THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: xnikki118x on November 29, 2006, 02:52:59 AM
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061128/ap_on_re_us/baby_death_microwave
DAYTON, Ohio - A mother was arrested on suspicion of murdering her newborn daughter by microwaving the baby in an oven. China Arnold, 26, was jailed Monday on a charge of aggravated murder, more than a year after she brought her dead month-old baby to a hospital. Bail was set Tuesday at $1 million.
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"We have reason to believe, and we have some forensic evidence that is consistent with our belief, that a microwave oven was used in this death," said Ken Betz, director of the Montgomery County coroner's office.
He said the evidence included high-heat internal injuries and the absence of external burn marks on the baby, Paris Talley.
Arnold was arrested soon after the baby's death in August 2005, then was released while authorities investigated further. Betz said the case was difficult because "there is not a lot of scientific research and data on the effect of microwaves on human beings."
The death was ruled homicide by hyperthermia, or high body temperature. The absence of external burns ruled out an open flame, scalding water or a heating pad as the cause, Betz said.
Arnold's lawyer, Jon Paul Rion, said his client had nothing to do with her child's death and was stunned when investigators told her that a microwave might have been involved.
"China — as a mother and a person — was horrified that such an act could occur," Rion said.
The night before the baby was taken to the hospital, Arnold and the child's father went out for a short time and left Paris with a baby sitter, Rion said. The mother didn't sense anything out of the ordinary until the next morning, when the child was found unconscious, Rion said.
Arnold has three other children.
In 2000, a Virginia woman was sentenced to five years in prison for killing her month-old son in a microwave oven. Elizabeth Renee Otte claimed she had no memory of cramming her son in the microwave and turning on the appliance in 1999. Experts said that Otte suffered from epilepsy and that her seizures were followed by blackouts.
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Um, yeah. That's pretty sick, even for someone who thinks dead baby jokes are hilariously distasteful.
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I'm sorry, but am I the only one that immediately thought of Heat?
(http://www.tatteredcoat.com/images/heat-pacino-great-ass.jpg)
AN ASSHOLE JUST FRIED HIS BABY IN THE MICROWAVE BECAUSE IT WAS CRYING TOO LOUD!
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I read this on cnn.com earlier today and it made me fucking nauseous. God, I don't know how someone could do something like that. I'm a pretty disturbed individual, but holy fuck, I can't fathom the mental problems associated with something like this. Makes me sick.
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PICS?
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lazy modern murderous housewives
back in my day we used the oven
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seriously, this makes me feel weird and gross.
Just sick to think about, very sad. If that woman is guilty, I wish we could sentence her to a similar fate...
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seriously, this makes me feel weird and gross.
Just sick to think about, very sad. If that woman is guilty, I wish we could sentence her to a similar fate...
I'd love to push the "START" button on that one.
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It wasn't me I swear!
ya I read this in our newspaper yesterday, sick shit is always happening in Dayton. That's why I'm getting the fuck out of here as soon as I graduate.