Woman Admits Torturing Baby Before Killing Her

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Woman Admits Torturing Baby Before Killing Her

www.Madison.com

July 17, 2007

A Madison, WI woman admitted to abusing her infant daughter for weeks before she killed her by slamming her head into a table and stuffing a blanket into her mouth.

The mother, 23, was charged today with first-degree intentional homicide in the July 7 death of her 6-week-old infant, first-degree reckless endangerment and two counts of physical abuse of a child in the weeks prior to her death.

A criminal complaint detailed the confession that she pinched the child repeatedly over her body and head, at times in front of others while covering her hand with a blanket, used the wire end of a flyswatter to beat the infant's legs, bit her leg and bashed the girl's head at least twice on the table she used two weeks later to inflict a fatal skull fracture.

The accused also has a 20-month-old son, who apparently was not subjected to the torture allegedly inflicted on his sister.

The boy has been placed in protective custody, Assistant District Attorney Mike Verveer said at the initial court appearance today.

When asked by a Madison detective why things were different with her son, she said through an interpreter that "She can only love one child, and only has enough love for one. She doesn't understand why it's that way," the complaint says.

In her confession, the mother told police that ever since she came to live with her in-laws she had been stricken with feelings of inadequacy, and that her inability to take care of her family had put her under a lot of stress. As she walked into court today she appeared to weaken and nearly collapsed and was supported by Assistant State Public Defenders Svetlana Taylor and Ellen Berz.

Verveer asked today that the bail be raised to $100,000, but Dane County Court Commissioner Scott McAndrew kept the bail at $50,000. McAndrew did impose a no contact provision to prevent her from seeing her son. A juvenile court order last week, though, already placed the child in protective custody and forbade the accused from seeing the boy.

The accused and her husband have lived with the parents of the accused and other relatives at a Moorland Road home on Madison's south side for about the past year, Verveer said. Police were not yet sure of her immigration status. She apparently told police her green card was destroyed in a fire before she moved here from southern California a year ago.

The mother of the accused had been the primary caregiver for the infant. But when the baby began sleeping in her parents' bedroom, she told investigators, she had noticed bruising on the child, but the bruises faded away over time.

On June 27, two weeks before her death, the victims parents took her to Meriter Hospital, and that same day she was transferred to the UW Children's Hospital, where Dr. Barbara Knox, a child abuse specialist, diagnosed her as bruises as the result of "probable abuse."

"Frankly," Verveer said in court today, "the torture then continued pretty continuously." After the accused spent time with her daughter alone in a hospital room, the baby appeared to have new bruising the next morning, Knox told police, according to the complaint.

During a police interview, the accused told police the hospital visit was prompted by her pinching, which she did "wherever she could," the complaint says, including her forehead, cheeks, both arms and legs and her vaginal area.

Hospital officials referred the case to Dane County Human Services, and social worker Xee Lee met with the family and developed a safety plan that allowed the family to take the baby back home as long as two adults were present and awake with the child 24 hours a day.

The plan also included a follow-up appointment with Knox, scheduled for July 12, the day after the accused allegedly killed the baby.

The accused told investigators that she picked the baby up and slammed her head on her bedroom table, using "all her might when she did it," the complaint says.

She then rolled up a blanket, stuffed some of it in the baby's mouth, then covered the baby's nose with the rest of it. She left the baby in that condition for 25 minutes as she changed and used the bathroom. When she returned to the baby she removed the blanket, but the baby had stopped breathing. She said she put the baby on the floor and administered CPR for five minutes, then took the baby to her mother-in-law.

Paramedics arrived a short time later and found the baby dead.

The Dane County Coroner listed the cause of death as "blunt force trauma," and a pathologist didn't detect signs of suffocation, the complaint says.

Hospital personnel told police the baby suffered a skull fracture, a bruise consistent with a human bite mark on her leg, injuries to her mouth consistent with forced bottle feeding, facial bruising, bruising on her pubic mound, and linear bruising on her legs consistent with being struck by an object.

State officials are reviewing Dane County Human Services' child welfare practices in light of the death.

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[H2whoa]

Originally Posted by types_with_fist

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thats some fuked up ****.

btw you type pretty well for someone who types with his fists...

[neokill175]

wow thats not right at all...

[shaihulud]

That "mother" should be abused and have her head smashed into a table.

[lionheart21]

If she can supposedly only love one child, why didn't she just put the poor kid up for adoption? Now its too late.

[3kgtjunkie]

execute that bitch.

[user437490845hjgd]

Forget about execution. Insane people (come on, you know they are going to use that defense) have "bonus rights" - she will get a few years in a mental treatment center and then be released. Plus the victim was only 6 weeks old - barely human by the standards of some.

[Mindripper]

Originally Posted by types_with_fist

Forget about execution. Insane people (come on, you know they are going to use that defense) have "bonus rights" - she will get a few years in a mental treatment center and then be released. Plus the victim was only 6 weeks old - barely human by the standards of some.

Jesus... second time today our society has made my stomach turn. Someone should put a high velocity round through her skull and anyone that helped raise her as a child. They clearly failed as well.

[sandmonster]

Are you aware that a Madison, WI woman admitted to abusing her infant daughter for weeks before she killed her by slamming her head into a table and stuffing a blanket into her mouth.

The mother, 23, was charged today with first-degree intentional homicide in the July 7 death of her 6-week-old infant, first-degree reckless endangerment and two counts of physical abuse of a child in the weeks prior to her death.

A criminal complaint detailed the confession that she pinched the child repeatedly over her body and head, at times in front of others while covering her hand with a blanket, used the wire end of a flyswatter to beat the infant's legs, bit her leg and bashed the girl's head at least twice on the table she used two weeks later to inflict a fatal skull fracture.

The accused also has a 20-month-old son, who apparently was not subjected to the torture allegedly inflicted on his sister.

The boy has been placed in protective custody, Assistant District Attorney Mike Verveer said at the initial court appearance today.

When asked by a Madison detective why things were different with her son, she said through an interpreter that "She can only love one child, and only has enough love for one. She doesn't understand why it's that way," the complaint says.

In her confession, the mother told police that ever since she came to live with her in-laws she had been stricken with feelings of inadequacy, and that her inability to take care of her family had put her under a lot of stress. As she walked into court today she appeared to weaken and nearly collapsed and was supported by Assistant State Public Defenders Svetlana Taylor and Ellen Berz.

Verveer asked today that the bail be raised to $100,000, but Dane County Court Commissioner Scott McAndrew kept the bail at $50,000. McAndrew did impose a no contact provision to prevent her from seeing her son. A juvenile court order last week, though, already placed the child in protective custody and forbade the accused from seeing the boy.

The accused and her husband have lived with the parents of the accused and other relatives at a Moorland Road home on Madison's south side for about the past year, Verveer said. Police were not yet sure of her immigration status. She apparently told police her green card was destroyed in a fire before she moved here from southern California a year ago.

The mother of the accused had been the primary caregiver for the infant. But when the baby began sleeping in her parents' bedroom, she told investigators, she had noticed bruising on the child, but the bruises faded away over time.

On June 27, two weeks before her death, the victims parents took her to Meriter Hospital, and that same day she was transferred to the UW Children's Hospital, where Dr. Barbara Knox, a child abuse specialist, diagnosed her as bruises as the result of "probable abuse."

"Frankly," Verveer said in court today, "the torture then continued pretty continuously." After the accused spent time with her daughter alone in a hospital room, the baby appeared to have new bruising the next morning, Knox told police, according to the complaint.

During a police interview, the accused told police the hospital visit was prompted by her pinching, which she did "wherever she could," the complaint says, including her forehead, cheeks, both arms and legs and her vaginal area.

Hospital officials referred the case to Dane County Human Services, and social worker Xee Lee met with the family and developed a safety plan that allowed the family to take the baby back home as long as two adults were present and awake with the child 24 hours a day.

The plan also included a follow-up appointment with Knox, scheduled for July 12, the day after the accused allegedly killed the baby.

The accused told investigators that she picked the baby up and slammed her head on her bedroom table, using "all her might when she did it," the complaint says.

She then rolled up a blanket, stuffed some of it in the baby's mouth, then covered the baby's nose with the rest of it. She left the baby in that condition for 25 minutes as she changed and used the bathroom. When she returned to the baby she removed the blanket, but the baby had stopped breathing. She said she put the baby on the floor and administered CPR for five minutes, then took the baby to her mother-in-law.

Paramedics arrived a short time later and found the baby dead.

The Dane County Coroner listed the cause of death as "blunt force trauma," and a pathologist didn't detect signs of suffocation, the complaint says.

Hospital personnel told police the baby suffered a skull fracture, a bruise consistent with a human bite mark on her leg, injuries to her mouth consistent with forced bottle feeding, facial bruising, bruising on her pubic mound, and linear bruising on her legs consistent with being struck by an object.

State officials are reviewing Dane County Human Services' child welfare practices in light of the death.

[Mindripper]

Originally Posted by sandmonster

Are you aware that a Madison, WI woman admitted to abusing her infant daughter for weeks before she killed her by slamming her head into a table and stuffing a blanket into her mouth.

The mother, 23, was charged today with first-degree intentional homicide in the July 7 death of her 6-week-old infant, first-degree reckless endangerment and two counts of physical abuse of a child in the weeks prior to her death.

A criminal complaint detailed the confession that she pinched the child repeatedly over her body and head, at times in front of others while covering her hand with a blanket, used the wire end of a flyswatter to beat the infant's legs, bit her leg and bashed the girl's head at least twice on the table she used two weeks later to inflict a fatal skull fracture.

The accused also has a 20-month-old son, who apparently was not subjected to the torture allegedly inflicted on his sister.

The boy has been placed in protective custody, Assistant District Attorney Mike Verveer said at the initial court appearance today.

When asked by a Madison detective why things were different with her son, she said through an interpreter that "She can only love one child, and only has enough love for one. She doesn't understand why it's that way," the complaint says.

In her confession, the mother told police that ever since she came to live with her in-laws she had been stricken with feelings of inadequacy, and that her inability to take care of her family had put her under a lot of stress. As she walked into court today she appeared to weaken and nearly collapsed and was supported by Assistant State Public Defenders Svetlana Taylor and Ellen Berz.

Verveer asked today that the bail be raised to $100,000, but Dane County Court Commissioner Scott McAndrew kept the bail at $50,000. McAndrew did impose a no contact provision to prevent her from seeing her son. A juvenile court order last week, though, already placed the child in protective custody and forbade the accused from seeing the boy.

The accused and her husband have lived with the parents of the accused and other relatives at a Moorland Road home on Madison's south side for about the past year, Verveer said. Police were not yet sure of her immigration status. She apparently told police her green card was destroyed in a fire before she moved here from southern California a year ago.

The mother of the accused had been the primary caregiver for the infant. But when the baby began sleeping in her parents' bedroom, she told investigators, she had noticed bruising on the child, but the bruises faded away over time.

On June 27, two weeks before her death, the victims parents took her to Meriter Hospital, and that same day she was transferred to the UW Children's Hospital, where Dr. Barbara Knox, a child abuse specialist, diagnosed her as bruises as the result of "probable abuse."

"Frankly," Verveer said in court today, "the torture then continued pretty continuously." After the accused spent time with her daughter alone in a hospital room, the baby appeared to have new bruising the next morning, Knox told police, according to the complaint.

During a police interview, the accused told police the hospital visit was prompted by her pinching, which she did "wherever she could," the complaint says, including her forehead, cheeks, both arms and legs and her vaginal area.

Hospital officials referred the case to Dane County Human Services, and social worker Xee Lee met with the family and developed a safety plan that allowed the family to take the baby back home as long as two adults were present and awake with the child 24 hours a day.

The plan also included a follow-up appointment with Knox, scheduled for July 12, the day after the accused allegedly killed the baby.

The accused told investigators that she picked the baby up and slammed her head on her bedroom table, using "all her might when she did it," the complaint says.

She then rolled up a blanket, stuffed some of it in the baby's mouth, then covered the baby's nose with the rest of it. She left the baby in that condition for 25 minutes as she changed and used the bathroom. When she returned to the baby she removed the blanket, but the baby had stopped breathing. She said she put the baby on the floor and administered CPR for five minutes, then took the baby to her mother-in-law.

Paramedics arrived a short time later and found the baby dead.

The Dane County Coroner listed the cause of death as "blunt force trauma," and a pathologist didn't detect signs of suffocation, the complaint says.

Hospital personnel told police the baby suffered a skull fracture, a bruise consistent with a human bite mark on her leg, injuries to her mouth consistent with forced bottle feeding, facial bruising, bruising on her pubic mound, and linear bruising on her legs consistent with being struck by an object.

State officials are reviewing Dane County Human Services' child welfare practices in light of the death.

Are you aware that the world wouldn't miss you?

[lionheart21]

You're a pathetic piece of **** Sandmonster

[Iraq Attaq]

I would murder that woman with a single gunshot wound to the back of the neck so that she bled out while in court, if that were my child.

[ChplHillGymGirl]

i rarely read stories like this because they disturb me so much. that's the only body and life that little baby had, and it was horrible while she was here and now it's gone. i've always believed in an "eye for an eye" and this only helps to solidify my standpoint on that.

[sensfan83]

just one more reason to hate the Madison culture...

seriously tho, that's f'd up.

[Lifting_Taurus]

Torture should be allowed in all child abuse cases...

[Monkey Helmet]

Originally Posted by ChplHillGymGirl

i've always believed in an "eye for an eye" and this only helps to solidify my standpoint on that.

Why doesn't our justice system do this?