Child killed for unpluging xbox...
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Little Alayiah Turman's skull was so shattered that a piece of the bone - at the nexus of two fractures - actually broke away and fell off.
Source:http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/local/16227226.htm
"There were skull fractures that ran from the right frontal region all the way to the back, then up and across the top of the head," Philadelphia Assistant Medical Examiner Edwin Lieberman testified yesterday.
"This was, of course, accompanied by marked injury to the brain itself," he said.
Lieberman, who performed an autopsy on the 17-month-old in September, said the toddler died after suffering at least five forceful blows to her head.
Her father, Tyrone Spellman, 25, yesterday was ordered to stand trial for her murder.
In his confession, Spellman said he punched the baby in the face and threw her into a chair in his Brewerytown home because she had yanked the control console of the Xbox game he was playing.
"The controller was still on the bed and she pulled the cord and the whole game console fell on the floor," Spellman told Philadelphia Homicide Detective Jack Cummings.
"I got up and popped her in the face and then I tossed her on a chair," he said, according to his statement. "She was in the chair just sitting there. I took her off the chair and put her on the bed. She was just lying there."
Then, Spellman said, he took a shower and went to the store to buy something to smoke and to eat.
The child's mother, Mia Turman, testified that she was taking a nap when Alayiah was hurt. Turman, who was pregnant at the time, has since given birth to a girl - also Spellman's daughter.
Turman said Spellman had told her Alayiah fell off the bed.
"She had blood coming from her nose. The side of her face was bruised. She wasn't breathing," Turman testified.
During Alayiah's autopsy, Lieberman discovered the child had a weeks-old broken arm that he believed had been caused by being twisted.
The Department of Human Services had visited Spellman's home just weeks before Alayiah's death. Officials were called there by an anonymous tipster who reported that an adult was screaming at the little girl and that there was a hole in the floor of the home, former DHS Commissioner Cheryl Ransom-Garner had told the Inquirer. She has since resigned.
DHS officials made several other visits and even took pictures of the child, but found that "it didn't look like an abusive home," Ransom-Gardner said at the time of Spellman's arrest.
Many now are blaming the cause is due to the violent games out there in the market...
I don't think so... -
wa cb.
what kind of dad is he.
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The value of Xbox...
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F**KING HELL...
You don't hit a toddler for unplugging your control...
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I won't do such things if my psp runs out of juice. Trust me.
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this is a real example of a Noob!
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this is what xbox playin does to people.
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people who aren't ready to be parents shouldn't breed ..... -
wad if its an xbox360?
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These type of arseholes shouldn't have babies!Originally posted by Ito_^:wad if its an xbox360? -
Who Ito_^ or the guy who killed his son?Originally posted by Nelstar:These type of arseholes shouldn't have babies! -
Oops, sorry ito.Originally posted by sand king:Who Ito_^ or the guy who killed his son?
I mean the arsehole who threw his dotter. -
guang wo pi shi.
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one more reason not to get a xbox.
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Thats why buy ps2 safer
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Or psp, like me.Originally posted by alexkusu:Thats why buy ps2 safer -
What a pun.Originally posted by Ito_^: guang wo pi shi.
Anyway sorry abt the misleading post. -
what a father... to punch a toddler just becuz the xbox was unplugged.
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You don't need to be a father to know that it is immoral to punch a toddler.Originally posted by OasisBlue:what a father... to punch a toddler just becuz the xbox was unplugged. -
dangerous, kid may swallow the catridgeOriginally posted by ditzy:Or psp, like me. -
Memory stick!Originally posted by alexkusu:dangerous, kid may swallow the catridge
Memory stick! -
buy ps3 cos its bluetooth control
this kind of dad should be put away long long time -
here's a mug shot of that farker ...
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/crime/philadelphia-man-kills-baby-over-video-game-200561.php -
Actually, I can understand how the dad felt. Just like when I was playing initial d street stage on the psp, i was kissing takumi's bumper when we passed the finish line, and it was my 3rd attempt.
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Sympathizing his feelings is one thing.... but justification is another.Originally posted by ditzy:Actually, I can understand how the dad felt. Just like when I was playing initial d street stage on the psp, i was kissing takumi's bumper when we passed the finish line, and it was my 3rd attempt.