UNNAMED DAD ran off when the mother heard the child screaming. Dad had taken the girl from her bed, and was caught raping the child by the mother.
http://www.sundaytribune.co.za/?fSectionId=160&fArticleId=nw20090629180312756C822007
Father allegedly rapes girl, 4
29 June 2009, 19:15
The father of a four-year-old child is being sought by police after allegedly being caught raping the girl by her mother in Ngqeleni, Mthatha police said on Monday.
Superintendent Mzukisi Fatyela said the child was sleeping with her mother on a bed on Sunday night while her 47-year-old biological father slept on a mattress on the side in the same room.
"He took the child from the bed. The mother was awoken by the child's screams. The suspect fled the scene and we are still looking for him," he said.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Dad charged with first-degree murder in death of 18-month-old daughter (Wichita, Kansas)
According to the girlfriend, babysitting dad JONELL LLOYD was apparently in the habit of "spanking" and "choking" his 18-month-old daughter for things like wetting her diaper (Imagine that. A toddler who still wets a diaper now and then. But this is a common theme--abusive fathers flipping out over dirty diapers and potty-training.) Horribly, the little girl may still have been alive when Daddy stuffed her into trash bags and dumped her in the attic. The little girl was staying with Dad and his girlfriend while Mom was having minor surgery. Dad is no stranger to violence--he shot the girlfriend in the foot in 2007.
http://www.kansas.com/news/crime-courts/story/873375.html
Father on trial today in toddler's death
Jonell Lloyd is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his 18-month-old daughter, whose body was found in his attic.
BY Ron Sylvester
The Wichita Eagle
Chavira Brown may still have been alive when the 18-month-old was stuffed into trash bags and put in the attic.
That's what medical examiners determined during an autopsy last year.
Today, the toddler's father, Jonell Lloyd goes on trial accused of first-degree murder.
Testimony is expected to begin at 9 a.m. in front of Sedgwick County District Judge Jeff Goering. Lawyers spent Monday questioning and selecting people to serve on the jury.
Prosecutors say Chavira died as a result of child abuse.
A crime-scene investigator found the toddler's body on Aug. 1, 2008, in the attic of the house where Lloyd lived at 15th and Green.
The child was wrapped in three plastic bags and zipped inside a couch cushion cover.
Lloyd had been baby-sitting Chavira at the home he shared with his girlfriend and his other child.
The girlfriend, Temeika Loudermilk, testified in a preliminary hearing last fall that she saw Lloyd spank and choke Chavira for wetting her diaper.
Lloyd also fathered Loudermilk's son, who was 10 months old at the time.
Jessica Jackson, Chavira's mother, said Lloyd told her he'd lost the girl at the park. Jackson previously testified she left the child with Lloyd while she had minor surgery.
Lloyd, meanwhile, had been wanted by police for not returning to a residential center nine months earlier, where he was serving part of his probation on a conviction of aggravated battery.
In that case, Lloyd had shot Loudermilk in the foot in January 2007.
The trial is expected to last through the end of the week.
http://www.kansas.com/news/crime-courts/story/873375.html
Father on trial today in toddler's death
Jonell Lloyd is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his 18-month-old daughter, whose body was found in his attic.
BY Ron Sylvester
The Wichita Eagle
Chavira Brown may still have been alive when the 18-month-old was stuffed into trash bags and put in the attic.
That's what medical examiners determined during an autopsy last year.
Today, the toddler's father, Jonell Lloyd goes on trial accused of first-degree murder.
Testimony is expected to begin at 9 a.m. in front of Sedgwick County District Judge Jeff Goering. Lawyers spent Monday questioning and selecting people to serve on the jury.
Prosecutors say Chavira died as a result of child abuse.
A crime-scene investigator found the toddler's body on Aug. 1, 2008, in the attic of the house where Lloyd lived at 15th and Green.
The child was wrapped in three plastic bags and zipped inside a couch cushion cover.
Lloyd had been baby-sitting Chavira at the home he shared with his girlfriend and his other child.
The girlfriend, Temeika Loudermilk, testified in a preliminary hearing last fall that she saw Lloyd spank and choke Chavira for wetting her diaper.
Lloyd also fathered Loudermilk's son, who was 10 months old at the time.
Jessica Jackson, Chavira's mother, said Lloyd told her he'd lost the girl at the park. Jackson previously testified she left the child with Lloyd while she had minor surgery.
Lloyd, meanwhile, had been wanted by police for not returning to a residential center nine months earlier, where he was serving part of his probation on a conviction of aggravated battery.
In that case, Lloyd had shot Loudermilk in the foot in January 2007.
The trial is expected to last through the end of the week.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Caretaking dad beats 4-month-old to death; mom not at home (Smithfield, Virginia)
Caretaking dad SHAUN MICHAEL DIGBY beat up his four-month-old daughter while his wife, the baby's mother, was not at home. The baby died the next day of blunt force trauma resulting from the "massive head wounds" she had experienced. She also had a broken leg and broken ribs. There was evidence the baby had been injured before.
Police said they had been to the home on "domestic calls" during the past few years, but there was "no evidence of abuse." Perhaps the police didn't look very hard? It's not too hard to connect the dots here, folks.
http://www.wvec.com/news/topstories/stories/wvec_local_061009_smithfield_baby_death.6b1e5e8d.html
Smithfield father accused of killing infant daughter
07:29 AM EDT on Thursday, June 11, 2009
Reported by Kristina Rohall
SMITHFIELD - A Smithfield father is accused of killing his infant daughter.
Police say 27-year-old Shaun Michael Digby beat up his 4-month-old daughter, Alivia, inside their Lenora Cove home Friday morning. The child’s mother was not home at the time.
Paramedics air-lifted the little girl to CHKD, and doctors reportedly discovered she had broken ribs, a broken leg, and massive head wounds.
“There was blunt force trauma,” said Smithfield Police Chief Mark Marshall. “Either the child’s head was struck against something or the child’s head was struck by something.”
The infant died Saturday morning. Tuesday evening police officers arrested her father outside her viewing and charged him with first degree murder. Investigators said the baby’s injuries could not have been the result of an accident.
“Because they were so massive, they were so violent, there were so many of these fractures,” explained Chief Marshall.
Doctors also reportedly found older broken bones that were in the process of healing. Police said that could mean Alivia had been beaten up before.
“Obviously, it’s a four month old baby they weren’t self inflicted,” Marshall said. “It’s just, how could somebody have done that?”
Police said they have been to the Digby home dozens of times for domestic calls during the past few years. But Chief Marshall said there was no evidence of abuse.
The Digby family had no comment.
Police said they had been to the home on "domestic calls" during the past few years, but there was "no evidence of abuse." Perhaps the police didn't look very hard? It's not too hard to connect the dots here, folks.
http://www.wvec.com/news/topstories/stories/wvec_local_061009_smithfield_baby_death.6b1e5e8d.html
Smithfield father accused of killing infant daughter
07:29 AM EDT on Thursday, June 11, 2009
Reported by Kristina Rohall
SMITHFIELD - A Smithfield father is accused of killing his infant daughter.
Police say 27-year-old Shaun Michael Digby beat up his 4-month-old daughter, Alivia, inside their Lenora Cove home Friday morning. The child’s mother was not home at the time.
Paramedics air-lifted the little girl to CHKD, and doctors reportedly discovered she had broken ribs, a broken leg, and massive head wounds.
“There was blunt force trauma,” said Smithfield Police Chief Mark Marshall. “Either the child’s head was struck against something or the child’s head was struck by something.”
The infant died Saturday morning. Tuesday evening police officers arrested her father outside her viewing and charged him with first degree murder. Investigators said the baby’s injuries could not have been the result of an accident.
“Because they were so massive, they were so violent, there were so many of these fractures,” explained Chief Marshall.
Doctors also reportedly found older broken bones that were in the process of healing. Police said that could mean Alivia had been beaten up before.
“Obviously, it’s a four month old baby they weren’t self inflicted,” Marshall said. “It’s just, how could somebody have done that?”
Police said they have been to the Digby home dozens of times for domestic calls during the past few years. But Chief Marshall said there was no evidence of abuse.
The Digby family had no comment.
Stay-at-home dad "generally rough" with 4-month-old; that's why she has multiple fractures (New London, Connecticut)
Caretaking, stay-at-home dad JEFFREY MEARS admits that he was "generally rough" with his four-month-old daughter, which apparently explains why the baby had multiple fractures and bruises "consistent with multiple episodes of inflicted injury." Mears--who is nevertheless not quite sure of what went on due to his constant, self-admitted marijuana and alcohol use--stayed at home while the baby's 19-year-old mother worked. Mom is in trouble with the law for not seeking "alternative care," though it's not clear what options were really open to her. More proof that not many dads are really cut out for day-to-day care of infants or small children.
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=50d0c1b3-7929-4abb-9093-35b08960da10
Father in child abuse case tells police he was 'generally rough' with infant
By Karen Florin Day Staff Writer
Published on 6/29/2009
Jeffrey Mears, accused of inflicting multiple fractures and bruises on his four-month-old daughter, denied hurting the baby intentionally, but told police that his judgment gets “clouded” by the marijuana and alcohol he uses constantly.
Mears, 29, and the baby's mother, 19-year-old Jaime Carr, made their first appearance today in the New London court where their case will be heard. Mears is charged with two counts of first-degree assault and two counts of risk of injury to a minor. He is being held on $150,000 bond. Carr is charged with risk of injury to a minor and is free on $50,000 bond.
Both were assigned public defenders and had their cases continued. They are forbidden from having contact with the child, who is in the custody of the Department of Children and Families.
The couple was living at 1591 Norwich-New London Turnpike when the assaults occurred, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. Mears would watch the child while Carr was at work.
The child's injuries were discovered on April 30, when Carr took him to his pediatrician. The doctor noticed the child had multiple bruises and a broken left arm. The baby was taken to the Connecticut Children Medical Center, where doctors determined the baby also had a healing fracture of the clavicle, healing fractures in both arms, multiple healing and fractured ribs, healing fractures to both legs and a probable skull fracture. They said the injuries were “consistent with multiple episodes of inflicted injury.”
Mears denied intentionally hurting the baby, but said he had fallen with her in his arms once. He told state police he was “generally rough” with her, that he “bobbles her around a lot” and that he was always intoxicated on marijuana and alcohol when he was around the baby and Carr.
The police have charged Carr with not seeking alternate care for the child, knowing that Mears was rough with her.
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=50d0c1b3-7929-4abb-9093-35b08960da10
Father in child abuse case tells police he was 'generally rough' with infant
By Karen Florin Day Staff Writer
Published on 6/29/2009
Jeffrey Mears, accused of inflicting multiple fractures and bruises on his four-month-old daughter, denied hurting the baby intentionally, but told police that his judgment gets “clouded” by the marijuana and alcohol he uses constantly.
Mears, 29, and the baby's mother, 19-year-old Jaime Carr, made their first appearance today in the New London court where their case will be heard. Mears is charged with two counts of first-degree assault and two counts of risk of injury to a minor. He is being held on $150,000 bond. Carr is charged with risk of injury to a minor and is free on $50,000 bond.
Both were assigned public defenders and had their cases continued. They are forbidden from having contact with the child, who is in the custody of the Department of Children and Families.
The couple was living at 1591 Norwich-New London Turnpike when the assaults occurred, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. Mears would watch the child while Carr was at work.
The child's injuries were discovered on April 30, when Carr took him to his pediatrician. The doctor noticed the child had multiple bruises and a broken left arm. The baby was taken to the Connecticut Children Medical Center, where doctors determined the baby also had a healing fracture of the clavicle, healing fractures in both arms, multiple healing and fractured ribs, healing fractures to both legs and a probable skull fracture. They said the injuries were “consistent with multiple episodes of inflicted injury.”
Mears denied intentionally hurting the baby, but said he had fallen with her in his arms once. He told state police he was “generally rough” with her, that he “bobbles her around a lot” and that he was always intoxicated on marijuana and alcohol when he was around the baby and Carr.
The police have charged Carr with not seeking alternate care for the child, knowing that Mears was rough with her.
5-year-old child "shoots himself"; was at home with father (Mesa, Arizona)
While using what was presumably his UNNAMED DAD's gun, a five-year-old child has supposedly shot himself. He was under the father's supervision at the time.
http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/2009/06/29/20090629mr-childshot0629ON-CP.html
Mesa 5-year-old shoots self in stomach
Jun. 29, 2009 10:34 AMThe Arizona Republic
A 5-year-old boy apparently shot himself today in the stomach while playing with a gun, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office reported.
The child was reported not breathing as he was being loaded into a helicopter at a home near University Drive and Crismon Road.
Rural Metro reported that the boy was home with his father when he found a 9 mm. handgun and pulled the trigger.
The father called 911, told operators the boy wasn't breathing, and was guided over the phone to administering CPR.
http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/2009/06/29/20090629mr-childshot0629ON-CP.html
Mesa 5-year-old shoots self in stomach
Jun. 29, 2009 10:34 AMThe Arizona Republic
A 5-year-old boy apparently shot himself today in the stomach while playing with a gun, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office reported.
The child was reported not breathing as he was being loaded into a helicopter at a home near University Drive and Crismon Road.
Rural Metro reported that the boy was home with his father when he found a 9 mm. handgun and pulled the trigger.
The father called 911, told operators the boy wasn't breathing, and was guided over the phone to administering CPR.
10-month-old baby in "extremely serious condition"; boyfriend charged (Kansas City, Kansas)
Boyfriend ANDERSON CHEFFEN has left his girlfriend's 10-month-old baby in "extremely serious" condition.
http://www.kctv5.com/news/19810238/detail.html
Prosecutors Charge Man With Child Abuse
DA: Baby In ‘Extremely Serious’ Condition
POSTED: 12:12 pm CDT June 20, 2009
UPDATED: 12:45 pm CDT June 20, 2009
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Prosecutors have charged a Kansas City, Kan., man with causing serious injuries to a 10-month-old baby who remained in an area hospital on Saturday.
Anderson Cheffen, 31, was charged with child abuse on Friday by Wyandotte County prosecutors. Court records state that Cheffen lived with the baby's mother at a house near 98th Street and Kansas Highway 32 in Edwardsville.
"To know, and to think it happened just two door down from me," a concerned neighbor said. "But I feel for the child, too. A child like that has no defenses, you know."
The district attorney's office said the baby was in "extremely serious" condition. Cheffen was being held in custody on a $1 million bond.
http://www.kctv5.com/news/19810238/detail.html
Prosecutors Charge Man With Child Abuse
DA: Baby In ‘Extremely Serious’ Condition
POSTED: 12:12 pm CDT June 20, 2009
UPDATED: 12:45 pm CDT June 20, 2009
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Prosecutors have charged a Kansas City, Kan., man with causing serious injuries to a 10-month-old baby who remained in an area hospital on Saturday.
Anderson Cheffen, 31, was charged with child abuse on Friday by Wyandotte County prosecutors. Court records state that Cheffen lived with the baby's mother at a house near 98th Street and Kansas Highway 32 in Edwardsville.
"To know, and to think it happened just two door down from me," a concerned neighbor said. "But I feel for the child, too. A child like that has no defenses, you know."
The district attorney's office said the baby was in "extremely serious" condition. Cheffen was being held in custody on a $1 million bond.
Boyfriend beats 19-month-old girl and her mother (Archibald, Pennsylvania)
Boyfriend JORGE IVAN REYES is accused of beating his girlfriend's 19-month-old child so badly that she received a fractured skull, broken ribs, and nearly died. He is already in jail for assaulting the little girl's mother. Reyes is playing it dumb: says he "doesn't know" how the little girl got hurt, only that "he didn't do it." He also denies beating the mom. Riiiight.
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/pennsylvania/20090626_ap_pamanchargedinnearfatalchildbeating.html
Posted on Fri, Jun. 26, 2009
Pa. man charged in near-fatal child beating
The Associated Press
ARCHBALD, Pa. - A prosecutor says a northeastern Pennsylvania man beat a 19-month-old girl so badly that she nearly died.
As he was taken to court Friday, 25-year-old Jorge Ivan Reyes of Jermyn denied attacking Faith Larson, who had a fractured skull, broken ribs and other injuries. Reyes told reporters he doesn't know how she got hurt, but he didn't do it.
Lackawanna County Deputy District Attorney Michelle Olshefski says if the girl hadn't been taken to the hospital when she was, she would have died. She says the child has gone through multiple surgeries.
Reyes was already jailed because he was accused of assaulting his girlfriend, Cassidy Rega, who is the child's mother. He denies attacking her as well.
Authorities say the abuse happened in their apartment in Jermyn, a little over 100 miles north-northwest of Philadelphia.
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/pennsylvania/20090626_ap_pamanchargedinnearfatalchildbeating.html
Posted on Fri, Jun. 26, 2009
Pa. man charged in near-fatal child beating
The Associated Press
ARCHBALD, Pa. - A prosecutor says a northeastern Pennsylvania man beat a 19-month-old girl so badly that she nearly died.
As he was taken to court Friday, 25-year-old Jorge Ivan Reyes of Jermyn denied attacking Faith Larson, who had a fractured skull, broken ribs and other injuries. Reyes told reporters he doesn't know how she got hurt, but he didn't do it.
Lackawanna County Deputy District Attorney Michelle Olshefski says if the girl hadn't been taken to the hospital when she was, she would have died. She says the child has gone through multiple surgeries.
Reyes was already jailed because he was accused of assaulting his girlfriend, Cassidy Rega, who is the child's mother. He denies attacking her as well.
Authorities say the abuse happened in their apartment in Jermyn, a little over 100 miles north-northwest of Philadelphia.
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