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Boy, 11, beaten to death over a 9-hour period [Mom let her abusive boyfriend babysit her child]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | February 13, 2012 | Amy McConnell Schaarsmith

Posted on 02/13/2012 10:19:17 PM PST by grundle

A Knoxville man left to watch over his girlfriend's 11-year-old son while she was at work beat the boy to death over a span of nine hours on Saturday, according to Pittsburgh police.

The 29-year-old boyfriend, Anthony Bush, told police that he began beating the boy, Donovan McKee, with wooden sticks shortly after noon when Donovan failed to vacuum their apartment at 107 Knox Ave. in Beltzhoover as Mr. Bush had instructed, according to a police criminal complaint. The beatings, Mr. Bush told police, lasted until about 9 p.m.

"During the beatings, at times, the sticks would break and Bush would order Donovan to clean up the pieces of the broken sticks," the complaint states, "Bush stated he would take breaks, get new sticks, and continue beating the child throughout the day."

The Allegheny County medical examiner's office has ruled Donovan's death a homicide caused by blunt force trauma to the head, trunk and extremities.

Mr. Bush, who has been charged with endangering the welfare of children and criminal homicide, told police he used at least three sticks, and that he struck Donovan with at least "one clean" head shot during the incident, according to the complaint. Donovan's 5-year-old brother was home at the time and witnessed some of the attacks, but was not harmed, according to the police.

Mr. Bush told police he had been having problems with Donovan lately and knew that he was going to have to discipline him for his behavior. He also told police he had to wait until after the boy's mother, Cynthia McKee, left for work because she often stopped him when he disciplined the children.

Mr. Bush lived at the apartment with Ms. McKee and her sons.

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To: DollyCali

I don’t recall how old I was, but too old in my mind to be “babysat” for. I also know that I was old enough to request the hot teenage girl from across the street!


41 posted on 02/14/2012 12:17:08 AM PST by 21twelve
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To: grundle
I wonder exactly what is causing so many people to become so uncontrollably violent? Drugs? Alcohol?
42 posted on 02/14/2012 12:24:38 AM PST by Bellflower (The LORD is Holy, separated from all sin, perfect, righteous, high and lifted up.)
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To: grundle

yes she is just a guilty as he is...what is it with women that they need a boyfriend that beats her kids. She should be sterilized so she doesn’t bring another child into the world for another boy friend to murder...scum reproduce and make the child scum by her actions and the cycle keeps going on....most of the prisoners come from single mother homes with siblings from several different men. All are probably on the tax payers dime. Females should learn to keep their legs from spreading for every thug that wants in...they are truly disgusting...


43 posted on 02/14/2012 12:44:44 AM PST by goat granny
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To: DollyCali
They played with him, read, spent time etc.

Yes, I did that. We made up games. It was fun.

44 posted on 02/14/2012 12:52:54 AM PST by TChad
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To: grundle
There is an epidemic of sorts going on with late 20 - late 30's mothers allowing almost strangers into their home and into kids lives. The attitude of both the mothers and boyfriends is that of narcissism. They don't want the children as such but they don't want another responsible adult raising them either.

Sad too say in most states the kids in cases like this eventually go back to the mother. The courts and agencies which are supposed to step in and protect the children are instead focused on the mother and a perverse reunification agenda.

These are NOT cases where the mothers may have an actual mental illness but rather they are cases of the mother and usually the father of the children don't care. Their partying, their wants, their fun, comes first. Woe unto anyone including a child who stands in the way of it.

A safety net that was once there for children in bad situations is gone. Not so many years ago family could step in and take the kids and judges would allow responsible family members to adopt. But the judges won't allow it and the mothers in most cases do not want family member too raise the kids either. The kids if they don't get returned to their mother will spend the rest of their childhood in foster care till 18 years old.

Abusive parents and abusive boyfriends of mothers have learned they can play the legal system for years as liberal judges and a very liberal childrens protective services in many states refuse to terminate parental rights.

45 posted on 02/14/2012 12:57:29 AM PST by cva66snipe (Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?)
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To: grundle
Donovan's 5-year-old brother was home at the time and witnessed some of the attacks, but was not harmed, according to the police.

On the contrary, he was harmed.

He'll probably carry the psychological scars for the rest of his life.

Regards,

46 posted on 02/14/2012 1:12:15 AM PST by alexander_busek
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To: Bellflower
. . .uncontrollably violent?

As opposed to controlled violence? This beast seemed to me to be quite controlled.

47 posted on 02/14/2012 2:02:47 AM PST by Misterioso (The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow. - Ayn Rand)
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To: Tex-Con-Man

Yep.


48 posted on 02/14/2012 2:11:44 AM PST by Semper Mark (Militia of one.)
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To: cherry

Actually, murders by step mothers is pretty high up there, if not higher. It cuts the child support their studs have to pay.


49 posted on 02/14/2012 2:11:44 AM PST by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: cherry

http://www.in.gov/judiciary/opinions/pdf/04010801rts.pdf


50 posted on 02/14/2012 2:26:18 AM PST by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: gunsequalfreedom

“Come let us reason together saith the LORD......” (Isaiah 1:18a)

No, you are wrong, boy friends, especially live in boy friends, are the most abusive, and deadly to the children, and even to the mothers.


51 posted on 02/14/2012 2:26:39 AM PST by LetMarch (If a man knows the right way to live, and does not live it, there is no greater coward. (Anonymous)
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To: TChad

It is not bigoted, it is fact!

Now I’m the husband of a wife(54 years next month) that kept over 13 foster children(not all at once). And we adopted our first child, a son, then my wife became pregnant, we had a second son, then 5 years later we had a daughter.

Now you have focused on youself, and was offended, please focus on the victims.

May we remember, before anyone keeps foster children, they are thorougly investigated, and matched up with the children, as are those that are adopted.

My wife and I loved those children, most of them returned to loving homes.

Two verses of scripture will remind us of our accountability:

“But if any(man) will not provide for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.” (1 Timothy 5:8)

“By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.” (Proverbs 16:6)

The Lord Jesus said; “If any will offend one of these little ones, that believe in Me, it would be better to put a millstone about his neck and jump into the deepest sea.”
(Matthew 18:2-6)


52 posted on 02/14/2012 3:00:30 AM PST by LetMarch (If a man knows the right way to live, and does not live it, there is no greater coward. (Anonymous)
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To: Darren McCarty

I agree. This animal doesn’t need a nice, clean bullet. He needs to be methodically beaten to death, making sure every bone in his body is broken before he dies.

The mother deserves the exact same punishment.


53 posted on 02/14/2012 3:11:56 AM PST by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: youngidiot

“And he wanted the mother to say the boy had fallen.”

What were they going to say he fell from? A U2 spy plane?


54 posted on 02/14/2012 3:19:13 AM PST by castlegreyskull
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To: cherry

Equating ALL men with THIS monster is beyond absurd.


55 posted on 02/14/2012 3:27:02 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
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To: grundle

yes, vagina trumps child yet again


56 posted on 02/14/2012 3:38:31 AM PST by silverleaf (Funny how all the people who are for abortion are already born)
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To: Bellflower

From what I see I would say it is from being not raised and allowed to run wild in a feral environment. Being exposed to inappropriate movies & adult behavior. And work, education, and reading are not priorities whatsoever. So you get things like this semi human that come along.

RIP Donavan, you never had a chance.


57 posted on 02/14/2012 3:40:06 AM PST by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: youngidiot

58 posted on 02/14/2012 3:41:36 AM PST by SkyPilot
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To: gunsequalfreedom
I'm sorry to say this but males have no business babysitting children that are not their own....nature is nature...

Probably thinking of male lions who kill cubs so they (the male lion) can mate with the mother. It seems he applied that behavior it to our species.

59 posted on 02/14/2012 4:06:47 AM PST by luvbach1 (Stop the destruction in 2012 or continue the decline)
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To: butterbean

In Connecticut the RATS are again trying to eliminate the un-enforced Death Penalty after the infamous pair of murderers in the Cheshire case were sentenced to death.

This would deny proper justice for this case He should be fried on low, variable, randomly programmed changing juice and she should get life at hard labor.

The native Americans might tie down branches from two trees and attach one to each leg and play ‘wishbone’ by releasing both branches simultaneously. Same could be done using 2 vehicles.

Products of Liberalism gone bad.


60 posted on 02/14/2012 4:24:57 AM PST by Surrounded_too
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