http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/-t1.htm Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:26:50 GMT 10 http://i85.servimg.com/u/f85/11/45/46/05/j4cbev11.jpg http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/-t1.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/jessica-lunsford-9-yo-2005-tallahassee-fl-t3475.htm mom_from_STL Florida prison officials say the man who kidnapped, raped and buried alive 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford has died of natural causes. Department of Corrections spokeswoman Gretl Plessinger said John Evander Couey, 51, died Wednesday at a Jacksonville hospital. She said Couey had been ill for some time. She declined to provide any specifics, citing a federal law protecting the privacy of hospital patients. Jessica was kidnapped and killed in Citrus County in 2005. Couey was sentenced to ... ADJUDICATED CASES Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:47:04 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/jessica-lunsford-9-yo-2005-tallahassee-fl-t3475.htm#374072 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/jessica-lunsford-9-yo-2005-tallahassee-fl-t3475.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/the-ferguson-children-2000-04-springfield-oh-t4069.htm TomTerrific0420 Vonda Ferguson tried to kill herself after she was convicted on 32 counts Friday, Nov. 20, deputies said. Paramedics took her from the Clark County Common Pleas Court on a gurney with powder on her face, then by squad to Springfield Regional Medical Center, High Street campus. She was found guilty of all 32 counts she faced, including felonious assault, child endangering, permitting child abuse and rape. Her sentencing was scheduled for Dec. 7. Union County ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:26:50 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/the-ferguson-children-2000-04-springfield-oh-t4069.htm#402128 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/the-ferguson-children-2000-04-springfield-oh-t4069.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/zachary-ulengchong-1-yo-1998-richland-county-sc-t4061.htm TomTerrific0420 A Richland County jury convicted Andrea Person on Friday night of killing a 1-year-old child in 1998, rejecting claims her 2007 confession was the result of intimidating interrogation.Judge Allison Lee sentenced Person, who had no prior criminal record, to 22 years in prison for the death of Zachary Ulengchong.Person was convicted of homicide by child abuse. The minimum sentence under state law was 20 years. She had faced the possibility of a life sentence. Person did not react as the ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:51:38 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/zachary-ulengchong-1-yo-1998-richland-county-sc-t4061.htm#401904 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/zachary-ulengchong-1-yo-1998-richland-county-sc-t4061.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/shawnte-betts-17-yo-beltzhoover-pa-t4032.htm TomTerrific0420 A 26-year-old Pittsburgh man has been convicted of kidnapping and killing a 17-year-old girl and her friend after what prosecutors described as a failed ransom plot. Police said James Jones, 26, of Wilkinsburg, and Shawnte Betts, a Beltzhoover girl who had recently graduated from Oliver High School, were abducted in broad daylight off a Lincoln Avenue sidewalk in the Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood in July 2004.Jones was found shot dead the next day in Betts' car, which was parked ... ADJUDICATED CASES Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:30:01 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/shawnte-betts-17-yo-beltzhoover-pa-t4032.htm#400683 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/shawnte-betts-17-yo-beltzhoover-pa-t4032.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/arianna-long-23-months-st-augustine-fl-t4017.htm TomTerrific0420 Following testimony from a police officer who quoted Omar Long say, "I killed my baby," when learning his 23-month-old daughter was pronounced dead, the state rested its case in the manslaughter trial.Long rocked his head and cried as the medical examiner showed autopsy photos and told the court that 23-month-old Arianna had a temperature of at least 109 when she arrived at Flagler Hospital. The cause of death was hyperthermia -- extreme heat exposure -- and she had second-degree burns ... ADJUDICATED CASES Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:32:04 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/arianna-long-23-months-st-augustine-fl-t4017.htm#399904 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/arianna-long-23-months-st-augustine-fl-t4017.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/raijon-moses-8-yo-contra-costa-county-ca-t4003.htm TomTerrific0420 A Contra Costa County Superior Court judge found a Richmond woman not guilty by reason of insanity today in charges that she murdered her 8-year-old son in 2006. Teresa Moses, 26, pleaded no contest to first-degree murder this morning. In exchange for her plea, the district attorney's office dropped the remaining charges of child abuse and torture. Three doctors who evaluated Moses found that she suffered from paranoid delusions. She will now be committed to a state mental hospital ... ADJUDICATED CASES Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:30:44 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/raijon-moses-8-yo-contra-costa-county-ca-t4003.htm#399374 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/raijon-moses-8-yo-contra-costa-county-ca-t4003.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/kelyn-pinson-2-yo-2008-tyler-tx-t4007.htm TomTerrific0420 It has been an emotional trial, dragging on for over a month now, but late Monday afternoon, a jury sentenced Demontrell Miller to the death penalty. He was found guilty of capital murder in the beating death of two-year-old Kelynn Pinson. In court, moments of grief and anger going over Kelynn's violent death last year. "Can you imagine the pain when his shoulder was hurt or his back or his arms or his hands?” said April Sikes, the Smith County Assistant District Attorney. “Can you ... ADJUDICATED CASES Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:47:36 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/kelyn-pinson-2-yo-2008-tyler-tx-t4007.htm#399425 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/kelyn-pinson-2-yo-2008-tyler-tx-t4007.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/darisabel-baez-2-yo-2008-york-pa-t3948.htm TomTerrific0420 The forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy on 2-year-old Darisabel Baez said Tuesday the brutal and ultimately fatal beating she endured lasted at least 45 minutes. And from the overall number of external and internal injuries she suffered, the person who administered the beating "would have to inflict an injury every 20 seconds," Dr. Wayne K. Ross testified.York City Police and the York County District Attorney's Office believe Harve Lamar Johnson beat Darisabel, ... ADJUDICATED CASES Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:00:17 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/darisabel-baez-2-yo-2008-york-pa-t3948.htm#397800 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/darisabel-baez-2-yo-2008-york-pa-t3948.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/matthew-thomas-4-months-troy-ny-t3980.htm TomTerrific0420 Minutes before Adrian Thomas was sentenced to the maximum of 25 years to life in state prison for murdering his infant son, the child’s mother told the 27-year-old he was never much of a father at all. “Adrian, what you took from us we can never get back,” Wilhelmina Hicks said calmly in a victim impact statement before the Court. “You took a gift from God that He put in your hands to bring up and raise into a man.” “You told us how bad of a life you had with your family, so ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:45:44 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/matthew-thomas-4-months-troy-ny-t3980.htm#398764 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/matthew-thomas-4-months-troy-ny-t3980.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/aarone-thompson-6-yo-2003-centennial-co-t2755.htm TomTerrific0420 Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the trial of Aaron Thompson. Thompson is charged with 60 felony counts, including child abuse resulting in death and abuse of a corpse, in connection with the 2005 disappearance of his daughter, Aarone, and the alleged beating of his other children. Thompson reported his daughter missing on Nov. 14, 2005, telling Aurora police that he and 6-year-old Aarone had argued over whether she could have a cookie. He said she stomped upstairs and ... ADJUDICATED CASES Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:06:57 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/aarone-thompson-6-yo-2003-centennial-co-t2755.htm#341132 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/aarone-thompson-6-yo-2003-centennial-co-t2755.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/sean-colvin-3-weeks-2006-brooklawn-nj-t3946.htm TomTerrific0420 A Brooklawn woman pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter yesterday in the 2006 killing of an infant, authorities said.Gloria Carter, 37, faces up to 23 years in prison.Carter appeared before Superior Court Judge Samuel Natal in Camden, where she admitted she sliced through the abdomen of her ex-boyfriend's child, 3-week-old Sean Colvin, on Nov. 18, 2006, and then threw the baby down a flight of stairs.Carter was at the home of the child's father, Edward Colvin, on Chestnut Street in ... ADJUDICATED CASES Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:54:21 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/sean-colvin-3-weeks-2006-brooklawn-nj-t3946.htm#397798 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/sean-colvin-3-weeks-2006-brooklawn-nj-t3946.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/samiyah-gammons-25-months-winter-springs-fl-t3941.htm TomTerrific0420 Seminole County judge sentenced Ventrel Gammons, 23, on Monday. He was
convicted last month of first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse.Samiyah Gammons was fatally injured at her home in May 2007. She was taken off life support and died two days later.Gammons' attorney said during the trial that there was no evidence Gammons had abused his child.]]> ADJUDICATED CASES Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:30:42 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/samiyah-gammons-25-months-winter-springs-fl-t3941.htm#397601 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/samiyah-gammons-25-months-winter-springs-fl-t3941.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/infant-ortiz-newborn-2006-orosi-ca-t3496.htm TomTerrific0420 A newborn girl who died after being abandoned on a cold December day in 2006 in an Orosi neighborhood showed no signs of abuse, but she likely endured severe physical stress as hypothermia killed her. On the witness stand Thursday for the trial of the baby's mother, Nancy Ortiz of Orosi, Dr. Burr Hartman said the baby's body showed signs of hypothermia, including dark blue toenails and fingernails, and portions of her eyes and lips were prominently discolored, almost orange, "which ... ADJUDICATED CASES Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:38:27 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/infant-ortiz-newborn-2006-orosi-ca-t3496.htm#375338 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/infant-ortiz-newborn-2006-orosi-ca-t3496.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/kirsten-anderson-2-yo-centerfield-ut-t3905.htm TomTerrific0420 A Sanpete County woman was sentenced Thursday to prison for up to 30 years for fatally beating her 2-year-old daughter earlier this year. Ariel Hampton, 23, of Centerfield, was charged with child-abuse homicide, a first-degree felony punishable by up to life in prison. Hampton pleaded guilty Thursday to two lesser counts of second-degree felony child-abuse homicide and obstructing justice, each count punishable by up to 15 years in prison. Sixth District Judge Wallace Lee sentenced ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:17:39 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/kirsten-anderson-2-yo-centerfield-ut-t3905.htm#396723 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/kirsten-anderson-2-yo-centerfield-ut-t3905.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/jane-smith-bracy-4-yo-2007-anna-tx-t3903.htm TomTerrific0420 An Anna woman has been convicted of sexual assault involving her daughter even though she was never accused of molesting the child. A Collin County jury found Michelle Lynn Smith, 42, guilty of three counts of aggravated sexual assault because she allowed her husband to repeatedly abuse the preschool child, said Crystal Levonius, lead prosecutor in the case. "She knew what he was and what he liked," Levonius said. "She continually gave him access to her." Each count ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:10:45 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/jane-smith-bracy-4-yo-2007-anna-tx-t3903.htm#396721 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/jane-smith-bracy-4-yo-2007-anna-tx-t3903.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/riley-ann-sawyer-baby-grace-2-yo-2007-houston-tx-t3900.htm TomTerrific0420 Two years after the remains of a toddler who came to be known as "Baby Grace" were dumped in Galveston Bay, the child's stepfather was convicted of capital murder in her beating death.The remains of Riley Ann Sawyer — weighing 12 pounds and stuffed into a plastic container — remained unidentified for nearly a month after they were discovered October 2007. Investigators dubbed the child "Baby Grace."Then Sheryl Sawyers of Mentor, Ohio, a Cleveland suburb, saw an ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:50:05 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/riley-ann-sawyer-baby-grace-2-yo-2007-houston-tx-t3900.htm#396718 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/riley-ann-sawyer-baby-grace-2-yo-2007-houston-tx-t3900.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/geontae-glass-5-yo-2006-albertville-al-t3537.htm TomTerrific0420 Jury selection began Monday in the case against a man accused of killing a 5-year-old boy during an Amber Alert hoax. Kevin Andre Towles is charged with the capital murder of Geontae Glass. Towles is being tried in Etowah County, where the child's body was found. Geontae was reported missing in Albertville in December of 2006. His body was found in the truck of a car the next morning. Geontae's mother, Shalinda Glass, is also charged in this case. Her trial is scheduled for this ... ADJUDICATED CASES Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:03:04 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/geontae-glass-5-yo-2006-albertville-al-t3537.htm#376551 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/geontae-glass-5-yo-2006-albertville-al-t3537.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/teen-pomeroy-14-yo-2008-carnation-wa-t3898.htm TomTerrific0420 A Carnation woman accused of starving and withholding water from her 14-year-old stepdaughter in a nightmarish case of child abuse was sentenced Friday to 41 months in prison. The sentence against Rebecca Long was handed down in King County Superior Court after she entered a plea Sept. 4 to one count of first-degree criminal mistreatment in the case. The stepdaughter, now 15, was in the courtroom and told Judge William Downing a 41-month sentence was not enough punishment ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:33:29 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/teen-pomeroy-14-yo-2008-carnation-wa-t3898.htm#396673 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/teen-pomeroy-14-yo-2008-carnation-wa-t3898.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/the-abernathy-toddlers-2-and-3-yo-mesa-az-t3890.htm TomTerrific0420 The mother of two toddlers, one of whom was found eating dog food after she left them alone in the middle of the night to visit a boyfriend, will serve three months in jail and 20 years on probation. Samantha Abernathy, 21, of Mesa, pleaded guilty in September to one class-five felony count of child abuse for leaving her 2- and 3-year-old children home unattended. Abernathy's neighbors called Mesa police about 7:20 a.m. June 24, when they saw the children wandering around their apartment ... ADJUDICATED CASES Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:51:44 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/the-abernathy-toddlers-2-and-3-yo-mesa-az-t3890.htm#396204 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/the-abernathy-toddlers-2-and-3-yo-mesa-az-t3890.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/seth-kehoe-2-yo-2007-coralville-ia-t3793.htm TomTerrific0420 Two years ago, a Coralville driver and her two sons plunged into an icy Iowa river and were pulled to safety by onlookers. One year later, she staggered into a home near a remote Littleton pond and said her two children were in danger. Michelle L. Kehoe told rescuers on Oct. 27, 2008, where to find her 2002 Volkswagen Eurovan. They discovered 2-year-old Seth dead from stab wounds to the neck and 7-year-old Sean wounded but alive. Kehoe has been charged with first-degree murder, ... ADJUDICATED CASES Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:58:26 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/seth-kehoe-2-yo-2007-coralville-ia-t3793.htm#390319 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/seth-kehoe-2-yo-2007-coralville-ia-t3793.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/kelynn-pinson-2-yo-2008-smith-county-tx-t3882.htm TomTerrific0420 The jury in the capital murder trial of Demontrell Miller found him guilty of murdering 2-year-old Kelynn J'Davion Pinson on Wednesday night after almost five hours of deliberation. The punishment phase of the trial will be at 8:30 a.m. on Friday. According to an eye-witness, Miller showed no emotion as the verdict was read. Miller was found guilty by a jury in the Smith County 241st District Court, with Judge Jack Skeen Jr. presiding after almost three weeks of testimony. ... ADJUDICATED CASES Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:44:40 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/kelynn-pinson-2-yo-2008-smith-county-tx-t3882.htm#395526 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/kelynn-pinson-2-yo-2008-smith-county-tx-t3882.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/reina-funderburk-3-yo-2003-hinds-county-ms-t3859.htm TomTerrific0420 A New York woman who told authorities she killed her young daughter and dumped the body in a wooded area near Jackson's old Greyhound station may never stand trial after a Hinds County judge ruled she is insane.Tina Funderburk, 33, had been under indictment for killing her 3-year-old daughter, Reina, while traveling through Jackson on June 25, 2003. The girl's skeletal remains were found three months later.A Ridgeland psychiatrist testified Monday at Funderburk's competency hearing in ... ADJUDICATED CASES Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:24:56 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/reina-funderburk-3-yo-2003-hinds-county-ms-t3859.htm#393735 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/reina-funderburk-3-yo-2003-hinds-county-ms-t3859.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/imani-jennings-20-months-2008-syracuse-ny-t3835.htm TomTerrific0420 A 16-year-old Syracuse boy pleaded guilty to second-degree murder today in Onondaga County Court in the beating death of last November of his girlfriend’s 20-month-old child. Anthony Weakfall Jr., 16, made the plea in exchange for two years less than the maximum sentence for a juvenile offender, 15 years to life, according to a court transcript of the plea (click here to read transcript). Undated photo of Imani Jennings County Judge Joseph E. Fahey said he was reluctant to ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:06:12 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/imani-jennings-20-months-2008-syracuse-ny-t3835.htm#392782 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/imani-jennings-20-months-2008-syracuse-ny-t3835.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/baby-boy-charles-doe-7-months-2006-las-vegas-nv-t3826.htm TomTerrific0420 Jurors have found a woman guilty of first degree murder in the death of her 7-month-old foster son. The jury returned their verdict late Thursday night after deliberating for more than four hours in the trial of Melanie Ochs. Ochs was found guilty of causing the deadly head injury to Baby Boy Charles in 2006. She is facing the possibility of life in prison. She is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 28, 2010. Ochs initially blamed her two older children for causing the injury but ... ADJUDICATED CASES Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:31:42 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/baby-boy-charles-doe-7-months-2006-las-vegas-nv-t3826.htm#392192 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/baby-boy-charles-doe-7-months-2006-las-vegas-nv-t3826.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/jocelyn-ward-anderson-9-months-peabody-ma-t3825.htm TomTerrific0420 Jennifer Ward was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter yesterday for brutally shaking and slamming her 9-month-old daughter to death nearly two years ago. The verdict means Ward, 39, could face up to 20 years in prison when she is sentenced on Monday in Salem Superior Court for the November 2007 death of her baby, Jocelyn Mae Ward-Anderson. Had she been charged with first-degree murder, she would have had a life sentence. Ward whispered "thank you," grabbed ... ADJUDICATED CASES Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:46:00 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/jocelyn-ward-anderson-9-months-peabody-ma-t3825.htm#392157 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/jocelyn-ward-anderson-9-months-peabody-ma-t3825.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/zjaire-williams-2-yo-gaithersburg-md-t3810.htm TomTerrific0420 In a courtroom filled with weeping family and friends, the teenage father charged with killing his 2-year-old son in January accepted a plea deal that would imprison him for 10 years at a state facility for emotionally and mentally disturbed young criminals.Darryl Eugene Powell, of the 9400 block of Merust Lane of Gaithersburg, now 18, pleaded guilty Monday in Montgomery County Circuit Court to first-degree child abuse, which carries a 30-year maximum sentence in Maryland when the ... ADJUDICATED CASES Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:46:46 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/zjaire-williams-2-yo-gaithersburg-md-t3810.htm#390932 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/zjaire-williams-2-yo-gaithersburg-md-t3810.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/yeydilyss-acevedo-17-yo-sharon-hill-pa-t3804.htm TomTerrific0420 Maribel Rodriguez was sentenced Tuesday to three to six years in jail in the stabbing death of her 17-year-old daughter, in a case in which a military colleague of the defendant’s husband called a “Greek tragedy.” Rodriguez, 40, of the 1200 block of Woodland Avenue, Sharon Hill, was convicted in September of involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault in the Feb. 28 stabbing death of her daughter, Yeydilyss Acevedo. The case was one in which the defense contended it was ... ADJUDICATED CASES Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:08:43 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/yeydilyss-acevedo-17-yo-sharon-hill-pa-t3804.htm#390920 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/yeydilyss-acevedo-17-yo-sharon-hill-pa-t3804.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/erin-maxwell-11-yo-2008-palermo-ny-t3418.htm TomTerrific0420 A 28-year-old central New York man was convicted Thursday of using a rope to strangle his 11-year-old stepsister, who authorities say was starved by her parents and lived in a home filled with animal feces and rotting garbage.Alan Jones of Palermo was found guilty of second-degree murder after the Oswego County Court jury of 12 men deliberated about 12 hours over two days.Jones' defense attorney had argued that Erin Maxwell accidentally hanged herself while acting out a scene from ... ADJUDICATED CASES Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:33:19 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/erin-maxwell-11-yo-2008-palermo-ny-t3418.htm#371481 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/erin-maxwell-11-yo-2008-palermo-ny-t3418.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/kyra-buckley-6-months-bismarck-nd-t3769.htm TomTerrific0420 A Bismarck teenager has been found guilty of manslaughter in the death of her infant daughter.Jurors found 18-year-old Stevie Buckley guilty after about three hours of deliberation that began Thursday night and finished this morning.Buckley was charged in the Feb. 4 death of her 6-month-old daughter, Kyra, who authorities say was starved and dehydrated.Buckley cried when the verdict was read. Judge Bruce Haskell ordered a presentence investigation.Buckley also was convicted on three drug ... ADJUDICATED CASES Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:05:20 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/kyra-buckley-6-months-bismarck-nd-t3769.htm#388968 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/kyra-buckley-6-months-bismarck-nd-t3769.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/jane-doe-7-yo-springfield-mo-t3777.htm TomTerrific0420 Greene County Circuit Judge Michael J. Cordonnier ruled Friday that Jeffery A. Dickson must serve four life sentences consecutively for kidnapping, raping and sodomizing a 7-year-old girl."Let there be no confusion in your mind that your freedom is lost forever," Cordonnier told Dickson, who appeared in court with his public defender, Rod Hackathorn.Hackathorn had asked Dickson serve three life sentences concurrently for one count of forcible rape and two counts of forcible ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:18:54 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/jane-doe-7-yo-springfield-mo-t3777.htm#389384 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/jane-doe-7-yo-springfield-mo-t3777.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/the-valdez-covarrubias-children-indianapolis-in-t3765.htm TomTerrific0420 A man charged in one of the worst mass slayings in Indianapolis history was convicted Thursday of killing seven members of one family, including three children, in a bloody rampage prosecutors said stemmed from a quest for drugs and cash that didn't exist.Marion Superior Court Judge Robert Altice convicted Desmond Turner, 31, on 23 counts stemming from the June 1, 2006, deaths of Emma Valdez, 46; her husband, Alberto Covarrubias, 56; the couple's young sons, Alberto, 11, and David, ... ADJUDICATED CASES Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:21:07 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/the-valdez-covarrubias-children-indianapolis-in-t3765.htm#388880 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/the-valdez-covarrubias-children-indianapolis-in-t3765.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/tristen-erickson-15-months-kimball-county-ne-t3753.htm TomTerrific0420 A 24-year-old western Nebraska man has been sentenced to 90 years to life in prison for the death of his 15-month-old son. Jeremy Erickson was sentenced Wednesday in Kimball County District Court. A jury convicted him in August of child abuse resulting in death. Emergency responders found Tristen Erickson unresponsive and not breathing after being called to a mobile home in Dix on Dec. 9. Tristen was flown to a hospital, but died two days later after he was taken off life support. Autopsy ... ADJUDICATED CASES Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:07:03 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/tristen-erickson-15-months-kimball-county-ne-t3753.htm#388144 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/tristen-erickson-15-months-kimball-county-ne-t3753.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/john-doe-5-months-yavapai-county-az-t3737.htm TomTerrific0420 Judge Thomas Lindberg of the Yavapai County Superior Court sentenced a Prescott Valley man to 18 years in prison Monday after a baby left in his care bled from his nose and mouth and had skull fractures. A jury found Vaughn Miles Denz, 24, guilty of child abuse and aggravated assault on Sept. 19. Lindberg also sentenced Denz to 2.5 years in prison for an aggravated DUI. The mother of the 5-month-old baby boy returned home this past Feb. 22 to find her son, who had been with ... ADJUDICATED CASES Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:35:36 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/john-doe-5-months-yavapai-county-az-t3737.htm#387421 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/john-doe-5-months-yavapai-county-az-t3737.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/justine-keefe-3-yo-2008-leominster-ma-t3717.htm TomTerrific0420 A soft-spoken and polite Joanne Keefe arrived in Leominster District Court yesterday morning to face charges of kidnapping her daughter more than a year and a half ago and fleeing to Tennessee, where she was found earlier this month. According to Ms. Keefe’s lawyer, the former Gardner woman had some miscommunication with the state Department of Children and Families and with her mother, who had custody of Ms. Keefe’s young daughter. Ms. Keefe, 43, was held on $25,000 cash ... ADJUDICATED CASES Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:00:57 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/justine-keefe-3-yo-2008-leominster-ma-t3717.htm#386658 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/justine-keefe-3-yo-2008-leominster-ma-t3717.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/nehemiah-chavis-5-months-west-pal-beach-fl-t3716.htm TomTerrific0420 A West Palm Beach mother has been convicted of starving her 5-month-old baby.Twenty-three-year-old Ivana Linic will be sentenced Wednesday after being convicted earlier this week of child neglect causing great bodily harm. She faces up to 15 years in prison.Linic insisted she fed Nehemiah Chavis five to six times a day, but authorities found him severely emaciated and dehydrated. The autopsy found he gained only two pounds in 5 months, weighing 6 1/2 pounds when he died in 2007. ... ADJUDICATED CASES Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:55:41 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/nehemiah-chavis-5-months-west-pal-beach-fl-t3716.htm#386657 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/nehemiah-chavis-5-months-west-pal-beach-fl-t3716.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/jane-doe-9-yo-2006-joplin-mo-t3690.htm TomTerrific0420 If a Jasper County jury threw the book at Joseph W. Mort six weeks ago, the judge hit him with a second volume Friday. The 51-year-old Mort was assessed two life sentences by a jury that found him guilty Sept. 1 of two counts of first-degree statutory sodomy. The rural Webb City man went to his sentencing hearing Friday in Jasper County Circuit Court in Joplin hoping to get those life terms reduced by Circuit Judge David Mouton, the presiding judge at his trial. Instead, Mouton upheld ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:21:43 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/jane-doe-9-yo-2006-joplin-mo-t3690.htm#384735 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/jane-doe-9-yo-2006-joplin-mo-t3690.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/dylan-george-2-yo-2004-hayward-fremont-ca-t3686.htm TomTerrific0420 A Fremont man convicted of killing his 2-year-old foster child has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.An Alameda County Superior Court judge sentenced 45-year-old Terry Howard Corder Thursday in the 2004 death of Dylan James George. Corder was found guilty in September of second-degree murder and assault on a child, causing death.Authorities say Corder beat George on Oct. 2, 2004 because the boy refused to eat. George died two days later from blunt trauma. He had been staying ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:39:38 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/dylan-george-2-yo-2004-hayward-fremont-ca-t3686.htm#384688 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/dylan-george-2-yo-2004-hayward-fremont-ca-t3686.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/jane-and-john-doe-siblings-2007-wilkes-nc-t3680.htm TomTerrific0420 A man was given a lengthy prison sentence Thursday afternoon in Wilkes Superior Court after a jury convicted him of sexually molesting an 11-year-old girl and physically assaulting her younger brother. Jesse Wayne Sweet, 63, was convicted of first-degree sexual offense, taking indecent liberties with a child, communicating threats and misdemeanor child abuse. Jurors found him not guilty of first-degree rape. Judge Edgar B. Gregory of Wilkesboro, Wilkes County's resident ... ADJUDICATED CASES Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:52:45 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/jane-and-john-doe-siblings-2007-wilkes-nc-t3680.htm#384443 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/jane-and-john-doe-siblings-2007-wilkes-nc-t3680.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/the-castillo-children-2008-baltimore-md-t3653.htm TomTerrific0420 After asking to read from the Bible and assuring a judge that he is sane, a Montgomery County man pleaded guilty Wednesday and was sentenced to life in prison for drowning his three young children, one by one, in a Baltimore hotel bathtub last year. "No man has the right to restrind the wind with the wind, or the right over the day of one's death, and that's from Ecclesiastes 8:8," said Mark Castillo, 43, who interrupted jury selection in his trial to say he wanted to dismiss ... ADJUDICATED CASES Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:56:58 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/the-castillo-children-2008-baltimore-md-t3653.htm#383684 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/the-castillo-children-2008-baltimore-md-t3653.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/kylie-perkins-2-yo-2008-houston-tx-t3635.htm TomTerrific0420 A woman convicted of killing her stepdaughter is going to prison. Michelle Bearnth was sentenced Tuesday afternoon to 33 years behind bars. The sentence was determined by the same jury that yesterday found Bearnth of murder. Their options ranged from five years to life in prison. Bearnth was convicted of felony murder in the beating death of her two-year-old stepdaughter, Kylie Perkins. Prosecutors say she beat the little girl, causing multiple skull fractures and brain swelling. ... ADJUDICATED CASES Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:30:13 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/kylie-perkins-2-yo-2008-houston-tx-t3635.htm#382325 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/kylie-perkins-2-yo-2008-houston-tx-t3635.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/brooklyn-coons-23-months-coffeyville-ks-t3625.htm TomTerrific0420 A Montgomery County jury has convicted a southeast Kansas woman in the death of a 23-month-old child in her care.Attorney General Steve Six's office said Monday that the jury on Friday found 27-year-old Melissa Cynthia Wells Coons of Coffeyville guilty of felony murder and child abuse.Coons was convicted in the 2008 death of Brooklyn Coons, daughter of Randy Coons, who Melissa Wells Coons lived with. Randy Coons and Melissa Wells Coons married after Brooklyn's death, but before criminal ... ADJUDICATED CASES Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:15:15 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/brooklyn-coons-23-months-coffeyville-ks-t3625.htm#381273 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/brooklyn-coons-23-months-coffeyville-ks-t3625.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/jane-doe-14-yo-new-hanover-pa-t3602.htm TomTerrific0420 An Amity man has admitted to charges he had sexual contact with an underage girl. Anthony Cancel, 48, of the first block of Valley View, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Court to felony charges of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and aggravated indecent assault of a child less than 16 years of age in connection with incidents that occurred between 2003 and 2007. Cancel faces a possible maximum sentence of 10 to 20 years in prison on the charges when he's sentenced later this ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:04:39 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/jane-doe-14-yo-new-hanover-pa-t3602.htm#379879 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/jane-doe-14-yo-new-hanover-pa-t3602.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/baby-hetze-werner-2-months-rudolph-wi-t3599.htm TomTerrific0420 A 31-year-old Rudolph woman who authorities said failed to prevent her infant child from abuse that led to more than 20 bone fractures avoided incarceration Friday after pleading no contest to related charges.As the result of a plea agreement, Nancy Hetze-Werner was found guilty of three misdemeanor counts of child neglect. The charges were reduced from a felony charge of failure to prevent bodily harm to a child.During Friday's hearing, Wood County Circuit Court Judge James Mason ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:18:34 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/baby-hetze-werner-2-months-rudolph-wi-t3599.htm#379872 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/baby-hetze-werner-2-months-rudolph-wi-t3599.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/ana-matias-14-yo-pregnant-incest-2008-new-york-ny-t3592.htm TomTerrific0420 A father pleaded guilty Friday to strangling his 14-year-old daughter, who was 12 weeks pregnant with his child, then stuffing her body into his apartment building's boiler and partially burning it. Miguel Matias told investigators he strangled his daughter Ana with an electrical cord after he found her writing "sex things" on a computer in February 2008. It was more than a year later, in April, when additional charges of sexual assault were filed after DNA tests uncovered ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:56:54 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/ana-matias-14-yo-pregnant-incest-2008-new-york-ny-t3592.htm#379796 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/ana-matias-14-yo-pregnant-incest-2008-new-york-ny-t3592.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/sage-aragon-11-yo-2008-boise-id-t3523.htm TomTerrific0420 Eleven-year-old Sage Aragon and her older brother set out in the snow on Christmas Day, hiking along a frigid, desolate stretch of Idaho highway on their way to their mother's house. Sage would never make it, and Bear would eventually turn up alone at a rest area. A jury is expected to convene this week to consider whether their father, Robert Aragon, should be held responsible for her death and the hypothermia Bear, who was then 12, suffered. The case garnered national ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:16:58 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/sage-aragon-11-yo-2008-boise-id-t3523.htm#376290 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/sage-aragon-11-yo-2008-boise-id-t3523.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/christopher-barrios-6-yo-2007-brunswick-fl-t3377.htm TomTerrific0420 Jury selection is set to begin today in the trial of a Brunswick man charged in the rape and murder of a 6-year-old boy. Christopher Barrios disappeared from his mobile home park in March 2007. David Edenfield, 61, faces he death penalty if convicted on charges of kidnapping, child molestation and murder in Brunswick.Due to pre-trial publicity in the case, the jury will be picked in Jeff Davis County, southwest of Savannah, and brought to Glynn County for the trial. Edenfield, along ... ADJUDICATED CASES Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:28:15 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/christopher-barrios-6-yo-2007-brunswick-fl-t3377.htm#369013 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/christopher-barrios-6-yo-2007-brunswick-fl-t3377.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/madeline-neumann-11-yo-2008-wausau-wi-t3549.htm TomTerrific0420 A Wisconsin mother and father convicted of reckless homicide for praying instead of taking their dying daughter to a doctor could spend up to 25 years in prison. Dale and Leilani Neumann will be sentenced Tuesday in the death of 11-year-old Madeline Neumann, who died on their living room floor from undiagnosed diabetes as they prayed rather than getting her medical treatment. Separate juries convicted each of second-degree reckless homicide in Madeline's Easter ... ADJUDICATED CASES Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:59:23 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/madeline-neumann-11-yo-2008-wausau-wi-t3549.htm#376796 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/madeline-neumann-11-yo-2008-wausau-wi-t3549.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/candice-bruner-15-yo-1997-raytown-ks-t3512.htm TomTerrific0420 Terrance Wainright apologized in one breath, then blamed his victim in the next.But a Jackson County judge told Wainright on Friday that the blame ultimately came back to him and then sentenced him to life in prison without parole for the 1997 killing of his 15-year-old stepdaughter.Wainright was sentenced to an additional 90 years for wounding his 10-year-old stepson and related charges.Wainright, 51, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Candice Bruner. He was also ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:38:23 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/candice-bruner-15-yo-1997-raytown-ks-t3512.htm#376189 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/candice-bruner-15-yo-1997-raytown-ks-t3512.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/haylie-faulkner-15-and-danielle-hensley-17-2007-travis-county-tx-t3511.htm TomTerrific0420 A Travis County jury wasted no time convicting Paul Devoe of capital murder. After 90 minutes of closing arguments by lawyers Friday morning, the jury took about 20 minutes to judge Devoe guilty of killing Haylie Faulkner, 15, and Danielle Hensley, 17. Jurors walked out of the courtroom to deliberate shortly before noon. They reached their verdict at 12:16 p.m. "That's extremely fast, even in a noncapital case," prosecutor Gary Cobb said. Now ... ADJUDICATED CASES Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:34:44 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/haylie-faulkner-15-and-danielle-hensley-17-2007-travis-county-tx-t3511.htm#376188 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/haylie-faulkner-15-and-danielle-hensley-17-2007-travis-county-tx-t3511.htm http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/the-zelek-mccart-twins-13-months-2007-lovejoy-ga-t3497.htm TomTerrific0420 A Lovejoy mother was found guilty Thursday of nearly starving her twin sons to death when they were 13 months old. Tessa Zelek, 25, sobbed as she saw her sons for the first time in two years when they ran laughing and shouting into the courtroom. The boys, now 3-years-old, passed Zelek but went by without recognizing her. The jury deliberated for just two hours before finding her guilty on all 10 felony counts including cruelty to children, contributing to the deprivation of a minor ... ADJUDICATED CASES Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:45:31 GMT http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/the-zelek-mccart-twins-13-months-2007-lovejoy-ga-t3497.htm#375344 http://justice4caylee.forumotion.net/adjudicated-cases-f31/the-zelek-mccart-twins-13-months-2007-lovejoy-ga-t3497.htm