http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/-t1.htm Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:18:54 GMT 10 http://i85.servimg.com/u/f85/11/45/46/05/j4cbev11.jpg http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/-t1.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/prhaze-galvan-3-yo-flint-mi-t5923.htm TomTerrific0420 Parents Arraigned In Girl's Death Autopsy: Girl Died From Blunt Force Trauma KIMBALL TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- The parents of a 3-year-old girl who was found dead Friday have been arraigned on murder charges in connection with her death.The St. Clair County's Sheriff's Office said authorities were called to the girl's home in the 5000 block of Dove Road in Kimball Township at about 3 p.m. on the report that she wasn't breathing.She was taken to Mercy Hospital, where she was ... ADJUDICATED CASES Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:32:37 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/prhaze-galvan-3-yo-flint-mi-t5923.htm#428969 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/prhaze-galvan-3-yo-flint-mi-t5923.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/infant-john-story-7-months-jonesborough-w-of-johnson-city-tn-t8230.htm TomTerrific0420 An eastern Tennessee woman who overdosed herself and her infant almost two years ago has been found not guilty by reason of insanity of aggravated child abuse Audrey Story, 31, will now undergo another mental evaluation to determine what course of treatment she needs. Story was indicted in March 2010 on aggravated child abuse charges. The then-7-month-old boy, given the overdose in his bottle Nov. 6, 2008, recovered. Story also took an overdose. ... ADJUDICATED CASES Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:18:54 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/infant-john-story-7-months-jonesborough-w-of-johnson-city-tn-t8230.htm#565298 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/infant-john-story-7-months-jonesborough-w-of-johnson-city-tn-t8230.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/desarie-saravia-5-yo-2004-san-fernando-valley-ca-t7393.htm TomTerrific0420 A San Fernando Valley man could face the death penalty for sexually assaulting and beating to death his girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter. Jurors in Los Angeles convicted 29-year-old Antonio Rodriguez of murder, torture and six other counts Thursday. He was acquitted of two other charges. Jurors will now decide whether to recommend death or life in prison. The Van Nuys man was convicted of brutalizing Desarie Saravia and her 6-year-old brother, Brian. Prosecutors say ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:38:42 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/desarie-saravia-5-yo-2004-san-fernando-valley-ca-t7393.htm#532828 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/desarie-saravia-5-yo-2004-san-fernando-valley-ca-t7393.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/jamaya-griffith-griffin-7-yo-2006-hattiesburg-ms-t2807.htm TomTerrific0420 More than three years after her body was found hidden in a closet, the man accused of killing 7-year-old Jamaya Griffin of Hattiesburg faces a trial starting Monday. Johnny Ray Sims, 39, is accused of capital murder in the March 2006 slaying of Jamaya, whose body was found in a closet in Sims' Bassfield home.Jury selection begins Monday in Jefferson Davis Circuit Court.Jamaya, who attended Lillie Burney Elementary School, was visiting her great-grandmother in Bassfield when she was kidnapped ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:41:06 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/jamaya-griffith-griffin-7-yo-2006-hattiesburg-ms-t2807.htm#345049 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/jamaya-griffith-griffin-7-yo-2006-hattiesburg-ms-t2807.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/makia-coney-17-yo-jacksonville-fl-t4921.htm TomTerrific0420 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The search is on for a 17-year-old girl was last seen about 3:15 p.m. Wednesday on the campus at University Christian School.The school released a statement Thursday morning saying the upperclassman was reported missing after finishing classes for the day and leaving campus. School officials said the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office was notified and a search and investigation was launched."Our thoughts and prayers are with this student and their family and we are ... ADJUDICATED CASES Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:59:28 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/makia-coney-17-yo-jacksonville-fl-t4921.htm#441864 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/makia-coney-17-yo-jacksonville-fl-t4921.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/amber-hess-17-yo-2007-florence-az-t5694.htm TomTerrific0420 Florence AZ ---- One of two suspects in the 2007 murder of an East Valley teen is expected to change his plea in court today. The partially burned body of 17-year-old Amber Hess was found on June 25, 2007 in the desert northwest of Florence. Todd Hoke is expected to plead guilty in the murder. Early in the murder investigation, police were eyeing two boys eventually arrested for fatally stabbing her, dumping her body in the desert and leaving it partially burned. On June ... ADJUDICATED CASES Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:50:25 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/amber-hess-17-yo-2007-florence-az-t5694.htm#469739 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/amber-hess-17-yo-2007-florence-az-t5694.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/brianna-gress-4-months-2008-orlando-fl-t8179.htm kiwimom Mom found guilty of neglect in starved-baby case But Lauren Gress was acquitted of aggravated manslaughter Lauren Gress, an Orlando mother accused of starving her twin daughter to death, took the stand Wednesday during her trial on Wednesday, September, 01, 2010, in Orlando, Fla. To Lauren Gress, it appeared that her life was coming unglued, according to her attorney. She was 22 and a single mother with four children: ... ADJUDICATED CASES Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:45:11 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/brianna-gress-4-months-2008-orlando-fl-t8179.htm#563393 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/brianna-gress-4-months-2008-orlando-fl-t8179.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/tez-arrion-armour-2-yo-2008-manatee-bradenton-fl-t8205.htm TomTerrific0420 Dwight A. Baldwin today was found guilty of first-degree murder in the Oct. 27, 2008, beating death of 2-year-old Tez-arrion Armour, who he had been baby-sitting.Baldwin was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.Taking the stand in his own defense, Baldwin on Thursday admitted to hit the child but said he never hit him in the head. A doctor testified that Tez-arrion died from head injuries.The jury began its deliberation just before 4:30 p.m. Thursday, but ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:01:32 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/tez-arrion-armour-2-yo-2008-manatee-bradenton-fl-t8205.htm#564511 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/tez-arrion-armour-2-yo-2008-manatee-bradenton-fl-t8205.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/chelsea-king-17-yo-poway-rancho-bernardo-ca-t5157.htm TomTerrific0420 February 26, 2010 (4 a.m.)Sheriff Bill Gore has activated more than 100 Search and Rescue volunteers and deputies to locate missing Poway teen Chelsea King. King was reported missing by her family late Thursday after she did not return home from a run in the north Rancho Bernardo area. She is an avid long-distance runner and routinely takes long runs in rural areas. She parked her car after school at the Rancho Bernardo Community Center on West Bernardo Drive and did not return to ... ADJUDICATED CASES Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:31:56 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/chelsea-king-17-yo-poway-rancho-bernardo-ca-t5157.htm#449616 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/chelsea-king-17-yo-poway-rancho-bernardo-ca-t5157.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/jane-hartley-8-months-isabella-mi-t2841.htm TomTerrific0420 A 28-year-old Isabella County man is jailed on a $1 million bond after being charged with trying to strangle his 8-month-old daughter. Wayne Allen Hartley was arraigned Wednesday on charges of assault with intent to commit murder, assault with intent to commit great bodily harm less than murder, second-degree child abuse and aggravated domestic violence. He could face up to life in prison on the attempted murder charge. The Isabella County Sheriff's Department says in ... ADJUDICATED CASES Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:29:14 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/jane-hartley-8-months-isabella-mi-t2841.htm#347810 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/jane-hartley-8-months-isabella-mi-t2841.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/brianna-killian-newborn-bloomsburg-pa-t2919.htm TomTerrific0420 A northeastern Pennsylvania woman accused of leaving her newborn daughter outside in freezing weather has pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of her child.In exchange for Wednesday's plea, Columbia County prosecutors dropped other charges against 23-year-old Jennifer Lynn Killian.The Berwick woman told police that she hid her pregnancy by wearing baggy clothes before giving birth Nov. 22 in a bathroom of her parents' home. She told police that she wanted to give the baby up at a ... ADJUDICATED CASES Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:05:03 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/brianna-killian-newborn-bloomsburg-pa-t2919.htm#352050 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/brianna-killian-newborn-bloomsburg-pa-t2919.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/lily-grace-crowell-21-months-2009-mineral-springs-se-of-charlotte-nc-t8171.htm TomTerrific0420 A Mineral Springs man was sentenced to 12-to-15 years in prison Wednesday for the second-degree murder of a 21-month-old baby in November.Travis Christopher Lemmond, 21, turned and said, “I love y'all,” to family members as he was led from the Davidson County courtroom following sentencing.“I love you, baby,” his mother immediately responded.The sentencing by Superior Court Judge W. David Lee followed almost two hours of often-emotional testimony. Lemmond had pleaded guilty in July ... ADJUDICATED CASES Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:45:28 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/lily-grace-crowell-21-months-2009-mineral-springs-se-of-charlotte-nc-t8171.htm#562941 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/lily-grace-crowell-21-months-2009-mineral-springs-se-of-charlotte-nc-t8171.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/she-je-berne-small-6-yo-2008-shreveport-la-t8167.htm TomTerrific0420 The Shreveport Police department has charged the mother who left her children home alone this weekend. Satonia Small, DOB 2-14-1975 has been charged with cruelty to a juvenile after police learned she left her kids at home alone while she went to a club. Sometime Saturday night after 9:00 PM Small left her two children ages 6 and 7 home alone in their apartment, while she went out to the club. While the children were unattended a fire broke out in the apartment. The 7 ... ADJUDICATED CASES Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:11:21 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/she-je-berne-small-6-yo-2008-shreveport-la-t8167.htm#562933 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/she-je-berne-small-6-yo-2008-shreveport-la-t8167.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/kaydin-mathisson-2-yo-2008-fort-meyers-fl-t8134.htm TomTerrific0420 The woman charged in one of the most horrific cases of child abuse in Lee County history entered a plea of no contest in court Monday. Rosemary Kunz pleaded no contest to aggravated child abuse of the boy that was in her care, Kaydin Mathisson. After her arrest in November 2008, Kunz told detectives she hit her stepson, tripped him, and knocked him unconscious. She went as far as to say she was "addicted to abusing him" and that she "liked to see him cry." Kaydin ... ADJUDICATED CASES Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:22:18 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/kaydin-mathisson-2-yo-2008-fort-meyers-fl-t8134.htm#561256 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/kaydin-mathisson-2-yo-2008-fort-meyers-fl-t8134.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/noah-king-4-months-2008-pittsburgh-pa-t8126.htm TomTerrific0420 A Tennessee woman pleaded guilty but mentally ill this morning in a Pittsburgh courtroom to charges she poisoned her infant son with saltwater. Amber Brewington, 23, of Duck River, Tenn., was sentenced to five to 15 years in prison for her guilty pleas to aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child. Police arrested Brewington at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh after a nurse saw her trying to disconnect the feeding tube for 4-month-old Noah King on July 16, 2008. When ... ADJUDICATED CASES Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:38:01 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/noah-king-4-months-2008-pittsburgh-pa-t8126.htm#561036 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/noah-king-4-months-2008-pittsburgh-pa-t8126.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/infant-jane-labberton-15-yo-seattle-wa-t4740.htm TomTerrific0420 SEATTLE -- Prosecutors have charged a young mother accused of underfeeding her newborn baby because she didn't her to be fat. Brittainy Labberton, 21, of Bellevue and her husband, Sam Labberton, 28, have both been charged with criminal mistreatment in the third degree in their alleged neglect of their infant daughter. According to the statement of probable cause, the couple's baby was born in August 2008 after the mother was induced at 38 weeks due to poor in utero weigh gain. The ... ADJUDICATED CASES Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:39:48 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/infant-jane-labberton-15-yo-seattle-wa-t4740.htm#435711 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/infant-jane-labberton-15-yo-seattle-wa-t4740.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/rebecca-riley-4-yo-2006-brockton-ma-t4450.htm TomTerrific0420 BROCKTON — The trial is about to begin in a case involving parents accused of giving their 4-year-old daughter a fatal overdose of prescription drugs. Prosecutors allege Carolyn and Michael Riley overmedicated their daughter, Rebecca, to keep her quiet and out of their way. The girl died in her parents’ home in Hull in December 2006. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Thursday in Brockton Superior Court, with opening statements expected the following week. Judge ... ADJUDICATED CASES Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:08:44 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/rebecca-riley-4-yo-2006-brockton-ma-t4450.htm#423060 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/rebecca-riley-4-yo-2006-brockton-ma-t4450.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/jamar-pinkney-jr-15-yo-highland-park-il-t4013.htm TomTerrific0420 A day after a 15-year-old was found dead in a field and his father held in the slaying, relatives spoke of how the teen spent the last moments of his life naked, kneeling on the ground outside of a house with his father pointing a gun at his head. On Monday, the teen -- whom relatives identified as Jamar Pinkney Jr. -- apparently had argued with his 37-year-old father, said his aunt, Yolanda Cherry. Tensions quickly escalated. At one point, the suspect even pointed a gun at Cherry, she said. ... ADJUDICATED CASES Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:24:30 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/jamar-pinkney-jr-15-yo-highland-park-il-t4013.htm#399710 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/jamar-pinkney-jr-15-yo-highland-park-il-t4013.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/kamryn-gerken-13-months-2007-napoleon-sw-of-toledo-oh-t8100.htm TomTerrific0420 A jury has found a Napoleon woman guilty in the death of her 13-month-old daughter.Jayme Schwenkmeyer, 24, was found guilty Friday of child endangerment, a third-degree felony, and involuntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony. Toxicology reports found that her daughter, Kamryn Gerken, died Aug. 15, 2007, from an overdose of Xanax and oxycodone.Jury deliberation began Friday at approximately 3 p.m. following 2 1/2 days of testimony from witnesses and lasted approximately three hours.Schwenkmeyer ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:29:09 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/kamryn-gerken-13-months-2007-napoleon-sw-of-toledo-oh-t8100.htm#560051 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/kamryn-gerken-13-months-2007-napoleon-sw-of-toledo-oh-t8100.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/kelsey-smith-briggs-2-yo-2005-meeker-e-of-ok-city-ok-t7730.htm TomTerrific0420 The mother of Kelsey Smith-Briggs will be back in court Sept. 1 for a fact-finding hearing on the "strong possibility" of juror misconduct during her 2007 trial. Kay County District Judge D.W. Boyd is holding the hearing to gather evidence for the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals.The dead girl's mother, Raye Dawn Smith, is serving 27 years in prison for enabling child abuse. Smith, 30, is asking the appeals court for a new trial. A decision could come late this ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:47:36 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/kelsey-smith-briggs-2-yo-2005-meeker-e-of-ok-city-ok-t7730.htm#544981 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/kelsey-smith-briggs-2-yo-2005-meeker-e-of-ok-city-ok-t7730.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/gregory-friederich-mcmillan-2-months-2007-phoenix-az-t8088.htm TomTerrific0420 A Valley man has pleaded guilty to a manslaughter charge in the death of his son three years ago. Gregory McMillan, 24, entered his plea Thursday in Maricopa County Superior Court. Two other charges related to child abuse will be dismissed when McMillan is sentenced Oct. 15, court officials said. McMillan was arrested after he took his two-month-old son, Gregory Friederich, to St. Joseph's Hospital's emergency room in August 2007, saying the baby was listless and wouldn't eat. Police ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:11:38 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/gregory-friederich-mcmillan-2-months-2007-phoenix-az-t8088.htm#559702 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/gregory-friederich-mcmillan-2-months-2007-phoenix-az-t8088.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/emily-messenger-echard-4-months-2009-clarksburg-wv-t7307.htm TomTerrific0420 Clarksburg WV ---- A Harrison County jury has convicted a man of killing his four-month-old daughter. Jurors convicted William Echard II, 28, of Clarksburg of one count of death of a child by parent, guardian or custodian, four counts of child abuse resulting in injury, three counts of child neglect resulting in injury, and one count of presentation of false information of a child’s injuries on Friday, July 2. The jury also found Echard not guilty of two other counts of child ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:27:39 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/emily-messenger-echard-4-months-2009-clarksburg-wv-t7307.htm#529051 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/emily-messenger-echard-4-months-2009-clarksburg-wv-t7307.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/brittany-munoz-16-yo-2009-flower-mound-n-of-dfw-metroplex-tx-t8086.htm TomTerrific0420 A Fort Worth man killed his 16-year-old girlfriend because she was pregnant and he didn't want his parents to find out, jurors were told Tuesday in a Denton County capital murder trial. Garrett Gower, 21, is accused of killing Brittany Munoz and her unborn child last year in Flower Mound. Prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty in the case. In his opening statements, prosecutor Ryan Calvert described Gower as an "angry boyfriend whose world was collapsing around ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:37:26 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/brittany-munoz-16-yo-2009-flower-mound-n-of-dfw-metroplex-tx-t8086.htm#559690 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/brittany-munoz-16-yo-2009-flower-mound-n-of-dfw-metroplex-tx-t8086.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/areli-ruby-espinosa-11-weeks-reno-nv-t8053.htm TomTerrific0420 A man who prosecutors say shook his infant daughter so hard that she suffered massive brain injuries because her cries interrupted his video game has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.During a sentencing hearing Wednesday, Chief Deputy District Attorney Dan Greco said Gerardo Espinosa condemned the girl to a life of misery, unable to see or hear and with limited mobility.District Judge Patrick Flanagan said he would have sentenced the 19-year-old illegal immigrant to life in ... ADJUDICATED CASES Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:15:34 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/areli-ruby-espinosa-11-weeks-reno-nv-t8053.htm#558387 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/areli-ruby-espinosa-11-weeks-reno-nv-t8053.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/brighton-mendenhall-6-months-st-paul-mn-t8052.htm TomTerrific0420 Only time will tell whether 6-month-old Brighton Mendenhall will ever be able to walk, talk and play like other children. When the boy was 3 weeks old, his father squeezed the baby's skull between his hands until he heard an audible pop. At Bryant A. Mendenhall's sentencing hearing Wednesday, Ramsey County District Judge Judith Tilsen told him that she's seen a lot of tragic cases in her 11 years as a judge, but this is the worst. "This is the most shocking case I have ever seen," ... ADJUDICATED CASES Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:12:50 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/brighton-mendenhall-6-months-st-paul-mn-t8052.htm#558386 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/brighton-mendenhall-6-months-st-paul-mn-t8052.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/fabian-silva-4-yo-2008-tucson-az-t8040.htm TomTerrific0420 A Tucson man who was facing a potential life sentence in the death of his girlfriend's 4-year-old son pleaded guilty to manslaughter Tuesday and is now facing between 12 and 21 years in prison. Alejandro Miguel Romero, 27, told Judge Edgar Acuña he found Fabian Silva at the bottom of some stairs Jan. 26, 2008, but he didn't call 911, nor did he take the boy directly to the hospital. Fabian was declared brain-dead at University Medical Center, and he died the next day after being taken ... ADJUDICATED CASES Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:30:44 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/fabian-silva-4-yo-2008-tucson-az-t8040.htm#557585 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/fabian-silva-4-yo-2008-tucson-az-t8040.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/joshua-tyler-wyatt-16-yo-2004-marion-i-40-btwn-asheville-and-hickory-nc-t8014.htm TomTerrific0420 The father of a 16-year-old murder victim called the plea arrangement offered to his son’s killer Monday “a victory for the defense.” Richard Wyatt addressed Judge Alan Z. Thornburg in McDowell County Superior Court before Thornburg laid down the sentence for 47-year-old Lewis Kent Welch of Hicks Chapel Circle in Marion. “I can’t convey the horror my family has experienced for the last six years,” Wyatt stated. “We thought that someone who shot a boy in the head ... ADJUDICATED CASES Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:31:11 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/joshua-tyler-wyatt-16-yo-2004-marion-i-40-btwn-asheville-and-hickory-nc-t8014.htm#556660 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/joshua-tyler-wyatt-16-yo-2004-marion-i-40-btwn-asheville-and-hickory-nc-t8014.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/amber-dubois-15-yo-2-13-09-escondido-ca-t2616.htm TomTerrific0420 Monday, July 13th 2009 marks five long months that 15-year old Amber Dubois of Escondido, California has been missing. Light a Candle for Amber Dubois She was last seen on North Broadway, in the area of Escondido High School, on Friday, February 13th 2009. This was in the morning, at approximately 7:10 a.m. The last time anyone saw Amber, she was wearing black pants, a black hooded sweatshirt, and black sneakers. It is hard to imagine what this must be like for her family. ... ADJUDICATED CASES Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:40:32 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/amber-dubois-15-yo-2-13-09-escondido-ca-t2616.htm#330059 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/amber-dubois-15-yo-2-13-09-escondido-ca-t2616.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/iyana-perez-9-months-pueblo-co-t2566.htm TomTerrific0420 Pueblo police on Friday found a dead infant in a trash bin and arrested her cousin on suspicion of the crime. Kevin Beuhler, 22, was booked at county jail late Friday on suspicion of first-degree murder by a person in a position of trust for the death of 9-month-old Iyana Perez. At 6:45 p.m., cadaver dogs from El Paso County led investigators to a bin in an alley behind Safeway, 617 W. 29th St., where the girl's body was discovered. Police spent Friday searching for Iyana, who was ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:57:32 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/iyana-perez-9-months-pueblo-co-t2566.htm#325888 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/iyana-perez-9-months-pueblo-co-t2566.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/isaiah-perez-hood-3-yo-scranton-pa-t7982.htm TomTerrific0420 A woman accused of beating to death her young stepson in Lackawanna County was convicted Thursday of first-degree murder. It took a jury about 12 hours over two days to decide that Wandaly Perez-Hood is guilty of first-degree murder in the beating death of her three-year-old stepson. Now, that same jury will decide whether she gets life in prison or the death penalty. The courtroom was very quiet as the verdict was read Thursday afternoon. The defendant put her head down and cried. ... ADJUDICATED CASES Fri, 20 Aug 2010 02:35:21 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/isaiah-perez-hood-3-yo-scranton-pa-t7982.htm#555121 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/isaiah-perez-hood-3-yo-scranton-pa-t7982.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/devin-owens-2-yo-2007-joliet-il-t7660.htm TomTerrific0420 In three short years, Gilbert Knowles went from being the best man at his friend Bryan Owens' wedding to being accused of the 2007 beating death of the groom's 2-year-old son, which Joliet police have described as one of the worst cases of child abuse they've seen.In between, Knowles divorced his wife and had an affair with Owens' wife, Julie, according to court records and family members. He moved into Julie's Joliet home shortly after the birth of her third child, a girl, Julie ... ADJUDICATED CASES Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:38:40 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/devin-owens-2-yo-2007-joliet-il-t7660.htm#542884 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/devin-owens-2-yo-2007-joliet-il-t7660.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/devarion-gross-19-months-2008-raleigh-nc-t7867.htm TomTerrific0420 Raleigh NC ---- Jury selection has begun in the murder trial of a Garner mother accused of killing her son and then concealing his death.Sherita Nicole McNeil of 1852 Spring Drive is charged with first-degree murder and concealing the death of her son, DeVarion Gross. It is unclear how the 19-month-old boy died. His body, clothed only in a diaper, was found wrapped in two plastic bags inside a trash receptacle, according to investigators. A medical examiner's report stated ... ADJUDICATED CASES Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:55:33 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/devarion-gross-19-months-2008-raleigh-nc-t7867.htm#550111 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/devarion-gross-19-months-2008-raleigh-nc-t7867.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/shawn-brown-jr-5-months-battle-creek-mi-t7888.htm TomTerrific0420 A Battle Creek man charged with the murder of his young son insisted the child died after choking on a bottle of formula. Shawn Brown, 26, told several people that he was feeding his 5-month-old son, Shawn Brown Jr. on Jan. 22 when the baby stopped breathing, witnesses testified Tuesday on the first day of Brown's open murder and child abuse trial.Testimony continues today before Calhoun County Circuit Judge Allen Garbrecht."He said, 'I was feeding him and he started choking. ... ADJUDICATED CASES Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:43:46 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/shawn-brown-jr-5-months-battle-creek-mi-t7888.htm#550734 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/shawn-brown-jr-5-months-battle-creek-mi-t7888.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/joshua-hagerman-5-yo-virginia-beach-va-t2912.htm TomTerrific0420 A judge ruled Wednesday that Joseph Henry Hagerman III, who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the decapitation of his 5-year-old son, should remain in state custody. His status is due for review again Aug. 18, 2010. Under state law, Hagerman is permitted an annual review during the first five years of confinement. In following years, review hearings are scheduled every two years. Hagerman, wearing blue jeans and a blue polo shirt, carried a Bible and waved to relatives ... ADJUDICATED CASES Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:20:29 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/joshua-hagerman-5-yo-virginia-beach-va-t2912.htm#352019 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/joshua-hagerman-5-yo-virginia-beach-va-t2912.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/abigail-obermiller-17-yo-norwalk-w-of-cleveland-oh-mi-and-wv-alerted-t7040.htm TomTerrific0420 Norwalk OH ---- Authorities ask for your help to find a missing teenager whom police believe is in danger. The Norwalk Police Department has issued a statewide, endangered missing child advisory for a 17-year-old girl. Abigail Virginia Obermiller was last seen at midnight Sunday, June 6, on 104 E. Main St. in North Fairfield. Police believe the girl is in danger because she went missing while she was with her 20-year-old boyfriend. Abigail's boyfriend is in police custody but is ... ADJUDICATED CASES Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:12:40 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/abigail-obermiller-17-yo-norwalk-w-of-cleveland-oh-mi-and-wv-alerted-t7040.htm#520182 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/abigail-obermiller-17-yo-norwalk-w-of-cleveland-oh-mi-and-wv-alerted-t7040.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/duncan-and-jack-leichtenberg-9-and-7-yo-2009-bloomington-il-t7931.htm TomTerrific0420 A central Illinois mother's lawsuit alleging that police delays led to her sons' deaths has been moved to federal court. Amy Leichtenberg filed the wrongful death lawsuit in March in McLean County. It now goes to federal court in Peoria. The lawsuit claims police in LeRoy waited too long to issue an Amber Alert after she reported that her sons were overdue from a custodial visit. Nine-year-old Duncan Leichtenberg and 7-year-old Jack of LeRoy were killed by their father, Michael ... ADJUDICATED CASES Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:49:28 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/duncan-and-jack-leichtenberg-9-and-7-yo-2009-bloomington-il-t7931.htm#553094 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/duncan-and-jack-leichtenberg-9-and-7-yo-2009-bloomington-il-t7931.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/jennifer-shafiq-4-yo-1990-queens-nyc-ny-t7923.htm TomTerrific0420 A New York appeals court has overturned the 2007 murder conviction of a Queens mother accused of killing her 4-year-old 17 years earlier and burying her on eastern Long Island. Khairual Abdul was convicted of depraved indifference murder in the 1990 beating death of 4-year-old Jennifer Shafiq . Authorities say Abdul and her then-husband killed the little girl and buried her in a shallow grave in a wooded area in Manorville off of the Long Island Expressway. The body was found ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:37:42 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/jennifer-shafiq-4-yo-1990-queens-nyc-ny-t7923.htm#552662 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/jennifer-shafiq-4-yo-1990-queens-nyc-ny-t7923.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/samar-sam-brown-2-yo-2009-st-louis-mo-t7919.htm TomTerrific0420 A St. Louis man was convicted Wednesday of beating his girlfriend's toddler to death last year while the boy's mother was at work. Montrell Moore, 24, of the 2000 block of Destrehan Street, faces life in prison with the possibility of parole after a St. Louis jury found him guilty of second-degree murder, felony abuse of a child and felony endangering the welfare of a child. Emergency workers were called to the child's home in the 1900 block of Mallinckrodt Street on June 27, 2009, to ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sat, 14 Aug 2010 04:03:01 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/samar-sam-brown-2-yo-2009-st-louis-mo-t7919.htm#552529 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/samar-sam-brown-2-yo-2009-st-louis-mo-t7919.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/arthur-jennings-5-yo-1996-apple-valley-n-of-san-bernardino-ca-t7916.htm TomTerrific0420 Apple ValleyChief Justice Ronald M. George, writing for a unanimous court, said there was sufficient evidence for a jury to find Martin Carl Jennings guilty of first degree murder on theories of premeditation, murder-by-torture, and murder-by-poisoning, and to find that he tortured Arthur Jennings, making him eligible for the death penalty. denied any intent to kill his son, claiming the boy died as a result of being fed powerful sedatives by his mother. But the totality of the evidence, ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:39:34 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/arthur-jennings-5-yo-1996-apple-valley-n-of-san-bernardino-ca-t7916.htm#552520 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/arthur-jennings-5-yo-1996-apple-valley-n-of-san-bernardino-ca-t7916.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/jada-justice-3-yo-2009-gary-in-t2497.htm TomTerrific0420 On Tuesday, June 16, 2009, a relative from Hobart, Indiana took a short trip with toddler Jada Justice, to get milk at a gas station mini-mart in Gary, Indiana at Ridge Road and Louisiana Street. The relative, who was caring for Jada for about one week, entered the store for only minutes according to a report filed with Gary Police Department. When the relative (a cousin) returned after a few minutes in the store, Jada was missing. Jada Justice was last seen sitting in a car seat in ... ADJUDICATED CASES Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:53:23 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/jada-justice-3-yo-2009-gary-in-t2497.htm#314701 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/jada-justice-3-yo-2009-gary-in-t2497.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/dymia-woody-8-yo-2008-greenville-sc-t6549.htm TomTerrific0420 The teenage boy accused of raping and murdering an 8-year-old Piedmont girl will be tried as an adult.Family Court Judge R. Kinard Johnson Jr. said he was not confident that a teen-age boy whose character was formed over 15 years cold be rehabilitated in a maximum of five years he would''ve eceive in the junvenile system.Attorneys battled in Family Court on Thursday over whether the teen should be tried as an adult.The full day of sometimes graphic testimony brought tears to the eyes of ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:37:51 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/dymia-woody-8-yo-2008-greenville-sc-t6549.htm#348981 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/dymia-woody-8-yo-2008-greenville-sc-t6549.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/raina-grace-miller-newborn-indianapolis-in-t6469.htm TomTerrific0420 A desperate search was under way Friday night for a missing newborn whose mother said she couldn't remember where she left the infant.Tasha B. Miller, 19, went to Methodist Hospital on Wednesday, where doctors determined she was suffering from a severe infection related to complications after having given birth.When police questioned Miller on the whereabouts of her child, they said she was confused and gave several different stories. Miller originally told police that she had given ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sat, 15 May 2010 01:49:34 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/raina-grace-miller-newborn-indianapolis-in-t6469.htm#503048 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/raina-grace-miller-newborn-indianapolis-in-t6469.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/julia-rakoczy-hoax-mom-bonnie-sweeten-9-yo-philadelphia-pa-t2374.htm TomTerrific0420 PHILADELPHIA — Police have issued an Amber Alert for a 9-year-old girl who they believe is may be in the trunk of a sport utility vehicle with her mother after being carjacked in suburban Philadelphia. The carjacking happened Tuesday afternoon following an accident in Upper Southampton Township, Bucks County. A 38-year-old Feasterville woman, Bonnie Sweeten, called 911 later Tuesday afternoon and said she was the victim of that carjacking. Sweeten told a dispatcher that she and her ... ADJUDICATED CASES Wed, 27 May 2009 01:38:43 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/julia-rakoczy-hoax-mom-bonnie-sweeten-9-yo-philadelphia-pa-t2374.htm#299003 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/julia-rakoczy-hoax-mom-bonnie-sweeten-9-yo-philadelphia-pa-t2374.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/jordan-heck-2-months-2007-mankato-sw-of-minneapolis-mn-t6380.htm TomTerrific0420 Rochester MN ---- An end to a three-year-old trial came with a guilty verdict from an Olmsted County Judge. 30-year-old Robert Heck was found guilty of first degree assault of his newborn son. An emotional courtroom as Judge Kevin Lund read the guilty verdict. Heck was visibly upset as he was immediately handcuffed and taken into custody following the judgement. His lawyers say it was the wrong call. Monday, in an Olmsted County courtroom, Judge Kevin Lund read the fate of 30-year-old ... ADJUDICATED CASES Tue, 11 May 2010 12:02:18 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/jordan-heck-2-months-2007-mankato-sw-of-minneapolis-mn-t6380.htm#500158 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/jordan-heck-2-months-2007-mankato-sw-of-minneapolis-mn-t6380.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/julian-adams-lacas-6-months-2009-e-of-denver-co-t7186.htm TomTerrific0420 An Adams County jury has found a 23-year-old man guilty in the head-injury death of his 6-month-old son. Justin Taylor was convicted of child abuse resulting in death for the February 2009 death of his son, Julian Adams-Lacas. Prosecutors said the baby, a special-needs child born with a bilateral cleft palate, suffered a head injury while under Taylor's care. Taylor initially blamed the boy's 18-month-old sister but eventually admitted he had thrown the baby to the ground, prosecutors ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sat, 26 Jun 2010 03:17:33 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/julian-adams-lacas-6-months-2009-e-of-denver-co-t7186.htm#524939 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/julian-adams-lacas-6-months-2009-e-of-denver-co-t7186.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/krystel-banes-3-yo-2009-charles-city-ia-t5781.htm TomTerrific0420 Charles City IA ----A trial date has been set for a teenager charged as an adult with first-degree murder in the death of a 3-year-old Charles City girl. Judge Bryan McKinley set the trial of 14-year-old Edgar Concepcion Jr. for May 4 in the Hamilton County community of Webster City. McKinley refused to grant pretrial release for Concepcion, who is being held on a $1 million bond, saying he deems him a flight risk. In addition to murder, Concepcion is charged with first-degree ... ADJUDICATED CASES Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:24:35 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/krystel-banes-3-yo-2009-charles-city-ia-t5781.htm#475364 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/krystel-banes-3-yo-2009-charles-city-ia-t5781.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/amber-russell-15-months-2004-colton-s-of-san-bernardino-ca-t7868.htm TomTerrific0420 Poster's Note: More DEALS than a high-stakes poker game... Patricia Darby often wonders what it would have been like to watch her granddaughter, Amber Russell, grow up. Amber died at 15 months old almost six years ago. Authorities found her beaten and strangled in a Colton apartment in August 2004. She was covered with bruises, had cuts on her throat and a cigarette burn on her chest, police said at the time. On Monday, ... ADJUDICATED CASES Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:05:53 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/amber-russell-15-months-2004-colton-s-of-san-bernardino-ca-t7868.htm#550112 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/amber-russell-15-months-2004-colton-s-of-san-bernardino-ca-t7868.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/newborn-boy-hudson-westminster-nw-of-denver-co-t7641.htm TomTerrific0420 Westminster CO ---- A mother faces charges of child abuse resulting in death after the body of her baby was found in a suitcase in a home in Westminster. The Adams County District Attorney's office says a grand jury has indicted 25-year-old Melinda Hudson in connection with the death and for allegedly concealing the body. The Adams County Coroner says the body was found in a suitcase with clothing, paper towels and trash. The umbilical cord was still attached. The body was decomposed ... ADJUDICATED CASES Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:19:34 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/newborn-boy-hudson-westminster-nw-of-denver-co-t7641.htm#542387 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/newborn-boy-hudson-westminster-nw-of-denver-co-t7641.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/oscar-zuniga-jr-20-months-2007-indio-se-of-palm-springs-ca-t6870.htm TomTerrific0420 An Indio woman was convicted Thursday of second-degree murder in the beating death of her 20-month-old son, who suffered for two days before dying. Ana Cedillo, 27, was also found guilty of attempted assault of a child with force and child abuse in the Sept. 28, 2007, death of Oscar Zuniga Jr. Cedillo, who fought back tears as the verdict was read, faces up to 15 years to life in prison when she is sentenced Aug. 6. The six-man, six-woman jury deliberated for about four hours ... ADJUDICATED CASES Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:19:30 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/oscar-zuniga-jr-20-months-2007-indio-se-of-palm-springs-ca-t6870.htm#513996 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/oscar-zuniga-jr-20-months-2007-indio-se-of-palm-springs-ca-t6870.htm http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/john-gigliotti-16-yo-spring-hill-se-of-weeki-wachee-fl-t6405.htm TomTerrific0420 Spring Hill FL ---- A jury took three hours Monday to convict a Spring Hill woman on two counts of aggravated child abuse. Tai-Ling Gigliotti, 51, was solemn and showed little emotion as the bailiff cuffed her and escorted her out of the courtroom. Her sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 9 in Hernando County Circuit Court. She faces up to 60 years in prison. The six jurors believed the prosecution's argument that Gigliotti caged and tortured her adopted son in their home, ... ADJUDICATED CASES Wed, 12 May 2010 02:43:19 GMT http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/john-gigliotti-16-yo-spring-hill-se-of-weeki-wachee-fl-t6405.htm#501576 http://www.justice4caylee.org/adjudicated-cases-f31/john-gigliotti-16-yo-spring-hill-se-of-weeki-wachee-fl-t6405.htm