I have no words for a case like this. :furious:
Independence, MO
A 1-year-old boy died of injuries allegedly caused by his mother and her boyfriend, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jim Kanatzer.
The boy, whose name wasnt released, suffered from malnutrition, a broken arm, fractured skull and ribs, and a severed tongue, Kanatzer said at a news conference on Monday, announcing the charges against Kyle W. Cooper, 25, and Kimberly Helmes, 21. Each has been charged with one count of second-degree murder and endangering the welfare of a child. They are each being held on $500,000 bond.
Helmes was the boys mother. Cooper was her boyfriend.
According to documents from Kanatzars office and the Independence Police Department:
Independence police were called Friday to the 25000 block of East 31st Terrace South on a report of a 1-year-old who wasnt breathing. The home is in the area of far southeast Independence near the border with Blue Springs at Missouri 7 and Pink Hill Road. Helmes told police she and Cooper had been living there with his parents during this time.
The child was upstairs, lying on the bedroom floor wearing only a diaper. There appeared to be vomit on his left arm and on the floor.
Helmes initially told police she put the baby in a playpen around 4 p.m. Friday for a nap. She checked him about two hours later. He wasnt breathing, and she called 911.
Helmes told authorities the boy had breathing problems for several months.
Police found the boys tongue was grossly lacerated all the way through. The cut ran vertically and covered about half the length of the tongue.
http://www.examiner.net/news/x1780975803/Baby-found-dead-mom-and-her-boyfriend-charged
More at link.
Independence, MO
A 1-year-old boy died of injuries allegedly caused by his mother and her boyfriend, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jim Kanatzer.
The boy, whose name wasnt released, suffered from malnutrition, a broken arm, fractured skull and ribs, and a severed tongue, Kanatzer said at a news conference on Monday, announcing the charges against Kyle W. Cooper, 25, and Kimberly Helmes, 21. Each has been charged with one count of second-degree murder and endangering the welfare of a child. They are each being held on $500,000 bond.
Helmes was the boys mother. Cooper was her boyfriend.
According to documents from Kanatzars office and the Independence Police Department:
Independence police were called Friday to the 25000 block of East 31st Terrace South on a report of a 1-year-old who wasnt breathing. The home is in the area of far southeast Independence near the border with Blue Springs at Missouri 7 and Pink Hill Road. Helmes told police she and Cooper had been living there with his parents during this time.
The child was upstairs, lying on the bedroom floor wearing only a diaper. There appeared to be vomit on his left arm and on the floor.
Helmes initially told police she put the baby in a playpen around 4 p.m. Friday for a nap. She checked him about two hours later. He wasnt breathing, and she called 911.
Helmes told authorities the boy had breathing problems for several months.
Police found the boys tongue was grossly lacerated all the way through. The cut ran vertically and covered about half the length of the tongue.
http://www.examiner.net/news/x1780975803/Baby-found-dead-mom-and-her-boyfriend-charged
More at link.