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Grandmother held without bail as family recalls slain girl as smart, outgoing
Chicago Tribune ^ | July 14, 2013 | Rosemary Regina Sobol and Geoff Ziezulewicz

Posted on 07/14/2013 3:54:44 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

Relatives recall Gizzell Kiara Ford as a smart, mature and respectful 8-year-old girl.

Prosecutors said today her grandmother, Helen M. Ford, 51, of the 5200 block of West Adams Street, inflicted so many injuries on the girl over a long enough period and neglected her so badly that before she died Friday, Gizzell had maggots living in a head injury that had spread to another part of her scalp.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: animals; blackonblack; chicago; ford; girl; grandmother
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Has Beyonce Tweeted? Any NFL players?
1 posted on 07/14/2013 3:54:44 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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Has Toni Braxton tweeted about this, saying how embarrassed she is to be an American because of this..how about Michael Vick, or Beyonce, or Chris Brown..nope, yeah I didnt think so


2 posted on 07/14/2013 3:57:21 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: ConservativeStatement

Jesse Jackson’s back yard. Too busy I guess?


3 posted on 07/14/2013 4:03:46 PM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Being a Grammy is hard.


4 posted on 07/14/2013 4:04:10 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: ConservativeStatement
Heartbreaking.

This was a REAL CHILD, not a nearly-grown teenager with the strength of a man, and she was REALLY MURDERED.


5 posted on 07/14/2013 4:06:12 PM PDT by Jeff Winston
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To: ConservativeStatement
My goodness, Helen could be Obama’s aunt.
6 posted on 07/14/2013 4:06:28 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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7 posted on 07/14/2013 4:07:19 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: ConservativeStatement

That was tough to read.

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8 posted on 07/14/2013 4:10:39 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Chode

She looks so sad and remorseful in this picture, that is to say I’m sure she is sad and sorry that she got caught!


9 posted on 07/14/2013 4:10:55 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

This is the kind of story that makes me want to run screaming out into 10 o’clock in the morning.


10 posted on 07/14/2013 4:11:02 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: Jeff Winston

She was also slowly tortured...


11 posted on 07/14/2013 4:13:31 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: Mears

Seriously. Maggots in her head. I hope they fry this evil bitch.


12 posted on 07/14/2013 4:15:39 PM PDT by EEGator
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100%!!! with any luck, she'll get the chance to shed REAL tears of pain and anguish...
13 posted on 07/14/2013 4:16:32 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

It’s bad enough the black on black murder but a grandmother killing her granddaughter? What a skank!


14 posted on 07/14/2013 4:18:18 PM PDT by Morgana (Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Jeff Winston

There is no money to be made from it. Hence, the race pimps and “civil rights activists” are not interested. This is only a human being that had her life painfully taken from her.


15 posted on 07/14/2013 4:21:31 PM PDT by sport
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and the school and child welfare services, what were these scumbags doing??? obviously NOT their job...
16 posted on 07/14/2013 4:22:15 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Mastador1

She is sorry that she got caught is probably as far is her sorry goes.


17 posted on 07/14/2013 4:23:05 PM PDT by sport
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To: Chode

One can hope.


18 posted on 07/14/2013 4:23:50 PM PDT by sport
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To: ConservativeStatement

Punishment should be an eye for an eye.


19 posted on 07/14/2013 4:23:53 PM PDT by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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Forget Beyonce....where's Al Sharptongue? Where's Jesse Jackass?
20 posted on 07/14/2013 4:28:01 PM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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