TRINITY HANNA - 3 yo/ Accused: Mother; Angela Monique Hanna and BF; Eric Foster - Bakersfield CA

The coroner has released the name of a 3-year-old Taft girl, investigators believe, was killed by her mother's live-in boyfriend. Trinity Hanna died at San Joaquin Community Hospital Tuesday night. On Wednesday, deputies arrested 26-year-old Eric Foster.

He's being held on eight charges including three counts of felony corporal injury to a child, three counts of felony child abuse, one count of torture, and one count of aggravated mayhem.

Pictures of Trinity Hanna are all over her mother, Angela Vickrey's Facebook page. In one post she calls her daughter "the best thing that has ever happened to me."

The Kern County Sheriff's Department says Vickrey brought her 3-year-old daughter to the emergency room from her home in Taft. Hospital staff tried, but was unable to resuscitate Trinity and she was pronounced dead. Elizabeth Mulikin was in the ER when the little girl was rushed in.

"And, then the nurses and the doctors just started crying and they loved each other, they stood in a bundle and loved on each other," said Mulikin.

Deputies arrested Vickrey's boyfriend, Eric Edward Foster, Wednesday. Deputies say Foster has been charged with domestic violence before. Investigators say he lived with Vickrey and Trinity at a home on Oak Street in Taft.

"We live like five steps away from the front door," said neighbor Carrie Wallace. "We would have heard something and we heard absolutely no screaming, no fighting, nothing."

Neighbors say the three had only lived there about a month and never noticed anything wrong with Trinity.

"They played with her outside and everything. Friendly, the little girl was bouncy of course real active little girl," recalled Wallace.

17 News tried contacting Angela Vickrey, but her family says they are all grieving privately. An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday.

http://www.kget.com/news/local/story/Coroner-releases-name-of-toddler-investigators/MdyI3Cphsk-RsHed5CwWnA.cspx

where was her mother? why hasnt she been charged? he has been charged with domestic violence before so why was he even in this home?

Flash~Those are three questions that could be applied to 90% of the cases we cover. When will society see this obvious danger?

The man accused of killing his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter is facing a murder charge. The coroner said Thursday, the toddler died of blunt force trauma to the head and abdomen and her death has been ruled a homicide.

26-year-old Eric Foster is set to be in court Friday, facing charges of first degree murder, child abuse, felony injury to a child, and torture for the death of Trinity Hanna.

"We saw the cops go down there, but we didn't figure it was for that house. We just saw them at the corner. But, the next morning we found out what had happened and it just kind of was a shocker," said neighbor Mikali Russell.

Trinity died Tuesday night at San Joaquin Community Hospital after her mother, Angela Vickrey, brought her there from their home in Taft. On Wednesday, Sheriff's Deputies arrested Vickrey's live-in-boyfriend, Foster. Deputies believe he abused and tortured the little girl.

"I never in my wildest dreams would have thought that my nephew would have done this," said Paula Harris, Eric Foster's aunt.

Paula Harris told 17 News her nephew would snap easily when he was mad. "He was a good kid. He just had a temper that snapped, getting upset, screaming," said Harris.

Harris said Foster was physically abused as a child and when he was in trouble, he was punished with a whip.

"I never thought he would do anything to a child. But, he shouldn't have done what he did. But, it happened, and there ain't nothing you can do to change it or bring that baby back," continued Harris.

Neighbors said they hadn't seen Vickrey at her home since her daughter died. Vickrey's former employer wouldn't talk to 17 News on camera, but said Child Protective Services had visited Vickrey's home earlier this month after Trinity was burned in a hot bath.

Child Protective Services would not talk to 17 News about the case. CPS said they can't say anything until the investigation is complete.

Foster has been charged with domestic violence before. He was arrested in August for battery on a spouse. He served 13 days in jail and was scheduled to return to court in April to show proof he had finished his counseling.

http://www.kget.com/news/local/story/Taft-man-charged-with-murder-for-death-of-toddler/cPJW2Kss70Cayb6OTaxjlQ.cspx

Another sweet child with the angels - RIP Trinity

A Facebook campaign is underway, urging people to leave their porch lights on from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. in tribute and memory of 3-year-old Trinity Monique Hanna of Taft.

"I just wanted our community to remember her," said Sarah Davis.

Davis lives in Taft, the mother of a 4-year-old. Davis did not personally know the little girl who died, apparently at the hands of her own care givers.

The Facebook campaign called Porch Lights On For Trinity has gone national, with responses pouring in from such places as Missouri, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma.

And people in Taft and other places are leaving their porch lights on not just to remember Trinity, but to raise awareness about child abuse, said Davis.

"My light is on full blast! Rest in peace, beautiful," reads one comment on Facebook.

Others lament the loss of an innocent little girl.

An autopsy reveals Trinity suffered blunt-force trauma to her head and abdomen. Kern County Sheriff's investigators arrested Eric Foster Luna and booked him on suspicion of murder. Foster Luna is the live-in boyfriend of Angela Vickrey, Trinity's mother.

The porch lights on for Trinity campaign will last for one week.

http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/Porch-lights-on-campaign-for-murdered-Taft-girl-goes-nationwide-138184564.html

— A man has pleaded not guilty to charges that include murder, torture and child abuse in the wake of a 3-year-old Taft girl's death.



Eric Foster, who also goes by the last name of Luna, appeared Friday in Kern County court for the first time to face accusations that he beat his live-in girlfriend's child to death.

Trinity Monique Hanna died Tuesday night after her mother, Angela Vickrey, rushed her to Bakersfield's San Joaquin Community Hospital.

Medical staff couldn't revive the girl, and Kern County deputies were called when the hospital staff noticed obvious signs of trauma, the sheriff's office said.

Foster is being held in jail without the option of posting bail.

http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/Boyfriend-faces-judge-for-3-year-old-girls-death-138235784.html

Looks like my theory about neck tattoos is proven again!

http://www.kget.com/mostpopular/story/Deputies-Boyfriend-admits-deadly-beating-of-3/7pki_HHkw0-YdKiacra-og.cspx

A young Taft girl was beaten, scalded and slammed into a coffee table by her mother's live-in boyfriend, leading to the child's death, newly-released court documents say.

Trinity Hanna, 3, died Tuesday at San Joaquin Hospital where her mother, Angela Vickery, took her for treatment. Vickery's boyfriend, 26-year-old Eric Edward Foster, was arrested Wednesday and initially booked on child abuse and torture charges.

When the coroner determined the girl had died of a homicide, of blunt force trauma to the head and abdomen, investigators tacked on a first-degree murder charge.

Foster was set to enter a plea to the charges in a Kern County courtroom Friday afternoon.

Doctors told deputies the little girl arrived unresponsive with bruises over most of her body, and a healing second-degree burn on her back.

The girl also had severe swelling and discoloration to her genital area and thighs, medical staff told deputies.

After being advised of his Miranda rights, detectives say Foster admitted to the crime.

"Eric Foster confessed to intentionally burning Trinity's back with hot water, slamming her down on a bicycle seat injuring her vagina, and intentionally causing Trinity to fall and strike her head on a coffee table," a deputy wrote in an arrest report filed with the court.

"The abuse took place during three separate incidents over a period of a month."

In Taft, Foster’s brother told 17 News Foster became involved in methamphetamine abuse six years ago, and it changed his personality. He became isolated, bad-tempered and prone to violent outbursts, the brother said.

and the mother continued to live with him and allowed the torture of her to continue. she should b charged also. why was a man, not the child's father doing giving the child a bath anyway? this just makes me sick.

ok so just so all of you uneducated misinformed people are aware perhaps one might want to look into all the actual facts prior to making uneducated comments on something you know nothing about the mother had nothing to do with it and all your comments are doing is causing even more undue suffering

and fyi all of these incidents he finally admitted to were all within the same week ! so figure it out before bashing on anyone

and before you all try to attempt the whole "well the news says...." yeah and how often is what is reported the actual truth figure it out if she was to blame she would have been charged . leave her alone

the mother brought this monster into her home so she is responsible. she also had to know of his meth use and his anger issues. she shouldnt have left the baby in his care.

feelx5150 wrote:and before you all try to attempt the whole "well the news says...." yeah and how often is what is reported the actual truth figure it out if she was to blame she would have been charged . leave her alone

Welcome and sorry for the loss of an innocent baby's life. It's such a tragedy especially when it should have never happened. According to the article above the murder is a drug addict. Why would the mother bring a drug addict into her home and allow him to care for her baby especially when he's prone to anger and violent outbursts? If you would read some of the stories on this forum you would see that it happens over and over again. Mothers bringing boyfriends into their homes, allowing them to babysit their precious babies and then the baby ends of abused, beaten and dead. Of course mothers bear a responsibility to make sure beyond a shadow of a doubt that any man they are involved with is a respectable person with no records. Only close loved ones or certified professionals should be taking care of babies. Here is the statement from the article I'm referring to:

"In Taft, Foster’s brother told 17 News Foster became involved in methamphetamine abuse six years ago, and it changed his personality. He became isolated, bad-tempered and prone to violent outbursts, the brother said.."

feelx5150 - you need to get ur facts straight and stop posting stuff that just is put there to get under peoples skin.... ANGELA VICKERY is 110% as guilty as ERIC EDWARD FOSTER and justice will come for my little cousin Trinity. She let him live at the house, he killed Trinity... therefore SHE LET HIM KILL HER!!!! I'm not worried about him, he wont last once he hits general population... The mother on the other hand I want to see behind bars thinking of what she is responsible for every day until she breathes her last breath!

Taft, Calif. —

The man accused of murdering 3-year-old Trinity Hanna pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, torture, mayhem and child abuse at his arraignment Friday in contrast to court documents that show he admitted abusing the girl in the two months before she died.
Eric Foster, also known as Eric Luna, made his first court appearance after being arrested Wednesday afternoon.
Trinity was pronounced dead Tuesday night after her mother drove her to San Joaquin Hospital from their home on Oak Street in Taft.
Foster, 26, was the live-in boyfriend of Angela Vickrey, the girl's mother.
The mother has not been charged.
Foster was picked up by detectives about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday. He was taken to Bakersfield for questioning and arrested later in the day.
The girl died from blunt force trauma to her head and abdomen, the coroner ruled.
The report said Foster admitted during questioning that he had abused the girl on 3 separate occasions dating back to November.
Reports noted the healing burns to her back.
The reports filed in court were graphic, listing bruises, burns and other injuries on the girl's body.
"Eric Foster confessed to intentionally burning Trinity's back with hot water, slamming her down on a bicycle seat...and intentionally causing Trinity to fall and strike her head on a coffee table," the arrest report stated.
Multiple sources have said the girl had been hospitalized in late December suffering from burns to her back.

http://www.taftmidwaydriller.com/news/x1605025220/Foster-pleads-not-guilty-in-Trinity-Hanna-murder

"If there happens to be a criminal investigation that is ongoing,
perhaps no arrests, or there is an arrest, but they have not gone to
court, we are often asked not to provide that information to the media
and to the community because it might jeopardize the criminal case,"
said Human Services Director Pat Cheadle.

But, Grimm said there is another motive.

"What
is often times disclosed particularly where the agencies had past
contact in the child death is embarrassing and raises questions about
whether the public agency has done what it should have done to protect
children," Grimm said.

Grimm sites the January death of
3-year-old Trinity Hanna of Taft. Horrific details of the weeks leading
up to her death are outlined in a sheriff's report. Trinity's mother's
live-in boyfriend Eric Foster was arrested in connection with her death.


"In reading through the 46-page police report. I frankly was
startled by the fact that in early January, Trinity was taken to the
hospital with severe burns from her neck to her buttox, inflicted by
Eric. The child, I believe, said Eric burned me," Grimm said. "Trinity
stayed in the hospital for ten days so we know the severity of the burn.
How that child ended up going back to that home after that burn and
hospitalization is simply unfathomable."

Under SB-39, 17 News has
requested the CPS file on Trinity Hanna. Again, the District Attorney's
office refuses to provide the documents to 17 News even though law
enforcement already made an arrest.

Snipped.

http://www.kget.com/news/local/story/17-News-Investigation-Child-deaths-whos/pUR4JKyHzEqMKJEJ58Z9zA.cspx

feelx5150 wrote:and fyi all of these incidents he finally admitted to were all within the same week ! so figure it out before bashing on anyone

This is not true and you know it. She spent 10 days in the hospital after he tortured and burned her. Yet still her mother took her home for him to continue the brutalization which ended up in the poor little girl's death. I mean murder.

I just don't understand why this POS mother wasn't also arrested.

Another POS mother. Another POS boyfriend. Another dead baby.

feelx5150 wrote:and before you all try to attempt the whole "well the news says...." yeah and how often is what is reported the actual truth figure it out if she was to blame she would have been charged . leave her alone

It is true that the media gets details wrong. Yet, a little baby girl is dead, tortured, burned, beaten and now dead. That is indisputable. The mother is largely responsible. So is the child welfare department.

You can make excuses but you can't change the fact that this woman took this monster into her home and her bed and allowed him to mistreat her defenseless baby girl. She should go to prison for that IMO. At the first sign of pain being inflicted on her baby she should have called 911. She should have kicked him out of her house. There is no excuse you can make for her that will justify her allowing this evil monster to torture her baby to death. NONE.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Death leads to
inspiration for a Taft singer-songwriter. JT Simpson was so moved by the
death of a 3-year-old girl -- after deputies say her mom's boy friend
beat her to death -- he wrote a song.Simpson lives in Taft and
was brought to tears by Trinity Hannah’s death. So, he wrote a song,
called "Hear Them Cry," he hopes will bring awareness and raise money to
fight child abuse.

Three-year-old Trinity Hannah died at San Joaquin Community hospital in
January. Deputies say her mother’s live-in boyfriend, Eric Foster,
confessed to abusing Trinity. The coroner says Trinity died from blunt
force trauma to the head and abdomen.
"In my opinion, the mother
is just as much to blame as the abuser because she knew it was going on.
That was another reason for writing the song. The people who know it’s
going on, they need to make a stand,” Simpson said.Simpson has lived in Taft
for 15 years and was hit hard by the news of Trinity's death."Her
age and my grandsons age; they could have grown up together. They could
have gone to school together. They could’ve been best friends," Simpson
said.Simpson sketched out some lyrics as a way to deal with his
emotions about Trinity's death. When his wife encouraged him to turn his
words into a song, he collaborated with Bakersfield musician Eric
Collom to come up with the finished product."It’s a powerful
message, and the song is about a message of awareness. It’s a message of
hope. I don’t want this little girl, or any child for that matter, to
die in vain," Simpson said.The song "Hear Them Cry" will be
released on Amazon and iTunes this Sunday, to coincide with the start of
Child Abuse Awareness Month."You got to get the word out there, and without
being in somebody's face, they don’t pay attention to it," Simpson said.
Simpson and Collum hope to sell enough copies to help fight child abuse."Proceeds
are going to be going to different child-abuse awareness organizations,
also the Jameson Center in Kern County. I want to give back to Kern
County first," Simpson said.Simpson says there are plans for a music video.

http://www.turnto23.com/news/30775157/detail.html

The arraignment for the former Taft woman charged with second degree
murder in connection with the death of her three-year-old daughter was
continued until May 17.
Angela Monique Hanna, 29, made her first court appearance in Bakersfield on Thursday.
It was a brief one, and she did not enter a plea. She is charged with
second degree murder and willful cruelty to a child in connection with
the death of Trinity Monique Hanna.
Hanna was arrested Tuesday when she attempted to attend a pretrial
hearing for Eric Edward Foster, 26, who is charged with first degree
murder, torture, child abuse and could face the death penalty.
He has pleaded not guilty
Hanna, also known as Angela Vickrey, appeared only briefly.
She was handcuffed and shackled and wearing a jail uniform.
In contrast to photos that circulated after the Trinity's death where
she was shown with shoulder length blond hair, Angela Hanna had much
shorter black hair Thursday.
Deputy Public Defender Paul Cadman asked Judge Charles Brehmer not to
allow news cameras to photograph Hanna, and the judge directed the media
to only show Hanna from the shoulders up.
Cadman stayed between Hanna and the cameras during her brief appearance.
He declined to comment to the media.
In the meantime, there are indications that the Kern County District
Attorney will seek to have Hanna and Foster, who was Hanna's live-in
boyfriend at the time of Trinity's death, tried together.
Foster is being held without bail.
Hanna's bail is $2,020,000.

http://www.taftmidwaydriller.com/news/x1310213304/Angela-Hanna-makes-first-court-appearance

Finally some justice. Angela Hanna is in shackles and going to be put away, hopefully for the rest of her life. Eric Foster could possibly get the death penalty which is also some good news..

caitlin22 wrote:Finally some justice. Angela Hanna is in shackles and going to be put away, hopefully for the rest of her life. Eric Foster could possibly get the death penalty which is also some good news..

AMEN!!!