Posted on 07/03/2016 9:49:27 AM PDT by DrJeff
VANCOUVER, Washington -- A 2-year-old girl is in critical condition and fighting for her life after deputies say her own father nearly beat her to death.
But one man is being credited with giving her the chance to survive. Don Gilbert is still in shock after he intervened when the girl's father, 32-year-old Kyle Holder, started attacking his daughter at a motel in Vancouver, Washington, authorities say.
Deputies say Holder and his girlfriend were in their motel room and their 2-year-old daughter was sleeping when suddenly, Holder grabbed the girl and threw her out the window onto the concrete.
Law enforcement officers say he picked her up again, and threw her around several more times and started stomping on her head.
Gilbert heard screaming and ran out with his baseball bat.
Gilbert said, "Hit him once in the back -- he had the baby by the feet. (He) took her to the curb and just slammed her down. And that's when I cracked him in the skull three or four times."
Gilbert got Holder away from the girl until deputies could arrive, but he was still out of control, and officials said they had to use a Taser to subdue him.
In court, visible wounds from the beating Gilbert gave him could be seen on Holder's head.
He was also wearing a suicide prevention vest.
In court documents, Holder is quoted as allegedly saying, "I did not want to kill her, but I had to. I had to hold my daughter and crush her head so she could go up to the sky."
Prior to the baby's beating, deputies responded to a complaint about Holder earlier in the day. He was not arrested. Gilbert says he noticed Holder was acting strangely. He said, "(Holder) was just babbling about God's coming for everybody and he's got to get the evil out of the daughter."
Deputies say Gilbert may have saved the girl's life, but as KPTV reports, don't try to call him a hero: "The question is, why wouldn't somebody do this?" Gilbert said. "I mean, the more time people take to care less about themselves and more about innocent people, you wouldn't have the crap that's going on in the world that we do now."
Holder is now charged with attempted murder and being held on $1 million bail.
It was meth, believe me.
Yeah, “victimless crime” makes my blood boil.
Bull. No libertarian advocates or expresses tolerance for violence against another person. The evil idiot in this case is clearly psychotic. What caused that situation is worth determining. If it was caused by mental illness, then perhaps that fact should be taken into account when determining what to do with the perpetrator. If his mental state was caused by an intentional act on his part, like taking drugs, or drinking, or whatever, then that fact should be taken into account, and it weighs heavily towards a much enhanced prison sentence.
From a libertarian perspective, if a drug was known to be able to create such a state of behavior, then the seller would also be liable for the consequences. That makes sense doesn't it? Of course under our current laws the seller of the drug - legal or illegal - has no such liability.
When I worked at a jail we would have to use these every time someone threatened suicide.
As far I as I am concerned he needs to go in the other direction.
Next time it would be whoever it struck his fancy was
“demon possessed” and needed stabbing. Maybe you. Maybe me.
Maybe a child.
” The father should never have unsupervised access to her again during her childhood.”
Never allowed any contact with her. EVER!
It should not be about what THEY want, it should be about what the law TELLS THEM TO DO.
That’s what we were all afraid about. Who was next? Any innocent was in harm’s way until he got into rehab or jail. We tried hard to get him into rehab, but certain things had to happen in certain order before we could have him involuntarily entered. Fortunately, one judge finally understood. Jail was the best place for him, and all of society. Otherwise, someone was going to be in a morgue. It was a very trying family time. Things are a lot better, but I fear will always be precarious because of how hard it is for addicts to stay away. He had a “come to Jesus” moment, so we are praying every day that he stays clean.
He was also wearing a suicide prevention vest.......WTF is that? A straightjacket I could see...but?
Come on - look at the picture. He has way too fat and meat on him to be a tweaker. Someone up thread said bath salts, and they may be right, but acid is a far better guess than meth.
Prayer for this little girl’s complete recovery in every way - body, mind, all.
I hope the boys in the pen exact some justice from tjis yob
Similar to a straight jacket
I apologize, I thought you were referring to my family member’s incident, which was meth induced. However, to your comment about tweaking, do you think they’re all skin and bones? I would disagree.
F&*ker would be DRT if I had been there.
“Holder needs to go up into the sky.”
No I think he’s on the way to a really hot basement. :-)
I think they should given him a rope and showed him what to tie it to instead of an anti- suicide vest. IMO.
Yup. Crank will do that.
If you ever want to be scared for your life, watch someone get violent while on meth. You’ve seen the devil himself.
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