The GORE Children - 1 caged/ 1 murdered - Gloucester VA

kiwimom wrote:

twinkletoes wrote:Kiwi, we always agree on these things. This is so horrible as to be incomprehensible. Why, why, why did they not give these precious children up for adoption.

There are so many childless couples who would love to have a precious child to lavish love and attention upon.

Yet still, these scumbags keep murdering them. In the most inhumane ways imaginable.

Something is wrong with a society where children can be abused and murdered in such horrendous ways under everyone's noses and nothing is done to stop it or prevent it.

I agree with you that they most likely kept him for the money. Unless they just enjoyed their abuse.

Or both.

Mother not home when child died

Court document states dad was home


Monday, 16 May 2011, 6:58 PM EDT

GLOUCESTER COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) - Shannon and
Brian Gore are accused of keeping their 6-year-old daughter in a crib
made into a cage for the better part of a year. They are also accused of
killing a 7-month-old boy in 2007. That child's tragic story is now
coming into focus. This has become one of the saddest and most bizarre
cases of alleged child neglect in recent years. The court
document WAVY.com found is a narrative of the interview the Gloucester
County Sheriff's Office investigator had with Brian Gore. Upon further
examination of that document copied and found in other court papers, the
narrative changed. The investigator's name was added, and another
paragraph was added too. In fact, it was only after a second interview
with Brian Gore that investigators went back out to the Gore's mobile
home and dug up a wooden box containing human remains. Both Brian
and Shannon Gore are charged with first degree murder, but Shannon
Gore's attorney made it clear she was not home when the 7-month-old born
in 2007 died. "Ms. Gore was not present when that child died, and these court documents substantiate that," said Ron Smith. In
the court documents, the Gloucester Sheriff's Office investigator
wrote, "Mr. Gore stated that when the child was approximately seven
months old and in his care, he began to have breathing difficulties. Mr.
Gore did not summon medical attention, thus resulting in the child's
death." Shannon Gore's Attorney Ron Smith responded to that.
"These documents support a mother [Shannon Gore] who came home and found
her 7-month-old baby dead. She had no one to go to because of the lies
she was leading because there was no child," said Smith. That
7-month-old died before the 6-year-old was discovered in the crib. The
Gores had those two children and then had another one born in March of
this year. One of the big questions, why did Shannon Gore hide the fact she was pregnant twice? "It's
something that doesn't make much sense really...she wasn't married. She
didn't want her parents and family to know she was pregnant," Smith
said. We've showed you inside the mobile home
where the Gore's 6-year-old was kept iIn her own feces, fed Pop-Tarts
twice a day. Smith said something happened to Shannon Gore after the
death of her son. "I want to emphasize this," Ron Smith said. "I
am not trying to excuse any kind of behavior. Something happened to my
client, mentally and emotionally after the loss of this child." The
Gores remain in the Norfolk City Jail without bond. Shannon Gore's
defense team has hired a psychiatrist to examine her determining what
effect the death of the 7-month-old had on her that triggered everything
else that came after that including the felony child neglect she's
accused of with her 6-year-old. We called CHKD to check on how
the Gore's little girl is doing. Doctors told WAVY.com she is currently
in stable condition. The 2-month-old is now in foster care and had no
signs of neglect.http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/mother-not-home-when-child-died

I don't buy that crap. I believe the baby was murdered. The way the other child was treated supports the supposition that the dead child was not proper cared for, not properly fed, most certainly not properly loved, and very likely murdered. JMO.

Reminds me of Baez claiming his client's innocence and telling us we would understand when all the facts were presented. Yeah, right.

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This rural community isn't used to making headlines, especially the kind it's had lately.
First, there was the tornado, a vicious twister that killed two
people, wrecked a school and destroyed dozens of homes less than two
months ago.
And now this, perhaps the worst case of child abuse ever in these
parts - one that speaks volumes about what can hide behind closed doors.
On April 28, deputies checking a home for stolen goods discovered a naked, starving little girl inside a filthy, makeshift cage.
Under a shed nearby, they found the remains of a baby.
Magnifying the eeriness: no record that either child even existed.
"We've never seen a case quite like this," said Betty Wade Coyle,
executive director of Prevent Child Abuse Hampton Roads, a volunteer
group based in Norfolk.
Gloucester seems an unlikely spot for such horrors - a landscape of
forests and farm fields sliced by Route 17, strung together by tiny
towns with names like "Ordinary."
Drivers recognize the area best as a place they're passing through, a
blur of antique shops, big yards and convenience stores on the north
side of the Coleman Bridge, the tall span that arches over the York
River.
But at the end of a long shady lane, just past a weathered "Waterview
Mobile Home Park" sign, inside a blue-and-white trailer with an
American flag and pink azaleas outside, something ugly went on for a
long time.
"We don't know how long this child was left like that," said Wade
Coyle of the caged girl, whose name is Allison, "but it appears to be
extreme long-term neglect, maybe for her whole life."
It's uncertain how many years that might be. Now in the care of
Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters in Norfolk, Allison is
estimated to be 6 years old, but like the baby buried in the trailer's
yard, she has no birth certificate.
"Everyone is shocked," said Christina Edwards, who lives across the street from the trailer. "It's just... sick."
Up until a few weeks ago, the trailer was home to Brian and Shannon
Gore. Both have longtime roots in the area and no record of trouble with
the law. Shannon, 25, worked at the Bojangles restaurant in nearby
Yorktown. Brian, 29, listed his occupation as "HVAC Service Tech" on a
Gloucester High School reunion website.
On a video posted to their Myspace pages, the Gores look like any
other young couple. It was taken in 2008 on Shannon's birthday, the day
Brian got down on one knee and proposed to her in a crowded restaurant.
Shannon beams, hugs Brian and admires her new ring. Family and friends
ooh, ahh and applaud.
But behind that happy moment, the couple already had dark secrets:
two children, both born at home, with no medical assistance. One was
hidden away; the other was buried in the yard - dead from causes that,
so far, remain a mystery.
Ron Smith, one of Shannon Gore's attorneys, has told media that the
couple concealed the pregnancies because they weren't married, though no
one has explained how they hid Shannon's swollen belly in small-town
Gloucester.
What is known is that the couple married in 2009 and had a third
child they didn't conceal. Video taken inside their trailer shows a
nursery decorated with monkeys and warm yellow walls. On Myspace, Brian
Gore described himself as a "Proud parent" and Shannon Gore gushed with
anticipation before giving birth this past March: "Five more weeks!...
mommy is so ready!"
Edwards, who has three kids of her own, said the couple strolled the
neighborhood with their new baby, who appeared well-cared for.
"I didn't know either of them very well," Edwards said, "but she sent
over bottles and pacifiers when my baby was born, and I'd see him out
cutting the grass. They seemed like nice people. I'd wave to them."
Despite the thin walls and cramped space of trailer park living,
"None of us knew they had a daughter," Edwards said. "We never heard her
cry or anything. Not even people who've been inside their house."
It all came to light when a burglary investigation led Gloucester
detectives to the Gores' trailer. Shannon Gore was suspected of selling
about an ounce of stolen gold to an auction house - bars of bullion that
had been swiped from a home in the county.
Deputies stumbled upon Allison inside a darkened bedroom, caged
within an upside-down crib that was weighted down by heavy boxes. She
was nude and covered in her own feces. Her curly blond hair was matted
and patchy, her body so thin bones were visible through her flesh.
From the pages of a search warrant: "The child was eating flakes of skin that were falling off her."
"She weighed 15 pounds," said Robert Hicks, Gloucester's commonwealth's attorney. "Can you imagine what that looks like?"
When questioned about the girl's condition, the Gores told deputies
that she suffers from Down syndrome and cerebral palsy. Letting her out
of the cage, they said, caused "too much turmoil" in the household. They
were arrested after they were unable to produce any medication for the
girl or her birth certificate.
Down at the station, the couple's stories began to differ.
According to Shannon Gore, Allison is less than 3 years old, was
under a doctor's care, had been in the cage for about two months and was
never left alone.
According to Brian Gore, Allison was regularly left alone in the
house, and no one except he and his wife knew the girl existed. Her
birth had never been registered, and she had been penned inside the cage
since last summer, put there because Shannon didn't want to explain to
people where the child came from.
For food, Brian Gore said, a Pop-Tart was placed in Allison's cage
each morning. Another one, or a sandwich, was given to her in the
evenings, along with some milk.
He said that while Allison could no longer stand up, she had once
been able to - back before she was confined in a space that was so
small, her heels were constantly pressed against her buttocks, leaving
red sores.
"We're pretty sure she's 6 years old," Hicks said. "You can't believe anything the parents say."
Eventually, Brian Gore told detectives about the couple's other
hush-hush child, a baby he said was born at home in 2007 but stopped
breathing when it was 2 weeks old, a detail that later changed to 7
months old.
Gore said the baby couldn't be revived, despite his attempts at CPR.
"After much discussion," he said, he put the baby's body in a wooden
box, dug a hole beneath a backyard shed and buried it.
Deputies armed with shovels found little more than a skeleton,
narrowing the chances that the medical examiner's office in Richmond can
pinpoint the cause of death. An anthropologist has been called in to at
least help determine how long the remains have been buried.
In the meantime, the Gores have been charged with a variety of
crimes, including murder - which prosecutors know will be tough to prove
without help from an autopsy. Their next hearing is scheduled for Aug.
2.
Until then, the couple is being held without bond in Norfolk, moved
there because Gloucester's small jail doesn't have many isolation cells,
and prisoners accused of child abuse tend to be targets of jailhouse
justice.
"Nobody threatened them," said Darrell Warren, Gloucester's chief
deputy, "but we were a little leery about putting them in with the
general population. Norfolk was gracious enough to help us out."
Brian Gore's attorney did not respond to requests for comment.
Matthew Ballard, one of Shannon Gore's attorneys, said mental illness
will be at the heart of her defense. A psychiatrist has been tapped to
evaluate her.
"There's no indication that she's responsible for the child's death,"
Ballard said, but there's reason to believe she changed after it
happened. Ballard said he has evidence that Shannon Gore once took
proper care of Allison.
"We have numerous photos that certainly show a loving and caring
mother and a healthy child," he said. "Olan Mills-type pictures.
Christmas pictures. It's obvious that something snapped."
Even if that's true, said a child abuse expert, it doesn't explain
everything. Allison had two parents - both present and, by all
appearances, functioning normally outside the home.
"And what about the hidden pregnancies?" asked Viola Vaughan-Eden,
who has spent 20 years working in Hampton Roads, evaluating more than a
thousand abuse cases and testifying in more than 400.
In all those other cases, she said, "at least people knew those children existed. That's what makes this case so bizarre."
As for Allison, whether or not she has the handicaps her parents say
she has, "This little girl is going to have some severely profound
psychological, neurological and cognitive functioning issues,"
Vaughan-Eden said.
The level of neglect she experienced is difficult to overcome,
especially when it occurs at a young age, when the window for learning
and socialization is open the widest.
"Even when you place those children in a nurturing environment,"
Vaughan-Eden said, "it takes years to catch up. Some are never able to."
CHKD won't release any information on Allison, other than to say that her condition has been upgraded from guarded to stable.
"I've heard she's just so afraid that no one can get close to her,"
said Wade Coyle. "It reminds me of those stories about feral children."
It may never be completely clear what happened inside the blue-and-white trailer.
"There are no easy answer to any of these cases," Vaughan-Eden said.
Instead, there's usually a cocktail of contributing causes, like
mental illness, abusive childhoods, a lack of education and others, she
said: "How all these factors converge in any one family's life, you
never know."
At a crossroads near the trailer park, an impromptu memorial
testifies to the shock and sadness felt by the Gloucester community.
Three small white crosses - one for each Gore child - are surrounded by a
jumble of silk flowers, stuffed animals and the stubs of burnt candles,
evidence of a vigil held by locals after they heard the news.
Inside the trailer park, only a bare rectangle remains where the
Gores once lived. The blue-and-white trailer has been hauled away. The
couple's infant son, found to be in good condition, was taken into
protective custody. Even the family dog - which also appeared healthy -
has been rounded up and carted off by animal control.
Across the street, Edwards shooed her kids back toward her own
trailer and looked over her shoulder at the empty lot edged with
azaleas. She pondered how such a terrible thing could go on right under
the noses of so many. The trailer park's manager lives less than 20 feet
from where the Gores did.
"We're all just left wondering," she said, "what in the world?"
http://hamptonroads.com/2011/06/gloucester-residents-dark-child-abuse-came-light

An unmarried pregnancy would shame them but murdering and torturing babies is OK with them.

WTH kind of people are these POS monsters?

'Caged girl' case postponed for months
Gores to appear in court Dec. 13
11:56 a.m. EDT, August 2, 2011
Those interested in hearing testimony about how a girl came to be caged and emaciated in a Gloucester mobile home will have to wait several more months.

The initial court appearance of Brian and Shannon Gore has been postponed until Dec. 13 to give prosecutors and defense attorneys more time to prepare for the case, according to court records.

The pair were scheduled to make their first court appearance on several felony charges Tuesday in Gloucester Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, but attorneys secured the postponement last week.

The December court appearance should lead to the transmission of charges to a grand jury, which will decide whether the couple should be tried for murder in circuit court.

The Gores have remained jailed since their arrests in April, though they were moved to the Norfolk City Jail in May due to the limited number of isolation cells in the Gloucester County Jail, where they had been, and concerns for their safety if they were housed in general population. They will be tried in Gloucester.

Brian Gore faces two felony charges of abuse and neglect of a child while Shannon Gore faces a single felony charge of abuse and neglect of a child. The girl was found emaciated, covered in filth and eating flakes of her own peeling skin when Gloucester deputies happened upon her during a routine burglary investigation on April 28.

Both are also charged with first-degree murder in connection with human remains unearthed on their property by Gloucester Sheriff's investigators.

http://www.dailypress.com/news/gloucester-county/dp-tsq-mid-gores-update-0804-20110802,0,6309669.story

What is wrong with people, this is so sick, prison is too good for these people, they need to be kept locked up in a converted babycrib and fed 2 pop tarts a day and never let out not even to use the bathroom!

Caged girl released from hospital
Girl from Gloucester in care of family out of area

1:47 p.m. EDT, August 11, 2011

GLOUCESTER — A 6-year-old girl who was found in a makeshift cage in a Gloucester trailer in April has been released from Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk and is living with a family.

Lt. Scott Little of the Gloucester Sheriff's Office said on Thursday that the girl is still recovering and her long-term prognosis has not been determined at this time.

She is in the custody of the state Department of Social Services and has been placed with a family out of the area, he said.

The girl is the daughter of Brian and Shannon Gore, who are facing multiple felony charges in connection with abusive treatment of the girl as well as the death of an infant sibling in 2007. Their trial in Gloucester Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court is Dec. 13.

http://www.dailypress.com/news/gloucester-county/dp-nws-gore-girl-update-0812-20110811,0,5059884.story

A Gloucester couple is scheduled to
be in court Tuesday morning. Shannon Gore and her husband Brian Gore are
facing charges of murder and child abuse.
Deputies searched the couples house
back in April in connection to a robbery when they discovered a young
girl with down syndrome, extremely malnourished and locked in a cage.

Authorities later searched under the Gore's shed where they found the remains of another child, badly decomposed.
http://www.wtkr.com/news/wtvr-gloucester-couple-in-court-for-caging-daughter-20111213,0,4935854.story

Even the family dog was treated better than the poor caged little girl. They probably killed the baby that was buried. I say put them in general population and let the inmates at them. Or put them in a dog cage with one can of dog food per week and see how they like it. What pure POS animals they were.

Charges certified against Gloucester couple accused of caging child

CBS 6 Web Staff
2:51 p.m. EST, December 13, 2011

GLOUCESTER COUNTY, VA (WTVR) - The Gloucester County couple accused of caging their daughter appeared in court for a preliminary hearing Tuesday afternoon.

Attempted capital murder and felony child neglect charges were certified to the grand jury against Shannon and Brian Gore.

Both of the charges are in reference to their alleged treatment of their 6-year-old daughter after deputies searched the couple's house in connection to a robbery in April. That is when they discovered the girl extremely malnourished and locked in a cage.

Additionally, the judge dropped the felony murder charge against the couple pertaining to the body of the infant found buried in the yard.

The remains were so badly decomposed that a cause of death could not be determined. There was no evidence that a crime had been committed since neither child had any prenatal or postnatal care nor had ever been to the doctor.

An investigator took the stand and talked about the conditions in which deputies found the little girl. was found caged in an inverted crib with no legs, with boxes stacked on top.

Additionally, officials said the girl had Down Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy.

The emaciated girl was found with bald spots and indentations in her buttocks from where her heels dug into her rear-end due to the position she remained in around the clock.

However, the couple said they fed her sippy cups of milk and pop tarts daily, but the child was very emaciated and resorted to eating her own flaking skin and mucus.

The charges against the couple will go before the grand jury on Jan. 3.

http://www.wtkr.com/news/wtvr-gloucester-couple-in-court-for-caging-daughter-20111213,0,4935854.story

Case delayed for couple accused of locking child in cage
1:13 a.m. EST, December 31, 2011

There has been another delay in the case against a Gloucester couple accused of keeping their little girl locked in a cage.

The attempted murder and child neglect charges against Brian and Shannon Gore will not be presented to a grand jury until March.

The grand jury was scheduled to hear the case on Tuesday.

According to our partners at the Daily Press, the move will allow for the completion of additional investigation reports.

Two weeks ago, a judge dropped the most serious charges against the Gores which were the murder charges in connection to the death of their infant son.

Police found the baby's remains in a pine box underneath a shed on the Gores' property.

The child's remains are being studied by experts at the Smithsonian Institution in an effort to pinpoint a cause of death.

The judge said there is not enough evidence to show a murder was committed.

http://www.wtkr.com/news/wtkr-case-delayed-for-couple-accused-of-locking-child-in-cage-20111230,0,4712392.story