Police shoot man who stomped toddler to death
AP
Published: June 16, 2008, 08:07
Turlock: Police killed a 27-year-old man as he kicked, punched and stomped a toddler to death despite other people's attempts to stop him on a dark, country road, authorities said.
Investigators on Sunday were trying to establish the relationship between the suspect and the child they say he killed Saturday night. The Stanislaus County coroner said the boy appeared to be between 1 and 2 years old based on his size, according to county sheriff's deputy Royjindar Singh.
"It's been a long night of wondering, 'Why?' - not only for the officers and the passers-by who stopped and tried to help out, but for anyone. Why would somebody do this?" Singh said.
Singh said the coroner does not plan to confirm the identities of the suspect and victim until Monday. Because his injuries were so severe, the child will have to be identified through a blood or DNA test, he said.
The suspect had a child's car seat in the back of his four-door pickup truck. The truck caught the attention of an elderly couple at 10:13 p.m. Saturday because it was stopped in the two-lane road facing the wrong direction, Singh said.
As they got closer, the couple saw the man brutally beating the toddler behind his truck and throwing the child on the ground, according to Singh. Two or three other cars stopped, an unusual number to be passing through the remote area surrounded by a dairy, a cow pasture, a cornfield and a farmhouse, he said.
"What we got from witnesses is he was punching, slapping, kicking, stomping, shaking," Singh said. "They tried to intervene and get involved, but their efforts really didn't have an effect. The suspect was engaged in what he was doing. He just pushed them off and went back to it."
A sheriff's helicopter responding to emergency calls from the area landed in a cow pasture at 10:19 p.m. carrying a Modesto police officer who shot the man to death after he refused an order to stop beating the child, Singh said.
Paramedics tried to resuscitate the toddler, who was not breathing when they arrived. The boy was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
No children within the dead boy's age range have been reported kidnapped or missing in Stanislaus County, Singh said.
The incident happened on Bradbury Road about 10 miles west of Turlock, a city located about halfway between Sacramento and Fresno.
Source: Gulfnews.com
Speed Comments:
My heart shred into pieces whenever I hear such news!!
He killed a toddler who was 1 or 2 yrs old only ? what was his fault??
Unfortunatly,
The truth lies with them,
Yet it is maybe the worst type of violance
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it is better to not have shot him, he should be beaten to death also!!!
As opposed to a front clothed choke hold?
I do believe he deserved more pain than a piece of led from a deputy...
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I am willing to bet that this guy was high on Angel Dust aka PCP....
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Shucks! The poor baby!
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oh this news makes me sick to my stomach...your right speed, having two toddlers myself, it pains me to hear what other defenceless babies and toddlers have to endure from cruel parents...
Gypsy is right, sadly it happens everywhere around the world...makes me angry when i think about this...
From what it sounds like they tried, but he kept breaking away. When someone is caught in a rage (like he must obviously have been) it can be nearly impossible to restrain him or her.
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im speechless.. this is bad, sooo bad that i can't even describe what to feel nor what to say to this, simply upsetting...:(
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would feel shocked at this terrible story, you love and cherish your children and they are so trusting, I can't believe this could happen to a poor defensless child.
Yes i have seen few parents hitting their toddlers in the parks and on corniches ... it is sad !
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same is here ... that i why i was so hurt with this news ..
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You are right .. since both of them are dead now they will try find the relationship thru DNA only.
"What we got from witnesses is he was punching, slapping, kicking, stomping, shaking," Singh said. "
This line is really disturbing for me :(
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It sounds like the press are implying it was the childs father. What a sin. :(
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of the scene ..
Although it's funny but here it's :-(
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really...i felt pain and misery in myself reading this article...
and i would like to add....don't like the parents at all who display their anger on kids in public...
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but i really feel sorry for the toddler ...
I have a daughter almost 1 yrs old now that is why i feel so hurt :-(
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Doesn't matter what state he was in. It's a heinous crime. Puzzled why no-one could stop him.
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I feel that this man (could be a father) was under the influence of Alcohol and toddler must be crying due to hunger or fear ???
GOD KNOWS !! but again as you said he was a 'Defenseless baby" !
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Oh my God. What evil. Poor defenceless baby :(
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