The scumbag dad is identified as SUYANTO.
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/lawandorder/father-admits-to-raping-child-in-east-kalimantan/587259
Father Admits to Raping Child in East Kalimantan
Tunggadewa Mattangkilang | April 22, 2013
Balikpapan. Police in East Kalimantan’s Kutai Kartanegara district have arrested a man for allegedly raping his own daughter almost every night for the last eight years.
According to the victim, her father, Suyanto, 35, from Tenggarong Seberang subdistrict district, has been raping the now 16-year-old girl ever since she was 8 years old, said Adj. Comr. Suwarno, a spokesman for the district police.
“[The victim] has been raped by her father for eight years. She could no longer tolerate her father’s actions, so she reported [the rape to the police on Tuesday]. That very day we arrested [Suyanto] and put him in prison,” Suwarno said on Sunday.
He added that the girl also said her father had threatened to kill her if she told anyone including her mother. Suwarno said the victim was too terrified to speak up about the rape until now. Her father even allegedly raped the girl while her mother was sleeping in the same room.
Suyanto, who works as a parking attendant at a local traditional market, has confessed to the crime, adding that he raped his daughter under the influence of alcohol, police said.
But he told the police that he had only raped his daughter four times, not nearly every day as the victim had claimed.
“According to the suspect, whenever his wife was having a period he would rape the child. He would also apply cooking oil to her his daughter’s vagina so it wouldn’t hurt,” Suwarno said.
Suyanto is charged under the 2002 Child Protection Law, for which he could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Dad kills 1-year-old son by throwing him off 3rd story balcony: Didn't "want son to stay with his mother" (New Delhi, India)
How much you want to bet this was no mere "quarrel" (or "domestic dispute" as reporters like to say in the U.S.)
Women don't usually flee the marital home over spilled milk in the kitchen. It's because of domestic violence. The fact that this sh** of a father killed the the little boy when Mom refused to return to him, and because he didn't want the son to stay with her, marks this as a typical abuse-and-control killing.
The killer dad is identified as HARI OM.
http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/04/22/342--Father-flings-son-to-death-after-quarrel-with-wife-.html
Father flings son to death after quarrel with wife
New Delhi,Crime/Disaster/Accident, Mon, 22 Apr 2013 IANS New Delhi, April 22 (IANS)
A father fatally flung his one-and-a-half year old child from the third floor balcony of a house in east Delhi after a violent quarrel with his wife, police said Monday.
The father, a casual worker, has been arrested.
According to police, Hari Om, a resident of Gujarat, had come to his in-law's house in New Usmanpur area in east Delhi to take his wife and son back to his home.
His unwilling wife resisted and a quarrel ensued between the two. Om then flung his son from the balcony to "teach his wife a lesson". The child was taken to Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital Hospital but died on arrival, said an officer.
Police said Om was angered with his wife's refusal to return with him and did not want his son to stay with the mother.
His wife had left his house after a dispute between them, said an officer.
Women don't usually flee the marital home over spilled milk in the kitchen. It's because of domestic violence. The fact that this sh** of a father killed the the little boy when Mom refused to return to him, and because he didn't want the son to stay with her, marks this as a typical abuse-and-control killing.
The killer dad is identified as HARI OM.
http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/04/22/342--Father-flings-son-to-death-after-quarrel-with-wife-.html
Father flings son to death after quarrel with wife
New Delhi,Crime/Disaster/Accident, Mon, 22 Apr 2013 IANS New Delhi, April 22 (IANS)
A father fatally flung his one-and-a-half year old child from the third floor balcony of a house in east Delhi after a violent quarrel with his wife, police said Monday.
The father, a casual worker, has been arrested.
According to police, Hari Om, a resident of Gujarat, had come to his in-law's house in New Usmanpur area in east Delhi to take his wife and son back to his home.
His unwilling wife resisted and a quarrel ensued between the two. Om then flung his son from the balcony to "teach his wife a lesson". The child was taken to Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital Hospital but died on arrival, said an officer.
Police said Om was angered with his wife's refusal to return with him and did not want his son to stay with the mother.
His wife had left his house after a dispute between them, said an officer.
Dad uses 7-month-old son as shield against police (Estacada, Oregon)
Dad is identified as RALEIGH REYNOLDS. No specific mention of a mother around, just Daddy's "relatives."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2312812/Raleigh-Reynolds-used-7-month-old-son-SHIELD-police-tried-arrest-burglary.html
Father ‘used his seven-month-old son as a SHIELD when police tried to arrest him for burglary’
'Raleigh Reynolds barricaded himself inside property in Estacada, Oregon'
Eventually emerged holding baby in front of him, police say
Officers feared he was armed as they tried to arrest him
By Sam Adams
PUBLISHED:03:09 EST, 22 April 2013| UPDATED: 11:45 EST, 22 April 2013
A father used his seven-month-old baby as a human shield when police tried to arrest him on suspicion of burglary, officers said.
Raleigh Reynolds held the boy between himself and the police when they confronted him in Estacada, Oregon, according to Clackamas County Sheriff's Office.
Officers feared Mr Reynolds might have been armed when they tried to arrest him on Saturday afternoon.
Police had been called to Clackamas Way after reports of a burglary, and saw Mr Reynolds who fled into a nearby house and barricaded himself inside.
He tried to escape from the house several, according to the police, before eventually emerging from the property holding the baby boy before him.
Police say he held the youngsters as a shield between himself and them, Fox 12 Oregon reports.
Officers negotiated with Mr Reynolds as he continued to hold the baby.
He finally released the child - which officers later found out was his son - and was arrested.
The baby was unhurt during the incident. Officers also found that Mr Reynolds was not armed, as was first feared.
The youngster was given to relatives of Mr Reynolds at the scene.
He was due to appear in court today facing charges of burglary, obstructing governmental administration, endangering welfare of a minor and resisting arrest, Fox 12 reports.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2312812/Raleigh-Reynolds-used-7-month-old-son-SHIELD-police-tried-arrest-burglary.html
Father ‘used his seven-month-old son as a SHIELD when police tried to arrest him for burglary’
'Raleigh Reynolds barricaded himself inside property in Estacada, Oregon'
Eventually emerged holding baby in front of him, police say
Officers feared he was armed as they tried to arrest him
By Sam Adams
PUBLISHED:03:09 EST, 22 April 2013| UPDATED: 11:45 EST, 22 April 2013
A father used his seven-month-old baby as a human shield when police tried to arrest him on suspicion of burglary, officers said.
Raleigh Reynolds held the boy between himself and the police when they confronted him in Estacada, Oregon, according to Clackamas County Sheriff's Office.
Officers feared Mr Reynolds might have been armed when they tried to arrest him on Saturday afternoon.
Police had been called to Clackamas Way after reports of a burglary, and saw Mr Reynolds who fled into a nearby house and barricaded himself inside.
He tried to escape from the house several, according to the police, before eventually emerging from the property holding the baby boy before him.
Police say he held the youngsters as a shield between himself and them, Fox 12 Oregon reports.
Officers negotiated with Mr Reynolds as he continued to hold the baby.
He finally released the child - which officers later found out was his son - and was arrested.
The baby was unhurt during the incident. Officers also found that Mr Reynolds was not armed, as was first feared.
The youngster was given to relatives of Mr Reynolds at the scene.
He was due to appear in court today facing charges of burglary, obstructing governmental administration, endangering welfare of a minor and resisting arrest, Fox 12 reports.
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Dad pleads guilty to assaulting infant son (Clark County, Washington)
Dad is identified as JOHN I. STERNERSEN.
http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/apr/16/father-pleads-guilty-to-assault-on-infant-son/
Father pleads guilty to assault on infant son
Agreement means no prison time, but contact still limited
By Paris Achen
Columbian Staff Reporter
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
A 30-year-old Battle Ground father was sentenced Tuesday to 30 days in jail for assaulting his infant son last year after the baby didn't stop crying.
John I. Stenersen pleaded guilty in Clark County Superior Court to one count of third-degree assault of a child in exchange for a reduced charge.
He initially was charged with second-degree assault of child, which comes with a sentencing range of 31 to 41 months in prison.
During preparation for a trial, the prosecution and defense amassed more than 600 pages of medical records. The records refuted an initial finding that the baby had a fractured skull from the Feb. 9, 2012, assault, said Senior Deputy Prosecutor Alan Harvey. The records showed that the baby had a hematoma, or a blood clot, but there were doubts about whether the evidence could prove that the hematoma resulted from the assault rather than some earlier event, Harvey said.
The now-18-month-old Carter has fully recovered and is doing well, his mother said.
Restrictions continued
Judge John Nichols also required that Stenersen serve 15 days on a work crew and maintained tight restrictions on visitation with Carter. Visits must be supervised by another adult, and overnight stays are prohibited for at least another six months. Stenersen's attorney, Gerald Wear, had asked for the judge to remove the restrictions. He said his client had completed parenting classes and anger management treatment while his case was pending. Stenersen has passed through that therapy and visits with his son with "flying colors," Wear said.
"I don't think we need to keep the family apart any longer," Wear said.
The restrictions have prevented Stenersen from living in the family home with his wife and newborn daughter since he was charged 14 months ago, Wear said. He declined to say where Stenersen has been staying.
Stenersen's wife began weeping when the judge ruled on the visitation restrictions. Several other family members also were at the sentencing hearing to support Stenersen.
"I was impressed you went through all the treatment," Nichols said. "This is monumental. A lot of people in your situation will not admit there is a problem."
But Nichols said the safety of the child is paramount. He said he would reconsider the visitation restrictions in six months.
The attack
Battle Ground police said Stenersen was watching Carter on Feb. 9, 2012, at the family home in the 600 block of Southwest Second Court when, Stenersen said, he "snapped" because the baby was crying. He allegedly shoved the baby, who was lying on the bedroom floor, causing Carter to hit his head on a wall.
Then, after Stenersen prepared food for his son, he said, he threw the fussy infant in the air and the baby's head fell backward as he landed in Stenersen's lap, according to a probable cause affidavit.
He called his wife by telephone, telling her he was upset and had dropped the infant. Stenersen said the baby was not responsive.
Battle Ground police and paramedics were called to the home at 9:30 p.m. to treat the baby. Carter was rushed to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center and later transported to Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland.
In an interview with investigators, Stenersen said he "didn't know why I would do such a thing," according to court documents. "He's always smiling. … I'm scared. I don't know what's going to happen."
During the interview, he also reportedly said that he was afraid the baby could die and confessed that he had shaken the baby before he tossed him in the air, according to the probable cause affidavit.
Wear said Stenersen has a low IQ. He said his client previously lacked the skills required to handle a baby of that age. Carter is his firstborn.
http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/apr/16/father-pleads-guilty-to-assault-on-infant-son/
Father pleads guilty to assault on infant son
Agreement means no prison time, but contact still limited
By Paris Achen
Columbian Staff Reporter
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
A 30-year-old Battle Ground father was sentenced Tuesday to 30 days in jail for assaulting his infant son last year after the baby didn't stop crying.
John I. Stenersen pleaded guilty in Clark County Superior Court to one count of third-degree assault of a child in exchange for a reduced charge.
He initially was charged with second-degree assault of child, which comes with a sentencing range of 31 to 41 months in prison.
During preparation for a trial, the prosecution and defense amassed more than 600 pages of medical records. The records refuted an initial finding that the baby had a fractured skull from the Feb. 9, 2012, assault, said Senior Deputy Prosecutor Alan Harvey. The records showed that the baby had a hematoma, or a blood clot, but there were doubts about whether the evidence could prove that the hematoma resulted from the assault rather than some earlier event, Harvey said.
The now-18-month-old Carter has fully recovered and is doing well, his mother said.
Restrictions continued
Judge John Nichols also required that Stenersen serve 15 days on a work crew and maintained tight restrictions on visitation with Carter. Visits must be supervised by another adult, and overnight stays are prohibited for at least another six months. Stenersen's attorney, Gerald Wear, had asked for the judge to remove the restrictions. He said his client had completed parenting classes and anger management treatment while his case was pending. Stenersen has passed through that therapy and visits with his son with "flying colors," Wear said.
"I don't think we need to keep the family apart any longer," Wear said.
The restrictions have prevented Stenersen from living in the family home with his wife and newborn daughter since he was charged 14 months ago, Wear said. He declined to say where Stenersen has been staying.
Stenersen's wife began weeping when the judge ruled on the visitation restrictions. Several other family members also were at the sentencing hearing to support Stenersen.
"I was impressed you went through all the treatment," Nichols said. "This is monumental. A lot of people in your situation will not admit there is a problem."
But Nichols said the safety of the child is paramount. He said he would reconsider the visitation restrictions in six months.
The attack
Battle Ground police said Stenersen was watching Carter on Feb. 9, 2012, at the family home in the 600 block of Southwest Second Court when, Stenersen said, he "snapped" because the baby was crying. He allegedly shoved the baby, who was lying on the bedroom floor, causing Carter to hit his head on a wall.
Then, after Stenersen prepared food for his son, he said, he threw the fussy infant in the air and the baby's head fell backward as he landed in Stenersen's lap, according to a probable cause affidavit.
He called his wife by telephone, telling her he was upset and had dropped the infant. Stenersen said the baby was not responsive.
Battle Ground police and paramedics were called to the home at 9:30 p.m. to treat the baby. Carter was rushed to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center and later transported to Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland.
In an interview with investigators, Stenersen said he "didn't know why I would do such a thing," according to court documents. "He's always smiling. … I'm scared. I don't know what's going to happen."
During the interview, he also reportedly said that he was afraid the baby could die and confessed that he had shaken the baby before he tossed him in the air, according to the probable cause affidavit.
Wear said Stenersen has a low IQ. He said his client previously lacked the skills required to handle a baby of that age. Carter is his firstborn.
Dad teaches son how to choke another son unconscious--and videotapes it during his visitation (Madison, Wisconsin)
Notice what is not made explicitly clear here: that dickhead dad TORIBIO MEDINA JR. pulled this crap during his spring break visitation time.
You can just about bet that this moron had a history of "inappropriate" behavior (at best) around the kids and/or their mother--and that the fathers' rights-friendly family courts just ignored it and gave him custody/visitation anyway.
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/264808/group/homepage/
Published April 20, 2013, 12:28 AM
Wisconsin dad accused of teaching one son how to choke another
A 30-year-old Wisconsin father is accused of teaching one son how to choke the other unconscious — a lesson allegedly caught on video
By: Associated Press report, Associated Press
MADISON — A 30-year-old Wisconsin father is accused of teaching one son how to choke the other unconscious — a lesson allegedly caught on video.
Toribio Medina Jr. of Fitchburg is charged with failure to act to prevent bodily harm of a child, strangulation and suffocation as party to a crime and child neglect resulting in bodily harm.
According to the complaint, a woman told police her two sons were staying with their father in Fitchburg during spring break when the video was made. It allegedly shows one boy choking his younger brother into unconsciousness, with the father telling his children how to do the maneuver.
The Wisconsin State Journal reported that Medina was jailed Friday on $3,000 bail. He was ordered not to have any unsupervised contact with any children.
You can just about bet that this moron had a history of "inappropriate" behavior (at best) around the kids and/or their mother--and that the fathers' rights-friendly family courts just ignored it and gave him custody/visitation anyway.
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/264808/group/homepage/
Published April 20, 2013, 12:28 AM
Wisconsin dad accused of teaching one son how to choke another
A 30-year-old Wisconsin father is accused of teaching one son how to choke the other unconscious — a lesson allegedly caught on video
By: Associated Press report, Associated Press
MADISON — A 30-year-old Wisconsin father is accused of teaching one son how to choke the other unconscious — a lesson allegedly caught on video.
Toribio Medina Jr. of Fitchburg is charged with failure to act to prevent bodily harm of a child, strangulation and suffocation as party to a crime and child neglect resulting in bodily harm.
According to the complaint, a woman told police her two sons were staying with their father in Fitchburg during spring break when the video was made. It allegedly shows one boy choking his younger brother into unconsciousness, with the father telling his children how to do the maneuver.
The Wisconsin State Journal reported that Medina was jailed Friday on $3,000 bail. He was ordered not to have any unsupervised contact with any children.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Dad charged with raping second daughter (Union City, New Jersey)
UNNAMED DAD. Notice that there is no mention of a mother in this household....
http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2013/04/union_city_father_additionally.html
Union City father additionally charged with raping older daughter when she was preteen
By Anthony J. Machcinski/The Jersey Journal on April 17, 2013 at 11:40 AM
A Union City man already charged with raping one of his daughters when she was 14 is now charged with raping another daughter who was between 10 and 12 years old at the time, authorities said.
In this most recent complaint, the man, who is now 55, is charged with raping the older daughter, who is now 17, some time between 2006 and 2008.
In regard to this case, the man is charged with aggravated sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child and child abuse, the criminal complaint states.
The man was charged last week with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child and child abuse for allegedly raping his younger daughter in the family’s living room on Nov. 1. This daughter was 14 at the time the alleged acts occurred and she is now 15, authorities said.
The man’s name is being withheld to protect the identities of his daughters.
The man’s son, 19, has also been charged with raping the younger girl last year when she was still 14, according to a complaint against the son.
The father appeared in Central Judicial Processing court in Jersey City yesterday wearing prison garb from the Hudson County jail in Kearny.
His bail was set at $125,000 cash or bond for the most recent charge against him. This is in addition to the bail of $150,000 cash or bond that had been set regarding the previous rape charge.
http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2013/04/union_city_father_additionally.html
Union City father additionally charged with raping older daughter when she was preteen
By Anthony J. Machcinski/The Jersey Journal on April 17, 2013 at 11:40 AM
A Union City man already charged with raping one of his daughters when she was 14 is now charged with raping another daughter who was between 10 and 12 years old at the time, authorities said.
In this most recent complaint, the man, who is now 55, is charged with raping the older daughter, who is now 17, some time between 2006 and 2008.
In regard to this case, the man is charged with aggravated sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child and child abuse, the criminal complaint states.
The man was charged last week with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child and child abuse for allegedly raping his younger daughter in the family’s living room on Nov. 1. This daughter was 14 at the time the alleged acts occurred and she is now 15, authorities said.
The man’s name is being withheld to protect the identities of his daughters.
The man’s son, 19, has also been charged with raping the younger girl last year when she was still 14, according to a complaint against the son.
The father appeared in Central Judicial Processing court in Jersey City yesterday wearing prison garb from the Hudson County jail in Kearny.
His bail was set at $125,000 cash or bond for the most recent charge against him. This is in addition to the bail of $150,000 cash or bond that had been set regarding the previous rape charge.
Non-custodial mom testifies at custodial dad's murder trial (Dallas, Texas)
It's not surprising that the father of the accused killer daddy makes excuses for him and blames everything on the Evil Step. It's a convenient out for his little boy, and plays into the typical demonization of stepmothers.
And I sincerely doubt that custodial father AARON RAMSEY "suddenly" decided to lock this little boy in his room and starve him to death, and that there was no history of this father being controlling and/or abusive before he got involved with the step. The very fact that he pursued and retained custody suggests that he was more than likely controlling and abusive:
* A 2005 study by the New England Research Institutes found that, even in states with laws that tilt against custody for an abusive parent, 40% of adjudicated wife-beaters got joint custody of children.
* The American Judges Association says that about 70% of wife-abusers are able to convince a court that the mother is unfit for sole custody.
* Nationwide, some 58,000 children a year are put back into the unsupervised care of alleged abusers after a divorce.
Notice that there is no discussion here as to how or why this "alleged" killer daddy was able to get custody or who gave it to him. Unfortunately, this is typical. For the most part, fathers only become custodial because of an act of the state; they don't give birth, so they don't become "primary" parents by nature or default. The fact that there were court personnel who totally f*cked up has been swept under the rug as usual.
My heart goes out to Judy Williams and all the mothers who have lost their kids to these violent sicko dads.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/headlines/20130417-mother-in-starvation-trial-testifies-she-was-told-son-was-thriving-in-dallas-but-he-was-dead.ece
Mother in starvation trial testifies she was told son was thriving in Dallas, but he was dead
By CHRISTINA ROSALES
Staff Writer
Published: 17 April 2013 11:20 PM
During the months that her son’s remains lay in an Ellis County creek bed, Judy Williams, living in New Mexico, received emails from her ex-husband and his wife telling her the 10-year-old boy was thriving and had made the honor roll at school in Dallas.
In March 2012, she learned her son, Johnathan Ramsey, had been dead seven months.
“I went into a panic,” Williams said.
Testimony in the trial of the boy’s father, Aaron Ramsey, 35, began Tuesday morning in a Dallas County courtroom. Ramsey is charged with injury to a child and could face up to life in prison if convicted.
Police say Aaron Ramsey and his wife, Elizabeth Ramsey, locked Johnathan in a filthy bedroom in their northeast Dallas home for months, feeding him only bread and water. Medical experts say the boy died in August 2011; his remains weren’t found until the following April.
Ramsey confessed to wrapping the body in a sleeping bag and dumping it in a wooded area in Ennis, the father’s hometown, police say.
Ramsey’s father, Edward Ramsey, testified Tuesday that his grandson had lived in Ennis most of his life and that he saw his grandson regularly. Aaron Ramsey regularly sent cellphone pictures of the happy boy and arranged weekly phone calls with Johnathan’s mother and two siblings in New Mexico.
Aaron and Elizabeth Ramsey married in 2010, according to testimony. They and Johnathan moved to Dallas in January 2011.
After the move, Williams testified, “everything changed” and communication became less frequent. She tried to arrange visits from New Mexico but was turned away in emails from the Ramseys, she testified.
Through Williams, Johnathan’s maternal grandmother tried to get an address to send presents to the boy for his 11th birthday and Christmas. In emailed responses, the Ramseys told Williams to stop emailing and said they’d send post offfice box information for the gifts later.
“And don’t contact Aaron’s family,” one email from Elizabeth Ramsey’s account said, according to evidence presented by lead prosecutor Eren Price. “They don’t know where we moved to. Nor will they.”
Meanwhile, in Ennis, grandfather Edward Ramsey grew impatient with excuses the couple offered for why he couldn’t see his grandson. He hadn’t seen the boy since January 2011.
“Our contact was limited or awkward,” he testified about his phone calls with Johnathan. It seemed “Elizabeth was over his shoulder … like his words were being controlled.”
In March 2012, Edward Ramsey drove to Plano to begin searching for the boy, first stopping to see his son’s father-in-law at the shoe repair shop he owns. He asked if the man knew where Johnathan had been for the last year.
“He said Johnathan had moved to New Mexico and that he might have died,” Edward Ramsey testified. “He showed no emotion.”
He called Dallas police in mid-March, and they conducted a welfare check at the Ramseys’ home on Clearwater Drive. Officers questioned Elizabeth and Aaron Ramsey separately but never entered the home. Their stories didn’t match, officers testified.
At one point during the visit, Elizabeth Ramsey told officers she was 37 weeks pregnant and was having contractions. After she was taken by Dallas Fire-Rescue to the hospital, officials learned she was not pregnant.
Police opened a child abuse investigation and searched the couple’s cluttered, filthy home for evidence. They found more than a dozen cats and four dogs living there, healthy and well-fed, though living in their own waste.
And they searched the bedroom in which Johnathan was kept for months until he died, according to police testimony. The room’s wooden door had a bolt and receiver and could only be opened from outside the bedroom. The door was brought into the courtroom for evidence Tuesday.
“This is the door behind which Johnathan Ramsey died?” Price asked Detective Daniel Greene. He replied: “Yes it is.”
Elizabeth Ramsey will face life in prison if convicted when she is tried separately.
Testimony in Aaron Ramsey’s trial before Judge Don Adams is scheduled to resume at 9 a.m. Thursday.
And I sincerely doubt that custodial father AARON RAMSEY "suddenly" decided to lock this little boy in his room and starve him to death, and that there was no history of this father being controlling and/or abusive before he got involved with the step. The very fact that he pursued and retained custody suggests that he was more than likely controlling and abusive:
* A 2005 study by the New England Research Institutes found that, even in states with laws that tilt against custody for an abusive parent, 40% of adjudicated wife-beaters got joint custody of children.
* The American Judges Association says that about 70% of wife-abusers are able to convince a court that the mother is unfit for sole custody.
* Nationwide, some 58,000 children a year are put back into the unsupervised care of alleged abusers after a divorce.
Notice that there is no discussion here as to how or why this "alleged" killer daddy was able to get custody or who gave it to him. Unfortunately, this is typical. For the most part, fathers only become custodial because of an act of the state; they don't give birth, so they don't become "primary" parents by nature or default. The fact that there were court personnel who totally f*cked up has been swept under the rug as usual.
My heart goes out to Judy Williams and all the mothers who have lost their kids to these violent sicko dads.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/headlines/20130417-mother-in-starvation-trial-testifies-she-was-told-son-was-thriving-in-dallas-but-he-was-dead.ece
Mother in starvation trial testifies she was told son was thriving in Dallas, but he was dead
By CHRISTINA ROSALES
Staff Writer
Published: 17 April 2013 11:20 PM
During the months that her son’s remains lay in an Ellis County creek bed, Judy Williams, living in New Mexico, received emails from her ex-husband and his wife telling her the 10-year-old boy was thriving and had made the honor roll at school in Dallas.
In March 2012, she learned her son, Johnathan Ramsey, had been dead seven months.
“I went into a panic,” Williams said.
Testimony in the trial of the boy’s father, Aaron Ramsey, 35, began Tuesday morning in a Dallas County courtroom. Ramsey is charged with injury to a child and could face up to life in prison if convicted.
Police say Aaron Ramsey and his wife, Elizabeth Ramsey, locked Johnathan in a filthy bedroom in their northeast Dallas home for months, feeding him only bread and water. Medical experts say the boy died in August 2011; his remains weren’t found until the following April.
Ramsey confessed to wrapping the body in a sleeping bag and dumping it in a wooded area in Ennis, the father’s hometown, police say.
Ramsey’s father, Edward Ramsey, testified Tuesday that his grandson had lived in Ennis most of his life and that he saw his grandson regularly. Aaron Ramsey regularly sent cellphone pictures of the happy boy and arranged weekly phone calls with Johnathan’s mother and two siblings in New Mexico.
Aaron and Elizabeth Ramsey married in 2010, according to testimony. They and Johnathan moved to Dallas in January 2011.
After the move, Williams testified, “everything changed” and communication became less frequent. She tried to arrange visits from New Mexico but was turned away in emails from the Ramseys, she testified.
Through Williams, Johnathan’s maternal grandmother tried to get an address to send presents to the boy for his 11th birthday and Christmas. In emailed responses, the Ramseys told Williams to stop emailing and said they’d send post offfice box information for the gifts later.
“And don’t contact Aaron’s family,” one email from Elizabeth Ramsey’s account said, according to evidence presented by lead prosecutor Eren Price. “They don’t know where we moved to. Nor will they.”
Meanwhile, in Ennis, grandfather Edward Ramsey grew impatient with excuses the couple offered for why he couldn’t see his grandson. He hadn’t seen the boy since January 2011.
“Our contact was limited or awkward,” he testified about his phone calls with Johnathan. It seemed “Elizabeth was over his shoulder … like his words were being controlled.”
In March 2012, Edward Ramsey drove to Plano to begin searching for the boy, first stopping to see his son’s father-in-law at the shoe repair shop he owns. He asked if the man knew where Johnathan had been for the last year.
“He said Johnathan had moved to New Mexico and that he might have died,” Edward Ramsey testified. “He showed no emotion.”
He called Dallas police in mid-March, and they conducted a welfare check at the Ramseys’ home on Clearwater Drive. Officers questioned Elizabeth and Aaron Ramsey separately but never entered the home. Their stories didn’t match, officers testified.
At one point during the visit, Elizabeth Ramsey told officers she was 37 weeks pregnant and was having contractions. After she was taken by Dallas Fire-Rescue to the hospital, officials learned she was not pregnant.
Police opened a child abuse investigation and searched the couple’s cluttered, filthy home for evidence. They found more than a dozen cats and four dogs living there, healthy and well-fed, though living in their own waste.
And they searched the bedroom in which Johnathan was kept for months until he died, according to police testimony. The room’s wooden door had a bolt and receiver and could only be opened from outside the bedroom. The door was brought into the courtroom for evidence Tuesday.
“This is the door behind which Johnathan Ramsey died?” Price asked Detective Daniel Greene. He replied: “Yes it is.”
Elizabeth Ramsey will face life in prison if convicted when she is tried separately.
Testimony in Aaron Ramsey’s trial before Judge Don Adams is scheduled to resume at 9 a.m. Thursday.
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