IVAN WOOTEN - 6 Weeks - Parkin (W of Memphis TN) AR

Region 8 mother faces charges after baby found dead
Posted: Oct 04, 2010 8:59 AM

Parkin, AR (KAIT)- According to Parkin Chief of Police, Dean Davidson, 18-year old Rita Scott was arrested Saturday night after her baby was found dead at 215 Stebbins Street. According to Davidson, 6-week old Ivan Wooten was found dead after Scott left all three of her kids unsupervised.

An indention was found on Ivan's head. Scott is facing charges of manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a minor on 3 counts. She is being held at the Scott County Jail pending formal charges Monday. Her other two kids are now in protective custody. Police are awaiting a medical examiner's report in Little Rock to determine the cause of Ivan's death.

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March 21, 2012
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF CROSS COUNTY, ARKANSAS
JUVENILE DIVISION
ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICESPLAINTIFF
VS.
NO. JV-10-67
RITA SCOTT, MOTHER, IVAN WOOTEN, LEGAL/PUTATIVE FATHER, JERMARIO HAMPTON, LEGAL/PUTATIVE FATHER, DEFENDANTS
RENIA SCOTT, DOB: 02-15-08, FEMALE; JAMARIA HAMPTON, DOB: 06-23-09, FEMALE, JUVENILES
TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS
WARNING ORDER
TO: Rita Scott, mother, Ivan Wooten and Jermario Hampton, fathers and all other biological/legal/putative fathers
Take notice that on March 5, 2012, a petition was filed by the Arkansas Department of Human Services in the Circuit Court, Juvenile Division, of Cross County, Arkansas, to have Renia Scott, DOB: 02-15-08; and Jamaria Hampton, DOB: 06-23-09 to terminate parental rights. Such declaration could result in termination of your parental rights.
A hearing on the petition to terminate parental rights is scheduled for May 10, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at the Cross County Courthouse, 705 E. Union, Wynne, AR. If you desire to be represented by an attorney, you should immediately contact your attorney so that an answer can be filed for you and he may appear with you at any hearing. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may obtain one by contacting Legal Services or requesting the Court appoint you an attorney.
NOW, unless you appear and defend or otherwise respond within thirty days from the first date of publication of this notice, the Petition may be taken as confessed, and a decree entered and granted.
(CW36A/10-01)
71065660f
http://www.arkansasonline.com/legals/20120321/

Young baby dies after being left alone, police say

Posted: Oct 04, 2010 9:48 PM CDT
Updated: Oct 04, 2010 9:48 PM CDT
By Janice Broach - bio | email

PARKIN, AR (WMC-TV) - Police in Parkin have arrested an 18-year-old on charges of manslaughter after the death of her six-month old child.

According to police, the baby was one of several children left alone recently by their mother, Rita Scott. But the father of the baby that died, Ivan Wooten, said Scott would not have left her children alone.

"She ain't that type of person," he said.

Parkin Police Chief Dean Davidson disagrees.

"She went out partying and left her child, and there wasn't an adult designated to watch the child," Davidson said Monday.

He added that Scott's two other children, ages one and two, were also in the house, as well as two other young cousins.

Scott's brother, Jeremy, said his sister did not intend to leave her children alone.

"She paid my Aunt Tamika and Momma to watch the kids, so therefore they should have been up in there watching the kids," he said.

Jeremy Scott said he saw his sister pay the women $60. Investigators say the baby was discovered by relatives on an adult bed, even though a crib was right next to it.

"I believe the child got its head between the mattress and the wall," he said.

But police investigators believe the six-week-old's body was moved.

"When the baby was found, the baby was on its back," he said.

According to Davidson, there was no food in the house. But the mother of the six-week-old had $110 in her pocked when she arrived back at her house, after relatives texted her to say her son was dead.

Monday, Rita Scott was behind bars at the Cross County Jail, charged with manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a minor.

"This might turn from manslaughter case possibly to something higher," Davidson said.

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