Posted on 01/13/2006 11:57:34 PM PST by beaversmom
A week before she died a violent death at the hands of her sadistic stepfather, a battered and forlorn Nixzmary Brown confided, "I wish my mommy and daddy were dead."
Perry Robinson will never forget those words or any of the other unsettling encounters he had with the solitary, sad-faced 7-year-old in the park across from her family's apartment in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn.
The retired paralegal used to see Nixzmary in Tompkins Park while he played with his nieces and nephews and he "was not surprised" when her lifeless, battered body was found naked on the floor of the apartment early this week.
He had seen the bruises on her painfully thin arms and legs, he had heard her stepfather order her to "get your f- - -ing ass over here," and he knew she was living in fear.
But still Robinson, 49, was shocked at police accounts of the torture the little girl had been subjected to at charges that her stepfather, Cesar Rodriguez, regularly tied her to a chair, beat her with his hands and a belt, sexually assaulted her, and forced her to eat cat food and use a kitty litter box, while her mother, Nixzaliz Santiago, did nothing to help her.
"I should have taken her to the precinct," a guilt-ridden Robinson told The Post yesterday. "I should have said, 'Come on, let's go to the precinct.' "
Robinson recalled the first time he saw Nixzmary in the park. It was last September, and he was with his nieces and nephews, who live nearby.
"She was running back and forth like a normal 7-year-old," he said. "I noticed her when her father came to the stoop and shouted at her, 'Get your f- - -ing ass over here.'
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Absolutely. How anyone could allow something like this to a child just breaks my heart. The child looks to her parents for safety. When she can't find it there she looks to strangers and she was let down by them as well.
My grandson's mom has 4 children by 4 different men. I curse the day our son fell for her. They are apart now and my son has seen the light. However, out of the clear blue, my grandson says, "I hate my mommy, I hate her alot." Makes me wonder since he is only 3.
I thought you were legally bound to contact the police when you suspect this type of abuse.
If so, this guy could be brought up on charges himself.
Anybody know anything about the legal aspects of this?
This idiot should have gone INSTANTLY to the police and called a child welfare emergency number. Some of the blood of this child is on this idiots hands.
I prayed to have a baby, all my life..
It never happened...
Then I read things like this...
If she had been MY little girl..
She would be happily sleeping right now..
Safe with Mom and Dad nearby...
Kitty snoozing with her..
Big Ass dawg sleeping on the floor beside her bed....
(huge tearful sigh)
Ms.B
I do to, but this man isn't to blame. Child Protective Services had been contracted many, many times and did nothing. The school tried to intervene, and was squashed.
The people who are responsible are the demon pig of a husband and his sow wife.
I hope they put to death her step father (a monster if there ever was one), and as for the mother, I predict she will claim abuse herself and offer to testify in order to save her sorry behind.
Yesterday, the NY Post said the mother saw a picture of her child in the newspaper while the mother was behind bars. She cried for herself, saying she wasn't to blame.
There were no tears for her little girl, just herself.
This is a memorial to the little girl.
The loving mother with the bad hair dye job.
Here is the step father:
The poor schnuggims looks a bit frightened.
According to news reports, he came home and discovered the girl had taken yogurt out of the refrigerator without his permission. He beat the girl and locked her in her room. When he went on his computer after wards, he found someone had "messed with it." The other children immediately blamed Nixmary (she was blamed for everything in that hell house).
The step father then filled a bathtub with water, drowned her until near suffocation, and then beat her head again the faucet until it was smashed.
The little girl moaned for her mother, crying "Mommy! Mommy!" for two hours. No one came to her aid, and then she finally died.
Bless you :)
Regular people have no legal duty to report signs of child abuse -- regardless of whatever moral obligation.
What a shame.
I recently found out about a young girl who claimed to be abused by her stepfather. I wrote a very nice letter to the local police, explaining what I knew, along with the disclaimer that I realize that not all claims are legitimate. Told the police that I didn't want to have anyone falsly accused but that I would like it looked into.
Perry=a huge D*ck. You always act, even if you're totally wrong, what has it cost you? It cost this little girl her life.
Quick story, walking through Newark Airport about a year ago, this urban sort of fellow, is walking down through the terminal screaming 'MF this MF that" I am gonna kick your "A**"...we all looked puzzled, this very urban fellow was in a rage. WE all then saw the target of his rage, a little 6 year old girl who was walking ahead of him, he walked up behind her and hit her in the HEAD. This was guy was easily 6-2 195 and she was all of 40lbs soaking wet. She went flying. He grabs her and picks her up and starts walking toward the exit, telling us all to mind our mf business.
We all fought the urge to kick his ass, but none of us wanted to end up in Newark City lock up with his homies, so instead we formed a posse.
About 60 other concerned citizens and myself followed his ass to the exit, where about 6 of Port Authority Cops were guarding the check in at Newark. The prick denied what he did and his girlfriend/wife/slam piece, whatever starts defending him saying that if he goes to jail, its not fair.
Guess what?? The cops cuffed him and took him in. Seems that Newark has security cameras everywhere and they caught the abuse on tape....tsk tsk tsk...
So Perry, you could have gone in the house and called the cops. When you KNOW a kids been abused (either seen it or seen the immediate evidence) you always act, you might feel dumb if you are wrong, but it sure beats feeling guilty when an innocent kid is dead.
Amen. I only hope that he meets the same fate in prison.
L
Perry Robinson is a coward.
According to news reports, he came home and discovered the girl had taken yogurt out of the refrigerator without his permission. He beat the girl and locked her in her room. When he went on his computer after wards, he found someone had "messed with it." The other children immediately blamed Nixmary (she was blamed for everything in that hell house).
The step father then filled a bathtub with water, drowned her until near suffocation, and then beat her head again the faucet until it was smashed.
The little girl moaned for her mother, crying "Mommy! Mommy!" for two hours. No one came to her aid, and then she finally died.
----I couldn't stop the tears for this poor little soul. My God what monsters are lurking out there are capable of is beyond comprehension. I wish that man had gotten help for her.
"I sure wish this guy would have acted and taken that girl to the police."
Agreed, but child welfare was aware this girl was being abused. I read they went to the apt. and were denied entrance. Then they just.....went away. I doubt most abusers just open the door and let you in. They've had three or four murders in families under their watch recently. They are not doing their job properly.
These "parents" deserve to be executed.
Another shining example of why some should not pro-create.
God has her wrapped in His arms for sure.
MM
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