Posted on 07/21/2007 6:55:16 AM PDT by Libloather
Mom said she was drunk when baby died
Published: July 20, 2007 at 11:02 PM
DAYTON, Ohio, July 20 (UPI) -- An Ohio jury can hear a woman's statement that she was too drunk to know how her baby died when she allegedly put the child in the microwave, a judge ruled.
Dayton Police Detective Mike Galbraith testified at a hearing Thursday, acknowledging that the defendant -- China Arnold -- never admitted killing her 3½-week-old daughter, Paris Talley. But he said she all but admitted the crime when she said she was the only adult in the house that night.
"If I just hadn't gotten so drunk, I guess my baby wouldn't have died," Galbraith said Arnold told him.
Arnold's lawyer, Jon Paul Rion, argued that police did not have probable cause to arrest her in November 2006, three months after the baby's death.
The baby's DNA was found in the oven. Galbraith conceded the evidence did not show how the infant wound up in the microwave.
This may be the sickest thing I’ve ever read on this forum. Words fail me.
Over the last 3 or 4 days, there have been several items posted like this one that deal with inhuman cruelty. I can’t read it. Sometimes I leave the computer until the article title drops down the list. I’m not quibbling about posting legitimate news. I’m just saying that I can’t deal with it.
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Apparently a whole bunch of people can’t deal with it ... and so society declines further.
I can’t read it. If it were me handing justice down, I would have her microwaved as punishment.
Travesties such as this were far less common before legalized abortion was forced upon us by the USSC. That decision has sent a message to society that life has no value - that it is something disposable. All the while, abortion proponents were telling us that legalized abortion would help prevent such incidents.
She’ll get hers.
People that kill children, especially their own children, don’t fair well in prison.
Lady you hit the nail right square on the head. As a former peace officer supervisor in Southern California I held a training session to teach deputies child abuse awareness and one of the slides I was using showed an infant that was boiled in water until its flesh was starting to come off from the waist down. I had men in that class who didn’t want to watch it, but being aware of these situations helps you grow and puts you in a better position to make your political decisions later in life. Make no mistake, this garbage happens daily in America and I believe it’s because there are very few consequences any more.
That’s a rather hollow comment.
some folks just need killin’
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I realize that intonation might make a difference, but the above seems so blase.
This is sick beyond words.
i totally agree with you....there are some things that I just never want to know because they’re too horrible to contemplate and can’t think of how me knowing about it could ever change it for the better. In fact, I worry about the copy cat thing if another sicko reads about this.
Do you actually have a counter-point, or just hollow responses?
“when baby died”
what a way to deflect the blame.
but this dude will.
Indeed. She’s evil.
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