Dad is identified as DAVID MAHAN. We have posted on this case before. Still a media blackout on how this neglectful father and his heroin-addicted girlfriend (the "clinic" in question involved methadone) got custody, or what happened to this poor little boy's mother. Who allowed this situation to happen?
http://www.norwichbulletin.com/article/20160303/NEWS/160309817
Putnam father of toddler who choked to death will be sentenced Monday
David Mahan, of Putnam, whose 2-year-old son choked to death on food after being locked in a room and left alone in his house, will be sentenced Monday to two years in prison.
By John Penney
Posted Mar. 3, 2016 at 1:52 PM
DANIELSON — A Putnam man is scheduled to be sentenced on Monday to two years in prison for his role in the 2014 choking death of his 2-year-old son.
David Mahan, 31, pleaded guilty in January to second-degree manslaughter and risk of injury to a child, according to prosecutors in the Danielson Superior Court’s state’s attorney’s office. Under a plea agreement, Mahan will be sentenced to seven years in prison, suspended after two years, and five years of probation.
Mahan and his former girlfriend, Renee Peterson, 33, were arrested nearly two years ago in connection with the death of Mahan’s son inside the couple’s apartment at 129 Mechanics St.
According to court documents, on March 26, 2014, Peterson left the boy and his 1-year-old sibling alone in a locked bedroom for hours on the day of the incident with bowls of dry cereal while she dropped one of her two children off at school and later drove to a Willimantic methadone clinic for treatment.
Mahan, an electrician with the Mercier Electrical Co. in Auburn, Mass., was reportedly at work when Peterson came home and found the boy not breathing and unresponsive in the bedroom.
After Peterson called 911 and began CPR, emergency personnel arrived and took the child to Day Kimball Hospital in Putnam, where he was pronounced dead. An emergency room doctor observed what appeared to be food in the victim’s airway, police said. According to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the child’s cause of death was by choking on a bolus, or mass of chewed food. The death was ruled a homicide.
Peterson told police she had routinely left Mahan’s children alone for several hours a day since mid March of 2014, when Mahan returned to work after a layoff of five months, according to an arrest warrant. In a statement to police, Peterson said Mahan was aware she was leaving his children alone and told her to “just lock the children in the bedroom while she went to the clinic,” until other day care arrangements could be made, according to the warrant.
Shortly after the boy’s death, Mahan was arrested by Massachusetts state police on fugitive from justice charges.
In August, Peterson was sentenced to serve five years of a seven-year sentence, along with five years of probation. She pleaded guilty on June 5 to second-degree manslaughter and risk of injury charges in the child’s death.
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Custodial dad arrested in choking death of 2-year-old son (Putnam, Connecticut)
Read this account carefully, and its pretty evident that dad DAVID MAHAN must have had custody. After all, if he and the gal pal had the kids on March 26, that would be a Wednesday. So we're not talking about weekend visitation.
So who thought it was a good idea to give this neglectful father and his drug addicted girlfriend custody of two very young children (there is a 1-year-old son too)?
And what happened to the mother of these children? Why has the media erased her existence?
http://www.norwichbulletin.com/article/20140408/NEWS/140409521/1998/NEWS
Father arrested in Putnam toddler's death
By John Penney
Posted Apr. 8, 2014 @ 7:21 am Updated at 8:09 AM
DANIELSON – A second person was arrested Monday in connection with the death of a Putnam toddler late last month.
David Mahan, 30, of 129 Mechanics St. in Putnam, was transferred to the custody of state police at 10:10 a.m. on Monday. He is due to be arraigned this morning in Danielson Superior Court.
Mahan was arrested last week in Massachusetts on a fugitive from justice charge.
Mahan is the father of a 2-year-old child who choked to death after he was left unattended, according to police.
Renee Peterson, 32, Mahan’s live-in girlfriend, was arraigned Thursday on charges of two counts each of first-degree reckless endangerment, risk of injury to a minor and cruelty to persons.
According to an arrest warrant, Peterson told police she left Mahan’s two children alone twice on March 26. She first left their first-floor apartment at 7:40 a.m. with her own two children, ages 6 and 4, while Mahan’s two children, including the victim and a 1-year-old, were left in a locked bedroom, police said.
After returning and giving Mahan’s children bowls of dry cereal, Peterson again locked the bedroom door and left, driving herself and her youngest daughter to a methadone clinic in Willimantic, according to the warrant.
After returning two hours later, Peterson said she discovered the 2-year-old victim “slumped over, next to his little table which had his cereal on it,” not breathing, according to the warrant. After Peterson called 911 and began CPR, emergency personnel arrived and took the toddler to Day Kimball Hospital in Putnam where he was pronounced dead. An emergency room doctor observed what appeared to be food in the victim’s airway, police said.
According to Peterson’s statements to police, Mahan told her to “keep the boys locked in their room” while she went to the clinic.
Mahan on Monday was accused of the same crimes Peterson faces. He was initially held on $25,000 cash bond and paid it to get released at 1:05 p.m., according to police records.
So who thought it was a good idea to give this neglectful father and his drug addicted girlfriend custody of two very young children (there is a 1-year-old son too)?
And what happened to the mother of these children? Why has the media erased her existence?
http://www.norwichbulletin.com/article/20140408/NEWS/140409521/1998/NEWS
Father arrested in Putnam toddler's death
By John Penney
Posted Apr. 8, 2014 @ 7:21 am Updated at 8:09 AM
DANIELSON – A second person was arrested Monday in connection with the death of a Putnam toddler late last month.
David Mahan, 30, of 129 Mechanics St. in Putnam, was transferred to the custody of state police at 10:10 a.m. on Monday. He is due to be arraigned this morning in Danielson Superior Court.
Mahan was arrested last week in Massachusetts on a fugitive from justice charge.
Mahan is the father of a 2-year-old child who choked to death after he was left unattended, according to police.
Renee Peterson, 32, Mahan’s live-in girlfriend, was arraigned Thursday on charges of two counts each of first-degree reckless endangerment, risk of injury to a minor and cruelty to persons.
According to an arrest warrant, Peterson told police she left Mahan’s two children alone twice on March 26. She first left their first-floor apartment at 7:40 a.m. with her own two children, ages 6 and 4, while Mahan’s two children, including the victim and a 1-year-old, were left in a locked bedroom, police said.
After returning and giving Mahan’s children bowls of dry cereal, Peterson again locked the bedroom door and left, driving herself and her youngest daughter to a methadone clinic in Willimantic, according to the warrant.
After returning two hours later, Peterson said she discovered the 2-year-old victim “slumped over, next to his little table which had his cereal on it,” not breathing, according to the warrant. After Peterson called 911 and began CPR, emergency personnel arrived and took the toddler to Day Kimball Hospital in Putnam where he was pronounced dead. An emergency room doctor observed what appeared to be food in the victim’s airway, police said.
According to Peterson’s statements to police, Mahan told her to “keep the boys locked in their room” while she went to the clinic.
Mahan on Monday was accused of the same crimes Peterson faces. He was initially held on $25,000 cash bond and paid it to get released at 1:05 p.m., according to police records.
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Custodial dad to be sentenced in death of 2-year-old son (Danielson, Connecticut)
Dad is identified as DAVID MAHAN. We've posted on this case before. Still no explanation as to how this neglectful dad and his drug-addicted girlfriend got custody.
See the Killer Dads and Custody list for the state of Connecticut.
http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/20160108/putnam-father-to-be-sentenced-to-two-years-in-toddler-sons-death
Putnam father to be sentenced to two years in toddler son's death
By John Penney
Posted Jan. 8, 2016 at 11:36 AM Updated Jan 8, 2016 at 12:59 PM
DANIELSON — A Putnam man will be sentenced in March to spend two years in prison for his role in the 2014 choking death of his 2-year-old son.
David Mahan, 31, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter and risk of injury to a child, according to prosecutors in the Danielson Superior Court’s state’s attorney’s office. Under a plea agreement, Mahan on March 1 is scheduled to be sentenced to seven years in prison, suspended after two years, and five years of probation.
Mahan and his former girlfriend, Renee Peterson, 33, were arrested nearly two years ago in connection with the death of Mahan’s son inside the couple’s apartment at 129 Mechanics St.
According to court documents, Peterson on March 26, 2014, left the boy and his 1-year-old sibling alone in a locked bedroom for hours on the day of the incident with bowls of dry cereal while she dropped one of her two children off at school and later drove to a Willimantic methadone clinic for treatment.
Mahan, an electrician with the Mercier Electrical Co. in Auburn, Mass., was reportedly at work when Peterson came home and found the boy not breathing and unresponsive in the bedroom.
After Peterson called 911 and began CPR, emergency personnel arrived and took the child to DayKimball Hospital in Putnam, where he was pronounced dead. An emergency room doctor observed what appeared to be food in the victim’s airway, police said. According to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the child’s cause of death was by choking on a bolus, or mass of chewed food. The manner of death was determined to be homicide.
Peterson told police she had routinely left Mahan’s children alone several hours a day since mid-March of 2014, when Mahan returned to work after a layoff of five months, according to an arrest warrant. In a statement to police, Peterson said Mahan was aware she was leaving his children alone and told her to “just lock the children in the bedroom while she went to the clinic,” until other day care arrangements could be made, according to the warrant.
Shortly after the boy’s death, Mahan was arrested by Massachusetts state police on fugitive from justice charges.
In August, Peterson was sentenced to serve five years of a seven-year sentence, along with five years of probation. She pleaded guilty on June 5 to second-degree manslaughter and risk of injury charges in the child’s death.
See the Killer Dads and Custody list for the state of Connecticut.
http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/20160108/putnam-father-to-be-sentenced-to-two-years-in-toddler-sons-death
Putnam father to be sentenced to two years in toddler son's death
By John Penney
Posted Jan. 8, 2016 at 11:36 AM Updated Jan 8, 2016 at 12:59 PM
DANIELSON — A Putnam man will be sentenced in March to spend two years in prison for his role in the 2014 choking death of his 2-year-old son.
David Mahan, 31, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter and risk of injury to a child, according to prosecutors in the Danielson Superior Court’s state’s attorney’s office. Under a plea agreement, Mahan on March 1 is scheduled to be sentenced to seven years in prison, suspended after two years, and five years of probation.
Mahan and his former girlfriend, Renee Peterson, 33, were arrested nearly two years ago in connection with the death of Mahan’s son inside the couple’s apartment at 129 Mechanics St.
According to court documents, Peterson on March 26, 2014, left the boy and his 1-year-old sibling alone in a locked bedroom for hours on the day of the incident with bowls of dry cereal while she dropped one of her two children off at school and later drove to a Willimantic methadone clinic for treatment.
Mahan, an electrician with the Mercier Electrical Co. in Auburn, Mass., was reportedly at work when Peterson came home and found the boy not breathing and unresponsive in the bedroom.
After Peterson called 911 and began CPR, emergency personnel arrived and took the child to DayKimball Hospital in Putnam, where he was pronounced dead. An emergency room doctor observed what appeared to be food in the victim’s airway, police said. According to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the child’s cause of death was by choking on a bolus, or mass of chewed food. The manner of death was determined to be homicide.
Peterson told police she had routinely left Mahan’s children alone several hours a day since mid-March of 2014, when Mahan returned to work after a layoff of five months, according to an arrest warrant. In a statement to police, Peterson said Mahan was aware she was leaving his children alone and told her to “just lock the children in the bedroom while she went to the clinic,” until other day care arrangements could be made, according to the warrant.
Shortly after the boy’s death, Mahan was arrested by Massachusetts state police on fugitive from justice charges.
In August, Peterson was sentenced to serve five years of a seven-year sentence, along with five years of probation. She pleaded guilty on June 5 to second-degree manslaughter and risk of injury charges in the child’s death.
Monday, March 14, 2016
Custodial dad gets 2 YEARS in prison for murder of 2-year-old son (Danielson, Connecticut)
(Intentionally?) misleading headline. The "parents" were not involved with this. The neglectful custodial dad and his heroin-addicted girlfriend were. WHO GAVE THEM CUSTODY? Not a word, as usual. Dad is identified as DAVID MAHAN.
Our sympathies to the mother, who is finally named.
http://www.norwichbulletin.com/article/20160311/NEWS/160319930
Putnam father sentenced to two years for role in toddler's death
David Mahan, of Putnam, is sentenced to 2 years in prison and 5 years probation Friday morning at Danielson Superior Court in connection with the 2014 choking death of his 2-year-old son. Aaron Flaum/ NorwichBulletin.com
By John Penney
Posted Mar. 11, 2016 at 11:54 AM
DANIELSON – The parents of a toddler who choked to death after being left unsupervised inside a Putnam bedroom in 2014 left Danielson Superior Court on Friday, the father to begin a prison sentence and the mother to continue piecing her life back together.
A few minutes before Judge Hope Seeley sentenced 32-year-old David Mahan to two years in prison for his role in the death of his 2-year-old son, the victim’s mother, Katelyn Kaeppel, stood nervously in the foyer of the court building.
“I’m not staying for the sentencing,” she said. “I don’t feel it’s necessary. I just wanted to make sure my son was getting justice. I lost a child, but so did David. So did both our families. I’m still angry, but I want nothing but the best for him.”
Mahan pleaded guilty in January to second-degree manslaughter and risk of injury to a child. Under a plea agreement, Mahan was sentenced to seven years in prison, suspended after two years, and five years of probation.
According to court documents, on March 26, 2014, Peterson left the boy and his 1-year-old sibling alone in a locked bedroom for hours with bowls of dry cereal for food while she dropped one of her two children off at school and later drove to a Willimantic methadone clinic for treatment.
Mahan, an electrician with the Mercier Electrical Co. in Auburn, Mass., was reportedly at work when Peterson came home and found the boy not breathing and unresponsive in the bedroom.
After Peterson called 911 and began CPR, emergency personnel arrived and took the child to DayKimballHospital in Putnam, where he was pronounced dead. An emergency room doctor observed what appeared to be food in the victim’s airway, police said. According to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the child’s cause of death was by choking on a bolus, or a mass of chewed food. The death was ruled a homicide.
Peterson told police she had routinely left Mahan’s children alone for several hours a day since mid March 2014, when Mahan returned to work after a layoff of five months, according to an arrest warrant. In a statement to police, Peterson said Mahan was aware she was leaving his children alone and told her to “just lock the children in the bedroom while she went to the clinic,” until other day care arrangements could be made, according to the warrant.
“He callously disregarded the risk to his children,” AssistantState’s Attorney Sarah Fallon said. “And that led to (the child’s) death.”
Our sympathies to the mother, who is finally named.
http://www.norwichbulletin.com/article/20160311/NEWS/160319930
Putnam father sentenced to two years for role in toddler's death
David Mahan, of Putnam, is sentenced to 2 years in prison and 5 years probation Friday morning at Danielson Superior Court in connection with the 2014 choking death of his 2-year-old son. Aaron Flaum/ NorwichBulletin.com
By John Penney
Posted Mar. 11, 2016 at 11:54 AM
DANIELSON – The parents of a toddler who choked to death after being left unsupervised inside a Putnam bedroom in 2014 left Danielson Superior Court on Friday, the father to begin a prison sentence and the mother to continue piecing her life back together.
A few minutes before Judge Hope Seeley sentenced 32-year-old David Mahan to two years in prison for his role in the death of his 2-year-old son, the victim’s mother, Katelyn Kaeppel, stood nervously in the foyer of the court building.
“I’m not staying for the sentencing,” she said. “I don’t feel it’s necessary. I just wanted to make sure my son was getting justice. I lost a child, but so did David. So did both our families. I’m still angry, but I want nothing but the best for him.”
Mahan pleaded guilty in January to second-degree manslaughter and risk of injury to a child. Under a plea agreement, Mahan was sentenced to seven years in prison, suspended after two years, and five years of probation.
According to court documents, on March 26, 2014, Peterson left the boy and his 1-year-old sibling alone in a locked bedroom for hours with bowls of dry cereal for food while she dropped one of her two children off at school and later drove to a Willimantic methadone clinic for treatment.
Mahan, an electrician with the Mercier Electrical Co. in Auburn, Mass., was reportedly at work when Peterson came home and found the boy not breathing and unresponsive in the bedroom.
After Peterson called 911 and began CPR, emergency personnel arrived and took the child to DayKimballHospital in Putnam, where he was pronounced dead. An emergency room doctor observed what appeared to be food in the victim’s airway, police said. According to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the child’s cause of death was by choking on a bolus, or a mass of chewed food. The death was ruled a homicide.
Peterson told police she had routinely left Mahan’s children alone for several hours a day since mid March 2014, when Mahan returned to work after a layoff of five months, according to an arrest warrant. In a statement to police, Peterson said Mahan was aware she was leaving his children alone and told her to “just lock the children in the bedroom while she went to the clinic,” until other day care arrangements could be made, according to the warrant.
“He callously disregarded the risk to his children,” AssistantState’s Attorney Sarah Fallon said. “And that led to (the child’s) death.”
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Dad, step arrested in death of 2-year-old son (Putnam, Connecticut)
The circumstances are not real clear here. Why was this child with dad DAVID MAHAN and the step? Was he custodial? Was this during dad's visitation? What?
And what happened to this poor little boy's mother?
http://wpri.com/2014/04/03/2-arrested-in-childs-death-in-putnam/
2 arrested in child’s death in Putnam
By Associated Press
Published: Thursday, April 3, 2014, 2:47 pm
PUTNAM, Conn. (AP) — The father and stepmother of a 2½-year-old boy who died in Putnam last week are facing cruelty and reckless endangerment charges.
Connecticut State Police said Thursday that 30-year-old David Mahan and 32-year-old Renee Peterson of Putnam were arrested Wednesday. Details of the charges weren’t released. Putnam police say Peterson called 911 on the morning of March 26 to report that the boy was unresponsive and not breathing. The dispatcher gave Peterson instructions on how to perform CPR, but the boy was pronounced dead at Day Kimball Hospital.
Peterson was arrested in Putnam. Mahan was arrested in Douglas, Mass., and will be extradited back to Connecticut.
It’s not clear if the couple have lawyers. Peterson was held on $25,000 bail and was to be arraigned Thursday in Danielson Superior Court.
And what happened to this poor little boy's mother?
http://wpri.com/2014/04/03/2-arrested-in-childs-death-in-putnam/
2 arrested in child’s death in Putnam
By Associated Press
Published: Thursday, April 3, 2014, 2:47 pm
PUTNAM, Conn. (AP) — The father and stepmother of a 2½-year-old boy who died in Putnam last week are facing cruelty and reckless endangerment charges.
Connecticut State Police said Thursday that 30-year-old David Mahan and 32-year-old Renee Peterson of Putnam were arrested Wednesday. Details of the charges weren’t released. Putnam police say Peterson called 911 on the morning of March 26 to report that the boy was unresponsive and not breathing. The dispatcher gave Peterson instructions on how to perform CPR, but the boy was pronounced dead at Day Kimball Hospital.
Peterson was arrested in Putnam. Mahan was arrested in Douglas, Mass., and will be extradited back to Connecticut.
It’s not clear if the couple have lawyers. Peterson was held on $25,000 bail and was to be arraigned Thursday in Danielson Superior Court.
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