CHLOEY STOUDT - 7 yo -(2010) Ludington (Mid-state Lake Michigan shore) MI

Investigators in Ludington have released new information about the
deaths of 7-year-old Chloey Stoudt and her mother's boyfriend in late
April.

Initial reports revealed that 39-year-old James Vernon Belanger — a
Montague man who was dating Chloey's mother, Kelly Jo Stoudt —
suffocated the girl in her bedroom on April 28. Now authorities say
there is evidence Belanger sexually assaulted the child before killing
her.

Belanger died of a self-inflicted knife wound, police said.
Toxicology reports show he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.12 percent, as
well as cocaine and other drugs in his system.

On Wednesday, authorities said Belanger assaulted Chloey between 4:30
and 5:30 a.m. on April 28. Investigators said Belanger then stabbed
himself, missing his heart; then drank some whiskey, and eventually went
into Kelly Stoudt's bedroom to tell her what he had done to Chloey. At
that point, police said he stabbed himself again, after which Kelly
Stoudt pushed him out of the apartment, where he removed the knife from
his chest. He made it back into the apartment and collapsed inside.

During the investigation, police found a small amount of marijuana
and cocaine residue, and a number of crack pipes. As a result, Kelly
Stoudt was charged with aiding and abetting delivery of cocaine,
maintaining a drug house, and possession of marijuana.

Stoudt pleaded not guilty late last week to child neglect and abuse
charges related to her daughter's death. Stoudt's two other children
have been placed with her parents, pending further proceedings.

Stoudt's lawyer, Jeffrey Nellis, said in a statement that his client also is a victim who grieves her daughter's loss.

Stoudt is free on a personal bond, pending an Aug. 25 preliminary exam.

Stoudt's lawyer, Jeffrey Nellis, said in a statement that his client also is a victim who grieves her daughter's loss.
Bollocks! And pleading not guilty shows how unaffected she is by her daughters death and the fact that she is totally responsible for having her children in a drug house with pedophiles. She doesn't feel responsible obviously. Lock her up and throw away the key. Those poor children.

"What happened to her daughter was completely unforeseeable and in no way her fault.”
No words can describe how outraged I am by this idiot lawyers comment.

The mother of a Ludington girl, who was sexually assaulted and murdered six month ago, pleaded guilty Tuesday to drug charges.


Kelly Jo Stoudt, 30, pleaded guilty to three counts — maintaining a drug house, use of cocaine and possession of marijuana. In exchange for her guilty plea, prosecutors dropped a charge of delivering drugs.On April 28, Stoudt's boyfriend, James Belanger, suffocated her daughter, Chloey, 7. He then stabbed himself to death. Authorities said there is evidence Belanger sexually assaulted the child before killing her.Stoudt is scheduled to be sentenced for the drug charges on Dec. 14.