GUILTY KY - Amy Dye, 9, murdered, Todd County, 5 Feb 2011

[AsoldiersGrits]

onther link

http://www.theleafchronicle.com/art...ounty-schools-to-help-students-after-homicide

 

[fhc]

http://www.wbko.com/news/headlines/Suspect_Arrested_in_Child_Murder_115522304.html

Updated: 6:34 PM Feb 7, 2011

Video interview with LE

Doesn't sound like we will be hearing anything unless or until this minor is certified to be charged as an adult. Can not confirm if the 17 yo is related.

 

[FifthEssence]

Evidently LE didn't have to look too far beings the arrest was prompt.



REST IN PEACE AMYTHZ RAYNE DYE ~ .

 

[Texas Mist]

Students, Teachers React to 9-year-old's Death

The news of Amy Dye's death spread quickly throughout Todd County over the weekend, and left many people who knew her in disbelief.

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Outside Amy's family, one of the people who likely knew the 9-year-old best was her fourth-grade teacher, Krista Stratton. Stratton says Amy was a smart, caring and sweet little girl.
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"She was very happy, very outgoing, very social. There was no place, it seemed, that she would rather be than here," Stratton said.

more here + video

http://www.wbko.com/home/headlines/Students_Teachers_React_to_9-year-olds_Death_115517749.html

 

[LMax]

 

[SuziQ]

Bumping up for Amy. Nothing new being reported.

 

[FifthEssence]

http://www.fox17.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wztv_vid_6218.shtml

17 yr old suspect is relative living in an underground home on the family's property.



VIDEO story also.

A source close to the case says Amy Dye was sent out to repair holes on the gravel driveway on the property Friday night as punishment for stealing food at school. ( was she malnourished ? I'm sick )

She disappeared around 6 PM and was reported missing at 10:20 PM.


As most suspected, police didn't have far to look.
WHAT a tragedy.


Rest in Peace AMY.

 

[SuziQ]

Stealing food? I hope mom and dad are being investigated for that problem. I want to know how the school handled this. Did they question why she was taking food? Or did they get her into trouble by reporting the theft to the parents, the same parents who were probably not giving her food to begin with.

 

[x117236]

News has reported that the 17 year old is her brother.

 

[carbuff]

It's probably not a good idea to jump to conclusions about the parents based on this one report. Kids steal food at school for lots of reasons other than being hungry -- we had one family incident where one of our kids stole candy bars at school because we didn't buy them candy at home, and a neighbor's kid was stealing one kid's lunches to get back at that kid for bullying him on the bus. Neglect is always a possibility, but not the first thing I'd think of.

 

[Hopeful One]

This case is really disturbing. And the link above states the boy lived in an "underground home" on the property. What on earth is an underground home????

 

[SuziQ]

This case is really disturbing. And the link above states the boy lived in an "underground home" on the property. What on earth is an underground home????

Those I see around here are underground except for the top three or so feet. That is where the windows are placed.

 

[nursebeeme]

A Todd County teen will be forced to grow up fast facing when he faces murder charges as a adult. 17 year old Garrett Dye is accused of killing his cousin, Amy Dye on February 4th.

http://www.fox17.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wztv_vid_6265.shtml

much more at link/in video at link

case goes before grand jury this week

 

[nao]

The Trenton Topix has a fair bit of chatter going on about this case. The underground home is described as a basement suite which sounds a lot less strange than an underground home. The family dynamics are also discussed.

 

[Missizzy]

Once again, I have to interject that this little girl was adopted by her aunt. Adopted equals some issues. Of my very well fed eleven adopted children, four have been suspended numerous times due to food stealing at school. A very very common issue. It absolutely does not prove that she was being deprived at home. JMO

 

[Missizzy]

A good reference concerning food issues and the adopted child:

http://www.adopting.org/DeePaddock/html/proactive_parenting_.html

"....Lying or Stealing and Hoarding - Lying is a way of saying, "You can't know me. I'm not going to tell you the truth about who I am because if I do, I've let you in. I will live in a world I can control because I'm the one in charge of what's true and false." Children will even lie about crazy things ... like denying they took a whole roll of toilet paper and attempted to flush it down the toilet when the evidence is right there.

Stealing comes from a child's belief that no one can meet his needs but him. It takes trust and vulnerability to ask for what he wants and needs from his adoptive parents. Instead, an adopted child may simply take it. Stealing can be a behavior that also satisfies a child's desperate need for control over others.

Hoarding is a related behavior. Having lost their most important connection once, adopted children may respond by hiding stashes of candy, food or other objects they think will keep them safe. Older adopted children may also remember losing all their "stuff" when they were placed in an orphanage or foster home. With those losses in mind, they can obsessively cling to their new possessions like little misers. Hoarding also gives them a feeling of power and control - the bag of candy or box of food they've hidden is something the world can't take away...."

more at link


I cannot tell you the number of times our children went to school after eating breakfast and stole someone's lunch on the bus and ate it. Our kids were/are well-built and physically healthy. They dressed nicely and had great manners but no matter how much love and healthy food was given to several of them, it was never enough. I've had children steal Rolaids from teacher's purses, Cokes from the teacher's lounge, birthday cupcakes for another child's birthday out of a teacher's car, and packaged snacks from the student store in middle and high school. I have, in my files, a handmade cardboard sign which says "Want Fuud" which was held up by my 13 year old special needs son in the middle school parking lot. He stood there, sucking his thumb and holding up his sign until someone called us. Thank goodness people knew our family. It was mortifying. See why our children had other activities rather than Halloween or Valentine's Day? It was just far too much for them. As one of our children made his way through school, each and every class had to have their lunches locked up, everyday. If a lunch wasn't locked, it was gone.

It's not about food, most of the time. And it is a totally different issue than a healthy birth child stealing food. Definitely there are children out there who are being starved. We all know that. However, IME, food issues and stealing small personal items go hand in hand with adoption of children past infancy.

I'm very concerned that this child had some attachment issues and that made her even more vulnerable. Children with attachment deficits are often far more physically demonstrative to strangers than their own families. They are also at great risk as they don't recognize danger, will do just about anything for attention or a treat and seem to have a red flag waving which says, "pick me". It's tragic.

I have no idea if this was the case with little Amy. I've just dealt with hundreds and hundreds of children with this same profile. The general public needs to learn about these issues as one out of every 20 people is adopted and many are adopted past infancy.

 

[Missizzy]

http://www.topix.com/forum/city/trenton-ky/T1DP64IQ73PT9AJGM#comments

Lots of comments, that's for sure. Being that some commenters are being called on the carpet for outright lies should cause everyone to wait and see what this investigation reveals. The fact that the parents were not out searching means nothing. Families are often told to stay in the house during a search and to allow LE to do their job.

All in all, this is a tragedy no matter how it pans out. A little girl was brutally murdered.

 

[Caligram]

Another senseless death of a child. What a shame. Poor little girl. RIP Sweetie

 

[nao]

http://www.whopam.com/news/590-todd-county-teen-indicted-for-murder.html

 

[SuziQ]

I'm sorry. But I'm not getting a warm feeling for the parents here. I still say they might be the reason Amy was stealing food. Humans get hungry and desperate for food. It's the most basic human drive regardless of all the other reasons out there. And more suspects may be indicted? Hmmm, wonder who THAT could be.

http://www.whopam.com/news/590-todd-county-teen-indicted-for-murder.html

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ANOTHER AFFADAVIT SAYS THE PARENTS AND INDICTED SUSPECT REFUSED TO GIVE ANY STATEMENTS PRIOR TO THEM OBTAINING A SEARCH WARRANT.
A PETITION FOR A PUBLIC DEFENDER CONFIRMS SPECULATION THAT 9-YEAR OLD AMY DYE HAD LAST BEEN SEEN SHOVELING GRAVEL AS A PUNISHMENT OUTSIDE OF HER HOME, DESPITE RAIN, SLEET AND TEMPERATURES IN THE 30&#8217;S&#8212;AND IT BEING WELL AFTER DARK.
THE PETITION SAYS THE SUSPECT WAS ALSO SHOVELING GRAVEL AS A PUNISHMENT FROM THEIR PARENTS. THE SUSPECT IS BEING REPRESENTED BY HOPKINSVILLE ATTORNEY DENNIS RITCHIE.
DYE WILL BE ARRAIGNED IN CIRCUIT COURT WEDNESDAY. IT IS STILL POSSIBLE MORE SUSPECTS COULD BE INDICTED AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK WHEN A NEW GRAND JURY IS SWORN IN.