We've posted on this case before. True to the Dastardly Dads axiom, lots of backstory is being "forgotten" as this case goes to trial. Namely that TONY MORENO had fought this mother for custody and had a history of domestic violence. And that the judge who denied the mother's restraining order and subsequently set up this murder actually had a name: BARRY C. PINKUS.
Past postings are here.
See the Killer Dads and Custody list for Connecticut.
http://fox61.com/2016/05/17/father-who-allegedly-threw-son-off-bridge-rejects-plea-lawyer-says-jury-wont-convict-him-of-murder/
Father who allegedly threw son off bridge rejects plea; lawyer says jury won’t convict him of murder
Posted 5:47 PM, May 17, 2016, by Samantha Schoenfeld and Laura Roberts, Updated at 12:33pm, May 18, 2016
MIDDLETOWN--The Middletown father who police say threw his son off a bridge has rejected a plea deal offered by prosecutors.
Tony Moreno is accused of killing his 7-month-old son Aaden on July 5, 2015 when he is said to have thrown the child off the Arrigoni Bridge, and then jumped off the bridge himself.
He was charged with murder and murder of a victim under the age of 16 and is being held on a $2 million bond.
Moreno's lawyer, Norm Pattis, met with prosecutors in the judge's chambers on Tuesday to discuss a plea deal, however, negotiations broke down.
Now the case is expected to go to trial in January.
Pattis told FOX 61, "The state wants to settle this case on terms we think are ridiculous. We're confident that a jury will not find Mr. Moreno guilty of murder and we'll take our chances at trial."
Pattis could not tell us the terms of the plea because it could be prejudicial during sentencing, but he called the number "obscenely high."
Tony Moreno in court
Last July, FOX 61 obtained a series of text messages exchanged between Moreno and the baby's mother, Adrianne Oyola, who had a restraining order out against Moreno weeks before the murder, but it was not extended at a hearing days before Aaden's death.
The text messages showed Moreno's mindset in the minutes before the incident.
Pattis said, "The jury will hear from Mr. Moreno about what actually took place on the bridge that night, not what police officers browbeat him into discussing in the wake of his child's death. No one should be subjected to a custodial interview when they watched their child go over a bridge and tumble to their death, yet this is what passes for law enforcement etiquette in Middletown. I'm looking forward to cross-examining those officers."
"We will unpack in studious detail what happened in the interrogation of Tony Moreno and a jury will decide whether what police got him to say is what happened or whether what Mr. Moreno will testify to is what happened," said Pattis.
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Thursday, May 19, 2016
Monday, March 14, 2016
Who gave father with history of assault, DUI, domestic violence who was subject to a restraining order visitation rights with a 7-year-old? (Connecticut)
Who the hell thought that giving a violent criminal like visitation with a 7-year old was a good idea, especially when the mother had a retraining order? Insane. Dad is identified as RODOLFO REVELLO.
http://patch.com/connecticut/trumbull/amber-alert-issued-7-year-old-ct-child-0
Amber Alert Cancelled for Trumbull Child Taken by Father [UPDATE]
Police in Connecticut and New York searched most of Saturday for Ariel Revello, 7, along with his Greenwich father.
Trumbull, CT
By Feroze Dhanoa (Patch National Staff) - March 14, 2016 10:24 am ET
By Rich Scinto, Patch Editor
TRUMBULL, CT- Police searched nearly all day Saturday for a 7-year-old child who was the subject of an Amber Alert after his father, who has a violent criminal history, forcibly took him from his home, according to police. The alert was cancelled around 6:40 p.m. after the child was found safe, however police continue to search for the boy's father.
At a press conference on Saturday, Trumbull Police Chief Michael Lombardo said the department would be devoting all of its resources to safely return Ariel Revello, 7, after his father Rodolfo Revello, 43, violently took the child from his Unity Road home.
According to police, the boy was located in Queens, N.Y. shortly after 5 p.m. when his father called Trumbull Police and said he was leaving the child with a relative. Officers in New York responded to the address and located the boy safe and unharmed.
The investigation remains active and police are seeking to obtain a warrant for the arrest of the father, Rodolfo Revello on multiple charges.
Police extended the search into New York because Rodolfo has a listed residence in Greenwich. New York State Police, Connecticut State Police and the New York Police Department are assisting in the investigation.
Lombardo said there was a possibility the child and his father are in New York but said authorities were not certain about what city or burrough the two could be in.
Police responded to the home on Unity Road around 4:30 a.m. for the report of a domestic incident.
The child’s mother and estranged wife of Revello sustained cuts, bruises and abrasions during the violent incident. Revello obtained a knife from the kitchen, but he was disarmed by his 17-year-old stepson.
The victim jumped out of a bedroom window and hid in the yard. She was taken to a local hospital and has since been released, Lombardo said. No other injuries were reported.
Revello took several thousand dollars worth of cash and jewelry before he left the residence in a 2015 white Ford van with Connecticut registration CO40379.
The victim had a restraining order against Revello that is active until September, said Lt. Leonard Scinto, police spokesman. He has visitation rights with his son. Police have been called to the residence in the past for incidents.
Rodolfo’s criminal history includes convictions for assault, disorderly conduct, violation of conditions of release and two DUIs. He was also convicted in federal court of distributing cocaine.
According to court documents and statements made in federal court, Revello supplied cocaine to members of the Stamford Chapter of the Latin Kings, who then sold the drugs to their own customers.
He was arrested in 2011. He was sentenced to five years of prison in 2012 followed by four years of supervised release.
Federal records show he was released on September 16, 2014.
Police ask anyone with any information to either contact Trumbull Police at 203-261-3665 or 911.
http://patch.com/connecticut/trumbull/amber-alert-issued-7-year-old-ct-child-0
Amber Alert Cancelled for Trumbull Child Taken by Father [UPDATE]
Police in Connecticut and New York searched most of Saturday for Ariel Revello, 7, along with his Greenwich father.
Trumbull, CT
By Feroze Dhanoa (Patch National Staff) - March 14, 2016 10:24 am ET
By Rich Scinto, Patch Editor
TRUMBULL, CT- Police searched nearly all day Saturday for a 7-year-old child who was the subject of an Amber Alert after his father, who has a violent criminal history, forcibly took him from his home, according to police. The alert was cancelled around 6:40 p.m. after the child was found safe, however police continue to search for the boy's father.
At a press conference on Saturday, Trumbull Police Chief Michael Lombardo said the department would be devoting all of its resources to safely return Ariel Revello, 7, after his father Rodolfo Revello, 43, violently took the child from his Unity Road home.
According to police, the boy was located in Queens, N.Y. shortly after 5 p.m. when his father called Trumbull Police and said he was leaving the child with a relative. Officers in New York responded to the address and located the boy safe and unharmed.
The investigation remains active and police are seeking to obtain a warrant for the arrest of the father, Rodolfo Revello on multiple charges.
Police extended the search into New York because Rodolfo has a listed residence in Greenwich. New York State Police, Connecticut State Police and the New York Police Department are assisting in the investigation.
Lombardo said there was a possibility the child and his father are in New York but said authorities were not certain about what city or burrough the two could be in.
Police responded to the home on Unity Road around 4:30 a.m. for the report of a domestic incident.
The child’s mother and estranged wife of Revello sustained cuts, bruises and abrasions during the violent incident. Revello obtained a knife from the kitchen, but he was disarmed by his 17-year-old stepson.
The victim jumped out of a bedroom window and hid in the yard. She was taken to a local hospital and has since been released, Lombardo said. No other injuries were reported.
Revello took several thousand dollars worth of cash and jewelry before he left the residence in a 2015 white Ford van with Connecticut registration CO40379.
The victim had a restraining order against Revello that is active until September, said Lt. Leonard Scinto, police spokesman. He has visitation rights with his son. Police have been called to the residence in the past for incidents.
Rodolfo’s criminal history includes convictions for assault, disorderly conduct, violation of conditions of release and two DUIs. He was also convicted in federal court of distributing cocaine.
According to court documents and statements made in federal court, Revello supplied cocaine to members of the Stamford Chapter of the Latin Kings, who then sold the drugs to their own customers.
He was arrested in 2011. He was sentenced to five years of prison in 2012 followed by four years of supervised release.
Federal records show he was released on September 16, 2014.
Police ask anyone with any information to either contact Trumbull Police at 203-261-3665 or 911.
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Dad gets probation--despite destruction of property, violating protection order after abusing son (Laramie, Wyoming)
Typical of how men's crimes against women and children are not taken seriously. Had he behaved like this towards a male employer, you wouldn't see this indulgence.
Dad is identified as JOSHUA S. BAKER.
http://wyomingnews.com/articles/2015/09/25/news/20local_09-25-15.txt#.Vgizk5cYMQs
Joshua Baker gets probation for child abuse
CHEYENNE - Despite being arrested for property destruction and violating a protection order while out on bond in a child abuse case, Joshua S. Baker has been given a chance at probation.
Laramie County District Judge Catherine Rogers told Baker during his sentencing hearing Thursday that his conduct on bond was completely unacceptable, and his lack of appreciation for court orders "has to stop."
If it doesn't, she cautioned, she'll send him to prison where he won't have a choice or a voice.
For three counts of child abuse, Rogers sentenced Baker to five years of probation with an underlying prison term of three to five years and ordered him to complete the Intensive Supervision Program.
The judge said she believes Baker can build and provide a stable, secure future for his children, and prison won't accomplish that or make him a better, less-violent person and father.
Baker, 25, was charged in early April with one count of physical child abuse for injuring a young boy. He also was charged with two counts of mental child abuse for injuring the boy and his younger sister.
When he admitted to the crimes in late May, he said he became upset with the boy after sending him upstairs to use the bathroom and later finding feces going from the stairs to the bathroom.
Baker's leg shackles jingled as he walked to the podium and stood before the judge dressed in nice jeans, a tan suit coat, a blue checkered button-down shirt and a tie.
He's been in jail for more than 50 days since violating a protection order in August.
"I've done things over the past few months that I regret," he told the judge, getting emotional when saying the time he's spent in jail is time he'll never get back. "I just want an opportunity to salvage what I still have left in my life."
Baker's boss, a tearful longtime friend and a family friend all spoke on his behalf, calling him a good, selfless person and saying his recent actions are uncharacteristic.
His attorney, Christopher Humphrey, said the contact that resulted in the protection order violation charge was consensual, but that didn't make it any less wrong.
Baker learned in jail that he is not meant for incarceration and will do everything in his power to not be in that position again, Humphrey stressed.
"He just wants to be a citizen in this community who is a good father," he said.
The District Attorney's Victim/Witness Services coordinator, Mellissa Walls, read a letter in court written by the children's mother.
"I feel like I have failed my children by not being strong enough to leave," she wrote, saying she felt scared and powerless and focused on mending her relationship. "I put my love and trust in the wrong person."
Laramie County District Attorney Jeremiah Sandburg told the judge he wouldn't completely back out of the plea agreement in light of the bond violation, though he could.
He said the prosecutor who initially worked the case contemplated giving Baker first-offender treatment because of his immediate cooperation, which would have allowed him the possibility of keeping a felony conviction off his record if he completed probation.
After Baker violated his bond in April by being arrested for property destruction and trespassing, the prosecution entered into a plea agreement that suggested the suspended prison term that Rogers accepted.
Sandburg continued, saying he thinks Baker is in a downward spiral and something needs to be done to cut it off.
Rogers hopes that "something" will be the Intensive Supervision Program.
She told Baker she immediately was struck when reviewing his file by how "pretty full of (himself)" he seemed.
She said Baker didn't graduate high school but managed to land a high-paying job , making significantly more than many attorneys in this community.
"You were at the top of the mountain looking down," the judge told him, adding that Baker was 24 going on 25 and had the world in the palm of his hand.
While the time Baker spent in jail was minor compared to many other defendants, Rogers said she hopes and believes it has motivated him to grow up, recognize his obligations to his kids and family and get his anger and impulse issues under control.
Her last warning to Baker was that while he doesn't seem used to people telling him what to do, "it's coming" in the form of intensive supervision.
"I understand," he responded softly.
Dad is identified as JOSHUA S. BAKER.
http://wyomingnews.com/articles/2015/09/25/news/20local_09-25-15.txt#.Vgizk5cYMQs
Joshua Baker gets probation for child abuse
CHEYENNE - Despite being arrested for property destruction and violating a protection order while out on bond in a child abuse case, Joshua S. Baker has been given a chance at probation.
Laramie County District Judge Catherine Rogers told Baker during his sentencing hearing Thursday that his conduct on bond was completely unacceptable, and his lack of appreciation for court orders "has to stop."
If it doesn't, she cautioned, she'll send him to prison where he won't have a choice or a voice.
For three counts of child abuse, Rogers sentenced Baker to five years of probation with an underlying prison term of three to five years and ordered him to complete the Intensive Supervision Program.
The judge said she believes Baker can build and provide a stable, secure future for his children, and prison won't accomplish that or make him a better, less-violent person and father.
Baker, 25, was charged in early April with one count of physical child abuse for injuring a young boy. He also was charged with two counts of mental child abuse for injuring the boy and his younger sister.
When he admitted to the crimes in late May, he said he became upset with the boy after sending him upstairs to use the bathroom and later finding feces going from the stairs to the bathroom.
Baker's leg shackles jingled as he walked to the podium and stood before the judge dressed in nice jeans, a tan suit coat, a blue checkered button-down shirt and a tie.
He's been in jail for more than 50 days since violating a protection order in August.
"I've done things over the past few months that I regret," he told the judge, getting emotional when saying the time he's spent in jail is time he'll never get back. "I just want an opportunity to salvage what I still have left in my life."
Baker's boss, a tearful longtime friend and a family friend all spoke on his behalf, calling him a good, selfless person and saying his recent actions are uncharacteristic.
His attorney, Christopher Humphrey, said the contact that resulted in the protection order violation charge was consensual, but that didn't make it any less wrong.
Baker learned in jail that he is not meant for incarceration and will do everything in his power to not be in that position again, Humphrey stressed.
"He just wants to be a citizen in this community who is a good father," he said.
The District Attorney's Victim/Witness Services coordinator, Mellissa Walls, read a letter in court written by the children's mother.
"I feel like I have failed my children by not being strong enough to leave," she wrote, saying she felt scared and powerless and focused on mending her relationship. "I put my love and trust in the wrong person."
Laramie County District Attorney Jeremiah Sandburg told the judge he wouldn't completely back out of the plea agreement in light of the bond violation, though he could.
He said the prosecutor who initially worked the case contemplated giving Baker first-offender treatment because of his immediate cooperation, which would have allowed him the possibility of keeping a felony conviction off his record if he completed probation.
After Baker violated his bond in April by being arrested for property destruction and trespassing, the prosecution entered into a plea agreement that suggested the suspended prison term that Rogers accepted.
Sandburg continued, saying he thinks Baker is in a downward spiral and something needs to be done to cut it off.
Rogers hopes that "something" will be the Intensive Supervision Program.
She told Baker she immediately was struck when reviewing his file by how "pretty full of (himself)" he seemed.
She said Baker didn't graduate high school but managed to land a high-paying job , making significantly more than many attorneys in this community.
"You were at the top of the mountain looking down," the judge told him, adding that Baker was 24 going on 25 and had the world in the palm of his hand.
While the time Baker spent in jail was minor compared to many other defendants, Rogers said she hopes and believes it has motivated him to grow up, recognize his obligations to his kids and family and get his anger and impulse issues under control.
Her last warning to Baker was that while he doesn't seem used to people telling him what to do, "it's coming" in the form of intensive supervision.
"I understand," he responded softly.
Dad with history of DV facing 1st-degree murder charge in drowning death of 3-year-old daughter; attempted murder for 5- and 7-year olds (Durham, North Carolina)
Dad is identified as ALAN LASSITER.
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/5929467-father-accused-of-trying-to-drown-kids-facing-murder-charge-after-child-dies/
Sep 24, 2015
Father accused of trying to drown kids facing murder charge after child dies
DURHAM COUNTY JAIL, NYT
Alan Lassiter, who called 911 and said he had tried to drown his daughters, has been charged after one of the children died
Hamilton Spectator
By Emery P. Dalesio
DURHAM, N.C. A North Carolina man accused of trying to drown his children in a pond at an apartment complex is facing a first-degree murder charge after his 3-year-old daughter died, police said Thursday.
Durham Police spokeswoman Kammie Michael said Alan Tysheen Lassiter is now charged with first-degree murder in the death of 3-year-old Calista Lassiter, who died at a hospital Wednesday.
It was three days ago that, according to police, Alan Lassiter tried to drown the girl and her sister in a pond at an apartment complex. Michael said the child was entirely underwater when an off-duty sheriff's deputy pulled her from the pond Sunday night.
Prior to the girl's death, the elder Lassiter was charged with three counts of attempted murder for trying to kill the three children. The 5-year-old who was floating in the pond crying has been released from the hospital, police said. The 7-year-old boy got away from his father and ran for help, they said.
Lassiter is jailed on $2 million bond and is awaiting a court hearing next month.
On Sunday night, Lassiter flagged down passers-by at the Audubon Lake apartments and told them he thought his son had been kidnapped and needed help finding him, apartment complex manager Sylvia Scott said Tuesday.
It wasn't until later that Lassiter told Scott and a 911 operator that he'd thrown his 3- and 5-year-old daughters in the pond, Scott said. The girls were pulled from about 5 feet of water by Durham County Sheriff's Deputy David Earp, who lives nearby.
Lassiter, 29, lived in Raleigh and apparently wound up at the apartment complex randomly, according to Durham Police Chief Jose Lopez.
Court records show Lassiter and his wife had a rocky start to their marriage six years ago.
Ashley Ivey sought a domestic violence protection order and signed a statement May 15, 2009, that said Lassiter "threatened to throw hot oil in my face and cut my hair off."
"He also threatened to take my son from me for a long time," the statement said. "All this started because I didn't want to marry him."
Ivey added that "things of this nature" had also happened previously.
Ivey voluntarily dismissed her complaint four days later.
Less than two weeks after that, Ivey and Lassiter were married.
The Associated Press
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/5929467-father-accused-of-trying-to-drown-kids-facing-murder-charge-after-child-dies/
Sep 24, 2015
Father accused of trying to drown kids facing murder charge after child dies
DURHAM COUNTY JAIL, NYT
Alan Lassiter, who called 911 and said he had tried to drown his daughters, has been charged after one of the children died
Hamilton Spectator
By Emery P. Dalesio
DURHAM, N.C. A North Carolina man accused of trying to drown his children in a pond at an apartment complex is facing a first-degree murder charge after his 3-year-old daughter died, police said Thursday.
Durham Police spokeswoman Kammie Michael said Alan Tysheen Lassiter is now charged with first-degree murder in the death of 3-year-old Calista Lassiter, who died at a hospital Wednesday.
It was three days ago that, according to police, Alan Lassiter tried to drown the girl and her sister in a pond at an apartment complex. Michael said the child was entirely underwater when an off-duty sheriff's deputy pulled her from the pond Sunday night.
Prior to the girl's death, the elder Lassiter was charged with three counts of attempted murder for trying to kill the three children. The 5-year-old who was floating in the pond crying has been released from the hospital, police said. The 7-year-old boy got away from his father and ran for help, they said.
Lassiter is jailed on $2 million bond and is awaiting a court hearing next month.
On Sunday night, Lassiter flagged down passers-by at the Audubon Lake apartments and told them he thought his son had been kidnapped and needed help finding him, apartment complex manager Sylvia Scott said Tuesday.
It wasn't until later that Lassiter told Scott and a 911 operator that he'd thrown his 3- and 5-year-old daughters in the pond, Scott said. The girls were pulled from about 5 feet of water by Durham County Sheriff's Deputy David Earp, who lives nearby.
Lassiter, 29, lived in Raleigh and apparently wound up at the apartment complex randomly, according to Durham Police Chief Jose Lopez.
Court records show Lassiter and his wife had a rocky start to their marriage six years ago.
Ashley Ivey sought a domestic violence protection order and signed a statement May 15, 2009, that said Lassiter "threatened to throw hot oil in my face and cut my hair off."
"He also threatened to take my son from me for a long time," the statement said. "All this started because I didn't want to marry him."
Ivey added that "things of this nature" had also happened previously.
Ivey voluntarily dismissed her complaint four days later.
Less than two weeks after that, Ivey and Lassiter were married.
The Associated Press
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Custodial dad stripped mom of custody by manipulating the legal system, then killed the 2-year-old son (Stockton, California)
Update to the killer dad and custody list. Though not so much of an update as additional background as this article predates the 2-year-old son's death.
This is one of the more astonishing examples I have ever seen of domestic abuse by proxy. Domestic abuse by proxy is the process by which adept abusers manipulate the police, CPS, the courts, and others in authority to harass, threaten, and abuse the victim FOR THEM.
And after all that he did to Mom in order to gain control over their two-year-old son, what did dad TUSHAMBI EVANS JR. do? He beat him to death.
And still it doesn't end, as the mom no longer has custody of her other kids.
But it gets worse. Turns out Dad was acquitted all charges in November 2013. They figured the kid beat himself to death or something? Sickening but not altogether surprising given the power this father has somehow amassed for himself.
http://archive.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=186480
Abused toddler's mom: No one followed up police reports
10:27 PM, Mar 26, 2012
STOCKTON, CA - Jamela Evans and her husband, Tushambi Evans, were known to police in Richmond, Vallejo and Stockton for consistently filing police reports against each other.
On Friday, their 2-year-old son, Tushambi Evans Jr, arrived at Oakland Children's Hospital in critical condition and his father was booked in San Joaquin County Jail for severely beating him.
Jamela Evans said on Saturday that she had warned Richmond police last year that her husband was abusing their child.
"I'm hurting on the inside, because I told police that he was abusing the baby. No one would listen to me," Jamela Evans said.
Richmond Police Supervisor of Investigations, Sgt. Louie Tirona, confirmed the department has an extensive reporting history with the Evans family.
Tirona couldn't release details, but said the couple accused each other of various crimes, but not for child abuse. The reports go as far back as 2009. Tirona said the only arrest was for Jamela Evans in May 2011 for violating a child custody order.
"I got arrested," said Jamela Evans. "[Tushambi] told them I kidnapped the baby when he dropped the baby off to visit. And when he came back I was gone."
In fact, Jamela Evans said she doesn't have any custody rights to her son and Tushambi Evans received a restraining order against her. She claimed her husband secretly filed court orders against her while they were still living together in both Richmond and Vallejo.
"He was going to court on me the whole time without my knowledge and telling the judge that he couldn't find me," Jamela Evans said. "He falsified paperwork stating that his mother served me proof of service at my grandmother's house in Richmond, but while we were living in Vallejo."
Contra Costa County Superior Court could not comment on this specific case, but said family members are allowed to serve court notices. The court said if Jamela Evans never received the court documents, then she needs to retain a lawyer and contest the rulings.
In Vallejo, where the Evans lived together for some time, the Vallejo Police Department said it had one record from Solano County Child Protective Services investigating Jamela Evans.
The report said an anonymous caller told CPS that Jamela Evans was abusing her older child on Jan. 17, 2011. CPS investigated, but did not find any evidence of child abuse and wrote that the caller's accusations were unfounded.
Jamela Evans said after her arrest in May 2011 she moved to Stockton alone and visited her husband and baby often.
On Thursday afternoon, she called Stockton police to report domestic and child abuse when Tushambi Evans was in her home. However, she said she was too afraid to follow through with the report.
"I never opened the door for the officer," Jamela Evans said. "I was afraid to open the door. He kept asking me, 'Why is the police officer here? What do he want?' I told him 'I don't know.'"
When the officer left, Jamela Evans said her husband started beating her. She escaped to a neighbor's house, but Tushambi Evans took off with her car and her son.
The next day, Tushambi Evans Jr. showed up barely alive at Oakland Children's Hospital and his father was arrested for felony child abuse and domestic abuse.
San Joaquin County Child Protective Services now has custody of Jamela Evans' other children.
Jamela Evans said she is pregnant with Tushambi Evans' second child.
This is one of the more astonishing examples I have ever seen of domestic abuse by proxy. Domestic abuse by proxy is the process by which adept abusers manipulate the police, CPS, the courts, and others in authority to harass, threaten, and abuse the victim FOR THEM.
And after all that he did to Mom in order to gain control over their two-year-old son, what did dad TUSHAMBI EVANS JR. do? He beat him to death.
And still it doesn't end, as the mom no longer has custody of her other kids.
But it gets worse. Turns out Dad was acquitted all charges in November 2013. They figured the kid beat himself to death or something? Sickening but not altogether surprising given the power this father has somehow amassed for himself.
http://archive.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=186480
Abused toddler's mom: No one followed up police reports
10:27 PM, Mar 26, 2012
STOCKTON, CA - Jamela Evans and her husband, Tushambi Evans, were known to police in Richmond, Vallejo and Stockton for consistently filing police reports against each other.
On Friday, their 2-year-old son, Tushambi Evans Jr, arrived at Oakland Children's Hospital in critical condition and his father was booked in San Joaquin County Jail for severely beating him.
Jamela Evans said on Saturday that she had warned Richmond police last year that her husband was abusing their child.
"I'm hurting on the inside, because I told police that he was abusing the baby. No one would listen to me," Jamela Evans said.
Richmond Police Supervisor of Investigations, Sgt. Louie Tirona, confirmed the department has an extensive reporting history with the Evans family.
Tirona couldn't release details, but said the couple accused each other of various crimes, but not for child abuse. The reports go as far back as 2009. Tirona said the only arrest was for Jamela Evans in May 2011 for violating a child custody order.
"I got arrested," said Jamela Evans. "[Tushambi] told them I kidnapped the baby when he dropped the baby off to visit. And when he came back I was gone."
In fact, Jamela Evans said she doesn't have any custody rights to her son and Tushambi Evans received a restraining order against her. She claimed her husband secretly filed court orders against her while they were still living together in both Richmond and Vallejo.
"He was going to court on me the whole time without my knowledge and telling the judge that he couldn't find me," Jamela Evans said. "He falsified paperwork stating that his mother served me proof of service at my grandmother's house in Richmond, but while we were living in Vallejo."
Contra Costa County Superior Court could not comment on this specific case, but said family members are allowed to serve court notices. The court said if Jamela Evans never received the court documents, then she needs to retain a lawyer and contest the rulings.
In Vallejo, where the Evans lived together for some time, the Vallejo Police Department said it had one record from Solano County Child Protective Services investigating Jamela Evans.
The report said an anonymous caller told CPS that Jamela Evans was abusing her older child on Jan. 17, 2011. CPS investigated, but did not find any evidence of child abuse and wrote that the caller's accusations were unfounded.
Jamela Evans said after her arrest in May 2011 she moved to Stockton alone and visited her husband and baby often.
On Thursday afternoon, she called Stockton police to report domestic and child abuse when Tushambi Evans was in her home. However, she said she was too afraid to follow through with the report.
"I never opened the door for the officer," Jamela Evans said. "I was afraid to open the door. He kept asking me, 'Why is the police officer here? What do he want?' I told him 'I don't know.'"
When the officer left, Jamela Evans said her husband started beating her. She escaped to a neighbor's house, but Tushambi Evans took off with her car and her son.
The next day, Tushambi Evans Jr. showed up barely alive at Oakland Children's Hospital and his father was arrested for felony child abuse and domestic abuse.
San Joaquin County Child Protective Services now has custody of Jamela Evans' other children.
Jamela Evans said she is pregnant with Tushambi Evans' second child.
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Dad who stabbed to death his 3-month-old son, baby's mother during Father's Day visitation convicted of two counts of 1st-degree murder, sentenced to life in prison without parole (Waterfvliet, New York)
Update to the killer dads and custody list.
Another lesson in why fathers with extensive histories of domestic violence need to be locked up, and not offered any access to the children, especially infants. During his Father's Day visitation (which was granted despite Mom's order of protection), dad BRIAN ASHLINE attempted to abduct the baby. In the "fight" that followed, dad stabbed both the baby and the mother to death. That is violent coercive control in action. Thank goodness this monster has been put away for life. But it's too bad he wasn't kept away from the victims long before it came to this.
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Slayings-bring-life-without-parole-2417491.php#photo-1956539
Slayings bring life without parole
Watervliet man stabbed to death his ex-girlfriend and their infant son
By CAROL DEMARE, Staff writer
Updated 8:42 pm, Wednesday, December 21, 2011
The Watervliet man who stabbed to death his ex-girlfriend and their infant son during a Father's Day visit to their western New York home was sentenced Wednesday to life without the possibility of parole for his conviction on two counts of first-degree murder.
Bryan Ashline, 25, a Watervliet High school basketball standout, made no comment to Steuben County Judge Joseph W. Latham during his morning sentencing. He was convicted by a jury on Nov. 2 following a 10-day trial.
"I was not surprised he got life without parole on both counts of first-degree murder," Steuben County District Attorney John C. Tunney said later in the day. "It's a nice one to have behind me" he said of the case.
Ashline acknowledged during the trial that he killed Trieste Clayton, 25, and their son, Xavier, 3 months, on June 20, 2010, but maintained he was overcome by "extreme emotional disturbance," a psychiatric defense allowed in New York that, if successful, would have resulted in a conviction on a lesser charge of manslaughter. The jury discounted it and convicted him after less than three hours of deliberations.
On two counts of second-degree murder for which he also was convicted, Ashline received sentences of 25 years to life, all to run concurrently with the first-degree murder sentence, Tunney said. Ashline also was convicted of aggravated criminal contempt and criminal possession of a weapon.
"The bottom line is he is going to spend the rest of his life in prison," he said. "He's in forever."
Tunney, who prosecuted the case, said Ashline's attorney, Assistant Public Defendant Thomas Stahr, asked the judge for a sentence that would give his client some hope that he might be paroled someday.
Tunney told the court, "The only appropriate sentence that would adequately respond to what he did and protect the community was life without parole."
Cynthia Watson, Clayton's mother, gave a victim's statement in court. She was "emotional but composed," Tunney said, as she told the court her daughter was her best friend.
Ashline robbed Watson of her daughter, her best friend and her grandson, Tunney said.
Ashline's mother and at least one sister was in the courtroom for sentencing, the DA said.
He had been held without bail since his arrest by troopers around 5 a.m. June 21, 2010, as he slept in his car at a Unadilla, Otsego County, rest area on Interstate 88. He left the murder scene at the home of his former girlfriend in Bath a few hours earlier.
The 2010 Chevrolet Impala he had borrowed to drive from his Watervliet home to Bath was tracked by the car's OnStar vehicle security system.
Ashline testified at trial that he was holding the baby and intended to run out with the child, but, in an attempt to stop him, Clayton grabbed a paring knife, Tunney had said.
In the confrontation, Ashline testified he dropped the infant and that was so upsetting to him, he killed both the mother and child, Tunney said. Testimony showed he used a butcher knife from the kitchen to stab Clayton 13 times in the back and the infant three times in the chest and abdomen.
The couple met in the Capital Region in 2008. Clayton, a 2006 graduate of Alfred University with a psychology degree, relocated to the area from her small community in the Finger Lakes region.
In August 2009, Clayton obtained an order of protection against Ashline, her live-in boyfriend, because he was drunk and beat her, angry that she was pregnant. The next day, Clayton's family returned her from Watervliet to Bath. Clayton agreed to let Ashline see his son on Father's Day.
Another lesson in why fathers with extensive histories of domestic violence need to be locked up, and not offered any access to the children, especially infants. During his Father's Day visitation (which was granted despite Mom's order of protection), dad BRIAN ASHLINE attempted to abduct the baby. In the "fight" that followed, dad stabbed both the baby and the mother to death. That is violent coercive control in action. Thank goodness this monster has been put away for life. But it's too bad he wasn't kept away from the victims long before it came to this.
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Slayings-bring-life-without-parole-2417491.php#photo-1956539
Slayings bring life without parole
Watervliet man stabbed to death his ex-girlfriend and their infant son
By CAROL DEMARE, Staff writer
Updated 8:42 pm, Wednesday, December 21, 2011
The Watervliet man who stabbed to death his ex-girlfriend and their infant son during a Father's Day visit to their western New York home was sentenced Wednesday to life without the possibility of parole for his conviction on two counts of first-degree murder.
Bryan Ashline, 25, a Watervliet High school basketball standout, made no comment to Steuben County Judge Joseph W. Latham during his morning sentencing. He was convicted by a jury on Nov. 2 following a 10-day trial.
"I was not surprised he got life without parole on both counts of first-degree murder," Steuben County District Attorney John C. Tunney said later in the day. "It's a nice one to have behind me" he said of the case.
Ashline acknowledged during the trial that he killed Trieste Clayton, 25, and their son, Xavier, 3 months, on June 20, 2010, but maintained he was overcome by "extreme emotional disturbance," a psychiatric defense allowed in New York that, if successful, would have resulted in a conviction on a lesser charge of manslaughter. The jury discounted it and convicted him after less than three hours of deliberations.
On two counts of second-degree murder for which he also was convicted, Ashline received sentences of 25 years to life, all to run concurrently with the first-degree murder sentence, Tunney said. Ashline also was convicted of aggravated criminal contempt and criminal possession of a weapon.
"The bottom line is he is going to spend the rest of his life in prison," he said. "He's in forever."
Tunney, who prosecuted the case, said Ashline's attorney, Assistant Public Defendant Thomas Stahr, asked the judge for a sentence that would give his client some hope that he might be paroled someday.
Tunney told the court, "The only appropriate sentence that would adequately respond to what he did and protect the community was life without parole."
Cynthia Watson, Clayton's mother, gave a victim's statement in court. She was "emotional but composed," Tunney said, as she told the court her daughter was her best friend.
Ashline robbed Watson of her daughter, her best friend and her grandson, Tunney said.
Ashline's mother and at least one sister was in the courtroom for sentencing, the DA said.
He had been held without bail since his arrest by troopers around 5 a.m. June 21, 2010, as he slept in his car at a Unadilla, Otsego County, rest area on Interstate 88. He left the murder scene at the home of his former girlfriend in Bath a few hours earlier.
The 2010 Chevrolet Impala he had borrowed to drive from his Watervliet home to Bath was tracked by the car's OnStar vehicle security system.
Ashline testified at trial that he was holding the baby and intended to run out with the child, but, in an attempt to stop him, Clayton grabbed a paring knife, Tunney had said.
In the confrontation, Ashline testified he dropped the infant and that was so upsetting to him, he killed both the mother and child, Tunney said. Testimony showed he used a butcher knife from the kitchen to stab Clayton 13 times in the back and the infant three times in the chest and abdomen.
The couple met in the Capital Region in 2008. Clayton, a 2006 graduate of Alfred University with a psychology degree, relocated to the area from her small community in the Finger Lakes region.
In August 2009, Clayton obtained an order of protection against Ashline, her live-in boyfriend, because he was drunk and beat her, angry that she was pregnant. The next day, Clayton's family returned her from Watervliet to Bath. Clayton agreed to let Ashline see his son on Father's Day.
Monday, October 27, 2014
Dad with numberous domestic assault convictions charged with 2nd-degree murder in beating death of 2-month-old son (Deer River, Minnesota)
And nobody saw this coming? With this thug's history of violence, it was virtually a sure thing this would happen if you put him in charge of infant caretaking.
Was there a mother in the home? Or was this a custody/visitation situation? They don't say.
Dad is identified as EMERY J. JENKINS.
http://www.startribune.com/local/280451252.html
Minn. father with many convictions jailed in baby's beating death; bite marks found
Article by: PAUL WALSH , Star Tribune
Updated: October 26, 2014 - 6:00 PM
Joseph, not yet 3 months old, suffered a skull fracture, broken ribs and what appeared to be cuts or bites to his chest, hands and feet.
A man in northern Minnesota with a long criminal history of violent behavior is accused of second-degree murder in the beating death of his son, not yet 3 months old.
Emery J. Jenkins, of Deer River, remains jailed Sunday in the Itasca County jail ahead of a court appearance Monday, his 38th birthday, to answer allegations that he killed his son, Joseph, on Oct. 16.
According to the Sheriff’s Office and the criminal complaint:
Early on the afternoon of Oct. 16, a caller to 911 said the infant was in the family’s home and not breathing. Emergency personal responded and performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on Joseph before he was taken to a Deer River hospital and then airlifted to St. Marys Hospital in Duluth.
The 2 1/2-month old baby died the next day from what the medical examiner described as “blunt force trauma,” more commonly known as blows from a beating. Joseph suffered a skull fracture, broken ribs and what appeared to be cuts or bites to his chest, hands and feet.
Jenkins was arrested Thursday afternoon and told authorities he dropped Joseph on his head in a bathtub and that a neighbor’s dog had bitten the boy while the infant was in a car seat.
Court records show numerous acts of domestic-related violence in Minnesota from 1995 to 2010. He’s been convicted three times for domestic assault, once for violating a protection order, twice for other assaults, three times for disorderly conduct and once for drunken driving.
Was there a mother in the home? Or was this a custody/visitation situation? They don't say.
Dad is identified as EMERY J. JENKINS.
http://www.startribune.com/local/280451252.html
Minn. father with many convictions jailed in baby's beating death; bite marks found
Article by: PAUL WALSH , Star Tribune
Updated: October 26, 2014 - 6:00 PM
Joseph, not yet 3 months old, suffered a skull fracture, broken ribs and what appeared to be cuts or bites to his chest, hands and feet.
A man in northern Minnesota with a long criminal history of violent behavior is accused of second-degree murder in the beating death of his son, not yet 3 months old.
Emery J. Jenkins, of Deer River, remains jailed Sunday in the Itasca County jail ahead of a court appearance Monday, his 38th birthday, to answer allegations that he killed his son, Joseph, on Oct. 16.
According to the Sheriff’s Office and the criminal complaint:
Early on the afternoon of Oct. 16, a caller to 911 said the infant was in the family’s home and not breathing. Emergency personal responded and performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on Joseph before he was taken to a Deer River hospital and then airlifted to St. Marys Hospital in Duluth.
The 2 1/2-month old baby died the next day from what the medical examiner described as “blunt force trauma,” more commonly known as blows from a beating. Joseph suffered a skull fracture, broken ribs and what appeared to be cuts or bites to his chest, hands and feet.
Jenkins was arrested Thursday afternoon and told authorities he dropped Joseph on his head in a bathtub and that a neighbor’s dog had bitten the boy while the infant was in a car seat.
Court records show numerous acts of domestic-related violence in Minnesota from 1995 to 2010. He’s been convicted three times for domestic assault, once for violating a protection order, twice for other assaults, three times for disorderly conduct and once for drunken driving.
Friday, October 17, 2014
Dad charged with violating mom's order of protection, being investigated for fracturing skull of 10-week-old daughter (Rome, New York)
It's very common--routine really--for men who batter their partners to start battering the baby. Dad is identified as NICHOLAS LUSBY.
http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=1110738#.VEHbvdEtAZ4
Father of 10 week old Rome baby gives statement to police
by Sarahbeth Ackerman
Posted: 10.16.2014 at 6:52 PM
ROME -- We're learning new information about the 10 week old Rome baby seriously hurt.
According to an online fundraiser, little Lilyana Marie White is the victim of shaken baby syndrome. Right now, she's hospitalized for a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain.
Police continue to investigate. At this point, no one has been charged with hurting her. But, police did arrest the child's father, 22-year-old Nicholas Lusby for violating an order of protection against Lilyana's mother, among other unrelated charges. They say something about his story about what happened to the baby, just doesn't add up.
CNY Central obtained the court papers, which included Lusby's statement to police. Lusby told police he was walking in his living room trying to avoid stepping on his cat when he accidentally stepped onto the baby's rocking sleeper, which then caused their 10 week old baby to rock forward and hit her head. According to Lusby, Lily was not strapped into the sleeper. But, he can't recall which side of her head she hit.
"In New York state, the medical field are mandated reporters, they pick up the phone, they call the hotline and report it. And, the case is now being investigated by the Rome Police Department in conjunction with the Child Advocacy Center and Child Protective Services," says Chief Deputy, Dean Obernesser of Oneida County Sheriff's Department.
Meanwhile, the police arrested Lusby on unrelated charges, saying he violated an order of protection to stay away from the child's mother, Caitlin White.
Based on the information in the court papers, White told police that there has been an order of protection against Lusby since July of 2013 because of other unrelated incidents.
Court papers on file show White telling police, "He shoved me before and also caused me to have a nose bleed. I have never seen him do anything mean to the children."
"It's difficult in these cases because your faced with an infant child who can't talk, so they can't tell you what happened. So, you have to try and determine what happened without their assistance. You don't have witnesses. You only have the statement the caregiver gave you. So, they're difficult cases to investigate," says Obernesser.
Right now, police are still investigating the case. They have not charged Lusby with injuring the baby girl, just with violation the order of protection.
http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=1110738#.VEHbvdEtAZ4
Father of 10 week old Rome baby gives statement to police
by Sarahbeth Ackerman
Posted: 10.16.2014 at 6:52 PM
ROME -- We're learning new information about the 10 week old Rome baby seriously hurt.
According to an online fundraiser, little Lilyana Marie White is the victim of shaken baby syndrome. Right now, she's hospitalized for a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain.
Police continue to investigate. At this point, no one has been charged with hurting her. But, police did arrest the child's father, 22-year-old Nicholas Lusby for violating an order of protection against Lilyana's mother, among other unrelated charges. They say something about his story about what happened to the baby, just doesn't add up.
CNY Central obtained the court papers, which included Lusby's statement to police. Lusby told police he was walking in his living room trying to avoid stepping on his cat when he accidentally stepped onto the baby's rocking sleeper, which then caused their 10 week old baby to rock forward and hit her head. According to Lusby, Lily was not strapped into the sleeper. But, he can't recall which side of her head she hit.
"In New York state, the medical field are mandated reporters, they pick up the phone, they call the hotline and report it. And, the case is now being investigated by the Rome Police Department in conjunction with the Child Advocacy Center and Child Protective Services," says Chief Deputy, Dean Obernesser of Oneida County Sheriff's Department.
Meanwhile, the police arrested Lusby on unrelated charges, saying he violated an order of protection to stay away from the child's mother, Caitlin White.
Based on the information in the court papers, White told police that there has been an order of protection against Lusby since July of 2013 because of other unrelated incidents.
Court papers on file show White telling police, "He shoved me before and also caused me to have a nose bleed. I have never seen him do anything mean to the children."
"It's difficult in these cases because your faced with an infant child who can't talk, so they can't tell you what happened. So, you have to try and determine what happened without their assistance. You don't have witnesses. You only have the statement the caregiver gave you. So, they're difficult cases to investigate," says Obernesser.
Right now, police are still investigating the case. They have not charged Lusby with injuring the baby girl, just with violation the order of protection.
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Abusive dad FIRST in country to be issued police restraining order (Busan, South Korea)
Dad is identified only as PARK.
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20141016001017
Dad accused of abuse issued first police restraining order
Published : 2014-10-16 22:18 Updated : 2014-10-16 22:18
A 34-year-old father has became the first person in South Korea to receive a police-issued restraining order for allegedly beating his child, police said Thursday.
The father living in Busan, identified only by his surname Park, was arrested last Monday on charges of beating his 13-year-old son upon coming home inebriated, the National Police Agency said.
The man was immediately banned from coming within 100 meters of his son and 34-year-old wife. He was also prohibited from using electronic means to communicate with them.
This marks the first time South Korean police have issued an emergency restraining order against a parent accused of child abuse since the amendment of a related law.
The revised law on child abuse went into effect late last month, giving police the authority to issue temporary restraining orders until the court has reviewed the case. Previously, only courts were allowed to issue such orders.
The revision came after a couple of high-profile cases of violence against children shed light into enforcement loopholes and sparked nationwide debate.
Last December, a woman in a southeastern province was found to have kicked her 8-year-old stepdaughter to death, following a similar case two months earlier. (Yonhap)
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20141016001017
Dad accused of abuse issued first police restraining order
Published : 2014-10-16 22:18 Updated : 2014-10-16 22:18
A 34-year-old father has became the first person in South Korea to receive a police-issued restraining order for allegedly beating his child, police said Thursday.
The father living in Busan, identified only by his surname Park, was arrested last Monday on charges of beating his 13-year-old son upon coming home inebriated, the National Police Agency said.
The man was immediately banned from coming within 100 meters of his son and 34-year-old wife. He was also prohibited from using electronic means to communicate with them.
This marks the first time South Korean police have issued an emergency restraining order against a parent accused of child abuse since the amendment of a related law.
The revised law on child abuse went into effect late last month, giving police the authority to issue temporary restraining orders until the court has reviewed the case. Previously, only courts were allowed to issue such orders.
The revision came after a couple of high-profile cases of violence against children shed light into enforcement loopholes and sparked nationwide debate.
Last December, a woman in a southeastern province was found to have kicked her 8-year-old stepdaughter to death, following a similar case two months earlier. (Yonhap)
Friday, September 26, 2014
11-year-old daughter shoots dad after he breaks into the house and stabs mom with protective order; had previously molested one of his kids and threatened to kill her by putting a gun to her head (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
This little girl is a hero, no doubt about it.
But if Daddy molested one of the kids WITH A WITNESS and threatened to kill the kid BY PUTTING A GUN TO HER HEAD, then why wasn't he locked up instead of roaming around town violating the protection order filed against him? But another example of abuser daddy coddling by the authorities.
Dad is identified as LEO HENRY.
http://www.newson6.com/story/26621040/child-11-shoots-suspect-attack-mom-in-se-okc
Child, 11, Shoots Suspect Attack Mom In SE OKC
Posted: Sep 24, 2014 7:31 PM EDT Updated: Sep 24, 2014 7:31 PM EDT
By Adrianna Iwasinski, News 9
Neighbors say 25-year-old Leo Henry broke into the house a few days back and took several things. He then came back Wednesday night, broke in again, and attacked his ex-fiancée with a knife, while both their young children were inside.
OKLAHOMA CITY - A horrible domestic dispute between a man and his girlfriend leads to her being stabbed, and him being shot by one of her children.
Neighbors say it was an 11-year-old girl who fired the gun.
It all happened just after 4 a.m. Wednesday near SE 89th St. and Bryant at the Burntwood Mobile Home Park. Those who live near the home are very shocked about what happened, but all of them are calling the little girl a hero.
“She saved her mom and her brothers and sisters, she really did,” said Carolyn Marsee, who lives next door to the mobile home where the stabbing and shooting happened.
Neighbors say 25-year-old Leo Henry broke into the house a few days back and took several things. He then came back Wednesday night, broke in again, and attacked his ex-fiancée with a knife, while both their young children were inside. She says the young couple had just moved into this home in July.
“I heard the shots. I heard screaming and yelling,” said Marsee. “And I was just praying that the kids were OK.”
News 9 discovered a protective order was filed a week ago by that mother against Henry. And it wasn't to protect her. It was to protect the children.
“He was mean to the kids,” said Marsee.
“He's a monster. He is a monster,” said her granddaughter Carolyn, who says she is a friend of the mother who was stabbed.
His stepsister still can't believe what happened.
“Never been like this. He's never been violent,” said Emma Spence, who says Henry is her step brother and claims the two are close. “He's always been there. We never thought that this would happen!”
But in the VPO filed Sept. 18, it states Leo Henry's own mother told the fiancée she witnessed Henry sexually molesting one of his children. It also states Henry threatened one of the children, held a gun to her head, and said he would kill her if she didn't keep their secret.
That secret was him taking photographs of her private parts; Disturbing news considering Henry's own father is currently in prison for possession of child pornography.
The mom wrote, “I am afraid he is going to hurt me and the children because I reported the abuse."
Police tell News 9 the young mother was stabbed several times and is pregnant, but is expected to recover from her injuries. Henry is also expected to recover from his injuries. And all the children have been placed in protective custody.
Henry also had another VPO filed against him by another woman back in 2006, but it was dropped.
But if Daddy molested one of the kids WITH A WITNESS and threatened to kill the kid BY PUTTING A GUN TO HER HEAD, then why wasn't he locked up instead of roaming around town violating the protection order filed against him? But another example of abuser daddy coddling by the authorities.
Dad is identified as LEO HENRY.
http://www.newson6.com/story/26621040/child-11-shoots-suspect-attack-mom-in-se-okc
Child, 11, Shoots Suspect Attack Mom In SE OKC
Posted: Sep 24, 2014 7:31 PM EDT Updated: Sep 24, 2014 7:31 PM EDT
By Adrianna Iwasinski, News 9
Neighbors say 25-year-old Leo Henry broke into the house a few days back and took several things. He then came back Wednesday night, broke in again, and attacked his ex-fiancée with a knife, while both their young children were inside.
OKLAHOMA CITY - A horrible domestic dispute between a man and his girlfriend leads to her being stabbed, and him being shot by one of her children.
Neighbors say it was an 11-year-old girl who fired the gun.
It all happened just after 4 a.m. Wednesday near SE 89th St. and Bryant at the Burntwood Mobile Home Park. Those who live near the home are very shocked about what happened, but all of them are calling the little girl a hero.
“She saved her mom and her brothers and sisters, she really did,” said Carolyn Marsee, who lives next door to the mobile home where the stabbing and shooting happened.
Neighbors say 25-year-old Leo Henry broke into the house a few days back and took several things. He then came back Wednesday night, broke in again, and attacked his ex-fiancée with a knife, while both their young children were inside. She says the young couple had just moved into this home in July.
“I heard the shots. I heard screaming and yelling,” said Marsee. “And I was just praying that the kids were OK.”
News 9 discovered a protective order was filed a week ago by that mother against Henry. And it wasn't to protect her. It was to protect the children.
“He was mean to the kids,” said Marsee.
“He's a monster. He is a monster,” said her granddaughter Carolyn, who says she is a friend of the mother who was stabbed.
His stepsister still can't believe what happened.
“Never been like this. He's never been violent,” said Emma Spence, who says Henry is her step brother and claims the two are close. “He's always been there. We never thought that this would happen!”
But in the VPO filed Sept. 18, it states Leo Henry's own mother told the fiancée she witnessed Henry sexually molesting one of his children. It also states Henry threatened one of the children, held a gun to her head, and said he would kill her if she didn't keep their secret.
That secret was him taking photographs of her private parts; Disturbing news considering Henry's own father is currently in prison for possession of child pornography.
The mom wrote, “I am afraid he is going to hurt me and the children because I reported the abuse."
Police tell News 9 the young mother was stabbed several times and is pregnant, but is expected to recover from her injuries. Henry is also expected to recover from his injuries. And all the children have been placed in protective custody.
Henry also had another VPO filed against him by another woman back in 2006, but it was dropped.
Friday, July 11, 2014
Dad who slaughtered ex-sister-in-law's family while looking for estrnaged ex-wife had EXTENSIVE history of domestic violence and JOINT CUSTODY of kids (Houston, Texas)
Dad RON LEE HASKELL should have been imprisoned YEARS AGO. But no, we see the same little footsy games. He's arrested, the charges dismissed. A protective order is obtained, it's dismissed. Mom finally leaves him (with the help of her sister) and the piece of crap gets JOINT CUSTODY of the kids, which means it will be years before she'll ever be able to free of him. Why at minimum wasn't he jailed after his assault on his own mother? Nope, just another useless restraining order and an "investigation."
This is the victory of fathers' rights. Daddy just grows more and more emboldened and entitled as he figures that nothing he ever does will ever result in any real consequences.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2688350/Heroic-final-moments-family-executed-uncle-Parents-seven-children-refused-tell-gunman-ex-wife-killed-reveal-police-admit-tied-choked-mother-just-weeks-attack.html#ixzz377uUBOtW
Revealed: Houston shooter's own mother had taken out a restraining order against him 'for tying her to a chair and choking her' a week before massacre
Police in Houston, Texas, arrested 33-year-old Ron Lee Haskell on Wednesday night after a tense stand-off at a suburban cul-de-sac
Haskell charged with shooting dead six members of the same family
Arrived at the home wearing FedEx uniform looking for his ex-wife
Shot dead his victims 'execution-style' in the back of the head after they refused to tell him where his ex-wife was
The deceased children were boys, ages 4 and 14; two girls, ages 7 and 9
Deceased adults identified as Stephen Stay, 39 and Katie Stay, 34
Teenage girl, 15, also a victim and suffered a critical injury to the head
She played dead until Haskell left and phoned 911 to alert authorities
Haskell and his wife Melanie Kaye Haskell were married in 2002 in California
They separated in June 2013 and a divorce decree was issued in February
Granted joint custody of their four children, ranging in age from 3 to 11
By Snejana Farberov and Associated Press Reporter
Published: 20:47 EST, 10 July 2014 | Updated: 06:50 EST, 11 July 2014
The mother of the Houston man accused of killing six members of his ex-wife’s family, including four children, had obtained a restraining order against her son less than a week before the slayings after a violent confrontation.
Ronald Lee Haskell, 33, is accused of killing his ex-wife's sister, Katie Stay, her husband and the children, ranging in age from 4 to 14, after tying them up and putting them face-down on the floor of their suburban Houston home.
Each was shot in the back of the head after the family refused to tell Haskell where he could find his ex-wife, officials said.
The lone survivor of the Wednesday attack, the slain couple's 15-year-old daughter, suffered a fractured skull when a bullet grazed her head. She played dead and called 911 after her uncle left.
The San Diego County, California, sheriff's office said in a Thursday statement that Haskell's mother, Karla Jeanne Haskell, had reported an argument with her son July 2 at her home in San Marcos, California.
During the fight, Mrs Haskell said her son duct taped her wrists, tied her to a computer chair and threatened to kill her for speaking to his ex-wife.
'He yelled at me and twice placed his hands around my neck trying to choke me and caused me to pass out,' the 61-year-old woman told police, according to the court documents. 'He told me he was going to kill me, my family and any officer who stops him. He hid my telephones. I was taped up for four hours.'
Haskell eventually left, and his mother contacted 911, the statement says. She later obtained a restraining order against her son and the case remains under investigation, according to the statement.
On Thursday, new details also emerged about Haskell's arrest outside the home of his former in-laws in Spring, where he was cornered by police officers acting on a tip that he may try to kill his ex-wife's parents as well.
Neighbors told KHOU that officers had Haskell surrounded directly in front of his relatives' home in a quiet cul-de-sac.
Resident Rebecca Butts described Haskell's demeanor at the time of his arrest as 'emotionless' and 'creepy.'
Witnesses said the suspect remained stone-faced and refused to comply with arresting officers' orders to surrender.
Police disabled his car using a spike strip and two SWAT team vehicles sandwiched the vehicle to prevent him escaping. During a tense three-hour standoff he reportedly held a pistol to his head threatening to kill himself before finally giving himself up.
A day after the slayings, investigators slowly built a picture of Haskell, who was the couple's estranged brother-in-law.
Neighbors said Haskell's marriage was so rocky that Katie Stay went to Utah last fall to help her sister escape the relationship and start a new life in Texas.
Stay 'was very instrumental in helping her sister get here so she could have a fresh start. Katie's a spitfire. She has energy to stand up for what she believes is right and true,' said Verena Beckstrand, a neighbor who choked back tears as she talked about the family.
Haskell had previously been jailed in 2008 in Logan, about 80 miles north of Salt Lake City, on charges of assault and domestic violence.
He had a history of previous run-ins with law enforcement in Utah, where he had lived with his wife. the woman complained to police he dragged her by her hair and repeatedly punched her in the head in front of their children.
The couple both told officers they were not getting along and that Haskell had been stressed at work. According to the police report two children, believed to be aged three and five, were at home with them at the time of the assault. Charges were later dismissed as part of a plea deal.
Haskell was incarcerated at the Cache County Jail following an incident in 2008, according to the Cache County Sheriff's Office. He also had several involvements with the Logan City Police Department.
In September 2009 he reportedly flagged down a police cruiser in Utah and told officers his wife had gone missing and that he feared she may kill herself.
He said she had left a note to say she was going away and that she would miss him and their children, but felt she was holding them back.
Police put out a APB but Haskell then claimed to have found his wife and said he was taking her to the hospital.
Haskell was also served last year with a protective order from his ex-wife. It was dismissed in October after the couple filed for divorce, online court records show..
By Thursday morning, a small memorial with three candles and a plant had been set up at the front door of the family's two-story white-brick and brown wood-trimmed home.
A couple with a child left a framed photo of the family with the inscription 'Faith, Hope, Love.'
'I don't think any of us will ever be able to see that house the same again,' said Viri Palacios, who lives across the street. 'I just want the word to get out they were a really, really good family.'
The father, Stephen Stay, was a real estate broker.
The mother was a helpful presence around the neighborhood, planning Halloween and Christmas parties for children, Palacios said.
A few blocks from the home at Lemm Elementary School, Principal Kathy Brown tied multi-colored ribbons around trees in front of the building and encouraged parents to do the same.
'It's to have positive bright thoughts about the family,' Brown said, noting that two of the slain children had attended school there and a third had graduated from Lemm.
Documents from Thursday's preliminary court hearing show that the daughter who survived attempted to close the door after telling Haskell her parents were not home. But he kicked it in. The teen remained in critical condition in a Houston hospital.
In a statement, issued Thursday through the Harris County Sheriff's Office, Katie Stay's father, Roger Lyon, said his 15-year-old granddaughter 'is expected to make a full recovery.'
When the badly wounded daughter contacted authorities, she told them the gunman was planning to shoot other relatives, Hickman said.
Police located Haskell's car, and took him into custody after a three-hour standoff.
'We are grateful for this miracle,' Lyon said in his statement.
'We are in awe of her bravery and courage in calling 911, an act that is likely to have saved all of our lives. She is our hero.'
Haskell was wearing a FedEx shirt at the time of the attack, but authorities seemed uncertain whether it was a deliberate attempt to deceive.
Harris County Constable Ron Hickman initially said Haskell showed up at the Stay home 'in the guise of a FedEx driver.'
But he and other officials later declined to say whether Haskell used the uniform to gain access to the home.
Hickman said investigators were not sure whether the suspect would have needed a disguise to get in the house, or if the children knew him.
Haskell had once done work for FedEx but not since January, the company said in a statement.
Online jail records did not list an attorney for Haskell, who was initially misidentified by authorities as the slain children's father. Police did not explain the mistake.
A divorce decree issued in February shows Haskell and Melanie Kaye Haskell were married in 2002 in Orange County, California. They separated in June 2013.
A judge granted joint custody of the couple's four children, ranging in age from 3 to 11, with Haskell's wife getting primary custody.
At the time of the divorce, Haskell was making $2,300 a month, although the records do not say what kind of work he did.
He was ordered to pay $773 per month in child support. His wife was given the house, valued at $190,000, in the small town of Smithfield, Utah, just outside Logan.
Haskell's motive for the execution-style killing, according to the children's paternal grandfather, was his jealousy for the family's happy life together.
Speaking to MailOnline from his home in Sun City, California, Thomas Stay said that Haskell envied the life his son Stephen had built with his wife Katie and their five children.
According to Thomas Stay, Haskell couldn't accept his separation from his ex-wife Melanie - Katie's sister - and chose to massacre his son and his family because he was ‘jealous of Stephen and Katie's family and what they could have that he didn’t have’.
Thomas also opened up about Haskell’s history and said that he had been ‘unstable for a long time’ - but had been known to his family for years.
He said: ‘Ron’s brother Bobby is Stephen’s best friend. It’s strange. I think that mentally he’s just not right.
‘The whole thing doesn’t make any sense. Ron was just all mixed up.
‘He and Melanie split about six months ago, they were living in Logan, Utah, and he was abusive, very controlling. Their divorce was finalized in February.
‘She couldn’t take it any more.’
Thomas said that his son and daughter-in-law moved to Texas about four years ago having previously lived in Utah.
Like Haskell they had four children, but unlike him their marriage lasted.
He said: ‘Melissa had the kids with her. I don’t know if he was thinking maybe the will be at Stephen’s house.’
Paying tribute to his son and daughter-in-law, he said: ‘They were very religious, they had a lot of faith in the gospel. They loved each other and did things together.
‘They just loved life.’
Stephen’s mother Joyce Stay, 74, added: ‘We lost our son, our daughter-in-law, our four grandkids. We know the man that did it. ‘His family has been friends with ours for years. He was not well person. I watched this kid grow up, I have had him in my home for sleepovers.
‘This is a good family that this man comes from - there is something wrong in him to do this kind of thing, it’s not normal’.
Thomas Stay also revealed that Cassidy, 15, the sole survivor of the shooting, is now out of the Intensive Care Unit and is conscious.
According to NBC News, Melannie Haskell petitioned a court for an order of protection in July 2013. The judge granted this order, and Melannie Haskell filed for divorce the following month.
In October last year, the protective order was lifted when the couple decided on a mutual restraining order and custody arrangements involving their children.
A judge also decreed that Ron Lee Haskell’s visits would be watched by a psychologist.
'Mr. Haskell's parent time will be supervised until such time that his physical therapist can report that the respondent is no longer a threat to the children,' the judge wrote.
Indeed, Haskell has had a number of previous run-ins with the law in his home state of Utah when he was living there with his wife.
Before she filed her restraining orders, Utah law enforcement said that Haskell was arrested several times by the Logan City Police Department and was jailed for a time in the Cache County jail in 2008.
Mr. Haskell was booked into the Cache County Jail on charges of simple assault and child abuse or neglect, both class B misdemeanors, on June 5, 2008,' according to a news release from the Cache County Sheriff’s Office.
Since then, he has had multiple involvements with Logan City Police Department and had a protective order served on him by Cache County Sheriff’s deputies on July 9, 2013.'
According to The Salt Lake Tribune, Haskell was also arrested in June 2008 and charged with simple assault and domestic violence in the presence of a child.
He was also jailed in the same year on charges of assault and child abuse or neglect according to a statement from the Cache County Sheriff's Office.
Both were dismissed the next year.
The teen's call allowed police to rush to the scene and corner the suspected gunman who eventually sank to his knees and surrendered after a tense three-hour stand-off with deputies who had corralled him into a suburban cul-de-sac.
'It appears this stems from a domestic issue with a breakup in the family from what our witness has told us,' Assistant Chief Deputy Constable Mark Herman of the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office told reporters. He did not explain further.
According to documents read out in magistrate court this morning in Houston, the 15-year-old girl managed to give police a witness statement.
The teen said that Haskell arrived in the afternoon on Wednesday dressed as a FedEx worker looking for his estranged wife and asked for her parents, but she told him that none of them were at home.
He left, only to return a short time later and the teen once again told him that her parents were not home.
It was at this point that she recognized him as her 'ex-uncle' and tried to close the door on him.
Haskell kicked the door in and tied her up and then waited for her four brothers and sisters and parents to return.
When they did he tied them up as well and then laid them face-down on the floor.
According to police documents read out in court this morning he demanded to know where hs wife was and when they said they did not know, he shot them all 'execution-style' in the back of the head and left.
However, the bullet only fractured the teen's skull according to Click2Houston - and she played dead until he left and then called 911.
She was able to tell deputies who the shooter was and that she believed he was headed to another residence at Anvil and Ella to possibly attack more family members.
Deputies were able to intercept Haskell, who led them on a chase that came to an end about three miles from the shooting scene.
Haskell, 33, was transferred to the Harris County jail overnight and has been charged with multiple shooting deaths.
The shootings took place about 20 miles north of downtown Houston at a four-bedroom home in a quiet, middle-class residential neighborhood near the town of Spring.
Reached at her home in San Marcos, California, Haskell's mother Karla, 61, fought back the tears as she admitted she still did not know exactly what her son had allegedly done.
She said: 'We have no idea about what went on. We still don't know.
'I can't watch it. I just can't do it. I really can't talk right now'.
Haskell's brother Robert said: 'I would like to say that our thoughts and prayers are going to the family that were affected and people that lost their loved ones.
Asked about his brother's state of mind, he said: 'There's a lot going on but I can't comment further. I have not spoken to the police'.
Police say Haskell held the five children and their parents prisoner, tied up and then shot them all.
Gilliland said the teenager was in 'very critical condition' at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston late Wednesday night after being airlifted there.
It was the 15-year-old survivor who told deputies that Haskell was headed to her grandparents' home and they were able to pass along the warning, he said according to local press reports.
Constable Ronald Hickman in Houston said she gave police a description of the suspect and was providing 'critical information' to authorities.
'While quickly responding to that location, we saw him coming up to that residence where other relatives of that family lived and we assumed he meant to shoot them as well,' Hickman said.
According to KHOU in Houston, 'He (Haskell) came to this location yesterday afternoon – late – and came under the guise of a FedEx driver wearing a FedEx shirt,' said Constable Ron Hickman.
'…came to this residence, gathered up the children that were here and awaited the arrival of the parents. Sometime later the victims were shot in this residence, and we now learned that Mr. Haskell was married to a relative of the residents of this home.'
FedEx confirmed that Haskell worked for them through a contractor - but said he had performed no duties for them since the New Year.
'We don't know why this happened,' nearby resident Paul Anthony Slawinski told Reuters. 'This man, his wife, and children were the definition of compassion and charity.'
A woman who said she lives across the street from the house described the family as close-knit to the Houston Chronicle.
'It was a Mormon family,' she said. 'They were very sweet and their kids were very shy. This is a sad, sad day.'
Public records state that Stephen Robert Stay and Katie Stay, ages 39 and 33, are living at the residence on Leaflet Lane, however, they are not listed as the owners of the house.
A web page from the Houston Association of Realtors lists Stephen Stay as a real estate broker in the area and listed the home's address as his residence.
Authorities said the teen's information also helped them intercept the suspect. The suspected gunman then led authorities on a chase, with nearly two dozen deputy constables' patrol cars following him into a cul-de-sac shortly before 7 pm.
There, the suspect's boxed-in vehicle remained for hours. Finally, about 10 p.m., after hours of waiting and negotiations, the man emerged from his car, raised his hands and sank to his knees as deputies placed him under arrest.
During that time, Gilliand said, there were 'two hours of constant talking with a man armed with a pistol to his head and who had just killed six people.'
Gilliland described the man as in his 30s with a beard 'and cool as a cucumber.' He said that when he and other officers first approached, the man was 'just sitting in his car looking out at us.'
'This concluded the way we wanted it to,' Gilliland said after the surrender.
Said Precinct 4 Constable Ron Hickman, 'He was in the car for 3½ hours. He was worn down like the rest of us. He came out of the car without resistance.'
This is the victory of fathers' rights. Daddy just grows more and more emboldened and entitled as he figures that nothing he ever does will ever result in any real consequences.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2688350/Heroic-final-moments-family-executed-uncle-Parents-seven-children-refused-tell-gunman-ex-wife-killed-reveal-police-admit-tied-choked-mother-just-weeks-attack.html#ixzz377uUBOtW
Revealed: Houston shooter's own mother had taken out a restraining order against him 'for tying her to a chair and choking her' a week before massacre
Police in Houston, Texas, arrested 33-year-old Ron Lee Haskell on Wednesday night after a tense stand-off at a suburban cul-de-sac
Haskell charged with shooting dead six members of the same family
Arrived at the home wearing FedEx uniform looking for his ex-wife
Shot dead his victims 'execution-style' in the back of the head after they refused to tell him where his ex-wife was
The deceased children were boys, ages 4 and 14; two girls, ages 7 and 9
Deceased adults identified as Stephen Stay, 39 and Katie Stay, 34
Teenage girl, 15, also a victim and suffered a critical injury to the head
She played dead until Haskell left and phoned 911 to alert authorities
Haskell and his wife Melanie Kaye Haskell were married in 2002 in California
They separated in June 2013 and a divorce decree was issued in February
Granted joint custody of their four children, ranging in age from 3 to 11
By Snejana Farberov and Associated Press Reporter
Published: 20:47 EST, 10 July 2014 | Updated: 06:50 EST, 11 July 2014
The mother of the Houston man accused of killing six members of his ex-wife’s family, including four children, had obtained a restraining order against her son less than a week before the slayings after a violent confrontation.
Ronald Lee Haskell, 33, is accused of killing his ex-wife's sister, Katie Stay, her husband and the children, ranging in age from 4 to 14, after tying them up and putting them face-down on the floor of their suburban Houston home.
Each was shot in the back of the head after the family refused to tell Haskell where he could find his ex-wife, officials said.
The lone survivor of the Wednesday attack, the slain couple's 15-year-old daughter, suffered a fractured skull when a bullet grazed her head. She played dead and called 911 after her uncle left.
The San Diego County, California, sheriff's office said in a Thursday statement that Haskell's mother, Karla Jeanne Haskell, had reported an argument with her son July 2 at her home in San Marcos, California.
During the fight, Mrs Haskell said her son duct taped her wrists, tied her to a computer chair and threatened to kill her for speaking to his ex-wife.
'He yelled at me and twice placed his hands around my neck trying to choke me and caused me to pass out,' the 61-year-old woman told police, according to the court documents. 'He told me he was going to kill me, my family and any officer who stops him. He hid my telephones. I was taped up for four hours.'
Haskell eventually left, and his mother contacted 911, the statement says. She later obtained a restraining order against her son and the case remains under investigation, according to the statement.
On Thursday, new details also emerged about Haskell's arrest outside the home of his former in-laws in Spring, where he was cornered by police officers acting on a tip that he may try to kill his ex-wife's parents as well.
Neighbors told KHOU that officers had Haskell surrounded directly in front of his relatives' home in a quiet cul-de-sac.
Resident Rebecca Butts described Haskell's demeanor at the time of his arrest as 'emotionless' and 'creepy.'
Witnesses said the suspect remained stone-faced and refused to comply with arresting officers' orders to surrender.
Police disabled his car using a spike strip and two SWAT team vehicles sandwiched the vehicle to prevent him escaping. During a tense three-hour standoff he reportedly held a pistol to his head threatening to kill himself before finally giving himself up.
A day after the slayings, investigators slowly built a picture of Haskell, who was the couple's estranged brother-in-law.
Neighbors said Haskell's marriage was so rocky that Katie Stay went to Utah last fall to help her sister escape the relationship and start a new life in Texas.
Stay 'was very instrumental in helping her sister get here so she could have a fresh start. Katie's a spitfire. She has energy to stand up for what she believes is right and true,' said Verena Beckstrand, a neighbor who choked back tears as she talked about the family.
Haskell had previously been jailed in 2008 in Logan, about 80 miles north of Salt Lake City, on charges of assault and domestic violence.
He had a history of previous run-ins with law enforcement in Utah, where he had lived with his wife. the woman complained to police he dragged her by her hair and repeatedly punched her in the head in front of their children.
The couple both told officers they were not getting along and that Haskell had been stressed at work. According to the police report two children, believed to be aged three and five, were at home with them at the time of the assault. Charges were later dismissed as part of a plea deal.
Haskell was incarcerated at the Cache County Jail following an incident in 2008, according to the Cache County Sheriff's Office. He also had several involvements with the Logan City Police Department.
In September 2009 he reportedly flagged down a police cruiser in Utah and told officers his wife had gone missing and that he feared she may kill herself.
He said she had left a note to say she was going away and that she would miss him and their children, but felt she was holding them back.
Police put out a APB but Haskell then claimed to have found his wife and said he was taking her to the hospital.
Haskell was also served last year with a protective order from his ex-wife. It was dismissed in October after the couple filed for divorce, online court records show..
By Thursday morning, a small memorial with three candles and a plant had been set up at the front door of the family's two-story white-brick and brown wood-trimmed home.
A couple with a child left a framed photo of the family with the inscription 'Faith, Hope, Love.'
'I don't think any of us will ever be able to see that house the same again,' said Viri Palacios, who lives across the street. 'I just want the word to get out they were a really, really good family.'
The father, Stephen Stay, was a real estate broker.
The mother was a helpful presence around the neighborhood, planning Halloween and Christmas parties for children, Palacios said.
A few blocks from the home at Lemm Elementary School, Principal Kathy Brown tied multi-colored ribbons around trees in front of the building and encouraged parents to do the same.
'It's to have positive bright thoughts about the family,' Brown said, noting that two of the slain children had attended school there and a third had graduated from Lemm.
Documents from Thursday's preliminary court hearing show that the daughter who survived attempted to close the door after telling Haskell her parents were not home. But he kicked it in. The teen remained in critical condition in a Houston hospital.
In a statement, issued Thursday through the Harris County Sheriff's Office, Katie Stay's father, Roger Lyon, said his 15-year-old granddaughter 'is expected to make a full recovery.'
When the badly wounded daughter contacted authorities, she told them the gunman was planning to shoot other relatives, Hickman said.
Police located Haskell's car, and took him into custody after a three-hour standoff.
'We are grateful for this miracle,' Lyon said in his statement.
'We are in awe of her bravery and courage in calling 911, an act that is likely to have saved all of our lives. She is our hero.'
Haskell was wearing a FedEx shirt at the time of the attack, but authorities seemed uncertain whether it was a deliberate attempt to deceive.
Harris County Constable Ron Hickman initially said Haskell showed up at the Stay home 'in the guise of a FedEx driver.'
But he and other officials later declined to say whether Haskell used the uniform to gain access to the home.
Hickman said investigators were not sure whether the suspect would have needed a disguise to get in the house, or if the children knew him.
Haskell had once done work for FedEx but not since January, the company said in a statement.
Online jail records did not list an attorney for Haskell, who was initially misidentified by authorities as the slain children's father. Police did not explain the mistake.
A divorce decree issued in February shows Haskell and Melanie Kaye Haskell were married in 2002 in Orange County, California. They separated in June 2013.
A judge granted joint custody of the couple's four children, ranging in age from 3 to 11, with Haskell's wife getting primary custody.
At the time of the divorce, Haskell was making $2,300 a month, although the records do not say what kind of work he did.
He was ordered to pay $773 per month in child support. His wife was given the house, valued at $190,000, in the small town of Smithfield, Utah, just outside Logan.
Haskell's motive for the execution-style killing, according to the children's paternal grandfather, was his jealousy for the family's happy life together.
Speaking to MailOnline from his home in Sun City, California, Thomas Stay said that Haskell envied the life his son Stephen had built with his wife Katie and their five children.
According to Thomas Stay, Haskell couldn't accept his separation from his ex-wife Melanie - Katie's sister - and chose to massacre his son and his family because he was ‘jealous of Stephen and Katie's family and what they could have that he didn’t have’.
Thomas also opened up about Haskell’s history and said that he had been ‘unstable for a long time’ - but had been known to his family for years.
He said: ‘Ron’s brother Bobby is Stephen’s best friend. It’s strange. I think that mentally he’s just not right.
‘The whole thing doesn’t make any sense. Ron was just all mixed up.
‘He and Melanie split about six months ago, they were living in Logan, Utah, and he was abusive, very controlling. Their divorce was finalized in February.
‘She couldn’t take it any more.’
Thomas said that his son and daughter-in-law moved to Texas about four years ago having previously lived in Utah.
Like Haskell they had four children, but unlike him their marriage lasted.
He said: ‘Melissa had the kids with her. I don’t know if he was thinking maybe the will be at Stephen’s house.’
Paying tribute to his son and daughter-in-law, he said: ‘They were very religious, they had a lot of faith in the gospel. They loved each other and did things together.
‘They just loved life.’
Stephen’s mother Joyce Stay, 74, added: ‘We lost our son, our daughter-in-law, our four grandkids. We know the man that did it. ‘His family has been friends with ours for years. He was not well person. I watched this kid grow up, I have had him in my home for sleepovers.
‘This is a good family that this man comes from - there is something wrong in him to do this kind of thing, it’s not normal’.
Thomas Stay also revealed that Cassidy, 15, the sole survivor of the shooting, is now out of the Intensive Care Unit and is conscious.
According to NBC News, Melannie Haskell petitioned a court for an order of protection in July 2013. The judge granted this order, and Melannie Haskell filed for divorce the following month.
In October last year, the protective order was lifted when the couple decided on a mutual restraining order and custody arrangements involving their children.
A judge also decreed that Ron Lee Haskell’s visits would be watched by a psychologist.
'Mr. Haskell's parent time will be supervised until such time that his physical therapist can report that the respondent is no longer a threat to the children,' the judge wrote.
Indeed, Haskell has had a number of previous run-ins with the law in his home state of Utah when he was living there with his wife.
Before she filed her restraining orders, Utah law enforcement said that Haskell was arrested several times by the Logan City Police Department and was jailed for a time in the Cache County jail in 2008.
Mr. Haskell was booked into the Cache County Jail on charges of simple assault and child abuse or neglect, both class B misdemeanors, on June 5, 2008,' according to a news release from the Cache County Sheriff’s Office.
Since then, he has had multiple involvements with Logan City Police Department and had a protective order served on him by Cache County Sheriff’s deputies on July 9, 2013.'
According to The Salt Lake Tribune, Haskell was also arrested in June 2008 and charged with simple assault and domestic violence in the presence of a child.
He was also jailed in the same year on charges of assault and child abuse or neglect according to a statement from the Cache County Sheriff's Office.
Both were dismissed the next year.
The teen's call allowed police to rush to the scene and corner the suspected gunman who eventually sank to his knees and surrendered after a tense three-hour stand-off with deputies who had corralled him into a suburban cul-de-sac.
'It appears this stems from a domestic issue with a breakup in the family from what our witness has told us,' Assistant Chief Deputy Constable Mark Herman of the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office told reporters. He did not explain further.
According to documents read out in magistrate court this morning in Houston, the 15-year-old girl managed to give police a witness statement.
The teen said that Haskell arrived in the afternoon on Wednesday dressed as a FedEx worker looking for his estranged wife and asked for her parents, but she told him that none of them were at home.
He left, only to return a short time later and the teen once again told him that her parents were not home.
It was at this point that she recognized him as her 'ex-uncle' and tried to close the door on him.
Haskell kicked the door in and tied her up and then waited for her four brothers and sisters and parents to return.
When they did he tied them up as well and then laid them face-down on the floor.
According to police documents read out in court this morning he demanded to know where hs wife was and when they said they did not know, he shot them all 'execution-style' in the back of the head and left.
However, the bullet only fractured the teen's skull according to Click2Houston - and she played dead until he left and then called 911.
She was able to tell deputies who the shooter was and that she believed he was headed to another residence at Anvil and Ella to possibly attack more family members.
Deputies were able to intercept Haskell, who led them on a chase that came to an end about three miles from the shooting scene.
Haskell, 33, was transferred to the Harris County jail overnight and has been charged with multiple shooting deaths.
The shootings took place about 20 miles north of downtown Houston at a four-bedroom home in a quiet, middle-class residential neighborhood near the town of Spring.
Reached at her home in San Marcos, California, Haskell's mother Karla, 61, fought back the tears as she admitted she still did not know exactly what her son had allegedly done.
She said: 'We have no idea about what went on. We still don't know.
'I can't watch it. I just can't do it. I really can't talk right now'.
Haskell's brother Robert said: 'I would like to say that our thoughts and prayers are going to the family that were affected and people that lost their loved ones.
Asked about his brother's state of mind, he said: 'There's a lot going on but I can't comment further. I have not spoken to the police'.
Police say Haskell held the five children and their parents prisoner, tied up and then shot them all.
Gilliland said the teenager was in 'very critical condition' at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston late Wednesday night after being airlifted there.
It was the 15-year-old survivor who told deputies that Haskell was headed to her grandparents' home and they were able to pass along the warning, he said according to local press reports.
Constable Ronald Hickman in Houston said she gave police a description of the suspect and was providing 'critical information' to authorities.
'While quickly responding to that location, we saw him coming up to that residence where other relatives of that family lived and we assumed he meant to shoot them as well,' Hickman said.
According to KHOU in Houston, 'He (Haskell) came to this location yesterday afternoon – late – and came under the guise of a FedEx driver wearing a FedEx shirt,' said Constable Ron Hickman.
'…came to this residence, gathered up the children that were here and awaited the arrival of the parents. Sometime later the victims were shot in this residence, and we now learned that Mr. Haskell was married to a relative of the residents of this home.'
FedEx confirmed that Haskell worked for them through a contractor - but said he had performed no duties for them since the New Year.
'We don't know why this happened,' nearby resident Paul Anthony Slawinski told Reuters. 'This man, his wife, and children were the definition of compassion and charity.'
A woman who said she lives across the street from the house described the family as close-knit to the Houston Chronicle.
'It was a Mormon family,' she said. 'They were very sweet and their kids were very shy. This is a sad, sad day.'
Public records state that Stephen Robert Stay and Katie Stay, ages 39 and 33, are living at the residence on Leaflet Lane, however, they are not listed as the owners of the house.
A web page from the Houston Association of Realtors lists Stephen Stay as a real estate broker in the area and listed the home's address as his residence.
Authorities said the teen's information also helped them intercept the suspect. The suspected gunman then led authorities on a chase, with nearly two dozen deputy constables' patrol cars following him into a cul-de-sac shortly before 7 pm.
There, the suspect's boxed-in vehicle remained for hours. Finally, about 10 p.m., after hours of waiting and negotiations, the man emerged from his car, raised his hands and sank to his knees as deputies placed him under arrest.
During that time, Gilliand said, there were 'two hours of constant talking with a man armed with a pistol to his head and who had just killed six people.'
Gilliland described the man as in his 30s with a beard 'and cool as a cucumber.' He said that when he and other officers first approached, the man was 'just sitting in his car looking out at us.'
'This concluded the way we wanted it to,' Gilliland said after the surrender.
Said Precinct 4 Constable Ron Hickman, 'He was in the car for 3½ hours. He was worn down like the rest of us. He came out of the car without resistance.'
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Dad charged in shooting of 10-year-old son (Forest Hill, Texas)
Once again, the media trivializes and misrepresents the crimes of a violent father as just a "domestic dispute."
Read carefully. There was no "dispute" (which implies two people in disagreement). Nor was there any "mutual" conflict here. The mother was trying to AVOID conflict by getting herself and the children away from the drunk, enraged daddy. That's when he shot at the car and wounded his son.
This was a unilateral ASSAULT, not a "dispute"--domestic or otherwise. But the fathers rights people have brainwashed the media into seeing everything through the same distorting lens.
Dad is identified as BYRON NESBITT.
http://www.tribtown.com/view/story/e250bf5bd3e04757b0830d59224235ed/TX--Boy-Shot
North Texas father charged with assault over domestic dispute that left son, 10, shot in hip
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First Posted: April 22, 2014 - 9:13 am Last Updated: April 22, 2014 - 9:16 am
FOREST HILL, Texas — A North Texas man has been charged with aggravated assault after his 10-year-old son was shot in the hip during an Easter morning domestic dispute.
Forest Hill police records show 32-year-old Byron Nesbitt was no longer in custody Tuesday. Police in the Fort Worth suburb on Monday announced the arrest of Nesbitt with bond set at $75,000.
Jail records do not list an attorney for Nesbitt, who also faces an emergency protective order after the shooting.
Police say Nesbitt allegedly was intoxicated early Sunday when he and his wife argued, she called 911 and tried to flee with several children in the family's van.
Nesbitt allegedly shot into the vehicle. The boy was wounded in the hip but authorities say the child should recover.
Read carefully. There was no "dispute" (which implies two people in disagreement). Nor was there any "mutual" conflict here. The mother was trying to AVOID conflict by getting herself and the children away from the drunk, enraged daddy. That's when he shot at the car and wounded his son.
This was a unilateral ASSAULT, not a "dispute"--domestic or otherwise. But the fathers rights people have brainwashed the media into seeing everything through the same distorting lens.
Dad is identified as BYRON NESBITT.
http://www.tribtown.com/view/story/e250bf5bd3e04757b0830d59224235ed/TX--Boy-Shot
North Texas father charged with assault over domestic dispute that left son, 10, shot in hip
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First Posted: April 22, 2014 - 9:13 am Last Updated: April 22, 2014 - 9:16 am
FOREST HILL, Texas — A North Texas man has been charged with aggravated assault after his 10-year-old son was shot in the hip during an Easter morning domestic dispute.
Forest Hill police records show 32-year-old Byron Nesbitt was no longer in custody Tuesday. Police in the Fort Worth suburb on Monday announced the arrest of Nesbitt with bond set at $75,000.
Jail records do not list an attorney for Nesbitt, who also faces an emergency protective order after the shooting.
Police say Nesbitt allegedly was intoxicated early Sunday when he and his wife argued, she called 911 and tried to flee with several children in the family's van.
Nesbitt allegedly shot into the vehicle. The boy was wounded in the hip but authorities say the child should recover.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Dad violates restraining order, batters mom in front of 9-month-old baby (Monroe, Louisiana)
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20140409/NEWS01/304090040/Monroe-man-accused-battering-woman-while-their-baby-watched
Monroe man accused of battering woman while their baby watched
Apr. 9, 2014 8:16 PM
Written by Staff report
A Monroe man was held Wednesday on a $7,000 bond on charges of battery and child endangerment.
Tuesday night, Monroe police contacted the victim who reportedly said her baby’s father, Travillion Bass, 24, of 316 Nevada Drive came to her residence. She reportedly said he was angry because she had gone to a friend’s house. According to Bass’s arrest report, the victim said he grabbed her by the throat and pushed her onto a bed in front of their 9-month-old child.
She reportedly said he also pushed her to the floor and into a door jamb, where she hit her head. Police report observing a large knot on her forehead. The victim reportedly said she was able to hit him at least twice in an attempt to defend herself.
As the investigation continued into early Wednesday morning, police contacted Bass at his home. Bass reportedly said he and the victim were fighting because the baby had been outside without clothes. He reportedly said the argument did become physical, with her hitting him and Bass pushing her back. Bass reportedly said that she ran into the wall, at which point he left and went home.
The victim reportedly had an active restraining order against Bass. The two reportedly lived together for six months with their baby until approximately a month ago.
Bass was booked into the Ouachita Correctional Center and charged with domestic abuse battery with child endangerment and violation of a protective order.
http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20140409/NEWS01/304090040/Monroe-man-accused-battering-woman-while-their-baby-watched
Monroe man accused of battering woman while their baby watched
Apr. 9, 2014 8:16 PM
Written by Staff report
A Monroe man was held Wednesday on a $7,000 bond on charges of battery and child endangerment.
Tuesday night, Monroe police contacted the victim who reportedly said her baby’s father, Travillion Bass, 24, of 316 Nevada Drive came to her residence. She reportedly said he was angry because she had gone to a friend’s house. According to Bass’s arrest report, the victim said he grabbed her by the throat and pushed her onto a bed in front of their 9-month-old child.
She reportedly said he also pushed her to the floor and into a door jamb, where she hit her head. Police report observing a large knot on her forehead. The victim reportedly said she was able to hit him at least twice in an attempt to defend herself.
As the investigation continued into early Wednesday morning, police contacted Bass at his home. Bass reportedly said he and the victim were fighting because the baby had been outside without clothes. He reportedly said the argument did become physical, with her hitting him and Bass pushing her back. Bass reportedly said that she ran into the wall, at which point he left and went home.
The victim reportedly had an active restraining order against Bass. The two reportedly lived together for six months with their baby until approximately a month ago.
Bass was booked into the Ouachita Correctional Center and charged with domestic abuse battery with child endangerment and violation of a protective order.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Dad arrested after assaulting mom "over custody", abducting infant son, then abandoning baby with stranger (Greeley, Colorado)
Yup, just wanted quality time, right? Just like all the abuser daddies who want custody.
Notice that this one had a protection order filed against him, and he STILL assaulted the mom over custody.
Oh, and that baby he wanted so so much? Guess he didn't have much trouble abandoning him with a total stranger when he realized the cops were after him.
Dad is identified as ALVIN PADILLA.
http://www.coloradoan.com/viewart/20130730/NEWS11/307300005/Man-arrested-after-leaving-baby-stranger-allegedly-assaulting-child-s-mother
Man arrested after leaving baby with stranger, allegedly assaulting child's mother
Jul. 31, 2013 | Written by Associated Press
GREELEY — The father of an infant has been arrested after police say he took his son from the boy’s mother and then left him with a woman he’d never met while he tried to flee.
Greeley police say Alvin Padilla confronted the boy’s mother on Monday over custody of their son. Police say Padilla struck the mother and then got into his car and drove off with the boy.
Police say Padilla left the child with a woman he didn’t know and told her the police were after him. Authorities say he returned to retrieve the child while officers were investigating.
Padilla is facing charges of child abuse, harassment and violation of a restraining order.
The baby was dropped off to a resident in the 1900 block of 12th Avenue in Greeley at 7:17 p.m. Monday, according to police.
Notice that this one had a protection order filed against him, and he STILL assaulted the mom over custody.
Oh, and that baby he wanted so so much? Guess he didn't have much trouble abandoning him with a total stranger when he realized the cops were after him.
Dad is identified as ALVIN PADILLA.
http://www.coloradoan.com/viewart/20130730/NEWS11/307300005/Man-arrested-after-leaving-baby-stranger-allegedly-assaulting-child-s-mother
Man arrested after leaving baby with stranger, allegedly assaulting child's mother
Jul. 31, 2013 | Written by Associated Press
GREELEY — The father of an infant has been arrested after police say he took his son from the boy’s mother and then left him with a woman he’d never met while he tried to flee.
Greeley police say Alvin Padilla confronted the boy’s mother on Monday over custody of their son. Police say Padilla struck the mother and then got into his car and drove off with the boy.
Police say Padilla left the child with a woman he didn’t know and told her the police were after him. Authorities say he returned to retrieve the child while officers were investigating.
Padilla is facing charges of child abuse, harassment and violation of a restraining order.
The baby was dropped off to a resident in the 1900 block of 12th Avenue in Greeley at 7:17 p.m. Monday, according to police.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Dad shoots 6-week-old son, baby's mom, police officer; dad later shot and killed by police (Calais, Maine)
May sound harsh, but good riddance. You can just about bet that this POS was going to be nothing but trouble till he was dead or ended up in prison for killing somebody.
Why did the authorities let dad DANIEL PINNEY out on bail? Guys like him are obsessive and ruthless. They are not stopped by niceties like orders of protection. This is the typical judicial coddling we see for domestic violence offenders.
http://www.wmtw.com/news/maine/police-1-dead-3-wounded-in-shooting/-/8792012/20836142/-/9c5xgu/-/index.html
Baby wounded in foot in Calais shooting; Father dead
State police: Officers fire on father
UPDATED 1:42 PM EDT Jul 04, 2013
CALAIS, Maine —Maine State Police say a woman and a baby were wounded in a domestic violence shooting in Calais in which the father was the shooter and was himself shot and killed by police.
The incident took place at a home on Main Street around 6 p.m. on Wednesday.
Calais police officers shot and killed Daniel Pinney, 26, shortly after officers arrived at the home, state police said.
The wounded woman is Megan Sherrard, 21, and her 6-week-old boy, Luca Sherrard. Pinney was the child's father. State police said the woman and child were reportedly shot by Pinney and were fleeing the home when police shot him.
Megan Sherrard is being treated for multiple gunshot wounds at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. Luca Sherrard is being treated for a gunshot wound to the foot, state police said.
A Calais police officer, John Preston, was also wounded during the incident and is expected to be recover. State police said Preston and fellow officer Joseph Bartlett shot at Pinney.
Pinney had been in jail for a domestic violence criminal threatening charge involving Megan Sherrard and a bail condition required that he have no contact with her, state police said. She had filed a protection from harassment and abuse order against him on June 11.
Megan Sherrard failed to show up for a doctor's appointment on Wednesday and her father found her car in the medical practice's parking lot and contacted police because he was concerned for her safety, state police said. Investigators believe that Pinney confronted Megan Sherrard in the parking lot and forced her to return with him to his house.
Along with state police, the Maine Attorney General's Office has sent a team of its investigators to Calais to investigate the shootings.
Why did the authorities let dad DANIEL PINNEY out on bail? Guys like him are obsessive and ruthless. They are not stopped by niceties like orders of protection. This is the typical judicial coddling we see for domestic violence offenders.
http://www.wmtw.com/news/maine/police-1-dead-3-wounded-in-shooting/-/8792012/20836142/-/9c5xgu/-/index.html
Baby wounded in foot in Calais shooting; Father dead
State police: Officers fire on father
UPDATED 1:42 PM EDT Jul 04, 2013
CALAIS, Maine —Maine State Police say a woman and a baby were wounded in a domestic violence shooting in Calais in which the father was the shooter and was himself shot and killed by police.
The incident took place at a home on Main Street around 6 p.m. on Wednesday.
Calais police officers shot and killed Daniel Pinney, 26, shortly after officers arrived at the home, state police said.
The wounded woman is Megan Sherrard, 21, and her 6-week-old boy, Luca Sherrard. Pinney was the child's father. State police said the woman and child were reportedly shot by Pinney and were fleeing the home when police shot him.
Megan Sherrard is being treated for multiple gunshot wounds at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. Luca Sherrard is being treated for a gunshot wound to the foot, state police said.
A Calais police officer, John Preston, was also wounded during the incident and is expected to be recover. State police said Preston and fellow officer Joseph Bartlett shot at Pinney.
Pinney had been in jail for a domestic violence criminal threatening charge involving Megan Sherrard and a bail condition required that he have no contact with her, state police said. She had filed a protection from harassment and abuse order against him on June 11.
Megan Sherrard failed to show up for a doctor's appointment on Wednesday and her father found her car in the medical practice's parking lot and contacted police because he was concerned for her safety, state police said. Investigators believe that Pinney confronted Megan Sherrard in the parking lot and forced her to return with him to his house.
Along with state police, the Maine Attorney General's Office has sent a team of its investigators to Calais to investigate the shootings.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Dad uses 3-year-old child as shield, hit by police taser (Olathe, Kansas)
Oh, these Drama Daddies like JASON P. TROXEL. Just can't man up and let yourself be served with a protection order (which looks like it was sorely needed in retrospect). Nope, we had to ramp this up to Big Time Police Theater! And take our poor, traumatized 3-year-old son as a hostage/human shield! Thus proving why somebody might, just might need a protection order against your crazy @$$.
This reminds me of a very similar case in Michigan: http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2010/09/dad-gets-jail-after-using-2-year-old.html
http://www.fox4kc.com/news/wdaf-father-uses-child-as-shield-hit-by-police-taser-20110215,0,167755.story
Father Uses Child As Shield, Hit By Police Taser
2:24 p.m. CST, February 15, 2011
OLATHE, Kan. — A three-year-old child was hit by a Taser after his father used him as a shield during his arrest, officials said on Tuesday. The Johnson County Sheriff's Department was serving a protection order for the child in the 800 block of Lindenwood in Olathe.
The child's father, Jason P. Troxel, grabbed the child and ran from the home. When deputies chased Troxel, he fell to the ground and a deputy used their Taser. The Taser hit the child in the legs. Deputies were able to take the child from Troxel and tackled him, using the Taser again.
The child was taken to the hospital and was treated for minor injuries and released to his mother's custody.
Troxel was arrested and booked into jail on a civil contempt warrant and additional charges of endangering a child, obstruction of justice and fleeing and eluding.
This reminds me of a very similar case in Michigan: http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2010/09/dad-gets-jail-after-using-2-year-old.html
http://www.fox4kc.com/news/wdaf-father-uses-child-as-shield-hit-by-police-taser-20110215,0,167755.story
Father Uses Child As Shield, Hit By Police Taser
2:24 p.m. CST, February 15, 2011
OLATHE, Kan. — A three-year-old child was hit by a Taser after his father used him as a shield during his arrest, officials said on Tuesday. The Johnson County Sheriff's Department was serving a protection order for the child in the 800 block of Lindenwood in Olathe.
The child's father, Jason P. Troxel, grabbed the child and ran from the home. When deputies chased Troxel, he fell to the ground and a deputy used their Taser. The Taser hit the child in the legs. Deputies were able to take the child from Troxel and tackled him, using the Taser again.
The child was taken to the hospital and was treated for minor injuries and released to his mother's custody.
Troxel was arrested and booked into jail on a civil contempt warrant and additional charges of endangering a child, obstruction of justice and fleeing and eluding.
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