Typical Clueless Daddy defense. He was the victim of the step!
BS. Was she holding a gun to his head or something? Beating him up? Ridiculous.
More importantly, who gave this vicious abusive rapist father custody, and left the mother with periodic "access visits"?
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/father-and-stepmother-of-boy-and-girl-stand-trial-accused-of-whipping-caging-tormenting-and-sexually-abusing-children-for-two-years/news-story/2bef266de29596e21e8c67a45e168c5a
Father and stepmother of boy and girl stand trial accused of whipping, caging, tormenting and sexual abuse for two years
Chief Court Reporter Sean Fewster, The Advertiser
July 6, 2016 7:56am
TWO children were tied to trees, locked in cages, had their fingers slammed in car doors and whipped by a father and stepmother who recorded their suffering, a court has heard.
A District Court jury has been told the girl, now 9, and her brother, now 7, were also sexually abused by their father during years of torment on a remote regional property.
Amelia Cairney, prosecuting, told jurors they would see photographs taken, and recordings made, by the father and stepmother of the abuse they inflicted upon the children.
“The prosecution case is that, while living with the accused, the young lives of this girl and boy were tormented with regular, and often prolonged, acts of violence and neglect,” she said.
“This ongoing abuse, along with sexual abuse, resulted in an environment of fear and degradation on the part of the children.”
The father and stepmother, who cannot be named, have pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of assault and false imprisonment.
The father has also denied sexually assaulting both children on multiple occasions.
Opening the trial, Ms Cairney said the children lived with their father and his partner on a rural property between 2011 and 2013.
She said that, when the children were not on access visits with their biological mother, the children suffered due to the stepmother’s “bad influence” on their father.
“The girl said the stepmother would get angry and say ‘do something to the girl’ or ‘do something to the boy’,” she said.
“When the father slammed their fingers in the car door, the stepmother told him to do this ... after, the children were told to walk home.”
Ms Cairney said the girl would give evidence of nights spent locked in a birdcage and in the garage, and of being tied up and gagged while her father took photographs.
“(One day) the father said ‘you are going in the tree’ ... she said ‘no, please’ (but) he walked her to the tree, lifted her up and tied her to the tree by the neck with a rope,” she said.
“She was not able to touch the ground and her hands and feet were tied as well ... he came back an hour later and said ‘have you learned your lesson?’.”
She said the boy would give evidence of being struck with a wooden bed slat, his father’s belt and being hit five times with a stock whip, leaving visible scars on his body.
“You will hear an audio recording, made by the father, of him tormenting and physically assaulting the boy,” she said.
“A female voice can be heard in the background — the prosecution says that is the stepmother.”
The trial, before Judge Sophie David and a 14-member jury, is expected to run for three weeks.
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Showing posts with label sexual abuse. Show all posts
Monday, July 11, 2016
Dad, step charged with abusing 2-year old; dad had previously served time for killing, sexually abusing 18-month old. Why was he allowed access? (Fayetteville, North Carolina)
Where to even start with this story? Many unanswered questions.
Why was a man who murdered and raped an 18-month-old child not behind bars permanently? Only 10 years served? Pretty outrageous.
Why was a father with this kind of history allowed any access to a child at all? Who allowed it or ordered it? The family courts?
Of course, the custody/visitation angle to this story was buried when the step was misidentified as the mother. Happens a lot.
Dad is identified as JIMMY TYRONE BALDWIN.
http://www.wral.com/nc-man-imprisoned-for-child-abuse-previously-charged-again/15838367/
NC man imprisoned for child abuse previously charged again
Posted 4:32 p.m. Friday Updated 4:35 p.m. Friday
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A man who served time for the death and sexual assault of an 18-month-old faces charges of abusing his own child, as does the toddler's stepmother.
Fayetteville police said in a news release Friday that 38-year-old Jimmy Tyrone Baldwin and 25-year-old Chaka Baldwin are each charged with felonious child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury.
Police say the child's biological mother brought the 2-year-old to a hospital on June 11 after she received the child back from Jimmy Baldwin, the child's father. The child has been released from the hospital.
Jimmy Baldwin was released from prison in 2008 after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the 1998 death and sexual assault of a child.
He remained in custody Friday under a $250,000 bond. Chaka Baldwin was released on bond. It wasn't clear if either has an attorney.
___ This story has been corrected to show that Chaka Baldwin is the child's stepmother, not the mother.
Why was a man who murdered and raped an 18-month-old child not behind bars permanently? Only 10 years served? Pretty outrageous.
Why was a father with this kind of history allowed any access to a child at all? Who allowed it or ordered it? The family courts?
Of course, the custody/visitation angle to this story was buried when the step was misidentified as the mother. Happens a lot.
Dad is identified as JIMMY TYRONE BALDWIN.
http://www.wral.com/nc-man-imprisoned-for-child-abuse-previously-charged-again/15838367/
NC man imprisoned for child abuse previously charged again
Posted 4:32 p.m. Friday Updated 4:35 p.m. Friday
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A man who served time for the death and sexual assault of an 18-month-old faces charges of abusing his own child, as does the toddler's stepmother.
Fayetteville police said in a news release Friday that 38-year-old Jimmy Tyrone Baldwin and 25-year-old Chaka Baldwin are each charged with felonious child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury.
Police say the child's biological mother brought the 2-year-old to a hospital on June 11 after she received the child back from Jimmy Baldwin, the child's father. The child has been released from the hospital.
Jimmy Baldwin was released from prison in 2008 after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the 1998 death and sexual assault of a child.
He remained in custody Friday under a $250,000 bond. Chaka Baldwin was released on bond. It wasn't clear if either has an attorney.
___ This story has been corrected to show that Chaka Baldwin is the child's stepmother, not the mother.
Monday, June 20, 2016
Custodial dad on death row for killing 2-year-old daughter gets reprieve (Huntsville, Texas)
The real unanswered questions that aren't even posed here. How did a felon father with a
history of alcohol abuse, parole violations with apparently no interest in childrearing get SOLE CUSTODY of a 2-year-old girl? Who was behind this process? Whatever happened to this child' mother? And notice that Daddy had only managed to keep it together for three freaking months before killing (and apparently sexually abusing) the child.
Dad is identified as ROBERT ROBERTSON III.
See the Killer Dads and Custody list for the State of Texas.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/reprieve-for-texas-death-row-inmate-convicted-of-killing-daughter/
Reprieve for death row inmate convicted of killing daughter, 2
Robert Roberson, III / CBS Fort Worth
HUNTSVILLE, Texas - Attorneys who contended "junk science" was used to send a father to death row for killing his 2-year-old daughter 14 years ago have won a reprieve blocking the Texas inmate's execution set for next week.
Robert Roberson III, 49, was set to die Tuesday for the February 2002 death of his daughter, Nikki Curtis, at his home in Palestine in East Texas. But the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals sent his case back to his Anderson County trial court late Thursday to review claims he is innocent of capital murder. There is no timetable for the appeal to be resolved. One judge on the nine-member court, Lawrence Meyers, voted to refuse the reprieve and dismiss the appeal.
Lawyers argued Roberson's conviction was based on "junk science" and "false, misleading and scientifically invalid testimony" and that new scientific evidence establishes he would not have been convicted.
The child had serious head injuries, and Roberson contended she accidentally fell from a bed. Medical staff at a Palestine hospital called police because they considered the injuries suspicious. Physicians who examined her said bruises to her chin, cheek and jaw and a subdural hematoma - bleeding outside her brain but inside her skull - likely were intentional and no accident.
Nikki died the next day, Feb. 1, 2002, and a medical examiner ruled blunt force head injuries as the cause.
Defense attorney Benjamin Wolff told the appeals court that Nikki's death could be attributed to a number of things, such as undiagnosed meningitis, an accidental injury before Roberson began caring for her the day she died, a fall from the bed he didn't see or a fatal congenital condition.
The Anderson County District Attorney's office did not immediately respond to a message left Friday.
According to court records, Nikki had been living with Roberson and his girlfriend, Teddie Cox, for about three months after a court awarded him custody of the child.
Testimony from Cox, who was not the child's mother, showed he had no interest in caring for his daughter, but was her sole caretaker for the first time on Jan. 31, 2002, and was not pleased.
Prosecutors initially said Roberson sexually assaulted the 2-year-old, based on statements from a hospital nurse, but dropped that element of the capital murder charge late in the trial when evidence could not conclusively support it.
"But by then, the damage had been done," Wolff said in Roberson's appeal. "The state used this rank speculation to drive home its view that Robert was not just a poor, mentally impaired father struggling with sobriety, but a deviant - capable of raping and brutally shaking his own daughter to death."
Roberson was a parolee with previous convictions for burglary and theft and parole violations.
At least seven other Texas inmates have executions scheduled for the coming months, including one in July and four in August.
history of alcohol abuse, parole violations with apparently no interest in childrearing get SOLE CUSTODY of a 2-year-old girl? Who was behind this process? Whatever happened to this child' mother? And notice that Daddy had only managed to keep it together for three freaking months before killing (and apparently sexually abusing) the child.
Dad is identified as ROBERT ROBERTSON III.
See the Killer Dads and Custody list for the State of Texas.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/reprieve-for-texas-death-row-inmate-convicted-of-killing-daughter/
Reprieve for death row inmate convicted of killing daughter, 2
Robert Roberson, III / CBS Fort Worth
HUNTSVILLE, Texas - Attorneys who contended "junk science" was used to send a father to death row for killing his 2-year-old daughter 14 years ago have won a reprieve blocking the Texas inmate's execution set for next week.
Robert Roberson III, 49, was set to die Tuesday for the February 2002 death of his daughter, Nikki Curtis, at his home in Palestine in East Texas. But the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals sent his case back to his Anderson County trial court late Thursday to review claims he is innocent of capital murder. There is no timetable for the appeal to be resolved. One judge on the nine-member court, Lawrence Meyers, voted to refuse the reprieve and dismiss the appeal.
Lawyers argued Roberson's conviction was based on "junk science" and "false, misleading and scientifically invalid testimony" and that new scientific evidence establishes he would not have been convicted.
The child had serious head injuries, and Roberson contended she accidentally fell from a bed. Medical staff at a Palestine hospital called police because they considered the injuries suspicious. Physicians who examined her said bruises to her chin, cheek and jaw and a subdural hematoma - bleeding outside her brain but inside her skull - likely were intentional and no accident.
Nikki died the next day, Feb. 1, 2002, and a medical examiner ruled blunt force head injuries as the cause.
Defense attorney Benjamin Wolff told the appeals court that Nikki's death could be attributed to a number of things, such as undiagnosed meningitis, an accidental injury before Roberson began caring for her the day she died, a fall from the bed he didn't see or a fatal congenital condition.
The Anderson County District Attorney's office did not immediately respond to a message left Friday.
According to court records, Nikki had been living with Roberson and his girlfriend, Teddie Cox, for about three months after a court awarded him custody of the child.
Testimony from Cox, who was not the child's mother, showed he had no interest in caring for his daughter, but was her sole caretaker for the first time on Jan. 31, 2002, and was not pleased.
Prosecutors initially said Roberson sexually assaulted the 2-year-old, based on statements from a hospital nurse, but dropped that element of the capital murder charge late in the trial when evidence could not conclusively support it.
"But by then, the damage had been done," Wolff said in Roberson's appeal. "The state used this rank speculation to drive home its view that Robert was not just a poor, mentally impaired father struggling with sobriety, but a deviant - capable of raping and brutally shaking his own daughter to death."
Roberson was a parolee with previous convictions for burglary and theft and parole violations.
At least seven other Texas inmates have executions scheduled for the coming months, including one in July and four in August.
Monday, March 7, 2016
For Domestic Violence Survivors, Family Court Becomes Site of Continued Abuse
Great article at Truthout. Go to link see the rest.
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/35101-for-domestic-violence-survivors-family-court-becomes-site-of-continued-abuse
For Domestic Violence Survivors, Family Court Becomes Site of Continued Abuse
Sunday, 06 March 2016 00:00
By Victoria Law, Truthout | Report
When Kate finally escaped her abusive husband, she thought that the violence and terror were over. What she learned instead is that, when children are involved, escape and safety become even more difficult as abusive ex-partners use child custody and the family court system to continue their harassment and abuse.
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/35101-for-domestic-violence-survivors-family-court-becomes-site-of-continued-abuse
For Domestic Violence Survivors, Family Court Becomes Site of Continued Abuse
Sunday, 06 March 2016 00:00
By Victoria Law, Truthout | Report
When Kate finally escaped her abusive husband, she thought that the violence and terror were over. What she learned instead is that, when children are involved, escape and safety become even more difficult as abusive ex-partners use child custody and the family court system to continue their harassment and abuse.
Judge allows state lawsuit filed by protective mother to go forward (San Francisco, California)
Dad is identified as DANIEL CROCKET.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2016/03/07/scorched-earth-battle-continues-in-norcal.htm
'Scorched-Earth' Battle Continues in NorCal
By PHILIP A. JANQUART
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - A judge dismissed federal, but not state, claims against officials in a Northern California county arising from a "scorched-earth" child custody battle and allegations of government corruption.
U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg on Thursday granted Del Norte County officials' motion for summary judgment on a woman's federal claims of deprivation of familial association, but allowed state claims to proceed.
The lawsuit stems from the allegedly unwarranted seizure of minor twin daughters, Jane Does 1 and 2, and their temporary placement by Child Welfare Services into foster care after their mother took them into a neighboring county "without legal authority to do so," breaking a court order to return them to her ex-husband and failing to appear at a Feb. 3, 2012 custody hearing.
Seeborg described the fight between Jennifer Brown and ex-husband Daniel Crocket as a "scorched-earth" battle for custody of their daughters that dates back to January 2012, when Brown and her father took her children to neighboring Humboldt County for medical exams.
Believing that Crocket had molested the girls, Brown and her father Barry Brown, a former county investigator, took them to a Humboldt County hospital for Sexual Assault Response Team exams.
Brown said she took them to Humboldt County because Child Welfare Services in Del Norte County did not respond adequately to the sexual abuse allegations. Del Norte County is the farthest northwest county in California, on the Oregon border. Its county seat and only incorporated city is Crescent City.
Brown says her father informed Del Norte County officials by letter and telephone that he was taking the children from the county for their own safety, in accordance with California Penal Code § 278.7(a), which states that "criminal penalties for child abduction do not apply to those who have legal custody of the child, [and] have 'a good faith and reasonable belief that the child, if left with the other person, will suffer immediate bodily injury or emotional harm.'"
Del Norte County District Attorney Jon Alexander nonetheless issued arrest warrants for the Browns.
Crocket was cleared of the sexual molestation allegations and the court granted him primary custody of the girls. Brown and her daughters sued Crocket, Alexander, Del Norte County and others for several claims under state and federal law, including deprivation of familial association under the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
Brown claims that Alexander, whom she had informed of the girls' whereabouts by telephone, omitted material information from affidavits in support of the arrest warrants for child abduction, and that he did so because Crocket contributed to his campaign fund.
The defendants sought judgment on the pleadings on Jan. 13, 2016.
Although Brown claims she spoke with Alexander and told him where the girls were and why they were there, Seeborg said she nonetheless was obligated to follow court orders.
"Jennifer's contact with Alexander did not relieve her of the obligation to comply with the custody and visitation order or her duty to appear at the Feb. 3 custody hearing," Seeborg wrote in the march 3 order. "Accordingly, even if Alexander submitted false information in support of the application for the protective custody warrant, those statements were unnecessary to the finding of probable cause.
Specifically, even it Jennifer has complied with California Penal Code § 278.7(a), such compliance relieved her of the prospect of criminal punishment for child abduction, not her obligation to comply with the custody and visitation order. Plaintiffs have therefore failed to show that a reasonable jury could conclude the county defendants impermissibly interfered with plaintiffs' right to familial affiliation; defendants are entitled to summary judgment." (Citations omitted.)
Seeborg ruled that Brown's remaining state claims may proceed, and retained jurisdiction over the case on the basis of "judicial economy and convenience."
http://www.courthousenews.com/2016/03/07/scorched-earth-battle-continues-in-norcal.htm
'Scorched-Earth' Battle Continues in NorCal
By PHILIP A. JANQUART
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - A judge dismissed federal, but not state, claims against officials in a Northern California county arising from a "scorched-earth" child custody battle and allegations of government corruption.
U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg on Thursday granted Del Norte County officials' motion for summary judgment on a woman's federal claims of deprivation of familial association, but allowed state claims to proceed.
The lawsuit stems from the allegedly unwarranted seizure of minor twin daughters, Jane Does 1 and 2, and their temporary placement by Child Welfare Services into foster care after their mother took them into a neighboring county "without legal authority to do so," breaking a court order to return them to her ex-husband and failing to appear at a Feb. 3, 2012 custody hearing.
Seeborg described the fight between Jennifer Brown and ex-husband Daniel Crocket as a "scorched-earth" battle for custody of their daughters that dates back to January 2012, when Brown and her father took her children to neighboring Humboldt County for medical exams.
Believing that Crocket had molested the girls, Brown and her father Barry Brown, a former county investigator, took them to a Humboldt County hospital for Sexual Assault Response Team exams.
Brown said she took them to Humboldt County because Child Welfare Services in Del Norte County did not respond adequately to the sexual abuse allegations. Del Norte County is the farthest northwest county in California, on the Oregon border. Its county seat and only incorporated city is Crescent City.
Brown says her father informed Del Norte County officials by letter and telephone that he was taking the children from the county for their own safety, in accordance with California Penal Code § 278.7(a), which states that "criminal penalties for child abduction do not apply to those who have legal custody of the child, [and] have 'a good faith and reasonable belief that the child, if left with the other person, will suffer immediate bodily injury or emotional harm.'"
Del Norte County District Attorney Jon Alexander nonetheless issued arrest warrants for the Browns.
Crocket was cleared of the sexual molestation allegations and the court granted him primary custody of the girls. Brown and her daughters sued Crocket, Alexander, Del Norte County and others for several claims under state and federal law, including deprivation of familial association under the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
Brown claims that Alexander, whom she had informed of the girls' whereabouts by telephone, omitted material information from affidavits in support of the arrest warrants for child abduction, and that he did so because Crocket contributed to his campaign fund.
The defendants sought judgment on the pleadings on Jan. 13, 2016.
Although Brown claims she spoke with Alexander and told him where the girls were and why they were there, Seeborg said she nonetheless was obligated to follow court orders.
"Jennifer's contact with Alexander did not relieve her of the obligation to comply with the custody and visitation order or her duty to appear at the Feb. 3 custody hearing," Seeborg wrote in the march 3 order. "Accordingly, even if Alexander submitted false information in support of the application for the protective custody warrant, those statements were unnecessary to the finding of probable cause.
Specifically, even it Jennifer has complied with California Penal Code § 278.7(a), such compliance relieved her of the prospect of criminal punishment for child abduction, not her obligation to comply with the custody and visitation order. Plaintiffs have therefore failed to show that a reasonable jury could conclude the county defendants impermissibly interfered with plaintiffs' right to familial affiliation; defendants are entitled to summary judgment." (Citations omitted.)
Seeborg ruled that Brown's remaining state claims may proceed, and retained jurisdiction over the case on the basis of "judicial economy and convenience."
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Sex offender dad keeps custody of 8-year-old daughter (Bakersfield, California)
This case has all the classic red flags of child sexual abuse--and all the signs of judicial cover up of the same. Dad is identified as NICHOLAS ELIZONDO.
http://www.bakersfield.com/columnists/2015/12/28/jose-gaspar-sex-offender-dad-keeps-custody-of-child.html
JOSE GASPAR: Sex offender dad keeps custody of child
BY JOSE GASPAR
For The Californian Monday, Dec 28, 2015 12:00 AM
For the second time in less than three years, a court recently awarded custody of an 8-year-old girl to her father, who is a registered sex offender.
I first told you about this strange case back in 2013 when a judge in Oklahoma City awarded custody of the then 6-year-old child to 57-year-old Nicholas Elizondo of Bakersfield. In 1995, Elizondo pleaded no contest to one count of lewd and lascivious acts with a child younger than 14.
Elizondo later married Lisa Knight and the pair had a child, but the marriage didn't work out and Knight moved to Oklahoma City, where she was raising her daughter. After his release from prison, Elizondo traveled to Oklahoma City and obtained visitation rights to see and be with his daughter. He then fought for custody of the girl, which was granted by Oklahoma County Judge Howard Haralson.
Knight appealed and lost.
Elizondo came back to Bakersfield with his daughter and Knight followed soon after and filed for child custody in Kern County Superior Court. But Knight had a big hurdle to overcome.
The fact that her ex-husband is a registered sex offender could not be used in the child custody hearing. Kern County Court Commissioner James Compton said that issue had already been litigated in Oklahoma City. Knight would have to show that there was a significant change of circumstances detrimental to her daughter living with her father that warrants a change of custody.
The mother alleged that while looking through a window, she saw her daughter and Elizondo in the same bed and Elizondo was wearing nothing but underwear.
On the stand, Elizondo said he was wearing “swim trunks,” not underwear. He also said his daughter was simply on top of the bed, not “under the covers” with him.
Police were called to the house, but nobody was arrested or charged with a crime. Knight said she believed her daughter was at risk of being sexually abused, was not receiving proper medical care and had a urinary tract infection. Knight also claimed Elizondo had assaulted her at a hospital parking lot in Madera.
The child never testified, though she was represented by her own court-appointed attorney, Stephanie Childers. Earlier this month, Compton ruled in favor of keeping the child with Elizondo while Knight has visitation rights.
“The court does not find a basis to change custody,” said Compton.
Elizondo declined to give an interview but stated, “This proves I’m not a danger to my own daughter.”
The hearing did provide an opportunity to finally get a reading of why Judge Haralson initially awarded Elizondo custody of the child. Court transcripts from the Oklahoma case in 2013 were admitted into evidence.
Though Knight has no criminal or drug abuse history, Haralson found she was not the person raising her daughter. Rather, he said, other relatives were, and the child had not received proper psychological and medical treatment.
“Mother is not doing her job as a parent, and I wish she would,” said Haralson.
Allegations that the child had been sexually abused were not found credible. And referring to Elizondo, the judge said, “He's got a target on his back as a registered sex offender, and you know people are going to try to set you up.”
The child Elizondo was convicted of molesting back in 1995 is now an adult, and she testified in Oklahoma on behalf of Elizondo, saying the abuse never happened. Elizondo, a former parole officer, has said the only reason he pleaded no contest in 1995 was because Kern County had just finished prosecuting the infamous “witch hunt” child sex abuse trials.
These were cases in which scores of local people were sentenced to hundreds of years in prison after being wrongfully convicted. Elizondo said he feared the same would happen to him, so he took a six-year plea deal and served four before being released.
Knight said she will continue to pursue the case and plans to appeal.
What a bizarre case. Who is telling the truth? A child's life hangs in the balance.
http://www.bakersfield.com/columnists/2015/12/28/jose-gaspar-sex-offender-dad-keeps-custody-of-child.html
JOSE GASPAR: Sex offender dad keeps custody of child
BY JOSE GASPAR
For The Californian Monday, Dec 28, 2015 12:00 AM
For the second time in less than three years, a court recently awarded custody of an 8-year-old girl to her father, who is a registered sex offender.
I first told you about this strange case back in 2013 when a judge in Oklahoma City awarded custody of the then 6-year-old child to 57-year-old Nicholas Elizondo of Bakersfield. In 1995, Elizondo pleaded no contest to one count of lewd and lascivious acts with a child younger than 14.
Elizondo later married Lisa Knight and the pair had a child, but the marriage didn't work out and Knight moved to Oklahoma City, where she was raising her daughter. After his release from prison, Elizondo traveled to Oklahoma City and obtained visitation rights to see and be with his daughter. He then fought for custody of the girl, which was granted by Oklahoma County Judge Howard Haralson.
Knight appealed and lost.
Elizondo came back to Bakersfield with his daughter and Knight followed soon after and filed for child custody in Kern County Superior Court. But Knight had a big hurdle to overcome.
The fact that her ex-husband is a registered sex offender could not be used in the child custody hearing. Kern County Court Commissioner James Compton said that issue had already been litigated in Oklahoma City. Knight would have to show that there was a significant change of circumstances detrimental to her daughter living with her father that warrants a change of custody.
The mother alleged that while looking through a window, she saw her daughter and Elizondo in the same bed and Elizondo was wearing nothing but underwear.
On the stand, Elizondo said he was wearing “swim trunks,” not underwear. He also said his daughter was simply on top of the bed, not “under the covers” with him.
Police were called to the house, but nobody was arrested or charged with a crime. Knight said she believed her daughter was at risk of being sexually abused, was not receiving proper medical care and had a urinary tract infection. Knight also claimed Elizondo had assaulted her at a hospital parking lot in Madera.
The child never testified, though she was represented by her own court-appointed attorney, Stephanie Childers. Earlier this month, Compton ruled in favor of keeping the child with Elizondo while Knight has visitation rights.
“The court does not find a basis to change custody,” said Compton.
Elizondo declined to give an interview but stated, “This proves I’m not a danger to my own daughter.”
The hearing did provide an opportunity to finally get a reading of why Judge Haralson initially awarded Elizondo custody of the child. Court transcripts from the Oklahoma case in 2013 were admitted into evidence.
Though Knight has no criminal or drug abuse history, Haralson found she was not the person raising her daughter. Rather, he said, other relatives were, and the child had not received proper psychological and medical treatment.
“Mother is not doing her job as a parent, and I wish she would,” said Haralson.
Allegations that the child had been sexually abused were not found credible. And referring to Elizondo, the judge said, “He's got a target on his back as a registered sex offender, and you know people are going to try to set you up.”
The child Elizondo was convicted of molesting back in 1995 is now an adult, and she testified in Oklahoma on behalf of Elizondo, saying the abuse never happened. Elizondo, a former parole officer, has said the only reason he pleaded no contest in 1995 was because Kern County had just finished prosecuting the infamous “witch hunt” child sex abuse trials.
These were cases in which scores of local people were sentenced to hundreds of years in prison after being wrongfully convicted. Elizondo said he feared the same would happen to him, so he took a six-year plea deal and served four before being released.
Knight said she will continue to pursue the case and plans to appeal.
What a bizarre case. Who is telling the truth? A child's life hangs in the balance.
Friday, December 11, 2015
Lawyer: registered sex offender dad keeping custody is "right decision" (Bakersfield, California)
Remember when the Fathers Rights movement claimed that they were just about loving daddies getting to see their children like mommies do? Remember when concerned mothers and others warned that mandatory joint custody and other schemes to promote father involvement could lead to abuses if domestic violence, child abuse, criminal behavior and the like was minimized or ignored? You remember how those concerns were dismissed as "irrational" or "hysterical"?
Welcome to the brave new world. The FRs and their minions don't just ignore abuse now. They openly flaunt that a custodial dad of an 8-year-old daughter, a dad who is a restistered sex offender, should have sole custody. And how that's a good thing. This is how sick things are now.
Dad is identified as NICHOLAS ELIZONDO.
http://bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/lawyer-sex-offender-dad-keeping-custody-was-the-right-decision
Lawyer: sex offender dad keeping custody was the right decision
By Adam Herbets, Eyewitness News |Wednesday, December 9th 2015
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — An attorney representing a registered sex offender says he's happy with the court's ruling to not award custody to the child's mother.
Eyewitness News has been covering the story of Nicholas Elizondo and his ex-wife, Lisa Knight, for about two and a half years. Their 8-year-old daughter has been stuck in the middle of it. Ira Stoker, Elizondo's lawyer, said there is a lot more to the case than just the fact that, yes, his client is a registered sex offender.
"We deal with these issues every day in family law court," he said. "There's nothing really new here."
He went on to say that even though he's never represented a registered sex offender before, Elizondo's criminal record doesn't disqualify him from being the best parent to take care of his daughter.
These are all things that a judge in Oklahoma knew when Elizondo was awarded custody of the young girl in 2013. Stoker did not represent Elizondo in that hearing, but he studied up on the case after Knight filed for an appeal.
"He made that ruling because that was in the best interests of the child," said Stoker. "There was issues revolving (around Knight's) mental state."
Elizondo declined requests for an interview, but he did give one statement after the hearing.
"This proves I'm not a danger to my own daughter," he said.
Stoker thinks the whole thing was blown out of proportion, especially because he knew that Court Commissioner James Compton would not relitigate the original case from 2013. That means Knight would have had to show that there had been a change of circumstances to be awarded sole custody. Knight still believes there should have been enough to get a more favorable ruling.
"There might have been some sexual abuse going on," said Knight. "She won't say. She won't say why she's afraid of him ... I'd do almost anything for her, and I just keep fighting."
Knight pleaded for the opportunity to let her daughter to testify in court, but an attorney representing the minor's best interests said that wouldn't be a good idea.
"(My daughter) would have said that she wanted to live with her mother," said Knight.
The custody arrangements will stay the same. Knight will get to see her daughter three weekends out of the month, because Compton said he thinks the child needs both parents in her life.
Knight isn't convinced. She continues to be afraid of what could be going on at her ex-husband's house.
"He's a sociopath," she said. "It's scary and a lot of parents don't believe that it's happening, but it is."
Stoker said he hopes Knight doesn't try to file another appeal, for her daughter's sake.
"Anything that any loving parent can do with their child, (Elizondo) is allowed to do. He's the father," said Stoker. "He's never gotten angry. He's never even been resentful towards her ... basically she made allegations of anything that she could think of."
Welcome to the brave new world. The FRs and their minions don't just ignore abuse now. They openly flaunt that a custodial dad of an 8-year-old daughter, a dad who is a restistered sex offender, should have sole custody. And how that's a good thing. This is how sick things are now.
Dad is identified as NICHOLAS ELIZONDO.
http://bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/lawyer-sex-offender-dad-keeping-custody-was-the-right-decision
Lawyer: sex offender dad keeping custody was the right decision
By Adam Herbets, Eyewitness News |Wednesday, December 9th 2015
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — An attorney representing a registered sex offender says he's happy with the court's ruling to not award custody to the child's mother.
Eyewitness News has been covering the story of Nicholas Elizondo and his ex-wife, Lisa Knight, for about two and a half years. Their 8-year-old daughter has been stuck in the middle of it. Ira Stoker, Elizondo's lawyer, said there is a lot more to the case than just the fact that, yes, his client is a registered sex offender.
"We deal with these issues every day in family law court," he said. "There's nothing really new here."
He went on to say that even though he's never represented a registered sex offender before, Elizondo's criminal record doesn't disqualify him from being the best parent to take care of his daughter.
These are all things that a judge in Oklahoma knew when Elizondo was awarded custody of the young girl in 2013. Stoker did not represent Elizondo in that hearing, but he studied up on the case after Knight filed for an appeal.
"He made that ruling because that was in the best interests of the child," said Stoker. "There was issues revolving (around Knight's) mental state."
Elizondo declined requests for an interview, but he did give one statement after the hearing.
"This proves I'm not a danger to my own daughter," he said.
Stoker thinks the whole thing was blown out of proportion, especially because he knew that Court Commissioner James Compton would not relitigate the original case from 2013. That means Knight would have had to show that there had been a change of circumstances to be awarded sole custody. Knight still believes there should have been enough to get a more favorable ruling.
"There might have been some sexual abuse going on," said Knight. "She won't say. She won't say why she's afraid of him ... I'd do almost anything for her, and I just keep fighting."
Knight pleaded for the opportunity to let her daughter to testify in court, but an attorney representing the minor's best interests said that wouldn't be a good idea.
"(My daughter) would have said that she wanted to live with her mother," said Knight.
The custody arrangements will stay the same. Knight will get to see her daughter three weekends out of the month, because Compton said he thinks the child needs both parents in her life.
Knight isn't convinced. She continues to be afraid of what could be going on at her ex-husband's house.
"He's a sociopath," she said. "It's scary and a lot of parents don't believe that it's happening, but it is."
Stoker said he hopes Knight doesn't try to file another appeal, for her daughter's sake.
"Anything that any loving parent can do with their child, (Elizondo) is allowed to do. He's the father," said Stoker. "He's never gotten angry. He's never even been resentful towards her ... basically she made allegations of anything that she could think of."
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Dad sexually abused daughter for years after he was granted post-divorce child access (Bristol, England)
Unfortunately, this article does not point out that many sexually abusive fathers specifically go after custodial rights after divorce/separation from the mother, all so they have easy access to the child victim. Mothers who object to the arrangement are often smeared as lying alienators.
The article also does not make clear whether this father had full custody or what. Was this girl's contact with her mother eliminated? Notice there is no mention of the mother in the story at all.
http://www.itv.com/news/west/2015-11-24/bristol-woman-speaks-out-about-abuse/
24 November 2015 at 7:02pm
Bristol woman speaks out about abuse
A Bristol woman who suffered abuse at the hands of her own father has told ITV News fear stopped her reporting the crime.
She told us her story on the day a major new investigation suggested only one in eight victims of sexual abuse come to the attention of authorities.
As if every single case of child abuse wasn't bad enough now it's being claimed the vast majority remain unreported.
Around 50,000 cases of sexual abuse were recorded by police and local authorities in the two years to March 2014.
But now an enquiry by the Children's Commissioner has found the number of children suffering abuse in the family has been vastly under-estimated.
It's estimated 85% of child abuse cases go unreported, meaning the actual number of children being abused over the two year period was around 450,000 cases.
Two-thirds of child sex abuse takes place within the home or is committed by a family member.
'Beth', from Bristol, was abused by her father from the age of three after her parents separated. But it wasn't until she became a teenager that she found the courage to come forward.
"You just feel ashamed of yourself. That one - you've allowed this to happen to yourself or two - you just don't feel very clean so you're ashamed to tell people."
"Do I protect myself and stop it from happening? Do I protect the family? Do I protect the rest of my family's view of my father? It is a very very tricky situation." – 'Beth' from Bristol
While the authorities rely on victims to speak out, their young age and fear of either not being believed or of splitting up the family, makes that an impossibility for the vast majority.
Those left to pick up the pieces are calling for "urgent Government action" to prevent abuse, identify it early and support victims like Beth.
Failure to do so, they say, will only fail some of our most vulnerable young people all over again.
The article also does not make clear whether this father had full custody or what. Was this girl's contact with her mother eliminated? Notice there is no mention of the mother in the story at all.
http://www.itv.com/news/west/2015-11-24/bristol-woman-speaks-out-about-abuse/
24 November 2015 at 7:02pm
Bristol woman speaks out about abuse
A Bristol woman who suffered abuse at the hands of her own father has told ITV News fear stopped her reporting the crime.
She told us her story on the day a major new investigation suggested only one in eight victims of sexual abuse come to the attention of authorities.
As if every single case of child abuse wasn't bad enough now it's being claimed the vast majority remain unreported.
Around 50,000 cases of sexual abuse were recorded by police and local authorities in the two years to March 2014.
But now an enquiry by the Children's Commissioner has found the number of children suffering abuse in the family has been vastly under-estimated.
It's estimated 85% of child abuse cases go unreported, meaning the actual number of children being abused over the two year period was around 450,000 cases.
Two-thirds of child sex abuse takes place within the home or is committed by a family member.
'Beth', from Bristol, was abused by her father from the age of three after her parents separated. But it wasn't until she became a teenager that she found the courage to come forward.
"You just feel ashamed of yourself. That one - you've allowed this to happen to yourself or two - you just don't feel very clean so you're ashamed to tell people."
"Do I protect myself and stop it from happening? Do I protect the family? Do I protect the rest of my family's view of my father? It is a very very tricky situation." – 'Beth' from Bristol
While the authorities rely on victims to speak out, their young age and fear of either not being believed or of splitting up the family, makes that an impossibility for the vast majority.
Those left to pick up the pieces are calling for "urgent Government action" to prevent abuse, identify it early and support victims like Beth.
Failure to do so, they say, will only fail some of our most vulnerable young people all over again.
Registered sex offender dad with unspecified custodial rights arrested for beating 9-year-old son (Orange County, Florida)
Where can you even start with this level of crazy?
Let's see.
* The obvious bullsh** of the Clueless Neighbor, who insists "nice guy" daddy "loves his kid very much" despite the fact that the same daddy beats the child so badly that he has facial injuries, bruises, and belt wounds?
*How about the fact that Daddy has had multiple encounters with CPS, and they do nothing to protect the boy? (Never mind how this fits in with Clueless Neighbor's idiotic insistences referenced above).
* CPS is so f***ed up that they can't even deal with a media interview?
* And this, which just takes my breath away. Daddy has been convicted of sexual assault, failed to register as a sexual offender, and yet in his custody filings claims he needs to provide his son with a "positive male role model." WHAT?
*And what custody dealings? What moronic Florida judge gave this father any access at all? Just what custody rights did Daddy have? Obviously not supervised visitation. Did this piece of crap have full custody? And what happened to Mom?
Dad is identified as WESLEY MCVAY.
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/9-investigates-father-arrested-child-abuse-charges/npWsx/
Posted: 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015 9
Investigates father arrested on child abuse charges after multiple DCF encounters
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Inside a nondescript block home on a quiet Conway-area street, investigators believe a 38-year-old registered sex offender hit his 9-year-old son so hard that it broke capillaries in the boy's face.
Neighbors told Channel 9's Karla Ray that they didn't know that Wesley McVay had been arrested.
"All I know is he loves his kid very much," neighbor Shaffie Mohammed said.
The Florida Department of Children and Families took McVay's son from him three weeks ago, after they reportedly found the boy with the facial injuries, bruises and belt wounds on his backside.
"Have you ever seen bruises or anything on the little boy?" Ray asked Mohammed. "No. Never," Mohammed said.
McVay was arrested Tuesday and charged with child abuse.
According to his arrest report, McVay has a history of encounters with DCF, in regards to child abuse allegations. All of those incidents included the same child.
When Ray asked DCF officials why the child wasn't taken from McVay sooner, they said the family's history wasn't public. No one from the agency would agree to an on-camera interview with Ray.
"I've seen a DCF truck come in here a couple of times but I don't get involved with it. That's his personal business. I don't get involved with it," Mohammed said.
McVay was found guilty of sexual assault in Texas in 1998.
The year before his son was born, McVay was convicted in Florida of failing to register as an offender.
According to custody filings that Ray examined, McVay wanted more access to his son so that the child would have a "positive male role model in his life."
"I'll be surprised. He's a really nice guy. He really takes care of his kid. He loves his kid, he really does," Mohammed said.
McVay was being held in the Orange County Jail.
Let's see.
* The obvious bullsh** of the Clueless Neighbor, who insists "nice guy" daddy "loves his kid very much" despite the fact that the same daddy beats the child so badly that he has facial injuries, bruises, and belt wounds?
*How about the fact that Daddy has had multiple encounters with CPS, and they do nothing to protect the boy? (Never mind how this fits in with Clueless Neighbor's idiotic insistences referenced above).
* CPS is so f***ed up that they can't even deal with a media interview?
* And this, which just takes my breath away. Daddy has been convicted of sexual assault, failed to register as a sexual offender, and yet in his custody filings claims he needs to provide his son with a "positive male role model." WHAT?
*And what custody dealings? What moronic Florida judge gave this father any access at all? Just what custody rights did Daddy have? Obviously not supervised visitation. Did this piece of crap have full custody? And what happened to Mom?
Dad is identified as WESLEY MCVAY.
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/9-investigates-father-arrested-child-abuse-charges/npWsx/
Posted: 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015 9
Investigates father arrested on child abuse charges after multiple DCF encounters
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Inside a nondescript block home on a quiet Conway-area street, investigators believe a 38-year-old registered sex offender hit his 9-year-old son so hard that it broke capillaries in the boy's face.
Neighbors told Channel 9's Karla Ray that they didn't know that Wesley McVay had been arrested.
"All I know is he loves his kid very much," neighbor Shaffie Mohammed said.
The Florida Department of Children and Families took McVay's son from him three weeks ago, after they reportedly found the boy with the facial injuries, bruises and belt wounds on his backside.
"Have you ever seen bruises or anything on the little boy?" Ray asked Mohammed. "No. Never," Mohammed said.
McVay was arrested Tuesday and charged with child abuse.
According to his arrest report, McVay has a history of encounters with DCF, in regards to child abuse allegations. All of those incidents included the same child.
When Ray asked DCF officials why the child wasn't taken from McVay sooner, they said the family's history wasn't public. No one from the agency would agree to an on-camera interview with Ray.
"I've seen a DCF truck come in here a couple of times but I don't get involved with it. That's his personal business. I don't get involved with it," Mohammed said.
McVay was found guilty of sexual assault in Texas in 1998.
The year before his son was born, McVay was convicted in Florida of failing to register as an offender.
According to custody filings that Ray examined, McVay wanted more access to his son so that the child would have a "positive male role model in his life."
"I'll be surprised. He's a really nice guy. He really takes care of his kid. He loves his kid, he really does," Mohammed said.
McVay was being held in the Orange County Jail.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Convicted sex offender dad indicted for murder of 6-week-old daughter (Toms River, New Jersey)
Dad is identified as MICHAEL ROJAS.
http://www.nj.com/ocean/index.ssf/2015/10/toms_river_father_indicted_for_murder_in_daughters.html
Toms River father indicted for murder in baby's death, report says
By Paul Milo | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
October 08, 2015 at 7:58 PM
TOMS RIVER — A local man and convicted sex offender has been indicted on charges he murdered his baby daughter two years ago, app.com reported.
Michael Rojas, 38, and his wife Giovanna were arrested in 2014 and charged with endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated manslaughter. After further investigation, Michael Rojas' manslaughter charge was upgraded to murder. Charges against Giovanna Rojas will be dropped, authorities also said, after an investigation into when each parent was with the child prior to her sustaining her injuries.
Authorities say the six-week-old girl suffered compression-related trauma suggesting she had been squeezed in the August 2013 incident.
Michael Rojas was released from prison in 2011 after serving nearly two years for having consensual sex with a 15-year-old girl.
http://www.nj.com/ocean/index.ssf/2015/10/toms_river_father_indicted_for_murder_in_daughters.html
Toms River father indicted for murder in baby's death, report says
By Paul Milo | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
October 08, 2015 at 7:58 PM
TOMS RIVER — A local man and convicted sex offender has been indicted on charges he murdered his baby daughter two years ago, app.com reported.
Michael Rojas, 38, and his wife Giovanna were arrested in 2014 and charged with endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated manslaughter. After further investigation, Michael Rojas' manslaughter charge was upgraded to murder. Charges against Giovanna Rojas will be dropped, authorities also said, after an investigation into when each parent was with the child prior to her sustaining her injuries.
Authorities say the six-week-old girl suffered compression-related trauma suggesting she had been squeezed in the August 2013 incident.
Michael Rojas was released from prison in 2011 after serving nearly two years for having consensual sex with a 15-year-old girl.
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Dad sentenced to 50 years for rape, torture-murder of 19-day-old daughter (Newhall, California)
Since Daddy apparently raped the baby before or after killing her, not sure why this doesn't qualify as a "special circumstance" murder eligible for the death penalty.
Dad is identified as MATTHEW BRENDAN WARNER.
http://www.signalscv.com/section/36/article/143258/
UPDATE: Newhall father sentenced to 50 years to life for murder of newborn daughter
By Jim Holt
Signal Senior Staff Writer
Posted: October 6, 2015 1:53 p.m. Updated: October 6, 2015 4:03 p.m.
As expected, a Newhall man who last month pleaded no contest to first-degree murder in the death of his 19-day-old daughter was sentenced Tuesday to 50 years to life in state prison, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office said.
Matthew Brendan Warner, 30, of Newhall, appeared Tuesday in San Fernando Superior Court where he was sentenced, but not until he heard from the dead girl’s mother and grandmother, Deputy District Attorney Julie Kramer told The Signal Tuesday.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David Walgren heard victim impact statements from Ellorah Rose Warner’s mother and grandmother before sentencing.
“They talked about the loss Ellorah’s death has had on them,” Kramer said outside the courtroom. “It was very emotional,” she said. “The mother said she’s never going to get a chance to pick out a Halloween costume for her daughter.
“She talked about Thanksgiving and Christmas. She said she would never be able to take her to meet Santa,” Kramer said.
“The girl’s grandmother told the court that she wore a locket and that Ellorah’s hair was in the locket, and that it was only thing she would ever have of her granddaughter,” she said. “She said the loss was something she would carry with her forever.”
Warner entered a no contest plea last month to one count of first-degree murder and admitted a prior strike conviction.
He killed Ellorah Warner at their home in Newhall while the baby’s mother was at work on Jan. 23, Kramer said.
He then claimed the newborn had been kidnapped and a search was launched to find her, she said.
Warner eventually led authorities to the victim’s body, which he had hidden in the cab of a truck parked in a nearby parking lot.
After his arrest, Warner faced charges of assault of a child causing death, torture, oral copulation or sexual penetration with a child under 10 years old, and aggravated sexual assault of a child.
Those charges were dismissed as part of his negotiated settlement, DA spokesman Ricardo Santiago said last month.
Warner “was charged with first-degree murder, not a special circumstance murder,” so the death penalty was not considered in the case, Santiago said. “In California only murders with a specific set of special circumstance allegations (are) eligible for the death penalty,” he said.
Those can include murders committed during a robbery or rape, or if someone has committed multiple murders.
Dad is identified as MATTHEW BRENDAN WARNER.
http://www.signalscv.com/section/36/article/143258/
UPDATE: Newhall father sentenced to 50 years to life for murder of newborn daughter
By Jim Holt
Signal Senior Staff Writer
Posted: October 6, 2015 1:53 p.m. Updated: October 6, 2015 4:03 p.m.
As expected, a Newhall man who last month pleaded no contest to first-degree murder in the death of his 19-day-old daughter was sentenced Tuesday to 50 years to life in state prison, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office said.
Matthew Brendan Warner, 30, of Newhall, appeared Tuesday in San Fernando Superior Court where he was sentenced, but not until he heard from the dead girl’s mother and grandmother, Deputy District Attorney Julie Kramer told The Signal Tuesday.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David Walgren heard victim impact statements from Ellorah Rose Warner’s mother and grandmother before sentencing.
“They talked about the loss Ellorah’s death has had on them,” Kramer said outside the courtroom. “It was very emotional,” she said. “The mother said she’s never going to get a chance to pick out a Halloween costume for her daughter.
“She talked about Thanksgiving and Christmas. She said she would never be able to take her to meet Santa,” Kramer said.
“The girl’s grandmother told the court that she wore a locket and that Ellorah’s hair was in the locket, and that it was only thing she would ever have of her granddaughter,” she said. “She said the loss was something she would carry with her forever.”
Warner entered a no contest plea last month to one count of first-degree murder and admitted a prior strike conviction.
He killed Ellorah Warner at their home in Newhall while the baby’s mother was at work on Jan. 23, Kramer said.
He then claimed the newborn had been kidnapped and a search was launched to find her, she said.
Warner eventually led authorities to the victim’s body, which he had hidden in the cab of a truck parked in a nearby parking lot.
After his arrest, Warner faced charges of assault of a child causing death, torture, oral copulation or sexual penetration with a child under 10 years old, and aggravated sexual assault of a child.
Those charges were dismissed as part of his negotiated settlement, DA spokesman Ricardo Santiago said last month.
Warner “was charged with first-degree murder, not a special circumstance murder,” so the death penalty was not considered in the case, Santiago said. “In California only murders with a specific set of special circumstance allegations (are) eligible for the death penalty,” he said.
Those can include murders committed during a robbery or rape, or if someone has committed multiple murders.
Friday, September 25, 2015
Dad convicted of sexual torture, rape of sons; gets reduced sentenced as justices feared "crushing" him (Brisbane, Australia)
Golly, we wouldn't want to "crush" this poor dear with a longer prison sentence, would we?
Talk about misplaced sympathies...
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/grotesque-father-jailed-for-raping-sexually-torturing-his-sons-as-children-and-adults/story-fnihsrk2-1227541735717
‘Grotesque’ father jailed for raping, sexually torturing his sons as children and adults September 23, 2015 9:05pm
Sean Fewster The Advertiser
A MAN who forced his wife and sons to live a “grotesque” transient lifestyle so he could sexually torture them without fear of exposure deserves 43 years in jail, a court says.
In a judgment published online, the Court of Criminal Appeal overturned a minimum eight-year jail term imposed, by the District Court, upon the man for his crimes.
Justices Tom Gray, John Sulan and David Lovell unanimously agreed the man deserved to serve 43 years, but reduced that term to 20 years so as not to “crush” him.
They noted that, even with the reduction, their decision makes it possible the man, 67, will die in jail.
“He deliberately subjected his family to a nomadic existence (and) purposely isolated them so his acts of physical and sexual abuse could be committed without fear of exposure,” they said.
“The offending involved repeated sexual abuse when (his son) was a child ... he was then subject to rape on two occasions when an adult ... (the man) acted to reassert his dominance.
“In our view, the penalty imposed ... inadequate, and manifestly so, considering the grotesque circumstances of this case.”
The man, whose identity is suppressed, was convicted of the persistent sexual exploitation of his two sons, as well as raping each of them after they became adults.
When he appealed against his conviction and sentence, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions argued his penalty was too lenient and should be increased.
In their judgment, Justices Gray, Sulan and Lovell rejected the man’s appeal, saying his offending occurred against “a backdrop” of “subjugation and control”.
They said the man’s offending began in the 1970s, when he constantly moved his family between states to prevent them forming social ties or obtaining proper educations.
He would force his sons to dress in their mother’s clothing before sexually assaulting them, sometimes tying them up or using objects to abuse them.
“He abused his family physically, sexually, emotionally and financially,” they said. “It was frequent, violent and punitive ... it became more violent when the complainants tried to resist his sexual advances.”
They said the offending continued through to 2006, when the sons were in their early 30s.
Justices Gray, Sulan and Lovell agreed with prosecutors that the original sentencing judge should not have allowed the man to serve some of his jail time concurrently.
They said concurrency should not have been employed when some of the offences were against the sons as children, and others after they were adults.
They said his crimes against one son warranted a 26-year term, with a further 17 years for the offending against his other son.
“If the above sentences were imposed, he would face a total term of imprisonment of 43 years ... such a lengthy term of imprisonment would be crushing,” they said.
“In the circumstances, the principle of totality should be applied to avoid a crushing result.
“We sentence the defendant to one term of 20 years and fix a non-parole period of 12 years.”
Talk about misplaced sympathies...
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/grotesque-father-jailed-for-raping-sexually-torturing-his-sons-as-children-and-adults/story-fnihsrk2-1227541735717
‘Grotesque’ father jailed for raping, sexually torturing his sons as children and adults September 23, 2015 9:05pm
Sean Fewster The Advertiser
A MAN who forced his wife and sons to live a “grotesque” transient lifestyle so he could sexually torture them without fear of exposure deserves 43 years in jail, a court says.
In a judgment published online, the Court of Criminal Appeal overturned a minimum eight-year jail term imposed, by the District Court, upon the man for his crimes.
Justices Tom Gray, John Sulan and David Lovell unanimously agreed the man deserved to serve 43 years, but reduced that term to 20 years so as not to “crush” him.
They noted that, even with the reduction, their decision makes it possible the man, 67, will die in jail.
“He deliberately subjected his family to a nomadic existence (and) purposely isolated them so his acts of physical and sexual abuse could be committed without fear of exposure,” they said.
“The offending involved repeated sexual abuse when (his son) was a child ... he was then subject to rape on two occasions when an adult ... (the man) acted to reassert his dominance.
“In our view, the penalty imposed ... inadequate, and manifestly so, considering the grotesque circumstances of this case.”
The man, whose identity is suppressed, was convicted of the persistent sexual exploitation of his two sons, as well as raping each of them after they became adults.
When he appealed against his conviction and sentence, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions argued his penalty was too lenient and should be increased.
In their judgment, Justices Gray, Sulan and Lovell rejected the man’s appeal, saying his offending occurred against “a backdrop” of “subjugation and control”.
They said the man’s offending began in the 1970s, when he constantly moved his family between states to prevent them forming social ties or obtaining proper educations.
He would force his sons to dress in their mother’s clothing before sexually assaulting them, sometimes tying them up or using objects to abuse them.
“He abused his family physically, sexually, emotionally and financially,” they said. “It was frequent, violent and punitive ... it became more violent when the complainants tried to resist his sexual advances.”
They said the offending continued through to 2006, when the sons were in their early 30s.
Justices Gray, Sulan and Lovell agreed with prosecutors that the original sentencing judge should not have allowed the man to serve some of his jail time concurrently.
They said concurrency should not have been employed when some of the offences were against the sons as children, and others after they were adults.
They said his crimes against one son warranted a 26-year term, with a further 17 years for the offending against his other son.
“If the above sentences were imposed, he would face a total term of imprisonment of 43 years ... such a lengthy term of imprisonment would be crushing,” they said.
“In the circumstances, the principle of totality should be applied to avoid a crushing result.
“We sentence the defendant to one term of 20 years and fix a non-parole period of 12 years.”
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Spate of child abuse dominated by fathers (Nigeria)
Notice that every example involves a father. Not one mother. Just one step.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201509161357.html
Nigeria: On the Spate of Child Abuse
As children resume for another school year, the gravity and magnitude of the horrific incidents of child abuse during the holiday period should be food for thought for parents, counsellors, school managers as well as authorities concerned with the protection of children.
During the long holiday, newspapers were awash with shocking cases of child abuse in the same manner the electronic media featured them. In many newspapers, no day passed without a reportage of rape cases, many of which were perpetrated by fathers and uncles or some familiar care-giver.
Of equal frequency was the hyped value of corporal punishment, which was taken to the level of absurdity as fathers turn their homes into torture chambers. For instance, eight year-old Shina Adegbola, a primary three pupil had his buttocks lacerated by his father who bloodied them with a stick because the poor boy stole his N500. The boy, who later returned the money upon request, claimed he stole the money because he was hungry, and his father and stepmother refused to feed him.
Kafayat, a 12 year-old girl, had her body scourged with wire whips by her father, when she intervened in a violent domestic squabble between her umemployed father and mother. Five year-old Olamilekan had bloody sores on his body inflicted on him when his father beat him with wire whips. Another five year-old, was so brutally beaten by his father that he had a broken neck. Precious, a nine year-old, had burns on his arms inflicted by his father who used pressing iron on him. The same kind of injury was inflicted on another Kafayat, 16, by her father.
In a suburb of Calabar, Cross River State, another frustrated father, Monday Okon Inyang, attempted to sell his 11-year-old son, David for N100,000 before being arrested by police. The unemployed and impecunious Inyang claimed his son confessed that he was a wizard and was responsible for his father's predicament.
What is curious in all this is that these kids did not want to return to their homes for fear of the monster, they call parents.
Contrary to the views of perpetrators who justified the use of extreme punishment and physical violence as a way of training the child, rights groups and experts in child psychology and education are unanimous that inflicting injuries and physical assault on a child is neither punishment nor any means of reforming or correcting a child. Like these experts have rightly submitted, waywardness of a child should be blamed on an interplay of economic, social and physical environment in which a child is brought up. In the same vein, the harsh economic environment, with its effect on the emotional stability and psychological state of parents and guardians, is adduced as a reason for abuse. Others are the abysmal family lifestyle of individualism and atomisation that creates an absence of communication between parent/guardian and children, the tensed, overcrowded squalid environment with their susceptibility to aggression and violence, and also the traditional belief that extreme punishment is tantamount to child training.
Whatever the justification given, extreme punishment and infliction of injuries have negative effects on children. The experiences of child psychologists and psychiatrists as well as everyday happenings are not enough to make all appreciate the rampancy of this monstrosity. Like all other kinds of child abuse, maltreatment of children or infliction of injuries destroys quality parent-child relationship, creating a situation of mistrust and animosity. It dehumanises the child and imbues him or her with a low self-esteem and poor self value that may develop into emotional problems in future. It also perpetrates a tradition of aggression and abuse; for maltreated children are likely to inflict such negative treatments on their own children when they become adults. Above all, extreme punishment in the form of frequent physical violence and infliction of injury are likely to negatively affect the cognitive function of the child.
If the saying, today's children are the leaders of tomorrow, is anything to go by, then public and private initiatives must synergise to safeguard the future of these abused children. In this regard, observant adults and neighbours should endeavour to report cases of abuse, as was the case of a nurse at the Igando General Hospital, in Lagos who having observed the gravity of injuries allegedly inflicted on Shina by his father, the child earlier mentioned, tactfully got his address and phone and reported the erring father to a civil society organisation for action.
On its part, government and relevant authorities should effectively enforce the Child Rights Act by ensuring that parents, care-givers and formal guardians who infringe on the rights of children are prosecuted. Often, many parents have resorted to religious injunctions and some uncritical submissions of African traditions as justifications for wanton abuse of children. While the regularly cited communitarian practice of the African may be upheld for its benefit to foster collective responsibility for the safety of the child, the pedagogic and social value of this practice must be questioned when it sets extreme punishment and physical violence as a guide for moral education.
Besides, civil organisations, faith-based associations and cultural groups should educate parents and parents-to-be on the tasking responsibilities of parenting. These bodies should disseminate positive personality -enhancing methods of corrections such as regular family meetings, positive reinforcement of behaviour, amongst others. Parents, guardians and care-givers should be made to understand that whilst discipline is a necessary condition for proper education of children, inflicting injuries and violent approaches to child training amount to abuse.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201509161357.html
Nigeria: On the Spate of Child Abuse
As children resume for another school year, the gravity and magnitude of the horrific incidents of child abuse during the holiday period should be food for thought for parents, counsellors, school managers as well as authorities concerned with the protection of children.
During the long holiday, newspapers were awash with shocking cases of child abuse in the same manner the electronic media featured them. In many newspapers, no day passed without a reportage of rape cases, many of which were perpetrated by fathers and uncles or some familiar care-giver.
Of equal frequency was the hyped value of corporal punishment, which was taken to the level of absurdity as fathers turn their homes into torture chambers. For instance, eight year-old Shina Adegbola, a primary three pupil had his buttocks lacerated by his father who bloodied them with a stick because the poor boy stole his N500. The boy, who later returned the money upon request, claimed he stole the money because he was hungry, and his father and stepmother refused to feed him.
Kafayat, a 12 year-old girl, had her body scourged with wire whips by her father, when she intervened in a violent domestic squabble between her umemployed father and mother. Five year-old Olamilekan had bloody sores on his body inflicted on him when his father beat him with wire whips. Another five year-old, was so brutally beaten by his father that he had a broken neck. Precious, a nine year-old, had burns on his arms inflicted by his father who used pressing iron on him. The same kind of injury was inflicted on another Kafayat, 16, by her father.
In a suburb of Calabar, Cross River State, another frustrated father, Monday Okon Inyang, attempted to sell his 11-year-old son, David for N100,000 before being arrested by police. The unemployed and impecunious Inyang claimed his son confessed that he was a wizard and was responsible for his father's predicament.
What is curious in all this is that these kids did not want to return to their homes for fear of the monster, they call parents.
Contrary to the views of perpetrators who justified the use of extreme punishment and physical violence as a way of training the child, rights groups and experts in child psychology and education are unanimous that inflicting injuries and physical assault on a child is neither punishment nor any means of reforming or correcting a child. Like these experts have rightly submitted, waywardness of a child should be blamed on an interplay of economic, social and physical environment in which a child is brought up. In the same vein, the harsh economic environment, with its effect on the emotional stability and psychological state of parents and guardians, is adduced as a reason for abuse. Others are the abysmal family lifestyle of individualism and atomisation that creates an absence of communication between parent/guardian and children, the tensed, overcrowded squalid environment with their susceptibility to aggression and violence, and also the traditional belief that extreme punishment is tantamount to child training.
Whatever the justification given, extreme punishment and infliction of injuries have negative effects on children. The experiences of child psychologists and psychiatrists as well as everyday happenings are not enough to make all appreciate the rampancy of this monstrosity. Like all other kinds of child abuse, maltreatment of children or infliction of injuries destroys quality parent-child relationship, creating a situation of mistrust and animosity. It dehumanises the child and imbues him or her with a low self-esteem and poor self value that may develop into emotional problems in future. It also perpetrates a tradition of aggression and abuse; for maltreated children are likely to inflict such negative treatments on their own children when they become adults. Above all, extreme punishment in the form of frequent physical violence and infliction of injury are likely to negatively affect the cognitive function of the child.
If the saying, today's children are the leaders of tomorrow, is anything to go by, then public and private initiatives must synergise to safeguard the future of these abused children. In this regard, observant adults and neighbours should endeavour to report cases of abuse, as was the case of a nurse at the Igando General Hospital, in Lagos who having observed the gravity of injuries allegedly inflicted on Shina by his father, the child earlier mentioned, tactfully got his address and phone and reported the erring father to a civil society organisation for action.
On its part, government and relevant authorities should effectively enforce the Child Rights Act by ensuring that parents, care-givers and formal guardians who infringe on the rights of children are prosecuted. Often, many parents have resorted to religious injunctions and some uncritical submissions of African traditions as justifications for wanton abuse of children. While the regularly cited communitarian practice of the African may be upheld for its benefit to foster collective responsibility for the safety of the child, the pedagogic and social value of this practice must be questioned when it sets extreme punishment and physical violence as a guide for moral education.
Besides, civil organisations, faith-based associations and cultural groups should educate parents and parents-to-be on the tasking responsibilities of parenting. These bodies should disseminate positive personality -enhancing methods of corrections such as regular family meetings, positive reinforcement of behaviour, amongst others. Parents, guardians and care-givers should be made to understand that whilst discipline is a necessary condition for proper education of children, inflicting injuries and violent approaches to child training amount to abuse.
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Dad convicted of orally raping, murdering 15-week-old daughter (Michigan)
Dad is identified as STEVEN DEUMAN.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/21/steven-deuman-oral-rape-murder-baby-daughter_n_1903283.html
Steven Deuman Convicted Of Orally Raping, Murdering His Baby Daughter
Posted: 09/21/2012 10:16 am EDT
Updated: 09/21/2012 10:16 am EDT
A Michigan man has been found guilty of killing his 15-week-old daughter while orally raping her, Michigan Live reports.
Steven Deuman, 26, was convicted on Wednesday of first-degree murder and aggravated sexual assault. He faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole, according to the Associated Press.
Deuman's infant daughter, Evelynne Deuman, was found dead with a condom in her mouth on Aug. 12, 2011. The death occurred at Deuman's home on Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indian Reservation in northern Michigan.
Deuman had called the child's mother to say that he had left their daughter on the bed while stepped outside to smoke, but returned to find the girl on the floor, not breathing.
The prosecution argued that Deuman's story did not make sense, as the girl was too young to crawl or even roll.
"Even if [she did end up on the floor," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Phil Green, "how was she going to suck that condom up?"
Green called the case "as heinous as it gets."
An autopsy showed no evidence that the girl fell, CBS Detroit reports, and determined that she died of asphyxiation.
However, Ljubisa Jovan Dragovic, a forensic pathologist hired by the defense, testified that this did not prove Deuman raped or killed his daughter, according to Michigan Live.
"Anything's possible," Dragovic said in regards to the rape allegations, "but I have difficulty envisioning that."
Deuman maintains that he did not harm his daughter, and that her death was purely accidental.
Deuman's was a federal case because the child's death occurred on tribal land.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/21/steven-deuman-oral-rape-murder-baby-daughter_n_1903283.html
Steven Deuman Convicted Of Orally Raping, Murdering His Baby Daughter
Posted: 09/21/2012 10:16 am EDT
Updated: 09/21/2012 10:16 am EDT
A Michigan man has been found guilty of killing his 15-week-old daughter while orally raping her, Michigan Live reports.
Steven Deuman, 26, was convicted on Wednesday of first-degree murder and aggravated sexual assault. He faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole, according to the Associated Press.
Deuman's infant daughter, Evelynne Deuman, was found dead with a condom in her mouth on Aug. 12, 2011. The death occurred at Deuman's home on Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indian Reservation in northern Michigan.
Deuman had called the child's mother to say that he had left their daughter on the bed while stepped outside to smoke, but returned to find the girl on the floor, not breathing.
The prosecution argued that Deuman's story did not make sense, as the girl was too young to crawl or even roll.
"Even if [she did end up on the floor," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Phil Green, "how was she going to suck that condom up?"
Green called the case "as heinous as it gets."
An autopsy showed no evidence that the girl fell, CBS Detroit reports, and determined that she died of asphyxiation.
However, Ljubisa Jovan Dragovic, a forensic pathologist hired by the defense, testified that this did not prove Deuman raped or killed his daughter, according to Michigan Live.
"Anything's possible," Dragovic said in regards to the rape allegations, "but I have difficulty envisioning that."
Deuman maintains that he did not harm his daughter, and that her death was purely accidental.
Deuman's was a federal case because the child's death occurred on tribal land.
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Custodial dad, step on trial for torture of 11-year-old son (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
UNNAMED DAD. No word as to what happened to this boy's mother.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-mountie-wife-continue-trial-on-severe-child-abuse-1.3226475
Ottawa Mountie, wife continue trial on severe child abuse
WARNING: Story contains graphic and disturbing details
CBC News Posted: Sep 13, 2015 4:47 PM ET
Last Updated: Sep 14, 2015 7:26 PM ET
An Ottawa Mountie and his wife were arrested in 2013 in what police called the "worst case of abuse police have seen."
An Ottawa woman told police "I haven't done anything" after she and her RCMP officer husband were accused of severe long-term abuse of the man's 11-year-old son, including chaining him up in the basement of their home, court heard Monday.
The woman, 36, and man, 44, are on trial for what Ottawa police called the "worst case of abuse police have seen" when they were arrested in February 2013. They cannot be named to protect the boy's identity.
Each is on trial for aggravated assault, forcible confinement and failing to provide the necessaries of life.
The woman is also charged with assaulting the child with a weapon, while the man is charged with sexual assault causing bodily harm and assault with a weapon.
On Monday, court saw the woman's police interview via video, which was taken after her arrest. She told police her 11-year-old stepson was "out of control" and that she feared for the safety of her toddler and four-month-old baby.
She said she never hit the boy nor was she aware of his many injuries, including burn marks near his genitals, scabs and scars on his body and that he was gaunt and malnourished.
At one point, Ottawa Police Sgt. Tracy Butler told her in a raised voice the boy was "maltreated and abused by your husband."
She added, "you knew about it, you condoned it and you let it happen."
The woman, who was at times emotional during the interview, said, "I haven't done anything. I swear to God."
Father admitted to confining son During the interview, which lasted more than two hours, the woman told police her stepson was stealing and getting into fights.
She said he was sent to private school after being kicked out of school, but the boy began being home schooled in 2012.
She said the boy was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder and oppositional defiant disorder and prescribed anti-psychotic medication.
She also said she worried he had sexual feelings for her after he asked her to breastfeed him.
"(He) didn't attach to me. I love him but it was difficult to reach out to him when he's mocking me all the time," she said.
She also said he told his father he would "initiate sexual things with other boys" at school and camp.
Last week, the court heard the man admit he used a chain and plastic ties to confine his son in the family's Kanata basement in his police interview video.
In 2013, the RCMP said the father has been on leave since May 2011, but the reason for that remains under a court-ordered publication ban.
Police sources previously told CBC News the man was a member of the force's counter-terrorism unit.
The trial continues.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-mountie-wife-continue-trial-on-severe-child-abuse-1.3226475
Ottawa Mountie, wife continue trial on severe child abuse
WARNING: Story contains graphic and disturbing details
CBC News Posted: Sep 13, 2015 4:47 PM ET
Last Updated: Sep 14, 2015 7:26 PM ET
An Ottawa Mountie and his wife were arrested in 2013 in what police called the "worst case of abuse police have seen."
An Ottawa woman told police "I haven't done anything" after she and her RCMP officer husband were accused of severe long-term abuse of the man's 11-year-old son, including chaining him up in the basement of their home, court heard Monday.
The woman, 36, and man, 44, are on trial for what Ottawa police called the "worst case of abuse police have seen" when they were arrested in February 2013. They cannot be named to protect the boy's identity.
Each is on trial for aggravated assault, forcible confinement and failing to provide the necessaries of life.
The woman is also charged with assaulting the child with a weapon, while the man is charged with sexual assault causing bodily harm and assault with a weapon.
On Monday, court saw the woman's police interview via video, which was taken after her arrest. She told police her 11-year-old stepson was "out of control" and that she feared for the safety of her toddler and four-month-old baby.
She said she never hit the boy nor was she aware of his many injuries, including burn marks near his genitals, scabs and scars on his body and that he was gaunt and malnourished.
At one point, Ottawa Police Sgt. Tracy Butler told her in a raised voice the boy was "maltreated and abused by your husband."
She added, "you knew about it, you condoned it and you let it happen."
The woman, who was at times emotional during the interview, said, "I haven't done anything. I swear to God."
Father admitted to confining son During the interview, which lasted more than two hours, the woman told police her stepson was stealing and getting into fights.
She said he was sent to private school after being kicked out of school, but the boy began being home schooled in 2012.
She said the boy was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder and oppositional defiant disorder and prescribed anti-psychotic medication.
She also said she worried he had sexual feelings for her after he asked her to breastfeed him.
"(He) didn't attach to me. I love him but it was difficult to reach out to him when he's mocking me all the time," she said.
She also said he told his father he would "initiate sexual things with other boys" at school and camp.
Last week, the court heard the man admit he used a chain and plastic ties to confine his son in the family's Kanata basement in his police interview video.
In 2013, the RCMP said the father has been on leave since May 2011, but the reason for that remains under a court-ordered publication ban.
Police sources previously told CBC News the man was a member of the force's counter-terrorism unit.
The trial continues.
Saturday, September 12, 2015
Dad pleads no contest to sexually assaulting, beating to death 19-day-old daughter (Los Angeles County, California)
Talk about a useless waste of oxygen.
Dad is identified as MATTHEW BRENDAN WARNER.
http://www.hlntv.com/article/2015/09/11/dad-murder-baby-sex-assault-matthew-brendan-warner
Dad beat newborn to death, hid body in truck, cops say
By Cortney Peltz updated11:14 AM EDT, Fri September 11, 2015
Prosecutors say Matthew Brendan Warner, 30, sexually assaulted and beat his 19-day-old daughter to death
Warner hid her body in a truck and reported her as missing
Warner pleaded no contest to first-degree murder
Dad beat newborn to death, hid body in truck, cops say
A California father pleaded no contest to killing his 19-day-old daughter and hiding her body in the cab of a truck.
In late January, Matthew Brendan Warner, 30, allegedly sexually assaulted the newborn and beat her to death while the child’s mother was at work, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
Warner wrapped the infant’s body in a towel, placed her inside of a bag, and left her in the cab of a truck parked in a nearby parking lot, the news release states.
Warner then reported his daughter as missing and claimed she had been kidnapped.
He later gave deputies information that led investigators to her body.
Warner will spend 50 years to life in state prison for first-degree murder, prosecutors said.
Warner initially faced charges of assault of a child causing death, torture, oral copulation or sexual penetration with a child under 10 years old, and aggravated sexual assault of a child, but those charges are expected to be dropped as part of his plea agreement.
He is scheduled to be sentenced on October 6.
A call to Warner’s attorney was not immediately returned.
Dad is identified as MATTHEW BRENDAN WARNER.
http://www.hlntv.com/article/2015/09/11/dad-murder-baby-sex-assault-matthew-brendan-warner
Dad beat newborn to death, hid body in truck, cops say
By Cortney Peltz updated11:14 AM EDT, Fri September 11, 2015
Prosecutors say Matthew Brendan Warner, 30, sexually assaulted and beat his 19-day-old daughter to death
Warner hid her body in a truck and reported her as missing
Warner pleaded no contest to first-degree murder
Dad beat newborn to death, hid body in truck, cops say
A California father pleaded no contest to killing his 19-day-old daughter and hiding her body in the cab of a truck.
In late January, Matthew Brendan Warner, 30, allegedly sexually assaulted the newborn and beat her to death while the child’s mother was at work, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
Warner wrapped the infant’s body in a towel, placed her inside of a bag, and left her in the cab of a truck parked in a nearby parking lot, the news release states.
Warner then reported his daughter as missing and claimed she had been kidnapped.
He later gave deputies information that led investigators to her body.
Warner will spend 50 years to life in state prison for first-degree murder, prosecutors said.
Warner initially faced charges of assault of a child causing death, torture, oral copulation or sexual penetration with a child under 10 years old, and aggravated sexual assault of a child, but those charges are expected to be dropped as part of his plea agreement.
He is scheduled to be sentenced on October 6.
A call to Warner’s attorney was not immediately returned.
Monday, September 7, 2015
Dad gets life sentence for sexually abusing daughter during visitation (Fort Worth, Texas)
Notice the use of the passive tense here: "he was granted regular visitation." WHO granted sick pedo dad DANIEL GARCIA JR. visitation when he had had no contact with this girl from birth to seven? Was any of his past history with the step children known at that time?
http://www.wfaa.com/story/entertainment/television/2015/09/05/fort-worth-father-abuse-sentence/71790138/
North Texas man given life sentence for abuse of daughter
Marjorie Owens, WFAA 9:37 p.m. CDT September 5, 2015
FORT WORTH — A young girl's desire to connect with her father led to a tragic case of abuse that prosecutors say ultimately led to her "stolen innocence."
Daniel Garcia Jr. was sentenced to life in prison by a grand jury for sexually abusing his daughter over four years after he was granted regular visitations.
At the age of 7, the victim asked her mother if she could meet Garcia, her biological father, read a statement from District Attorney Sharen Wilson. Soon after their initial meeting, he was granted regular visitations, and the abuse began.
Prosecutors say the child endured abuse that escalated over a four-year period. "The girl, now a tween, quietly recounted her memories of the abuse to the jury the first day of the trial," Wilson said.
During her testimony, the young girl recounted how in addition to the abuse, she was forced to look at graphic pornography, including images of bestiality. "
And investigators recovered graphic Internet searches on Garcia's laptop, such as 'sex with my young daughter,'" Wilson said. "His laptop also revealed evidence Garcia had installed software enabling online peer file-sharing, regularly utilized by those possessing child pornography."
Garcia's father also took the stand. Previous to the abuse, the elderly father and his wife were granted custody of two of Garcia's other children. He also told the jury the father of two of Garcia's previous stepchildren also accused him of sexual abuse. Angered, the man attempted to shoot Garcia, but instead shot Garcia's father, who attempted to block the gunfire.
"This case was an ugly glimpse into the mind of a pedophile," said prosecutor David Alex. "I pray that we can break the stronghold they have over their young victims and get more of them off the streets."
http://www.wfaa.com/story/entertainment/television/2015/09/05/fort-worth-father-abuse-sentence/71790138/
North Texas man given life sentence for abuse of daughter
Marjorie Owens, WFAA 9:37 p.m. CDT September 5, 2015
FORT WORTH — A young girl's desire to connect with her father led to a tragic case of abuse that prosecutors say ultimately led to her "stolen innocence."
Daniel Garcia Jr. was sentenced to life in prison by a grand jury for sexually abusing his daughter over four years after he was granted regular visitations.
At the age of 7, the victim asked her mother if she could meet Garcia, her biological father, read a statement from District Attorney Sharen Wilson. Soon after their initial meeting, he was granted regular visitations, and the abuse began.
Prosecutors say the child endured abuse that escalated over a four-year period. "The girl, now a tween, quietly recounted her memories of the abuse to the jury the first day of the trial," Wilson said.
During her testimony, the young girl recounted how in addition to the abuse, she was forced to look at graphic pornography, including images of bestiality. "
And investigators recovered graphic Internet searches on Garcia's laptop, such as 'sex with my young daughter,'" Wilson said. "His laptop also revealed evidence Garcia had installed software enabling online peer file-sharing, regularly utilized by those possessing child pornography."
Garcia's father also took the stand. Previous to the abuse, the elderly father and his wife were granted custody of two of Garcia's other children. He also told the jury the father of two of Garcia's previous stepchildren also accused him of sexual abuse. Angered, the man attempted to shoot Garcia, but instead shot Garcia's father, who attempted to block the gunfire.
"This case was an ugly glimpse into the mind of a pedophile," said prosecutor David Alex. "I pray that we can break the stronghold they have over their young victims and get more of them off the streets."
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Dad gets life in prison for raping, sodomizing daughter for five years (Johnson County, Missouri)
No mention of the mother anywhere. I suspect that this was a custody/visitation situation, very possibly involving full custody for the father. Sexual abusers very often prefer to have full access/possession of their victims with no possibly interference from "pesky" moms.
Dad is identified as DARRON J. CHAPMAN.
http://www.gasconadecountyrepublican.com/news/owensville/article_715fc8fe-4bfd-11e5-97c3-b3fc9170a328.html
Life sentence for Chapman in child sex abuse case
Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 9:19 am | Updated: 11:15 am, Wed Aug 26, 2015.
Posted on Aug 26, 2015
by Dave Marner
A former area resident was sentenced Thursday to 75 years in prison for sexually abusing his own daughter over a 5-year period which ended this past summer with the his arrest.
Rob Russell, prosecuting attorney of Johnson County, said Johnson County Circuit Judge Mike Wagner sentenced Darron J. Chapman, now 38, to four “life terms” of 30 years, to be served concurrently, and three additional 15-year terms — to be served consecutively to each other — following completion of the 30-year terms.
Chapman pleaded guilty in June to felony charges of statutory rape, three counts of statutory sodomy, first-degree child molestation, and two counts of possession of child pornography.
“There really wasn’t going to be probation in this case,” said Russell. “The true depths of this tragedy, the horrible and despicable nature, was not really made public. As a father, this is a case that’s almost unfathomable and you hope you never have one like this again.”
Chapman admitted to raping and sodomizing his own daughter on her fifth birthday in 2008. He was also charged with deviate sexual intercourse with her on a Father’s Day. Russell said the sexual assaults took place over a 5-year period until the girl was 10-years-old.
The allegations first came to light last summer, said Russell. The girl had been working on a history project about the Civil War during the school year. Russell said she told authorities she had been reading about how slaves were considered property and how females were often exploited by their owners.
“She put two-and-two together and though she was being treated like women in those textbooks,” said Russell.
When the girl questioned her father about his actions, Russell said investigators learned Chapman showed his daughter video clips of child pornography.
“He showed her adult on child pornography and told her this was normal father-child behavior,” said Russell.
Details of his crimes came to light in June 2014 when the girl underwent a forensic examination conducted by staff at ChildSafe of Missouri in Sedalia, Mo.
Chapman, who has been jailed in lieu of a $500,000 cash only bond since his arrest in July 2014, pleaded guilty on June 15 to all seven felony charges against him.
“I still can’t get my head around this,” said Russell who was glad the case was over and that the sentencing reflected the crime’s impact on the victim. “I think that’s reflected on how the court’s thought process was applied in sentencing. “It’s just despicable what he did.”
Russell said nothing in the Warrensburg police department’s year-long investigation indicated there were any other victims other than Chapman’s daughter. Chapman resigned his position of 13 years as information technology director for the Warrensburg school district only days prior to being arrested last summer.
“There’s no indication he had any other victims in this case,” said Russell.
Chapman was arrested June 24, 2014, attempting to enter Gasconade County.
Dad is identified as DARRON J. CHAPMAN.
http://www.gasconadecountyrepublican.com/news/owensville/article_715fc8fe-4bfd-11e5-97c3-b3fc9170a328.html
Life sentence for Chapman in child sex abuse case
Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 9:19 am | Updated: 11:15 am, Wed Aug 26, 2015.
Posted on Aug 26, 2015
by Dave Marner
A former area resident was sentenced Thursday to 75 years in prison for sexually abusing his own daughter over a 5-year period which ended this past summer with the his arrest.
Rob Russell, prosecuting attorney of Johnson County, said Johnson County Circuit Judge Mike Wagner sentenced Darron J. Chapman, now 38, to four “life terms” of 30 years, to be served concurrently, and three additional 15-year terms — to be served consecutively to each other — following completion of the 30-year terms.
Chapman pleaded guilty in June to felony charges of statutory rape, three counts of statutory sodomy, first-degree child molestation, and two counts of possession of child pornography.
“There really wasn’t going to be probation in this case,” said Russell. “The true depths of this tragedy, the horrible and despicable nature, was not really made public. As a father, this is a case that’s almost unfathomable and you hope you never have one like this again.”
Chapman admitted to raping and sodomizing his own daughter on her fifth birthday in 2008. He was also charged with deviate sexual intercourse with her on a Father’s Day. Russell said the sexual assaults took place over a 5-year period until the girl was 10-years-old.
The allegations first came to light last summer, said Russell. The girl had been working on a history project about the Civil War during the school year. Russell said she told authorities she had been reading about how slaves were considered property and how females were often exploited by their owners.
“She put two-and-two together and though she was being treated like women in those textbooks,” said Russell.
When the girl questioned her father about his actions, Russell said investigators learned Chapman showed his daughter video clips of child pornography.
“He showed her adult on child pornography and told her this was normal father-child behavior,” said Russell.
Details of his crimes came to light in June 2014 when the girl underwent a forensic examination conducted by staff at ChildSafe of Missouri in Sedalia, Mo.
Chapman, who has been jailed in lieu of a $500,000 cash only bond since his arrest in July 2014, pleaded guilty on June 15 to all seven felony charges against him.
“I still can’t get my head around this,” said Russell who was glad the case was over and that the sentencing reflected the crime’s impact on the victim. “I think that’s reflected on how the court’s thought process was applied in sentencing. “It’s just despicable what he did.”
Russell said nothing in the Warrensburg police department’s year-long investigation indicated there were any other victims other than Chapman’s daughter. Chapman resigned his position of 13 years as information technology director for the Warrensburg school district only days prior to being arrested last summer.
“There’s no indication he had any other victims in this case,” said Russell.
Chapman was arrested June 24, 2014, attempting to enter Gasconade County.
Monday, August 17, 2015
Officials protected rapist dad (Australia)
Same old sh**....
http://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/child-abuse-royal-commission-officials-protected-rapist-dad/story-fnj4aog3-1227487529083
Child Abuse Royal Commission: Officials ‘protected rapist dad’
This story was published: 8 hours ago August 17, 2015 9:18PM
A GIRL raped by her father for 27 years says Victorian officials protected him and held her partially responsible for the abuse, an inquiry has heard.
The girl told social workers she was being raped but the abuse continued and she had four children to her father and suffering two miscarriages, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has heard.
“She is expected to give evidence that she felt the department protected her father and his feelings, and held her partially responsible for the rapes,” counsel assisting the commission Dr Peggy Dwyer said on Monday.
Dr Dwyer said children were sexually abused by staff members, social workers and other child residents of three Victorian state-run youth centres: Turana, Winlaton and Baltara.
The girl raped by her father, known only as BGD, was 15 when she was placed at Winlaton, where staff members gave her regular contraceptive injections.
Dr Dwyer said Winlaton allowed her to stay with her mother for weekend visits, giving her father access to her.
A social worker and Children’s Court Clinic staff member wrote to the man stating: “None of us want to make you feel bad, but we do want (BGD) to feel better about her relationship with you.”
Dr Dwyer said some survivors frequently ran away from the institutions to escape the abuse.
“Some survivors will say that they disclosed the abuse to the police, but they were not believed and, in some instances, they were physically abused by the police,” Dr Dwyer said.
“Some survivors will say that when they absconded from the institution and were picked up by the police, the police never asked why they were running away, but simply placed them back at the institution.”
Norman Latham, who was made a ward of the state at age 15 in 1962, will tell the public hearing he was sexually abused 19 times by two senior officers at Turana.
Mr Latham ran away to escape the abuse and reported it to police, who took him back to the facility and told one of the officers, Eric Horne, what the youth had said, the commission heard.
“Mr Latham is expected to say that later that night, Mr Horne said to him ‘I told you not to say anything’ and raped him in the infirmary at Turana,” Dr Dwyer said.
Dr Dwyer said most survivors would tell the commission they did not disclose the abuse to anyone at the institutions.
“They are expected to give reasons such as feelings of guilt, punishment, fear of being labelled a ‘lagger’ or ‘dobber’, and a belief that they would be disbelieved,” Dr Dwyer said.
Some survivors who did tell authorities were not believed, were punished or the response did not protect them from the abuser, she said.
Dr Dwyer said children were forced to strip when initially placed at an institution or on their return from weekend leave or absconding, and were forced to undergo intrusive medical exams.
She said witnesses would tell of a lack of supervision by staff members, facilitating abuse by other residents.
http://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/child-abuse-royal-commission-officials-protected-rapist-dad/story-fnj4aog3-1227487529083
Child Abuse Royal Commission: Officials ‘protected rapist dad’
This story was published: 8 hours ago August 17, 2015 9:18PM
A GIRL raped by her father for 27 years says Victorian officials protected him and held her partially responsible for the abuse, an inquiry has heard.
The girl told social workers she was being raped but the abuse continued and she had four children to her father and suffering two miscarriages, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has heard.
“She is expected to give evidence that she felt the department protected her father and his feelings, and held her partially responsible for the rapes,” counsel assisting the commission Dr Peggy Dwyer said on Monday.
Dr Dwyer said children were sexually abused by staff members, social workers and other child residents of three Victorian state-run youth centres: Turana, Winlaton and Baltara.
The girl raped by her father, known only as BGD, was 15 when she was placed at Winlaton, where staff members gave her regular contraceptive injections.
Dr Dwyer said Winlaton allowed her to stay with her mother for weekend visits, giving her father access to her.
A social worker and Children’s Court Clinic staff member wrote to the man stating: “None of us want to make you feel bad, but we do want (BGD) to feel better about her relationship with you.”
Dr Dwyer said some survivors frequently ran away from the institutions to escape the abuse.
“Some survivors will say that they disclosed the abuse to the police, but they were not believed and, in some instances, they were physically abused by the police,” Dr Dwyer said.
“Some survivors will say that when they absconded from the institution and were picked up by the police, the police never asked why they were running away, but simply placed them back at the institution.”
Norman Latham, who was made a ward of the state at age 15 in 1962, will tell the public hearing he was sexually abused 19 times by two senior officers at Turana.
Mr Latham ran away to escape the abuse and reported it to police, who took him back to the facility and told one of the officers, Eric Horne, what the youth had said, the commission heard.
“Mr Latham is expected to say that later that night, Mr Horne said to him ‘I told you not to say anything’ and raped him in the infirmary at Turana,” Dr Dwyer said.
Dr Dwyer said most survivors would tell the commission they did not disclose the abuse to anyone at the institutions.
“They are expected to give reasons such as feelings of guilt, punishment, fear of being labelled a ‘lagger’ or ‘dobber’, and a belief that they would be disbelieved,” Dr Dwyer said.
Some survivors who did tell authorities were not believed, were punished or the response did not protect them from the abuser, she said.
Dr Dwyer said children were forced to strip when initially placed at an institution or on their return from weekend leave or absconding, and were forced to undergo intrusive medical exams.
She said witnesses would tell of a lack of supervision by staff members, facilitating abuse by other residents.
Joint custody dad gives teen daughter cocaine, takes her to strip club (Doral, Florida)
Given that this is in Florida, one of the worst states in the US for women and children, nothing will change. After the press coverage blows over, dad JOSE MANUEL ARGUELLES will have the same rights as before. That is if he doesn't manage to get full custody by arguing that the mother was "alienating" him from his daughter or "interfering" with his custody time.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3196800/Florida-dad-arrested-taking-daughter-16-Pink-Pony-strip-club-giving-cocaine-allowing-pole-dance.html
Florida dad arrested for 'taking daughter, 16, to Pink Pony strip club, giving her cocaine and allowing her to pole dance'
Jose Manuel Arguelles, 59, charged with child neglect, giving drugs to child and eight counts of sexual performance by a child
Accused of repeatedly taking his daughter and her friend, ages 16 and 17, to Doral, Florida, gentlemen's club
Mother of the 17-year-old friend went to police after finding videos on daughter's phone showing her pole dancing
Pink Pony was shut down by code enforcers after Tuesday night's raid
By Snejana Farberov Published: 11:23 EST, 13 August 2015 | Updated: 13:45 EST, 13 August 2015
A Florida dad may have taken father-daughter bonding a step too far when police say he invited the 16-year-old girl to a strip club and gave her alcohol and cocaine.
Jose Manuel Arguelles, 59, was arrested Tuesday night and charged with child neglect, delivering a controlled substance to a child and eight counts of sexual performance by a child.
The criminal investigation also led to a temporary closure of the Pink Pony Gentlemen’s Club in Doral following a police raid.
Arguelles is accused of taking his daughter and her 17-year-old friend to the Pink Pony on multiple occasions.
During these outings, according to a police report, the teens were allowed to dance on stripper poles, drink alcohol, snort cocaine and smoke marijuana.
The mother of the 17-year-old girl, who allegedly accompanied Arguelles and his daughter to the club, said she went to the police after discovering videos and pictures on the teen's phone showing her dancing on stage in the adult club, according to CBS Miami.
Mr Arguelles, a self-described club promoter, shares custody of his 16-year-old daughter with his ex-wife.
When questioned by police, Arguelles admitted to bringing his daughter and her friend to the Doral strip joint and allowing them to consume alcohol, according to the report.
The teenagers told detectives that Arguelles has taken them to the Pink Pony several times since March, when his daughter turned 16, reported Miami Herald. The girl also reportedly confessed to doing drugs and drinking inside the club.
In the wake of the raid on the Pink Pony, the owners have a week to bring their case before a magistrate to reopen the club.
Arguelles’ attorney, Chris Mancini, argued during a bond hearing Wednesday that his client was being overcharged. He insisted that allowing a teen to dance on a stripper pole does not rise to the level of promoting sexual performance by a child.
NBC6 reported that Arguelles has been ordered held on $45,000 bond and barred from having any contact with his daughter or her friend.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3196800/Florida-dad-arrested-taking-daughter-16-Pink-Pony-strip-club-giving-cocaine-allowing-pole-dance.html
Florida dad arrested for 'taking daughter, 16, to Pink Pony strip club, giving her cocaine and allowing her to pole dance'
Jose Manuel Arguelles, 59, charged with child neglect, giving drugs to child and eight counts of sexual performance by a child
Accused of repeatedly taking his daughter and her friend, ages 16 and 17, to Doral, Florida, gentlemen's club
Mother of the 17-year-old friend went to police after finding videos on daughter's phone showing her pole dancing
Pink Pony was shut down by code enforcers after Tuesday night's raid
By Snejana Farberov Published: 11:23 EST, 13 August 2015 | Updated: 13:45 EST, 13 August 2015
A Florida dad may have taken father-daughter bonding a step too far when police say he invited the 16-year-old girl to a strip club and gave her alcohol and cocaine.
Jose Manuel Arguelles, 59, was arrested Tuesday night and charged with child neglect, delivering a controlled substance to a child and eight counts of sexual performance by a child.
The criminal investigation also led to a temporary closure of the Pink Pony Gentlemen’s Club in Doral following a police raid.
Arguelles is accused of taking his daughter and her 17-year-old friend to the Pink Pony on multiple occasions.
During these outings, according to a police report, the teens were allowed to dance on stripper poles, drink alcohol, snort cocaine and smoke marijuana.
The mother of the 17-year-old girl, who allegedly accompanied Arguelles and his daughter to the club, said she went to the police after discovering videos and pictures on the teen's phone showing her dancing on stage in the adult club, according to CBS Miami.
Mr Arguelles, a self-described club promoter, shares custody of his 16-year-old daughter with his ex-wife.
When questioned by police, Arguelles admitted to bringing his daughter and her friend to the Doral strip joint and allowing them to consume alcohol, according to the report.
The teenagers told detectives that Arguelles has taken them to the Pink Pony several times since March, when his daughter turned 16, reported Miami Herald. The girl also reportedly confessed to doing drugs and drinking inside the club.
In the wake of the raid on the Pink Pony, the owners have a week to bring their case before a magistrate to reopen the club.
Arguelles’ attorney, Chris Mancini, argued during a bond hearing Wednesday that his client was being overcharged. He insisted that allowing a teen to dance on a stripper pole does not rise to the level of promoting sexual performance by a child.
NBC6 reported that Arguelles has been ordered held on $45,000 bond and barred from having any contact with his daughter or her friend.
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