Incriminating Statement Made at Police Polygraph Rod O’Farrell, the defense attorney for Steven A. Torres, recently filed a motion in the Saginaw County Circuit Court. They had hopes of having an incriminating statement Torres made to police suppressed during the upcoming trial. But Judge Darnell Jackson, having heard all of the testimony about this particular case,…
Category: Child Abuse 1st Degree
Mio Man Accused of First Degree Child Abuse and Murder Richard Watson, originally from Mio in Oscoda Township, is accused of abusing and murdering the infant daughter of his Midland girlfriend. He has been charged with first degree child abuse, homicide and open murder, following the baby’s death and a very brief investigation into the…
Alexandra Alexi Bound Over for Trial Alexandra Alexi, a Lansing mother charged with abusing, torturing and causing the death of her infant son, Julian Alexi, has been bound over for trial in the Ingham County Circuit Court. She is facing felony charges of first and third degree child abuse, torture and open murder.
Hilary Ulp Arraigned on First Degree Child Abuse Charges Just after 9 o’clock on a Friday morning, Kevin Kuras picked up his 14-month-old son, Nicolas Kuras, only to discover that something was terribly wrong with his baby. The child was completely unresponsive, his head flopping around on his neck. Frantic, he had his girlfriend, Hilary…
Brian Keith Roberts, a 41-year-old resident of Kalamazoo, was sentenced to life in prison on April 27 for the abuse and resulting murder of his 2-year-old son. The little boy, Nehemiah “Nemo” Dodd, died earlier this year on January 2nd from injuries that doctors said were consistent with child abuse.
Neighbor Reports Child Abuse 44-year-old Joshua Robert Demott of Flint has been charged with first degree child abuse, torture, and also first degree child abuse in the presence of another child. These are very serious charges and could result in a lifetime spent in prison. But in the wake of a neighbor’s tips to police,…
Siblings Knew about Dead Children At her arraignment, Mitchelle Blair showed little emotion, and with the exception of repeatedly scratching her face, had little to contribute to the proceedings. Accused of torturing and then murdering two of her children, then storing their bodies in a freezer, Blair is looking at the possibility of a lifetime…
The death of a baby is a tragedy. But when the infant is found to have sustained head wounds before passing away, it is only natural for authorities to wonder if there is perhaps more to the story. In this case, it has resulted in a teenaged father being charged with abuse and murder. …
The preliminary hearing for Steven A. Torres and his wife, Erica Jackson-Torres, the Saginaw couple facing charges of 1st degree child abuse, took place just last month in the Saginaw County District Court. But this case took like it may take a while to untangle, as there is a good deal of “he said, she…
Child Abuse Conviction Results in Prison Time Defendant Charlisa Wood, 22, was sentenced last month for the torture, abuse, and assault of her boyfriend’s young son. A jury found her guilty in December, 2014.