why we need a death penalty (man kills daughter after she unplugs xbox)
10-03-2006, 12:36 PM
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why we need a death penalty (man kills daughter after she unplugs xbox)
PHILADELPHIA -- A 25-year-old North Philadelphia man has been charged with killing his young daughter.
The mother said 17-month-old Alayiah was violently punched by Tyrone Spellman over a video game.
"My baby is gone at the hands of her father," Mia Turman said tearfully. "I have to put her in the ground, I shouldn't have to do this."
As the 21-year-old took a nap inside their row-home on the 1500 block of 29th Street, Turman left Alayiah in the care of Spellman, who also goes by the name Anwar Salahuddin.
Turman said that when she woke, "I asked why my baby not breathing. He says, 'She's breathing.' Her eyes were closed."
Turman phoned police around noon. Medics responded and took Alayiah to Temple University Hospital, where the little girl was pronounced dead at 12:37 p.m.
Police arrested Spellman, who lives on the 1500 block of North 29th Street, over the weekend.
He was charged with murder, endangering the welfare of a child and possessing an instrument of crime.
A medical examiner performed an autopsy on the child.
"His confession was she pulled the cords in the game, the system is -- the box itself -- fell, and he was upset and then responsible for paying for the game, so he hit her in her face twice," Turman said, adding that Spellman also allegedly slung the child over a chair.
Eight-months pregnant with another baby girl, Turman was struggling with how to cope. She said she fell in love with a man who had never been violent before, and she wanted to know what would possess someone to kill a child.
"You can't give me a good enough answer to say why you would kill your baby," Turman said.
The couple's second baby will be born with her dad charged with killing the sister she never met.
"I do not understand this. I will never understand this," Turman said.
The mother said 17-month-old Alayiah was violently punched by Tyrone Spellman over a video game.
"My baby is gone at the hands of her father," Mia Turman said tearfully. "I have to put her in the ground, I shouldn't have to do this."
As the 21-year-old took a nap inside their row-home on the 1500 block of 29th Street, Turman left Alayiah in the care of Spellman, who also goes by the name Anwar Salahuddin.
Turman said that when she woke, "I asked why my baby not breathing. He says, 'She's breathing.' Her eyes were closed."
Turman phoned police around noon. Medics responded and took Alayiah to Temple University Hospital, where the little girl was pronounced dead at 12:37 p.m.
Police arrested Spellman, who lives on the 1500 block of North 29th Street, over the weekend.
He was charged with murder, endangering the welfare of a child and possessing an instrument of crime.
A medical examiner performed an autopsy on the child.
"His confession was she pulled the cords in the game, the system is -- the box itself -- fell, and he was upset and then responsible for paying for the game, so he hit her in her face twice," Turman said, adding that Spellman also allegedly slung the child over a chair.
Eight-months pregnant with another baby girl, Turman was struggling with how to cope. She said she fell in love with a man who had never been violent before, and she wanted to know what would possess someone to kill a child.
"You can't give me a good enough answer to say why you would kill your baby," Turman said.
The couple's second baby will be born with her dad charged with killing the sister she never met.
"I do not understand this. I will never understand this," Turman said.
10-03-2006, 01:09 PM
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I am in complete shock after reading that! 
That is truly F'd up!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe someone would actually beat their own child to death over a video game! 
Even if you don't have a death penalty the fool gave himself a death penalty by becoming a baby killer. Prison still has it's own code of ethics believe it or not.
That is truly F'd up!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe someone would actually beat their own child to death over a video game! Even if you don't have a death penalty the fool gave himself a death penalty by becoming a baby killer. Prison still has it's own code of ethics believe it or not.
10-03-2006, 01:49 PM
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Truly a sad thing. There is so much violence against children going on these days. Look at all the recent school shootings and all the innocent children injured or killed at the hands of a total stranger in most cases.
Sad state of affairs these days.
Sad state of affairs these days.
10-03-2006, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by captain howdy
I am in complete shock after reading that! Even if you don't have a death penalty the fool gave himself a death penalty by becoming a baby killer. Prison still has it's own code of ethics believe it or not.
Even if you don't have a death penalty the fool gave himself a death penalty by becoming a baby killer. Prison still has it's own code of ethics believe it or not.
10-03-2006, 02:38 PM
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The guys in my car club here all work for the DOC here in AZ. They have a special place for guys convicted of crimes like this. Anything having to do with a child is placed in a special "house" where they will never see gen-pop. Not sure of anyother prisons like this but this man deserves whatever comes to him. I don't know how the wife could hear this from him and NOT do something. As someone who has lost a child myself this guy needs to burn. 
10-03-2006, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by en0oNmAI
The guys in my car club here all work for the DOC here in AZ. They have a special place for guys convicted of crimes like this. Anything having to do with a child is placed in a special "house" where they will never see gen-pop.
