Posted on 05/14/2022 1:03:24 PM PDT by Kaslin
Florida police said parents of a 2-year-old starved her to death despite there being plenty of food in the home, and the mother is pregnant again.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd relayed the horrifying details about the incident to reporters in a media briefing.
Police were called to a home in Davenport after the child had stopped breathing. They said they found her unresponsive in a playpen made from an inflatable pool.
They interviewed 35-year-old Arhonda Tillman and 37-year-old Regis Johnson, the parents of the child.
"Regis Johnson told us the baby ate a sandwich yesterday, and some chicken nuggets," Judd said, but that information was contradicted by the medical examiner who said there was no food found in the baby's stomach.
Investigators said the parents were well fed, and that there was plenty of food in the home.
"If you can imagine looking at such a heartbreaking sight. Basically it was just bones and skin. There aren't adequate words to express our frustration and sadness," Judd told reporters. "We probably have the same questions you do. Did no one else see this child in this condition? This child didn't just get sick and pass."
Judd said the baby had been born healthy at a weight of 6 pounds and 10 ounces in 2019.
Nearly three years later, the baby had only gained three pounds for a total of nine pounds.
"The baby should have been talking, putting sentences together, asking questions, running jumping and playing," Judd explained. "When this baby died on May 10, she couldn't stand, she couldn't talk, she couldn't walk."
Police arrested Tillman and Johnson for negligent child abuse, but Judd said more charges were possible. Johnson's brother, 64-year-old Frank Robinson, was also arrested after investigators concluded that he knew about the neglect and did nothing to alleviate it for months.
A judge set the couple's bond at $500,000 each.
Judd said that their goal was to make sure Tillman wouldn't have the chance to starve her second baby.
"It is unbelievable what we saw," said Judd.
They look to me like they have been using crack. Very sad indeed.
...yer fingers are faster than mine...!!! “Arhonda Tillman and 37-year-old Regis Johnson.....”....I don’t even gotta look.....
Liberals applaud
Hell with that, just Hang Them and be done with it. Stop being “nice” to scum .
I watched Sheriff Judd this morning. He was absolutely disgusted and is pushing for “life” for these subhuman animals. That’s like three of these stories in the past two weeks. Same species of subhuman filth.
Filthy savages.
Horrific...
Sickening...
Mother and father need to be ended.
This little person did nothing wrong
My only constellation and belief is that she is finally in the arms of Jesus who loves her.
Surprise! A son and daughter of obama.
AND the mother is pregnant again!
Lock em up. Starve them to death.
AZ Joe...
“will pay my way to where they are and kill them with my bare hands.”
Aria...
“Mandatory tubes tied, castration and of course prison.”
The two of you are much too kind to this particular type of trash. The punishment MUST fit the crime.
I say we lock them both in a largish cage then refuse to feed them more than enough to barely keep them alive. Slow starvation that will take about three years to reach the ultimate end.
Meanwhile their guards would be required to eat tasty foods considered olfactory delights just out of reach of the inmates.
Just imagine...
Pasta Mondays
Taco Tuesdays
Surf and Turf Wednesdays
Fried Chicken Thursdays
Pot Luck Fridays
Hot off the grill Saturdays and Sundays
Meanwhile the inmates receive all the water they want and a bowl of oatmeal twice a day.
THAT is how you deal with such animals.
I hate hearing about this kind of sh!t; the little innocent made to suffer so. But now that baby is sleeping comfortably in the loving arms of the Lord, never again to know neglect and suffering; but always from here on just love and happiness.
“They can’t find anyone willing to kill scum like this? I’ll do it!”
If they want a firing squad team, I’ll volunteer.
Jesus wept.
Plenty of meth head crackers do this crap too.
I say put them all in a cell and let them fight over the leftovers from the guard’s meals.
This female needs to become a person with no uterus.
There are certainly enough of them who think it is just fine and dandy to dismember while alive a 9 month old infant, in or out of the womb. Starving a child to death is no great leap for them.
General population in a real joint for both
Problem resolved
Justice served
Both names in the hat even before they leave R&D
Trust me....he will go fast and hard even fellow blacks won’t be able to save him
She might not be killed but she’ll be abused
Expecting them to behave in a civilized manner is “racist”.
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