Posted on 03/13/2006 11:17:56 AM PST by Borges
A man accused of raping and murdering his infant niece was arraigned in a Canton courtroom Monday.
Judge Stephen Belden handed 32-year-old Henry Anthony Sunderman a $3 million bond because of the nature of what he's accused of, reported NewsChannel5's Carolina Leid.
Sunderman is charged with two first-degree felonies in the murder and rape of his 7-month-old niece, Zoey Sunderman.
The baby's mother, 26-year-old Leslie Sunderman, left court sobbing and being held up by family members.
The child's uncle sits in jail on suicide watch and had to be transported separately to Canton Municipal Court for his safety.
Canton police say the Stark County man was taking care of the infant, her 7-year-old brother and 5- and 2-year-old sisters at their Waynesburg home while the children's mother was at work.
Police said Henry Sunderman called 911 Friday morning saying the infant was unresponsive.
Zoey Sunderman was taken to Aultman and Akron Children's hospitals but died Friday.
Henry Sunderman's preliminary hearing is scheduled for Friday.
Are they going to "treat" this one or lock him up? I guess since he actually killed the poor child he will be locked up. This whole concept of a perpetrator's "right to treatment" overriding the punishment phase is disgusting.
This article requires a Barf Alert of a different sort. Ugh! This ranks as the most heinous crime I've ever heard of.
Just when you think you've heard the worst, along comes another one. Crimes against children such as this leave me speechless. Hang him high.
It's worse than disgusting. I don't see how some of our judges can have more feeling for the criminals than the victims and their families. They need to be impeached.
If she was married, he would be her husband's brother, but if she was not married, he would be her own brother. Eeeeeuuuwwwww.
Or start at the feet.
They should place cameras in his cell so we can all watch him commit suicide.
More than ever, folks, we need to be praying for our Nation. There is no defense, other than the scripture, for what is coming down the pike.
They should not do a damn thing for his safety. He deserves no safety. Let him do the only honorable thing left and kill himself.
what comes over a person when they do these things?
nothing a 7 month old can do will make a "human" do something so atrocious
I don't care if the infant was screaming bloody murder
You pick them up and give pats on the back, change the diaper, feed them. What is so hard about that?
Damn that curdles my blood!!!!!!!!!
Kill him VERY, very slowly.
"This ranks as the most heinous crime I've ever heard of."
And it seems like you read about crimes against these innocent babies every week. Makes me sick! There has to be an special place in Hell reserved for these monsters. Let's hope this one gets there sooner rather than later.
[He was convicted five times for disorderly conduct by intoxication, court records show.]
Out of his mind alcoholic.
Oh yeah, heaven forbid that this man kill himself. We better make sure he is safe...
And the worst part, we live in a society where the law abiding people have to pray for and take solace that there will be "prison justice" as our sentences for crimes against children is pathetic.
**What comes over these people....?**
It is called "alternative" sexual appitite.
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