Yet another dad who never should have been allowed any custody/visitation rights.
Dad is identified as SHEA MONTGOMERY.
http://www.redding.com/news/local/Deputies-Dad-arrested-in-child-exchange-379566061.html
Deputies: Dad arrested in child exchange
Posted: 2:45 a.m.
A child exchange turned violent Saturday afternoon in Castella, resulting in the arrest of the biological father for investigation of attempted murder, domestic violence and child abuse, the Shasta County Sheriff's Office reported.
The female victim called for help about 4:35 p.m.only after she regained consciousness from being strangled by the father, Shea Montgomery, 40, according to the sheriff's office.
The woman told deputies she was assaulted and her life was threatened by Montgomery in the child custody exchange of their 14-month-old child, deputies said.
Deputies said Montgomery strangled the woman, telling her he would kill her, their child and himself.
The woman tried to break free by scratching Montgomery on his face and elsewhere, but she lost consciousness from being strangled, deputies said.
On regaining consciousness, she said she saw Montgomery walking away with their child, deputies said.
While deputies were en route to Castella in northern Shasta County, the sheriff's office contacted the California Highway Patrol for assistance. A CHP unit found Montgomery along with the woman and child, who was found safe and unharmed, the sheriff's office said.
Deputies met up with the CHP unit and put Montgomery under arrest and then took him to jail.
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Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Dad with custody/visitation rights jailed for abuse death of 3-week-old son (South Africa)
Once again, you have to read between the lines. The mother has a husband who is not the biological father. Therefore, this violent sperm donor apparently had some relationship with the mother that didn't even last through the pregnancy. Some how, he was granted custody/visitation of a newborn, which is sheer foolishness. It is terrible for infants to be separated from their caregivers at this age. It was particularly foolish to grant this sh**head any access. But fathers rights, ya know.
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.citizen.co.za/1015222/update-baby-joshua-laid-to-rest/
‘Abused’ baby laid to rest
arly
Maritza van Zyl
The three-week-old baby who died in hospital after being allegedly abused by his father, has been laid to rest on Sunday in Randgate, Randfontein, on the West Rand.
Randfontein police spokesperson Captain Appel Ernst confirmed a case of child abuse (assault to cause grievous bodily harm) was reported on February 12. It is alleged the baby, Joshua Botha, was taken to Baragwanath Hospital with bruises. The infant was hospitalised and his condition deteriorated. He was placed on life support and later died.
The baby’s maternal grandmother, Brenda Williams-Ludick, said when they arrived at the hospital the baby was still connected to the ventilator, but he already had passed away, Randfontein Herald reported.
In an emotional letter, the baby’s mother, Christene Botha, 23, said: “If I knew I had such a short time with you, I would have never laid you down, would have kissed you all the time.”
Baby Joshua was laid to rest in the Greenhills Cemetery.
The funeral service, which was held at the Gemeentes van Christus Church in Randgate was led by Pastor Desmond Wessels.
A small group of friends and family came in support of Joshua’s mother, her husband Robert Putter, mother-in-law Williams-Ludick and the accused’s mother, Joshua’s grandmother.
Botha was weeping throughout the service.
After the service, the mother of the accused was seen sobbing at Joshua’s coffin, but was not seen at the Greenhills Cemetery.
Her son, Joshua’s biological father, is being held at the Krugersdorp correctional facility. He is expected to appear in court soon.
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.citizen.co.za/1015222/update-baby-joshua-laid-to-rest/
‘Abused’ baby laid to rest
arly
Maritza van Zyl
The three-week-old baby who died in hospital after being allegedly abused by his father, has been laid to rest on Sunday in Randgate, Randfontein, on the West Rand.
Randfontein police spokesperson Captain Appel Ernst confirmed a case of child abuse (assault to cause grievous bodily harm) was reported on February 12. It is alleged the baby, Joshua Botha, was taken to Baragwanath Hospital with bruises. The infant was hospitalised and his condition deteriorated. He was placed on life support and later died.
The baby’s maternal grandmother, Brenda Williams-Ludick, said when they arrived at the hospital the baby was still connected to the ventilator, but he already had passed away, Randfontein Herald reported.
In an emotional letter, the baby’s mother, Christene Botha, 23, said: “If I knew I had such a short time with you, I would have never laid you down, would have kissed you all the time.”
Baby Joshua was laid to rest in the Greenhills Cemetery.
The funeral service, which was held at the Gemeentes van Christus Church in Randgate was led by Pastor Desmond Wessels.
A small group of friends and family came in support of Joshua’s mother, her husband Robert Putter, mother-in-law Williams-Ludick and the accused’s mother, Joshua’s grandmother.
Botha was weeping throughout the service.
After the service, the mother of the accused was seen sobbing at Joshua’s coffin, but was not seen at the Greenhills Cemetery.
Her son, Joshua’s biological father, is being held at the Krugersdorp correctional facility. He is expected to appear in court soon.
Sunday, September 20, 2015
Dad with child visitation "disagreement" shoots 1-month-old baby, mother in church; clergyman also injured (Selma, Alabama)
Once again, we see how the news media buries the motive. This is what is happening here: Domestic abuser uses custody/visitation dispute to try to reassert his control. When that doesn't work, he shoots Mom and the baby.
Confusing to ignorant or naïve people who assume that if Daddy is fighting for custody/visitation, it must be because he loves his kids. Nope. He's only out to hurt Mom. Period.
Dad is identified as JAMES JUNIOR MINTER.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/09/20/3-people-hurt-in-alabama-church-shooting-suspect-arrested/
3 people hurt in Alabama church shooting; suspect arrested
Published September 20, 2015
Associated Press
Dallas County District Attorney Michael Jackson says James Minter has been charged with three counts of attempted murder.
(AP) A man has been charged with three counts of attempted murder after shooting his girlfriend, their baby and a clergyman at a church in Alabama, authorities said Sunday.
James Junior Minter, 26, of Selma, Alabama, was arrested after opening fire during services at the Oasis Tabernacle Church in East Selma, Alabama, according to Dallas County District Attorney Michael Jackson. Jackson said the woman was Minter's girlfriend and that the shooting stemmed from a domestic situation.
Witnesses told police that Minter entered the church and sat in the front row between his girlfriend and the baby, according to a statement released by the Selma Police Department. Minter then pulled out a handgun and started shooting, the statement said. The girlfriend, 24, fell to the ground, and Minter fired at her, striking her in the jaw and shoulder. The baby, a 1-month-old boy, was shot in the hand.
The church's pastor, 61, then grabbed Minter and was shot in the leg. Members of the congregation helped subdue Minter and managed to wrest away his gun, according to police. Minter then ran out of the church.
The pastor was taken to a local emergency room for treatment, while the woman and baby were taken to a hospital in Birmingham. The victims are in stable condition.
After the shooting, Minter fled the scene but was captured by police less than a mile away. His vehicle was left at the scene and a gun was recovered at the church, the statement said.
Minter is being held without bond at the Dallas County jail. The Selma Police Department said Minter may face other charges and that a possible motive for the shooting was a disagreement over child visitation and ongoing domestic violence between the couple.
Confusing to ignorant or naïve people who assume that if Daddy is fighting for custody/visitation, it must be because he loves his kids. Nope. He's only out to hurt Mom. Period.
Dad is identified as JAMES JUNIOR MINTER.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/09/20/3-people-hurt-in-alabama-church-shooting-suspect-arrested/
3 people hurt in Alabama church shooting; suspect arrested
Published September 20, 2015
Associated Press
Dallas County District Attorney Michael Jackson says James Minter has been charged with three counts of attempted murder.
(AP) A man has been charged with three counts of attempted murder after shooting his girlfriend, their baby and a clergyman at a church in Alabama, authorities said Sunday.
James Junior Minter, 26, of Selma, Alabama, was arrested after opening fire during services at the Oasis Tabernacle Church in East Selma, Alabama, according to Dallas County District Attorney Michael Jackson. Jackson said the woman was Minter's girlfriend and that the shooting stemmed from a domestic situation.
Witnesses told police that Minter entered the church and sat in the front row between his girlfriend and the baby, according to a statement released by the Selma Police Department. Minter then pulled out a handgun and started shooting, the statement said. The girlfriend, 24, fell to the ground, and Minter fired at her, striking her in the jaw and shoulder. The baby, a 1-month-old boy, was shot in the hand.
The church's pastor, 61, then grabbed Minter and was shot in the leg. Members of the congregation helped subdue Minter and managed to wrest away his gun, according to police. Minter then ran out of the church.
The pastor was taken to a local emergency room for treatment, while the woman and baby were taken to a hospital in Birmingham. The victims are in stable condition.
After the shooting, Minter fled the scene but was captured by police less than a mile away. His vehicle was left at the scene and a gun was recovered at the church, the statement said.
Minter is being held without bond at the Dallas County jail. The Selma Police Department said Minter may face other charges and that a possible motive for the shooting was a disagreement over child visitation and ongoing domestic violence between the couple.
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Dad in "child custody dispute" nearly succeeds in killing 6-year-old daughter in murder-suicide; protective mother's efforts to protect child blocked by courts (Orlando, Florida)
Once again we have the Clueless Neighbor quote. You know, the once where it is insisted that the child killer (or in this case, would-be child killer) is really a Good Guy.
The mother obviously knew that dad ROBERT MERRITT was potentially dangerous, as she tried to get the courts to give her an emergency child pick-up order, which, of course, the officials denied. This being the state of Florida, a huge fathers rights state and all.
Florida generally leads the U.S. in violent fathers with custody rights who kill children.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-man-child-injured-arson-fire-orlando-20150820-story.html
OPD: Dad allegedly wrote on Facebook he, his daughter were going to 'better place'
Man pulled from fire charged with arson, attempted murder
The man rescued from a house fire Thursday morning along with his 6-year-old daughter was charged with arson and attempted murder.
By David Harris and Stephanie Allen Staff Writer
Orange County Sheriff's Office Officers found girl pressed to window, trying to breathe in burning home
Officers pull 6-year-old girl, her unconscious father from burning home
An Orange County Sheriff's Office dispatcher allegedly wrote in a post on Facebook that he and his daughter were "going to a better place" before setting the house on fire Thursday morning with both of them inside,
Orlando Police Chief John Mina said. But before 49-year-old Robert Merritt's alleged wish could become reality, a team of Orlando police officers jumped into action to save Merritt, his 6-year-old daughter and the family dog.
Merritt, who has been a dispatcher with county since 1989, was charged with attempted murder and arson. He remains in critical condition at a local hospital. His daughter was in stable condition and should be OK, officials said.
Mina said there were "multiple points where the fire started." He did not say what accelerant was used.
The officers were responding around 5 a.m. to the home on Betty Street in a neighborhood off Bumby Avenue just north of East Colonial Drive for a well-being check after someone saw the post on Merritt's Facebook page, Mina said.
Sgt. Joe Capece said officers smelled smoke as soon as they got out of their squad cars. The house was dark when officers got there, but they walked around, shining flashlights inside windows. That's when they saw the smoke and the young girl struggling to get air from a small opening in a bedroom window.
Capece and Officer Mike Turner broke the glass, and officers Chris Valenti and Russell Sayer pulled the girl out. She was coughing, and covered in black soot.
Officers then saw Merritt laying on a bed.
They broke another window and dragged him outside, too.
Merritt wasn't breathing so Turner and Officer Kevin Geschke did CPR.
He started breathing just as emergency medical crews arrived and took him to the hospital, police said. Inside the house, officers also found the family's dog — a Labrador mix named Pepper — and pulled it to safety.
At first the dog was struggling to breathe.
"He must have cleared his lungs, because he just popped up and started running around," said Capece.
Animal control took custody of the dog. Capece said the officers acted quickly and efficiently. "I'm very proud of the squad and the way they worked," Capece said. "To be (quick and efficient), that's what it takes to safe lives."
Mina called their actions heroic.
Neighbor Estella Floyd watched the whole incident transpire. She said emergency crews laid Merritt on the grass outside her house and set the girl on her front step.
Floyd said Merritt, who goes by Bobby, and his daughter are always friendly and "very good people." She said Merritt has been in a wheelchair since she met him more than 20 years ago, and she sees the father-daughter duo outside almost every day.
Court records indicate Merritt and his wife, Brenda Merritt, filed for divorce in 2011 and were going through a child custody dispute.
Last week, Brenda Merritt filed a motion for an "emergency pick-up" of a child, but it was apparently denied, court records show.
The mother obviously knew that dad ROBERT MERRITT was potentially dangerous, as she tried to get the courts to give her an emergency child pick-up order, which, of course, the officials denied. This being the state of Florida, a huge fathers rights state and all.
Florida generally leads the U.S. in violent fathers with custody rights who kill children.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-man-child-injured-arson-fire-orlando-20150820-story.html
OPD: Dad allegedly wrote on Facebook he, his daughter were going to 'better place'
Man pulled from fire charged with arson, attempted murder
The man rescued from a house fire Thursday morning along with his 6-year-old daughter was charged with arson and attempted murder.
By David Harris and Stephanie Allen Staff Writer
Orange County Sheriff's Office Officers found girl pressed to window, trying to breathe in burning home
Officers pull 6-year-old girl, her unconscious father from burning home
An Orange County Sheriff's Office dispatcher allegedly wrote in a post on Facebook that he and his daughter were "going to a better place" before setting the house on fire Thursday morning with both of them inside,
Orlando Police Chief John Mina said. But before 49-year-old Robert Merritt's alleged wish could become reality, a team of Orlando police officers jumped into action to save Merritt, his 6-year-old daughter and the family dog.
Merritt, who has been a dispatcher with county since 1989, was charged with attempted murder and arson. He remains in critical condition at a local hospital. His daughter was in stable condition and should be OK, officials said.
Mina said there were "multiple points where the fire started." He did not say what accelerant was used.
The officers were responding around 5 a.m. to the home on Betty Street in a neighborhood off Bumby Avenue just north of East Colonial Drive for a well-being check after someone saw the post on Merritt's Facebook page, Mina said.
Sgt. Joe Capece said officers smelled smoke as soon as they got out of their squad cars. The house was dark when officers got there, but they walked around, shining flashlights inside windows. That's when they saw the smoke and the young girl struggling to get air from a small opening in a bedroom window.
Capece and Officer Mike Turner broke the glass, and officers Chris Valenti and Russell Sayer pulled the girl out. She was coughing, and covered in black soot.
Officers then saw Merritt laying on a bed.
They broke another window and dragged him outside, too.
Merritt wasn't breathing so Turner and Officer Kevin Geschke did CPR.
He started breathing just as emergency medical crews arrived and took him to the hospital, police said. Inside the house, officers also found the family's dog — a Labrador mix named Pepper — and pulled it to safety.
At first the dog was struggling to breathe.
"He must have cleared his lungs, because he just popped up and started running around," said Capece.
Animal control took custody of the dog. Capece said the officers acted quickly and efficiently. "I'm very proud of the squad and the way they worked," Capece said. "To be (quick and efficient), that's what it takes to safe lives."
Mina called their actions heroic.
Neighbor Estella Floyd watched the whole incident transpire. She said emergency crews laid Merritt on the grass outside her house and set the girl on her front step.
Floyd said Merritt, who goes by Bobby, and his daughter are always friendly and "very good people." She said Merritt has been in a wheelchair since she met him more than 20 years ago, and she sees the father-daughter duo outside almost every day.
Court records indicate Merritt and his wife, Brenda Merritt, filed for divorce in 2011 and were going through a child custody dispute.
Last week, Brenda Merritt filed a motion for an "emergency pick-up" of a child, but it was apparently denied, court records show.
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Custodial dad, step enter plea deal for attempted murder, torture of 5-year-old daughter (Bakersfield, California)
Yet another news account where the father's obvious custodial status is airbrushed away, and the mother "disappeared."
Clearly Daddy and the step could not have induced severe malnutrition in a shared custody situation--not unless the mother, through some weird congruence, was okay with the same. In which case she would have been arrested too.
But that didn't happen. In fact, we have no idea of what happened to Mom. I spot checked previously published articles on this case, and they totally ignore the mother as well. It's as if she had never existed; she has been neatly excised from history.
So how did this torture Daddy get full custody of this child? Who gave it to him? What happened to the mother? Is she still alive? Deceased? What?
Dad is identified as JESSE BROWN.
http://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/2-sentenced-for-child-abuse
2 Sentenced for child abuse
By: Mindy Wyatt
Posted: 4:25 PM, Jun 10, 2015 Updated: 4:39 PM, Jun 10, 2015
A couple that faced child abuse charges that entered a plea deal back in March was sentenced this morning in Superior Court.
The father of the child Jesse Brown and the step-mother Virginia Rodriguez faced a judge to hear their sentence. The couple were facing attempted murder charges and torture charges in the abuse of a 5-year-old girl, but entered a plea of no contest to willful cruelty to a child and inflicting injury on a child.
Jesse Brown received a ten year and four month sentence and Virginia Rodriguez was sentenced to four years.
On Feb. 23 Bakersfield police responded to a home and found a 5-year-old girl unconscious. Police said she appeared to have cigarette burns and was extremely malnourished. The 5-year-old weighed 25 pounds.
Documents said the girl had old and new injuries to the head, wrists and ankles. #The girl was still in the hospital three days later. The examining doctor said the girl had been tortured and abused for an extended amount of time.
A second child was taken into protective custody, officials said.
Clearly Daddy and the step could not have induced severe malnutrition in a shared custody situation--not unless the mother, through some weird congruence, was okay with the same. In which case she would have been arrested too.
But that didn't happen. In fact, we have no idea of what happened to Mom. I spot checked previously published articles on this case, and they totally ignore the mother as well. It's as if she had never existed; she has been neatly excised from history.
So how did this torture Daddy get full custody of this child? Who gave it to him? What happened to the mother? Is she still alive? Deceased? What?
Dad is identified as JESSE BROWN.
http://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/2-sentenced-for-child-abuse
2 Sentenced for child abuse
By: Mindy Wyatt
Posted: 4:25 PM, Jun 10, 2015 Updated: 4:39 PM, Jun 10, 2015
A couple that faced child abuse charges that entered a plea deal back in March was sentenced this morning in Superior Court.
The father of the child Jesse Brown and the step-mother Virginia Rodriguez faced a judge to hear their sentence. The couple were facing attempted murder charges and torture charges in the abuse of a 5-year-old girl, but entered a plea of no contest to willful cruelty to a child and inflicting injury on a child.
Jesse Brown received a ten year and four month sentence and Virginia Rodriguez was sentenced to four years.
On Feb. 23 Bakersfield police responded to a home and found a 5-year-old girl unconscious. Police said she appeared to have cigarette burns and was extremely malnourished. The 5-year-old weighed 25 pounds.
Documents said the girl had old and new injuries to the head, wrists and ankles. #The girl was still in the hospital three days later. The examining doctor said the girl had been tortured and abused for an extended amount of time.
A second child was taken into protective custody, officials said.
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Dad charged with attempted murder in stabbing of 5-year-old daughter (London, Ontario, Canada)
Dad is identified as ANDREW BRUCE HILL.
http://www.am980.ca/2015/05/21/45518/
London Father Charged in Knife Attack on 5-Year-Old Daughter Due Back in Court on Friday London, Ontario, Canada / (CFPL AM) AM 980 May 21, 2015 07:16 am
A London man charged with attempted murder in the stabbing of his five-year-old daughter is scheduled to make his next court appearance on Friday morning.
38-year-old Andrew Bruce Hill appeared briefly before a justice of the peace at the London courthouse on Thursday, and was remanded into custody.
Hill was visibly distraught as he buried his head in his hands, and covered his eyes. He could be seen trying to plug his ears while hearing a list of over a dozen names of people he may not communicate with while in custody, including his wife and three children.
He donned a neon green t-shirt that read, “Help, I’m Talking And I Can’t Shut Up!”
His 5-year-old daughter remained listed in “serious, but stable condition” as of Thursday morning, according to London Police.
She was rushed to hospital around 6:10 a.m. Tuesday after being stabbed multiple times at the family’s home on Applegreen Grove in the Commissioners and Andover area.
The little girl’s father was arrested at the scene, and charged later in the day with attempted murder.
The Major Crime Section is handling the investigation, and officers remain at the scene.
AM980 will have a reporter at the London courthouse on Friday when the suspect is next scheduled to appear via video.
http://www.am980.ca/2015/05/21/45518/
London Father Charged in Knife Attack on 5-Year-Old Daughter Due Back in Court on Friday London, Ontario, Canada / (CFPL AM) AM 980 May 21, 2015 07:16 am
A London man charged with attempted murder in the stabbing of his five-year-old daughter is scheduled to make his next court appearance on Friday morning.
38-year-old Andrew Bruce Hill appeared briefly before a justice of the peace at the London courthouse on Thursday, and was remanded into custody.
Hill was visibly distraught as he buried his head in his hands, and covered his eyes. He could be seen trying to plug his ears while hearing a list of over a dozen names of people he may not communicate with while in custody, including his wife and three children.
He donned a neon green t-shirt that read, “Help, I’m Talking And I Can’t Shut Up!”
His 5-year-old daughter remained listed in “serious, but stable condition” as of Thursday morning, according to London Police.
She was rushed to hospital around 6:10 a.m. Tuesday after being stabbed multiple times at the family’s home on Applegreen Grove in the Commissioners and Andover area.
The little girl’s father was arrested at the scene, and charged later in the day with attempted murder.
The Major Crime Section is handling the investigation, and officers remain at the scene.
AM980 will have a reporter at the London courthouse on Friday when the suspect is next scheduled to appear via video.
Monday, April 20, 2015
Dad charged with attempted 2nd-degree murder for attack on 6-week-old baby; mom loses custody though she was not at home (Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana)
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.
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.
Friday, April 10, 2015
Dad tries to gas two kids to death during visitation time (Sacramento County, California)
Thank goodness the authorities got there in time.
But what judge gave this father his custody/visitation rights? Don't tell me that dad CHARLES LEE EWERS had zero signs of violence, instability, or volatility before this incident. These guys nearly always have a track record that's simply ignored.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-california-dad-children-failed-killing-20150408-story.html
Northern California dad accused of trying to kill kids with exhaust fumes
Man Accused Of Trying To Kill 2 Kids, Himself With Car Exhaust
A man was taken into custody by the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department, accused of trying to suffocate himself and his two kids with car exhaust.
By Veronica Rocha
Father tries to kill his children and himself in failed suicide-homicide attempt, authorities say
A Northern California man tried to kill himself and his children by poisoning with exhaust fumes from a running vehicle, sheriff’s officials said.
Charles Lee Ewers, 38, of Carmichael was taken into custody Tuesday after he was released from an area hospital, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department.
Ewers has been booked on suspicion of attempted murder and child endangerment in connection with the beating of his children before an attempt to kill them.
Authorities said they received a call from the custodial parent about 9 p.m. Saturday after the two children, ages 8 and 10, had not returned home from their scheduled visit with Ewers.
When deputies went to Ewers’ home, it was dark and no one answered the front door.
But authorities said deputies heard a car engine running inside the home's garage.
Deputies forced their way into the garage and found the vehicle running with a hose attached from the exhaust pipe to the inside of the car, the sheriff's department said.
They immediately removed the hose, opened a car door and found the two children, who were semi-conscious, according to the sheriff's department. Ewers was also in the car and was removed, the sheriff's department said.
The children suffered significant physical trauma because Ewers beat them before placing them in the backseat of his car, sheriff’s officials said.
But what judge gave this father his custody/visitation rights? Don't tell me that dad CHARLES LEE EWERS had zero signs of violence, instability, or volatility before this incident. These guys nearly always have a track record that's simply ignored.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-california-dad-children-failed-killing-20150408-story.html
Northern California dad accused of trying to kill kids with exhaust fumes
Man Accused Of Trying To Kill 2 Kids, Himself With Car Exhaust
A man was taken into custody by the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department, accused of trying to suffocate himself and his two kids with car exhaust.
By Veronica Rocha
Father tries to kill his children and himself in failed suicide-homicide attempt, authorities say
A Northern California man tried to kill himself and his children by poisoning with exhaust fumes from a running vehicle, sheriff’s officials said.
Charles Lee Ewers, 38, of Carmichael was taken into custody Tuesday after he was released from an area hospital, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department.
Ewers has been booked on suspicion of attempted murder and child endangerment in connection with the beating of his children before an attempt to kill them.
Authorities said they received a call from the custodial parent about 9 p.m. Saturday after the two children, ages 8 and 10, had not returned home from their scheduled visit with Ewers.
When deputies went to Ewers’ home, it was dark and no one answered the front door.
But authorities said deputies heard a car engine running inside the home's garage.
Deputies forced their way into the garage and found the vehicle running with a hose attached from the exhaust pipe to the inside of the car, the sheriff's department said.
They immediately removed the hose, opened a car door and found the two children, who were semi-conscious, according to the sheriff's department. Ewers was also in the car and was removed, the sheriff's department said.
The children suffered significant physical trauma because Ewers beat them before placing them in the backseat of his car, sheriff’s officials said.
Friday, March 27, 2015
Dad who beat up mom, threatened to kill 2-year-old son by throwing him off 7-story parking garage gets time in county jail, probation (Lower Saucon, Pennsylvania)
So typical of the coddling that abusive fathers get. Dad ROBERT WILKINSON flies into a rage, threatening to kill his wife and 2-year-old son. Beats up the mother and pushes her out of the car. Takes off with the son and goes to a 7-story parking garage and threaten to kill the boy and himself. The police rescue his worthless @$$. Mom gets an order of protection (yay! a piece of paper!) And the little boy who as nightmares and separation anxiety is subjected to SUPERVISED VISITATION. Why? Fathers rights, doncha know! Apparently it's okay for little children to be retraumatized again and again.
Oh, and the headline! Not true. Dad is NOT doing prison time. He's doing 2-3 months in the county jail and then he's on probation. This mother will be spending the next few years looking over her shoulder. But then women and children are denied the rights to basic safety and security, aren't they!
http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-bethlehem-suicidal-father-sands-parking-lot-rescue-20150327-story.html
Father who threatened to kill son, self, gets prison time
Robert Wilkinson, 40, of Lower Saucon, was given a jail sentence for pushing his wife from a car before driving to the top of the Sands Bethlehem parking garage and threatening to kill himself and his 2-year-old son.
By Riley Yates Of The Morning Call
Defendant 'is a ticking psychological time bomb,' Northampton County judge says
'He used his son as a pawn,' prosecutor says of man who threatened to toss tot off parking deck
A Northampton County prosecutor called Robert W. Wilkinson a manipulative and controlling man who used his 2-year-old son as a chip to get back at his wife as their marriage failed..
A defense attorney labeled Wilkinson an otherwise law-abiding person who suffered a mental-health crisis that he deeply regrets.
Both were talking about the Lower Saucon Township man's actions on Aug. 12, when he beat up his wife and pushed her from their car, then drove off with their son to the top of the seven-story Sands casino parking garage, where he phoned 911 and threatened to kill himself and his boy, according to court records.
For that, Wilkinson will serve a prison sentence, though his lawyer, Gavin Holihan, argued it would serve no purpose. On Friday, Senior Judge Leonard Zito gave the 40-year-old defendant two to four months in county jail and three years of probation after Wilkinson previously pleaded guilty to charges of simple assault and reckless endangerment.
In so doing, Zito described Wilkinson as an unstable man who has had several unsuccessful marriages and has struggled to hold jobs for any extended period of time.
"This incident begins while they are driving to the psychiatrist's," Zito said. "Now that should tell you something."
Wilkinson, he said, "is a ticking psychological time bomb. Tick. Tick. Tick."
When Bethlehem police arrived at the Sands garage, they found Wilkinson sitting on the edge of the seventh story of the deck, holding his toddler, record courts state. The officers, Michael DiLuzio and
Blake Kuntz, talked the distraught man into surrendering the boy, then were able to tackle Wilkinson as he tried to leap to his demise.
In court, Wilkinson's estranged wife, Jennifer Wilkinson, stood feet from him as she read from a victim impact statement, her hand that held the paper trembling uncontrollably as she did. She told Zito that her son continues to have nightmares at home and in day care and gets scared when she is out of his sight.
She recounted the assault she suffered at Wilkinson's hands, saying that he threw her cell phone out of the car window, tore off her jewelry and began beating her.
"He threatened to kill all of us by speeding into a barrier, then, as he stopped the car and pushed me out, he told me he would kill our son," she said.
The defendant's actions are telling of what kind of man he is, said Assistant District Attorney Erika Farkas.
"He used his son as a pawn," Farkas said.
Jennifer Wilkinson is seeking divorce, and has been granted a restraining order against her husband. She has custody of their child, with Wilkinson permitted only supervised visits of two hours a week, according to a legal filing.
Holihan said his client knows he traumatized his son, his wife and the officers who responded. After his arrest, Wilkinson checked himself into an inpatient mental-health facility and has continued to receive outpatient counseling, Holihan said.
Wilkinson told Zito that he never intended to hurt his child. The reason he called 911 that August day was that he didn't want his son to be left alone in a hot car after he jumped from the deck, he said.
"Those officers saved my life," Wilkinson said.
Oh, and the headline! Not true. Dad is NOT doing prison time. He's doing 2-3 months in the county jail and then he's on probation. This mother will be spending the next few years looking over her shoulder. But then women and children are denied the rights to basic safety and security, aren't they!
http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-bethlehem-suicidal-father-sands-parking-lot-rescue-20150327-story.html
Father who threatened to kill son, self, gets prison time
Robert Wilkinson, 40, of Lower Saucon, was given a jail sentence for pushing his wife from a car before driving to the top of the Sands Bethlehem parking garage and threatening to kill himself and his 2-year-old son.
By Riley Yates Of The Morning Call
Defendant 'is a ticking psychological time bomb,' Northampton County judge says
'He used his son as a pawn,' prosecutor says of man who threatened to toss tot off parking deck
A Northampton County prosecutor called Robert W. Wilkinson a manipulative and controlling man who used his 2-year-old son as a chip to get back at his wife as their marriage failed..
A defense attorney labeled Wilkinson an otherwise law-abiding person who suffered a mental-health crisis that he deeply regrets.
Both were talking about the Lower Saucon Township man's actions on Aug. 12, when he beat up his wife and pushed her from their car, then drove off with their son to the top of the seven-story Sands casino parking garage, where he phoned 911 and threatened to kill himself and his boy, according to court records.
For that, Wilkinson will serve a prison sentence, though his lawyer, Gavin Holihan, argued it would serve no purpose. On Friday, Senior Judge Leonard Zito gave the 40-year-old defendant two to four months in county jail and three years of probation after Wilkinson previously pleaded guilty to charges of simple assault and reckless endangerment.
In so doing, Zito described Wilkinson as an unstable man who has had several unsuccessful marriages and has struggled to hold jobs for any extended period of time.
"This incident begins while they are driving to the psychiatrist's," Zito said. "Now that should tell you something."
Wilkinson, he said, "is a ticking psychological time bomb. Tick. Tick. Tick."
When Bethlehem police arrived at the Sands garage, they found Wilkinson sitting on the edge of the seventh story of the deck, holding his toddler, record courts state. The officers, Michael DiLuzio and
Blake Kuntz, talked the distraught man into surrendering the boy, then were able to tackle Wilkinson as he tried to leap to his demise.
In court, Wilkinson's estranged wife, Jennifer Wilkinson, stood feet from him as she read from a victim impact statement, her hand that held the paper trembling uncontrollably as she did. She told Zito that her son continues to have nightmares at home and in day care and gets scared when she is out of his sight.
She recounted the assault she suffered at Wilkinson's hands, saying that he threw her cell phone out of the car window, tore off her jewelry and began beating her.
"He threatened to kill all of us by speeding into a barrier, then, as he stopped the car and pushed me out, he told me he would kill our son," she said.
The defendant's actions are telling of what kind of man he is, said Assistant District Attorney Erika Farkas.
"He used his son as a pawn," Farkas said.
Jennifer Wilkinson is seeking divorce, and has been granted a restraining order against her husband. She has custody of their child, with Wilkinson permitted only supervised visits of two hours a week, according to a legal filing.
Holihan said his client knows he traumatized his son, his wife and the officers who responded. After his arrest, Wilkinson checked himself into an inpatient mental-health facility and has continued to receive outpatient counseling, Holihan said.
Wilkinson told Zito that he never intended to hurt his child. The reason he called 911 that August day was that he didn't want his son to be left alone in a hot car after he jumped from the deck, he said.
"Those officers saved my life," Wilkinson said.
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Dad in custody fight tried to strangle 7-year-old daughter, then committed suicide (Port St. Lucie, Florida)
A close call here--we could have had another addition to the Killer Dad and Custody list for the State of Florida. Fortunately, Mom doesn't need to worry about the safety of her children anymore....
Dad is identified as ARMANDO LAWRENCE BOTTA.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/crime-law/port-st-lucie-police-man-attacks-daughter-kills-hi/nkbCK/
Port St. Lucie police: Man attacks daughter, kills himself
9:17 p.m. Thursday, March 19, 2015
PORT ST. LUCIE — A Port St. Lucie man took his own life Wednesday night after he first tried to strangle his 7-year-old daughter, city police said.
Police found Armando Lawrence Botta dead in his home in the Newport Isles community, south of Gatlin Boulevard and east of Interstate 95, from an apparent self-inflicted stab wound.
Police are investigating the incident as a suicide and an attempted murder, authorities said Thursday. Officers were called shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday to a Southwest Newport Isles home. According to a police report released Thursday night, Botta was found dead on the living room floor in front of the sofa.
A kitchen knife was lodged just between his chin and several zip ties and a USB cable were tightened around his neck, indicating an attempt at self-asphyxiation, the report said.
The officers found a 7-year-old girl who had injuries that were consistent with an attempt at strangulation, the report said. The girl told officers her father was making her a necklace and used a string to measure her neck. The girl said her father pulled the string too tightly, causing her pain.
The girl had heavy bruising on her neck and discoloration in her eyes, nose and mouth. It was not clear if she was conscious when Botta committed suicide, police said.
Police found a suicide note addressed to Botta’s estranged wife. After returning to the home, Botta’s wife told police she and Botta were in the process of separating. His wife said Botta had a history of medical issues, but had never exhibited violent behavior toward her or the children in the past.
The woman said she left Wednesday night to pick up two children from a church where the children also attend school. She received a call from the 7-year-old girl and called 911. The woman hurriedly retrieved the other children before returning home, police said. She told police she and Botta had recently argued about child-custody arrangements once their separation became final.
Dad is identified as ARMANDO LAWRENCE BOTTA.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/crime-law/port-st-lucie-police-man-attacks-daughter-kills-hi/nkbCK/
Port St. Lucie police: Man attacks daughter, kills himself
9:17 p.m. Thursday, March 19, 2015
PORT ST. LUCIE — A Port St. Lucie man took his own life Wednesday night after he first tried to strangle his 7-year-old daughter, city police said.
Police found Armando Lawrence Botta dead in his home in the Newport Isles community, south of Gatlin Boulevard and east of Interstate 95, from an apparent self-inflicted stab wound.
Police are investigating the incident as a suicide and an attempted murder, authorities said Thursday. Officers were called shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday to a Southwest Newport Isles home. According to a police report released Thursday night, Botta was found dead on the living room floor in front of the sofa.
A kitchen knife was lodged just between his chin and several zip ties and a USB cable were tightened around his neck, indicating an attempt at self-asphyxiation, the report said.
The officers found a 7-year-old girl who had injuries that were consistent with an attempt at strangulation, the report said. The girl told officers her father was making her a necklace and used a string to measure her neck. The girl said her father pulled the string too tightly, causing her pain.
The girl had heavy bruising on her neck and discoloration in her eyes, nose and mouth. It was not clear if she was conscious when Botta committed suicide, police said.
Police found a suicide note addressed to Botta’s estranged wife. After returning to the home, Botta’s wife told police she and Botta were in the process of separating. His wife said Botta had a history of medical issues, but had never exhibited violent behavior toward her or the children in the past.
The woman said she left Wednesday night to pick up two children from a church where the children also attend school. She received a call from the 7-year-old girl and called 911. The woman hurriedly retrieved the other children before returning home, police said. She told police she and Botta had recently argued about child-custody arrangements once their separation became final.
Saturday, March 21, 2015
Dad charged with attempted murder of 6-week-old son; baby on life support (New Orleans, Louisiana)
A very typical shaken baby story. Mom apparently forced to work, even though the baby is practically a newborn still. Trigger-temper Daddy (unemployed? underemployed?) takes over "caretaking." Of course, everybody swears he's a "good guy" even though the moron thinks you can "discipline" a newborn infant for crying.
Why jerks like this need to get jobs and let moms take care of babies...
Dad is identified as MARTY MICHAEL MARCEL.
http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/local/lafourche-terrebonne/2015/03/20/baby-attempted-murder/25080421/
Baby fights for life, father charged with attempted murder
A man was arrested for shaking a 6-week-old baby who is now on life support.
WWL Jaclyn Kelley / Eyewitness News 6:21 p.m. CDT March 20, 2015
NEW ORLEANS - A Houma newborn is on life-support after Terrebonne Parish deputies say his father shook him, causing a major brain injury.
The father, Marty Michael Marcel, 26, is behind bars after being charged with attempted second-degree murder. Meanwhile, the 6-week-old boy is fighting for his life at Children's Hospital in New Orleans.
Back in Houma, friends and family said they were in complete shock after learning deputies arrested Marcel Thursday night for shaking the baby.
"I can't believe it at all, very shocking," says a friend, who asked not to be identified. "I'm still in shock."
Terrebonne Parish deputies say, on Sunday, the newborn's parents rushed him to the hospital after he started having seizures.
It was there that doctors discovered the baby had bruises on his body and damage to two thirds of his brain. An injury consistent with shaken baby syndrome.
"This child will never have a normal life and right now we are not sure if the child is going to make it or not, but if the child does make it he still won't be normal," says Major Malcolm Wolfe, with the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office.
Deputies say Marcel was home alone with the baby while his mother was at work.
Marcel told investigators the newborn would not stop crying and that he was just trying to discipline the baby, but Marcel says he did not intentionally hurt his son.
"He is cooperating and is taking responsibility," says Wolfe. "He was in possession of child when the child was injured."
A close friend of Marcel's says he never thought he could be capable of something like this.
"What I knew, he was a good guy, you couldn't ask for better," says his friend. "Never had to deal with him, he's a quiet guy."
Marcel's friends says, as a father himself, his thoughts are with the newborn and the rest of the family during this difficult time.
"I hope they get through it, I hope the baby pulls through, that's the most that I hope," says the friend. "Anything else, that justice is served, but I just hope the baby pulls through this."
On Friday, the Terrebonne Parish District Attorney's Office charged Marcel with attempted murder and he remains behind bars on a $75,000 bond.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office at 985-876-2500.
Why jerks like this need to get jobs and let moms take care of babies...
Dad is identified as MARTY MICHAEL MARCEL.
http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/local/lafourche-terrebonne/2015/03/20/baby-attempted-murder/25080421/
Baby fights for life, father charged with attempted murder
A man was arrested for shaking a 6-week-old baby who is now on life support.
WWL Jaclyn Kelley / Eyewitness News 6:21 p.m. CDT March 20, 2015
NEW ORLEANS - A Houma newborn is on life-support after Terrebonne Parish deputies say his father shook him, causing a major brain injury.
The father, Marty Michael Marcel, 26, is behind bars after being charged with attempted second-degree murder. Meanwhile, the 6-week-old boy is fighting for his life at Children's Hospital in New Orleans.
Back in Houma, friends and family said they were in complete shock after learning deputies arrested Marcel Thursday night for shaking the baby.
"I can't believe it at all, very shocking," says a friend, who asked not to be identified. "I'm still in shock."
Terrebonne Parish deputies say, on Sunday, the newborn's parents rushed him to the hospital after he started having seizures.
It was there that doctors discovered the baby had bruises on his body and damage to two thirds of his brain. An injury consistent with shaken baby syndrome.
"This child will never have a normal life and right now we are not sure if the child is going to make it or not, but if the child does make it he still won't be normal," says Major Malcolm Wolfe, with the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office.
Deputies say Marcel was home alone with the baby while his mother was at work.
Marcel told investigators the newborn would not stop crying and that he was just trying to discipline the baby, but Marcel says he did not intentionally hurt his son.
"He is cooperating and is taking responsibility," says Wolfe. "He was in possession of child when the child was injured."
A close friend of Marcel's says he never thought he could be capable of something like this.
"What I knew, he was a good guy, you couldn't ask for better," says his friend. "Never had to deal with him, he's a quiet guy."
Marcel's friends says, as a father himself, his thoughts are with the newborn and the rest of the family during this difficult time.
"I hope they get through it, I hope the baby pulls through, that's the most that I hope," says the friend. "Anything else, that justice is served, but I just hope the baby pulls through this."
On Friday, the Terrebonne Parish District Attorney's Office charged Marcel with attempted murder and he remains behind bars on a $75,000 bond.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office at 985-876-2500.
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Dad buries 10-year-old daughter alive because she was a girl (Tripura, India)
Dad is identified as ABDUL HUSSEIN.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/man-buried-10-year-old-daughter-alive-4993935
Man 'buried 10-year-old daughter alive because she was a girl'
Jan 17, 2015 10:20
By Jessica Best
Abdul Hussein is accused of gagging and tying up his young daughter before burying her in the ground while his wife was out
A man has been arrested for trying to bury his 10-year-old daughter alive because she was a girl.
Police say the shocking incident in Tripura, India, saw Abdul Hussein dig a pit in his back garden while his wife was out, and then put his daughter in the hole with her hands roped together and her mouth taped up.
Her dad is then said to have filled up the pit to chest level, with pictures showing the young girl with her arms and head above the dirt floor.
When Abdul's wife returned home he put a bamboo basket over their daughter's head, with the intention of burying her completely later on, NDTV reports.
But his wife began to question where the little girl was, and she was soon discovered by neighbours.
They are said to have beaten up the dad before calling police.
Abdul was then arrested, and now faces a charge of attempted murder.
The case comes four months after a seven-year-old girl clawed her way to safety after allegedly being strangled and buried alive in the Uttar Pradesh region of India.
The youngster was found by shocked villagers after they heard her cries for help.
The little girl, named Tanu, told police her aunt and uncle had taken her from her mother's house days earlier and buried her in the field.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/man-buried-10-year-old-daughter-alive-4993935
Man 'buried 10-year-old daughter alive because she was a girl'
Jan 17, 2015 10:20
By Jessica Best
Abdul Hussein is accused of gagging and tying up his young daughter before burying her in the ground while his wife was out
A man has been arrested for trying to bury his 10-year-old daughter alive because she was a girl.
Police say the shocking incident in Tripura, India, saw Abdul Hussein dig a pit in his back garden while his wife was out, and then put his daughter in the hole with her hands roped together and her mouth taped up.
Her dad is then said to have filled up the pit to chest level, with pictures showing the young girl with her arms and head above the dirt floor.
When Abdul's wife returned home he put a bamboo basket over their daughter's head, with the intention of burying her completely later on, NDTV reports.
But his wife began to question where the little girl was, and she was soon discovered by neighbours.
They are said to have beaten up the dad before calling police.
Abdul was then arrested, and now faces a charge of attempted murder.
The case comes four months after a seven-year-old girl clawed her way to safety after allegedly being strangled and buried alive in the Uttar Pradesh region of India.
The youngster was found by shocked villagers after they heard her cries for help.
The little girl, named Tanu, told police her aunt and uncle had taken her from her mother's house days earlier and buried her in the field.
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Dad uses 5-month-old son as "human shield" in shootout with police; charged with attempted murder (Long Beach, California)
Thank God the baby wasn't hurt. But can we keep this parolee with a history of domestic violence in jail now? I think we've had enough of Daddy's outbursts and general Daddy Drama.
Dad is identified as JOSEPH GONZALEZ.
http://www.myfoxla.com/story/27818048/baby-survives-police-chase-shootout-through-long-beach
Father Allegedly Tried To Use Baby As 'Shield' Against Police
Posted: Jan 10, 2015 3:18 PM EST
Updated: Jan 11, 2015 4:09 PM EST
Posted by: Kelly Taylor, Digital Producer
By: Christine O'Donnell, Reporter
LONG BEACH (CNS/FOX 11) - A 22-year-old domestic abuse suspect, with his 5-month-old baby inside his vehicle, was chased by police from Long Beach to San Pedro Saturday in a pursuit that included at least two shootouts, but neither the infant nor the chased driver were hurt, police said.
One Long Beach police officer suffered minor injuries in the second shootout, when glass shattered in a patrol car, Nancy Pratt of the Long Beach Police Department said.
The incident began just before 2 a.m. with a shooting during a domestic dispute at a home the suspect shares with the mother of his son and other family members in the 6500 block of East Rosebay Street, Pratt said.
The suspect, identified as parolee Joseph Gonzales, was gone when officers arrived, but he called the home and said he was on his way back with his infant son, Pratt said, adding that the man leveled threats at his family members and police officers.
"He specifically stated he would harm the baby and use him as a shield against police,'' Pratt said.
He returned to the scene in a dark-colored SUV, got out and confronted officers, prompting an exchange of gunfire, she said.
"The suspect then got back in his vehicle and fled, and officers initiated a vehicle pursuit,'' Pratt said. "It was unknown if the baby was actually in the vehicle.''
In the area of Bandini and Oliver streets in San Pedro, Gonzales stopped the SUV and shot at officers, who returned fire, she said.
Gonzales then got back into the vehicle and drove a short distance before stopping and surrendering, Pratt said.
"The infant was located in the back seat of the suspect's vehicle at the conclusion of the pursuit. Although uninjured, he was transported to a local hospital as a precaution and released later to family in San Pedro. A handgun was found in the front seat of the suspect's vehicle,'' she said.
The injured officer was taken to a hospital, where he was treated and released, Pratt said.
Gonzales was booked on suspicion of attempted murder, evading police, child cruelty that could result in possible injury or death, assault with a firearm on a police officer, being a felon in possession of a firearm and a parole violation, she said.
He was being held without bail at the Long Beach City Jail, Pratt said.
Dad is identified as JOSEPH GONZALEZ.
http://www.myfoxla.com/story/27818048/baby-survives-police-chase-shootout-through-long-beach
Father Allegedly Tried To Use Baby As 'Shield' Against Police
Posted: Jan 10, 2015 3:18 PM EST
Updated: Jan 11, 2015 4:09 PM EST
Posted by: Kelly Taylor, Digital Producer
By: Christine O'Donnell, Reporter
LONG BEACH (CNS/FOX 11) - A 22-year-old domestic abuse suspect, with his 5-month-old baby inside his vehicle, was chased by police from Long Beach to San Pedro Saturday in a pursuit that included at least two shootouts, but neither the infant nor the chased driver were hurt, police said.
One Long Beach police officer suffered minor injuries in the second shootout, when glass shattered in a patrol car, Nancy Pratt of the Long Beach Police Department said.
The incident began just before 2 a.m. with a shooting during a domestic dispute at a home the suspect shares with the mother of his son and other family members in the 6500 block of East Rosebay Street, Pratt said.
The suspect, identified as parolee Joseph Gonzales, was gone when officers arrived, but he called the home and said he was on his way back with his infant son, Pratt said, adding that the man leveled threats at his family members and police officers.
"He specifically stated he would harm the baby and use him as a shield against police,'' Pratt said.
He returned to the scene in a dark-colored SUV, got out and confronted officers, prompting an exchange of gunfire, she said.
"The suspect then got back in his vehicle and fled, and officers initiated a vehicle pursuit,'' Pratt said. "It was unknown if the baby was actually in the vehicle.''
In the area of Bandini and Oliver streets in San Pedro, Gonzales stopped the SUV and shot at officers, who returned fire, she said.
Gonzales then got back into the vehicle and drove a short distance before stopping and surrendering, Pratt said.
"The infant was located in the back seat of the suspect's vehicle at the conclusion of the pursuit. Although uninjured, he was transported to a local hospital as a precaution and released later to family in San Pedro. A handgun was found in the front seat of the suspect's vehicle,'' she said.
The injured officer was taken to a hospital, where he was treated and released, Pratt said.
Gonzales was booked on suspicion of attempted murder, evading police, child cruelty that could result in possible injury or death, assault with a firearm on a police officer, being a felon in possession of a firearm and a parole violation, she said.
He was being held without bail at the Long Beach City Jail, Pratt said.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Dad "fighting for custody" of 4-year-old son charged with attempted murder after driving truck through family home (Simsonville, Kentucky)
Once again, we see how too many fathers "fighting for custody" are nothing but dangerous control freaks. This one is identified as JUSTIN COTTRELL.
http://www.wdrb.com/story/27588581/father-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-driving-truck-through-family-home
Father charged with attempted murder after driving truck through family home
Posted: Dec 09, 2014 6:00 PM EST Updated: Dec 09, 2014 7:04 PM EST
By Stephan Johnson
SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A fight between a husband and wife sparked a violent chain of events that landed a car inside a house and a husband and father behind bars.
The man and woman were apparently fighting over custody of their child and it led to dangerous and violent consequences.
"Kept hearing some noise and I said what is that going on," said Jerry Reis, neighbor.
Police say the noise Reis and other neighbors on Schumaker Drive in Shelby County heard was Justin Cottrell slamming into cars as he was leaving home on Monday evening.
"There was three vehicles that were actually damaged from the tirade that he went on when he was leaving the house," said Officer Todd Rankin, with Simpsonville Police.
"It wasn't over," said Reis.
Police say Cottrell eventually led Kentucky State Police on a high speed chase.
Officer Rankin said, "At a hundred plus miles an hour, my understanding."
Officer Rankin was first on the scene and says he was there when Cottrell called the home.
"And on that phone call he basically said: 'I'm going to drive through the living room of the house'. In not so nice words," explained Rankin.
Rankin says a short time later, Cottrell returned with his foot on the gas pedal.
"He then went around my cruiser and went through the grass and between the stop sign and mailbox and went airborne into the house."
Police suspect this started after a fight between Cottrell and his wife over custody of the couple's 4-year old son.
"Apparently they wanted him to leave because of his previous actions and threats that he had made," said Rankin.
"Mr. Cottrell, you're going to need an attorney, do you have an attorney?," a Shelby County judge asked during Cottrell's arraignment Tuesday.
"No, I'll need one," he replied.
Cottrell was appointed a public defender. He is facing several charges including 4 counts of attempted murder because his family and the officer were all at the home.
Rankin said, "His wife and son were in the bathroom, ah, right off of the front bedroom, his mother in-law was actually in the utility room."
Meanwhile, Jerry Reis doesn't know Cottrell well, but doesn't want him back in the neighborhood.
"Anybody who would take the chance to hurt their family like that, yeah, he doesn't need to be back here," said Reis.
Right now, Justin Cottrell is being held on a $100,000 bond.
He is scheduled to return to court on Thursday of next week.
http://www.wdrb.com/story/27588581/father-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-driving-truck-through-family-home
Father charged with attempted murder after driving truck through family home
Posted: Dec 09, 2014 6:00 PM EST Updated: Dec 09, 2014 7:04 PM EST
By Stephan Johnson
SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A fight between a husband and wife sparked a violent chain of events that landed a car inside a house and a husband and father behind bars.
The man and woman were apparently fighting over custody of their child and it led to dangerous and violent consequences.
"Kept hearing some noise and I said what is that going on," said Jerry Reis, neighbor.
Police say the noise Reis and other neighbors on Schumaker Drive in Shelby County heard was Justin Cottrell slamming into cars as he was leaving home on Monday evening.
"There was three vehicles that were actually damaged from the tirade that he went on when he was leaving the house," said Officer Todd Rankin, with Simpsonville Police.
"It wasn't over," said Reis.
Police say Cottrell eventually led Kentucky State Police on a high speed chase.
Officer Rankin said, "At a hundred plus miles an hour, my understanding."
Officer Rankin was first on the scene and says he was there when Cottrell called the home.
"And on that phone call he basically said: 'I'm going to drive through the living room of the house'. In not so nice words," explained Rankin.
Rankin says a short time later, Cottrell returned with his foot on the gas pedal.
"He then went around my cruiser and went through the grass and between the stop sign and mailbox and went airborne into the house."
Police suspect this started after a fight between Cottrell and his wife over custody of the couple's 4-year old son.
"Apparently they wanted him to leave because of his previous actions and threats that he had made," said Rankin.
"Mr. Cottrell, you're going to need an attorney, do you have an attorney?," a Shelby County judge asked during Cottrell's arraignment Tuesday.
"No, I'll need one," he replied.
Cottrell was appointed a public defender. He is facing several charges including 4 counts of attempted murder because his family and the officer were all at the home.
Rankin said, "His wife and son were in the bathroom, ah, right off of the front bedroom, his mother in-law was actually in the utility room."
Meanwhile, Jerry Reis doesn't know Cottrell well, but doesn't want him back in the neighborhood.
"Anybody who would take the chance to hurt their family like that, yeah, he doesn't need to be back here," said Reis.
Right now, Justin Cottrell is being held on a $100,000 bond.
He is scheduled to return to court on Thursday of next week.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Dad fires gun at Mom's car, hitting 4-year-old son in the chest (Pickens County, South Carolina)
Dad is identified as TRAVIS BLAKE CARLTON. Sounds like he should have been locked up a long time ago.
http://www.cbs3springfield.com/story/27579187/deputies-1-transported-after-shooting-in-pickens-county
Deputies: Easley 4-year-old boy shot by father
Posted: Dec 08, 2014 8:58 PM EST Updated: Dec 09, 2014 3:17 PM EST
By Joseph Pereira
EASLEY, SC (FOX Carolina) - Pickens County deputies said a car crash led to the discovery that a 4-year-old boy was shot by his father in Easley on Monday night.
Chief Deputy Creed Hashe said a couple got into a verbal fight at their Lacy Lane home that turned violent when 21-year-old Travis Blake Carlton fired several shots from a semiautomatic handgun.
Hashe said the couple's son was sitting inside a car when shots were fired directly into the passenger side of the vehicle, hitting the boy in the chest.
At about 7:43 p.m., the Pickens County Sheriff's Office received several calls about a wreck on Saluda Dam Road.
When deputies arrived to help South Carolina Highway Patrol at the crash scene, they said they found one of the cars involved in the crash was driven by the woman taking her son to the hospital. Deputies said the crash happened about a mile from where the shooting took place, and no shots were fired at the crash scene.
When deputies responded to the couple's home, they said Carlton was located and taken into custody. Deputies said they also found a .40 caliber gun at the home.
The mother and her son were taken to the hospital for the boy's gunshot wound and injuries she received in the wreck, deputies said. Hashe said she was not shot and both are expected to survive their injuries.
Carlton is being held in the Pickens County Sheriff's Office Detention Facility until he appears before a Pickens County judge. Deputies said Carlton is expected to be arraigned on two counts of attempted murder Tuesday afternoon.
Online jail records show Carlton was also charged with abuse to inflict great bodily injury upon a child, two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature in addition to the two attempted murder charges.
FOX Carolina spoke with neighbor Vickie Long on Tuesday who said she heard the shots fired Monday night.
Long said the couple has lived in the home for about six months. She said she has heard gunshots on several occasions, often late at night or early in the morning.
"Last night we heard several gunshots during the day, and then when it got dark last night, right as it was getting dark we heard about four rounds go off and then quit," Long said. "And then we heard a car take off real fast. I thought somebody was running from him or something, the way he shoots all the time.”
Long said she did not see anything until after deputies arrived, afraid to go outside when they heard the shots.
The sheriff's office said a bond hearing scheduled for Carlton on Tuesday afternoon was waived. Stay with foxcarolina.com and FOX Carolina News for this developing story.
http://www.cbs3springfield.com/story/27579187/deputies-1-transported-after-shooting-in-pickens-county
Deputies: Easley 4-year-old boy shot by father
Posted: Dec 08, 2014 8:58 PM EST Updated: Dec 09, 2014 3:17 PM EST
By Joseph Pereira
EASLEY, SC (FOX Carolina) - Pickens County deputies said a car crash led to the discovery that a 4-year-old boy was shot by his father in Easley on Monday night.
Chief Deputy Creed Hashe said a couple got into a verbal fight at their Lacy Lane home that turned violent when 21-year-old Travis Blake Carlton fired several shots from a semiautomatic handgun.
Hashe said the couple's son was sitting inside a car when shots were fired directly into the passenger side of the vehicle, hitting the boy in the chest.
At about 7:43 p.m., the Pickens County Sheriff's Office received several calls about a wreck on Saluda Dam Road.
When deputies arrived to help South Carolina Highway Patrol at the crash scene, they said they found one of the cars involved in the crash was driven by the woman taking her son to the hospital. Deputies said the crash happened about a mile from where the shooting took place, and no shots were fired at the crash scene.
When deputies responded to the couple's home, they said Carlton was located and taken into custody. Deputies said they also found a .40 caliber gun at the home.
The mother and her son were taken to the hospital for the boy's gunshot wound and injuries she received in the wreck, deputies said. Hashe said she was not shot and both are expected to survive their injuries.
Carlton is being held in the Pickens County Sheriff's Office Detention Facility until he appears before a Pickens County judge. Deputies said Carlton is expected to be arraigned on two counts of attempted murder Tuesday afternoon.
Online jail records show Carlton was also charged with abuse to inflict great bodily injury upon a child, two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature in addition to the two attempted murder charges.
FOX Carolina spoke with neighbor Vickie Long on Tuesday who said she heard the shots fired Monday night.
Long said the couple has lived in the home for about six months. She said she has heard gunshots on several occasions, often late at night or early in the morning.
"Last night we heard several gunshots during the day, and then when it got dark last night, right as it was getting dark we heard about four rounds go off and then quit," Long said. "And then we heard a car take off real fast. I thought somebody was running from him or something, the way he shoots all the time.”
Long said she did not see anything until after deputies arrived, afraid to go outside when they heard the shots.
The sheriff's office said a bond hearing scheduled for Carlton on Tuesday afternoon was waived. Stay with foxcarolina.com and FOX Carolina News for this developing story.
Monday, December 8, 2014
Dad charged with 2011 murder of infant daughter, attempted murder of infant son in 2013 (United Kingdom)
Well, the authorities sure took their own sweet time in pressing charges, didn't they?
Dad is identified as IAN RUDDOCK.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/dad-of-three-charged-murder-five-week-old-daughter-4762508
Dad-of-three charged with murder of his five-week-old daughter and attempting to kill baby boy
Dec 06, 2014 22:47
By Norman Silvester, Grant McCabe
IAN Ruddock, 33, was charged with killing baby daughter Olivia nearly fours years after she died in hospital.
A DAD of three has been charged with the murder of his five-week-old daughter and attempting to kill a baby boy.
Financial advisor Ian Ruddock was charged with killing baby daughter Olivia nearly four years after she died in hospital.
Her death was only treated as a crime when police began investigating the alleged attack on the boy last year.
Ruddock, 33, is further accused of assaulting a third boy in 2009.
The list of charges revealed by the Sunday Mail was detailed when Ruddock made his first public appearance at the High Court in Glasgow last week.
The murder allegation spans January 27, 2011 – the day Olivia was born – and March 6 of that year.
Ruddock is said to have assaulted the girl on various occasions between those dates at her home in Vardar Avenue in Clarkston.
The charges state Ruddock got hold of Olivia and compressed her chest and rib cage with his hands.
It is further alleged he seized hold of her body and shook her repeatedly as well as inflicting blunt-force trauma to her head and body.
The charge states Olivia was left so severely injured, she died at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, at Yorkhill, on March 6, 2011.
The murder probe is said to have been sparked following claims Ruddock also tried to kill a baby boy last year.
Ruddock, now living in the Glasgow’s Shawlands, faces an accusation of attempted murder between March and May 2013.
The child was aged between a week and just over two months at the time.
Ruddock is said to have assaulted the boy in a similar manner to Olivia at the same address in Clarkston.
Ruddock is also accused of an earlier attack on a third child at the house in 2009.
The assault is said to have happened between August and September. The boy would have only been days old at the start of the allegation.
Ruddock’s QC Donald Findlay entered not guilty pleas on Ruddock’s behalf during this week’s hearing.
Mr Findlay told the court the case was of “some considerable complexity”.
Explaining the murder allegation, he went on: “This stems from the attempted murder charge – it is from that an inquiry was carried out into what happened.”
Ruddock is a financial consultant who runs his own company ACR (Consulting) Scotland Ltd.
He married his wife Wendy, 36, who also works in financial services, at Dalmeny Park Country House, Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, in 2008.
Judge Lord Turnbull set a trial due to start next August at the High Court in Edinburgh.
A further hearing will take place before then in February, in Aberdeen. Ruddock’s bail was continued until then.
Dad is identified as IAN RUDDOCK.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/dad-of-three-charged-murder-five-week-old-daughter-4762508
Dad-of-three charged with murder of his five-week-old daughter and attempting to kill baby boy
Dec 06, 2014 22:47
By Norman Silvester, Grant McCabe
IAN Ruddock, 33, was charged with killing baby daughter Olivia nearly fours years after she died in hospital.
A DAD of three has been charged with the murder of his five-week-old daughter and attempting to kill a baby boy.
Financial advisor Ian Ruddock was charged with killing baby daughter Olivia nearly four years after she died in hospital.
Her death was only treated as a crime when police began investigating the alleged attack on the boy last year.
Ruddock, 33, is further accused of assaulting a third boy in 2009.
The list of charges revealed by the Sunday Mail was detailed when Ruddock made his first public appearance at the High Court in Glasgow last week.
The murder allegation spans January 27, 2011 – the day Olivia was born – and March 6 of that year.
Ruddock is said to have assaulted the girl on various occasions between those dates at her home in Vardar Avenue in Clarkston.
The charges state Ruddock got hold of Olivia and compressed her chest and rib cage with his hands.
It is further alleged he seized hold of her body and shook her repeatedly as well as inflicting blunt-force trauma to her head and body.
The charge states Olivia was left so severely injured, she died at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, at Yorkhill, on March 6, 2011.
The murder probe is said to have been sparked following claims Ruddock also tried to kill a baby boy last year.
Ruddock, now living in the Glasgow’s Shawlands, faces an accusation of attempted murder between March and May 2013.
The child was aged between a week and just over two months at the time.
Ruddock is said to have assaulted the boy in a similar manner to Olivia at the same address in Clarkston.
Ruddock is also accused of an earlier attack on a third child at the house in 2009.
The assault is said to have happened between August and September. The boy would have only been days old at the start of the allegation.
Ruddock’s QC Donald Findlay entered not guilty pleas on Ruddock’s behalf during this week’s hearing.
Mr Findlay told the court the case was of “some considerable complexity”.
Explaining the murder allegation, he went on: “This stems from the attempted murder charge – it is from that an inquiry was carried out into what happened.”
Ruddock is a financial consultant who runs his own company ACR (Consulting) Scotland Ltd.
He married his wife Wendy, 36, who also works in financial services, at Dalmeny Park Country House, Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, in 2008.
Judge Lord Turnbull set a trial due to start next August at the High Court in Edinburgh.
A further hearing will take place before then in February, in Aberdeen. Ruddock’s bail was continued until then.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Dad bashes head of 2-year-old son against floor; may be charged with attempted murder (Windhoek, Namibia)
UNNAMED DAD had the sads....as if that excuses this kind of crime against a baby.
http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=13289&page_type=story_detail&category_id=1
- NATIONAL | 2014-05-27
Man attempts to kill two-year-old son
Theresia Tjihenuna, Ndanki Kahiurika
A TWO-YEAR-OLD Windhoek boy survived after his head was bashed against the floor by his father who later attempted to commit suicide on Friday, police said yesterday.
Windhoek City Police superintendent Gerry Shikesho and police spokesman Inspector Stephen Nuuyi both confirmed the incident yesterday.
Nuuyi said the toddler was rushed to Medi-clinic, but was discharged, and is in a stable condition.
The unidentified 34-year-old father, who is believed to be on treatment for depression, was taken to the Windhoek Central Hospital where he was admitted.
“He was rushed to the Windhoek Central Hospital where he had an emergency head operation to save his life,” said Nuuyi, adding that the man was still detained in hospital and that his condition was unknown by late yesterday.
“The child has been discharged and police have opened a case of attempted murder against the father,” Nuuyi said.
Police said the man attacked the toddler in a fit of rage over unexplained reasons at the family home in Olympia’s Jan Becker Street around noon.
A G4S officer, Mungeli Engelbert, said he was on patrol in the area when a resident, who had heard the commotion called him to the house.
Engelbert said when he got to the house, he saw the mother of the child carrying the baby into a VW Golf and she drove out of the property. She told Engelbert to call the police as she rushed to toddler the hospital. Englebert said he saw the man moving about in the house and when he tried to open the doors, they were locked and the windows closed. He called an ambulance and they had to break a window to gain entry.
“We found the man sitting in the corner of the kitchen with a huge open wound on his head and saw more blood stains on the walls and floors,” Englebert said, adding that they then took the man to the hospital.
A police source, who declined to be named, said the man also tried to strangle his mother-in-law and stabbed his fiancée in the back, before attempting to commit suicide by cutting his wrists, and repeatedly hammering a nail into his own head.
Although a control officer at the City Police said the woman and her mother were receiving treatment at the Roman Catholic Hospital, the hospital said they had no records of such patients.
Nuuyi said police investigations into the case continues.
In another incident between 09h00 and 16h00 on Friday, a 47-year-old man at Farm Goededag near Windhoek committed suicide after stabbing his female co-worker in the chest six times. The victim, 42-year-old Apolonia Maritshane died of her injuries on the spot.
“He stabbed her and slit her throat with an unknown sharp object before walking two kilometres from the crime scene to where he hanged himself from a tree with a wire,” said Nuuyi. The man has been identified as Johannes Ditshabue.
The nature of the relationship between the two has not been established but police say the two were both workers at the farm.
A 38-year-old man at Otjomuise was punched to death by a security guard at a bar on Thursday afternoon.
Nuuyi said the man died after the guard punched him on the left side of the head. The deceased, whose name has not been provided, allegedly got into an argument with the security guard after he refused to be searched on entry into the bar.
The security guard apparently ran away from the scene following the incident and is still at large. Police investigations continue.
http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=13289&page_type=story_detail&category_id=1
- NATIONAL | 2014-05-27
Man attempts to kill two-year-old son
Theresia Tjihenuna, Ndanki Kahiurika
A TWO-YEAR-OLD Windhoek boy survived after his head was bashed against the floor by his father who later attempted to commit suicide on Friday, police said yesterday.
Windhoek City Police superintendent Gerry Shikesho and police spokesman Inspector Stephen Nuuyi both confirmed the incident yesterday.
Nuuyi said the toddler was rushed to Medi-clinic, but was discharged, and is in a stable condition.
The unidentified 34-year-old father, who is believed to be on treatment for depression, was taken to the Windhoek Central Hospital where he was admitted.
“He was rushed to the Windhoek Central Hospital where he had an emergency head operation to save his life,” said Nuuyi, adding that the man was still detained in hospital and that his condition was unknown by late yesterday.
“The child has been discharged and police have opened a case of attempted murder against the father,” Nuuyi said.
Police said the man attacked the toddler in a fit of rage over unexplained reasons at the family home in Olympia’s Jan Becker Street around noon.
A G4S officer, Mungeli Engelbert, said he was on patrol in the area when a resident, who had heard the commotion called him to the house.
Engelbert said when he got to the house, he saw the mother of the child carrying the baby into a VW Golf and she drove out of the property. She told Engelbert to call the police as she rushed to toddler the hospital. Englebert said he saw the man moving about in the house and when he tried to open the doors, they were locked and the windows closed. He called an ambulance and they had to break a window to gain entry.
“We found the man sitting in the corner of the kitchen with a huge open wound on his head and saw more blood stains on the walls and floors,” Englebert said, adding that they then took the man to the hospital.
A police source, who declined to be named, said the man also tried to strangle his mother-in-law and stabbed his fiancée in the back, before attempting to commit suicide by cutting his wrists, and repeatedly hammering a nail into his own head.
Although a control officer at the City Police said the woman and her mother were receiving treatment at the Roman Catholic Hospital, the hospital said they had no records of such patients.
Nuuyi said police investigations into the case continues.
In another incident between 09h00 and 16h00 on Friday, a 47-year-old man at Farm Goededag near Windhoek committed suicide after stabbing his female co-worker in the chest six times. The victim, 42-year-old Apolonia Maritshane died of her injuries on the spot.
“He stabbed her and slit her throat with an unknown sharp object before walking two kilometres from the crime scene to where he hanged himself from a tree with a wire,” said Nuuyi. The man has been identified as Johannes Ditshabue.
The nature of the relationship between the two has not been established but police say the two were both workers at the farm.
A 38-year-old man at Otjomuise was punched to death by a security guard at a bar on Thursday afternoon.
Nuuyi said the man died after the guard punched him on the left side of the head. The deceased, whose name has not been provided, allegedly got into an argument with the security guard after he refused to be searched on entry into the bar.
The security guard apparently ran away from the scene following the incident and is still at large. Police investigations continue.
Dad charged with keeping family captive, torturing them for up to 16 years (South Africa)
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/father-charged-with-a-decade-of-torture/story-e6frg6so-1226935168001
Father charged with a decade of torture
The Australian
May 29, 2014 12:00AM
A South African businessman has been accused of keeping his family captive and abusing them for more than a decade.
His five children, aged between two and 16, were allegedly tortured with electric cables and burned with a blow torch. The man’s wife told police her husband, 36, also regularly stripped her naked, then handcuffed and assaulted her.
Police told a court east of Johannesburg yesterday a doctor’s report showed the 16-year-old daughter was sexually active, but had never left the house.
Police are investigating claims that the man, described as a successful Afrikaans businessman, kept his family captive for as many as 16 years.
The court ordered the man not be named to protect the children.
Neighbours in the mining town of Springs, east of Johannesburg, told Beeld newspaper they never knew the well-dressed husband and wife had children.
The neighbours called the police after the man’s 11-year-old son escaped last week.
The accused took his son back from the neighbours, held his head under water in his swimming pool, beat him and then hid the wounded boy in the ceiling when police arrived, according to police investigator Rudi Jansen.
Police took four children from the house, but the accused said the 11-year old had run away. He then secretly took the boy to relatives in a neighbouring province.
After a few days, the wife broke down and told authorities where the child was, and about years of abuse at her husband’s hands. The children are being kept in a safe place, separate from their mother, while police investigate charges against her.
The court roll showed charges of assault and child abuse against the man, but police said charges of attempted murder would follow.
The man was remanded in custody until next Wednesday.
AFP
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/father-charged-with-a-decade-of-torture/story-e6frg6so-1226935168001
Father charged with a decade of torture
The Australian
May 29, 2014 12:00AM
A South African businessman has been accused of keeping his family captive and abusing them for more than a decade.
His five children, aged between two and 16, were allegedly tortured with electric cables and burned with a blow torch. The man’s wife told police her husband, 36, also regularly stripped her naked, then handcuffed and assaulted her.
Police told a court east of Johannesburg yesterday a doctor’s report showed the 16-year-old daughter was sexually active, but had never left the house.
Police are investigating claims that the man, described as a successful Afrikaans businessman, kept his family captive for as many as 16 years.
The court ordered the man not be named to protect the children.
Neighbours in the mining town of Springs, east of Johannesburg, told Beeld newspaper they never knew the well-dressed husband and wife had children.
The neighbours called the police after the man’s 11-year-old son escaped last week.
The accused took his son back from the neighbours, held his head under water in his swimming pool, beat him and then hid the wounded boy in the ceiling when police arrived, according to police investigator Rudi Jansen.
Police took four children from the house, but the accused said the 11-year old had run away. He then secretly took the boy to relatives in a neighbouring province.
After a few days, the wife broke down and told authorities where the child was, and about years of abuse at her husband’s hands. The children are being kept in a safe place, separate from their mother, while police investigate charges against her.
The court roll showed charges of assault and child abuse against the man, but police said charges of attempted murder would follow.
The man was remanded in custody until next Wednesday.
AFP
Monday, April 21, 2014
Dad accused of brainwashing son into murdering his mother (McNairy County, Tennessee)
Can't be! As the fathers rights people will assure you, mothers have the monopoly on manipulative and alienating behavior. Uh, obviously not...
Dad is identified as GUY POTTER, JR.
http://www.wbbjtv.com/news/local/Dad-Behind-Bars-for-Arson-Murder-Conspiracy-256084801.html
Dad Behind Bars for Arson-Murder Conspiracy
By Jordan Hall
Story Created: Apr 21, 2014 at 4:46 PM CDT (Story Updated: Apr 21, 2014 at 8:52 PM CDT)
McNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. - A father was arrested Monday accused of trying to brainwash his son into murdering his mother.
Deputies said Guy Potter, Jr. is behind bars for aggravated arson and attempted murder of his ex-wife. Investigators said Potter tried to convince his pre-teen son to commit the crime.
Bryan and Brandi Petty's home in South Ramer has undergone a total rebuilding process since a fire was set in six different places in January. The homeowners say the real rebuilding process is just getting started.
"If a person is going to put their child up to what he assisted Trey in doing, you don't know what they're going to do. You can't sleep. You're constantly wondering what's going on around you. Nobody should have to live like that," said Brandi Petty, the juvenile's mother.
Deputies arrested Guy Potter Jr. Monday after they said he put together a murder plot to kill his ex-wife - using his son as his weapon.
"We were determine quickly that some of the things that had been done during the arson were probably above the age or capability of someone of the juvenile's age," said Sheriff Guy Buck.
Sheriff Buck said tampering with fire detectors was one example of ways to burn down the home. Brandi Petty escaped the fire that night from her back bedroom window, and found her son standing outside on the other side.
An unknown cell phone was found in the son's room and later discovered to be the communication line with his father.
Now, with Potter behind bars, Petty said she hopes she can rebuild a relationship with her son.
"We have a lot of work to do. I do believe at some point he can get past it and I hope and pray that he can," said Petty.
Her son is undergoing counseling and therapy, and the Pettys will be able to move into their home in the next few weeks.
Potter will be arraigned in court this week, and appear before a judge in May.
Dad is identified as GUY POTTER, JR.
http://www.wbbjtv.com/news/local/Dad-Behind-Bars-for-Arson-Murder-Conspiracy-256084801.html
Dad Behind Bars for Arson-Murder Conspiracy
By Jordan Hall
Story Created: Apr 21, 2014 at 4:46 PM CDT (Story Updated: Apr 21, 2014 at 8:52 PM CDT)
McNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. - A father was arrested Monday accused of trying to brainwash his son into murdering his mother.
Deputies said Guy Potter, Jr. is behind bars for aggravated arson and attempted murder of his ex-wife. Investigators said Potter tried to convince his pre-teen son to commit the crime.
Bryan and Brandi Petty's home in South Ramer has undergone a total rebuilding process since a fire was set in six different places in January. The homeowners say the real rebuilding process is just getting started.
"If a person is going to put their child up to what he assisted Trey in doing, you don't know what they're going to do. You can't sleep. You're constantly wondering what's going on around you. Nobody should have to live like that," said Brandi Petty, the juvenile's mother.
Deputies arrested Guy Potter Jr. Monday after they said he put together a murder plot to kill his ex-wife - using his son as his weapon.
"We were determine quickly that some of the things that had been done during the arson were probably above the age or capability of someone of the juvenile's age," said Sheriff Guy Buck.
Sheriff Buck said tampering with fire detectors was one example of ways to burn down the home. Brandi Petty escaped the fire that night from her back bedroom window, and found her son standing outside on the other side.
An unknown cell phone was found in the son's room and later discovered to be the communication line with his father.
Now, with Potter behind bars, Petty said she hopes she can rebuild a relationship with her son.
"We have a lot of work to do. I do believe at some point he can get past it and I hope and pray that he can," said Petty.
Her son is undergoing counseling and therapy, and the Pettys will be able to move into their home in the next few weeks.
Potter will be arraigned in court this week, and appear before a judge in May.
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Attempted murder charges dropped against "caretaker" dad accused of abusing 2-month-old son (Silver Springs, Maryland)
Lucky break for dad ADOU IMAN-KOUADIO. Abuser daddy coddling at its finest.
Yet another case where Daddy apparently got to play at being an infant caretaker (and screwing up badly) while Mom had to work.
Meanwhile, it appears this baby will be on a respirator for life, with a very compromised quality of life. Gee, thanks Dad.
http://www.thesentinel.com/mont/news/Man-charged3-27-2014
Man charged with child abuse
Published on: Thursday, March 27, 2014
By Jim Davis
A Silver Spring man will be charged with child abuse after the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office dropped attempted murder charges on Thursday against the man.
Police accused the man of abusing his infant son so badly the boy will have to be placed on a respirator the rest of his life.
According to Ramon Korionoff, spokesperson for The Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office, the state attorney’s office will proceed with child abuse charges against the baby’s father, Adou L. Kouadio, 25, of the 9700 block of Dilston Road. Kouadio was indicted on charges of first- and second-degree child abuse.
“The elements of attempted murder were not quite met and our office decided not to go forward on that charge,” said Korionoff.
On Feb 14, Montgomery County police were called to Children's Hospital in Washington, D.C., after a two-month old child who has been identified as Amir Iman-Kouadio arrived at the hospital in critical condition.
Doctors also discovered the child, who was born on Dec. 4, 2013, was bleeding from his brad, had head trauma and fractured ribs.
Detectives say the father had been caring from his son for most of the day when the infant’s mother returned home after working. She put her son to bed around 9 p.m. on Feb. 3.
Early the next day, at around 2 a.m., the baby woke up crying. Kouadio cared for the boy and put him back to bed.
A short time later, Kouadio checked on the victim and found blood coming from his nose. Kouadio notified the victim’s mother and called 911.
When paramedics arrived, the child did not have a pulse and was not breathing. They performed CPR.
“It’s very, very unfortunate and sad,” said Montgomery County Police Capt. Marcus Jones, chief of the department’s Major Crimes Division. “We don’t have anything that suggests this was longstanding — from our point of view,” said Jones.
Police said it appeared to be a case of “shaken baby syndrome.”
Yet another case where Daddy apparently got to play at being an infant caretaker (and screwing up badly) while Mom had to work.
Meanwhile, it appears this baby will be on a respirator for life, with a very compromised quality of life. Gee, thanks Dad.
http://www.thesentinel.com/mont/news/Man-charged3-27-2014
Man charged with child abuse
Published on: Thursday, March 27, 2014
By Jim Davis
A Silver Spring man will be charged with child abuse after the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office dropped attempted murder charges on Thursday against the man.
Police accused the man of abusing his infant son so badly the boy will have to be placed on a respirator the rest of his life.
According to Ramon Korionoff, spokesperson for The Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office, the state attorney’s office will proceed with child abuse charges against the baby’s father, Adou L. Kouadio, 25, of the 9700 block of Dilston Road. Kouadio was indicted on charges of first- and second-degree child abuse.
“The elements of attempted murder were not quite met and our office decided not to go forward on that charge,” said Korionoff.
On Feb 14, Montgomery County police were called to Children's Hospital in Washington, D.C., after a two-month old child who has been identified as Amir Iman-Kouadio arrived at the hospital in critical condition.
Doctors also discovered the child, who was born on Dec. 4, 2013, was bleeding from his brad, had head trauma and fractured ribs.
Detectives say the father had been caring from his son for most of the day when the infant’s mother returned home after working. She put her son to bed around 9 p.m. on Feb. 3.
Early the next day, at around 2 a.m., the baby woke up crying. Kouadio cared for the boy and put him back to bed.
A short time later, Kouadio checked on the victim and found blood coming from his nose. Kouadio notified the victim’s mother and called 911.
When paramedics arrived, the child did not have a pulse and was not breathing. They performed CPR.
“It’s very, very unfortunate and sad,” said Montgomery County Police Capt. Marcus Jones, chief of the department’s Major Crimes Division. “We don’t have anything that suggests this was longstanding — from our point of view,” said Jones.
Police said it appeared to be a case of “shaken baby syndrome.”
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