her first court appearance Wednesday.
Bartsh was convicted of domestic assault in Winona County District Court in 2008 and 2012, according to court records. The 2008 conviction stemmed from an incident where he was accused of brandishing a steak knife and threatening and hitting a woman in the presence of a small child.
Monday, January 26, 2015
Victims of killer dad identified, father stabbed to death 5-month-old daughter, family friend (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
The mother and her boyfriend were also seriously wounded by the baby's father.
The parents were obviously no longer together, but what custody rights the killer had, if any, are not specified.
Though the victims are finally identified, the killer is still an UNNAMED DAD.
http://fox6now.com/2015/01/26/update-police-id-two-killed-in-stabbing-on-milwaukees-west-side/
IDENTIFIED: Five-month-old baby girl, 39-year-old man stabbed to death near 39th and Clybourn
Posted 11:46 am, January 26, 2015, by Krystle Kacner and Katie DeLong, Updated at 06:19pm, January 26, 2015
MILWAUKEE (WITI) — The victims have been identified in the January 23rd double homicide that occurred near N. 39th and Clybourn. They are five-month-old Kairii Dailey, and 39-year-old Paul Kucharczyk.
Two other victims, a 19-year-old woman (the baby’s mother, Alexia Dailey) and her 22-year-old boyfriend, Christopher Hamilton continue to receive treatment at the hospital.
A 20-year-old man remains in custody for the crime. Charges are expected to be filed in the coming days.
The stabbing incident happened in a duplex near 39th and Clybourn around 8:30 a.m. last Friday.
Police say Kairii Dailey was stabbed and died as she was laying in her crib — allegedly by her father. He’s accused of stabbing three others, including the baby’s mother, Alexia Dailey. Alexia Dailey’s family tells FOX6 News she has already had extensive surgery. She continues to recover at Froedtert Hospital.
The family has established a GoFundMe.com account to raise money for Alexia Dailey’s medical expenses, and Kairii Dailey’s funeral services. Nearly $2,000 has been raised in two days. #Alexia Dailey’s family didn’t want to talk with FOX6 News on camera, but they did release a statement:
“We appreciate the outpouring of support and concern we’ve been receiving. We ask for privacy as we focus on Lexi getting well, and as we begin the recovery process. Please continue to keep our family in your thoughts and prayers.”
Another family in need of prayers and support is that of Paul Kucharczyk. Alexia Dailey’s grandfather says Kucharczyk was Alexia Dailey’s Godfather — and last Friday morning, the family says he was a hero. Dailey’s grandfather says his actions, and that of Alexia Dailey’s current boyfriend, Christopher Hamilton saved the young mother’s life.
Alexia Dailey’s family acknowledges it is a life that’s forever changed, and say as strong as she is, she’ll need help and support as she moves forward — especially as she lays her five-month-old daughter to rest.
Christopher Hamilton’s family tells FOX6 News he could be released from the hospital as soon as Monday, January 26th — but he faces permanent disability in his hands as a result of his injuries. His family has established a GoFundMe.com account in his honor.
Again — charges are expected against the 20-year-old suspect in the coming days.
Police say this was a case that involved domestic violence — and encouraged those who are experiencing domestic violence, or know someone who is to seek help.
Milwaukee’s Sojourner Family Peace Center helps thousands victims of domestic abuse every year.
The Sojourner Family Peace Center is the largest non-profit provider of domestic violence prevention and intervention services in Wisconsin.
Sojourner provides an array of support aimed at helping families affected by domestic violence to achieve safety, justice and well-being.
On its website, the Sojourner Family Peace Center says its primary goals are to ensure the safety of victims of family violence, and provide a pathway out of violence for victims and abusers through opportunities to make positive and lasting changes for themselves and their children.
The Sojourner Family Peace Center offers Sojourner Truth — an emergency domestic violence shelter for women and children.
The 46-bed emergency shelter offers a safe respite for battered women, sexual assault victims and their children.
The Sojourner Family Peace Center also offers a 24-Hour Domestic Violence Hotline that can help callers of all ages.
All calls are confidential.
Also available via the Sojourner Family Peace Center — support groups held in confidential locations.
The Sojourner Family Peace Center can also help you file a restraining order.
If you need help, or you know someone who does — contact the Sojourner Family Peace Center at 414-933-2722.
Another resource for domestic violence victims is the Milwaukee Women’s Center.
Founded in 1980, the Milwaukee Women’s Center provides comprehensive services and treatment for women, men, and children whose lives have been affected by domestic violence, addiction, mental health issues, and poverty.
In June 2007, to ensure the continuation of critical domestic violence resources in Milwaukee County, the Milwaukee Women’s Center became a Division of Community Advocates.
Each year, more than 1,000 women, men, and children benefit from direct intervention, treatment, and prevention services, while more than 12,000 individuals receive assistance through the 24-Hour Crisis Line and community education programs.
The Milwaukee Women’s Center operates one of only two domestic violence shelters for women and children in Milwaukee County.
In addition to the shelter, the Milwaukee Women’s Center offers comprehensive programming for the entire family, with the goal of ending the cycle of violence, abuse, and addiction that grips so many families for generations.
If you or someone you know is in need of emergency shelter or help with domestic abuse or other issues, please call the Milwaukee Women’s Center at 414-671-6140.
The parents were obviously no longer together, but what custody rights the killer had, if any, are not specified.
Though the victims are finally identified, the killer is still an UNNAMED DAD.
http://fox6now.com/2015/01/26/update-police-id-two-killed-in-stabbing-on-milwaukees-west-side/
IDENTIFIED: Five-month-old baby girl, 39-year-old man stabbed to death near 39th and Clybourn
Posted 11:46 am, January 26, 2015, by Krystle Kacner and Katie DeLong, Updated at 06:19pm, January 26, 2015
MILWAUKEE (WITI) — The victims have been identified in the January 23rd double homicide that occurred near N. 39th and Clybourn. They are five-month-old Kairii Dailey, and 39-year-old Paul Kucharczyk.
Two other victims, a 19-year-old woman (the baby’s mother, Alexia Dailey) and her 22-year-old boyfriend, Christopher Hamilton continue to receive treatment at the hospital.
A 20-year-old man remains in custody for the crime. Charges are expected to be filed in the coming days.
The stabbing incident happened in a duplex near 39th and Clybourn around 8:30 a.m. last Friday.
Police say Kairii Dailey was stabbed and died as she was laying in her crib — allegedly by her father. He’s accused of stabbing three others, including the baby’s mother, Alexia Dailey. Alexia Dailey’s family tells FOX6 News she has already had extensive surgery. She continues to recover at Froedtert Hospital.
The family has established a GoFundMe.com account to raise money for Alexia Dailey’s medical expenses, and Kairii Dailey’s funeral services. Nearly $2,000 has been raised in two days. #Alexia Dailey’s family didn’t want to talk with FOX6 News on camera, but they did release a statement:
“We appreciate the outpouring of support and concern we’ve been receiving. We ask for privacy as we focus on Lexi getting well, and as we begin the recovery process. Please continue to keep our family in your thoughts and prayers.”
Another family in need of prayers and support is that of Paul Kucharczyk. Alexia Dailey’s grandfather says Kucharczyk was Alexia Dailey’s Godfather — and last Friday morning, the family says he was a hero. Dailey’s grandfather says his actions, and that of Alexia Dailey’s current boyfriend, Christopher Hamilton saved the young mother’s life.
Alexia Dailey’s family acknowledges it is a life that’s forever changed, and say as strong as she is, she’ll need help and support as she moves forward — especially as she lays her five-month-old daughter to rest.
Christopher Hamilton’s family tells FOX6 News he could be released from the hospital as soon as Monday, January 26th — but he faces permanent disability in his hands as a result of his injuries. His family has established a GoFundMe.com account in his honor.
Again — charges are expected against the 20-year-old suspect in the coming days.
Police say this was a case that involved domestic violence — and encouraged those who are experiencing domestic violence, or know someone who is to seek help.
Milwaukee’s Sojourner Family Peace Center helps thousands victims of domestic abuse every year.
The Sojourner Family Peace Center is the largest non-profit provider of domestic violence prevention and intervention services in Wisconsin.
Sojourner provides an array of support aimed at helping families affected by domestic violence to achieve safety, justice and well-being.
On its website, the Sojourner Family Peace Center says its primary goals are to ensure the safety of victims of family violence, and provide a pathway out of violence for victims and abusers through opportunities to make positive and lasting changes for themselves and their children.
The Sojourner Family Peace Center offers Sojourner Truth — an emergency domestic violence shelter for women and children.
The 46-bed emergency shelter offers a safe respite for battered women, sexual assault victims and their children.
The Sojourner Family Peace Center also offers a 24-Hour Domestic Violence Hotline that can help callers of all ages.
All calls are confidential.
Also available via the Sojourner Family Peace Center — support groups held in confidential locations.
The Sojourner Family Peace Center can also help you file a restraining order.
If you need help, or you know someone who does — contact the Sojourner Family Peace Center at 414-933-2722.
Another resource for domestic violence victims is the Milwaukee Women’s Center.
Founded in 1980, the Milwaukee Women’s Center provides comprehensive services and treatment for women, men, and children whose lives have been affected by domestic violence, addiction, mental health issues, and poverty.
In June 2007, to ensure the continuation of critical domestic violence resources in Milwaukee County, the Milwaukee Women’s Center became a Division of Community Advocates.
Each year, more than 1,000 women, men, and children benefit from direct intervention, treatment, and prevention services, while more than 12,000 individuals receive assistance through the 24-Hour Crisis Line and community education programs.
The Milwaukee Women’s Center operates one of only two domestic violence shelters for women and children in Milwaukee County.
In addition to the shelter, the Milwaukee Women’s Center offers comprehensive programming for the entire family, with the goal of ending the cycle of violence, abuse, and addiction that grips so many families for generations.
If you or someone you know is in need of emergency shelter or help with domestic abuse or other issues, please call the Milwaukee Women’s Center at 414-671-6140.
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Dad arrested in stabbing death of 6-month-old daughter; mom wounded (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
The father and the mother were obviously no longer together, since the mother' boyfriend was also wounded. Whether the UNNAMED DAD had legal custody/visitation is not explained, nor why he had access.
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/crime/3662884-wisconsin-father-accused-stabbing-infant-daughter-death
Wisconsin father accused of stabbing infant daughter to death
By Mark Guarino, Reuters Today at 3:46 p.m.
A Wisconsin man is suspected of stabbing his 5-month-old daughter to death in her crib on Friday and killing a family friend in a violent attack in which two other people were wounded, including the child's mother, Milwaukee police said.
The baby's 19-year-old mother and her 22-year-old boyfriend, who is not the child's father, suffered stab wounds and are being treated in a local hospital, while a 39-year-old family friend was stabbed to death, according to police.
Police said they arrested a man who they found in a bathroom of the Milwaukee apartment where the attack occurred suffering from superficial stab wounds. He is identified as the father of the child.
"We are not seeking any other suspects," Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn told reporters, adding that the investigation was ongoing and that the wounded couple had "recently established a relationship."
Police did not identify the suspect.
Flynn said homicides have spiked in Milwaukee so far this year, with 13 homicides recorded in January compared to just one by this time a year ago.
A call and email to a Milwaukee Police spokesman was not immediately returned.
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/crime/3662884-wisconsin-father-accused-stabbing-infant-daughter-death
Wisconsin father accused of stabbing infant daughter to death
By Mark Guarino, Reuters Today at 3:46 p.m.
A Wisconsin man is suspected of stabbing his 5-month-old daughter to death in her crib on Friday and killing a family friend in a violent attack in which two other people were wounded, including the child's mother, Milwaukee police said.
The baby's 19-year-old mother and her 22-year-old boyfriend, who is not the child's father, suffered stab wounds and are being treated in a local hospital, while a 39-year-old family friend was stabbed to death, according to police.
Police said they arrested a man who they found in a bathroom of the Milwaukee apartment where the attack occurred suffering from superficial stab wounds. He is identified as the father of the child.
"We are not seeking any other suspects," Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn told reporters, adding that the investigation was ongoing and that the wounded couple had "recently established a relationship."
Police did not identify the suspect.
Flynn said homicides have spiked in Milwaukee so far this year, with 13 homicides recorded in January compared to just one by this time a year ago.
A call and email to a Milwaukee Police spokesman was not immediately returned.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Dad charged with 1st-degree reckless homicide in death of 4-month-old daughter bound out for trial (Green Bay, Wisconsin)
Dad is identified as QUEONDRAI L. HARRIS. No mention of a mother in the home. Wonder if this is a custody/visitation situation.
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/local/2015/01/07/queondrai-farris-charged-in-infant-daughters-death-to-face-trial/21395123/
Dad charged in infant daughter's death to face trial
Nathan Phelps, Press-Gazette Media 1:21 p.m. CST January 7, 2015
A 20-year-old man charged in connection to the death of his infant daughter in Green Bay last year is being bound over for trial.
Queondrai L. Farris was charged last month with with first-degree reckless homicide and physical abuse of a child for the June 25 death of 4-month-old Alesana Farris.
At a preliminary hearing on Wednesday, a Brown County Circuit Court commissioner determined there was probable cause for the charges and ordered Farris bound over for trial.
Prosecutors contend Alesana Farris died from "compressional asphyxia" at the hands of her father in a residence at 1251 University Ave. on the city's east side. Medical examiners said the girl had evidence of healing fractures to her ribs, which may indicate "an abusive event at least one week prior to the incident."
Farris told police he held the girl in his arms and pressed her face into his chest and shirt until the girl stopped crying, according to court documents.
During the hearing, a Green Bay Police Department detective said at one point during an interview with Farris "he looked at me said 'I killed my baby.'"
Farris is due back in court Jan. 23.
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/local/2015/01/07/queondrai-farris-charged-in-infant-daughters-death-to-face-trial/21395123/
Dad charged in infant daughter's death to face trial
Nathan Phelps, Press-Gazette Media 1:21 p.m. CST January 7, 2015
A 20-year-old man charged in connection to the death of his infant daughter in Green Bay last year is being bound over for trial.
Queondrai L. Farris was charged last month with with first-degree reckless homicide and physical abuse of a child for the June 25 death of 4-month-old Alesana Farris.
At a preliminary hearing on Wednesday, a Brown County Circuit Court commissioner determined there was probable cause for the charges and ordered Farris bound over for trial.
Prosecutors contend Alesana Farris died from "compressional asphyxia" at the hands of her father in a residence at 1251 University Ave. on the city's east side. Medical examiners said the girl had evidence of healing fractures to her ribs, which may indicate "an abusive event at least one week prior to the incident."
Farris told police he held the girl in his arms and pressed her face into his chest and shirt until the girl stopped crying, according to court documents.
During the hearing, a Green Bay Police Department detective said at one point during an interview with Farris "he looked at me said 'I killed my baby.'"
Farris is due back in court Jan. 23.
Monday, January 5, 2015
Dad convicted of crushing skull of 8-week-old daughter (La Crosse County, Wisconsin)
Once again, no mention of a mother in the home or anywhere else. Was there one?
Dad is identified as ROBERT SCHMIDT.
http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/father-convicted-of-abusing-infant-daughter/article_2dcf6c33-3b96-5d05-8548-4d4e144667ab.html
Father convicted of abusing infant daughter
7 hours ago • By Anne Jungen
A father accused of crushing his infant daughter’s skull was convicted Monday of child abuse after reaching an agreement with prosecutors.
Robert Schmidt, 22, faces three years in prison after he pleaded guilty in La Crosse County Circuit Court to a reduced charge of physical abuse of a child and obstructing officers. Prosecutors agreed not to make a specific recommendation when he is sentenced on Feb. 20.
The 8-week-old girl was brought to a La Crosse emergency room July 14, 2013, with a fractured skull and bleeding brain.
Schmidt, who lived then in Coon Valley, told a social worker the baby hit her head when she rolled over in her bassinet. He later told investigators she hit her head on a table when he got out of bed before claiming he hit her by accident with his elbow when he rolled over in bed.
Schmidt pleaded guilty in March to abusing the child, but a judge later allowed him to withdraw his plea because he wasn’t given enough information about lesser charges that could be available to a jury.
Dad is identified as ROBERT SCHMIDT.
http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/father-convicted-of-abusing-infant-daughter/article_2dcf6c33-3b96-5d05-8548-4d4e144667ab.html
Father convicted of abusing infant daughter
7 hours ago • By Anne Jungen
A father accused of crushing his infant daughter’s skull was convicted Monday of child abuse after reaching an agreement with prosecutors.
Robert Schmidt, 22, faces three years in prison after he pleaded guilty in La Crosse County Circuit Court to a reduced charge of physical abuse of a child and obstructing officers. Prosecutors agreed not to make a specific recommendation when he is sentenced on Feb. 20.
The 8-week-old girl was brought to a La Crosse emergency room July 14, 2013, with a fractured skull and bleeding brain.
Schmidt, who lived then in Coon Valley, told a social worker the baby hit her head when she rolled over in her bassinet. He later told investigators she hit her head on a table when he got out of bed before claiming he hit her by accident with his elbow when he rolled over in bed.
Schmidt pleaded guilty in March to abusing the child, but a judge later allowed him to withdraw his plea because he wasn’t given enough information about lesser charges that could be available to a jury.
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Dad gets jail sentence for breaking arm of 5-month-old son, violating bond conditions (Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin)
A surprisingly high number of "frustrated" fathers manage to break the baby's legs during a diaper change. This one is identified as MARK D. KUEHN.
http://www.wisconsinrapidstribune.com/story/news/crime/2015/01/02/marshfield-man-gets-days-child-abuse/21202061/
Man sentenced for breaking baby's arm
Karen Madden, Daily Tribune Media
5:06 p.m. CST January 2, 2015
WISCONSIN RAPIDS — A 28-year-old Marshfield man authorities say broke a baby's arm in two places was sentenced in Wood County Circuit Court to 120 days in jail.
Mark D. Kuehn was given work release with his jail sentence and placed on three years probation for child abuse. During the sentencing Dec. 15, Wood County Circuit Judge Todd Wolf also ordered Kuehn to pay $654, undergo any counseling deemed necessary and have no contact with the victim. A charge of felony bail jumping was dismissed and read into the record.
According to the criminal complaint, on Sept. 6, a Wood County Human Services employee contacted the Marshfield Police Department regarding an injured baby. A 5-month-old boy was brought into Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital by his parents. The baby had two spiral fractures to his left arm.
A doctor told a Marshfield detective that the baby wasn't walking, crawling or pulling himself up yet, according to the complaint. The doctor believed the injuries had to be caused by someone else.
Kuehn, the baby's father, said he had been taking care of his son when the baby began to fuss in the crib. While Kuehn was changing the baby's diaper, the baby kept rolling from side to side. Kuehn said he became frustrated with the baby at one point and grabbed the baby's left arm and pulled it to direct the baby back onto his back, according to the complaint.
Kuehn said he heard a pop in the arm when he pulled it, and the baby began to cry, according to the complaint.
Kuehn was out on bond for the child abuse case when authorities learned he was having contact with the baby, according to court documents. The contact was in violation of Kuehn's bond conditions, and authorities filed a bail jumping charge against Kuehn.
http://www.wisconsinrapidstribune.com/story/news/crime/2015/01/02/marshfield-man-gets-days-child-abuse/21202061/
Man sentenced for breaking baby's arm
Karen Madden, Daily Tribune Media
5:06 p.m. CST January 2, 2015
WISCONSIN RAPIDS — A 28-year-old Marshfield man authorities say broke a baby's arm in two places was sentenced in Wood County Circuit Court to 120 days in jail.
Mark D. Kuehn was given work release with his jail sentence and placed on three years probation for child abuse. During the sentencing Dec. 15, Wood County Circuit Judge Todd Wolf also ordered Kuehn to pay $654, undergo any counseling deemed necessary and have no contact with the victim. A charge of felony bail jumping was dismissed and read into the record.
According to the criminal complaint, on Sept. 6, a Wood County Human Services employee contacted the Marshfield Police Department regarding an injured baby. A 5-month-old boy was brought into Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital by his parents. The baby had two spiral fractures to his left arm.
A doctor told a Marshfield detective that the baby wasn't walking, crawling or pulling himself up yet, according to the complaint. The doctor believed the injuries had to be caused by someone else.
Kuehn, the baby's father, said he had been taking care of his son when the baby began to fuss in the crib. While Kuehn was changing the baby's diaper, the baby kept rolling from side to side. Kuehn said he became frustrated with the baby at one point and grabbed the baby's left arm and pulled it to direct the baby back onto his back, according to the complaint.
Kuehn said he heard a pop in the arm when he pulled it, and the baby began to cry, according to the complaint.
Kuehn was out on bond for the child abuse case when authorities learned he was having contact with the baby, according to court documents. The contact was in violation of Kuehn's bond conditions, and authorities filed a bail jumping charge against Kuehn.
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Dad to be sentenced for abusing 11-week-old baby; infant had multiple fractures (Marshfield, Wisconsin)
Dad is identified as SEBASTIAN SUCHOMEL.
http://www.wsaw.com/news/headlines/Marshfield-Man-to-be-Sentenced-in-Child-Abuse-Case-286250061.html
Marshfield Man to be Sentenced in Child Abuse Case
Updated: Thu 12:21 PM, Dec 18, 2014
By: WSAW Staff
A 22-year-old Marshfield man convicted of abusing a then 11-week-old child is scheduled to find out how long he'll spend behind bars in February.
Sebastian Suchomel reached a plea deal with prosecutor Wednesday. He pleaded guilty to once count of child abuse, as result another was dismissed but will be considered during sentencing.
According to the criminal complaint, an investigation began Oct. 24, 2013. The child was examined at the Marshfield Clinic on Nov. 7, 2013 and found to have multiple fractures.
According to court documents, a doctor described the child's injuries as non-accidental. The infant had two fractures to its left arm, three fractured ribs, and a possible fracture to its leg. The doctor said the injures to its limbs may have been the result of pulling or yanking. The injuries to the ribs may have been the result of squeezing or pushing on the chest captivity.
Suchomel, the baby's father, said he may have swaddled the baby too tightly. He also stated when the child was about a month old, he grabbed the baby's left arm and leg and flipped the baby over. According to the criminal complaint, that's when Suchomel said he heard a pop and the child's arm when limp, and continued to be limp.
Suchomel remains in custody in the Wood County Jail. He remains behind bars on a $10,000 cash bond.
A sentencing has been scheduled for Feb. 20.
http://www.wsaw.com/news/headlines/Marshfield-Man-to-be-Sentenced-in-Child-Abuse-Case-286250061.html
Marshfield Man to be Sentenced in Child Abuse Case
Updated: Thu 12:21 PM, Dec 18, 2014
By: WSAW Staff
A 22-year-old Marshfield man convicted of abusing a then 11-week-old child is scheduled to find out how long he'll spend behind bars in February.
Sebastian Suchomel reached a plea deal with prosecutor Wednesday. He pleaded guilty to once count of child abuse, as result another was dismissed but will be considered during sentencing.
According to the criminal complaint, an investigation began Oct. 24, 2013. The child was examined at the Marshfield Clinic on Nov. 7, 2013 and found to have multiple fractures.
According to court documents, a doctor described the child's injuries as non-accidental. The infant had two fractures to its left arm, three fractured ribs, and a possible fracture to its leg. The doctor said the injures to its limbs may have been the result of pulling or yanking. The injuries to the ribs may have been the result of squeezing or pushing on the chest captivity.
Suchomel, the baby's father, said he may have swaddled the baby too tightly. He also stated when the child was about a month old, he grabbed the baby's left arm and leg and flipped the baby over. According to the criminal complaint, that's when Suchomel said he heard a pop and the child's arm when limp, and continued to be limp.
Suchomel remains in custody in the Wood County Jail. He remains behind bars on a $10,000 cash bond.
A sentencing has been scheduled for Feb. 20.
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Dad charged with reckless homicide in death of 4-month-old daughter (Green Bay, Wisconsin)
Dad is identified as QUEONDRAI LEONDARUS. No word on what happened to the mother.
http://www.wqow.com/story/27631777/father-charged-in-death-of-4-month-old
Father charged in death of 4-month-old
Posted: Dec 15, 2014 1:40 PM EST Updated: Dec 15, 2014 9:25 PM EST
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Green Bay police say a 20-year-old man is charged with the death of his infant daughter.
Queondrai Leondarus (KWEN'-dray lee-on-DAYR'-us) Farris is facing two felony counts - first-degree reckless homicide and reckless child abuse in the death of 4-month-old Aesana Farris last summer.
WLUK-TV reports police and paramedics were called to a home June 25 and found the lifeless child. An autopsy showed she had died of "compressional asphyxia." Farris says he was trying to keep the baby quiet and held her head to his chest. A complaint says he told investigators the death was an accident.
According to Press-Gazette Media, Green Bay police say Farris, who is listed as homeless, was arrested Friday in Milwaukee after he was charged that day in Brown County.
http://www.wqow.com/story/27631777/father-charged-in-death-of-4-month-old
Father charged in death of 4-month-old
Posted: Dec 15, 2014 1:40 PM EST Updated: Dec 15, 2014 9:25 PM EST
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Green Bay police say a 20-year-old man is charged with the death of his infant daughter.
Queondrai Leondarus (KWEN'-dray lee-on-DAYR'-us) Farris is facing two felony counts - first-degree reckless homicide and reckless child abuse in the death of 4-month-old Aesana Farris last summer.
WLUK-TV reports police and paramedics were called to a home June 25 and found the lifeless child. An autopsy showed she had died of "compressional asphyxia." Farris says he was trying to keep the baby quiet and held her head to his chest. A complaint says he told investigators the death was an accident.
According to Press-Gazette Media, Green Bay police say Farris, who is listed as homeless, was arrested Friday in Milwaukee after he was charged that day in Brown County.
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