Dad is identified as RODERICK FRIMPONG.
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/crime/article/Gresham-dad-sentenced-for-assaulting-baby-4121618.php
Gresham dad sentenced for assaulting baby
Published 8:54 pm, Saturday, December 15, 2012
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Gresham father who violently shook his baby daughter has been sentenced to 7 ½ years in prison.
Roderick Frimpong was sentenced Friday, weeks after a Multnomah County jury found him guilty of first-degree assault.
Police found the 7-month-old girl unconscious on May 9, 2011. Prosecutors say the girl, now 2, doesn't have full use of the right side of her body and her speech is delayed.
The Oregonian reports (http://is.gd/Ibv0Kl ) that the child's mother was visiting a cardiologist on the day of the injury. She later died from complications related to her heart condition. The girl is in state custody.
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Friday, December 14, 2012
DA drops homicide charges filed against custodial dad; 5-year-old daughter killed in January 2011 (Elm Grove, Louisiana)
Horrifying. The step is being set up to take the fall for this, while the custodial daddy WESLEY LOWE gets off scott free. How many times have we seen this gone down before?
This is another case (just like the CHOATE one which we posted on below) where there is EXTENSIVE evidence of official corruption and incompetence. Here are just a few of our previous postings: here, here, and here.
This case is so egregious that the non-custodial mother has filed a lawsuit.
Here's a summary of the back story:
* After a "nasty child custody battle," Dad WESLEY LOWE was finally awarded weekend visitation with his 5-year-old daughter--but that apparently wasn't enough power and control for him. (It often isn't for aggressive father litigants.)
* When Mom tried to pick up the child one Sunday night, Daddy primly announced that the child wasn't going back to Mom, as he had filed a temporary restraining order against her and had contacted CPS.
* Although Daddy had contempt charges against him, Mom was unable to go to court to defend herself because the judges kept signing off on the time extensions for the restraining order with no apparent questioning of the evidence and/or the father's motives. Dad's "temporary custody" order was extended FOUR SEPARATE TIMES by the courts.
* DCFS took no steps to expedite the process and did nothing to evaluate Daddy’s credibility.
* DCFS not only failed to investigate the credibility of the father after he made complaints against the mother, they failed to investigate the home in which the child was placed and failed to investigate suspected abuse reported by the child’s teacher.
And then finally, the child shows up at the hospital dead. Apparently beaten to death. The child had already been dead some two hours before Daddy and the step managed to get her to the hospital. Wow, that's loving parental concern....
Very often when a child is abused or killed by a father who is separated or divorced from the mother, there's a history of court and/or CPS incompetence and/or corruption behind it--just as we see here. Only no one looks into it. Some RED FLAGS that were immediately apparent to me in this case. Why weren't they apparent to those in authority?
* Daddy apparently had a previous CPS "run in" in Nebraska regarding a domestic battery arrest. No Louisiana authorities bothered to do the research on this sort of thing or did they just not care? The step certainly knew--Daddy used that as an excuse for why the girl couldn't get immediate medical care. His own @$$ over his daughter's well being. What does that tell you?
* Daddy and the step had also been arrested for some heavy duty drug possession (Oxycodone and Darvocet). And nobody in authority knew about that either? Nobody at CPS who worked with Daddy on this case even suspected drug abuse? Don't they supposedly have training in that sort of thing? Nobody thought that a drug addiction might indicate something important about Daddy's credibility in this case?
* Daddy's prior history in terms of this child was as an every-other-weekend father who rarely paid child support. I'm not seeing this as evidence of a father who was truly involved in the child's life in a healthy way. When a father like this suddenly demands custody and refuses to return the child to the mother, there is definitely reason to suspect his motives. ESPECIALLY when the same guy has a history of domestic violence and drug abuse.
WHO ARE THE JUDGES WHO KEPT SIGNING OFF ON DADDY'S RESTRAINING ORDERS? LET'S SEE THE NAMES. And the names of the CPS idiots who went along with this fiasco.
And shame on District Attorney SHUYLER MARVIN for continuing this travesty of justice by dropping all the charges against this father.
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20121211/NEWS03/121211028/DA-drops-charge-against-slain-child-s-father?odyssey=nav%7Chead
DA drops charge against slain child's father
2:46 PM, Dec 11, 2012
Written by Loresha Wilson
The Bossier-Webster district attorney’s office has dropped the charge filed against an Elm Grove man in connection with the death of his 5-year-old daughter.
The charge of negligent homicide Wesley Lowe faced was dismissed last week, less than a month after his wife pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter for killing Anna Celeste Lowe. District Attorney Schuyler Marvin said there was no way to prove that Wesley Lowe, 35, did anything to contribute to his daughter’s death.
“We knew all along that Wesley Lowe did not cause the child’s death. He had an alibi; he was at work. “We needed him to testify and fill in where he was and what his wife told him on the phone about the child,” Marvin said. “It was never our intentions to go forward with a trial for him.”
Wesley and his wife, Catherine Lowe, were arrested in January 2011 and charged with murder after they took the child to the hospital. The 5-year-old died at least two hours before her arrival there, authorities determined.
The girl died Jan. 13, 2011, as a result of internal bleeding after her stomach was severed from her intestines and her liver was lacerated in two pieces, authorities said.
Catherine Lowe gave investigators contradictory statements regarding the events leading to the girl’s death. Her children, who were home at the time the injury occurred, told police their mom followed Anna Celeste Lowe into the bathroom of their home.
The children said they heard a very loud thump shortly afterward and, when they went into the bathroom, the 5-year-old was lying on the floor in obvious pain and vomiting.
Wesley and Catherine Lowe each initially was charged with negligent homicide. Authorities later upgraded the charge against her to first-degree murder then downgraded it to second-degree murder.
On Nov. 12, after months of turning down plea offers, Catherine Lowe agreed to plead guilty to a charge of manslaughter in exchange for a possible life sentence. She faces up to 25 years in prison when sentenced on the lesser charge.
This is another case (just like the CHOATE one which we posted on below) where there is EXTENSIVE evidence of official corruption and incompetence. Here are just a few of our previous postings: here, here, and here.
This case is so egregious that the non-custodial mother has filed a lawsuit.
Here's a summary of the back story:
* After a "nasty child custody battle," Dad WESLEY LOWE was finally awarded weekend visitation with his 5-year-old daughter--but that apparently wasn't enough power and control for him. (It often isn't for aggressive father litigants.)
* When Mom tried to pick up the child one Sunday night, Daddy primly announced that the child wasn't going back to Mom, as he had filed a temporary restraining order against her and had contacted CPS.
* Although Daddy had contempt charges against him, Mom was unable to go to court to defend herself because the judges kept signing off on the time extensions for the restraining order with no apparent questioning of the evidence and/or the father's motives. Dad's "temporary custody" order was extended FOUR SEPARATE TIMES by the courts.
* DCFS took no steps to expedite the process and did nothing to evaluate Daddy’s credibility.
* DCFS not only failed to investigate the credibility of the father after he made complaints against the mother, they failed to investigate the home in which the child was placed and failed to investigate suspected abuse reported by the child’s teacher.
And then finally, the child shows up at the hospital dead. Apparently beaten to death. The child had already been dead some two hours before Daddy and the step managed to get her to the hospital. Wow, that's loving parental concern....
Very often when a child is abused or killed by a father who is separated or divorced from the mother, there's a history of court and/or CPS incompetence and/or corruption behind it--just as we see here. Only no one looks into it. Some RED FLAGS that were immediately apparent to me in this case. Why weren't they apparent to those in authority?
* Daddy apparently had a previous CPS "run in" in Nebraska regarding a domestic battery arrest. No Louisiana authorities bothered to do the research on this sort of thing or did they just not care? The step certainly knew--Daddy used that as an excuse for why the girl couldn't get immediate medical care. His own @$$ over his daughter's well being. What does that tell you?
* Daddy and the step had also been arrested for some heavy duty drug possession (Oxycodone and Darvocet). And nobody in authority knew about that either? Nobody at CPS who worked with Daddy on this case even suspected drug abuse? Don't they supposedly have training in that sort of thing? Nobody thought that a drug addiction might indicate something important about Daddy's credibility in this case?
* Daddy's prior history in terms of this child was as an every-other-weekend father who rarely paid child support. I'm not seeing this as evidence of a father who was truly involved in the child's life in a healthy way. When a father like this suddenly demands custody and refuses to return the child to the mother, there is definitely reason to suspect his motives. ESPECIALLY when the same guy has a history of domestic violence and drug abuse.
WHO ARE THE JUDGES WHO KEPT SIGNING OFF ON DADDY'S RESTRAINING ORDERS? LET'S SEE THE NAMES. And the names of the CPS idiots who went along with this fiasco.
And shame on District Attorney SHUYLER MARVIN for continuing this travesty of justice by dropping all the charges against this father.
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20121211/NEWS03/121211028/DA-drops-charge-against-slain-child-s-father?odyssey=nav%7Chead
DA drops charge against slain child's father
2:46 PM, Dec 11, 2012
Written by Loresha Wilson
The Bossier-Webster district attorney’s office has dropped the charge filed against an Elm Grove man in connection with the death of his 5-year-old daughter.
The charge of negligent homicide Wesley Lowe faced was dismissed last week, less than a month after his wife pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter for killing Anna Celeste Lowe. District Attorney Schuyler Marvin said there was no way to prove that Wesley Lowe, 35, did anything to contribute to his daughter’s death.
“We knew all along that Wesley Lowe did not cause the child’s death. He had an alibi; he was at work. “We needed him to testify and fill in where he was and what his wife told him on the phone about the child,” Marvin said. “It was never our intentions to go forward with a trial for him.”
Wesley and his wife, Catherine Lowe, were arrested in January 2011 and charged with murder after they took the child to the hospital. The 5-year-old died at least two hours before her arrival there, authorities determined.
The girl died Jan. 13, 2011, as a result of internal bleeding after her stomach was severed from her intestines and her liver was lacerated in two pieces, authorities said.
Catherine Lowe gave investigators contradictory statements regarding the events leading to the girl’s death. Her children, who were home at the time the injury occurred, told police their mom followed Anna Celeste Lowe into the bathroom of their home.
The children said they heard a very loud thump shortly afterward and, when they went into the bathroom, the 5-year-old was lying on the floor in obvious pain and vomiting.
Wesley and Catherine Lowe each initially was charged with negligent homicide. Authorities later upgraded the charge against her to first-degree murder then downgraded it to second-degree murder.
On Nov. 12, after months of turning down plea offers, Catherine Lowe agreed to plead guilty to a charge of manslaughter in exchange for a possible life sentence. She faces up to 25 years in prison when sentenced on the lesser charge.
Custodial dad pleads guilty to "felony neglect" in torture murder of 13-year-old son (Crown Point, Indiana)
WHAT!!!
This piece of sh** is only guilty of "felony neglect"??? A child who was subjected to torture and was finally murdered by his custodial father RILEY CHOATE? A man who gained (and maintained) custody under very suspicious circumstances?
This is a total outrage. Let's review the past history. See here, here, and here for additional background information.
Here are the FACTS about RILEY CHOATE, the dad that therapist Angie Cleveland found "supportive" and "kind" and "patient." The father who received FULL CUSTODY based on Cleveland's delusional evaluation:
* Interviews with the children WHO ACTUALLY LIVED IN THE HOUSE said that Daddy and the step were abusive and dangerous. In fact, abuse claims were SUBSTANTIATED the YEAR BEFORE Daddy got custody. But Daddy got custody anyway! Thanks to clueless morons like Cleveland who gave more weight to spin and illusion than the parent's actual track record.
* Evidence strongly suggests at this point that this "kind" daddy kept this boy locked in a cage, cut him off from his mother or contact with any other human beings outside Daddy's hellhole of a home, beat him, tortured him, starved him, and finally murdered him.
* Choate had a criminal record of charges including battery, auto theft and harassment--a record that was either ignored, "missed," or dismissed as unimportant.
* In 2008, DCS officials investigated allegations that there was a 12-year-old boy in the Choate home who was "on house arrest." The abuse never was substantiated, DCS records state. According to a neighbor, the investigator didn't even enter into the home. She just talked to the step outside.
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local/indiana&id=8920596
Christian Choate father pleads guilty in child's death
Updated at 01:46 PM today
Investigators have charged Riley Choate with moving a body from a death scene, altering a body and failure to report a body. He has not been charged with murder.
December 13, 2012
(CROWN POINT, Ind.) -- A Hammond man has pleaded guilty to felony neglect of a dependent in the death of his 13-year-old son, whose body was found in a shallow grave two years after authorities say he died.
The Times of Munster reports Riley Choate showed no emotion Friday as he pleaded guilty to multiple charges.
Investigators said in court documents his son, Christian, was beaten for years and kept in a cage before his 2009 death. His body was found in May 2011 buried at a mobile home park in Gary.
Choate also pleaded guilty to neglect of a dependent for depriving his daughter of an education and removal of a body from a death scene. He faces an agreed term of 80 years in prison.
This piece of sh** is only guilty of "felony neglect"??? A child who was subjected to torture and was finally murdered by his custodial father RILEY CHOATE? A man who gained (and maintained) custody under very suspicious circumstances?
This is a total outrage. Let's review the past history. See here, here, and here for additional background information.
Here are the FACTS about RILEY CHOATE, the dad that therapist Angie Cleveland found "supportive" and "kind" and "patient." The father who received FULL CUSTODY based on Cleveland's delusional evaluation:
* Interviews with the children WHO ACTUALLY LIVED IN THE HOUSE said that Daddy and the step were abusive and dangerous. In fact, abuse claims were SUBSTANTIATED the YEAR BEFORE Daddy got custody. But Daddy got custody anyway! Thanks to clueless morons like Cleveland who gave more weight to spin and illusion than the parent's actual track record.
* Evidence strongly suggests at this point that this "kind" daddy kept this boy locked in a cage, cut him off from his mother or contact with any other human beings outside Daddy's hellhole of a home, beat him, tortured him, starved him, and finally murdered him.
* Choate had a criminal record of charges including battery, auto theft and harassment--a record that was either ignored, "missed," or dismissed as unimportant.
* In 2008, DCS officials investigated allegations that there was a 12-year-old boy in the Choate home who was "on house arrest." The abuse never was substantiated, DCS records state. According to a neighbor, the investigator didn't even enter into the home. She just talked to the step outside.
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local/indiana&id=8920596
Christian Choate father pleads guilty in child's death
Updated at 01:46 PM today
Investigators have charged Riley Choate with moving a body from a death scene, altering a body and failure to report a body. He has not been charged with murder.
December 13, 2012
(CROWN POINT, Ind.) -- A Hammond man has pleaded guilty to felony neglect of a dependent in the death of his 13-year-old son, whose body was found in a shallow grave two years after authorities say he died.
The Times of Munster reports Riley Choate showed no emotion Friday as he pleaded guilty to multiple charges.
Investigators said in court documents his son, Christian, was beaten for years and kept in a cage before his 2009 death. His body was found in May 2011 buried at a mobile home park in Gary.
Choate also pleaded guilty to neglect of a dependent for depriving his daughter of an education and removal of a body from a death scene. He faces an agreed term of 80 years in prison.
Warrant issued for dad who allegedly struck son during custody/visitation (Madison County, Georgia)
Read between the lines. The abuse obviously took place during UNNAMED DAD's custody/visitation time. The step is obviously a drunk, a liar, or both. Wonder if there was a judge who ordered this poor little boy into this home filled with idiots.
http://www.madisonjournaltoday.com/archives/5749-Warrants-issued-for-man-who-allegedly-struck-his-son.html
Warrants issued for man who allegedly struck his son
Posted by Staff Writerin Public Safety
Friday, December 14. 2012
A warrant has been issued on a Danielsville man for cruelty to children after he allegedly struck and kicked his young son because he was “mad” at him.
According to the incident report, officer Justin Hanley went to the residence on Hwy. 29 North where he met with the child and his mother. The mother stated that she was made aware that day of an incident that had happened the night before involving her son and his father. The son then spoke with Hanley and another officer while in his mother’s presence. He told officers that his father “got mad” at him the night before because he “told on him” for pushing another child at the residence. He said his father then picked him up and threw him on the floor and kicked him several times. He said later that night his father took him outside and pushed him against the trampoline, holding his face against it.
The child’s stepmother allegedly texted her sister that night and told her that her husband and his son “had gotten into it.” The sister said after receiving the messages, she went to the home to check on the child and found him sitting in a chair “shaking and crying” and that his father had his hands on the boy’s shoulder. When she asked what was going on, her brother-in-law allegedly told her that the boy was “his son and it was none of her business.” The stepmother then spoke with officers, telling them that she had been drinking the night before and that she “gets emotional” when she drinks. She said the message she sent to her sister was that her husband and his son were “playing rough.” She said her sister misinterpreted the message and that the pair were just wrestling.
The father fled the scene on foot just prior to Hanley’s arrival, when he reportedly found out that law enforcement had been called. The child’s mother reached him on his cell phone and told him he needed to come speak with officers, but he reportedly refused. The boy was then released to his mother and a warrant was issued for the father on charges of second-degree cruelty to children.
http://www.madisonjournaltoday.com/archives/5749-Warrants-issued-for-man-who-allegedly-struck-his-son.html
Warrants issued for man who allegedly struck his son
Posted by Staff Writerin Public Safety
Friday, December 14. 2012
A warrant has been issued on a Danielsville man for cruelty to children after he allegedly struck and kicked his young son because he was “mad” at him.
According to the incident report, officer Justin Hanley went to the residence on Hwy. 29 North where he met with the child and his mother. The mother stated that she was made aware that day of an incident that had happened the night before involving her son and his father. The son then spoke with Hanley and another officer while in his mother’s presence. He told officers that his father “got mad” at him the night before because he “told on him” for pushing another child at the residence. He said his father then picked him up and threw him on the floor and kicked him several times. He said later that night his father took him outside and pushed him against the trampoline, holding his face against it.
The child’s stepmother allegedly texted her sister that night and told her that her husband and his son “had gotten into it.” The sister said after receiving the messages, she went to the home to check on the child and found him sitting in a chair “shaking and crying” and that his father had his hands on the boy’s shoulder. When she asked what was going on, her brother-in-law allegedly told her that the boy was “his son and it was none of her business.” The stepmother then spoke with officers, telling them that she had been drinking the night before and that she “gets emotional” when she drinks. She said the message she sent to her sister was that her husband and his son were “playing rough.” She said her sister misinterpreted the message and that the pair were just wrestling.
The father fled the scene on foot just prior to Hanley’s arrival, when he reportedly found out that law enforcement had been called. The child’s mother reached him on his cell phone and told him he needed to come speak with officers, but he reportedly refused. The boy was then released to his mother and a warrant was issued for the father on charges of second-degree cruelty to children.
Dad charged with biting face, leg of 5-day-old daughter (Port of Spain, Trinidad)
Dad is identified as JERMOUR NOEL. Seems Daddy got mad at Mom, so naturally he attacked the baby. This is what these sh**s always do.
http://www.kmbz.com/Trinidad-Baby-Recovering-After-Father-Bites-Her-Fa/15034690
Posted: Friday, 14 December 2012 7:40AM
Trinidad Baby Recovering After Father Bites Her Face, Leg
ABC News (PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad) -- A baby girl is recovering in a hospital on the Caribbean island of Trinidad after police say her father bit off chunks of flesh from her face and leg when he couldn't find food in the family's home.
Jermour Noel, 24, the child's father, has been charged with wounding with intent against a child. Noel appeared in court on Wednesday in connection with the charge, but had to be whisked away earlier than usual because other prisoners being held in the court's holding bay threatened to end Noel's life, officials said.
"We couldn't keep him in the cells. Those prisoners in there would kill him if they only got their hands on him," one Court and Process officer told the Trinidad Express newspaper.
According to police sources, Noel arrived at his Port of Spain home on Sunday and went in search of food. When he couldn't find anything to eat, Noel reportedly got into a dispute with the child's mother, Tineka Henry, and that's when police say he went into a fit of rage, grabbing the 5-day-old child and allegedly biting into her cheek and leg.
The child was then rushed to a local hospital, where she underwent surgery and remains warded in stable condition as she continues to recover from the attack.
Meanwhile, Noel was not granted bail and was taken to a psychiatric hospital where he will undergo a mental evaluation. He is due back in court later this month.
http://www.kmbz.com/Trinidad-Baby-Recovering-After-Father-Bites-Her-Fa/15034690
Posted: Friday, 14 December 2012 7:40AM
Trinidad Baby Recovering After Father Bites Her Face, Leg
ABC News (PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad) -- A baby girl is recovering in a hospital on the Caribbean island of Trinidad after police say her father bit off chunks of flesh from her face and leg when he couldn't find food in the family's home.
Jermour Noel, 24, the child's father, has been charged with wounding with intent against a child. Noel appeared in court on Wednesday in connection with the charge, but had to be whisked away earlier than usual because other prisoners being held in the court's holding bay threatened to end Noel's life, officials said.
"We couldn't keep him in the cells. Those prisoners in there would kill him if they only got their hands on him," one Court and Process officer told the Trinidad Express newspaper.
According to police sources, Noel arrived at his Port of Spain home on Sunday and went in search of food. When he couldn't find anything to eat, Noel reportedly got into a dispute with the child's mother, Tineka Henry, and that's when police say he went into a fit of rage, grabbing the 5-day-old child and allegedly biting into her cheek and leg.
The child was then rushed to a local hospital, where she underwent surgery and remains warded in stable condition as she continues to recover from the attack.
Meanwhile, Noel was not granted bail and was taken to a psychiatric hospital where he will undergo a mental evaluation. He is due back in court later this month.
Dad put daughter's photos on Russian pedophile website; gets only 18 months in jail (Ipswich, Australia)
Notice that this @$$hole of an UNNAMED DAD gets to keep his privacy and his name out of the paper. But he sure didn't extend the same courtesy to his daughter, the one he pimped out on a child porn site. Nah, he published her real name so the dickheads will pester her forever.
And all this piece of sh** gets is 18 months in prison. Less, if he "behaves." A total outrage.
http://www.qt.com.au/news/dad-put-daughters-pics-on-russian-sex-website/1665883/
Dad put daughter’s pics on Russian sex website
Kate Lemmon | 15th Dec 2012 3:00 AM
A MAN who posted photos of his own daughter on a Russian pedophilia website has been jailed - after her photos were viewed by more than 200,000 people.
Ipswich District Court heard the 50-year-old was a member of the child exploitation website, going under the username "Tempted", and encouraged other men to comment on pictures of his daughter and her friends.
He shared up to 50 photos of his child and others online, publishing her full name, as well as that of two of her friends.
The defendant accessed the site an average of three times a week over 19 months.
He said he was attracted to the girls' "innocence", but his desires "underpinned a much more sinister intention", the court heard. He uploaded secretly-taken photos of his teenage daughter in the shower, as well as other suggestive pictures of two of her friends.
When police from Taskforce Argos raided his home in February this year, he was found to have 50 indecent photos on his computer, including images of girls being violently raped.
The court heard that the man's wife has remained with him, and the daughter has been allowed to live at home despite the police investigation. The Department of Child Safety said it was not necessary to investigate further or intervene in the case.
In court the photos were described as "sick".
Judge Sarah Bradley said it was "inevitable there were still photos out there" of the man's daughter, because in cyberspace it was hard to delete images.
She said his actions were "abhorrent and horrific".
The father was sentenced to 18 months' prison, but will be released in six months on a $500 good behaviour bond for three years. He will also be placed on probation.
And all this piece of sh** gets is 18 months in prison. Less, if he "behaves." A total outrage.
http://www.qt.com.au/news/dad-put-daughters-pics-on-russian-sex-website/1665883/
Dad put daughter’s pics on Russian sex website
Kate Lemmon | 15th Dec 2012 3:00 AM
A MAN who posted photos of his own daughter on a Russian pedophilia website has been jailed - after her photos were viewed by more than 200,000 people.
Ipswich District Court heard the 50-year-old was a member of the child exploitation website, going under the username "Tempted", and encouraged other men to comment on pictures of his daughter and her friends.
He shared up to 50 photos of his child and others online, publishing her full name, as well as that of two of her friends.
The defendant accessed the site an average of three times a week over 19 months.
He said he was attracted to the girls' "innocence", but his desires "underpinned a much more sinister intention", the court heard. He uploaded secretly-taken photos of his teenage daughter in the shower, as well as other suggestive pictures of two of her friends.
When police from Taskforce Argos raided his home in February this year, he was found to have 50 indecent photos on his computer, including images of girls being violently raped.
The court heard that the man's wife has remained with him, and the daughter has been allowed to live at home despite the police investigation. The Department of Child Safety said it was not necessary to investigate further or intervene in the case.
In court the photos were described as "sick".
Judge Sarah Bradley said it was "inevitable there were still photos out there" of the man's daughter, because in cyberspace it was hard to delete images.
She said his actions were "abhorrent and horrific".
The father was sentenced to 18 months' prison, but will be released in six months on a $500 good behaviour bond for three years. He will also be placed on probation.
Dad indicted in death of 3-year-old daughter during visitation, her mother (Winter Haven, Florida)
We've posted on this case several times over the past few years. Notice that it has taken three years for Dad LESTER ROSS, JR to even be indicted for these murders.
Here is the last of those posts.
What is hinted at in this article--but not made explicit--is that the murder of the little girl took place during Daddy's out-of-state visitation (Mom lived in Georgia). Dad kept refusing to return the girl, and that's when Mom came down to Florida to investigate. That's when Daddy "allegedly" killed her.
Here's what we said before:
It appears that the 3-year-old daughter was visiting her father and his wife when she was "accidentally" killed in May 2009. According to the the wife, dad LESTER ROSS then stored the body for months in a deep freezer. The mom, who lived in Georgia, apparently grew impatient with all of Daddy's "months of excuses" regarding the child's disappearance, so she drove to Winter Haven, Florida to investigate in October 2009. It was her insistence that apparently caused the father to "silence" (murder) her as well. It then appears that Daddy put both bodies in the trunk of his car, drove them to an orange grove, and buried them. The bodies were discovered just recently.
Despite the wife's story, Ross has yet to be charged.
Of course, there is another issue here that has been rendered totally invisible. Why was this preschooler visiting a father who lived out of state? Was this court-ordered or what? Was there previous evidence that this guy was violent and abusive, evidence that was ignored when a tiny girl was ordered to visit him anyway? Or did Mom agree to informal visitation, perhaps with the hope of avoiding a custody "battle"? As very often happens the spector of custody/visitation lurks behind a double murder, and the media utterly fails to take notice.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-dad-indicted-murder-wife-daughter-20121214,0,5192035.story
Breaking News: Dad indicted in deaths of daughter, wife
2:58 p.m. EST, December 14, 2012
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — A Central Florida man has been indicted in the deaths of his 3-year-old daughter and her mother, two years after their skeletons were found in an orange grove.
The remains of Ronkeya Holmes and her daughter MaSarah Ross were found in a Winter Haven orange grove in December 2010.
MaSarah's father, Lester Ross Jr., was charged Thursday with first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse and aggravated manslaughter.
Ross has been held without bond since 2010 on a related witness-tampering charge.
Police tell The Ledger MaSarah died in 2009 while with Ross, who kept her body in a freezer for months until Holmes arrived to check on the girl.
Police say Ross poisoned Holmes and buried the woman with MaSarah.
A message left Friday for Ross' attorney was not immediately returned
Here is the last of those posts.
What is hinted at in this article--but not made explicit--is that the murder of the little girl took place during Daddy's out-of-state visitation (Mom lived in Georgia). Dad kept refusing to return the girl, and that's when Mom came down to Florida to investigate. That's when Daddy "allegedly" killed her.
Here's what we said before:
It appears that the 3-year-old daughter was visiting her father and his wife when she was "accidentally" killed in May 2009. According to the the wife, dad LESTER ROSS then stored the body for months in a deep freezer. The mom, who lived in Georgia, apparently grew impatient with all of Daddy's "months of excuses" regarding the child's disappearance, so she drove to Winter Haven, Florida to investigate in October 2009. It was her insistence that apparently caused the father to "silence" (murder) her as well. It then appears that Daddy put both bodies in the trunk of his car, drove them to an orange grove, and buried them. The bodies were discovered just recently.
Despite the wife's story, Ross has yet to be charged.
Of course, there is another issue here that has been rendered totally invisible. Why was this preschooler visiting a father who lived out of state? Was this court-ordered or what? Was there previous evidence that this guy was violent and abusive, evidence that was ignored when a tiny girl was ordered to visit him anyway? Or did Mom agree to informal visitation, perhaps with the hope of avoiding a custody "battle"? As very often happens the spector of custody/visitation lurks behind a double murder, and the media utterly fails to take notice.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-dad-indicted-murder-wife-daughter-20121214,0,5192035.story
Breaking News: Dad indicted in deaths of daughter, wife
2:58 p.m. EST, December 14, 2012
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — A Central Florida man has been indicted in the deaths of his 3-year-old daughter and her mother, two years after their skeletons were found in an orange grove.
The remains of Ronkeya Holmes and her daughter MaSarah Ross were found in a Winter Haven orange grove in December 2010.
MaSarah's father, Lester Ross Jr., was charged Thursday with first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse and aggravated manslaughter.
Ross has been held without bond since 2010 on a related witness-tampering charge.
Police tell The Ledger MaSarah died in 2009 while with Ross, who kept her body in a freezer for months until Holmes arrived to check on the girl.
Police say Ross poisoned Holmes and buried the woman with MaSarah.
A message left Friday for Ross' attorney was not immediately returned
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