Dad is identified as DAVID MAHAN. We've posted on this case before. Still no explanation as to how this neglectful dad and his drug-addicted girlfriend got custody.
See the Killer Dads and Custody list for the state of Connecticut.
http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/20160108/putnam-father-to-be-sentenced-to-two-years-in-toddler-sons-death
Putnam father to be sentenced to two years in toddler son's death
By John Penney
Posted Jan. 8, 2016 at 11:36 AM
Updated Jan 8, 2016 at 12:59 PM
DANIELSON — A Putnam man will be sentenced in March to spend two years in prison for his role in the 2014 choking death of his 2-year-old son.
David Mahan, 31, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter and risk of injury to a child, according to prosecutors in the Danielson Superior Court’s state’s attorney’s office. Under a plea agreement, Mahan on March 1 is scheduled to be sentenced to seven years in prison, suspended after two years, and five years of probation.
Mahan and his former girlfriend, Renee Peterson, 33, were arrested nearly two years ago in connection with the death of Mahan’s son inside the couple’s apartment at 129 Mechanics St.
According to court documents, Peterson on March 26, 2014, left the boy and his 1-year-old sibling alone in a locked bedroom for hours on the day of the incident with bowls of dry cereal while she dropped one of her two children off at school and later drove to a Willimantic methadone clinic for treatment.
Mahan, an electrician with the Mercier Electrical Co. in Auburn, Mass., was reportedly at work when Peterson came home and found the boy not breathing and unresponsive in the bedroom.
After Peterson called 911 and began CPR, emergency personnel arrived and took the child to DayKimball Hospital in Putnam, where he was pronounced dead. An emergency room doctor observed what appeared to be food in the victim’s airway, police said. According to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the child’s cause of death was by choking on a bolus, or mass of chewed food. The manner of death was determined to be homicide.
Peterson told police she had routinely left Mahan’s children alone several hours a day since mid-March of 2014, when Mahan returned to work after a layoff of five months, according to an arrest warrant. In a statement to police, Peterson said Mahan was aware she was leaving his children alone and told her to “just lock the children in the bedroom while she went to the clinic,” until other day care arrangements could be made, according to the warrant.
Shortly after the boy’s death, Mahan was arrested by Massachusetts state police on fugitive from justice charges.
In August, Peterson was sentenced to serve five years of a seven-year sentence, along with five years of probation. She pleaded guilty on June 5 to second-degree manslaughter and risk of injury charges in the child’s death.
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Sunday, August 16, 2015
Dad kills 2-year-old son by shoving paper towel down his throat (Dallas, Texas)
I think dad ANTONIO STRANGE is quite mistaken as to who the a$$hole was in this situation.
Notice that there is no mention of a mother in this home--or anywhere else.
http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2015/08/father-arrested-on-felony-charge-after-death-of-his-toddler-son.html/
Father told Dallas police he shoved paper towels down misbehaving toddler’s throat before he died
Elise Schmelzer
Published: August 9, 2015 9:45 pm
Editor’s note: This post has been updated to include information from an arrest affidavit.
Dallas police arrested a father whose child died after he shoved paper towels down the toddler’s throat Sunday.
Antonio Strange, 24, told police the 2-year-old was being an “a**hole” while he was trying to feed the child Sunday morning in their apartment in the 3800 block of Gannon Lane, according to the warrant for his arrest.
Strange told police he shoved paper towels down Ayden Strange’s throat in an attempt to remove food from the boy’s mouth.
Strange previously told police that he found the child unresponsive after he had stepped out of the apartment for a “moment” and left the child alone, police said.
The father called 911 when Ayden became unresponsive, police said. Paramedics arrived and dislodged a compact wad of paper towels the size of a golf ball from the toddler’s throat, according to the warrant. He died at the apartment, the warrant says.
Ayden’s cause of death had yet to be determined Monday morning, according to the Dallas County medical examiner’s office.
Strange was arrested on a charge of reckless injury to a child, a second-degree felony. He remained in the Dallas County Jail on Monday in lieu of $250,000 bail.
Notice that there is no mention of a mother in this home--or anywhere else.
http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2015/08/father-arrested-on-felony-charge-after-death-of-his-toddler-son.html/
Father told Dallas police he shoved paper towels down misbehaving toddler’s throat before he died
Elise Schmelzer
Published: August 9, 2015 9:45 pm
Editor’s note: This post has been updated to include information from an arrest affidavit.
Dallas police arrested a father whose child died after he shoved paper towels down the toddler’s throat Sunday.
Antonio Strange, 24, told police the 2-year-old was being an “a**hole” while he was trying to feed the child Sunday morning in their apartment in the 3800 block of Gannon Lane, according to the warrant for his arrest.
Strange told police he shoved paper towels down Ayden Strange’s throat in an attempt to remove food from the boy’s mouth.
Strange previously told police that he found the child unresponsive after he had stepped out of the apartment for a “moment” and left the child alone, police said.
The father called 911 when Ayden became unresponsive, police said. Paramedics arrived and dislodged a compact wad of paper towels the size of a golf ball from the toddler’s throat, according to the warrant. He died at the apartment, the warrant says.
Ayden’s cause of death had yet to be determined Monday morning, according to the Dallas County medical examiner’s office.
Strange was arrested on a charge of reckless injury to a child, a second-degree felony. He remained in the Dallas County Jail on Monday in lieu of $250,000 bail.
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Dad with "anger problem" confesses to abusing 3-month-old son; baby has broken arms, legs, and shoulder (Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania)
Dad is identified as JUSTIN CRAIG.
http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/only-11-father-confesses-abuse-infant-son/nmZqF/
Updated: 5:41 p.m. Wednesday, June 10, 2015 | Posted: 5:41 p.m. Wednesday, June 10, 2015
ONLY ON 11: Father confesses to abuse of infant son
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. — A Butler County man accused of abusing his infant son confessed to the crimes on Wednesday.
“Yes I did,” Justin Craig said when Channel 11’s Amy Marcinkiewicz asked him if he hurt his son. “It was a stupid thing, I admit, but it changed me.”
Along with the confession, Craig told Marcinkiewicz that he has a problem with his anger and he took it out on his 3-month-old son.
According to court documents, the infant suffered broken arms, legs and a shoulder at the hands of his father.
Doctors said the injuries were in various stages of healing, which makes police believe the abuse started right after the child was born and continues until his mother and father brought him to the hospital last week.
According to the criminal complaint, the child’s mother and Craig’s girlfriend told police she saw the abuse, but was afraid of Craig. She told troopers she observed Craig choking the baby.
According to the child’s mother, she tried to not allow Craig to be alone with the baby. #“It made me realize that I’m a weak and pathetic person,” Craig said.
While in court, Craig continually said under his breath, “I deserve a second chance, I’m sorry.”
The baby is out of the hospital and with a foster family doing well.
http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/only-11-father-confesses-abuse-infant-son/nmZqF/
Updated: 5:41 p.m. Wednesday, June 10, 2015 | Posted: 5:41 p.m. Wednesday, June 10, 2015
ONLY ON 11: Father confesses to abuse of infant son
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. — A Butler County man accused of abusing his infant son confessed to the crimes on Wednesday.
“Yes I did,” Justin Craig said when Channel 11’s Amy Marcinkiewicz asked him if he hurt his son. “It was a stupid thing, I admit, but it changed me.”
Along with the confession, Craig told Marcinkiewicz that he has a problem with his anger and he took it out on his 3-month-old son.
According to court documents, the infant suffered broken arms, legs and a shoulder at the hands of his father.
Doctors said the injuries were in various stages of healing, which makes police believe the abuse started right after the child was born and continues until his mother and father brought him to the hospital last week.
According to the criminal complaint, the child’s mother and Craig’s girlfriend told police she saw the abuse, but was afraid of Craig. She told troopers she observed Craig choking the baby.
According to the child’s mother, she tried to not allow Craig to be alone with the baby. #“It made me realize that I’m a weak and pathetic person,” Craig said.
While in court, Craig continually said under his breath, “I deserve a second chance, I’m sorry.”
The baby is out of the hospital and with a foster family doing well.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Violent dad was scheduled to appear in court for child support, but killed 1-year-old daughter, her mom instead (Chesterfield, Virginia)
Where do you start with a vicious criminal like STANDFORD SHAW, who murdered his 1-year-old daughter, her mother, and two other innocent people?
Why were the previous charges of arson and murder dismissed?
Why was his previous conviction for assault not taken seriously given the previous allegations of arson and murder?
Given this history, why did it not raise a SERIOUS RED FLAG when he is choking the mother of his infant daughter, when choking is a HIGHLY RELIABLE INDICATOR of future homicidal behavior? What fool thought that tossing Mom an order of protection and giving dad weekend jail time was a good sentence for a chronically dangerous man like this?
So Daddy shoots to death a BABY and the baby's mom, and kills two other people when he crashes his car.
There was clearly a record of escalating violence here which the authorities ignored since it "only" involved women and children.
Then what is the crap about having Daddy pay child support, as if he were some ordinary father going through a divorce? Absolutely dangerous move, as this is the sort of trigger that sets these guys off on a killing spree. Again, he should have been in prison rather than providing him with additional reason to "get revenge" against this innocent baby and her mom.
http://www.nbc12.com/story/29209737/court-records-reveal-fathers-violent-past-before-chesterfield-mmurders
Court records reveal father's violent past before Chesterfield murders
Posted: Jun 01, 2015 4:01 PM EDT Updated: Jun 01, 2015 6:27 PM EDT
By Ashley Monfort
CHESTERFIELD, VA (WWBT) - We now know more about the father accused of murdering his estranged girlfriend and their daughter in Chesterfield. Stafford Shaw's violent past is being revealed in court records.
He died after crashing his car while leading police on a chase on I-295. Two people in another car also died.
Now Shaw's family is speaking out and say there is more to the story.
Shaw was actually due in court this Friday for a child support hearing involving Leah, 1, his daughter and the youngest victim. And court documents show there was a history of violence with Leah's mother and another woman.
Months before police discovered the bodies of Morgan Rogers and her daughter Leah inside their Matoaca home, there was this protective order against Leah's father, Shaw. A criminal complaint says Shaw had "...grabbed (Morgan's ) throat and began choking her and bit her nose" and "She blacked out." Shaw was serving jail time on weekends for the assault.
On Friday, police say he murdered Morgan and Leah. He died after leading police on a chase and crashing on I-295.
"I cried out because that's my little," says Shaw's brother Charles Scott. "I know he had did some things but he is still my little brother bottom line, he is still my brother." Scott says his brother wanted to get back with is wife which upset Morgan. Before the crash, Scott says Shaw was on the phone with their sister. "This is what he said: She shot the baby as he was holding her and then the hurt from that, he shot her," says Scott. "There's no way he would have killed the child, there's no way."
But Chesterfield police say evidence shows Shaw shot his estranged girlfriend and their daughter to death. We asked if Scott ever thought his brother was violent. "That's not a side that we've seen," says Scott.
But according to court records, Shaw was found guilty of assaulting another woman seven years ago. In 1989, he was accused of murder and arson in Richmond, but that case was dismissed.
Scott says he would have told his brother to turn himself in.
Funeral arrangement for Morgan and Leah Rogers have not yet been made public.
Why were the previous charges of arson and murder dismissed?
Why was his previous conviction for assault not taken seriously given the previous allegations of arson and murder?
Given this history, why did it not raise a SERIOUS RED FLAG when he is choking the mother of his infant daughter, when choking is a HIGHLY RELIABLE INDICATOR of future homicidal behavior? What fool thought that tossing Mom an order of protection and giving dad weekend jail time was a good sentence for a chronically dangerous man like this?
So Daddy shoots to death a BABY and the baby's mom, and kills two other people when he crashes his car.
There was clearly a record of escalating violence here which the authorities ignored since it "only" involved women and children.
Then what is the crap about having Daddy pay child support, as if he were some ordinary father going through a divorce? Absolutely dangerous move, as this is the sort of trigger that sets these guys off on a killing spree. Again, he should have been in prison rather than providing him with additional reason to "get revenge" against this innocent baby and her mom.
http://www.nbc12.com/story/29209737/court-records-reveal-fathers-violent-past-before-chesterfield-mmurders
Court records reveal father's violent past before Chesterfield murders
Posted: Jun 01, 2015 4:01 PM EDT Updated: Jun 01, 2015 6:27 PM EDT
By Ashley Monfort
CHESTERFIELD, VA (WWBT) - We now know more about the father accused of murdering his estranged girlfriend and their daughter in Chesterfield. Stafford Shaw's violent past is being revealed in court records.
He died after crashing his car while leading police on a chase on I-295. Two people in another car also died.
Now Shaw's family is speaking out and say there is more to the story.
Shaw was actually due in court this Friday for a child support hearing involving Leah, 1, his daughter and the youngest victim. And court documents show there was a history of violence with Leah's mother and another woman.
Months before police discovered the bodies of Morgan Rogers and her daughter Leah inside their Matoaca home, there was this protective order against Leah's father, Shaw. A criminal complaint says Shaw had "...grabbed (Morgan's ) throat and began choking her and bit her nose" and "She blacked out." Shaw was serving jail time on weekends for the assault.
On Friday, police say he murdered Morgan and Leah. He died after leading police on a chase and crashing on I-295.
"I cried out because that's my little," says Shaw's brother Charles Scott. "I know he had did some things but he is still my little brother bottom line, he is still my brother." Scott says his brother wanted to get back with is wife which upset Morgan. Before the crash, Scott says Shaw was on the phone with their sister. "This is what he said: She shot the baby as he was holding her and then the hurt from that, he shot her," says Scott. "There's no way he would have killed the child, there's no way."
But Chesterfield police say evidence shows Shaw shot his estranged girlfriend and their daughter to death. We asked if Scott ever thought his brother was violent. "That's not a side that we've seen," says Scott.
But according to court records, Shaw was found guilty of assaulting another woman seven years ago. In 1989, he was accused of murder and arson in Richmond, but that case was dismissed.
Scott says he would have told his brother to turn himself in.
Funeral arrangement for Morgan and Leah Rogers have not yet been made public.
Dad with history of DV suspected of killing, burying 3-month-old daughter (Indianapolis, Indiana)
In a major fathers rights state like Indiana, it is no surprise that the mother did not go to the police until now. He absolutely would have retaliated since Indianapolis authorities would not have arrested him and kept him in jail. Notice that this POS was also a deadbeat "caretaker" who watched the baby while she had to work. Men who batter their partners are ALWAYS a danger to children, especially babies. Just as we see here....
Dad is identified as JEFFREY D. FAIRBANKS.
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2015/06/02/mom-claims-boyfriend-buried-baby-janna/28358683/
Mom claims father buried Baby Janna
Justin L. Mack, EDT June 2, 2015
The mother of missing 3-month-old Janna Rivera says her relationship with the child's father turned violent about two years ago, according to a personal protection order she filed Monday.
Yolanda Rivera-Gonzalez alleges that Jeffrey D. Fairbanks, 45, would beat her at least once a month, leaving her scarred, bruised and afraid that she and her children were not safe when he was around.
Rivera-Gonzalez also alleges in the personal protection order that Fairbanks admitted to burying their daughter while she was at work on Friday. He said that Janna died while he was watching her and Rivera-Gonzalez's two older children, according to the order.
The couple's only daughter was reported missing to Indianapolis police on Friday. Authorities over the next few days searched countywide for the infant's body.
Authorities have described Fairbanks as a person of interest in the case, but no suspects have been named. No arrests have been made.
IMPD Lt. Richard Riddle said Tuesday that police would not comment on any statements made by Janna's parents.
Without Janna's body, her cause of death remains unclear, and officials will not speculate publicly on what happened.
Nothing is said in the personal protection order about how the infant lost her life.
Police said Tuesday that they continue to search for answers. Riddle said there were no new developments in the investigation.
Since Friday, both IMPD and FBI investigators have searched near Janna's home in 4100 block of Candy Apple Boulevard, the Mount Comfort Transfer Station, the South Side Landfill and an undisclosed location.
None of the searches have yielded anything of value, Riddle said.
Police continue to ask the community for assistance.
In the personal protection order filed against Fairbanks, Rivera-Gonzalez said the incidents of domestic violence with Fairbanks were too frequent to count.
She alleges that Fairbanks had choked her, pushed her and struck her. She also detailed one occasion in which she alleges that Fairbanks sprayed her with a fire extinguisher during an argument.
Rivera-Gonzalez writes in the order that she never went to the police out of fear that Fairbanks would retaliate.
Marion Superior Judge Patrick Dietrick approved the personal protection order Monday.
It is one of two active protection orders filed against Fairbanks. The other, filed in June 2013, is associated with a charge of domestic battery that Fairbanks is facing in Hendricks County.
A pretrial hearing for that case is slated for July 9, according to online court records.
Efforts to reach Fairbanks for comment were unsuccessful.
Dad is identified as JEFFREY D. FAIRBANKS.
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2015/06/02/mom-claims-boyfriend-buried-baby-janna/28358683/
Mom claims father buried Baby Janna
Justin L. Mack, EDT June 2, 2015
The mother of missing 3-month-old Janna Rivera says her relationship with the child's father turned violent about two years ago, according to a personal protection order she filed Monday.
Yolanda Rivera-Gonzalez alleges that Jeffrey D. Fairbanks, 45, would beat her at least once a month, leaving her scarred, bruised and afraid that she and her children were not safe when he was around.
Rivera-Gonzalez also alleges in the personal protection order that Fairbanks admitted to burying their daughter while she was at work on Friday. He said that Janna died while he was watching her and Rivera-Gonzalez's two older children, according to the order.
The couple's only daughter was reported missing to Indianapolis police on Friday. Authorities over the next few days searched countywide for the infant's body.
Authorities have described Fairbanks as a person of interest in the case, but no suspects have been named. No arrests have been made.
IMPD Lt. Richard Riddle said Tuesday that police would not comment on any statements made by Janna's parents.
Without Janna's body, her cause of death remains unclear, and officials will not speculate publicly on what happened.
Nothing is said in the personal protection order about how the infant lost her life.
Police said Tuesday that they continue to search for answers. Riddle said there were no new developments in the investigation.
Since Friday, both IMPD and FBI investigators have searched near Janna's home in 4100 block of Candy Apple Boulevard, the Mount Comfort Transfer Station, the South Side Landfill and an undisclosed location.
None of the searches have yielded anything of value, Riddle said.
Police continue to ask the community for assistance.
In the personal protection order filed against Fairbanks, Rivera-Gonzalez said the incidents of domestic violence with Fairbanks were too frequent to count.
She alleges that Fairbanks had choked her, pushed her and struck her. She also detailed one occasion in which she alleges that Fairbanks sprayed her with a fire extinguisher during an argument.
Rivera-Gonzalez writes in the order that she never went to the police out of fear that Fairbanks would retaliate.
Marion Superior Judge Patrick Dietrick approved the personal protection order Monday.
It is one of two active protection orders filed against Fairbanks. The other, filed in June 2013, is associated with a charge of domestic battery that Fairbanks is facing in Hendricks County.
A pretrial hearing for that case is slated for July 9, according to online court records.
Efforts to reach Fairbanks for comment were unsuccessful.
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Dad charged with aggravated assault for choking, beating 14-year-old son (Buckeye, Arizona)
Can't help but wonder whether CESAR COVARRUBIAS is a single father. Notice that there is mention of unspecified siblings, but not of a mother in the home.
http://www.azfamily.com/news/Buckeye-father-allegedly-assaulted-son-over-bad-grades-279856242.html
Buckeye father allegedly assaults son over grades
by Tami Hoey
azfamily.com
Posted on October 20, 2014 at 6:53 PM Updated yesterday at 7:41 PM
BUCKEYE, Ariz. -- A Buckeye father has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting his 14-year-old son over grades.
Cesar Covarrubias was arrested Sunday. According to the police report, Covarrubias told police he was discussing his son's grades and how he should be punished.
His son reportedly said something that upset his father, and police say Covarrubias pushed the teen to the floor.
The victim and his siblings told police Covarrubias grabbed him by the throat using both hands. The teen said he couldn't recall whether his airway was cut off. He added he didn't think he lost consciousness.
The officer says he observed fresh bruises and marks on the left side of the teen's neck, according to the police report. The teen said he tried to punch his dad in self-defense. The fight moved upstairs, where the teen said he was thrown onto a bed.
The teen also told police his father punched him with a closed fist on his back. The victim said that once they heard police arriving, the attack stopped. According to court paperwork, the teen said fights like this one have occurred in the past, but have been escalating.
Covarrubias was booked into jail on charges of child abuse, aggravated assault of a minor and disorderly conduct.
http://www.azfamily.com/news/Buckeye-father-allegedly-assaulted-son-over-bad-grades-279856242.html
Buckeye father allegedly assaults son over grades
by Tami Hoey
azfamily.com
Posted on October 20, 2014 at 6:53 PM Updated yesterday at 7:41 PM
BUCKEYE, Ariz. -- A Buckeye father has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting his 14-year-old son over grades.
Cesar Covarrubias was arrested Sunday. According to the police report, Covarrubias told police he was discussing his son's grades and how he should be punished.
His son reportedly said something that upset his father, and police say Covarrubias pushed the teen to the floor.
The victim and his siblings told police Covarrubias grabbed him by the throat using both hands. The teen said he couldn't recall whether his airway was cut off. He added he didn't think he lost consciousness.
The officer says he observed fresh bruises and marks on the left side of the teen's neck, according to the police report. The teen said he tried to punch his dad in self-defense. The fight moved upstairs, where the teen said he was thrown onto a bed.
The teen also told police his father punched him with a closed fist on his back. The victim said that once they heard police arriving, the attack stopped. According to court paperwork, the teen said fights like this one have occurred in the past, but have been escalating.
Covarrubias was booked into jail on charges of child abuse, aggravated assault of a minor and disorderly conduct.
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Dad violently assaults Mom in front of terrified 6-year-old daughter (Louisville, Kentucky)
Fathers rights folks and their loyal stooges would be quick to argue--and probably are somewhere--that this vicious piece of crap might still be a "good dad"--'cause, you know, he didn't actually beat up the daughter. Terrorizing doesn't count or even register with these nitwits.
Dad is identified as CHARLES ROBERT BYRD. Why was this lowlife let out of prison anyway?
http://www.wdrb.com/story/26222424/police-6-year-old-child-terrified-as-father-violently-assaults-mom
POLICE: 6-year-old child terrified as father violently assaults mom
Posted: Aug 07, 2014 10:15 AM EDT Updated: Aug 07, 2014 10:53 AM EDT
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A convicted sex offender released from prison in January is facing several new charges after police say he told the mother of his child he was going to "watch her take her last breath."
According to an arrest warrant, it happened July 30 in the 5000 block of Stephen Drive. That's where police say 32-year-old Charles Robert Byrd grabbed the victim -- the mother of their 6-year-old daughter -- in a choke hold. Police say Byrd told her he "hoped she already said goodbye to their daughter," because he was going to "take her life" since she was taking away his freedom by calling the police.
According to the arrest warrant, Byrd continued to choke the victim until she passed out; when she awoke, she couldn't immediately get up because" her feet (were) numbed and purple in color. When she tried to call police, Byrd allegedly threw the phone across the room. As the victim tried to leave, police say, Byrd admitted to their daughter that he had choked and beaten her mother.
The "child was terrified," police say, but the victim managed to escape with her daughter and call police.
Police say the victim's voice was hoarse, and that she suffered serious injuries, including burst capillaries around her eyes, numerous scratches, and a knot on the right side of her head.
According to court records, Byrd is a convicted sex offender. He was released on parole in January. According to court documents, Byrd is also accused of abusing the victim's two dogs on a daily basis in an "extremely violent" manner.
Byrd was arrested Aug. 6. He is charged with assault, terroristic threatening and wanton endangerment.
Dad is identified as CHARLES ROBERT BYRD. Why was this lowlife let out of prison anyway?
http://www.wdrb.com/story/26222424/police-6-year-old-child-terrified-as-father-violently-assaults-mom
POLICE: 6-year-old child terrified as father violently assaults mom
Posted: Aug 07, 2014 10:15 AM EDT Updated: Aug 07, 2014 10:53 AM EDT
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A convicted sex offender released from prison in January is facing several new charges after police say he told the mother of his child he was going to "watch her take her last breath."
According to an arrest warrant, it happened July 30 in the 5000 block of Stephen Drive. That's where police say 32-year-old Charles Robert Byrd grabbed the victim -- the mother of their 6-year-old daughter -- in a choke hold. Police say Byrd told her he "hoped she already said goodbye to their daughter," because he was going to "take her life" since she was taking away his freedom by calling the police.
According to the arrest warrant, Byrd continued to choke the victim until she passed out; when she awoke, she couldn't immediately get up because" her feet (were) numbed and purple in color. When she tried to call police, Byrd allegedly threw the phone across the room. As the victim tried to leave, police say, Byrd admitted to their daughter that he had choked and beaten her mother.
The "child was terrified," police say, but the victim managed to escape with her daughter and call police.
Police say the victim's voice was hoarse, and that she suffered serious injuries, including burst capillaries around her eyes, numerous scratches, and a knot on the right side of her head.
According to court records, Byrd is a convicted sex offender. He was released on parole in January. According to court documents, Byrd is also accused of abusing the victim's two dogs on a daily basis in an "extremely violent" manner.
Byrd was arrested Aug. 6. He is charged with assault, terroristic threatening and wanton endangerment.
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Dad convicted of felony child abuse for sticking his finger down the throat of 3-month-old daughter (James City, Virginia)
Dad is identified as ROBERT EARL HAAS IV.
http://www.vagazette.com/news/va-vg-haas-jury-trial-0730-20140729,0,6705205.story
James City father convicted for child abuse
By Susan Robertson, The Virginia Gazette 7:21 p.m. EDT, July 29, 2014
WILLIAMSBURG — A James City man whom police say stuck his finger down his baby's throat in February was convicted Tuesday on a felony child abuse charge.
After more than two hours of deliberation. the jury of nine women and three men found Robert Earl Haas IV, 27, guilty on the sole felony count. The members returned a sentencing recommendation of 21/2 years in prison and a $1,000 fine less than 15 minutes later.
Over the course of the nearly eight hour trial, defense attorney Patrick Bales argued the Feb. 8 incident was a first-aid attempt gone wrong. He said at closing that Haas had "perfect intentions and imperfect actions" when he believed his daughter was choking. Haas did not testify.
Maureen Kufro, assistant commonwealth's attorney, told the court that as the 3-month-old girl cried out for comfort, Haas responded by "shoving his finger down her throat." She recounted witness testimony that Haas told the child's mother not to call 911 when the girl was coughing up blood, and did not tell anyone until days after the incident that he had stuck his fingers down the baby's throat.
"If help is what he was trying to give her," Kufro said, "help is what he would have tried to get her."
Danny Hunt, the child's mother, testified on the day of the incident that her daughter was napping on the bed while she took a shower. She said she asked Haas to take their little girl into the living room while she got ready for work. "
After a minute or two, I heard her start to cough," she said.
As Hunt got to the living room she saw her daughter in Haas's arms coughing up blood, according to her testimony. She said Haas told her not to call 911, noting his tone was angry, but she called anyway.
Amber Hallman, a paramedic in James City, testified that when the ambulance arrived she found a man standing outside of the apartment building smoking a cigarette. She said Haas told her the baby was upstairs, describing his demeanor as "nonchalant."
She told the court the baby had dried blood on her forehead, around her lips and inside her mouth. She added that, when laid back, the baby's breathing became labored.
Kufro questioned Hallman about what steps to take if it's believed a baby is choking. Hallman said at no point would you stick a finger down a child's throat is appropriate action.
Haas didn't say anything about why the baby was coughing blood until the couple arrived at the hospital, according to Hunt. Bales asserted that because Haas went downstairs to wait for paramedics then drove separately to the hospital that he did not have an opportunity to tell Hunt what happened.
Kufro said paramedics were at the apartment for seven minutes and during that time Haas did not what caused the baby to begin coughing up blood.
Hunt said Haas told her at the hospital he thought their daughter was choking on something and tried to clear her airway, according to Hunt's testimony. She added that he told her the baby was bleeding before he attempted to clear the child's airway.
Kristin Ashe, a registered nurse at Sentara Williamburg Regional Medical Center, said she was assigned as the baby's primary nurse Feb. 8 when she arrived at the hospital. She said the baby was making gurgling sounds and needed her throat suctioned about every 15 minutes.
The child's mother and father, whom she identified as Haas, were present, Ashe said. Ashe recalled the mother was tearful when the baby was transferred to Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk, but Haas was unemotional.
Hunt said that at the time of the transfer, there was still no indication of what had caused the bleeding.
Dr. Norrell Atkinson, a former child abuse pediatrician at CHKD who was qualified as an expert in court, said she saw the 3-month-old girl Feb. 9 after she was transferred. She said the baby presented as unstable in the emergency room and began developing a fever during her first night there.
A diagnostic procedure, in which the baby's throat was "scoped" with a small camera, revealed the root cause of the bleeding as a 11/2 centimeter laceration to the throat muscle, Atkinson said, calling it a significant injury. She said the injury was the result of blunt force trauma to the back of the throat.
Atkinson explained that the injury was significant because the throat muscle has to be tough enough to protect people from sharp things that inadvertently swallow, such as bones. Asked by Kufro if the baby could have inflicted those injuries on herself, Atkinson said "absolutely not."
Hunt told the court that while at CHKD Haas became nervous, saying to her, "it's all my fault." She said he later admitted he thought the girl was choking and stuck his finger down her throat. Hunt noted she then told her daughter's doctor.
Asked by Kufro if it was days later that Haas was crying and "torn up" over what had happened, Hunt said yes.
Tina Sawyer with James City County Social Services said on Feb. 11 Haas recounted the incident, remarking he felt the baby was choking.
She testified he told her he stuck his finger down the little girl's throat to induce vomiting. Haas told her he felt a round, "plasticy" object in the baby's throat, Sawyer said. She said when he was asked by a police officer if the motion was forceful, Haas said yes.
He later said he was attempted to perform a "finger swipe" to clear the blockage, Sawyer said. She added that Haas stated sticking his finger down the baby's throat is what caused her to bleed.
Haas will be formally sentenced in October.
http://www.vagazette.com/news/va-vg-haas-jury-trial-0730-20140729,0,6705205.story
James City father convicted for child abuse
By Susan Robertson, The Virginia Gazette 7:21 p.m. EDT, July 29, 2014
WILLIAMSBURG — A James City man whom police say stuck his finger down his baby's throat in February was convicted Tuesday on a felony child abuse charge.
After more than two hours of deliberation. the jury of nine women and three men found Robert Earl Haas IV, 27, guilty on the sole felony count. The members returned a sentencing recommendation of 21/2 years in prison and a $1,000 fine less than 15 minutes later.
Over the course of the nearly eight hour trial, defense attorney Patrick Bales argued the Feb. 8 incident was a first-aid attempt gone wrong. He said at closing that Haas had "perfect intentions and imperfect actions" when he believed his daughter was choking. Haas did not testify.
Maureen Kufro, assistant commonwealth's attorney, told the court that as the 3-month-old girl cried out for comfort, Haas responded by "shoving his finger down her throat." She recounted witness testimony that Haas told the child's mother not to call 911 when the girl was coughing up blood, and did not tell anyone until days after the incident that he had stuck his fingers down the baby's throat.
"If help is what he was trying to give her," Kufro said, "help is what he would have tried to get her."
Danny Hunt, the child's mother, testified on the day of the incident that her daughter was napping on the bed while she took a shower. She said she asked Haas to take their little girl into the living room while she got ready for work. "
After a minute or two, I heard her start to cough," she said.
As Hunt got to the living room she saw her daughter in Haas's arms coughing up blood, according to her testimony. She said Haas told her not to call 911, noting his tone was angry, but she called anyway.
Amber Hallman, a paramedic in James City, testified that when the ambulance arrived she found a man standing outside of the apartment building smoking a cigarette. She said Haas told her the baby was upstairs, describing his demeanor as "nonchalant."
She told the court the baby had dried blood on her forehead, around her lips and inside her mouth. She added that, when laid back, the baby's breathing became labored.
Kufro questioned Hallman about what steps to take if it's believed a baby is choking. Hallman said at no point would you stick a finger down a child's throat is appropriate action.
Haas didn't say anything about why the baby was coughing blood until the couple arrived at the hospital, according to Hunt. Bales asserted that because Haas went downstairs to wait for paramedics then drove separately to the hospital that he did not have an opportunity to tell Hunt what happened.
Kufro said paramedics were at the apartment for seven minutes and during that time Haas did not what caused the baby to begin coughing up blood.
Hunt said Haas told her at the hospital he thought their daughter was choking on something and tried to clear her airway, according to Hunt's testimony. She added that he told her the baby was bleeding before he attempted to clear the child's airway.
Kristin Ashe, a registered nurse at Sentara Williamburg Regional Medical Center, said she was assigned as the baby's primary nurse Feb. 8 when she arrived at the hospital. She said the baby was making gurgling sounds and needed her throat suctioned about every 15 minutes.
The child's mother and father, whom she identified as Haas, were present, Ashe said. Ashe recalled the mother was tearful when the baby was transferred to Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk, but Haas was unemotional.
Hunt said that at the time of the transfer, there was still no indication of what had caused the bleeding.
Dr. Norrell Atkinson, a former child abuse pediatrician at CHKD who was qualified as an expert in court, said she saw the 3-month-old girl Feb. 9 after she was transferred. She said the baby presented as unstable in the emergency room and began developing a fever during her first night there.
A diagnostic procedure, in which the baby's throat was "scoped" with a small camera, revealed the root cause of the bleeding as a 11/2 centimeter laceration to the throat muscle, Atkinson said, calling it a significant injury. She said the injury was the result of blunt force trauma to the back of the throat.
Atkinson explained that the injury was significant because the throat muscle has to be tough enough to protect people from sharp things that inadvertently swallow, such as bones. Asked by Kufro if the baby could have inflicted those injuries on herself, Atkinson said "absolutely not."
Hunt told the court that while at CHKD Haas became nervous, saying to her, "it's all my fault." She said he later admitted he thought the girl was choking and stuck his finger down her throat. Hunt noted she then told her daughter's doctor.
Asked by Kufro if it was days later that Haas was crying and "torn up" over what had happened, Hunt said yes.
Tina Sawyer with James City County Social Services said on Feb. 11 Haas recounted the incident, remarking he felt the baby was choking.
She testified he told her he stuck his finger down the little girl's throat to induce vomiting. Haas told her he felt a round, "plasticy" object in the baby's throat, Sawyer said. She said when he was asked by a police officer if the motion was forceful, Haas said yes.
He later said he was attempted to perform a "finger swipe" to clear the blockage, Sawyer said. She added that Haas stated sticking his finger down the baby's throat is what caused her to bleed.
Haas will be formally sentenced in October.
Monday, May 26, 2014
Dad assaults 12-year-old son for not wanting to check out boat (Siouz Falls, South Dakota)
Dad is identified as EDGARDO ERASMO PICCHIETTI.
http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/crime/2014/05/20/father-brother-arrested-beating-year-old/9326501/
Father, brother arrested for beating of 12-year-old
John Hult, 11:25 a.m. CDT May 20, 2014
A father and son were charged with child abuse and assault on Monday after reportedly beating and choking a 12-year-old boy.
Police spokesman Sam Clemens said the victim called police from his home on the 3000 block of E. Hayes Place at 10: 30 a.m. to report that he was being beaten by his father, 66-year-old Edgardo Erasmo Picchietti.
Pichietti told police he had wanted the boy to come along to the lake to check out his boat, Clemens said, but that the boy didn’t want to go and he had punished him by hitting him on the legs with a ruler.
The boy’s 18-year-old brother, Austin Lee Shepard, also became upset with the younger boy for not listening to the father and choked him, Clemens said.
Shepard was arrested on one count of aggravated assault. Picchietti was charged with abuse or cruelty to a minor.
http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/crime/2014/05/20/father-brother-arrested-beating-year-old/9326501/
Father, brother arrested for beating of 12-year-old
John Hult, 11:25 a.m. CDT May 20, 2014
A father and son were charged with child abuse and assault on Monday after reportedly beating and choking a 12-year-old boy.
Police spokesman Sam Clemens said the victim called police from his home on the 3000 block of E. Hayes Place at 10: 30 a.m. to report that he was being beaten by his father, 66-year-old Edgardo Erasmo Picchietti.
Pichietti told police he had wanted the boy to come along to the lake to check out his boat, Clemens said, but that the boy didn’t want to go and he had punished him by hitting him on the legs with a ruler.
The boy’s 18-year-old brother, Austin Lee Shepard, also became upset with the younger boy for not listening to the father and choked him, Clemens said.
Shepard was arrested on one count of aggravated assault. Picchietti was charged with abuse or cruelty to a minor.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Custodial dad arrested in choking death of 2-year-old son (Putnam, Connecticut)
Read this account carefully, and its pretty evident that dad DAVID MAHAN must have had custody. After all, if he and the gal pal had the kids on March 26, that would be a Wednesday. So we're not talking about weekend visitation.
So who thought it was a good idea to give this neglectful father and his drug addicted girlfriend custody of two very young children (there is a 1-year-old son too)?
And what happened to the mother of these children? Why has the media erased her existence?
http://www.norwichbulletin.com/article/20140408/NEWS/140409521/1998/NEWS
Father arrested in Putnam toddler's death
By John Penney
Posted Apr. 8, 2014 @ 7:21 am Updated at 8:09 AM
DANIELSON – A second person was arrested Monday in connection with the death of a Putnam toddler late last month.
David Mahan, 30, of 129 Mechanics St. in Putnam, was transferred to the custody of state police at 10:10 a.m. on Monday. He is due to be arraigned this morning in Danielson Superior Court.
Mahan was arrested last week in Massachusetts on a fugitive from justice charge.
Mahan is the father of a 2-year-old child who choked to death after he was left unattended, according to police.
Renee Peterson, 32, Mahan’s live-in girlfriend, was arraigned Thursday on charges of two counts each of first-degree reckless endangerment, risk of injury to a minor and cruelty to persons.
According to an arrest warrant, Peterson told police she left Mahan’s two children alone twice on March 26. She first left their first-floor apartment at 7:40 a.m. with her own two children, ages 6 and 4, while Mahan’s two children, including the victim and a 1-year-old, were left in a locked bedroom, police said.
After returning and giving Mahan’s children bowls of dry cereal, Peterson again locked the bedroom door and left, driving herself and her youngest daughter to a methadone clinic in Willimantic, according to the warrant.
After returning two hours later, Peterson said she discovered the 2-year-old victim “slumped over, next to his little table which had his cereal on it,” not breathing, according to the warrant. After Peterson called 911 and began CPR, emergency personnel arrived and took the toddler to Day Kimball Hospital in Putnam where he was pronounced dead. An emergency room doctor observed what appeared to be food in the victim’s airway, police said.
According to Peterson’s statements to police, Mahan told her to “keep the boys locked in their room” while she went to the clinic.
Mahan on Monday was accused of the same crimes Peterson faces. He was initially held on $25,000 cash bond and paid it to get released at 1:05 p.m., according to police records.
So who thought it was a good idea to give this neglectful father and his drug addicted girlfriend custody of two very young children (there is a 1-year-old son too)?
And what happened to the mother of these children? Why has the media erased her existence?
http://www.norwichbulletin.com/article/20140408/NEWS/140409521/1998/NEWS
Father arrested in Putnam toddler's death
By John Penney
Posted Apr. 8, 2014 @ 7:21 am Updated at 8:09 AM
DANIELSON – A second person was arrested Monday in connection with the death of a Putnam toddler late last month.
David Mahan, 30, of 129 Mechanics St. in Putnam, was transferred to the custody of state police at 10:10 a.m. on Monday. He is due to be arraigned this morning in Danielson Superior Court.
Mahan was arrested last week in Massachusetts on a fugitive from justice charge.
Mahan is the father of a 2-year-old child who choked to death after he was left unattended, according to police.
Renee Peterson, 32, Mahan’s live-in girlfriend, was arraigned Thursday on charges of two counts each of first-degree reckless endangerment, risk of injury to a minor and cruelty to persons.
According to an arrest warrant, Peterson told police she left Mahan’s two children alone twice on March 26. She first left their first-floor apartment at 7:40 a.m. with her own two children, ages 6 and 4, while Mahan’s two children, including the victim and a 1-year-old, were left in a locked bedroom, police said.
After returning and giving Mahan’s children bowls of dry cereal, Peterson again locked the bedroom door and left, driving herself and her youngest daughter to a methadone clinic in Willimantic, according to the warrant.
After returning two hours later, Peterson said she discovered the 2-year-old victim “slumped over, next to his little table which had his cereal on it,” not breathing, according to the warrant. After Peterson called 911 and began CPR, emergency personnel arrived and took the toddler to Day Kimball Hospital in Putnam where he was pronounced dead. An emergency room doctor observed what appeared to be food in the victim’s airway, police said.
According to Peterson’s statements to police, Mahan told her to “keep the boys locked in their room” while she went to the clinic.
Mahan on Monday was accused of the same crimes Peterson faces. He was initially held on $25,000 cash bond and paid it to get released at 1:05 p.m., according to police records.
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Dad sentenced to 4 years for assaulting 12-year-old son during visitation; why did father with no-contact order have access? (Ephrata, Washington)
This incident demonstrates the triumph of fathers rights in this country.
Dad OMAR CARLOS obviously had a history of domestic violence if his ex-wife managed to get a no-contact order against him--which Dad managed to violate (with a conviction no less).
Yet this little sh** STILL had access to the kids. Even though he acted like a total @$$hole around them, swearing at their mother when he's around them, and flying into a freaking rage when the kid tries to calm him down. So he assaults and chokes the kid before dropping him off at Mom's house, leaves, then RETURNS, BREAKS INTO THE HOUSE, and ASSAULTS HIM AGAIN.
Who the hell thought it was a good idea to give this father custody/visitation rights? A judge who has been brainwashed/bought off by the fathers rights movement, that's who. A judge who values Daddy's "rights" over the rights of women and children to basic safety and security.
Dad is identified as OMAR CARLOS.
http://www.ifiberone.com/news/man-sentenced-to-four-years-in-prison-for-attacking-his/article_903e0c56-bb92-11e3-bc99-001a4bcf6878.html
Man sentenced to four years in prison for attacking his son
Story Posted: Thursday, April 3, 2014 5:46 pm | Updated: 5:50 pm, Thu Apr 3, 2014.
By Cameron Probert
EPHRATA – A Moses Lake man will serve nearly four years in prison for head-butting and choking his 12-year-old son, after the boy swore at him.
A jury convicted Omar Carlos, a 38-year-old man, of burglary in the first degree and assault of a child in the second degree after deliberating for an hour.
Carlos has a previous conviction of violating a no contact order and faced between three years and 10 months and five years and a month in prison.
Grant County Superior Court Judge Evan Sperline sentenced Carlos to the minimum end of the sentencing range.
The Nov. 20 incident started as Carlos was heading to a Perch Avenue residence to drop off his two children, according to Moses Lake police. As they were driving, Carlos began yelling at his ex-wife, the children’s mother, on the phone. Carlos called the woman several vulgar names as they were arguing,
The victim tried to calm the situation, but Carlos remained angry, and told the victim to get out of the pickup truck. As the boy was helping his younger brother out of the truck, Carlos swore at the boy. The victim became upset and swore at his father.
As the victim was walking his brother to the door, Carlos got out of the truck and grabbed the victim by the collar of his jacket, and threw the victim against the garage wall. Carlos choked the victim, and head-butted him.
He threw the boy into a rock bed, got on top of him and choked the boy again. Carlos grabbed the boy by the ear and lifted him, before leaving the residence.
Carlos returned later, unlocked the garage door and began confronting the boy inside the house. The victim tried to get Carlos to leave, but the man grabbed the boy by the collar and threw him to the ground.
The boy had bruises around his neck, on his forehead, his ear, chin and cheek.
Dad OMAR CARLOS obviously had a history of domestic violence if his ex-wife managed to get a no-contact order against him--which Dad managed to violate (with a conviction no less).
Yet this little sh** STILL had access to the kids. Even though he acted like a total @$$hole around them, swearing at their mother when he's around them, and flying into a freaking rage when the kid tries to calm him down. So he assaults and chokes the kid before dropping him off at Mom's house, leaves, then RETURNS, BREAKS INTO THE HOUSE, and ASSAULTS HIM AGAIN.
Who the hell thought it was a good idea to give this father custody/visitation rights? A judge who has been brainwashed/bought off by the fathers rights movement, that's who. A judge who values Daddy's "rights" over the rights of women and children to basic safety and security.
Dad is identified as OMAR CARLOS.
http://www.ifiberone.com/news/man-sentenced-to-four-years-in-prison-for-attacking-his/article_903e0c56-bb92-11e3-bc99-001a4bcf6878.html
Man sentenced to four years in prison for attacking his son
Story Posted: Thursday, April 3, 2014 5:46 pm | Updated: 5:50 pm, Thu Apr 3, 2014.
By Cameron Probert
EPHRATA – A Moses Lake man will serve nearly four years in prison for head-butting and choking his 12-year-old son, after the boy swore at him.
A jury convicted Omar Carlos, a 38-year-old man, of burglary in the first degree and assault of a child in the second degree after deliberating for an hour.
Carlos has a previous conviction of violating a no contact order and faced between three years and 10 months and five years and a month in prison.
Grant County Superior Court Judge Evan Sperline sentenced Carlos to the minimum end of the sentencing range.
The Nov. 20 incident started as Carlos was heading to a Perch Avenue residence to drop off his two children, according to Moses Lake police. As they were driving, Carlos began yelling at his ex-wife, the children’s mother, on the phone. Carlos called the woman several vulgar names as they were arguing,
The victim tried to calm the situation, but Carlos remained angry, and told the victim to get out of the pickup truck. As the boy was helping his younger brother out of the truck, Carlos swore at the boy. The victim became upset and swore at his father.
As the victim was walking his brother to the door, Carlos got out of the truck and grabbed the victim by the collar of his jacket, and threw the victim against the garage wall. Carlos choked the victim, and head-butted him.
He threw the boy into a rock bed, got on top of him and choked the boy again. Carlos grabbed the boy by the ear and lifted him, before leaving the residence.
Carlos returned later, unlocked the garage door and began confronting the boy inside the house. The victim tried to get Carlos to leave, but the man grabbed the boy by the collar and threw him to the ground.
The boy had bruises around his neck, on his forehead, his ear, chin and cheek.
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Dad convicted of raping, relentlessly abusing daughter; with two sexual assault convictions, why wasn't this man in prison? (United Kingdom)
From what I have heard, it is notoriously difficult to get a rape conviction in the UK. UNNAMED DAD had TWO for sexual assault. Who knows how many rapes and sexual assaults did not result in a conviction. If violence against women were taken seriously, this sh**head would have been locked up for good a long time ago, and wouldn't have been around to terrorize his family and rape/choke his daughter.
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/local/localbrad/11021830.19_years_for_Bradford_dad_who_raped_and__relentlessly__abused_his_daughter/
19 years for Bradford dad who raped and 'relentlessly' abused his daughter
5:00am Thursday 20th February 2014 in Bradford
By Jenny Loweth, T&A Reporter
Bradford Telegraph and Argus
A depraved and dangerous Bradford father has been sentenced to a 19-year extended prison term for the rape and “relentless” sexual abuse of his daughter.
The man, in his late 30s, was ordered to serve 14 years in jail and an extra five years on licence.
He cannot be identified by order of the judge to protect the vulnerable and deeply damaged teenage victim and other members of her family.
The defendant pleaded guilty to 18 offences, including one charge of orally raping the child when she was aged eight or nine.
The other counts, of sexual assault, inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity and common assault, by seizing her throat with both his hands, reflected a “constant, repeated and relentless” catalogue of abuse, Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC told Bradford Crown Court yesterday.
The man had previous convictions for sexually assaulting women in 2005 and 2009.
The first offence involved him approaching a female walking alone from behind, covering her mouth and molesting her.
Two further offences saw him being jailed for sexually assaulting a woman in a cupboard.
“Because of your make-up, noting the previous convictions, you present a real, clear and present danger to anyone with you when uncontrollable urges overtake you, particularly anyone vulnerable, young and female,” the judge said.
Prosecutor Sophie Drake said the man raped his daughter when she was eight or nine and then abused her again, repeatedly, from the age of ten or 11 until he was arrested.
On two occasions, he grabbed her round the throat when she was crying, ordering her to smile.
Last year, the girl’s mother saw she was withdrawn and upset and the teenager said her father tried to strangle her.
She then revealed the sexual abuse, saying she had promised her dad not to tell.
The court heard the man was a heavy drinker who was cruel to animals and had little empathy with his victims.
He was controlling and frightening in the family home, with uncontrollable urges and feelings, the court heard.
In mitigation, his barrister, Stephen Wood, said his client was very sorry for what he had done.
The girl drew a picture for the court, showing how the abuse had deeply damaged her.
She said she suffered sleeplessness and nightmares.
“This shows the profound and telling effect your depraved and persistent conduct has had on that little girl,” Judge Durham Hall said.
He told the man: “There is no guarantee that any treatment will be effective for you.”
The judge made an indefinite Sexual Offences Prevention Order and ordered the man to sign on the sex offenders’ register for life.
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/local/localbrad/11021830.19_years_for_Bradford_dad_who_raped_and__relentlessly__abused_his_daughter/
19 years for Bradford dad who raped and 'relentlessly' abused his daughter
5:00am Thursday 20th February 2014 in Bradford
By Jenny Loweth, T&A Reporter
Bradford Telegraph and Argus
A depraved and dangerous Bradford father has been sentenced to a 19-year extended prison term for the rape and “relentless” sexual abuse of his daughter.
The man, in his late 30s, was ordered to serve 14 years in jail and an extra five years on licence.
He cannot be identified by order of the judge to protect the vulnerable and deeply damaged teenage victim and other members of her family.
The defendant pleaded guilty to 18 offences, including one charge of orally raping the child when she was aged eight or nine.
The other counts, of sexual assault, inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity and common assault, by seizing her throat with both his hands, reflected a “constant, repeated and relentless” catalogue of abuse, Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC told Bradford Crown Court yesterday.
The man had previous convictions for sexually assaulting women in 2005 and 2009.
The first offence involved him approaching a female walking alone from behind, covering her mouth and molesting her.
Two further offences saw him being jailed for sexually assaulting a woman in a cupboard.
“Because of your make-up, noting the previous convictions, you present a real, clear and present danger to anyone with you when uncontrollable urges overtake you, particularly anyone vulnerable, young and female,” the judge said.
Prosecutor Sophie Drake said the man raped his daughter when she was eight or nine and then abused her again, repeatedly, from the age of ten or 11 until he was arrested.
On two occasions, he grabbed her round the throat when she was crying, ordering her to smile.
Last year, the girl’s mother saw she was withdrawn and upset and the teenager said her father tried to strangle her.
She then revealed the sexual abuse, saying she had promised her dad not to tell.
The court heard the man was a heavy drinker who was cruel to animals and had little empathy with his victims.
He was controlling and frightening in the family home, with uncontrollable urges and feelings, the court heard.
In mitigation, his barrister, Stephen Wood, said his client was very sorry for what he had done.
The girl drew a picture for the court, showing how the abuse had deeply damaged her.
She said she suffered sleeplessness and nightmares.
“This shows the profound and telling effect your depraved and persistent conduct has had on that little girl,” Judge Durham Hall said.
He told the man: “There is no guarantee that any treatment will be effective for you.”
The judge made an indefinite Sexual Offences Prevention Order and ordered the man to sign on the sex offenders’ register for life.
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Dad slaps and chokes 4-year-old son, assaults 14-year-old daughter during "dispute" with mother (Trinidad & Tobago)
For the millionth time, a "dispute" is when two or more persons disagree. It's an "assault" when one person (the father) is choking and generally beating up other people in the family. Are we clear on this yet? UNNAMED DAD.
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Son-choked-father-held-236654331.html
Son choked: father held
Story Created: Dec 19, 2013 at 9:41 PM ECT
Story Updated: Dec 20, 2013 at 7:58 PM ECT
POLICE arrested a 48-year-old Laventille man on Tuesday night after he allegedly slapped and choked his four-year-old son during a dispute with his wife.
The little boy “tried to break up the fight” by getting in between his parents in order to have them stop, police said.
It was while doing so that the man raised the child off the floor by his T-shirt and began slapping and choking him, police said.
According to police, the child’s 14-year-old sister, who was also at home at the time, intervened when the man started assaulting the boy, but she too was assaulted after she was violently grabbed by one of her arms.
Neighbours who heard the commotion contacted the police, with Task Force officers from the St Barbs Police Post arriving at the scene shortly after.
Officers said they believed the man was intoxicated at the time of the incident. He was later handed over to officers of the Belmont Police Station where he remained in custody up to last night.
Police said the man is expected to charged with two offences under the Children’s Act.
—Rickie Ramdass
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Son-choked-father-held-236654331.html
Son choked: father held
Story Created: Dec 19, 2013 at 9:41 PM ECT
Story Updated: Dec 20, 2013 at 7:58 PM ECT
POLICE arrested a 48-year-old Laventille man on Tuesday night after he allegedly slapped and choked his four-year-old son during a dispute with his wife.
The little boy “tried to break up the fight” by getting in between his parents in order to have them stop, police said.
It was while doing so that the man raised the child off the floor by his T-shirt and began slapping and choking him, police said.
According to police, the child’s 14-year-old sister, who was also at home at the time, intervened when the man started assaulting the boy, but she too was assaulted after she was violently grabbed by one of her arms.
Neighbours who heard the commotion contacted the police, with Task Force officers from the St Barbs Police Post arriving at the scene shortly after.
Officers said they believed the man was intoxicated at the time of the incident. He was later handed over to officers of the Belmont Police Station where he remained in custody up to last night.
Police said the man is expected to charged with two offences under the Children’s Act.
—Rickie Ramdass
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Dad, while out on bail for kidnapping and rape charges, chokes and slashes 16-year-old son with a knife; then makes bail AGAIN (Englewood, New Jersey)
He's out on bail AGAIN???
Back in 2010, this guy was arrested on kidnapping and sexual assault charges. Oh, and there was a big police standoff too. That was when the police came to his house after Daddy started firing his handgun as the victim was fleeing. Nevertheless, he got bail.
Now dad SISA BUTU (aka JAMES MCDOWELL) chokes his 16-year-old son, and slashes him with a knife. And because we coddle violent daddies, doncha know, he's out on bail again.
What happens with these guys too often it that they eventually kill somebody, and law enforcement will tsk tsk and moan about what a terrible tragedy it all was. WHEN THEY COULD HAVE PREVENTED IT BY KEEP THESE SH**s of the street to start with.
Now the victim is in hiding. Why do victims have to do the hiding while the criminals roam free? And what happened to this boy's mother?
http://cliffviewpilot.com/englewood-father-charged-with-slashing-son-16/
Englewood father charged with slashing son, 16
Posted by: Jerry DeMarco
Posted date: November 15, 2013
A 52-year-old Englewood man awaiting trial for rape was arrested by city detectives today on charges of choking and slashing his 16-year-old son during a fight at their home.
Police became aware of the incident yesterday, after the boy went to Englewood Medical Center for treatment, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said.
Sisa Butu — also known as James McDowell — grabbed a kitchen knife and began chocking the teen during an argument Wednesday night, Torell said.
The boy fought back and was severely cut on his hand, the captain said.
Butu, who was charged with aggravated assault, weapons possession and child endangerment, made $75,000 bail while still at the city lockup this afternoon.
A judge issued a “No Contact” order and the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency was notified, Torell said.
The boy is staying at a safe location outside of Englewood, he said.
Butu made headlines in September 2010 during what other media reported as a standoff.
Police said Boto sexually assaulted a Pennsylvania acquaintance who came to see him because he’d been despondent and ended up fleeing his house when he got sick and vomited.
As she did, they said, Butu fired a shot from a handgun, bringing city police and a tactical squad that surrounded the house and tried calling him for a few hours before tossing in cannisters of gas.
The chemical agent awoke Butu, who apparently had passed out sometime after the 45-year-old woman fled and called police on her cellphone.
He was charged with aggravated sexual assault, kidnapping, making terroristic threats and illegal handgun possession and indicted in later December of that year.
Butu has remained free on bail since being released 10 days after the incident.
Back in 2010, this guy was arrested on kidnapping and sexual assault charges. Oh, and there was a big police standoff too. That was when the police came to his house after Daddy started firing his handgun as the victim was fleeing. Nevertheless, he got bail.
Now dad SISA BUTU (aka JAMES MCDOWELL) chokes his 16-year-old son, and slashes him with a knife. And because we coddle violent daddies, doncha know, he's out on bail again.
What happens with these guys too often it that they eventually kill somebody, and law enforcement will tsk tsk and moan about what a terrible tragedy it all was. WHEN THEY COULD HAVE PREVENTED IT BY KEEP THESE SH**s of the street to start with.
Now the victim is in hiding. Why do victims have to do the hiding while the criminals roam free? And what happened to this boy's mother?
http://cliffviewpilot.com/englewood-father-charged-with-slashing-son-16/
Englewood father charged with slashing son, 16
Posted by: Jerry DeMarco
Posted date: November 15, 2013
A 52-year-old Englewood man awaiting trial for rape was arrested by city detectives today on charges of choking and slashing his 16-year-old son during a fight at their home.
Police became aware of the incident yesterday, after the boy went to Englewood Medical Center for treatment, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said.
Sisa Butu — also known as James McDowell — grabbed a kitchen knife and began chocking the teen during an argument Wednesday night, Torell said.
The boy fought back and was severely cut on his hand, the captain said.
Butu, who was charged with aggravated assault, weapons possession and child endangerment, made $75,000 bail while still at the city lockup this afternoon.
A judge issued a “No Contact” order and the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency was notified, Torell said.
The boy is staying at a safe location outside of Englewood, he said.
Butu made headlines in September 2010 during what other media reported as a standoff.
Police said Boto sexually assaulted a Pennsylvania acquaintance who came to see him because he’d been despondent and ended up fleeing his house when he got sick and vomited.
As she did, they said, Butu fired a shot from a handgun, bringing city police and a tactical squad that surrounded the house and tried calling him for a few hours before tossing in cannisters of gas.
The chemical agent awoke Butu, who apparently had passed out sometime after the 45-year-old woman fled and called police on her cellphone.
He was charged with aggravated sexual assault, kidnapping, making terroristic threats and illegal handgun possession and indicted in later December of that year.
Butu has remained free on bail since being released 10 days after the incident.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Dad sentenced in choking death of toddler son (Waterloo, Iowa)
We've posted on dad DANIEL REDDOUT before. This POS liked to choke his son to help him "sleep." He finally killed him.
http://www.cbs2iowa.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/father-sentenced-sons-death-23234.shtml
Father Sentenced for Son's Death
Updated: Tuesday, October 29 2013, 07:54 AM CDT
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) -- A 25-year-old Waterloo man who choked his toddler to calm him for naps has been given up to 50 years in prison.
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (http://bit.ly/HdlZ14 ) says Daniel Reddout was sentenced on Monday in Black Hawk County District Court.
Reddout had been charged with first-degree murder, but in September jurors convicted him of involuntary manslaughter and other, lesser charges, including child endangerment causing death and child endangerment, multiple acts.
The charges stem from the April 2011 death of Kaleb Reddout at a Cedar Falls motel. Prosecutors say Reddout choked his son in an effort to put him down for a nap with a technique he frequently used. He would lift the child's jaw and apply pressure to the back of his neck.
http://www.cbs2iowa.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/father-sentenced-sons-death-23234.shtml
Father Sentenced for Son's Death
Updated: Tuesday, October 29 2013, 07:54 AM CDT
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) -- A 25-year-old Waterloo man who choked his toddler to calm him for naps has been given up to 50 years in prison.
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (http://bit.ly/HdlZ14 ) says Daniel Reddout was sentenced on Monday in Black Hawk County District Court.
Reddout had been charged with first-degree murder, but in September jurors convicted him of involuntary manslaughter and other, lesser charges, including child endangerment causing death and child endangerment, multiple acts.
The charges stem from the April 2011 death of Kaleb Reddout at a Cedar Falls motel. Prosecutors say Reddout choked his son in an effort to put him down for a nap with a technique he frequently used. He would lift the child's jaw and apply pressure to the back of his neck.
Friday, September 27, 2013
Dad caught on hidden camera swinging, punching, and choking infant son is sentenced (Costa Mesa, California)
Dad is identified as JOSHUA ALLEN ROBEY. We've reported on this sh** before.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-father-prison-swinging-son-neck-20130927,0,3928692.story
Dad caught on hidden camera swinging infant son by neck is sentenced
By Adolfo Flores
September 27, 2013, 12:29 p.m.
A Costa Mesa father caught on camera swinging his 2-month-old son by the neck with a blanket fashioned into a noose and punching, choking and shaking the infant was sentenced Friday to 13 years to life in state prison.
Joshua Allen Robey, 26, was found guilty in August of one felony count each of attempted murder with premeditation and deliberation, torture and child abuse with a sentencing enhancement for causing great bodily injury to a child under the age of 5.
Robey attacked and attempted to kill his son in October 2011 while babysitting, unaware that his girlfriend had set up a hidden camera in her Anaheim home because she believed he was cheating on her, according to the Orange County District Attorney's office.
At the time, Robey wasn’t living with his girlfriend and was staying at a hotel in Costa Mesa.
In the video, prosecutors said, Robey is captured wrapping a blanket around the infant’s neck and swinging him in the air for more than a minute.
Robey is then seen putting his son down and punching him several times with closed fists, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said he also grabbed his son by the throat with both hands, lifted him in the air and shook him. When the baby cried, he covered the child's mouth, grabbed him by the neck and shook him while holding him in the air, according to prosecutors.
Robey attempted to suffocate the baby by covering his face with a blanket and his mouth with his hand for several seconds and covered his nose and mouth with tape, prosecutors said.
The infant's mother saw the attack when she watched the video from the hidden camera and told her mother the next day. The grandmother took the baby to the hospital, where doctors determined he had sustained fractured ribs, bleeding to the brain and liver injuries.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-father-prison-swinging-son-neck-20130927,0,3928692.story
Dad caught on hidden camera swinging infant son by neck is sentenced
By Adolfo Flores
September 27, 2013, 12:29 p.m.
A Costa Mesa father caught on camera swinging his 2-month-old son by the neck with a blanket fashioned into a noose and punching, choking and shaking the infant was sentenced Friday to 13 years to life in state prison.
Joshua Allen Robey, 26, was found guilty in August of one felony count each of attempted murder with premeditation and deliberation, torture and child abuse with a sentencing enhancement for causing great bodily injury to a child under the age of 5.
Robey attacked and attempted to kill his son in October 2011 while babysitting, unaware that his girlfriend had set up a hidden camera in her Anaheim home because she believed he was cheating on her, according to the Orange County District Attorney's office.
At the time, Robey wasn’t living with his girlfriend and was staying at a hotel in Costa Mesa.
In the video, prosecutors said, Robey is captured wrapping a blanket around the infant’s neck and swinging him in the air for more than a minute.
Robey is then seen putting his son down and punching him several times with closed fists, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said he also grabbed his son by the throat with both hands, lifted him in the air and shook him. When the baby cried, he covered the child's mouth, grabbed him by the neck and shook him while holding him in the air, according to prosecutors.
Robey attempted to suffocate the baby by covering his face with a blanket and his mouth with his hand for several seconds and covered his nose and mouth with tape, prosecutors said.
The infant's mother saw the attack when she watched the video from the hidden camera and told her mother the next day. The grandmother took the baby to the hospital, where doctors determined he had sustained fractured ribs, bleeding to the brain and liver injuries.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Dad charged with choking 3-year-old son during visitation; also burning him with cigarettes (Purcell, Oklahoma)
Actually, it's not clear what Daddy's custody rights were here: Visitation, shared custody, full custody. But it doesn't look like this glib abuser (slick explanation for everything) should be allowed any contact at all. But some idiot gave him his "rights" anyway, and of course Daddy's rights trump everybody else's.
Dad is identified as BRANDON K. DRAIN.
http://www.purcellregister.com/news/article_9d953f8c-0ffd-11e3-9e93-0019bb2963f4.html
Man charged in child abuse case
Boy shows how father choked him
Posted: Thursday, August 29, 2013 9:00 am
The Purcell Register
Jeanne Grimes
A Blanchard man is charged with child abuse by injury after his 3-year-old son demonstrated for investigators how he’d been choked with his security blanket by his father.
A McClain County District Court judge set Brandon K. Drain’s bond at $50,000.
According to an affidavit, the boy’s mother took him to an emergency room in Oklahoma City after picking him up on July 11 and seeing bruises and marks on his head.
A police officer who interviewed the mother reported the boy had several injuries to his neck, as well as bruises under his chin, on his forehead and beneath his left eye.
In addition, the boy had a scrape above the eye and beside his lip.
Drain reportedly told the mother the toddler had the blanket around his neck and was alone in a bedroom when he got the marks.
However, the boy told the staff at the emergency room, “Daddy did this. He was mad,” according to the affidavit.
The mother told police she’s noticed other unexplained injuries to her son after picking him up following prior visits with Drain.
She pointed out a scar from a cigarette burn on the boy’s face.
Drain told police his son fell into a coffee table while playing with his roommate’s son.
He also said the boy slipped in the bathroom, striking his forehead on the doorknob.
Drain also told police he tied blankets around the necks of his son and another child who were playing Superman and Spiderman.
When he later removed the blanket from his son, he saw the marks.
The burn happened when the boy brushed up against a lit cigarette his grandfather was smoking, according to Drain.
During a forensic interview on August 14, the boy repeated that his father wrapped the blanket around his neck and pulled it tight, hurting him.
He also told the interviewer that he feels unsafe at his father’s home.
Dad is identified as BRANDON K. DRAIN.
http://www.purcellregister.com/news/article_9d953f8c-0ffd-11e3-9e93-0019bb2963f4.html
Man charged in child abuse case
Boy shows how father choked him
Posted: Thursday, August 29, 2013 9:00 am
The Purcell Register
Jeanne Grimes
A Blanchard man is charged with child abuse by injury after his 3-year-old son demonstrated for investigators how he’d been choked with his security blanket by his father.
A McClain County District Court judge set Brandon K. Drain’s bond at $50,000.
According to an affidavit, the boy’s mother took him to an emergency room in Oklahoma City after picking him up on July 11 and seeing bruises and marks on his head.
A police officer who interviewed the mother reported the boy had several injuries to his neck, as well as bruises under his chin, on his forehead and beneath his left eye.
In addition, the boy had a scrape above the eye and beside his lip.
Drain reportedly told the mother the toddler had the blanket around his neck and was alone in a bedroom when he got the marks.
However, the boy told the staff at the emergency room, “Daddy did this. He was mad,” according to the affidavit.
The mother told police she’s noticed other unexplained injuries to her son after picking him up following prior visits with Drain.
She pointed out a scar from a cigarette burn on the boy’s face.
Drain told police his son fell into a coffee table while playing with his roommate’s son.
He also said the boy slipped in the bathroom, striking his forehead on the doorknob.
Drain also told police he tied blankets around the necks of his son and another child who were playing Superman and Spiderman.
When he later removed the blanket from his son, he saw the marks.
The burn happened when the boy brushed up against a lit cigarette his grandfather was smoking, according to Drain.
During a forensic interview on August 14, the boy repeated that his father wrapped the blanket around his neck and pulled it tight, hurting him.
He also told the interviewer that he feels unsafe at his father’s home.
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Daughter of abusive custodial dad speaks out (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia)
A very heartfelt, honest account. Unfortunately, the narcistic personality of this abusive custodial UNNAMED DAD is not pointed out. The "walking on eggshells" thing is CALCULATED by these guys to keep the victims in check. Notice how he was "very cool" after choking one of the girls? Also typical of the abuser. And being kind and friendly outside the home? Check. Isolating these girls and keeping them from friends? Check.. Enabling family of origin? Check.
These are all indicative of your basic sociopath, who is a pathological liar and manipulator.
But notice that these girls still believe on some level that the mother "abandoning" the home was the "spark" for his abuse. He's telling them that it's all her fault, and they are still buying this garbage. And given how sicko this daddy is, how do you think he treated the mother? I don't think she freely and willingly walked out the door. I think it is very likely--if she is alive, and that is a big "if"--that she was driven out by death threats and ongoing violence.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/08/21/Child-abuse.aspx
Published: Wednesday August 21, 2013
MYT 10:40:00 AM Updated: Wednesday August 21, 2013 MYT 3:09:40 PM
Child abuse: A victim speaks out
BY VICTORIA BROWN AND MICHELLE TAM
PETALING JAYA: The number of brutal domestic abuse cases reported in the media seems to be on the rise. Most recently a young girl aged just 5 lies in the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital after having been viciously caned.
Tragically some victims die or are permanently damaged as a result of such traumatic abuse. Some manage to survive, leading a healthy successful life despite the scars.
We spoke to a young woman who was previously abused by her father, and she speaks out about her troubled upbringing.
Kelly (not her real name), a fresh graduate with a diploma, said that their hot-tempered father brought her and her younger sister up, after their mother abandoned the family when they were young.
His resentment over her departure may have been the spark that made their lives a living hell.
“We know that he could get very angry over small things, he would yell and say all the bad words as if I did something wrong, but I did not,” said Kelly.
“Last year, he choked my sister in the neck until she couldn’t breathe. That time I wasn’t in the house; I was in college at class.
When I came home, she was crying,” she said. “When I came back home, he was very cool, like nothing happened,” she added.
She said that after that incident she felt afraid to leave her sister at home with her father: “Every time when I leave the house I feel very scared.”
Kelly was also victim to her father’s physical abuse. In January this year, her father beat her with an umbrella after accusing her of not going to the gym.
In a separate incident, her father took a knife out and told her to kill herself in front of her sister.
“We got so scared, we didn’t know what to do. I got so shocked,” said Kelly.
Kelly and her sister tolerated the abuse that started in 2006: “For many years I stayed silent. Most people would have run away by then.”
“Outside the house, he would smile and talk like nothing happened. But in the house he would explode at us,” Kelly added.
On top of the abuse, she said that her father was very paranoid and didn’t like her going out with her friends.
“He would say, ‘Don’t go out with them, stay at home. Clean the house. Cook.’ And I would do that even though I have college, but he would never say ‘Okay, you’re doing this much of work, let’s take a day off,’” she said.
However, her unemployed father would just sit at home drinking alcohol and smoking.
“Every single day he would sit in the house, he hasn’t worked in six months,” she said, adding that her father also liked to pick fights with neighbours and friends.
“After he drinks, one day 15 bottles, he would like to fight. I don’t know what he finds in the fighting, I don’t know what makes him so satisfied,” said Kelly.
“My sister and me tried our best to stop him from smoking and taking alcohol. But he says that it’s good for his health, so we just kept silent,” she adds.
Kelly said because her father was unemployed, her allowance was once cut down to only RM5 per day. “That wasn’t even enough for transport. But I wouldn’t ask my father for more money,” she said. “I started borrowing from my friends. For my books, my equipment, my college, everything I’d borrow from my friends,” Kelly said. Kelly says that her grandparents did not help the situation because they are still supporting her father.
“He’s sitting in the house and doesn’t want to earn money, and my grandmother is giving him money every month,” said Kelly.
“He’s not shy, at fifty-years-old to take his parent’s money. He bought himself a property based on his parent’s money and I told myself that I would show him one day; I will buy myself a property by myself without his parent’s money.” “He even bought himself a 5 series BMW,” she adds. Kelly said that she was very depressed and would confide in her friends about her problems at home. Her friend then suggested that she seek shelter and advice at Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO).
“Without my friend’s help I don’t know what I’d do. I was totally lost; I couldn’t even focus on my studies. When I open my book, I see his face,” she said.
“I thank God for giving me the strength to bring my sister here, if not we would have partially died there. I would have nightmares at night and I couldn’t breathe in the house, it was choking me. The house was just covered in darkness,” adds Kelly.
She said that she kept hoping that her father would change, but he has not.
“He never apologized. He wants me to apologize; he wants me to lay myself down by his foot. He thinks he is a king, like a ruler of the ruler of the world, and he wants everyone to be his slave,” Kelly said. Kelly has been at the WAO refuge centre for quite some time and she hasn’t spoken to her father since.
“I don’t want any woman or girl to go through the same situation I’m going through,” she said.
Kelly says that women should know that they have the power to leave the relationship and that women are capable of “doing more” for themselves.
Apart from WAO providing a safe shelter for Kelly and her sister, WAO also provides free food and drink, face-to-face counselling, and help and guidance in lodging police reports.
These are all indicative of your basic sociopath, who is a pathological liar and manipulator.
But notice that these girls still believe on some level that the mother "abandoning" the home was the "spark" for his abuse. He's telling them that it's all her fault, and they are still buying this garbage. And given how sicko this daddy is, how do you think he treated the mother? I don't think she freely and willingly walked out the door. I think it is very likely--if she is alive, and that is a big "if"--that she was driven out by death threats and ongoing violence.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/08/21/Child-abuse.aspx
Published: Wednesday August 21, 2013
MYT 10:40:00 AM Updated: Wednesday August 21, 2013 MYT 3:09:40 PM
Child abuse: A victim speaks out
BY VICTORIA BROWN AND MICHELLE TAM
PETALING JAYA: The number of brutal domestic abuse cases reported in the media seems to be on the rise. Most recently a young girl aged just 5 lies in the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital after having been viciously caned.
Tragically some victims die or are permanently damaged as a result of such traumatic abuse. Some manage to survive, leading a healthy successful life despite the scars.
We spoke to a young woman who was previously abused by her father, and she speaks out about her troubled upbringing.
Kelly (not her real name), a fresh graduate with a diploma, said that their hot-tempered father brought her and her younger sister up, after their mother abandoned the family when they were young.
His resentment over her departure may have been the spark that made their lives a living hell.
“We know that he could get very angry over small things, he would yell and say all the bad words as if I did something wrong, but I did not,” said Kelly.
“Last year, he choked my sister in the neck until she couldn’t breathe. That time I wasn’t in the house; I was in college at class.
When I came home, she was crying,” she said. “When I came back home, he was very cool, like nothing happened,” she added.
She said that after that incident she felt afraid to leave her sister at home with her father: “Every time when I leave the house I feel very scared.”
Kelly was also victim to her father’s physical abuse. In January this year, her father beat her with an umbrella after accusing her of not going to the gym.
In a separate incident, her father took a knife out and told her to kill herself in front of her sister.
“We got so scared, we didn’t know what to do. I got so shocked,” said Kelly.
Kelly and her sister tolerated the abuse that started in 2006: “For many years I stayed silent. Most people would have run away by then.”
“Outside the house, he would smile and talk like nothing happened. But in the house he would explode at us,” Kelly added.
On top of the abuse, she said that her father was very paranoid and didn’t like her going out with her friends.
“He would say, ‘Don’t go out with them, stay at home. Clean the house. Cook.’ And I would do that even though I have college, but he would never say ‘Okay, you’re doing this much of work, let’s take a day off,’” she said.
However, her unemployed father would just sit at home drinking alcohol and smoking.
“Every single day he would sit in the house, he hasn’t worked in six months,” she said, adding that her father also liked to pick fights with neighbours and friends.
“After he drinks, one day 15 bottles, he would like to fight. I don’t know what he finds in the fighting, I don’t know what makes him so satisfied,” said Kelly.
“My sister and me tried our best to stop him from smoking and taking alcohol. But he says that it’s good for his health, so we just kept silent,” she adds.
Kelly said because her father was unemployed, her allowance was once cut down to only RM5 per day. “That wasn’t even enough for transport. But I wouldn’t ask my father for more money,” she said. “I started borrowing from my friends. For my books, my equipment, my college, everything I’d borrow from my friends,” Kelly said. Kelly says that her grandparents did not help the situation because they are still supporting her father.
“He’s sitting in the house and doesn’t want to earn money, and my grandmother is giving him money every month,” said Kelly.
“He’s not shy, at fifty-years-old to take his parent’s money. He bought himself a property based on his parent’s money and I told myself that I would show him one day; I will buy myself a property by myself without his parent’s money.” “He even bought himself a 5 series BMW,” she adds. Kelly said that she was very depressed and would confide in her friends about her problems at home. Her friend then suggested that she seek shelter and advice at Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO).
“Without my friend’s help I don’t know what I’d do. I was totally lost; I couldn’t even focus on my studies. When I open my book, I see his face,” she said.
“I thank God for giving me the strength to bring my sister here, if not we would have partially died there. I would have nightmares at night and I couldn’t breathe in the house, it was choking me. The house was just covered in darkness,” adds Kelly.
She said that she kept hoping that her father would change, but he has not.
“He never apologized. He wants me to apologize; he wants me to lay myself down by his foot. He thinks he is a king, like a ruler of the ruler of the world, and he wants everyone to be his slave,” Kelly said. Kelly has been at the WAO refuge centre for quite some time and she hasn’t spoken to her father since.
“I don’t want any woman or girl to go through the same situation I’m going through,” she said.
Kelly says that women should know that they have the power to leave the relationship and that women are capable of “doing more” for themselves.
Apart from WAO providing a safe shelter for Kelly and her sister, WAO also provides free food and drink, face-to-face counselling, and help and guidance in lodging police reports.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Dad pleads no contest to 1st-degree murder in death of 2-year-old daughter (Floyd, Virginia)
Dad EDER GUZMAN-RODRIQUEZ beat the mother into unconsciousness before strangling and punching to the 2-year-old daughter to death.
http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/1979957-12/man-pleads-no-contest-in-daughters-floyd-co.html
Floyd man pleads no contest in daughter's death, saying he believed demon possessed her
Eder Guzman-Rodriguez said he thought a demon had entered his 2-year-old daughter in November 2011, and that was why he punched and choked her to death.
by Melissa Powell | 381-8621 Monday, June 3, 2013
FLOYD — Eder Guzman-Rodriguez told police that his 2-year-old daughter was possessed by a demon, causing him to punch and choke her until she lay lifeless inside the family’s home.
“I didn’t mean to kill the baby,” Guzman-Rodriguez told police shortly after the incident in November 2011. “I didn’t mean to choke her.”
Floyd County Commonwealth’s Attorney Stephanie Shortt read that quote in circuit court Monday after Guzman-Rodriguez pleaded no contest to first-degree murder.
Guzman-Rodriguez, 30, originally from Mexico, was sentenced to 20 years and 11 months for the murder of his daughter, Jocelyn. He was also originally charged with malicious wounding and felony child neglect, but those charges were dropped Monday morning as part of a plea agreement.
According to Shortt’s summary of the evidence, Guzman-Rodriguez told police that Jocelyn had a demon inside of her and that he had attempted to exorcise her of the demon. Jocelyn’s cause of death was manual asphyxiation, Shortt said.
Shortt said that on Nov. 23, 2011, the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office received a call at 9:39 p.m. reporting the death of a child in the 100 block of Lance Drive. The first deputy who arrived saw “several Hispanics holding Bibles” standing on the deck of a mobile home, Shortt said.
Police found Guzman-Rodriguez and his wife, referred to in court as Carmen Nolazco, sitting on a couch in the living room, Shortt said. Nolazco was crying and had visible injuries to her face, head and chest, Shortt said.
Jocelyn was found on a bed in the master bedroom, wrapped in a blanket, according to Shortt. She was blue and had no pulse. The room was in disarray with several Bibles and “other religious literature,” Shortt said.
Guzman-Rodriguez told police that he saw his daughter gesturing to him as if she wanted to fight, Shortt said, and that he punched her “over and over” with his bare hands, Shortt said.
“I know I am the one who hit her,” Shortt said Guzman-Rodriguez told police. “I was the only one there. The demon used my body to kill her.”
Shortt said Nolazco could not have prevented Jocelyn’s death because Guzman-Rodriguez had beaten, kicked and strangled his wife to the point of unconsciousness before he attacked his daughter.
While Shortt was describing Jocelyn’s injuries — which included fractured ribs, abrasions, contusions on a lung and hemorrhages — Nolazco ran out of the courtroom Monday and began loudly sobbing and screaming just outside the courtroom doors.
Shortt requested a recess but came back minutes later and continued her summary of the evidence. Nolazco did not re-enter the courtroom.
Shortt said the plea agreement allows Nolazco to “immediately begin the healing process” and “avoid having to relive in detail the horrible tragedy that altered her life forever.” Guzman-Rodriguez was previously scheduled to have a five-day jury trial in August.
Circuit Court Judge Marcus Long accepted the plea agreement and sentenced Guzman-Rodriguez to life in prison, suspended after he serves 20 years and 11 months. Guzman-Rodriguez will be placed on 25 years of active supervised probation upon his release.
Because he is not a United States citizen, Guzman-Rodriguez will be deported after he serves his sentence, said one of his lawyers, Jonathon Venzie.
Before announcing the sentence, Long asked Guzman-Rodriguez if he wished to make a statement. Through an interpreter, who stood next to him throughout the hearing, Guzman-Rodriguez at first said “no.”
Then he added: “I just want to say to Ms. Stephanie Shortt that I hope God forgives her for all the hurt she caused my wife.”
After the hearing, Venzie said that Shortt had previously gone through the autopsy report with Nolazco, causing her to go “off the deep end.”
Guzman-Rodriguez found that unnecessary, Venzie said.
Nolazco is “on his side. She believes it was the devil,” Venzie said, adding that the two are still married. In Jocelyn’s obituary, published by a Galax funeral home, Nolazco’s full name was listed as Maria dell Carmen Nolazco Garcia.
Venzie said Jocelyn was “cute as a button and loved by everyone.”
“It’s a horrible family tragedy,” Venzie said. “They’re all victims. Poor Carmen was living the dream — she was married, she had a child, a home, and in one second, she lost everything. My heart goes out to Carmen.”
http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/1979957-12/man-pleads-no-contest-in-daughters-floyd-co.html
Floyd man pleads no contest in daughter's death, saying he believed demon possessed her
Eder Guzman-Rodriguez said he thought a demon had entered his 2-year-old daughter in November 2011, and that was why he punched and choked her to death.
by Melissa Powell | 381-8621 Monday, June 3, 2013
FLOYD — Eder Guzman-Rodriguez told police that his 2-year-old daughter was possessed by a demon, causing him to punch and choke her until she lay lifeless inside the family’s home.
“I didn’t mean to kill the baby,” Guzman-Rodriguez told police shortly after the incident in November 2011. “I didn’t mean to choke her.”
Floyd County Commonwealth’s Attorney Stephanie Shortt read that quote in circuit court Monday after Guzman-Rodriguez pleaded no contest to first-degree murder.
Guzman-Rodriguez, 30, originally from Mexico, was sentenced to 20 years and 11 months for the murder of his daughter, Jocelyn. He was also originally charged with malicious wounding and felony child neglect, but those charges were dropped Monday morning as part of a plea agreement.
According to Shortt’s summary of the evidence, Guzman-Rodriguez told police that Jocelyn had a demon inside of her and that he had attempted to exorcise her of the demon. Jocelyn’s cause of death was manual asphyxiation, Shortt said.
Shortt said that on Nov. 23, 2011, the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office received a call at 9:39 p.m. reporting the death of a child in the 100 block of Lance Drive. The first deputy who arrived saw “several Hispanics holding Bibles” standing on the deck of a mobile home, Shortt said.
Police found Guzman-Rodriguez and his wife, referred to in court as Carmen Nolazco, sitting on a couch in the living room, Shortt said. Nolazco was crying and had visible injuries to her face, head and chest, Shortt said.
Jocelyn was found on a bed in the master bedroom, wrapped in a blanket, according to Shortt. She was blue and had no pulse. The room was in disarray with several Bibles and “other religious literature,” Shortt said.
Guzman-Rodriguez told police that he saw his daughter gesturing to him as if she wanted to fight, Shortt said, and that he punched her “over and over” with his bare hands, Shortt said.
“I know I am the one who hit her,” Shortt said Guzman-Rodriguez told police. “I was the only one there. The demon used my body to kill her.”
Shortt said Nolazco could not have prevented Jocelyn’s death because Guzman-Rodriguez had beaten, kicked and strangled his wife to the point of unconsciousness before he attacked his daughter.
While Shortt was describing Jocelyn’s injuries — which included fractured ribs, abrasions, contusions on a lung and hemorrhages — Nolazco ran out of the courtroom Monday and began loudly sobbing and screaming just outside the courtroom doors.
Shortt requested a recess but came back minutes later and continued her summary of the evidence. Nolazco did not re-enter the courtroom.
Shortt said the plea agreement allows Nolazco to “immediately begin the healing process” and “avoid having to relive in detail the horrible tragedy that altered her life forever.” Guzman-Rodriguez was previously scheduled to have a five-day jury trial in August.
Circuit Court Judge Marcus Long accepted the plea agreement and sentenced Guzman-Rodriguez to life in prison, suspended after he serves 20 years and 11 months. Guzman-Rodriguez will be placed on 25 years of active supervised probation upon his release.
Because he is not a United States citizen, Guzman-Rodriguez will be deported after he serves his sentence, said one of his lawyers, Jonathon Venzie.
Before announcing the sentence, Long asked Guzman-Rodriguez if he wished to make a statement. Through an interpreter, who stood next to him throughout the hearing, Guzman-Rodriguez at first said “no.”
Then he added: “I just want to say to Ms. Stephanie Shortt that I hope God forgives her for all the hurt she caused my wife.”
After the hearing, Venzie said that Shortt had previously gone through the autopsy report with Nolazco, causing her to go “off the deep end.”
Guzman-Rodriguez found that unnecessary, Venzie said.
Nolazco is “on his side. She believes it was the devil,” Venzie said, adding that the two are still married. In Jocelyn’s obituary, published by a Galax funeral home, Nolazco’s full name was listed as Maria dell Carmen Nolazco Garcia.
Venzie said Jocelyn was “cute as a button and loved by everyone.”
“It’s a horrible family tragedy,” Venzie said. “They’re all victims. Poor Carmen was living the dream — she was married, she had a child, a home, and in one second, she lost everything. My heart goes out to Carmen.”
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Dad chokes to death 10-month-old son; mom speaks out (Jacksonville, Florida)
As we know, the fathers rights people are always whining about how fathers are so "unfairly deprived" of their kids. More often than not, the scenario is the opposite--just like what we see here. Some unmarried dad who never took an interest in the kid at all. Suddenly, he seems to take an interest and Mom is just overjoyed to have the father "involved" like he's supposed to be. After all, single mothers are continually smeared for how inferior they are in every way, and how they must be nice to the Daddy and "involve" him no matter what.
So what happened here? Just one month after Daddy showed an interest in "getting involved" and babysitting while Mom was at work, the little sh** stuffed an infant wipe down the baby's throat and choked him to death. Then Daddy offed himself before the police bothered to arrest him.
Once again, we see that kids die because daddies are graciously and kindly allowed access, this time by a generous and well-intentioned mom. And this is how her kindness is repaid.
Sperm donors are just that. We need to stop "involving" them when they show no commitment to the mother, the child, or being a family. Mothers should trust their instincts, and the courts should do the same.
No access, no murders.
http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/209057401.html
Mom Of Murdered Baby Speaks Out
Updated: Fri 3:50 PM, May 31, 2013
Autopsy Says 10 Month Old Suffocated With Baby Wipe
The mother of a 10 month baby that died after police say his father choked him to death is now speaking out for the first time to WITN.
Amber Hewitt is the mother of Aidyn Burton of Jacksonville. She says the baby's father, a Camp Lejeune Marine, killed himself days after the child's murder.
Now Hewitt says she wants answers into why police didn't arrest the father before it was too late. "For 23 years I searched for my purpose in this world, so when I held that little boy in my arms I knew what my purpose was, and now I'm trying to find it again," Hewitt told us from her new home in Florida.
Back in February she lived in Jacksonville with her son. The child's father, Corporal Rodney Burton who everyone called "Will" didn't take care of his son until he was 9 months old, according to Hewitt.
One day the mother's sister and brother-in-law were babysiting while she was at work. Burton came over. "I though that he actually was trying to be involved with his son," said Hewitt.
But according to the autopsy, a baby wipe was stuffed in the baby's mouth, suffocating him. After being questioned by police, Burton left Jacksonville and was found at a home in Craven County with a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
Hewitt says she has a lot of unanswered questions and wants to know why police didn't arrest him before he took his own life. "I can't understand why they let him go when all the evidence was pointing towards him, I will never have questions answered. I will never have anything or be able to say my last words to him," said Hewitt. "I'm stuck here to pick up the pieces by myself, I just don't understand why the police didn't do anything."
Jacksonville police wouldn't comment about the investigation, other than the case is closed and that Burton is the man who killed Aidyn. That leaves Hewitt with just pictures and memories of her son, who is now her angel. "Aidyn was my only child--my first child and he was my world"
Previous Story
An autopsy provides new details in the death of a 10 month old and his Marine father several months ago.
Aidyn Burton was found unresponsive February 26th in his Jacksonville home. An autopsy says a responding police officer pulled a tightly compressed paper baby wipe from the child's throat.
The autopsy also says the baby's father, Corporal Rodney Burton, had visited the home earlier that day and he told police he didn't know if the child was alive or not when he was visiting.
The next day Burton was found dead in the driveway of a home in Trent Woods, apparently was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The autopsy says police had tracked his truck by GPS after he texted his girlfriend that he was "sorry for putting you through this."
At the time police said Burton was a person of interest in his son's death, but no charges were ever filed.
The autopsy says the baby died from asphyxia by choking.
So what happened here? Just one month after Daddy showed an interest in "getting involved" and babysitting while Mom was at work, the little sh** stuffed an infant wipe down the baby's throat and choked him to death. Then Daddy offed himself before the police bothered to arrest him.
Once again, we see that kids die because daddies are graciously and kindly allowed access, this time by a generous and well-intentioned mom. And this is how her kindness is repaid.
Sperm donors are just that. We need to stop "involving" them when they show no commitment to the mother, the child, or being a family. Mothers should trust their instincts, and the courts should do the same.
No access, no murders.
http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/209057401.html
Mom Of Murdered Baby Speaks Out
Updated: Fri 3:50 PM, May 31, 2013
Autopsy Says 10 Month Old Suffocated With Baby Wipe
The mother of a 10 month baby that died after police say his father choked him to death is now speaking out for the first time to WITN.
Amber Hewitt is the mother of Aidyn Burton of Jacksonville. She says the baby's father, a Camp Lejeune Marine, killed himself days after the child's murder.
Now Hewitt says she wants answers into why police didn't arrest the father before it was too late. "For 23 years I searched for my purpose in this world, so when I held that little boy in my arms I knew what my purpose was, and now I'm trying to find it again," Hewitt told us from her new home in Florida.
Back in February she lived in Jacksonville with her son. The child's father, Corporal Rodney Burton who everyone called "Will" didn't take care of his son until he was 9 months old, according to Hewitt.
One day the mother's sister and brother-in-law were babysiting while she was at work. Burton came over. "I though that he actually was trying to be involved with his son," said Hewitt.
But according to the autopsy, a baby wipe was stuffed in the baby's mouth, suffocating him. After being questioned by police, Burton left Jacksonville and was found at a home in Craven County with a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
Hewitt says she has a lot of unanswered questions and wants to know why police didn't arrest him before he took his own life. "I can't understand why they let him go when all the evidence was pointing towards him, I will never have questions answered. I will never have anything or be able to say my last words to him," said Hewitt. "I'm stuck here to pick up the pieces by myself, I just don't understand why the police didn't do anything."
Jacksonville police wouldn't comment about the investigation, other than the case is closed and that Burton is the man who killed Aidyn. That leaves Hewitt with just pictures and memories of her son, who is now her angel. "Aidyn was my only child--my first child and he was my world"
Previous Story
An autopsy provides new details in the death of a 10 month old and his Marine father several months ago.
Aidyn Burton was found unresponsive February 26th in his Jacksonville home. An autopsy says a responding police officer pulled a tightly compressed paper baby wipe from the child's throat.
The autopsy also says the baby's father, Corporal Rodney Burton, had visited the home earlier that day and he told police he didn't know if the child was alive or not when he was visiting.
The next day Burton was found dead in the driveway of a home in Trent Woods, apparently was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The autopsy says police had tracked his truck by GPS after he texted his girlfriend that he was "sorry for putting you through this."
At the time police said Burton was a person of interest in his son's death, but no charges were ever filed.
The autopsy says the baby died from asphyxia by choking.
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