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Parents of dead infant indicted
Published Tuesday, March 24, 2009
A Suffolk grand jury has handed down warrants and indictments for the parents of an infant found dead in her home in December.
Linwood McKinley Jones Jr. and Shawntay Demetria Jones each received four counts of child neglect/abuse, one with serious injury. Each parent also is faces a charge of murder, which was certified by the January meeting of the grand jury.
The couple’s 11-month-old daughter was found dead in their Third Avenue home on Dec. 1, when paramedics were called to the scene. The responders found the child lying on the living room floor, cold to the touch, with rigor mortis setting in her arms and legs.
The parents told police that they had last checked on the child at 7 a.m., more than eight hours before she was found dead, according to police. Officers found the home had vomit on the floor, little heat, no running water and feces standing in the toilet, as well as trash and food covering the kitchen floor. The front yard of the home was strewn with candy wrappers, fast food wrappers and a soiled diaper.
Two other children, ages 3 and 4, were removed from the home by Child Protective Services. Judge Robert Brewbaker ruled, as a condition of the $5,000 bond for each parent, that neither parent is to have contact with the other two children.
The day after the infant’s death, a reporter observed workers from Bestway Rent-To-Own removing a freezer and a large flat-screen television from the home. The men said they had been called and told to pick up the items.
The jury trial on the murder charge, set for June 3, is expected to last for three days.
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Posted by OD (anonymous) on March 25, 2009 at 7:20 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Sorry folks the victim a baby is dead she was innocent. Her so called parents deserve the maximum the state allows, I dont want to hear abt them being a victim, or anyother excuses where they are a victim of society and or they are poor.May I suggest that they use a rusty nail and some burlap string to close her off and use a rusty knife on him. I see no problem with forced sterilization for these two killers.
Posted by Love81 (anonymous) on March 25, 2009 at 11:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)
You are so stupid! Some people just are not as heartless as you are. Because if you had any since you would realize that people are facing hardships not only this family as well as yourself. The situation may have been a crib death. Did you read in the newspaper that the child was removed from the crib before the paramedics got to the scene?DO NOT GET INVOLVED IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE WRITING ABOUT.If you are going to write about something in the newspaper you should know that you are going to receive responses that you are not going to want to read. If you do not know these people you should not judge them. In the bible it says judge not. Have you ever thought of that? You cannot believe everything you read in the Newspaper because you know most of the information they print is put into their own context. They are not Killers.
Posted by KNRMCO (anonymous) on March 25, 2009 at 11:58 a.m. (Suggest removal)
how sad! hopefully thOSE SO CALLED PARENTS WILL NOT GET THEIR OTHER CHILDREN BACK. WHERE WERE THEIR "FAMILY' MEMBERS WHeN ALL THIS WAS HAPPENING? SADLY WHEN THE NOVELTY OF BEING PREGNANT OR HAVING NEWBORNS WEARS OFF AND YOU DO NOT GET THE ATTENTION YOU CRAVED, CHILDREN BECOME A LIABILITY. HANG THEM BY THEIR FINGERNAILS, OR BETTER YET GIVE THEM THE SAME ATTENTION THAT POOR BABY RECEIVED....NONE!
Posted by Love81 (anonymous) on March 25, 2009 at 12:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Who are you to judge? Do you even know those people?If you don't I suggest that you keep those comments to yourself. "DON'T JUDGE!"
Posted by joy2bme1 (anonymous) on March 25, 2009 at 12:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Wheather we know them or not this was the worst kind of crime that could have been committed. This is a very sad thing and it breaks my heart to keep reading this. You keep saying "DON'T JUDGE" what about that baby that will never grow up to have kids what about that. I just want justice to be serve, and just maybe this will never happen again. Nothing against you Love81, but you have to be real with your self.
Posted by Love81 (anonymous) on March 25, 2009 at 12:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)
You say "Be Real" I am being real. We are not God and for us as people to judge so harsh is not the way to be. Yes I understand a child is envolved. I have a question for you. Do u have kids? If you have kids u will realize were I am coming from. In my eyes they are being punished. The reason I say this is that one of their children are gone. The other two they are not allowed to have any kind of contact with them. That is punishment enough. Children that you have birth into the world and not to be able to care and nurture anymore. You and I know that this will cause a great amount of hurt within it self. So when I say don't judge. If you knew these people you would get a better understanding of where I am coming from. It does matter if you know them or not because they are seen as bad people in the newspaper and they are not. They are human and everyone make mistakes. "Realize This" You cannot say that this will not happen to you because u do not know what the future holds and why things happen. I am going to leave you with this."Everything happens for a reason!"
Posted by joy2bme1 (anonymous) on March 25, 2009 at 2:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)
We can go on and on about this, but nothing will bring that sweet baby back not even there death will. I just want people to understand that crimes like this is to close to home. When you see a family in that much of a mess someoone needs to step IN. Having kids dosen't make you a parent let lone a good one. And yes Love81 I do have a child, that's why it touch me so deep. You say everything happen for a reason what was the reason?
Posted by ammine (anonymous) on March 25, 2009 at 4:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Love81 you are too close and when you are too close you cannot see the whole picture. If you knew them so well to defend them as you're doing, and didn't see the red flags of neglect, please consider getting educated on whether or not you are doing right by your own children. Back up, open your eyes and look at what has happened. These adults will now receive better care than they gave that child and deserve now that they are in the "system". A defenseless, helpless toddler was neglected, not cared for to the point of death. PERIOD. No matter how nice, poor or disabled the parents were or how closely related, they FAILED in their responsibility to PROTECT a child in their custody and that child is DEAD. Because of that neither one of them should be trusted anywhere near anybody's child. You sound like a woman who prays, do that for the couple's children who survived. I cannot in my heart wish either of them the bodily harm mentioned here, however I do know hell has vacancies.
Posted by joy2bme1 (anonymous) on March 25, 2009 at 6:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I agree with u ammine, you are so right and I hope Love81 read this and consider that it was a life taken.
Posted by OD (anonymous) on March 25, 2009 at 10:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Love 81 try and express some love for the baby. You say dont judge? You use God in your critizicism of me and you say dont judge? Dont throw your religion at me. I stand in defense of a innocent child AND ALWAYS WILL Tell you what LOVE the idiot woman who has brought 14 kids in the world she is no better than the so called parents of this dead child What is is that you cant understand abt killing or nelgect of a child who dies because of neglect. Parental NEGLECT You say dont judge? See if you can understand the following...
All Christians are not alike.
All Christians do not share the same views.
Neither do all atheists.
Some nonbelievers are moral. Some Christians are not.
Some nonbelievers are happy. Some Christians are not.
Posted by OD (anonymous) on March 25, 2009 at 11:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Love 81 One thing that I am not afraid of is responses to what I write. I enjoy a good and lively debate. Your last words. something abt a reason.Try this...so are you saying God took this child? Why could it be if you belive in that principal? Did God take the child as to protect it from the parents?..Innocent as in child...evil as in the parents Now you be the judge who do you choose to judge? Who do you choose to protect? You called me stupid. You are so tolerant.My remarks in the begining clearly indicated that I am NOT when a child is killed,murdered and yes neglect I accept no excuses from anyone and that includes people such as your self and defense lawyers who attempt to turn the accused into the victim because of society, lifestyle, or background.You choose to critize me with a bibical sense, why not use some LOVE (you use the word as a monkier) why not show and express love in a Godly way and not in a selfish way..
Posted by KNRMCO (anonymous) on March 26, 2009 at 8:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Do not judge? a child is dead of NEGLECT & MALNUTRITION which in my book constitutes abuse. There was no running water, barely any food and heat, feceses in the toilet, and lets not forget that she hadn't been checked on for about 6-8 hours. And their big screen TV was taken away? that is a LUXORY awarded to oneself for a JOB WELL DONE! That poor child died for no reason and her twin sister will NEVER lead a normal life. Everyone has an excuse and they fail to use that gift that GOD gave us called a brain. We all have a concsious and we know right from wrong. I have 2 grown children & i would never have let them live in those conditions..I would deprive myself first before i deprived them. ANd i forgot to mention that my husband is active duty, 31 years, and there were lean times, but we never let it get like this case. there was no reason for her death, none except stupidity.
Posted by OD (anonymous) on March 26, 2009 at 9:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)
KNRMCO:Well said...LOVE?81 See if you can follow along with this. Im sorry that it deals with fact. We live life by man's law but we all attempt to obey Gods law.Both deal with results when one breaks them If you can show me or prove to me that these so called parents havent broken one or the other, please do.
Murder is the crime of intentionally causing the death of another human being, without lawful excuse. When an illegal death was not caused intentionally, but was caused by recklessness or negligence (or there is some defense, such as diminished capacity), the crime committed is manslaughter or criminally negligent homicide, which are considered to be less serious than murder. Manslaughter is often broken into two categories: involuntary manslaughter and voluntary manslaughter.
A difficult issue in defining murder is what counts as causing death. It is impossible to give a precise definition of this, but some legal principles have been developed to help. For example, many common law jurisdictions abide by the year and a day rule, which provides that one is to be held responsible for a person's death only if they die within a year and a day of the act. Thus, if you seriously injured someone, and they died from their injuries within a year and a day, you would be guilty of murder; but you would not be guilty if they died from their injuries after a year and a day had passed.
It is not murder to kill someone with lawful excuse; lawful excuses include killing enemy combatants in time of war (but not after they surrendered), killing a person who poses an immediate threat to the lives of ones self or others (i.e., in self-defence), and executing a person in accordance with a sentence of death (in those jurisdictions which use capital punishment).Virginia does Love 81. Sometimes extreme provocation or duress can justify killing another as well.Virginia does Love 81,I believe that Virginia ranks #2 in the country behind No 1 Texas. These cases of killing are called justifiable homicide.And in this case, I see no reason not to see DA C. Phillips Ferguson not to purse it. June 3rd wont arrive fast enough for this parent and grand parent.
Posted by Love81 (anonymous) on March 27, 2009 at 9:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)
That is a good thing that you have a law book or went on google, ask.com or any of those sites to find the defininition.Because a Dicitionary would have did you some good to.All that you have just written is none and void because you are don't have any back ground or rules for this case at all. I bet you don't even know what a brief is because if you did u have done this info. better than you have. Do u realize in the first story the newspaper did it said she was taken out of her crib by one of her parents. That means this may have been crib death. As for you wasting you time to read and type all that. "YOU NEED TO STOP." June 3rd will arrive when god allows it. U and everyone else will know that these people are not the only gods will,but blessed and highly favored. What do you mean about the grandparents. This is to close to home and I am treating my kids with the up most respect. You guys all I can say to you guys is misery loves company. AND ALL OF YOU WILL REAP WHAT U SO WHICH IS WISHING BAD THINGS TO HAPPEN TO PEOPLE U DON'T KNOW or WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT HAPPENED. THE REASON is that if you people will open your eyes u will see that It was crib death due. SIDS Happens everyday and nobody knows why. I am close so I did see the whole picture none you guys will understand due to the reports editing and putting information that they just want to be a story. My kids are very well taken care of. You don't know what you are talking about because she did not have twin sister. She had two brothers.
Posted by Love81 (anonymous) on March 27, 2009 at 9:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)
All of you need to stop judging, wishing bad things come to others, making remarks inreference to situations and things u don't know what you are writing about. I know that the TV is a LUXORY. I want all you to understand yes a baby has passed on not due to the parents being abusive or vendictive.The child was in a crib first. The child was then taken out to be Resuscitated. You need to follow the story MALNUTRITION was ruled out and food(the house had plenty of food) so that was ruled out to. The charges are neglect. This is to the peson bringing this info. to the situation about the idiot woman who has brought 14 kids in the world. Do you realize babies are a gift from god and it was in god will for him to see fit for her to have those kids. Are you an expert. "NO!" On June 3 the case will be the way god intended it to be.
Posted by KNRMCO (anonymous) on March 27, 2009 at 10:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)
How & where do you get your info? She had (the deceased baby) a TWIN sister and she (the deceased baby) was an 11 month old child who weighed betwen 10-12 pounds at the time of her death. My children weighed between 10-12 pounds when they were 3 months old. That is MALNUTRITION in my book. They said she or her twin had so little body fat on her that you could SEE her BONES through her skin. I suggest you read your papers again to get the correct info that was printed. Check out the story printed in the VA PILOT for reference.
Posted by faithful (anonymous) on March 27, 2009 at 5:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I believe that this is not the time for a debate! God bless the child that has entered into his kingdom. We as people should be praying for this family, instead of trying to point fingers, or decide who is guilty. There are two other kids that need someone out there to show them some love, while their parents can't! They need guidance and support right now. Someone that will be able to answer their questions when they start asking about their mom and dad. We all have opinions about what should or shouldn't happen, but what's more important right now? I understand that we as people of society, are hurt by what has taking place, but instead of debating back and forth, use that same breathe and energy to turn this situation into something positive. Ask yourself, what can I do to help? If your answer is something positive, do it! Words mean
nothing without action......We need to pull our nation together, not separate it. My prayers go out to this family and their friends. May God be with you.....
Posted by joy2bme1 (anonymous) on March 27, 2009 at 6:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I do agree with you faithful?
Posted by OD (anonymous) on March 30, 2009 at 7:05 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Love 81, please provide to me the report that this was a case of SIDS. I explained to you the legal definitions of what you know nothing of.I have seen what can happen to a child who is neglected and even killed at the hands of so called parents.Excuse me, you say dont judge? What do you know of my background.
June 3rd these two parents will be tried by mans law, laws that were created for society to live by. its called law and order. Those who adminster it are they not made up of judges and a jury of their peers? And god will judge them when its their time. Who am I to question the final decesion of the lord? Is he going to sit down and explain it to you and the rest of the world. I have faith and you have no right to question my faith. I live by mans law and attempt to live by Gods laws. It's an imperfect world and its the one you live in at this time. Love how do you feel abt Roe vs Wade?Birth control in general?
Posted by Love81 (anonymous) on April 22, 2009 at 1:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)
SIDS may have been a factor because she was taken out of the crib and placed onto the floor to have CPR performed on her. This is the part that the newspaper editor leaves out of the newspaper. Laws that are made by god should be the only laws u follow. I did not address abortion laws because everyone is intitled to there own opinion. Alot of man made laws are not reasonable.The case that you are referring to dose not have anything to do with what is going on with this issue.
Roe v. Wade is the historic Supreme Court decision overturning a Texas interpretation of abortion law and making abortion legal in the United States. The Roe v. Wade decision held that a woman, with her doctor, could choose abortion in earlier months of pregnancy without restriction, and with restrictions in later months, based on the right to privacy.
I have done a breif for you. I do know about law.
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