MAGGIE WEBBER - 4 yo -(2010) Bloomingdale (W of Chicago) IL
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MAGGIE WEBBER - 4 yo -(2010) Bloomingdale (W of Chicago) IL
by kiwimom on Thu Nov 04, 2010 11:44 pm
Hospitalized mother called suspect in daughter's slaying
4-year-old girl stabbed to death in Bloomingdale
November 4 2010
The hospitalized mother of a 4-year-old girl found fatally stabbed in Bloomingdale is the sole suspect in the slaying, authorities said Thursday."We are not looking for any other offender," Bloomingdale police Chief Frank Giammarese said. "She's the only suspect in this case. We are still following up on all leads, which there are many. We're just trying to conduct the most thorough investigation. We're confident charges will be brought against the appropriate person."A lengthy autopsy conducted Thursday on Magdalene M. Webber concluded the child died from a single laceration to her neck that law enforcement officials said was so deep it nearly severed the girl's head. The girl, known as Maggie, who turned 4 on Oct. 5, was found dead about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in her grandmother's town home in the 200 block of Amherst Court on the village's southeast side.
Her 43-year-old mother was listed in good condition at Adventist GlenOaks Hospital in Glendale Heights with a self-inflicted slash wound to her wrist, authorities said. She remains under guard while police investigate what they described as a murder and attempted suicide.The mother and child lived in upstate New York, but Giammarese said they had been staying at the town home for "several weeks" while visiting.He said a teenage daughter who lives elsewhere in the Chicago area called 911 after she went to the town home to check on the mother, who was alone with Maggie while the grandmother was out of the state.A neighbor said the grandmother was in California on Wednesday. Giammarese said she has returned to Illinois.The teenager declined to comment Thursday. Her fiance's father, Ed Ritacco, said the teenager found her younger sister slain in a dry bathtub in an upstairs bathroom. The girls' mother was conscious, he said."She said the first words her mother said was, 'Ssshh. Be very quiet. Your sister's sleeping,'" Ritacco said. "She said her sister was in the bathtub and there was blood everywhere.""It's beyond comprehension," he continued. "How can you look in the eyes of an innocent child and do something like this?"DuPage State's Attorney Joseph Birkett said the facts of the case "raise a red flag of a mental health defense," so authorities are conducting several interviews of relatives and others in recent contact with the mother to get the most accurate picture of her behavior at the time of the crime."This is a horrible case," Giammarese added. "For any 4-year-old to die under these circumstances is tragic. Our hearts go out to the family.
"http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-bloomingdale-murder-1105-20101104,0,6246540.story
4-year-old girl stabbed to death in Bloomingdale
November 4 2010
The hospitalized mother of a 4-year-old girl found fatally stabbed in Bloomingdale is the sole suspect in the slaying, authorities said Thursday."We are not looking for any other offender," Bloomingdale police Chief Frank Giammarese said. "She's the only suspect in this case. We are still following up on all leads, which there are many. We're just trying to conduct the most thorough investigation. We're confident charges will be brought against the appropriate person."A lengthy autopsy conducted Thursday on Magdalene M. Webber concluded the child died from a single laceration to her neck that law enforcement officials said was so deep it nearly severed the girl's head. The girl, known as Maggie, who turned 4 on Oct. 5, was found dead about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in her grandmother's town home in the 200 block of Amherst Court on the village's southeast side.
Her 43-year-old mother was listed in good condition at Adventist GlenOaks Hospital in Glendale Heights with a self-inflicted slash wound to her wrist, authorities said. She remains under guard while police investigate what they described as a murder and attempted suicide.The mother and child lived in upstate New York, but Giammarese said they had been staying at the town home for "several weeks" while visiting.He said a teenage daughter who lives elsewhere in the Chicago area called 911 after she went to the town home to check on the mother, who was alone with Maggie while the grandmother was out of the state.A neighbor said the grandmother was in California on Wednesday. Giammarese said she has returned to Illinois.The teenager declined to comment Thursday. Her fiance's father, Ed Ritacco, said the teenager found her younger sister slain in a dry bathtub in an upstairs bathroom. The girls' mother was conscious, he said."She said the first words her mother said was, 'Ssshh. Be very quiet. Your sister's sleeping,'" Ritacco said. "She said her sister was in the bathtub and there was blood everywhere.""It's beyond comprehension," he continued. "How can you look in the eyes of an innocent child and do something like this?"DuPage State's Attorney Joseph Birkett said the facts of the case "raise a red flag of a mental health defense," so authorities are conducting several interviews of relatives and others in recent contact with the mother to get the most accurate picture of her behavior at the time of the crime."This is a horrible case," Giammarese added. "For any 4-year-old to die under these circumstances is tragic. Our hearts go out to the family.
"http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-bloomingdale-murder-1105-20101104,0,6246540.story
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MAGGIE WEBBER - 4 yo - Bloomingdale (W of Chicago) IL
by TomTerrific0420 on Fri Nov 05, 2010 4:47 pm
Kids toys and religious material can been seen all over the yard at the home on Uphams Corners Road that a neighbor says Marci Webber shared with her four year old little girl, Maggie. "She was the cutest little thing, very friendly. The mother was very friendly and told me if I needed anything to let her know and she'd come over and help me," explained Dorothy Bailey who also lives on Uphams Corners Road.Bailey says she last saw Marci and Maggie about six weeks ago when they packed up the car and took off. It's believed the pair traveled to Webber's mother's house in Bloomingdale, Illinois. It's there, authorities say, where the unthinkable happened. Investigators claim 43-year-old Webber stabbed her 4-year-old to death before attempting to kill herself."Upon our arrival we found one alive victim who was transported to a local hospital and inside there was a 4-year-old child who was later pronounced dead," explained Chief Frank Giammarese of the Bloomingdale Police Department after the investigation began last Wednesday. According to neighbors in the quiet, Chicago suburb the family was involved in a bitter custody battle. The alleged crime shocked them. Nearly 1,000 miles away in Rensselaer County, the feelings are the same. "I never dreamed she'd do something like that because she loved that little girl," added Bailey. Court records from 1997 indicate Webber was fighting the father of an older child of hers, not Maggie, for parental rights.
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Re: MAGGIE WEBBER - 4 yo -(2010) Bloomingdale (W of Chicago) IL
by TomTerrific0420 on Fri Nov 05, 2010 4:49 pm
Police in Illinois are calling a Rensselaer County mother their “only suspect” in the death of her four-year-old child.
Investigators are on their way to New York to find out more about Marci Webber, the woman they think stabbed her four-year-old daughter, Maggie.
Three neighbors all say Marci Webber is a nice woman, but that there is something strange about her.
When they heard Webber's the suspect in her daughter's death - they were shocked and disturbed saying something's just not right.
A gruesome scene outside Chicago - On Wednesday, police respond to a call for medical assistance at a suburban townhouse.
They found a four-year-old Magdalene Webber dead with stab wounds and her mother with what appeared to be self-inflicted injuries.
“I said, 'no, no, no, no, that's not right,' little girls don't need to die, little kids don't need to die,” said a neighbor in Illinois.
The mother, 43-year-old Marci Webber lives in Rensselaer County.
Police say she was in the Chicago area visiting her mother when this happened.
Officers responded to an emergency call Wednesday afternoon from Webber’s oldest daughter, 19-year-old Mallory, who walked in on the bloody scene.
Bloomingdale Police say the incident appears to be domestic related and that they are not looking at any other suspects except Webber at this time.
Investigators are on their way to New York to follow a lead about a custody case possibly involving Webber.
On Webber's MySpace page, she says she wants to change the Family Court system calling its policies, "very corrupt and dangerous for society."
“She's always been for the kids, that’s why I can’t believe she is being accused of this,” said Bud Gagnon who lives on the same street at Webber in East Nassau.
Gagnon and other neighbors are dumbfounded.
They’re disturbed that anyone could kill a four-year-old girl and in disbelief that police suspect it's their neighbor who appeared to them to be a good mom.
“I never saw her be mean to them or yell at them or nothing, she'd let them do their thing, she'd never scold them,” Gagnon said.
Marci Webber is in the Intensive Care Unit of an Illinois hospital. She's being guarded by police officers and has yet to be charged.
Investigators are on their way to New York to find out more about Marci Webber, the woman they think stabbed her four-year-old daughter, Maggie.
Three neighbors all say Marci Webber is a nice woman, but that there is something strange about her.
When they heard Webber's the suspect in her daughter's death - they were shocked and disturbed saying something's just not right.
A gruesome scene outside Chicago - On Wednesday, police respond to a call for medical assistance at a suburban townhouse.
They found a four-year-old Magdalene Webber dead with stab wounds and her mother with what appeared to be self-inflicted injuries.
“I said, 'no, no, no, no, that's not right,' little girls don't need to die, little kids don't need to die,” said a neighbor in Illinois.
The mother, 43-year-old Marci Webber lives in Rensselaer County.
Police say she was in the Chicago area visiting her mother when this happened.
Officers responded to an emergency call Wednesday afternoon from Webber’s oldest daughter, 19-year-old Mallory, who walked in on the bloody scene.
Bloomingdale Police say the incident appears to be domestic related and that they are not looking at any other suspects except Webber at this time.
Investigators are on their way to New York to follow a lead about a custody case possibly involving Webber.
On Webber's MySpace page, she says she wants to change the Family Court system calling its policies, "very corrupt and dangerous for society."
“She's always been for the kids, that’s why I can’t believe she is being accused of this,” said Bud Gagnon who lives on the same street at Webber in East Nassau.
Gagnon and other neighbors are dumbfounded.
They’re disturbed that anyone could kill a four-year-old girl and in disbelief that police suspect it's their neighbor who appeared to them to be a good mom.
“I never saw her be mean to them or yell at them or nothing, she'd let them do their thing, she'd never scold them,” Gagnon said.
Marci Webber is in the Intensive Care Unit of an Illinois hospital. She's being guarded by police officers and has yet to be charged.
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Re: MAGGIE WEBBER - 4 yo -(2010) Bloomingdale (W of Chicago) IL
by TomTerrific0420 on Sun Nov 07, 2010 5:59 pm
Bond was set Sunday at $5 million dollars for the woman accused of killing her 4-year-old daughter in Bloomingdale .
Prosecutors say Marci Webber told investigators she stabbed her daughter to keep her from becoming an "internet sex slave."
The injury was so deep, Magdalene was almost decapitated.
She was found in a bathtub in her grandmother's home Wednesday.
"Divine mercy" was also written in blood on a wall.
Prosecutors will reportedly ask for a mental evaluation.
Webber, 43, of upstate New York, faces first-degree murder charges.
Prosecutors say Marci Webber told investigators she stabbed her daughter to keep her from becoming an "internet sex slave."
The injury was so deep, Magdalene was almost decapitated.
She was found in a bathtub in her grandmother's home Wednesday.
"Divine mercy" was also written in blood on a wall.
Prosecutors will reportedly ask for a mental evaluation.
Webber, 43, of upstate New York, faces first-degree murder charges.
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Re: MAGGIE WEBBER - 4 yo -(2010) Bloomingdale (W of Chicago) IL
by Watcher_of_all on Thu Apr 28, 2011 1:57 am
Judge delays mental evaluation for mom accused of killing girl, 4
Defense says suicide watch has prevented private conversation with Marci Webber
November 15, 2010|By Art Barnum, Tribune reporterA mental health exam for Marci Webber, accused of slashing her 4-year-old daughter to death earlier this month in Bloomingdale, has been delayed at least a week due to concerns by her attorneys.
DuPage County prosecutors got permission last week from Judge George Bakalis to conduct a psychiatric evaluation on Webber, 43, to determine if she was mentally competent when she allegedly killed Magdalene "Maggie" Webber in Webber's mother's town house.
But DuPage Public Defender Jeff York said he has not been able to have a private conversation with Webber in the county jail because she is on a 24-hour suicide watch, which has required a sheriff's deputy to be in close proximity at all times. He also said the defense hasn't been given any evidence or information about the case, which hinders its ability to discuss the case with Webber and offer legal advice.
Bakalis agreed to delay the exam, which was to have occurred Monday. He has warned Webber that if she eventually offers the defense that she was legally insane at the time of the incident, the state has the right to introduce any statements she makes in the exam interview at trial.
Webber, in court Monday, still was wearing a bandage on her neck and her left wrist where she suffered self-inflicted wounds at the same time her daughter died.
Meanwhile, more than a dozen relatives and friends said goodbye to Maggie during a small private funeral in Roselle.
They remembered Maggie as a sweet, cheerful child with a bright smile and giggle.
"I just want to say Maggie was my best friend and she always will be," said Mallory Webber, the slain child's 18-year-old sister. "There was a time when I looked after her, and now I know she is looking after me."
A tiny white closed casket stood at the center of the chapel. Photos of the child with her two older sisters filled a poster board erected in the corner of the dimmed room.
The Rev. Herman Kinzler of St. Matthew's Parish in Glendale Heights offered words meant to bring peace and comfort to the tearful group. The child's grandmother described Maggie as "the sweetest child" and tearfully asked mourners to remember Marci Webber in their prayers.
In court Monday, Assistant State's Attorney Alex McGimpsey said the state would provide York the information it currently has about the case within the next few days. A sheriff's spokesman said arrangements would be made to allow a private conversation between Webber and her attorneys, while still safeguarding the defendant's safety.
"From our perspective, time is of the essence," McGimpsey said. "The best circumstance is to have the mental health exam immediately, nearest the time of the incident."
Bakalis said he wanted a status of the case next Monday.
Webber is charged with first-degree murder and is in the jail on a $5 million bond.
Prosecutors have previously stated that Webber claims she murdered her daughter to keep her from being sold as a sex slave over the Internet. Police responding to the scene found the words "divine mercy" written in blood on the adjacent wall.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-11-15/news/ct-met-webber-murder-1116-20101115_1_mental-health-exam-delays-evaluation
Defense says suicide watch has prevented private conversation with Marci Webber
November 15, 2010|By Art Barnum, Tribune reporterA mental health exam for Marci Webber, accused of slashing her 4-year-old daughter to death earlier this month in Bloomingdale, has been delayed at least a week due to concerns by her attorneys.
DuPage County prosecutors got permission last week from Judge George Bakalis to conduct a psychiatric evaluation on Webber, 43, to determine if she was mentally competent when she allegedly killed Magdalene "Maggie" Webber in Webber's mother's town house.
But DuPage Public Defender Jeff York said he has not been able to have a private conversation with Webber in the county jail because she is on a 24-hour suicide watch, which has required a sheriff's deputy to be in close proximity at all times. He also said the defense hasn't been given any evidence or information about the case, which hinders its ability to discuss the case with Webber and offer legal advice.
Bakalis agreed to delay the exam, which was to have occurred Monday. He has warned Webber that if she eventually offers the defense that she was legally insane at the time of the incident, the state has the right to introduce any statements she makes in the exam interview at trial.
Webber, in court Monday, still was wearing a bandage on her neck and her left wrist where she suffered self-inflicted wounds at the same time her daughter died.
Meanwhile, more than a dozen relatives and friends said goodbye to Maggie during a small private funeral in Roselle.
They remembered Maggie as a sweet, cheerful child with a bright smile and giggle.
"I just want to say Maggie was my best friend and she always will be," said Mallory Webber, the slain child's 18-year-old sister. "There was a time when I looked after her, and now I know she is looking after me."
A tiny white closed casket stood at the center of the chapel. Photos of the child with her two older sisters filled a poster board erected in the corner of the dimmed room.
The Rev. Herman Kinzler of St. Matthew's Parish in Glendale Heights offered words meant to bring peace and comfort to the tearful group. The child's grandmother described Maggie as "the sweetest child" and tearfully asked mourners to remember Marci Webber in their prayers.
In court Monday, Assistant State's Attorney Alex McGimpsey said the state would provide York the information it currently has about the case within the next few days. A sheriff's spokesman said arrangements would be made to allow a private conversation between Webber and her attorneys, while still safeguarding the defendant's safety.
"From our perspective, time is of the essence," McGimpsey said. "The best circumstance is to have the mental health exam immediately, nearest the time of the incident."
Bakalis said he wanted a status of the case next Monday.
Webber is charged with first-degree murder and is in the jail on a $5 million bond.
Prosecutors have previously stated that Webber claims she murdered her daughter to keep her from being sold as a sex slave over the Internet. Police responding to the scene found the words "divine mercy" written in blood on the adjacent wall.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-11-15/news/ct-met-webber-murder-1116-20101115_1_mental-health-exam-delays-evaluation
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Re: MAGGIE WEBBER - 4 yo -(2010) Bloomingdale (W of Chicago) IL
by Watcher_of_all on Thu Apr 28, 2011 2:01 am
Not Guilty Plea from Mom Accused of Slashing Daughter's Throat
Marci Webber faces 60 years in prison if convicted
Monday, Nov 29, 2010 | Updated 9:45 PM CDT
The New York woman accused of slashing her 4-year-old daughter's throat at a relative's home in DuPage County has pleaded not guilty to murder charges.
Marci Webber, 43, entered the plea Monday in DuPage County Circuit Court.
Webber faces five counts of first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing her daughter, Magdalene "Maggie" Webber earlier this month while they were staying at the girl's grandmother's home in the west suburban Bloomingdale.
Tthe words "Divine Mercy" were written in blood next to the little girl's body, the state's attorney said at the time.
Authorities did not indicate Monday whether Marci Webber has an attorney. Prosecutors say she could be sentenced to as long as 60 years in prison if convicted of the slaying.
Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/marci-webber-wheaton-plea-111015369.html#ixzz1Kp39Yerc
Marci Webber faces 60 years in prison if convicted
Monday, Nov 29, 2010 | Updated 9:45 PM CDT
The New York woman accused of slashing her 4-year-old daughter's throat at a relative's home in DuPage County has pleaded not guilty to murder charges.
Marci Webber, 43, entered the plea Monday in DuPage County Circuit Court.
Webber faces five counts of first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing her daughter, Magdalene "Maggie" Webber earlier this month while they were staying at the girl's grandmother's home in the west suburban Bloomingdale.
Tthe words "Divine Mercy" were written in blood next to the little girl's body, the state's attorney said at the time.
Authorities did not indicate Monday whether Marci Webber has an attorney. Prosecutors say she could be sentenced to as long as 60 years in prison if convicted of the slaying.
Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/marci-webber-wheaton-plea-111015369.html#ixzz1Kp39Yerc
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