Dad THOMAS CAMPO has pleaded guilty to 19 charges of assault against his infant triplets, and has been sentenced to prison. It seems Daddy basicallly attacked these babies from birth. Sick sh**. One broken skull, several broken ribls, bite marks--quite a reign of terror Daddy had going while it lasted.
http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Plaistow+father+sentenced+15+to+30+years+for+abusing+triplets&articleId=bc32b64e-679f-4fed-b830-68b06b5e6520
Plaistow father sentenced 15 to 30 years for abusing triplets
By JAMES A. KIMBLE
Union Leader Correspondent
5 hours, 53 minutes ago
BRENTWOOD – A judge sentenced a Plaistow father to 15 to 30 years in state prison for a series of brutal attacks against his three infant children, who suffered from broken ribs, a fractured skull and bite marks found on one child's ear and abdomen.
A soft-spoken Thomas Campo, 44, pleaded guilty to 19 charges of first-degree assault and a single count of second-degree assault on Tuesday morning in Rockingham County Superior Court.
Judge Tina Nadeau said the negotiated sentence was an appropriate one and described Campo's abuse as an "awful set of events."
"I just hope that these children will be able to move on with their lives," Nadeau said.
Campo will serve three consecutive 5-to-10 year prison terms for abusing each of triplets. He was taken into custody following Tuesday's hearing.
Plaistow police began investigating Campo on Sept. 12, 2009, after his wife, Zoya, brought one of the children to Lawrence General Hospital because the baby was acting fussy and had an ear ache.
Physicians noticed a bite mark on the baby's abdomen during the exam, which prompted them to call child protection workers and police, Assistant County Attorney Jerome Blanchard said.
The Campo's triplets - two boys and a girl - were born on April 6, 2009, according to police.
The assaults began almost immediately after the children were born and lasted until Campo was arrested in September, according to a police affidavit.
Blanchard said the children suffered several rib fractures. Zoya Campo told police "her husband loses his temper sometimes," Blanchard told Nadeau.
Campo himself admitted to police he had been abusing the children, and even explained how he sometimes squeezed and injured them, according to Blanchard.
Defense lawyer Adam Bernstein, who negotiated the plea deal with prosecutors, did not contest any of the facts presented during the court hearing.
Rockingham County Attorney James Reams said after the hearing that the children appear to be in good health.
"It's absolutely appalling that someone would do this to infants," Reams said of the abuse. "I would hope they don't have to remember it and won't remember it when they grow up."
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Stay-at-home dad found guilty of murdering 3-year-old son (Southwark, England, United Kingdom)
PAUL DEYA was a stay-at-home dad with a working wife. For some reason, their relationship was "deteriorating" (maybe because Daddy was an abusive deadbeat?). So when a separation was proposed (probably by the mother, since she asked him to move out), Daddy acted out violently to maintain his power and control by murdering their 3-year-old son, and then attacking the mother with a knife when she came home. And nobody can figure out why there were "failings" in this marriage? (HINT: It ain't Mom.)
http://www.euroweeklynews.com/2011012485618/news/international/man-is-found-guilty-of-murdering-his-three-year-old-son.html
Man is found guilty of murdering his three-year-old son.
Monday, 24 January 2011 12:04 0
A man who killed his three-year-old son in a frenzied knife attack has been found guilty of murder at the Old Bailey. Paul Deya, now 32, murdered his son, in their home on the Lynton Estate in Southwark on 23 November 2009. He was also found guilty of GBH with intent against his wife on the same date. The court heard how in the months before the toddler's death, the relationship between Deya and his wife had deteriorated causing them to agree a period of separation. It was agreed that Deya would move out, leaving his wife with the children in the family home.On the day of the murder his wife gave their children breakfast before leaving them at home with their father whilst she went to work.
Between 16:00 and 16:30hrs she received a text from her husband which read "I wish you all the best."
She drove home where she found the front door had been bolted from inside. Receiving no response at the door, she climbed through the bathroom window into the flat which was in darkness.
She walked to the doorway of her son's bedroom where she saw him lying on the floor in a pool of blood.
Deya was also lying on the floor, bare-chested. When he saw his wife, he grabbed a kitchen knife which was by his side and chased her out of their flat.
He caught up with his wife on some external stairs where he slashed her ear causing a deep cut.
The woman continued to run down the stairs but Deya returned to the flat and shut the door behind him.
The first police officers to arrive at the scene found a woman suffering from shock. She told them her husband had killed their children.
The officers took the keys to the flat from and let themselves in. Inside they found the lifeless body of the little boy; he had been stabbed in the abdomen and throat. In the master bedroom they found the couples other child unharmed.
Deya was taken to hospital and treated for self-inflicted stab and slash wounds to his neck and abdomen.
Officers examining the flat later found a hand-written note from Deya to his wife in which he made various accusations towards her. The note also set out the disposal of his property and instructions for the burial of his body, and those of his children.
Detective Inspector Keith Braithwaite, Child Abuse Investigation Command, said: "I am pleased that the jury have found Paul Deya guilty of the murder of his son today.
"He attempted to justify his actions by making accusations against his wife and blaming failings in their marriage for the course of conduct he undertook.
"I would like to thank the victim's mother for her courage and dignity throughout what was a complex investigation."
Deya will be sentenced at the Old Bailey on 4 February.
Source: MPS
http://www.euroweeklynews.com/2011012485618/news/international/man-is-found-guilty-of-murdering-his-three-year-old-son.html
Man is found guilty of murdering his three-year-old son.
Monday, 24 January 2011 12:04 0
A man who killed his three-year-old son in a frenzied knife attack has been found guilty of murder at the Old Bailey. Paul Deya, now 32, murdered his son, in their home on the Lynton Estate in Southwark on 23 November 2009. He was also found guilty of GBH with intent against his wife on the same date. The court heard how in the months before the toddler's death, the relationship between Deya and his wife had deteriorated causing them to agree a period of separation. It was agreed that Deya would move out, leaving his wife with the children in the family home.On the day of the murder his wife gave their children breakfast before leaving them at home with their father whilst she went to work.
Between 16:00 and 16:30hrs she received a text from her husband which read "I wish you all the best."
She drove home where she found the front door had been bolted from inside. Receiving no response at the door, she climbed through the bathroom window into the flat which was in darkness.
She walked to the doorway of her son's bedroom where she saw him lying on the floor in a pool of blood.
Deya was also lying on the floor, bare-chested. When he saw his wife, he grabbed a kitchen knife which was by his side and chased her out of their flat.
He caught up with his wife on some external stairs where he slashed her ear causing a deep cut.
The woman continued to run down the stairs but Deya returned to the flat and shut the door behind him.
The first police officers to arrive at the scene found a woman suffering from shock. She told them her husband had killed their children.
The officers took the keys to the flat from and let themselves in. Inside they found the lifeless body of the little boy; he had been stabbed in the abdomen and throat. In the master bedroom they found the couples other child unharmed.
Deya was taken to hospital and treated for self-inflicted stab and slash wounds to his neck and abdomen.
Officers examining the flat later found a hand-written note from Deya to his wife in which he made various accusations towards her. The note also set out the disposal of his property and instructions for the burial of his body, and those of his children.
Detective Inspector Keith Braithwaite, Child Abuse Investigation Command, said: "I am pleased that the jury have found Paul Deya guilty of the murder of his son today.
"He attempted to justify his actions by making accusations against his wife and blaming failings in their marriage for the course of conduct he undertook.
"I would like to thank the victim's mother for her courage and dignity throughout what was a complex investigation."
Deya will be sentenced at the Old Bailey on 4 February.
Source: MPS
Dad charged with beating 12-year-old daughter while in his custody (Church Hill, Tennessee)
Dad KENNY LEE FROST is charged with beating his 12-old daughter with a belt because she--drumroll, please--"forgot to bring home a test from school."
Utterly ridiculous that you could even pretend to justify the beating of somebody for a memory glitch. You want to tell me that Daddy has perfect recall? Spare me.
The girl had "severe brusing" on her legs and buttocks, and also reported being beaten in the abdomen. Abdominal trauma can often lead to life-threatening internal injuries. Not that Daddy seemed to care about that much.
And notice that this couple quite clearly had some sort of shared or joint custody situation, too. The beating apparently occured on November 11 (a Thursday), and Mom didn't pick up the girl until November 14 (a Sunday).
How much you want to bet that Daddy had a history of domestic violence and child abuse even BEFORE this custody situation was set up? And that all that history was just ignored--because as you know, a father's rights trump everything else these days.
And do you think Daddy's custodial rights will be abridged because of this incident? You would hope--but don't bet the farm on it.
http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9029324
Hawkins man charged with child abuse after alleged belt beating
Published January 25th, 2011 Added January 25th, 2011 4:17 am
CHURCH HILL — A Hawkins County man was charged with misdemeanor child abuse Saturday stemming from an alleged belt beating he gave his daughter in November.
According to an arrest warrant filed by Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office Detective Jeff Greer, Kenny Lee Frost, 31, 2102 Goshen Valley Road, Church Hill, is accused of beating his 12-year-old daughter with a belt on Nov. 11, 2010.
The child’s mother, Amanda Frost, reported to the HCSO that when she picked up her daughter from Frost’s residence on Nov. 14 she observed severe bruising on the girl’s legs and buttocks.
The girl reportedly told her mother that Frost had “whipped her with a belt” because she forgot to bring home a test from school.
“(The daughter) stated that he got a leather belt and became enraged and started striking her on the legs and buttocks with the belt,” Greer stated in his report. “She stated that she asked her father to quit but he didn’t. She asked him again and again, and she stated he pushed her down on the couch and struck her across the abdomen with the belt.”
Utterly ridiculous that you could even pretend to justify the beating of somebody for a memory glitch. You want to tell me that Daddy has perfect recall? Spare me.
The girl had "severe brusing" on her legs and buttocks, and also reported being beaten in the abdomen. Abdominal trauma can often lead to life-threatening internal injuries. Not that Daddy seemed to care about that much.
And notice that this couple quite clearly had some sort of shared or joint custody situation, too. The beating apparently occured on November 11 (a Thursday), and Mom didn't pick up the girl until November 14 (a Sunday).
How much you want to bet that Daddy had a history of domestic violence and child abuse even BEFORE this custody situation was set up? And that all that history was just ignored--because as you know, a father's rights trump everything else these days.
And do you think Daddy's custodial rights will be abridged because of this incident? You would hope--but don't bet the farm on it.
http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9029324
Hawkins man charged with child abuse after alleged belt beating
Published January 25th, 2011 Added January 25th, 2011 4:17 am
CHURCH HILL — A Hawkins County man was charged with misdemeanor child abuse Saturday stemming from an alleged belt beating he gave his daughter in November.
According to an arrest warrant filed by Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office Detective Jeff Greer, Kenny Lee Frost, 31, 2102 Goshen Valley Road, Church Hill, is accused of beating his 12-year-old daughter with a belt on Nov. 11, 2010.
The child’s mother, Amanda Frost, reported to the HCSO that when she picked up her daughter from Frost’s residence on Nov. 14 she observed severe bruising on the girl’s legs and buttocks.
The girl reportedly told her mother that Frost had “whipped her with a belt” because she forgot to bring home a test from school.
“(The daughter) stated that he got a leather belt and became enraged and started striking her on the legs and buttocks with the belt,” Greer stated in his report. “She stated that she asked her father to quit but he didn’t. She asked him again and again, and she stated he pushed her down on the couch and struck her across the abdomen with the belt.”
Coroner: 10-week-old baby's death was homicide; dad to be charged (Boulder, Colorado)
Yet another one of those "clumsy daddy" scenarios. Dad JOANQUIN CAMPOS claims he "fell down the stairs" while holding his 10-week-old son. Never mind that healthy 21-year-old men seldom fall down the stairs unless they're drunk or something. And never mind that it doesn't exactly add to his credibility that he "fought" with the arresting officers. And that Daddy himself had no injuries himself. Funny, that.
Notice again, that while daddy is doing his "caretaking" thing for a baby who is little more than a newborn, there is no mention of a mother anywhere. No doubt another miraculous case where Daddy found the baby in a cabbage patch.
You know what? Volatile young men who fight with the police shouldn't be taking care of babies. They're totally unsuitable for it temperamentally and every other way.
Of course he's free on bond. What else is new....
INVISIBLE MOTHER ALERT.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_17185780
Boulder Coroner says infant's death was homicide
By The Denver Post
Posted: 01/24/2011 04:32:17 PM MST
Updated: 01/24/2011 05:12:37 PM MST
Ten-week-old Lyon D. Campos died from multiple blunt force injuries in October and the cause of death was homicide, the Boulder County Coroner's Office said today in closing its investigation into the Lafayette child's death.
The boy's father, 21-year-old Joaquin Campos, is facing charges of child abuse resulting in the death, harassment and domestic violence.
He is free on $500,000 bond and is scheduled for arraignment on March 18.
Lyon died on Oct. 20 at The Childrens Hospital in Aurora, two days his father called 9-1-1 and told police he fell down the stairs while holding the child. The baby had broken bones, including several ribs and both legs, as well as brain hemorrhaging, authorities said.
Police said the father had no signs of injuries from the fall.
Campos later fought Lafayette police officers when they told him he was under arrest. He is free on $2,000 bond on a charge of resisting arrest, records show.
Notice again, that while daddy is doing his "caretaking" thing for a baby who is little more than a newborn, there is no mention of a mother anywhere. No doubt another miraculous case where Daddy found the baby in a cabbage patch.
You know what? Volatile young men who fight with the police shouldn't be taking care of babies. They're totally unsuitable for it temperamentally and every other way.
Of course he's free on bond. What else is new....
INVISIBLE MOTHER ALERT.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_17185780
Boulder Coroner says infant's death was homicide
By The Denver Post
Posted: 01/24/2011 04:32:17 PM MST
Updated: 01/24/2011 05:12:37 PM MST
Ten-week-old Lyon D. Campos died from multiple blunt force injuries in October and the cause of death was homicide, the Boulder County Coroner's Office said today in closing its investigation into the Lafayette child's death.
The boy's father, 21-year-old Joaquin Campos, is facing charges of child abuse resulting in the death, harassment and domestic violence.
He is free on $500,000 bond and is scheduled for arraignment on March 18.
Lyon died on Oct. 20 at The Childrens Hospital in Aurora, two days his father called 9-1-1 and told police he fell down the stairs while holding the child. The baby had broken bones, including several ribs and both legs, as well as brain hemorrhaging, authorities said.
Police said the father had no signs of injuries from the fall.
Campos later fought Lafayette police officers when they told him he was under arrest. He is free on $2,000 bond on a charge of resisting arrest, records show.
Dad charged in death of 2-year-old son (Houston, Texas)
Is ERNEST EUGENE OVEAL, JR. a single dad? Sure sounds like it. Though the boy was hospitalized at 10:30 at night, there is still zero mention of a mother anywhere in this story-- though there is mention of Daddy tending to "his" other child. So is this a situation involving custody/visitation? Hopefully the media will clarify this matter at some point.
Dad has now been charged in the little boy's death, which was apparently caused by abusive head trauma.
Interesting aside. I have seen studies that show that potty training/dirty diaper issues are often powerful child abuse triggers. Especially for men, who seem to have less patience with this sort of thing.
http://www.khou.com/news/Houston-dad-charged-in-toddlers-death-114497839.html
Houston dad charged in toddler's death
by khou.com staff
khou.com
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 1:05 PM
HOUSTON -- A 25-year-old Houston father is facing charges in connection with the death of his 2-year-old son.
Police said around 10:30 p.m. on January 20, Ernest Eugene Oveal, Jr., was rushed to the hospital with head trauma and bruising to his body.
He was pronounced dead after arrival.
Police said earlier that night, the boy’s father, Ernest Eugene Oveal, found his son in bed, lying in feces with a soiled diaper at their home in the 9700 block of Mesa Drive.
Oveal said he put his son on a training toilet and left the room to tend to his other child.
When he returned, Oveal told police the toddler had thrown feces in the room.
Oveal said he got a belt and disciplined his son, but during the punishment the boy went limp and stopped breathing.
Investigators were awaiting autopsy results to determine the cause of death.
Oveal is charged with injury to a child.
Dad has now been charged in the little boy's death, which was apparently caused by abusive head trauma.
Interesting aside. I have seen studies that show that potty training/dirty diaper issues are often powerful child abuse triggers. Especially for men, who seem to have less patience with this sort of thing.
http://www.khou.com/news/Houston-dad-charged-in-toddlers-death-114497839.html
Houston dad charged in toddler's death
by khou.com staff
khou.com
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 1:05 PM
HOUSTON -- A 25-year-old Houston father is facing charges in connection with the death of his 2-year-old son.
Police said around 10:30 p.m. on January 20, Ernest Eugene Oveal, Jr., was rushed to the hospital with head trauma and bruising to his body.
He was pronounced dead after arrival.
Police said earlier that night, the boy’s father, Ernest Eugene Oveal, found his son in bed, lying in feces with a soiled diaper at their home in the 9700 block of Mesa Drive.
Oveal said he put his son on a training toilet and left the room to tend to his other child.
When he returned, Oveal told police the toddler had thrown feces in the room.
Oveal said he got a belt and disciplined his son, but during the punishment the boy went limp and stopped breathing.
Investigators were awaiting autopsy results to determine the cause of death.
Oveal is charged with injury to a child.
Dad charged with murder in death of 5-month-old daughter; pleaded guilty to killing ANOTHER CHILD in 1996 (Greer, South Carolina)
Funny how the murders of children aren't treated as "real" murders with life sentences. Observe that dad DARON DUANE DAVIS was convicted of killing another child back back in 1996, and was sentenced to twenty years.
Okay, I may not be the brightest bulb in the chandelier when it comes to higher mathematics, but as far as I can reckon, that means he should have been getting out in 2016. What happened?
The end result, at any rate is, that his 5-month-old daughter is now dead--and Daddy has been charged with her murder.
Will he be kept away from children this time? Just maybe?
http://www2.wspa.com/news/2011/jan/22/12/father-charged-injuring-five-month-old-ar-1373596/
Father Charged In Child's Death; Records Show It's The 2nd Time
By Steven Jones
Published: January 22, 2011 Updated: January 24, 2011 - 4:25 PM
GREER, SC --
A 5-month-old girl is dead and the father charged with murder after the baby was taken off life support and died Sunday night.
Greenville County deputies say the investigation into the child’s injuries began on January 19 when Greer Police were asked the Sheriff’s Office to investigate the case to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest.
The child’s grandmother is an employee with the Greer PD.
Deputies responded to Greenville Memorial and spoke with the child’s mother. The report states she told investigators the child’s breathing became erratic due to injuries she received. Doctors placed the child on life support at the hospital.
Investigators say Daron Duane Davis cased the child’s injuries, but they declined to elaborate on how the injuries occurred. Davis was charged with abuse to inflict bodily injury upon a child.
The child is Davis’ biological daughter.
After the child was removed from life support Sunday, the charges were upgraded to murder.
For Davis, it is the second time he has been charged in the death of a child involving child abuse. In 1994, records show Davis was charged with homicide by child abuse in Spartanburg County.
Davis is currently being held at the Greenville County Detention Center without bond. He pleaded guilty on that charge and was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 1996.
Click here to see details on the case.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
DASTARDLY DADS FROM THE ARCHIVES (Euless, Texas - 2009)
Not a terribly old story, but not brand new either. After dad SHANE PINGLE was convicted in 2008 of killing his 12-week-old infant daughter, he made a run for it. One year later, he was captured in Texas. Note that he was also convicted of assaulting the murdered baby's twin sister. Yet his "family" insists he's really a nice guy...Denial. It's an amazing thing.
But once again, we have a case with no specific mention of the mother. Interesting.
INVISIBLE MOTHER ALERT.
http://tdn.com/business/local/article_e6f61f16-fed6-524f-b696-de687f2975fd.html
Convicted baby killer Benjamin Pingle captured in Texas
By Leslie Slape The Daily News Online Posted: Thursday, July 30, 2009 12:00 am
Fugitive Benjamin Shane Pingle, convicted last year of killing his infant daughter, was arrested early Thursday afternoon in Texas by U.S. Marshals, said Holly Bishop, the Longview bondsman who posted his $250,000 appeal bond.
“We picked up Pingle,” Bishop said with obvious pleasure shortly after receiving word from the Marshals Service. “He did not resist arrest.”
Pingle, 26, was convicted of manslaughter in the 2006 death of his 12-week-old daughter Justice, had been free on the appeal bond when he vanished in May.
A spokesman in the city jail in Euless, Texas, said Pingle was booked at 3:57 p.m. Central time (1:57 p.m. Pacific time) and is being held without bail. Euless is west of Dallas.
Cowlitz County Prosecutor Sue Baur said Pingle is scheduled to appear in court in Texas Friday and is expected to be transferred Sunday to the Tarrant County Jail in Forth Worth.
Pingle, she said, could be back in Cowlitz County within two weeks if he waives extradition. The process could take at least two months if the prosecutor’s office has to force his extradition with a governor’s warrant, Baur said.
“The sheriff’s office and the prosecutor’s office will work out the details,” said Sgt. Mike Hallowell of the Longview Police, which investigated Pingle’s disappearance. “LPD detectives may go down there and do extradition.”
Hallowell said police received tips that Pingle was in Euless with a woman.
“We had believed that’s where he was last headed and we asked officials to attempt contact,” he said. He said the Marshals found Pingle while having the woman’s apartment under surveillance. Baur said authorities approached Pingle at the apartment and took him into custody.
She said it’s up to local Texas authorities to decide whether the woman will be charged with harboring a fugitive.
Baur said a Euless jail official told her Pingle didn’t say much when he was booked, but he reportedly told a jailer that he knew why he was in custody.
“I don’t know anything about whether the Marshals talked to him about being on the run,” Baur said.
Pingle’s capture means his grandparents, Cordell and Marlene Stone, won’t lose their home, which they put up as collateral to make his bail.
Cowlitz Superior Court Judge James Warme revoked the bail July 16 and gave Pingle’s family 60 days to find him or pay the full amount.
“The Stones are crying, they’re so happy,” Bishop said. “They’re extraordinary people. Their assets and stuff are being protected.”
The Stones could not be reached at their home Thursday afternoon.
Bishop said he’s covering all expenses related to Pingle’s transportation back to Cowlitz County as part of the job.
“That’s the purpose of this bonding business,” he said. “The taxpayers aren’t paying for this kid jumping bail. It’s a very small amount, but well worth it to get him back in.”
Pingle was sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison in June 2008 after a highly emotional three-week trial. The prosecutor’s office said the Castle Rock man killed his daughter by shaking and abusing her. Pingle also was convicted of third-degree assault of a child for causing injuries to Justice’s twin sister, Liberty. Pingle’s family continues to insist he is innocent.
Baur said the prosecutor’s office, which objected to Pingle’s release after his sentencing last year, is considering additional charges against Pingle related to his disappearance.
Pingle was more likely to flee because he faced significant prison time and didn’t know what to expect in prison, Baur said. “I hope in the future any judge considers the amount of time the person is looking at as a motivation to run, especially if they’ve never done time before,” she said.
Asked if she thought those factors were taken into consideration when Pingle’s appeal bond was granted last year, Baur said, “I don’t think it was.”
Judge Warme, who granted the appeal bond during a contentious June 2008 hearing, has not responded to multiple requests for comment.
“I think it is unlikely that the defendant will re-offend, particularly if he is not in contact with minor children,” Warme said during the hearing. “And I think it is unlikely that he will flee.”
Following Pingle’s disappearance, prosecutors said they would ask the state Court of Appeals to dismiss his appeal, which had not yet begun. The prosecutor’s office wanted to ensure Pingle wouldn’t wait out the result his appeal in absentia and decide whether to return based on the outcome, Baur said. Now that Pingle is back in custody, she said, the prosecutor’s office will not stand in the way of his appeal.
“We really want to just see him get what he was sentenced to,” Baur said. “He needs to start serving his sentence.”
But once again, we have a case with no specific mention of the mother. Interesting.
INVISIBLE MOTHER ALERT.
http://tdn.com/business/local/article_e6f61f16-fed6-524f-b696-de687f2975fd.html
Convicted baby killer Benjamin Pingle captured in Texas
By Leslie Slape The Daily News Online Posted: Thursday, July 30, 2009 12:00 am
Fugitive Benjamin Shane Pingle, convicted last year of killing his infant daughter, was arrested early Thursday afternoon in Texas by U.S. Marshals, said Holly Bishop, the Longview bondsman who posted his $250,000 appeal bond.
“We picked up Pingle,” Bishop said with obvious pleasure shortly after receiving word from the Marshals Service. “He did not resist arrest.”
Pingle, 26, was convicted of manslaughter in the 2006 death of his 12-week-old daughter Justice, had been free on the appeal bond when he vanished in May.
A spokesman in the city jail in Euless, Texas, said Pingle was booked at 3:57 p.m. Central time (1:57 p.m. Pacific time) and is being held without bail. Euless is west of Dallas.
Cowlitz County Prosecutor Sue Baur said Pingle is scheduled to appear in court in Texas Friday and is expected to be transferred Sunday to the Tarrant County Jail in Forth Worth.
Pingle, she said, could be back in Cowlitz County within two weeks if he waives extradition. The process could take at least two months if the prosecutor’s office has to force his extradition with a governor’s warrant, Baur said.
“The sheriff’s office and the prosecutor’s office will work out the details,” said Sgt. Mike Hallowell of the Longview Police, which investigated Pingle’s disappearance. “LPD detectives may go down there and do extradition.”
Hallowell said police received tips that Pingle was in Euless with a woman.
“We had believed that’s where he was last headed and we asked officials to attempt contact,” he said. He said the Marshals found Pingle while having the woman’s apartment under surveillance. Baur said authorities approached Pingle at the apartment and took him into custody.
She said it’s up to local Texas authorities to decide whether the woman will be charged with harboring a fugitive.
Baur said a Euless jail official told her Pingle didn’t say much when he was booked, but he reportedly told a jailer that he knew why he was in custody.
“I don’t know anything about whether the Marshals talked to him about being on the run,” Baur said.
Pingle’s capture means his grandparents, Cordell and Marlene Stone, won’t lose their home, which they put up as collateral to make his bail.
Cowlitz Superior Court Judge James Warme revoked the bail July 16 and gave Pingle’s family 60 days to find him or pay the full amount.
“The Stones are crying, they’re so happy,” Bishop said. “They’re extraordinary people. Their assets and stuff are being protected.”
The Stones could not be reached at their home Thursday afternoon.
Bishop said he’s covering all expenses related to Pingle’s transportation back to Cowlitz County as part of the job.
“That’s the purpose of this bonding business,” he said. “The taxpayers aren’t paying for this kid jumping bail. It’s a very small amount, but well worth it to get him back in.”
Pingle was sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison in June 2008 after a highly emotional three-week trial. The prosecutor’s office said the Castle Rock man killed his daughter by shaking and abusing her. Pingle also was convicted of third-degree assault of a child for causing injuries to Justice’s twin sister, Liberty. Pingle’s family continues to insist he is innocent.
Baur said the prosecutor’s office, which objected to Pingle’s release after his sentencing last year, is considering additional charges against Pingle related to his disappearance.
Pingle was more likely to flee because he faced significant prison time and didn’t know what to expect in prison, Baur said. “I hope in the future any judge considers the amount of time the person is looking at as a motivation to run, especially if they’ve never done time before,” she said.
Asked if she thought those factors were taken into consideration when Pingle’s appeal bond was granted last year, Baur said, “I don’t think it was.”
Judge Warme, who granted the appeal bond during a contentious June 2008 hearing, has not responded to multiple requests for comment.
“I think it is unlikely that the defendant will re-offend, particularly if he is not in contact with minor children,” Warme said during the hearing. “And I think it is unlikely that he will flee.”
Following Pingle’s disappearance, prosecutors said they would ask the state Court of Appeals to dismiss his appeal, which had not yet begun. The prosecutor’s office wanted to ensure Pingle wouldn’t wait out the result his appeal in absentia and decide whether to return based on the outcome, Baur said. Now that Pingle is back in custody, she said, the prosecutor’s office will not stand in the way of his appeal.
“We really want to just see him get what he was sentenced to,” Baur said. “He needs to start serving his sentence.”
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