Update to the killer dad and custody list.
Beware of any dad who suddenly decides he "wants" to be a dad--after being ordered to pay child support. Too often the motives are not exactly altruistic. Have not been able to locate any news article reporting the outcome of this trial, unfortunately.
Dad is identified as MICHAEL LESLIE DOLLAR.
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_23811508/man-heads-trial-oroville-toddler-death
Man heads for trial in Oroville toddler death
By BARBARA ARRIGONI-Staff Writer
Posted: 08/07/2013 12:04:18 AM PDT0
OROVILLE -- A Butte County judge Tuesday ordered a 25-year-old Bangor man bound over for trial in an alleged assault on a 16-month-old boy in Oroville that led to his death.
New details emerged in the case Tuesday afternoon when the defendant, Michael Leslie Dollar, appeared before Judge Steven Howell for a preliminary hearing into the death of baby Deagan Jackson, who was reportedly Dollar's son.
Testimony from two police detectives revealed Dollar told the boy's mother several different stories about how Deagan was hurt, that Dollar appeared agitated that day, and that the child's injuries were similar to either a car accident or being struck by a baseball bat.
He originally told police Deagan got hurt playing in a bedroom.
Deagan was injured Nov. 11, 2010, at an apartment in Oroville, where Dollar was living with Amanda Allard and their two children.
Oroville police became involved that day when staff at Oroville Hospital reported an infant was in the emergency room with severe head trauma.
"Baby Deagan" was later flown by helicopter to UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, where he died from the injuries, detective Ron Belser said.
Deagan was born to Sabrina Jackson in June 2009, Belser said. Dollar denied being the boy's father and ordered a paternity test, but after being ordered to pay child support, he decided he wanted to be a father.
Supervising deputy district attorney Michael Sanderson later told the court the paternity test established Dollar as the father and the test was 99.9-percent certain. .
Detective Belser next recounted statements made by Sabrina Jackson about telephone exchanges she had with Dollar on Nov. 11. while Deagan was visiting Dollar.
Dollar allegedly called Jackson around 2:17 p.m., asking her to "come get your kid."
He was angry at the time, but she wasn't able to go retrieve Deagan, Belser said.
When Jackson tried to make arrangements in yet another call, Dollar told her "never mind."
Belser said Dollar called Jackson again at 6 p.m. and told her to go to the emergency room at Oroville Hospital.
According to Belser, Jackson said Dollar was complaining about how long it was taking at the hospital and having to go to work early the next morning.
Both parents were present when Deagan was pronounced dead. Belser testified Jackson told police that Dollar looked at the child and said, "Sorry," and hit a wall as he left the hospital, saying, "This wasn't supposed to happen."
Jackson also heard several different stories about how her son was hurt.
Belser said Dollar first claimed Deagan had fallen from a balcony at the apartment he lived in. A few days later he told Jackson the boy fell down the steps to the apartment. Next, he said Deagan had fallen from a child's bed, and then that he had climbed a book shelf and it had fallen over.
However, Belser noted the autopsy by pathologist Thomas Resk found Deagan's injuries weren't consistent with any of those scenarios.
The autopsy showed there was blunt-force trauma to the skull. Belser said there were five fractures on the skull and compression fractures on each side of the child's head, allegedly "from being struck more than once with an object or the head being slammed in a door frame."
Belser also said a doctor who treated the child at Oroville Hospital compared Deagan's injuries "to being in an automobile accident or struck with a baseball bat."
Belser and detective Sabrina Ostberg also testified about statements Allard gave police.
Belser said Allard first told police she was in the kitchen with Dollar, cooking, and Deagan was in a bedroom with her son.
She heard crying, and Dollar went to the bedroom to check on it.
"Moments later the crying stopped, and Michael came out holding baby Deagan ..." Belser said.
Ostberg said Allard told her last June that she and Dollar were in the kitchen and the children were going back and forth between rooms.
Allard "tearily" acknowledged Dollar appeared "grumpy, tired and agitated" that day, and that she'd seen him hit a wall and throw a cellphone, Ostberg said.
Ostberg also testified Allard heard a loud cry from the bedroom, allegedly from Dollar, and a "low, soft cry" from Deagan, as well as seeing a lump on the baby's head.
Defense attorney Mark Stapleton asked a few questions about reports and didn't call any witnesses.
Howell ordered Dollar bound over for trial and scheduled an arraignment hearing for 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 27.
According to Sanderson, the District Attorney's Office has offered a plea bargain with a charge of second-degree murder. The offer remains open until the next hearing.
Dollar remains in custody on $1 million bail.
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Dad convicted of capital murder for stabbing-arson deaths of 13-month-old son and his mother; wanted to avoid child support (For Worth, Texas)
A fairly timely update to a case we have been following since 2011. Dad THOMAS OLIVAS was convicted of capital murder in the deaths of his 13-month-old son and the baby's mother--and all because he wanted to avoid child support.
http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/10/02/6169693/jury-begins-deliberation-in-arlington.html
Bedford man convicted of capital murder for killing a girlfriend and their son
Posted Thursday, Oct. 02, 2014
By Mitch Mitchell
FORT WORTH — A Bedford man whose life got complicated because he had children with two girlfriends was convicted of capital murder Thursday for killing one of the women and their son.
Thomas Olivas, 31, was automatically sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for fatally stabbing former girlfriend Mechelle Gandy, 26, of Arlington, and then setting her apartment on fire, which killed their 13-month-old son, Asher Olivas, on March 20, 2011.
Olivas knew that Gandy had been in touch with the Texas attorney general’s office to try to get him to pay child support for Asher, and he was about to be forced to take a paternity test, prosecutor Kevin Rousseau told jurors during the trial that began Sept. 9.
Also, Gandy forwarded nude pictures of Olivas to Rebeca Raudry, the mother of Olivas’ other child, and Raudry confronted Olivas about the pictures, Rousseau said. Olivas told Raudry that Gandy must have hacked his phone and sent the pictures, but Raudry said she didn’t believe him, so Olivas threw her and her two children out of the house in the middle of the night, Rousseau said.
These events infuriated Olivas, but there was no reason to kill Asher, Rousseau said.
“There are two human beings who have been erased from the face of the planet,” Rousseau said. “That baby could have never pointed a finger at anybody. He owed that baby money. Don’t let him go.”
On the night of March 20, 2011, emergency responders to a fire call at apartments in the 2200 block of President’s Corner Drive in north Arlington quickly found Gandy, who had been stabbed several times. Several hours later, they found Asher in the debris near his burned up crib. He died of burns, the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office reported.
“This man called Asher ‘the devil’s child’ and repeatedly asked Mechelle to get an abortion, to destroy Asher,” said prosecutor Tamla Ray. “He claimed to acknowledge Asher as his son but didn’t want Asher to have his last name.”
Prosecutors were not seeking the death penalty.
Olivas’ attorneys said no physical evidence tied him to the two deaths. The indictment against Olivas was a result of tunnel vision by investigators who failed to develop alternative theories or suspects in these murders, according to Joetta Keene and Tim Moore.
Keene said investigators could have built a case against Raudry just as easily as they built a case against Olivas using circumstantial evidence and innuendo. Burglars could have come into Gandy’s apartment and set the fire to destroy evidence, Keene said. Gandy’s wallet was missing and there were pry marks on the back door of her apartment, Keene said.
“Ladies and gentlemen, the presumption of innocence alone is enough to exonerate Thomas,” Keene said.
http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/10/02/6169693/jury-begins-deliberation-in-arlington.html
Bedford man convicted of capital murder for killing a girlfriend and their son
Posted Thursday, Oct. 02, 2014
By Mitch Mitchell
FORT WORTH — A Bedford man whose life got complicated because he had children with two girlfriends was convicted of capital murder Thursday for killing one of the women and their son.
Thomas Olivas, 31, was automatically sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for fatally stabbing former girlfriend Mechelle Gandy, 26, of Arlington, and then setting her apartment on fire, which killed their 13-month-old son, Asher Olivas, on March 20, 2011.
Olivas knew that Gandy had been in touch with the Texas attorney general’s office to try to get him to pay child support for Asher, and he was about to be forced to take a paternity test, prosecutor Kevin Rousseau told jurors during the trial that began Sept. 9.
Also, Gandy forwarded nude pictures of Olivas to Rebeca Raudry, the mother of Olivas’ other child, and Raudry confronted Olivas about the pictures, Rousseau said. Olivas told Raudry that Gandy must have hacked his phone and sent the pictures, but Raudry said she didn’t believe him, so Olivas threw her and her two children out of the house in the middle of the night, Rousseau said.
These events infuriated Olivas, but there was no reason to kill Asher, Rousseau said.
“There are two human beings who have been erased from the face of the planet,” Rousseau said. “That baby could have never pointed a finger at anybody. He owed that baby money. Don’t let him go.”
On the night of March 20, 2011, emergency responders to a fire call at apartments in the 2200 block of President’s Corner Drive in north Arlington quickly found Gandy, who had been stabbed several times. Several hours later, they found Asher in the debris near his burned up crib. He died of burns, the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office reported.
“This man called Asher ‘the devil’s child’ and repeatedly asked Mechelle to get an abortion, to destroy Asher,” said prosecutor Tamla Ray. “He claimed to acknowledge Asher as his son but didn’t want Asher to have his last name.”
Prosecutors were not seeking the death penalty.
Olivas’ attorneys said no physical evidence tied him to the two deaths. The indictment against Olivas was a result of tunnel vision by investigators who failed to develop alternative theories or suspects in these murders, according to Joetta Keene and Tim Moore.
Keene said investigators could have built a case against Raudry just as easily as they built a case against Olivas using circumstantial evidence and innuendo. Burglars could have come into Gandy’s apartment and set the fire to destroy evidence, Keene said. Gandy’s wallet was missing and there were pry marks on the back door of her apartment, Keene said.
“Ladies and gentlemen, the presumption of innocence alone is enough to exonerate Thomas,” Keene said.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Dad charged with manslaughter in death of 3-year-old son during court-ordered visitation (Prince George County, Maryland)
We've posted on this case before. Earlier articles merely stated that the death took place during a visit. Now we see that the visit was in fact COURT-ORDERED. Who was responsible for sending this toddler into the home of his killer?
http://thegrio.com/2014/05/20/father-charged-in-3-year-old-sons-death-from-drug-overdose/
Father charged in 3-year-old son’s death from drug overdose
by Carrie Healey | May 20, 2014 at 11:20 AM
A Maryland father is facing manslaughter and first-degree child abuse charges after authorities say he gave his three-year-old son a fatal combination of drugs, including cocaine.
Prince Georges County police say Thomas E. Holland took the toddler to United Medical Center in Southeast Washington in January, where the boy was pronounced dead.
A toxicology report concluded the child’s cause of death was linked to toxic levels of drugs, including cocaine, acetaminophen and codeine, reports NBC Washington.
“Those results are showing there was such a concentration of [the] four drugs that our detectives and medical examiners believe there is no chance this child could have accidentally ingested them,” Lt. William Alexander, a spokesman for Prince George’s County Police, told the Washington Post.
The boy’s death occurred shortly after Holland had a court-ordered visit with him.
The Washington Post reports the boy’s mother had been seeking unpaid child support from Holland and that the 38-year-old denied being his father and did not attend the child’s funeral.
“It’s the most horrific and the most terrible thing I’ve ever experienced,” the boy’s great-grandfather Maurice Gaither told NBC.
http://thegrio.com/2014/05/20/father-charged-in-3-year-old-sons-death-from-drug-overdose/
Father charged in 3-year-old son’s death from drug overdose
by Carrie Healey | May 20, 2014 at 11:20 AM
A Maryland father is facing manslaughter and first-degree child abuse charges after authorities say he gave his three-year-old son a fatal combination of drugs, including cocaine.
Prince Georges County police say Thomas E. Holland took the toddler to United Medical Center in Southeast Washington in January, where the boy was pronounced dead.
A toxicology report concluded the child’s cause of death was linked to toxic levels of drugs, including cocaine, acetaminophen and codeine, reports NBC Washington.
“Those results are showing there was such a concentration of [the] four drugs that our detectives and medical examiners believe there is no chance this child could have accidentally ingested them,” Lt. William Alexander, a spokesman for Prince George’s County Police, told the Washington Post.
The boy’s death occurred shortly after Holland had a court-ordered visit with him.
The Washington Post reports the boy’s mother had been seeking unpaid child support from Holland and that the 38-year-old denied being his father and did not attend the child’s funeral.
“It’s the most horrific and the most terrible thing I’ve ever experienced,” the boy’s great-grandfather Maurice Gaither told NBC.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Dad on trial for killing mom, 2-year-old son--just 3 weeks after he got a postive paternity test (Mobile, Alabama)
I've sometimes heard the argument that boyfriends and stepdads are at higher risk for violence against the children living in their homes. That may be some justification for this argument in evolutionary biology. However, families involving boyfriends and stepdads also tend--on average--to be families that already have a history of stress and upheavals. And we certainly can't make the argument that a decent father would have no problem about killing children that weren't "his." If he can kill any children, he is NOT a good father or a good human being for that matter.
And then you see cases involving dads like MICHAEL WOOLF. This moron got a positive paternity test showing that his wife's child was "his." But that didn't stop him from "allegedly" shooting to death his wife and their 2-year-old son--three weeks after he got his results.
http://blog.al.com/live/2010/10/third_day_of_testimony_continu.html
Paternity tester says capital murder suspect Michael Woolf was 'nervous, confused'
Published: Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 11:37 AM
Updated: Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 11:54 AM
Katherine Sayre, Press-Register
MOBILE, Alabama -- An employee of a biomedical center in Mobile testified this morning that Michael Woolf arrived at the office upset and confused over paternity test results he'd received 3 weeks earlier.
"He was kind of nervous, confused, and I was shocked he had pulled up," said Jacqueline Dukes, the office manager. "I couldn't figure out why he would be back."
It was March 3, 2008, the day before Woolf shot to death his wife Angel Woolf and 2-year-old son Ayden, prosecutors say.
Michael Woolf took the paternity test in February 2008 after learning that his wife possibly had an affair, but the results showed -- with more than 99 percent certainty -- that Woolf was the boy's father with more than 99 percent certainty, according to testimony.
Today is the third day of testimony in Woolf's trial. He faces 2 counts of capital murder, punishable by life in prison or the death penalty.
Prosecutors argue that Woolf had grown obsessed with whether Ayden was his biological son, despite the positive test results.
"He was just worried about other people saying things about the paternity of the child, questioning the paternity," Dukes testified. "I was telling him, 'Don't worry about it. You have our results. You know what they say, and we've explained that to you.'"
Dukes said Woolf made her nervous, and she decided to keep him in the front area rather than take him to an office in the back.
As he walked out the door, Dukes testified, Woolf said "just pray for me."
The defense says Woolf accidentally shot his son, then in a "heat of passion" moment, shot his wife, which would constitute the lesser charge of manslaughter.
Testimony is continuing today in Mobile County Circuit Judge Joseph Johnston's courtroom.
And then you see cases involving dads like MICHAEL WOOLF. This moron got a positive paternity test showing that his wife's child was "his." But that didn't stop him from "allegedly" shooting to death his wife and their 2-year-old son--three weeks after he got his results.
http://blog.al.com/live/2010/10/third_day_of_testimony_continu.html
Paternity tester says capital murder suspect Michael Woolf was 'nervous, confused'
Published: Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 11:37 AM
Updated: Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 11:54 AM
Katherine Sayre, Press-Register
MOBILE, Alabama -- An employee of a biomedical center in Mobile testified this morning that Michael Woolf arrived at the office upset and confused over paternity test results he'd received 3 weeks earlier.
"He was kind of nervous, confused, and I was shocked he had pulled up," said Jacqueline Dukes, the office manager. "I couldn't figure out why he would be back."
It was March 3, 2008, the day before Woolf shot to death his wife Angel Woolf and 2-year-old son Ayden, prosecutors say.
Michael Woolf took the paternity test in February 2008 after learning that his wife possibly had an affair, but the results showed -- with more than 99 percent certainty -- that Woolf was the boy's father with more than 99 percent certainty, according to testimony.
Today is the third day of testimony in Woolf's trial. He faces 2 counts of capital murder, punishable by life in prison or the death penalty.
Prosecutors argue that Woolf had grown obsessed with whether Ayden was his biological son, despite the positive test results.
"He was just worried about other people saying things about the paternity of the child, questioning the paternity," Dukes testified. "I was telling him, 'Don't worry about it. You have our results. You know what they say, and we've explained that to you.'"
Dukes said Woolf made her nervous, and she decided to keep him in the front area rather than take him to an office in the back.
As he walked out the door, Dukes testified, Woolf said "just pray for me."
The defense says Woolf accidentally shot his son, then in a "heat of passion" moment, shot his wife, which would constitute the lesser charge of manslaughter.
Testimony is continuing today in Mobile County Circuit Judge Joseph Johnston's courtroom.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Court rejects killer daddy's appeal: not knowing paternity is no excuse (New Delhi, India)
The paternity card is red herring. So what if RAJKUMAR wasn't the baby's father--that somehow justifies taking a 15-day-old infant and smashing her head into the wall? These killer freaks are perfectly capable of violence on any child, whether it's "theirs" or not. And a DNA test isn't going to moderate their essential contempt for other human beings.
http://www.mynews.in/News/test_could_have_confirmed_childs_paternity_court_tells_killer_father_N97686.html
Test could have confirmed child's paternity, court tells killer father
Test could have confirmed child's paternity, court tells killer father ,
Posted On: 07-Oct-2010 08:38:29
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Gone are the days when it was said that maternity is a fact but paternity is a matter of opinion, the Supreme Court has said pointing out that with DNA test, the fact of both paternity and maternity can be established.
The court said this while dismissing a man's plea that he killed his infant daughter as he suspected someone else to be her father.
'If you had doubts about the paternity of the child you could have got it established through DNA test,' said an apex court bench of Justice Markandey Katju and Justice T.S. Thakur while dismissing Monday a petition filed by Rajkumar, who was awarded life sentence for the killing.
The incident took place March 13, 2009. Rajkumar was awarded life imprisonment by a fast track court in Tamil Nadu Nov 12, 2009. His appeal against the trial court verdict was dismissed by Madras High Court March 18, 2010.
He moved the apex court against the high court decision.
Rajkumar snatched his 15-day-old baby girl from her mother Santhi, held the child by her legs and smashed her head on a wall, causing her death in Erode.
When counsel B. Balaji, appearing for Rajkumar, said that it was not the intention of his client to kill the child, the court said: 'You hit the 15-day-old child on the wall and smashed her skull and yet you say that you had no intention of killing the child'.
'You have behaved like a modern day 'Kansa' (a mythological king),' said Justice Katju.
http://www.mynews.in/News/test_could_have_confirmed_childs_paternity_court_tells_killer_father_N97686.html
Test could have confirmed child's paternity, court tells killer father
Test could have confirmed child's paternity, court tells killer father ,
Posted On: 07-Oct-2010 08:38:29
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Gone are the days when it was said that maternity is a fact but paternity is a matter of opinion, the Supreme Court has said pointing out that with DNA test, the fact of both paternity and maternity can be established.
The court said this while dismissing a man's plea that he killed his infant daughter as he suspected someone else to be her father.
'If you had doubts about the paternity of the child you could have got it established through DNA test,' said an apex court bench of Justice Markandey Katju and Justice T.S. Thakur while dismissing Monday a petition filed by Rajkumar, who was awarded life sentence for the killing.
The incident took place March 13, 2009. Rajkumar was awarded life imprisonment by a fast track court in Tamil Nadu Nov 12, 2009. His appeal against the trial court verdict was dismissed by Madras High Court March 18, 2010.
He moved the apex court against the high court decision.
Rajkumar snatched his 15-day-old baby girl from her mother Santhi, held the child by her legs and smashed her head on a wall, causing her death in Erode.
When counsel B. Balaji, appearing for Rajkumar, said that it was not the intention of his client to kill the child, the court said: 'You hit the 15-day-old child on the wall and smashed her skull and yet you say that you had no intention of killing the child'.
'You have behaved like a modern day 'Kansa' (a mythological king),' said Justice Katju.
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