DUACH MAKUACH - 22 Months (2010) - St.Cloud (NW of Minneapolis) MN

The father of a 22-month-old boy who died in what has been ruled a
homicide said he saw the child's mother beat the boy in the past and has
expressed concern about the mother's mental health status.
Gatluak Kuan Jerweng, who lives and attends school in Iowa, told
investigators Nyachuol Lungdicok Poch had beaten Duach Makuach on
numerous occasions, according to a child-protection petition filed after
the April 12 death of Makuach. Jerweng told investigators he was unable
to stop Poch from beating Makuach and he "compared her to Andrea
Yates," the Texas woman who killed her five children by drowning them in
a bathtub.Poch
is charged with one count of second-degree murder in the death of her
son. Stearns County District Court Judge Thomas Knapp ordered Poch held
in lieu of $1 million bail at her first court hearing Monday. Poch is
next due in court April 26.

A court complaint charging Poch indicates Makuach
suffered a lacerated liver and other soft tissue injuries that were
consistent with blows to the stomach. That complaint says that Poch
admitted beating her son with a shoe because he was crying.Rescue personnel found
Makuach unresponsive and not breathing the afternoon of April 12 when
they arrived at Poch's south St. Cloud apartment at 1538 Sixth Ave. S.
The boy was pronounced dead at St. Cloud Hospital, and an autopsy
revealed numerous injuries to the child's head and face. He had two
broken ribs, one of which had calcified, indicating it was an old injury
that was healing.There
were soft tissue injuries to the boy's back, shoulder area and
buttocks, according to the child-protection petition. That petition was
filed to protect two other children living with Poch, a 2-year-old girl
and a 3-year-old girl. Those children are in protective custody.Jerweng said he last
visited Poch and their children in early April and had to take all three
children to the doctor for treatment of ear infections. He expressed
concern that Poch hadn't adequately fed the children and that she hated
the boy because he looked and acted like Jerweng, according to the
child-protection petition. Poch's daughters underwent full skeletal
X-rays, which revealed no signs of injury.Jerweng told investigators Poch had threatened him in
the past and "he has been concerned about Ms. Poch's mental health for a
long time," according to the petition.Iowa Human Services intervened at least twice after
reports that Poch had left the children alone when she went to a
friend's apartment to use the phone and after she and Jerweng were
involved in a domestic dispute with the children present. Poch, who is
Sudanese, has been in St. Cloud since December, said Assistant Stearns
County Attorney Shan Wang, who is prosecuting the case. She moved to a
residence at 1538 Sixth Ave. S in February, Wang said. Before coming to
St. Cloud, she had lived in various locations in and out of Minnesota,
Wang said.The
child-protection petition indicates Poch is eight months pregnant, and
that Jerweng has expressed concern that she isn't eating enough.

She had a 3 year old, 2 year old and 22 month old and is 8 months pregnant. This is another case of 'serial pregnancies' which should alert authorities that there is a problem. I have noticed a distinct pattern of child abuse with this type of person. They keep having babies but don't want to be a good parent, or simply can't cope with so many under 5's. It seems to be the same as any other disorder like morbid obesity for instance but in this case she uses pregnancies to fill the void. I don't know why the health professionals have not recognized and studied this disorder. I will call it Multiple Pregnancy Syndrome.(MPS) I've got no psychiatry creds but I might have to do a thesis on it myself if the professionals don't wake up!

Police: Minn. woman beat 22-month-old son to death
ST. CLOUD, Minn. -- Prosecutors charged a St. Cloud woman accused of beating her 22-month-old son to death. Nyachual Lungdicok Poch, 31, has been charged with second-degree murder.
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An autopsy the following day determined the child died from blunt force trauma. Authorities say the boy had a lacerated liver and other injuries that indicated the child had been hit in the stomach area. According to the criminal complaint, the autopsy also revealed past injuries to the boy.

The criminal complaint also states that authorities interviewed Poch, who admitted to beating the child with a show because he was crying. She also allegedly admitted to police that she hit the boy other times beforehttp://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=848430

A Stearns County judge has denied a motion to exclude from trial the statements made by a St. Cloud woman accused of killing her son.

Attorneys representing Nyachuol Lungdicok Poch had asked that statements she made to police after her arrest be suppressed, in part, because of police tactics that they said were deceptive. Stearns County District Court Judge Kris Davick-Halfen denied the motions.

Poch, 31, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of her 22-month-old son, Duach Makuach. She is accused of killing Makuach by beating him at a south St. Cloud apartment. She remains jailed in lieu of $1 million bail.

A court complaint charging her indicates that Makuach had numerous injuries, including old injuries that were healing, when he died April 12.

An autopsy showed he had a lacerated liver, and Poch admitted hitting the boy several times with a shoe because he was crying, according to case records.

Two other children who were living with Poch were placed into protective custody. She is due in court again Oct. 22.
http://www.sctimes.com/article/20101008/NEWS01/110080050/Judge-rules-mother-s-statements-in-child-death-are-admissable

October 23rd, 2010, 09:14 AM
A Stearns County judge on Friday ordered a mental competency evaluation for a woman accused of killing her son in April.
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Stearns County District Court Judge Kris Davick-Halfen ordered the examination for Poch, who remains jailed in lieu of $1 million bail.
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In a separate action, the county filed a petition to terminate Poch’s parental rights to her other children who were living with her at the time of the boy’s death.
http://www.sctimes.com/article/20101023/NEWS01/110230015/1009/Judge-calls-for-mental-evaluation-in-case-of-woman-accused-of-killing-toddler-son