Boy beaten to death while mom serves in Iraq

[Roon]

CALUMET CITY, Ill. - A man beat his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son to death after she left the boy in his care while she was deployed to Iraq, police said.

A judge denied bond on Saturday for Donell Parker, 23, who is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Cameron Smith. Parker was charged Friday, a day after the boy was found dead in his bed in a suburb south of Chicago.

Judge Frank Castiglione said at Saturday’s bail hearing that Parker showed a “wanton disrespect for human life.” Prosecutors told the court the boy suffered multiple rib fractures, damaged internal organs and swelling around his brain.

Cameron was punched in the head, stomach and chest, and whipped with a belt from Tuesday to Wednesday evening, O’Meara said. An autopsy found he died of blunt-force trauma to the abdomen and head, O’Meara said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18884363/

[Deja Q]

1. Beyond despicable.

They can do with Donell what they like.

[DS1]

2. He'll suffer the same fate in prison

not that I'm condoning prison violence, but in this case ~ tough luck

[Kat45]

3. I hope they let her come home to put her son to rest.

That's horrible. It's bad enough she's over there, then this happens! What's wrong with that man?

[philosophie_en_rose]

4. I can't imagine the pain she must be going through.

He had her other two children as well.

:(

[UrbScotty]

5. That's just sick. (nt)

[Breeze54]

6. Why didn't you post this in GD or GD Political?

IMHO, you should!! This is awful!!

:grr:

[realisticphish]

9. meh

doesn't really fit GD. The Lounge is just off-topic, it's not always happy-joy.

Glad they denied the fucker bond

[GoddessOfGuinness]

7. For some things, tears are the only words that come to mind

...

[u4ic]

8. I feel for that poor little boy, and his mother

:cry:

Parker is a shitty fucking excuse for a human being. :grr: :nuke: :grr:


I HOPE she can attend his funeral. I can't even begin to imagine how she feels.:hug:

[Nicole]

10. That poor baby.

:cry:

"Family members said Cameron’s father, Gary Smith Jr., 27, had been deployed to Iraq last August and last saw his three children on a brief leave in January. O’Meara said the children’s parents were separated."

What a horrible thing for the other kids to go through without their parents nearby to comfort them.