GUILTY IN - Owen Collins, 3, Bluffton, 17 Jan 2015

[kimi_SFC]

Mom's charges amended..http://wane.com/2015/07/25/amended-charge-filed-in-case-against-mother-after-3-year-olds-death/

[...]Now, the mother, Breanna Arnold, has an amended charge of neglect of a dependent causing death.
[...]
She’s due back in court August 26.

#JusticeForOwen
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[kdgdid]

ZB sentenced to 50 years. Admits striking the toddler in the head. http://wishtv.com/2015/08/06/toddlers-killer-sentenced-to-50-years/

 

[blefuscu]

ZB sentenced to 50 years. Admits striking the toddler in the head. http://wishtv.com/2015/08/06/toddlers-killer-sentenced-to-50-years/

Poor baby

 

[kimi_SFC]

ZB sentenced to 50 years. Admits striking the toddler in the head. http://wishtv.com/2015/08/06/toddlers-killer-sentenced-to-50-years/

From your link
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Outside the courthroom, Owen’s father, Tyler, told WISH-TV’s sister station WANE that he didn’t believe a word Barnes said, saying his apologies rang empty because he himself had been addicted to drugs but never killed his child. The father said he hoped Barnes would receive more prison time.

Barnes was credited with 109 days served.

Indiana law requires Barnes to serve 75 percent of his sentence.

Poor baby

#JusticeForOwen!
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[PASA]

Another link:
http://www.21alive.com/news/local/50-years-in-prison-for-killing-girlfriends-son-320968971.html

I didn't see this link posted earlier.

From the article:
But the prosecutor said proving at trial that Barnes delivered the fatal blow while he was alone with Owen in the mobile home's bedroom would have been extremely difficult, so Barnes pleaded guilty to one count of murder, while all the other charges against him were dropped.

 

[CoverMeCagney]

Mothers trial set for January 2016
http://greatcountry1033.com/trial-date-set-for-breanna-arnold/

Barker's case will not be heard until after hers
http://www.21alive.com/news/local/D...ted-to-death-of-Bluffton-child-323007841.html

I must have accidentally unsubscribed from this thread and just stumbled upon it again - pleased to find out Barnes got 50 years!

 

[twall]

ugh, so disappointed with this. :notgood:

She will not be convicted of anything to do with Owen's death. :maddening:

WELLS COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) The mother of a 3-year-old boy whose body was found burned in a woods in rural Wells County agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors on Wednesday that will see her convicted of a drug charge and free of a high-level neglect count and five other felonies related to his death.

http://wane.com/2016/11/30/mother-of-slain-owen-collins-pleads-guilty-to-meth-charge/

 

[lmadler]

Oh my lord save us. Really?

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[JusticeWillBeServed]

Mother of slain Owen Collins sentenced for meth charge

http://wane.com/2017/01/17/mother-of-slain-owen-collins-sentenced-for-meth-charge/

Breanna Arnold, the 23-year-old mother of Owen Collins, was sentenced Tuesday in Wells Circuit Court to 20 years in prison and two and a half years of probation for a single charge of Level 2 felony dealing in methamphetamine. As part of the deal with the Wells County Prosecutor’s Office Arnold agreed to in late November, additional charges of neglect of a dependent resulting in death, neglect of a dependent, altering the scene of a death, abuse of a corpse and obstruction of justice were dropped.

The sentence was the maximum sentence possible under that plea deal.

 

[MsMarple]

Mother of slain Owen Collins sentenced for meth charge

http://wane.com/2017/01/17/mother-of-slain-owen-collins-sentenced-for-meth-charge/

I will never believe that Owen's mother found him dead when she went to check on him - I believe she knew exactly what happened. While I'm glad she will spend some time in prison I worry that down the road we will see her released after serving just a few years, like baby Brianna's mother.

I'm sick of seeing accomplices to murder, especially a bio mother, get plea deals excusing them of the actual crime. Isn't it time to hold all parties responsible when a child is beaten to death?

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