The BBC News reported today that child-killer China Arnold has been found guilty for the gruesome death of her one-month-old. The prosecutors said that the child “suffered high-heat internal burns but had no external marks.” And “the baby’s DNA had been found inside the microwave in Arnold’s apartment.” “BBC “Microwave baby killer convicted,” 8/29/2008.
Arnold had confessed to a cellmate that she put her daughter in the microwave “because she was afraid that her boyfriend would leave her if he discovered that he was not the baby’s father.” The jury will decide if she gets the death-sentence.
If I told you I am stunned at the details of the crime I would not be telling you the whole truth. What is more gruesome? The image of a mother putting her child in the microwave; the image of a baby suffering in ways that it could not possibly understand; or the horror both the father and the boyfriend will be subject to for the rest of their lives having known this woman.
In another story, the father of Caylee Marie Anthony, missing since June 9, is a non-entity in news coverage. ABC News reports that bounty hunter, Leonard Padilla’s effort to get Caylee’s mother to talk after springing her from prison have failed. “Mom of Missing Fla. Girl Won’t Return to Jail,” 8/29/2008.
Padilla wanted to convince Casey Anthony to help in the search for her daughter. It seems that was before law enforcement confirmed that “air sample tests taken from Anthony’s trunk allegedly revealed evidence of human decomposition.”
Padilla wanted to get Casey back into jail because of “security concerns.” While the article states that Padilla declined to elaborate on these concerns, I can feel the hair on the back of my neck. There’s a woman walking the streets in Florida who is a danger to herself and others.
I can’t see any good coming out of this arrangement.
To the victims; rest in peace. To the fathers, speak up. Domestic violence is not a male only thing.
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