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ISAIAH E RUSSELL - 11 Months (2010) - Norfolk VA
by TomTerrific0420 Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:38 pm
Testimony continued at presstime Thursday in the murder trial of a
Northampton County man accused of killing his girlfriend's 11-month-old
baby last spring.Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Matthew
Brenner said the child, Isaiah E. Russell, was "brutally, violently
murdered" with "extreme malice." A defense attorney said the man deeply
cared for the child and pushed the blame on the child's mother.On
March 10, 2010, Walker, 25, was at home with only the child and a
two-year-old sister while their mother was at work, Brenner said. The
child was removed from life support two days later after a series of
fatal head injuries.Defense Attorney Benjamin Hamlet, in an
opening statement, called the case "a whodunit." He described the
defendant as a loving father to his own two sons as well as to the three
children of girlfriend Jessica Russell.His client gave up
vacation time to stay home with her children and save her the money she
would have spent on day care, he said.He said Walker was asleep
and was awakened by the 2-year-old who told him her brother was not
breathing right. He said Walker found the baby on his back, on the floor
"gasping for air""Walker is a very deep sleeper," said Hamlet. He said Walker ran to a neighbor's house to use a telephone to call 911."There
is no way to link Mr. Walker to the killing," he told the court, adding
that the child's mother had a motive to kill her son because she held
an insurance policy on his life.Dr. Harry Lustig, an emergency
room doctor who attended the victim, said the child arrived at Riverside
Shore Memorial Hospital in critical condition. He made the decision to
have the child flown to Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in
Norfolk.Dr. Verena Wyvill, a child abuse specialist from
Children's Hospital, testified that the baby had three skull fractures,
bruising on the backs of ears and a torn frenulum, He had multiple
bruises and lacerations.She told the court the baby was a victim
of shaken baby syndrome as well as a severe head injury. He was not
able to breathe without a ventilator, she said. She described the
swelling of the brain that led to the child being declared brain dead.Wyvill
said she was concerned about the weight of the child and said she found
him to be suffering from "nutritional neglect" as well as his numerous
injuries.Dr. Elizabeth Kinnison, an assistant chief medical
examiner for the state, performed the autopsy and described the cause of
death as a "blunt-force head injury."She presented photos of the dead child at autopsy, describing the injuries in each photo.The Commonwealth put the child's mother, Jessica Russell, on the witness stand.She
described her child as "normal and happy. She said the child was that
way the morning she left to take her daughter to the school bus and to
attend her job at Perdue at 6:45 that morning.She said that she
and the defendant planned to be married. She did not know anything
happened to her child until she received a call from the Human Resources
office at her place of work, saying her child was taken to the
hospital.Russell said that the evening before the child was
savagely beaten, she arranged a first meeting between her baby son and
the man she thought was his biological father, Nathaniel Nock.She admitted lying to Walker and saying she was taking Isaiah to a doctor.She said she told Walker she had spoken to the boy's father and that he appeared annoyed but did not say anything.Evidence presented was that Russell was mistaken and Nock was not the child's father after all.Even
after the killing, Russell admitted to maintaining contact with the
defendant, even sending text messages professing her love for him and
saying that she knew he could not have done that to her child.Prosecutors
concluded evidence late Wednesday. With time only to present two
witnesses that day, Hamlet put a man on the witness stand who said
that he lived who lived nearby the couple and confirmed that Walker came
to his house, was "frantic," and asked to use the phone to call an
ambulance for the child, who he held in his arms.He said Walker administered CPR to the baby, following directions given by a 911 dispatcher.The jury trial was expected to conclude on Friday.
http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20110611/ESN01/106110301
Northampton County man accused of killing his girlfriend's 11-month-old
baby last spring.Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Matthew
Brenner said the child, Isaiah E. Russell, was "brutally, violently
murdered" with "extreme malice." A defense attorney said the man deeply
cared for the child and pushed the blame on the child's mother.On
March 10, 2010, Walker, 25, was at home with only the child and a
two-year-old sister while their mother was at work, Brenner said. The
child was removed from life support two days later after a series of
fatal head injuries.Defense Attorney Benjamin Hamlet, in an
opening statement, called the case "a whodunit." He described the
defendant as a loving father to his own two sons as well as to the three
children of girlfriend Jessica Russell.His client gave up
vacation time to stay home with her children and save her the money she
would have spent on day care, he said.He said Walker was asleep
and was awakened by the 2-year-old who told him her brother was not
breathing right. He said Walker found the baby on his back, on the floor
"gasping for air""Walker is a very deep sleeper," said Hamlet. He said Walker ran to a neighbor's house to use a telephone to call 911."There
is no way to link Mr. Walker to the killing," he told the court, adding
that the child's mother had a motive to kill her son because she held
an insurance policy on his life.Dr. Harry Lustig, an emergency
room doctor who attended the victim, said the child arrived at Riverside
Shore Memorial Hospital in critical condition. He made the decision to
have the child flown to Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in
Norfolk.Dr. Verena Wyvill, a child abuse specialist from
Children's Hospital, testified that the baby had three skull fractures,
bruising on the backs of ears and a torn frenulum, He had multiple
bruises and lacerations.She told the court the baby was a victim
of shaken baby syndrome as well as a severe head injury. He was not
able to breathe without a ventilator, she said. She described the
swelling of the brain that led to the child being declared brain dead.Wyvill
said she was concerned about the weight of the child and said she found
him to be suffering from "nutritional neglect" as well as his numerous
injuries.Dr. Elizabeth Kinnison, an assistant chief medical
examiner for the state, performed the autopsy and described the cause of
death as a "blunt-force head injury."She presented photos of the dead child at autopsy, describing the injuries in each photo.The Commonwealth put the child's mother, Jessica Russell, on the witness stand.She
described her child as "normal and happy. She said the child was that
way the morning she left to take her daughter to the school bus and to
attend her job at Perdue at 6:45 that morning.She said that she
and the defendant planned to be married. She did not know anything
happened to her child until she received a call from the Human Resources
office at her place of work, saying her child was taken to the
hospital.Russell said that the evening before the child was
savagely beaten, she arranged a first meeting between her baby son and
the man she thought was his biological father, Nathaniel Nock.She admitted lying to Walker and saying she was taking Isaiah to a doctor.She said she told Walker she had spoken to the boy's father and that he appeared annoyed but did not say anything.Evidence presented was that Russell was mistaken and Nock was not the child's father after all.Even
after the killing, Russell admitted to maintaining contact with the
defendant, even sending text messages professing her love for him and
saying that she knew he could not have done that to her child.Prosecutors
concluded evidence late Wednesday. With time only to present two
witnesses that day, Hamlet put a man on the witness stand who said
that he lived who lived nearby the couple and confirmed that Walker came
to his house, was "frantic," and asked to use the phone to call an
ambulance for the child, who he held in his arms.He said Walker administered CPR to the baby, following directions given by a 911 dispatcher.The jury trial was expected to conclude on Friday.
http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20110611/ESN01/106110301
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Re: ISAIAH E RUSSELL - 11 Months (2010) - Norfolk VA
by mermaid55 Tue Jun 28, 2011 4:30 pm
Man guilty in death of toddler
Jury recommends 5 years on manslaughter verdict
Jun 15, 2011
After almost eight hours of deliberations over the course of two days, a jury of nine women and three men found the man charged with the murder of his girlfriend's baby guilty of the lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter.
Brian Terrell Walker, 25, of Northampton County appeared to wipe away tears after the verdict was read. A group of his friends and family attending the trial wept openly after hearing the jury's decision.
Later Friday, the jury recommended Walker spend five years in prison. A judge will formally sentence him later.
Walker was arrested over a year ago and charged with the child's murder after police concluded that he beat and shook 11-month-old Isaiah Russell, causing his death.
In March 2010, Walker was on vacation from his job at Perdue and agreed to stay home with Jessica Russell's baby and 2-year-old daughter while she went to work, saving her the cost of a week of day care.
Russell testified on the witness stand that she got up at around six that morning, fixed eggs and hot dogs for herself and Walker and cereal for her daughters. She gave Isaiah a bottle and changed his diaper, she said.
Russell described everything that happened that morning as "normal routine." Her son was fine when she left, she told the court.
She said she took her 9-year-old daughter to the bus, went to work and sent a text message to Walker at about 9 a.m. telling him to give the baby, who had a cold, a dose of Tylenol. She said she had no more contact with him or her children until she received word from the Human Resources office at Perdue at about 2:45 that afternoon that Isaiah was being rushed by ambulance to the emergency room.
Defense attorney Benjamin Hamlet admitted that his client was there with the baby, and said Walker bathed and fed both children later in the morning and then took a nap while the children slept.
He said Walker awoke sometime before 2:15 to find the 2-year-old hitting him with her fists, telling him to wake up, saying that the baby was not breathing right. Hamlet described his client as, "an extremely deep sleeper."
He said Walker found the baby on his back on the floor making gurgling sounds. He said Walker grabbed the baby and ran to a neighbor's house to use the telephone because he had no way to call 911. After finding no one home at the first house, he went to the home of another neighbor, Herman Ayres Jr.
Ayres testified that Walker had come to his house carrying the lifeless baby, called 911 and proceeded to give the baby CPR as instructed by a 911 dispatcher. An ambulance quickly arrived and took the child to Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital. Walker did not go, he said, because he had the 2-year-old girl to look after.
Emergency room physician Dr. Harry Lustig told the court that the baby arrived in critical condition with severe head injuries and could not breathe on his own. He ordered the child transported to Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk.
Dr. Verena Wyville, a child abuse specialist at that hospital, examined Isaiah, and said he had three skull fractures, numerous bruises and abrasions, a bloody mouth resulting from a torn frenulum and was also a victim of "shaken baby syndrome."
Wyville testified that the baby weighed only 16 pounds and suffered also from "nutritional neglect." Isaiah never again breathed unassisted or regained consciousness. Two days later he was declared brain dead and removed from life support.
Assistant Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Elizabeth Kinnison performed the autopsy. She described "blunt force head injuries" as the cause of death. She told the court in graphic detail what shaking a baby can do. It causes the brain to be thrown loosely around the inside of the skull, causing bleeding, swelling and finally, brain death, she said.
She said she noted many injuries on the outside of the body as well. She described and showed the jury photo after photo from the autopsy depicting injuries to Isaiah's arm and leg, a laceration of the frenulum which attaches the upper lip to the gum, marks from blows behind his ears and three skull fractures.
She told the court that his front teeth were loose. Kinnison testimony was that it would take considerable force to cause those kind of injuries.
In her testimony, the child's mother said Walker had always been good with her children; in fact, he treated them better than his own two children, she said. After the killing, she admitted she continued to send text messages to Walker telling him she loved him.
Russell told the court she took Isaiah to meet the man she believed to be his biological father for the first time the night before he was attacked. She said the man was concerned that the child had a cold and went to Dollar General and bought Tylenol and an ointment for his chapped cheeks.
She did not tell Walker about that visit but did say that she had received a message from the man wanting to see his son. Walker was not happy about that. She said he went to bed and turned away from her, which was unusual, she said.
The defense offered several explanations as to what could have occurred to the baby. He suggested that his mother could have beaten him before she left for work that morning, or that the 2-year-old could have tried to get him out of his crib and dropped him, or that a stranger could have come into the house and brutally beaten the child while Walker slept unaware.
He produced a copy of a Facebook page, supposedly posted by Russell, saying that she had set Walker up and framed him for the crime. She said the page and postings were not hers. She described to the court how simple it would be to set up a page in another person's name and said there was great animosity between her family and the family and friends of Walker. She said she suspected they had done it.
The Commonwealth showed Isaiah's small crib to the jury. It was only three feet high, said Assistant Commonwealth's attorney Matthew Brenner. "Based on the doctors' testimony, the injuries could have only come through violence," he said. He called it "preposterous" that someone would break into the house and brutally beat the baby while Walker slept.
He disputed also the defense's suggestion that the child's mother did it to collect on a life insurance policy. He said she had a $5,000 policy on the child but said she only received half of that because Isaiah had not yet reached his first birthday. "And that whole amount went to Cooper and Humbles," a local funeral company, Russell testified.
In his closing argument, Brenner admitted his case was circumstantial, but said was based on opportunity and medical testimony. "It is clear that an adult created these injuries, with "extreme, malicious, violent force," he said. "We know there was shaking because that is the only way these injuries occur."
After hours of deliberation, the jury returned a verdict of guilty of involuntary manslaughter. The jury then heard arguments relating to his sentencing. Brenner told the jury of Walker's 16 prior convictions, including brandishing a firearm and assault.
The defense put Walker's mother on the stand, who described her son as a loving father to his two young children and a "hard worker."
Hamlet made a motion asking the court to set aside the jury's verdict based on insufficient evidence. Circuit Judge Stephen C. Mahan said he would take the motion under advisement and rule on it at a later time.
http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20110615/ESN01/106150306
Jury recommends 5 years on manslaughter verdict
Jun 15, 2011
After almost eight hours of deliberations over the course of two days, a jury of nine women and three men found the man charged with the murder of his girlfriend's baby guilty of the lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter.
Brian Terrell Walker, 25, of Northampton County appeared to wipe away tears after the verdict was read. A group of his friends and family attending the trial wept openly after hearing the jury's decision.
Later Friday, the jury recommended Walker spend five years in prison. A judge will formally sentence him later.
Walker was arrested over a year ago and charged with the child's murder after police concluded that he beat and shook 11-month-old Isaiah Russell, causing his death.
In March 2010, Walker was on vacation from his job at Perdue and agreed to stay home with Jessica Russell's baby and 2-year-old daughter while she went to work, saving her the cost of a week of day care.
Russell testified on the witness stand that she got up at around six that morning, fixed eggs and hot dogs for herself and Walker and cereal for her daughters. She gave Isaiah a bottle and changed his diaper, she said.
Russell described everything that happened that morning as "normal routine." Her son was fine when she left, she told the court.
She said she took her 9-year-old daughter to the bus, went to work and sent a text message to Walker at about 9 a.m. telling him to give the baby, who had a cold, a dose of Tylenol. She said she had no more contact with him or her children until she received word from the Human Resources office at Perdue at about 2:45 that afternoon that Isaiah was being rushed by ambulance to the emergency room.
Defense attorney Benjamin Hamlet admitted that his client was there with the baby, and said Walker bathed and fed both children later in the morning and then took a nap while the children slept.
He said Walker awoke sometime before 2:15 to find the 2-year-old hitting him with her fists, telling him to wake up, saying that the baby was not breathing right. Hamlet described his client as, "an extremely deep sleeper."
He said Walker found the baby on his back on the floor making gurgling sounds. He said Walker grabbed the baby and ran to a neighbor's house to use the telephone because he had no way to call 911. After finding no one home at the first house, he went to the home of another neighbor, Herman Ayres Jr.
Ayres testified that Walker had come to his house carrying the lifeless baby, called 911 and proceeded to give the baby CPR as instructed by a 911 dispatcher. An ambulance quickly arrived and took the child to Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital. Walker did not go, he said, because he had the 2-year-old girl to look after.
Emergency room physician Dr. Harry Lustig told the court that the baby arrived in critical condition with severe head injuries and could not breathe on his own. He ordered the child transported to Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk.
Dr. Verena Wyville, a child abuse specialist at that hospital, examined Isaiah, and said he had three skull fractures, numerous bruises and abrasions, a bloody mouth resulting from a torn frenulum and was also a victim of "shaken baby syndrome."
Wyville testified that the baby weighed only 16 pounds and suffered also from "nutritional neglect." Isaiah never again breathed unassisted or regained consciousness. Two days later he was declared brain dead and removed from life support.
Assistant Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Elizabeth Kinnison performed the autopsy. She described "blunt force head injuries" as the cause of death. She told the court in graphic detail what shaking a baby can do. It causes the brain to be thrown loosely around the inside of the skull, causing bleeding, swelling and finally, brain death, she said.
She said she noted many injuries on the outside of the body as well. She described and showed the jury photo after photo from the autopsy depicting injuries to Isaiah's arm and leg, a laceration of the frenulum which attaches the upper lip to the gum, marks from blows behind his ears and three skull fractures.
She told the court that his front teeth were loose. Kinnison testimony was that it would take considerable force to cause those kind of injuries.
In her testimony, the child's mother said Walker had always been good with her children; in fact, he treated them better than his own two children, she said. After the killing, she admitted she continued to send text messages to Walker telling him she loved him.
Russell told the court she took Isaiah to meet the man she believed to be his biological father for the first time the night before he was attacked. She said the man was concerned that the child had a cold and went to Dollar General and bought Tylenol and an ointment for his chapped cheeks.
She did not tell Walker about that visit but did say that she had received a message from the man wanting to see his son. Walker was not happy about that. She said he went to bed and turned away from her, which was unusual, she said.
The defense offered several explanations as to what could have occurred to the baby. He suggested that his mother could have beaten him before she left for work that morning, or that the 2-year-old could have tried to get him out of his crib and dropped him, or that a stranger could have come into the house and brutally beaten the child while Walker slept unaware.
He produced a copy of a Facebook page, supposedly posted by Russell, saying that she had set Walker up and framed him for the crime. She said the page and postings were not hers. She described to the court how simple it would be to set up a page in another person's name and said there was great animosity between her family and the family and friends of Walker. She said she suspected they had done it.
The Commonwealth showed Isaiah's small crib to the jury. It was only three feet high, said Assistant Commonwealth's attorney Matthew Brenner. "Based on the doctors' testimony, the injuries could have only come through violence," he said. He called it "preposterous" that someone would break into the house and brutally beat the baby while Walker slept.
He disputed also the defense's suggestion that the child's mother did it to collect on a life insurance policy. He said she had a $5,000 policy on the child but said she only received half of that because Isaiah had not yet reached his first birthday. "And that whole amount went to Cooper and Humbles," a local funeral company, Russell testified.
In his closing argument, Brenner admitted his case was circumstantial, but said was based on opportunity and medical testimony. "It is clear that an adult created these injuries, with "extreme, malicious, violent force," he said. "We know there was shaking because that is the only way these injuries occur."
After hours of deliberation, the jury returned a verdict of guilty of involuntary manslaughter. The jury then heard arguments relating to his sentencing. Brenner told the jury of Walker's 16 prior convictions, including brandishing a firearm and assault.
The defense put Walker's mother on the stand, who described her son as a loving father to his two young children and a "hard worker."
Hamlet made a motion asking the court to set aside the jury's verdict based on insufficient evidence. Circuit Judge Stephen C. Mahan said he would take the motion under advisement and rule on it at a later time.
http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20110615/ESN01/106150306
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Re: ISAIAH E RUSSELL - 11 Months (2010) - Norfolk VA
by TomTerrific0420 Sat Nov 26, 2011 5:55 pm
ACCOMAC -- A man convicted of the involuntary manslaughter of his
girlfriend's 11-month-old baby was sentenced to spend five years in the
penitentiary.
Brian Terrell Walker, 26, of Nassawadox was charged
with murder in the March 2010 death of Isaiah Russell, but was convicted
of the lesser charge of manslaughter by a jury earlier this year.
Walker
was at home with Isaiah and his two-year-old sister while his mother
worked at a local chicken plant, said Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney
Matthew Brenner. He told the court of the severe injuries suffered by
the child, who arrived at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in critical
condition. Isaiah Russell was airlifted to Children's Hospital of the
King's Daughters in Norfolk, where he was removed from life support two
days later, Brenner said.
Dr. Verena Wyvil, a child abuse
specialist from that hospital, testified that the child had three skull
fractures as well as multiple bruises and lacerations. She told the
court he was a victim of shaken baby syndrome.
Defense attorney
Benjamin Sample said his client gave up vacation time to stay with the
boy and save the child's mother the money she would have spent on day
care. He said Walker was a heavy sleeper and was awakened by the
two-year-old, who told him her brother was not breathing right. He said
Walker found the baby on his back on the floor, "gasping for air."
Walker did not know how the baby sustained his injuries, he said.
"Walker is a very deep sleeper," said Hamlet. He said Walker ran to a neighbor's house and called 911 right away.
A medical examiner described the cause of death as a "blunt-force head injury."
Circuit
Judge Stephen C. Mahan denied a defense request to set aside the jury's
verdict and a motion to strike the evidence prior to the sentencing.
"There is ample evidence the defendant committed the offense beyond a
reasonable doubt," he said.
He sentenced Walker to five years as was recommended by the jury and also imposed a three-year probation after release.
http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20111126/ESN01/111260303
girlfriend's 11-month-old baby was sentenced to spend five years in the
penitentiary.
Brian Terrell Walker, 26, of Nassawadox was charged
with murder in the March 2010 death of Isaiah Russell, but was convicted
of the lesser charge of manslaughter by a jury earlier this year.
Walker
was at home with Isaiah and his two-year-old sister while his mother
worked at a local chicken plant, said Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney
Matthew Brenner. He told the court of the severe injuries suffered by
the child, who arrived at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in critical
condition. Isaiah Russell was airlifted to Children's Hospital of the
King's Daughters in Norfolk, where he was removed from life support two
days later, Brenner said.
Dr. Verena Wyvil, a child abuse
specialist from that hospital, testified that the child had three skull
fractures as well as multiple bruises and lacerations. She told the
court he was a victim of shaken baby syndrome.
Defense attorney
Benjamin Sample said his client gave up vacation time to stay with the
boy and save the child's mother the money she would have spent on day
care. He said Walker was a heavy sleeper and was awakened by the
two-year-old, who told him her brother was not breathing right. He said
Walker found the baby on his back on the floor, "gasping for air."
Walker did not know how the baby sustained his injuries, he said.
"Walker is a very deep sleeper," said Hamlet. He said Walker ran to a neighbor's house and called 911 right away.
A medical examiner described the cause of death as a "blunt-force head injury."
Circuit
Judge Stephen C. Mahan denied a defense request to set aside the jury's
verdict and a motion to strike the evidence prior to the sentencing.
"There is ample evidence the defendant committed the offense beyond a
reasonable doubt," he said.
He sentenced Walker to five years as was recommended by the jury and also imposed a three-year probation after release.
http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20111126/ESN01/111260303
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