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Thread ID: 16378 | Posts: 16 | Started: 2005-01-21
2005-01-21 19:48 | User Profile
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Click on above to get blood-boiling story and to get a picture of suspect arrested (it might surprise you).
2005-01-21 20:43 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Jack Cassidy][url="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=519&e=4&u=/ap/20050121/ap_on_re_us/clerk_abducted"]http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=519&e=4&u=/ap/20050121/ap_on_re_us/clerk_abducted[/url]
Click on above to get blood-boiling story and to get a picture of suspect arrested (it might surprise you).[/QUOTE] I'm not surprised at all -- the suspect is a black thug. Nothing to see here.
2005-01-22 06:34 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Quantrill]I'm not surprised at all -- the suspect is a black thug. Nothing to see here.[/QUOTE] I was just kidding. My favorite part of Howard Stern's show was when Robin would be reading about some crime in the news and she'd read the suspect(s) name(s). Whenever she would read a name like Tyree or Jose, Stern and Jackie Martling would immediately say "guilty".
2005-01-22 13:20 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Jack Cassidy]I was just kidding. My favorite part of Howard Stern's show was when Robin would be reading about some crime in the news and she'd read the suspect(s) name(s). Whenever she would read a name like Tyree or Jose, Stern and Jackie Martling would immediately say "guilty".[/QUOTE] Ah, my mistake. Sometimes it is hard to detect sarcasm through forum posts.
2005-01-22 18:05 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Jack Cassidy]Click on above to get blood-boiling story and to get a picture of suspect arrested (it might surprise you).[/QUOTE]
I thought I heard this guy was a marine and just got back from Iraq??
That one is bad, but the worst one I've read about in a while is the following:
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Jan. 5, 2005, 1:01AM
Dad gets 3 life sentences The case uncovered inadequacy of the state's abuse hot line system By RUTH RENDON Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle
GALVESTON - A League City man was given three life sentences Tuesday after admitting he molested his 2-year-old daughter and beat her to death in a case that brought to light an ineffective state child abuse hot line system.
Frank Padilla, 46, was scheduled for trial next month. His guilty pleas avoided a lengthy trial in which he faced the death penalty. He likely will have to serve 70 years in prison before being released.
An unconscious Linda Gloria Padilla was taken to a Nassau Bay hospital by her father on Aug. 8, 2003. Padilla told hospital officials the girl had fallen off a sink but later confessed to police that he had beaten her because she wet her pants.
The little girl, who never regained consciousness, was transferred to a Houston hospital where she died Aug. 13, 2003, after being taken off life support.
An autopsy showed that the toddler suffered a broken pelvis, broken ribs, a fractured skull and bruises all over her body.
"I think justice has been served today for Linda Padilla," said League City police Detective Marty Grant, who investigated the case. "This animal is off the streets and will not be able to hurt anyone else."
Prior to appearing before state District Judge John Ellisor, Padilla spent about an hour in a conference room with his attorneys and a translator going over paperwork.
He showed no emotion when questioned during an hourlong hearing. Wearing jail scrubs, Padilla answered questions from prosecutors and defense attorneys as he stood before the judge.
Galveston County District Attorney Kurt Sistrunk said defense attorneys approached his office about a possible plea bargain and his office agreed.
"There was nobody else here for her other than us and the League City Police Department," Sistrunk said of Linda Padilla. "Her father was convicted of capital murder and her mother is facing trial."
Padilla, a Mexican national, must serve 40 years on the life sentence for capital murder before being eligible for parole. At the same time, he will be serving one of the aggravated sexual assault sentences and is eligible for parole after 30 years.
Defense attorney Stephen Taylor said it is unlikely Padilla would receive parole on the aggravated assault case when he still would have 10 years to complete on the capital murder case before being considered for parole. Once he completes one aggravated case, then he will serve the second case, Taylor said.
Taylor said the plea bargain keeps jurors from hearing and seeing graphic information about the case. Don Cantrell, another defense attorney, also said the plea agreement was an effort to save Padilla's life.
Taylor said the evidence against Padilla in the sexual assault cases was "very strong."
Frank Padilla's wife, Magdelena, 33, is charged with felony injury to a child by omission and is free on bond. No trial date has been set although Sistrunk said he expects the matter to be addressed by year's end.
The death of Linda Padilla raised questions about the state child abuse hot line system. A pizza deliveryman called the hot line two months before the little girl died to report that the child had a black eye. Frank Padilla, according to the pizza deliveryman, was shielding the girl from the door when he delivered the pizza.
The caseworker who took the call and dismissed the claim was subsequently fired. An investigation into the hot line by the Houston Chronicle resulted in additional workers being hired, installation of an upgraded computer system and other efforts to speed the answering of calls to the hot line.
The Chronicle found that people calling the hot line were being put on hold for extended periods of time because not enough people were answering the phones.
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Jan. 18, 2005, 12:55AM
ER physician honors abused girl's memory Since her death, he's volunteered at women's center By RUTH RENDON Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle
Life for Dr. Thomas Flowers has changed since he helped stabilize battered 2-year-old Linda Padilla before she eventually died from injuries at the hands of her father.
Flowers, an emergency-room doctor at Christus St. John Hospital in Nassau Bay, was set to testify against Frank Padilla in his capital murder trial before the League City man pleaded guilty to capital murder and two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child.
Since the tragic evening of Aug. 8, 2003, Flowers has dedicated himself to volunteering with the Bay Area Turning Point, a local women's shelter, and encouraging more men to volunteer.
Flowers says he wants women to know the shelter is available. Had Magdalena Padilla, the girl's mother, known about the shelter, she could have sought refuge there for her daughter, he said.
"One of the things I always imagined was what if the mom had gone over there on Thursday, then this wouldn't have happened on Friday," said Flowers, whose eyes still fill with tears when talking about the Padilla case.
The death of Linda Padilla highlighted an ineffective state child-abuse hot line system. A pizza deliveryman called the hot line two months before Linda died to report that the child had a black eye. Frank Padilla, according to the pizza deliveryman, was shielding the girl from the door when he delivered the pizza.
Flowers had been on the phone talking to his son that Friday evening when a nurse summoned him with, "Dr. Flowers, I need you now."
The moment Flowers saw the little girl lying on the hospital bed, he knew she was a victim of child abuse.
Flowers led a team of about 10 medical personnel who tended to the child before she was transferred by helicopter to the pediatric intensive care unit at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston. St. John doesn't have a pediatric intensive care unit.
As the child was being loaded onto the helicopter, Flowers said, he did not think she would survive. Then, the girl's mother arrived after being summoned from her job at a Wal-Mart in Kemah.
"We had a stress debriefing afterward," Flowers, 59, said of the medical team that worked on the girl. "It still bothers everyone to this day. I've taken care of all kinds of things" but nothing compared with the Padilla case.
Flowers said he briefly interviewed Frank Padilla.
"He was trying to tell me she fell off a sink and hit her head," recalled Flowers, who has worked at the Nassau Bay hospital about 3 1/2 years. "I stayed in that room about 30 seconds. I just got up and walked out. I said, 'Send the police in there. They need to talk to this guy.' "
Padilla repeated his story to police that the child had fallen but then recanted and confessed to beating the girl because she had wet her pants.
Linda died Aug. 13, 2003, after being taken off life support. An autopsy showed she suffered a broken pelvis, broken ribs, a fractured skull and bruises all over her body. She also was sexually assaulted.
Flowers attended the girl's funeral.
"It just became evident to me that I had to do something. I didn't know what to do. ... The only place I knew of that seemed to address this sort of thing around here was the Bay Area Turning Point.
"I called them up, and they suggested I go to a support group of Friends of Bay Area Turning Point," he said.
Flowers has been a diligent volunteer since and now serves on the board of directors.
Diane Savage, executive director of the women's shelter, said Flowers has spoken to various groups about his experience.
"I think people in general are used to hearing women speak about the issues of family violence, child abuse, rape and spousal abuse," Savage said. "I think we need more men speaking so that they hear men speaking and know men's concerns about these issues because it impacts all of us."
With Flowers' help, the women's shelter is starting a men's advisory council to deal with projects and fund raising. The shelter is facing stiff funding cuts from state and federal grants.
"I think that men may feel that women are handling it. We definitely need to get men involved because it's not a women's issue," Savage said. "It's a societal issue, a family issue, and it's going to take all of us working together to curtail the incidents."
The women's shelter, which houses 55 women and children, has been operating since 1991.
Flowers had planned to testify in Padilla's trial. But Padilla, 46, was given three life sentences as part of a plea agreement that avoided a lengthy trial in which he faced the death penalty if convicted. He likely will have to serve 70 years in prison before being released.
Magdalena Padilla, 34, is charged with felony injury to a child. She is free on bail. A trial date has not been set in her case.
The hot line caseworker who took the call from the pizza deliveryman and dismissed the claim eventually was fired.
A Chronicle investigation into the hot line resulted in workers being hired, installation of an upgraded computer system and other efforts to speed the answering of calls.
The Chronicle found that callers to the hot line were being put on hold for hours because there wasn't enough staff to answer the phones.
Flowers learned of Frank Padilla's plea bargain in the Chronicle.
"If he had gotten the death penalty, I would have been proud to testify against him," he said. "I can live with the fact that he'll never walk as a free man ...
"A year ago I would have been real angry."
Flowers finds solace in knowing that even though Linda Padilla was a victim "of this incredible brutality, she was also the recipient of an incredible outpouring of love that came through me and everybody that tried to save her."
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2005-01-22 18:08 | User Profile
It aint just the blacks that are prone to crime. These Mexican men seem to have some kind of genetic predisposition to sexual abuse and assault. Keep your women well clear of all of them, if you ask me.
2005-01-22 20:19 | User Profile
Hahahahahahaha Tex, the blacks the mexicans and how about the Cubans?
You better check my DNA and let me know.
Ps: don't forget that I am half gringo.
2005-01-22 21:28 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Ponce]Hahahahahahaha Tex, the blacks the mexicans and how about the Cubans?
You better check my DNA and let me know.
Ps: don't forget that I am half gringo.[/QUOTE]
Pipe down. Castro liberated you quadroons from Meyer Lansky... :D
2005-01-23 01:13 | User Profile
Question: If the store video recorded a suspicious male loitering in front of the store for over an hour at that time of night, why the hell didn't store security approach him and ask what he was doing there?
2005-01-23 22:05 | User Profile
Another one for death roll.
2005-01-24 00:35 | User Profile
Jack Cassidy,
Pretty blond girl(Wal-Mart clerk) murdered by Afro-Thug, not the first and it will not be the last.
2005-01-24 01:38 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Howard Campbell, Jr.]Pipe down. Castro liberated you quadroons from Meyer Lansky... :D[/QUOTE]
You may think that that's funny but Lansky kid is the now husband of my X and they have two kids.
Didn't find out about it till 21 years after my divorce they got together in 89 I think it was.
He got himself a very intelligent and beautifull woman in his hands, hope he appreciates her like I did and still do.
2005-01-24 03:13 | User Profile
Stories like this are chronicled daily at New Nation News: [URL]http://www.newnation.org/[/URL]
2005-01-24 04:12 | User Profile
Black Ex-Marine Held In White Clerk's Death
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Prosecutors say they will seek capital murder charges against Johhny Lee Williams the former Marine accused of abducting and killing Megan Holden a 19-year-old Texas woman as she left her job at Wal-mart. The man attempted several other abductions before snatching Holden, police say. Police said Williams, a preacher's son who was discharged last year after four years as a Marine, was arrested last month in Tyler on a cocaine possession charge. He was released the same day on $2,000 bond. - (Gman) - (emphasis by Tyrone N. Butts) Killer was dishonorably-discharged Marine
[url]http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/21/national/main668416.shtml[/url]
Johnny Lee Williams scowled as he was led away in shackles. His mug shot from inside the Cochise County Jail shows the same angry demeanor.
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2005-01-24 21:59 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Texas Dissident]It aint just the blacks that are prone to crime. These Mexican men seem to have some kind of genetic predisposition to sexual abuse and assault. Keep your women well clear of all of them, if you ask me.[/QUOTE] It ain't just the blacks and Mexicans, crime is prevalent in every race. True, it is more prevalent among the minority class, but it is a pock mark on every race. The REAL problem is ungodliness, not the color of one's skin or their genetic predisposition.
2005-01-24 22:03 | User Profile
[QUOTE=DakotaBlue]Question: If the store video recorded a suspicious male loitering in front of the store for over an hour at that time of night, why the hell didn't store security approach him and ask what he was doing there?[/QUOTE]It may be that they do not man the monitors 24/7. That would be my guess. Once the girl was abducted they probably went to look at the video and discovered the loiterer/abductor at that time.