Notice that even though the mother was not at home when Dad assaulted the baby, she has still lost custody. This is very typical. Mothers are very often held responsible for the crimes of others, even when they are not present or otherwise unable to intervene. However, the reverse is seldom true. A father can willingly and deliberately desert an abusive mother with a child, and he is virtually never held responsible for the consequences, either legally or morally.
Somewhat unusual touch here for a mainstream media article. We have pointed out before that shaking babies is a mostly male crime, mostly committed by fathers. All the studies on the matter have substantiated this. But that fact is usually swept under the rug with pleas to "parents" not to shake the baby. In fact, mothers are the LEAST likely shakers, while fathers are the MOST likely shakers.
Dad is identified as MARTY MICHAEL MARCEL.
http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20150418/articles/150419622?p=1&tc=pg
Shaken baby off life support
By Maki Somosot
Staff Writer
Published: Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 8:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 12:04 a.m.
An infant who the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office said was violently shaken by his father over a month ago has been removed from life support.
"He remains hospitalized in the recovery stage," sheriff's Maj. Malcolm Wolfe said.
Legal custody of the baby, who remains at the Children's Hospital in New Orleans, has been granted to the state Department of Child and Family Services instead of family members at this point, Wolfe added.
After initially being treated for severe brain damage at the Terrebonne General Medical Center in mid-March, the infant was transported to the Children's Hospital for additional treatment.
Medical officials in New Orleans filed a complaint with the Sheriff's Office when they determined the baby, who was 6 weeks old, suffered from brain bleeding and other injuries consistent with shaken baby syndrome, Wolfe said.
The baby's father, Marty Michael Marcel, 26, of 1855 Bayou Blue Road, was arrested Mar. 19 on an attempted second-degree murder charge.
Marcel remains at the Terrebonne Parish jail on a $75,000 bond.
Inflicting cruelty on a juvenile and the perceived severity of injury resulted in the charge, Wolfe said.
If convicted, Marcel faces up to 50 years in prison.
Family members interviewed by detectives called Marcel "inexperienced" in caring for his newborn son while his wife was not home, Wolfe said.
According to a 1995 American Academy of Pediatrics paper, 37 percent of those who cause shaken baby syndrome are the biological father, 21 percent involve the mother's boyfriend. 17 percent are women caregivers, 13 percent are the biological mothers and 12 percent are classified as "other."
Dr. Randell Alexander, chief of the Child Protection and Forensic Pediatrics Division at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Jacksonville, said the majority of survivors often have impaired cognitive, visual and motor functions for the rest of their lives.
No information about the baby's long-term prognosis is available, officials said.
A representative from the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services declined to provide specifics about the case, but said the department is looking into suitable guardians for the child.
Assistant District Attorney Jason Dagate is reviewing Marcel's case before setting a date for his trial.
Monday, April 20, 2015
After being in dad's custody, 6-year-old boy tests positive for meth (Alamogordo, New Mexico)
Another one of those news articles that omits more than it includes. Just what was this little boy's "living situation"? Of course, they refuse to say. What do you mean by just "after being in the custody of his father"? That there was a court-ordered custody agreement here? An informal agreement? That Daddy was merely babysitting while Mom was at work? What?
Of course by refusing to clarify these points, you raise other points. If in fact the father had court-ordered custody/visitation rights, then why was a man on probation for DWI given any unsupervised custody/visitation rights at all? And given that he has a meth addiction issue as well, we can only assume that this fact was ignored as well? What else was ignored? If this was court-ordered custody/visitation, who ordered it and who supported the decision?
If the mother had been living in the home, I suspect she would have been charged with failure to protect. The fact that she isn't--in fact she's not mentioned at all--speaks volumes.
Dad is identified as FREDDY PADILLA.
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S3770237.shtml#.VTUUQNFFCbB
New Mexico dad charged after son tests positive for meth
Created: 04/18/2015 12:50 PM By: APNews Now
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — An Alamogordo father is facing a felony child abuse charge after his 6-year-old son tested positive for methamphetamine exposure.
Court documents say the boy tested positive after being in the custody of his father, 37-year-old Freddy Padilla. It wasn't immediately clear if Padilla had an attorney.
The Alamogordo Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/1yBVJqX) Padilla was already jailed at the Otero County Detention Center for probation violation in an unrelated DWI case.
Police Detective Lt. Roger Schoolcraft says the department began investing possible abuse after receiving a report from state child welfare workers on the boy's living situation.
A sample of the boy's hair was tested. Police say the concentration of meth in the child's hair was consistent with a level that would be found in a recreational drug user's system.
Of course by refusing to clarify these points, you raise other points. If in fact the father had court-ordered custody/visitation rights, then why was a man on probation for DWI given any unsupervised custody/visitation rights at all? And given that he has a meth addiction issue as well, we can only assume that this fact was ignored as well? What else was ignored? If this was court-ordered custody/visitation, who ordered it and who supported the decision?
If the mother had been living in the home, I suspect she would have been charged with failure to protect. The fact that she isn't--in fact she's not mentioned at all--speaks volumes.
Dad is identified as FREDDY PADILLA.
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S3770237.shtml#.VTUUQNFFCbB
New Mexico dad charged after son tests positive for meth
Created: 04/18/2015 12:50 PM By: APNews Now
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — An Alamogordo father is facing a felony child abuse charge after his 6-year-old son tested positive for methamphetamine exposure.
Court documents say the boy tested positive after being in the custody of his father, 37-year-old Freddy Padilla. It wasn't immediately clear if Padilla had an attorney.
The Alamogordo Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/1yBVJqX) Padilla was already jailed at the Otero County Detention Center for probation violation in an unrelated DWI case.
Police Detective Lt. Roger Schoolcraft says the department began investing possible abuse after receiving a report from state child welfare workers on the boy's living situation.
A sample of the boy's hair was tested. Police say the concentration of meth in the child's hair was consistent with a level that would be found in a recreational drug user's system.
Dad pleads guilty to 2nd-degree murder in death of 6-month-old son; sentenced to 15 years in prison (Vicksburg, Mississippi)
Dad is identified as JAMARO SMITH.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/04/18/6182611_father-sentenced-to-15-years-in.html?rh=1
Father sentenced to 15 years in infant son's death
The Associated Press April 18, 2015
VICKSBURG, Miss. — A Vicksburg father has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the shaking death of his infant son.
Circuit Judge Isadore Patrick sentenced 25-year-old Jamaro South during a hearing on Thursday. The Vicksburg Post reports (http://bit.ly/1cHWHs2 ) that the victim was 6-month-old Jamaro Carter Jr., who died in 2013.
South pleaded guilty last month to second-degree murder. State law requires that a sentence of at least 20 years be given for second-degree murder, but also allows a judge to suspend a portion of the sentence.
Patrick told South during the hearing that he does not believe South intended to kill the child.
South made no statements during the hearing.
Defense Attorney Chris Green asked Patrick to consider the death as manslaughter rather than a murder while considering sentencing. "We think the facts of this crime fit the constraints of manslaughter, but it also fits the confines of second-degree murder," Green said.
District Attorney Ricky Smith disagreed. "This child had two detached retinas. This child had subdural hematomas," Smith said. "This was not a brief loss of thought process by the defendant. This is in no way in nature manslaughter."
Smith and police have said South was alone with his infant son Dec. 14, 2013, when the boy was injured and later died of head injuries.
The child's mother has not made any statements in the case. Patrick said during the sentencing that he received a letter from her supporting South but the letter was not read publicly.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/04/18/6182611_father-sentenced-to-15-years-in.html?rh=1
Father sentenced to 15 years in infant son's death
The Associated Press April 18, 2015
VICKSBURG, Miss. — A Vicksburg father has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the shaking death of his infant son.
Circuit Judge Isadore Patrick sentenced 25-year-old Jamaro South during a hearing on Thursday. The Vicksburg Post reports (http://bit.ly/1cHWHs2 ) that the victim was 6-month-old Jamaro Carter Jr., who died in 2013.
South pleaded guilty last month to second-degree murder. State law requires that a sentence of at least 20 years be given for second-degree murder, but also allows a judge to suspend a portion of the sentence.
Patrick told South during the hearing that he does not believe South intended to kill the child.
South made no statements during the hearing.
Defense Attorney Chris Green asked Patrick to consider the death as manslaughter rather than a murder while considering sentencing. "We think the facts of this crime fit the constraints of manslaughter, but it also fits the confines of second-degree murder," Green said.
District Attorney Ricky Smith disagreed. "This child had two detached retinas. This child had subdural hematomas," Smith said. "This was not a brief loss of thought process by the defendant. This is in no way in nature manslaughter."
Smith and police have said South was alone with his infant son Dec. 14, 2013, when the boy was injured and later died of head injuries.
The child's mother has not made any statements in the case. Patrick said during the sentencing that he received a letter from her supporting South but the letter was not read publicly.
Friday, April 17, 2015
Custodial dad on trial for murder of 1-year-old son (Tarrant County, Texas)
Take notice of how many paragraphs have to be slogged through before it is revealed that abusive father WILLIE LOUIS JACKSON was CUSTODIAL.
Yes, the mother had committed a property crime (burglary), and her arrest made it impossible for her to care for her children. But by all accounts, the maternal grandmother was doing a fine job as a caretaker.
Yet as we know, Texas is a big fathers rights state, so of course Daddy's rights take precedence over everything else. And notice that Dad assumed custody of the child without any advance warning to the grandmother or her approval.
This murder is absolutely linked to the ascendance of fathers rights ideology, and the idea that any father--no matter how violent or demented--has "rights" that trump everyone else's, The opinions and wishes of mothers and grandmothers--the traditional and time-honored caregivers--mean nothing. The well-being of children means nothing. The fact that a baby boy who had already been traumatized by the loss of his mother was being forcibly shuffled off to yet another home--when he was doing well with his grandmother--means nothing.
The end result: Daddy's custodial "rights" directly result in the means and opportunity to fracture the skull of this baby and end his life.
For similar crimes in the Lone Star state, see the Killer Dads and Custody list for the state of Texas.
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/courier/news/doctors-detail-injuries-in-conroe-child-abuse-case/article_b5ce6ace-33cb-5b1d-b541-a0aa00dcb00d.html?mode=story
Doctors detail injuries in Conroe child abuse case
Mother testifies at Conroe fatal child abuse trial
Posted: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 10:34 pm
By Brandon K. Scott
Medical examiners who performed the autopsy of a 1-year-old boy who died from traumatic brain injuries while in his father’s custody detailed the child’s injuries in a Montgomery County courtroom Wednesday.
Medical examiners ruled LaMarcus Green’s death a homicide due to a recent skull fracture from blunt-force trauma.
His father, 24-year-old Willie Louis Jackson, is on trial this week on a first-degree felony injury to a child charge. Jackson faces up to 99 years in prison, if convicted.
Dr. Sara N. Doyle, a Harris County pathologist who performed the autopsy, said there were two separate incidents of blunt-force trauma in the child’s brain. The most recent injury, examiners testified, occurred shortly before LaMarcus died Oct. 23, 2013, when he was in Jackson’s care at a Conroe apartment. The injury is on the right side toward the top of his head, multiple medical examiners testified.
Another serious injury doctors noted was a skull fracture around the right eye, which showed signs of healing. Doctors estimated that fracture occurred two to eight weeks prior to LaMarcus’ death.
The issue is pertinent to both the prosecution and defense cases, since the dispute between them is whether the child suffered serious injuries before Jackson picked him up from the Dallas-Fort Worth area Sept. 21, 2013.
Assistant District Attorney Jim Prewitt told jurors Tuesday that evidence will show Jackson was responsible for LaMarcus when both skull fractures occurred.
Defense attorney E. Tay Bond, however, argues LaMarcus arrived to Conroe unhealthy and “he was already on his way out.”
Bond concedes LaMarcus’ second skull fracture was suffered around the time of the incident that led to his death, but argues the cause was an accidental injury exacerbated by his previous ailments.
Jackson told Conroe police he fed LaMarcus oatmeal, placed him on a pallet in the bedroom, then returned to the kitchen area to play video games before hearing him scream 15 minutes later.
Jackson said he checked on LaMarcus to find him gasping for air and whimpering.
Jackson later told police he took LaMarcus out of his high chair after feeding him and placed him on the floor, when the child fell forward and struck his forehead on the corner of the kitchen counter.
Jackson administered ointment on his head, placed him on the pallet then returned to playing video games.
Jackson said when he saw LaMarcus gasping for air, he began shaking the child to get a response from him.
In an audio interview with Conroe Detective Eddie Davis, Jackson said LaMarcus was clumsy and fell all the time.
Other witnesses testified the child was quiet and struggled maintaining his balance.
Dr. Glenn D. Sandberg, a Harris County forensic neuropathologist who noted hemorrhages through most of LaMarcus’s spinal cord and brain injuries, said it is unlikely the injuries were accidental.
Dr. Deborrah Pinto, a Harris County forensic anthropologist who examined LaMarcus, said the two skull fractures, while located in the same general area on the right side of the brain, never intersected. Doyle estimated the fractures were separated by about ¾-inch from the closest point, and almost 1½ inches from the farthest point.
Co-defense attorney Jerald Crow questioned whether LaMarcus already was compromised due to the initial fracture, but Doyle said she could not give an opinion having not examined LaMarcus prior to the second fracture.
Doyle said it is possible a new fracture could aggravate an older one, but that the injuries LaMarcus suffered were not likely to occur by falling from a standing height.
Police and EMS were dispatched to 231 Interstate 45 S. about 7 p.m. Oct. 22, 2013, after a call from Jackson stating his son was not breathing.
Jackson’s girlfriend Da’Zhane Shird and her mother Brenda Shird, who both testified Tuesday, tried to resuscitate Green with directions from 911 dispatchers until emergency personnel arrived.
“He is doing nothing,” Brenda Shird said in the 911 call. “He is laying here lifeless.”
Green was taken to Conroe Regional Medical Center with severe internal trauma and injuries to his forehead, then airlifted to Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. Green was pronounced dead the next morning.
A doctor noted in a physical exam that Green had bruises to the forehead, shoulder, back, right eye and buttocks.
The child’s mother, Lauren Green, is in custody at the Tarrant County jail facing burglary charges. Child Protective Services previously placed Lauren Green’s three children into her mother’s custody due to the 2012 criminal charge, according to Tuesday’s testimony.
The grandmother, Belinda Green, was influential in Jackson learning he fathered a child with her daughter but did not approve of the decision to allow LaMarcus to live with Jackson and Da’Zhane Shird.
Jackson traveled to Dallas alone Sept. 21, 2013, to pick up LaMarcus — without Belinda Green’s knowledge, she said.
Prosecutors sought to highlight that despite Lauren’s legal troubles, her children were being cared for by their grandmother, who paid for day care and arranged doctor visits. Bond, however, questioned whether LaMarcus Green could have suffered a serious head injury without his grandmother’s knowledge or recollection. Even though daycare and medical records never documented a head injury for LaMarcus Green, there were day care records showing one of the older children suffered a head injury from the same day care. Belinda Green said she did not remember the incident, but that she would have taken the child to a doctor if it appeared to be serious enough. Her testimony allowed attorneys from both sides to illustrate for the jury how LaMarcus was cared for before Jackson brought him to Conroe.
Lauren Green is expected to be transferred from the Tarrant County jail to testify for the state today.
Yes, the mother had committed a property crime (burglary), and her arrest made it impossible for her to care for her children. But by all accounts, the maternal grandmother was doing a fine job as a caretaker.
Yet as we know, Texas is a big fathers rights state, so of course Daddy's rights take precedence over everything else. And notice that Dad assumed custody of the child without any advance warning to the grandmother or her approval.
This murder is absolutely linked to the ascendance of fathers rights ideology, and the idea that any father--no matter how violent or demented--has "rights" that trump everyone else's, The opinions and wishes of mothers and grandmothers--the traditional and time-honored caregivers--mean nothing. The well-being of children means nothing. The fact that a baby boy who had already been traumatized by the loss of his mother was being forcibly shuffled off to yet another home--when he was doing well with his grandmother--means nothing.
The end result: Daddy's custodial "rights" directly result in the means and opportunity to fracture the skull of this baby and end his life.
For similar crimes in the Lone Star state, see the Killer Dads and Custody list for the state of Texas.
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/courier/news/doctors-detail-injuries-in-conroe-child-abuse-case/article_b5ce6ace-33cb-5b1d-b541-a0aa00dcb00d.html?mode=story
Doctors detail injuries in Conroe child abuse case
Mother testifies at Conroe fatal child abuse trial
Posted: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 10:34 pm
By Brandon K. Scott
Medical examiners who performed the autopsy of a 1-year-old boy who died from traumatic brain injuries while in his father’s custody detailed the child’s injuries in a Montgomery County courtroom Wednesday.
Medical examiners ruled LaMarcus Green’s death a homicide due to a recent skull fracture from blunt-force trauma.
His father, 24-year-old Willie Louis Jackson, is on trial this week on a first-degree felony injury to a child charge. Jackson faces up to 99 years in prison, if convicted.
Dr. Sara N. Doyle, a Harris County pathologist who performed the autopsy, said there were two separate incidents of blunt-force trauma in the child’s brain. The most recent injury, examiners testified, occurred shortly before LaMarcus died Oct. 23, 2013, when he was in Jackson’s care at a Conroe apartment. The injury is on the right side toward the top of his head, multiple medical examiners testified.
Another serious injury doctors noted was a skull fracture around the right eye, which showed signs of healing. Doctors estimated that fracture occurred two to eight weeks prior to LaMarcus’ death.
The issue is pertinent to both the prosecution and defense cases, since the dispute between them is whether the child suffered serious injuries before Jackson picked him up from the Dallas-Fort Worth area Sept. 21, 2013.
Assistant District Attorney Jim Prewitt told jurors Tuesday that evidence will show Jackson was responsible for LaMarcus when both skull fractures occurred.
Defense attorney E. Tay Bond, however, argues LaMarcus arrived to Conroe unhealthy and “he was already on his way out.”
Bond concedes LaMarcus’ second skull fracture was suffered around the time of the incident that led to his death, but argues the cause was an accidental injury exacerbated by his previous ailments.
Jackson told Conroe police he fed LaMarcus oatmeal, placed him on a pallet in the bedroom, then returned to the kitchen area to play video games before hearing him scream 15 minutes later.
Jackson said he checked on LaMarcus to find him gasping for air and whimpering.
Jackson later told police he took LaMarcus out of his high chair after feeding him and placed him on the floor, when the child fell forward and struck his forehead on the corner of the kitchen counter.
Jackson administered ointment on his head, placed him on the pallet then returned to playing video games.
Jackson said when he saw LaMarcus gasping for air, he began shaking the child to get a response from him.
In an audio interview with Conroe Detective Eddie Davis, Jackson said LaMarcus was clumsy and fell all the time.
Other witnesses testified the child was quiet and struggled maintaining his balance.
Dr. Glenn D. Sandberg, a Harris County forensic neuropathologist who noted hemorrhages through most of LaMarcus’s spinal cord and brain injuries, said it is unlikely the injuries were accidental.
Dr. Deborrah Pinto, a Harris County forensic anthropologist who examined LaMarcus, said the two skull fractures, while located in the same general area on the right side of the brain, never intersected. Doyle estimated the fractures were separated by about ¾-inch from the closest point, and almost 1½ inches from the farthest point.
Co-defense attorney Jerald Crow questioned whether LaMarcus already was compromised due to the initial fracture, but Doyle said she could not give an opinion having not examined LaMarcus prior to the second fracture.
Doyle said it is possible a new fracture could aggravate an older one, but that the injuries LaMarcus suffered were not likely to occur by falling from a standing height.
Police and EMS were dispatched to 231 Interstate 45 S. about 7 p.m. Oct. 22, 2013, after a call from Jackson stating his son was not breathing.
Jackson’s girlfriend Da’Zhane Shird and her mother Brenda Shird, who both testified Tuesday, tried to resuscitate Green with directions from 911 dispatchers until emergency personnel arrived.
“He is doing nothing,” Brenda Shird said in the 911 call. “He is laying here lifeless.”
Green was taken to Conroe Regional Medical Center with severe internal trauma and injuries to his forehead, then airlifted to Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. Green was pronounced dead the next morning.
A doctor noted in a physical exam that Green had bruises to the forehead, shoulder, back, right eye and buttocks.
The child’s mother, Lauren Green, is in custody at the Tarrant County jail facing burglary charges. Child Protective Services previously placed Lauren Green’s three children into her mother’s custody due to the 2012 criminal charge, according to Tuesday’s testimony.
The grandmother, Belinda Green, was influential in Jackson learning he fathered a child with her daughter but did not approve of the decision to allow LaMarcus to live with Jackson and Da’Zhane Shird.
Jackson traveled to Dallas alone Sept. 21, 2013, to pick up LaMarcus — without Belinda Green’s knowledge, she said.
Prosecutors sought to highlight that despite Lauren’s legal troubles, her children were being cared for by their grandmother, who paid for day care and arranged doctor visits. Bond, however, questioned whether LaMarcus Green could have suffered a serious head injury without his grandmother’s knowledge or recollection. Even though daycare and medical records never documented a head injury for LaMarcus Green, there were day care records showing one of the older children suffered a head injury from the same day care. Belinda Green said she did not remember the incident, but that she would have taken the child to a doctor if it appeared to be serious enough. Her testimony allowed attorneys from both sides to illustrate for the jury how LaMarcus was cared for before Jackson brought him to Conroe.
Lauren Green is expected to be transferred from the Tarrant County jail to testify for the state today.
Dad accused of abusing daughter for over twenty years (Northern Ireland)
Notice there is no mention of a mother in the home. Was UNNAMED DAD a single or custodial father? Of course, there is no clarification here, which is typical.
http://www.u.tv/News/2015/04/14/Father-accused-of-abusing-daughter-for-over-20-years-35432
Father accused of abusing daughter for over 20 years
14 Apr 2015
A Belfast man has gone on trial, accused of subjecting his daughter to a "life of inappropriate sexual activity" which spanned over two decades.
The 64-year old man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his daughter, has been charged with multiple counts of gross indecency, indecent assault and rape.
A jury at Belfast Crown Court heard allegations that the sexual offending against his daughter began when she was 11 and continued until she was aged 32, when she moved away from Northern Ireland.
Crown prosecutor Philip Mateer QC said the accused's behaviour towards his daughter was "exemplified by his domination and control over her ... and continued even after she became an adult."
The accused has been charged with a total of 16 offences which the Crown say were committed over a period from January 1987 to December 2007.
Mr Mateer QC told the jury that the abuse began during the girl's formative years, and that this abuse by her dominant father became a way of life for her.
The prosecutor said that even when she moved into her own home and had a child, her father would still have sex with her.
Telling the jury "she never consented to any of this behaviour", Mr Mateer said that when she said no to intercourse it "made no difference" and that the accused "carried on ... he wanted sex and that was it."
The court heard the woman, who is now 40, made a complaint to police on 13 July and that she referred to her the abuse as being a "vicious circle" and "normal" to her until she was able to "make the break" and leave Northern Ireland.
The jury heard that when the allegations made by his daughter were put to the accused, he claimed none of the incidents happened.
He subsequently pleaded not guilty to all the offences levelled against him and is currently standing trial at Belfast Crown Court.
http://www.u.tv/News/2015/04/14/Father-accused-of-abusing-daughter-for-over-20-years-35432
Father accused of abusing daughter for over 20 years
14 Apr 2015
A Belfast man has gone on trial, accused of subjecting his daughter to a "life of inappropriate sexual activity" which spanned over two decades.
The 64-year old man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his daughter, has been charged with multiple counts of gross indecency, indecent assault and rape.
A jury at Belfast Crown Court heard allegations that the sexual offending against his daughter began when she was 11 and continued until she was aged 32, when she moved away from Northern Ireland.
Crown prosecutor Philip Mateer QC said the accused's behaviour towards his daughter was "exemplified by his domination and control over her ... and continued even after she became an adult."
The accused has been charged with a total of 16 offences which the Crown say were committed over a period from January 1987 to December 2007.
Mr Mateer QC told the jury that the abuse began during the girl's formative years, and that this abuse by her dominant father became a way of life for her.
The prosecutor said that even when she moved into her own home and had a child, her father would still have sex with her.
Telling the jury "she never consented to any of this behaviour", Mr Mateer said that when she said no to intercourse it "made no difference" and that the accused "carried on ... he wanted sex and that was it."
The court heard the woman, who is now 40, made a complaint to police on 13 July and that she referred to her the abuse as being a "vicious circle" and "normal" to her until she was able to "make the break" and leave Northern Ireland.
The jury heard that when the allegations made by his daughter were put to the accused, he claimed none of the incidents happened.
He subsequently pleaded not guilty to all the offences levelled against him and is currently standing trial at Belfast Crown Court.
DCF fails to find evidence of child abuse, even though doctor did; funny how that happens when the abusive dad is rich and famous and wants sole custody (Atlanta, Georgia)
Dad is DWIGHT HOWARD--one of a long list of rich abusive fathers who are going after sole custody these days.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/dwight-howard-will-not-face-charges-in-atlanta-child-abuse-investigation-195510253.html
Dwight Howard will not face charges in Atlanta child abuse investigation
By Dan Devine
April 13, 2015 3:55 PM
Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard will not face charges of child abuse in connection with an investigation into alleged physical disciplining of his then-6-year-old son, Braylon.
Royce Reed, Braylon's mother, filed a complaint against Howard in August alleging that Howard had whipped their son with a belt. A spokesperson for the Florida Department of Children and Families told TMZ in November that the investigation was "being closed with no substantiated findings of physical injuries." A subsequent TMZ report, however, indicated that the doctor who examined Braylon's injuries reported them as being consistent with a history "of being struck with a belt numerous times by his father."
While the allegation were reported in Florida, the alleged abuse in question was said to have taken place in Georgia. Following the TMZ reports, authorities in Georgia re-opened their investigation into child abuse claims against Howard. The 29-year-old center was not arrested or charged with any crime as authorities investigated the claims.
On Monday, nearly five months after the resumption of investigation, Atlanta police announced that they will not press charges against the eight-time All-Star, according to Mark Berman of KRIV-TV FOX 26 in Houston:
"I can confirm we are not moving forward with charges in this case," said Sgt. Gregory Lyon, in an email to FOX 26 Sports.
Howard's attorney, David Oscar Markus, is pleased with the decision.
"We are gratified that the Atlanta Police Department, after fully examining the frivolous allegations against Dwight Howard, has closed the case and decided not to proceed with charges," said Markus in a statement to FOX 26 Sports.
"Dwight Howard will continue to act in the best interest of his children and do whatever is necessary to protect their welfare."
Howard filed a motion in November seeking sole custody of Braylon that continues to wend its way through the courts, according to Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle.
Howard has struggled with injuries this season, missing 37 games with an ailing right knee. Since returning to action 2 1/2 weeks ago, Howard has seen limited floor time, averaging just 21.6 minutes per game in eight appearances.
He's performed well in that curbed action, though, averaging 13.8 points on 66.2 percent shooting to go with nine rebounds and just under two combined blocks and steals per contest, including three sraight double-doubles. Along with the consistently strong play of MVP candidate James Harden, Howard's recent uptick in form has given a Rockets club that continues to fight tooth-and-nail in a battle for the No. 2 spot in the Western Conference playoff hierarchy hope that, despite the other damaging injuries they've sustained of late, they've still got a real chance of advancing past the opening round of the playoffs for the first time since 2009, and past the conference semifinals for the first time since 1997.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/dwight-howard-will-not-face-charges-in-atlanta-child-abuse-investigation-195510253.html
Dwight Howard will not face charges in Atlanta child abuse investigation
By Dan Devine
April 13, 2015 3:55 PM
Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard will not face charges of child abuse in connection with an investigation into alleged physical disciplining of his then-6-year-old son, Braylon.
Royce Reed, Braylon's mother, filed a complaint against Howard in August alleging that Howard had whipped their son with a belt. A spokesperson for the Florida Department of Children and Families told TMZ in November that the investigation was "being closed with no substantiated findings of physical injuries." A subsequent TMZ report, however, indicated that the doctor who examined Braylon's injuries reported them as being consistent with a history "of being struck with a belt numerous times by his father."
While the allegation were reported in Florida, the alleged abuse in question was said to have taken place in Georgia. Following the TMZ reports, authorities in Georgia re-opened their investigation into child abuse claims against Howard. The 29-year-old center was not arrested or charged with any crime as authorities investigated the claims.
On Monday, nearly five months after the resumption of investigation, Atlanta police announced that they will not press charges against the eight-time All-Star, according to Mark Berman of KRIV-TV FOX 26 in Houston:
"I can confirm we are not moving forward with charges in this case," said Sgt. Gregory Lyon, in an email to FOX 26 Sports.
Howard's attorney, David Oscar Markus, is pleased with the decision.
"We are gratified that the Atlanta Police Department, after fully examining the frivolous allegations against Dwight Howard, has closed the case and decided not to proceed with charges," said Markus in a statement to FOX 26 Sports.
"Dwight Howard will continue to act in the best interest of his children and do whatever is necessary to protect their welfare."
Howard filed a motion in November seeking sole custody of Braylon that continues to wend its way through the courts, according to Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle.
Howard has struggled with injuries this season, missing 37 games with an ailing right knee. Since returning to action 2 1/2 weeks ago, Howard has seen limited floor time, averaging just 21.6 minutes per game in eight appearances.
He's performed well in that curbed action, though, averaging 13.8 points on 66.2 percent shooting to go with nine rebounds and just under two combined blocks and steals per contest, including three sraight double-doubles. Along with the consistently strong play of MVP candidate James Harden, Howard's recent uptick in form has given a Rockets club that continues to fight tooth-and-nail in a battle for the No. 2 spot in the Western Conference playoff hierarchy hope that, despite the other damaging injuries they've sustained of late, they've still got a real chance of advancing past the opening round of the playoffs for the first time since 2009, and past the conference semifinals for the first time since 1997.
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Deadbeat dad with history of domestic assault murders 2-year-old daughter, 8-year-old son, and their mother (Eastpointe, Michigan)
Dad is identified as TIMOTHY FRADENECK.
http://www.wxyz.com/news/region/macomb-county/eastpointe-father-charged-with-3-counts-of-felony-murder-following-deaths-of-wife-2-children
Eastpointe father charged with 3 counts of felony murder following deaths of wife, 2 children Posted: 1:25 PM, Apr 15, 2015 Updated: 5:11 PM, Apr 15, 2015
EASTPOINTE, Mich. (WXYZ) - An Eastpointe man has been charged with 3 counts of felony murder following the deaths of his wife and two children.
Timothy Fradeneck appeared in court to face the charges Wednesday afternoon. Loved ones on both sides of the family were in the courtroom. Fradeneck was also charged with four counts of child abuse.
He's accused of strangling his 37-year-old wife Christie Fradeneck, 2-year-old daughter Celest and 8-year-old son Timothy. According to police, Fradeneck told police he used a USB cable to strangle his family as they slept. Investigators say he told them he'd been planning the murders since August of 2014, but carried it out late Sunday night because "the opportunity presented itself". They say they still don't know the motive for the murders.
The wife and two children were found dead in their home on Monday, April 13 in the 22000 block of Cushing Avenue.
The judge entered a plea of not guilty on Fradeneck's behalf. When the judge asked him if he had anything say, he muttered that he would like to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. The judge advised him that he would need to take that up with an attorney.
Christie's husband, and the father of the two kids, was arrested at the house without a fight. Police had responded do a welfare check. Timothy Fradeneck answered and told police his family was sleeping. The police officers said they needed to see them. After a few moments, police say Timothy Fradeneck confessed. He is now being held without bond.
"We've got families trying to prepare for funerals of a 2 year-old and an 8 year-old. No one should ever have to do that. No family should ever have to do that .. That's outside of my area of expertise, but what is in my area of experties .. is ensuring this defendant pays for what he did .. and we will ensure that," says Eric Smith, Macomb County Prosecutor.
Court records show the husband and wife had a chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2011. Christie was a part owner of a salon and had a Michigan Cosmetology license. The records show her husband was unemployed for a couple of years.
A family friend says his parents owned the home in which they lived.
Court records also show the husband had a domestic assault case in 2009 involving his own brother. It was pleaded down to a fine and one year probation.
http://www.wxyz.com/news/region/macomb-county/eastpointe-father-charged-with-3-counts-of-felony-murder-following-deaths-of-wife-2-children
Eastpointe father charged with 3 counts of felony murder following deaths of wife, 2 children Posted: 1:25 PM, Apr 15, 2015 Updated: 5:11 PM, Apr 15, 2015
EASTPOINTE, Mich. (WXYZ) - An Eastpointe man has been charged with 3 counts of felony murder following the deaths of his wife and two children.
Timothy Fradeneck appeared in court to face the charges Wednesday afternoon. Loved ones on both sides of the family were in the courtroom. Fradeneck was also charged with four counts of child abuse.
He's accused of strangling his 37-year-old wife Christie Fradeneck, 2-year-old daughter Celest and 8-year-old son Timothy. According to police, Fradeneck told police he used a USB cable to strangle his family as they slept. Investigators say he told them he'd been planning the murders since August of 2014, but carried it out late Sunday night because "the opportunity presented itself". They say they still don't know the motive for the murders.
The wife and two children were found dead in their home on Monday, April 13 in the 22000 block of Cushing Avenue.
The judge entered a plea of not guilty on Fradeneck's behalf. When the judge asked him if he had anything say, he muttered that he would like to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. The judge advised him that he would need to take that up with an attorney.
Christie's husband, and the father of the two kids, was arrested at the house without a fight. Police had responded do a welfare check. Timothy Fradeneck answered and told police his family was sleeping. The police officers said they needed to see them. After a few moments, police say Timothy Fradeneck confessed. He is now being held without bond.
"We've got families trying to prepare for funerals of a 2 year-old and an 8 year-old. No one should ever have to do that. No family should ever have to do that .. That's outside of my area of expertise, but what is in my area of experties .. is ensuring this defendant pays for what he did .. and we will ensure that," says Eric Smith, Macomb County Prosecutor.
Court records show the husband and wife had a chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2011. Christie was a part owner of a salon and had a Michigan Cosmetology license. The records show her husband was unemployed for a couple of years.
A family friend says his parents owned the home in which they lived.
Court records also show the husband had a domestic assault case in 2009 involving his own brother. It was pleaded down to a fine and one year probation.
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