GUILTY OH - Ashley Zhao, 5, Jackson Township, 10 Jan 2017

[dyannaON]

Oh wow. I never read that before!!????? ^^^^


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[cvaldez1975]

oh wow. just like jhessye Shockley and aaliyah Lunsford......

Thank you! I hope they do right for her. Bless her tiny little soul. I wonder if they might also take guardianship of the other little girl.

I found the wording of the second paragraph below to be odd. Did Ashley not always live with both parents?


http://www.cleveland19.com/story/34...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
The child's body was claimed on Jan. 14. Ashley's Zhao's paternal grandparents, her father's mother and his sisters from New York are taking care of funeral expenses.
According to the funeral home, Ashley will be flown back to New York where she had previously lived with her grandmother before coming to Ohio a year and a half ago to live with her mother.

 

[osu]

No local funeral service for Ashley Zhao.
Ashley's services will be held in New York City; at a date to be determined. Story: http://ow.ly/ADnY3086fkZ

 

[Jovi Girl]

I think it's very common in some cultures for young children to live with. The grandmother until they are old enough for school. I know a few families that do this.

 

[Spellbound]

I think it's very common in some cultures for young children to live with. The grandmother until they are old enough for school. I know a few families that do this.

Interesting, and something I have never known.

 

[theirmommy]

I think it's very common in some cultures for young children to live with. The grandmother until they are old enough for school. I know a few families that do this.

Interesting. I personally never heard of that.

 

[policyoftruth501]

I've personally seen this done with Asian families. My cousin's wife sent her only child to live with relatives in Nepal for a year when the child was only a toddler. The owners of the nail salon I go to did the same with their children.


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[Spellbound]

I've personally seen this done with Asian families. My cousin's wife sent her only child to live with relatives in Nepal for a year when the child was only a toddler. The owners of the nail salon I go to did the same with their children.


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Do you know why they would do this? Would they not want to raise a newborn themselves?

ETA: I wonder how common this is, particularly if living in US. I did find a few articles that pertain to children being raised by grandparents. Some infer it is to allow the parents time to get financially or career established. Here is anither view: http://www.lovelovechina.com/relations/kids-in-china/

 

[jjenny]

Do you know why they would do this? Would they not want to raise a newborn themselves?

ETA: I wonder how common this is, particularly if living in US. I did find a few articles that pertain to children being raised by grandparents. Some infer it is to allow the parents time to get financially or career established. Here is anither view: http://www.lovelovechina.com/relations/kids-in-china/

If mother and father both work, then who is going to take care of the child? If grandma is retired, she can watch the child full time (and not ask money for it, like a nanny would do).Which presumably why it's done.

 

[policyoftruth501]

Do you know why they would do this? Would they not want to raise a newborn themselves?

ETA: I wonder how common this is, particularly if living in US. I did find a few articles that pertain to children being raised by grandparents. Some infer it is to allow the parents time to get financially or career established. Here is anither view: http://www.lovelovechina.com/relations/kids-in-china/

It's a practice I don't understand. I personally could never send my toddler child halfway around the world for a year, even if they will be with my family. It would just be too difficult to be separated for me personally.

In the cases I'm personally familiar with, this was not done for any type of financial reason. Both families were established and doing well financially. In the case of my cousin, he was in his 60's when his daughter was born and has homes in Nepal and Oregon, as well as rental properties in Little Rock (where my family lives).


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[Owutatangledweb]

Preliminary hearing for Father tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. (if he is not bound over to the grand jury). Haven't checked the other perp's docket yet (having a hard time calling her Mother). Give me a sec....

Chen also set for same time and looks to me like she has a new attorney of record, perhaps retained. Fairly well know criminal attorney out of Cleveland. Or perhaps death penalty certified and Court had to go out of county to get someone certified.

My bet: They both waive preliminary hearing.

https://www.starkcountycjis.org/cjis/list_index_frame

 

[2Hope4]

Such a senseless death! I don't even care what culture, sex, race, age, nor anything else. A child is dead because of senseless violence! I don't understand how you can bring a life into this world, then abuse and kill it. It goes against all nature. Shameful. Disgraceful!

 

[dyannaON]

Video of today's hearing.

https://youtu.be/5xH0FsFlgL8


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[Owutatangledweb]

Both waived prelims. Both bound over to the grand jury. Neither entered pleas.

I smell insanity pleas coming for one or both of them. Guess we'll find out when they are arraigned!

 

[Jo in Calif]

This is pretty interesting as to reasons to waive prelims.

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/when-does-sense-waive-the-preliminary-hearing.html

 

[JerseyGirl]

A few updates on Chen's background (and how she entered the country):

Chen applied for asylum in the US in early 2009. She said she was a former elementary school teacher who faced persecution in China because she practiced Falun Gong, a faith that blends traditional Chinese religion and medicine with Buddhist tenets and exercise.

Chen told immigration officials she left China in August 2008 and paid a "snakehead" - a human smuggler - $68,000 to sneak her into the United States.

About two months after flying from China to Mexico, Chen crossed the U.S. border hidden inside a vehicle. Someone then drove her to New York, where she met an uncle who brought her to Ohio.

Chen told U.S. immigration authorities that she left China after police arrested her for practicing Falun Gong. (Members of the northeast Ohio Falun Gong community have said they didn't know Chen and questioned whether she really has practiced the faith.)

Chen said she turned to Falun Gong to cope with insomnia caused by job stress. She said police arrested her in April 2008 during a raid on her home and kept her in detention for a month. On one occasion, a female police officer hit Chen in the back with a baton and pushed her into a wall. The officer ordered Chen to sign a statement promising not to practice Falun Gong.

Chen initially refused to sign the paper, but after a month in custody, and pleas from her mother, she signed the statement and was released. She had been fired from her teaching job and couldn't find other work. The police told Chen they would jail her permanently if they caught her practicing Falun Gong again.

U.S. immigration authorities denied Chen's application for asylum. They said her account was not credible because of inconsistencies in her story. A judge ordered Chen's removal from the U.S. in late 2009, but she kept making appeals until at least 2012, when the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals declined to review her case.

http://www.cantonrep.com/news/20170122/they-looked-so-nice-what-we-know-about-ashley-zhaos-parents

 

[JerseyGirl]

more background:

Zhao and Chen met while she was working for his sister's restaurant in New York state. Zhao happened to be helping at his sister's restaurant after her delivery driver had an accident.

Chen and Zhao married in March 2010 and gave birth to a daughter in October of that year in New York City.

By the summer of 2011, Zhao was back in Stark County, where he opened Ang's Asian Cuisine in the Gander Mountain plaza. He and his father had run a Lucky Star restaurant in the same plaza for 11 years, but the new name in a new storefront would differentiate Ang's from the Lucky Star eateries run by his uncles.

In December 2011, Chen and Zhao had a second child, Ashley, who was born in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Running the restaurant was a challenge. Regular customers recalled that Zhao and Chen were the only employees in a business open six days a week. Several times during the past three years, Zhao announced on Facebook that Ang's would be closed because his wife, one of the girls or he was ill.

The parent of a friend of Ashley's older sister said the Zhao seemed to be a loving father, and his daughters were "daddy's girls."

http://www.cantonrep.com/news/20170122/they-looked-so-nice-what-we-know-about-ashley-zhaos-parents

 

[ladylove34]

This case seems eerily similar to the case of David Puckett from Colorado? Lets just hope for the child and families sake that it doesn't end the same. If their is a chance this child was gone for 7 hours instead of the, 4-5 hours that was estimated (just saying maybe the mother is ashamed that it took so long to check on the child) before the parents noticed her missing then anything is possiable, even an abduction. Also it is dishearting that both of these children where know to just walk-off, out of the back door on previous occasions, and safe gaurds were not put in place. I am so sorry for the parents of this little girl and hope that she is ok. Please keep praying for this child to come home alive and unharmed this time. My prayes are with this child and family, as well as all the wonderful people who have given up their time to help locate her.

The child was found deceased in the family restaurant. Another pointless loss of life.
I am so angry this has happened AGAIN! Our kids deserved better.

 

[ladylove34]

Does anyone know what caused this childs death? How come this case is considered a murder and not a case of neglect? What evidence does the police have against the parents? I have seen the you tube video of the preliminary hearing, but it doesn't give much information about the evidence in this case.

Thank you to all websleuthers for putting your time and hearts into these cases. It brings hope to the families and to the websleuthing community that we are all here on this planet to help one another regardless, even if it has no impact on your life. Thank you for all of your courage and kindness, it is all inspiring.:loveyou:

 

[Spellbound]

Does anyone know what caused this childs death? How come this case is considered a murder and not a case of neglect? What evidence does the police have against the parents? I have seen the you tube video of the preliminary hearing, but it doesn't give much information about the evidence in this case.

Thank you to all websleuthers for putting your time and hearts into these cases. It brings hope to the families and to the websleuthing community that we are all here on this planet to help one another regardless, even if it has no impact on your life. Thank you for all of your courage and kindness, it is all inspiring.:loveyou:

you might want to go back to the beginning of this thread for all the info that has come to us regarding the parents and why they are charged with murder of their little girl. But a short bit will get you started. The parents reported the child missing, a massive search was done, parents finally told law enforcement where to find the girl and what had happened. So not only a lie about "Missing child" when they already knew she was dead, but hiding her body also.

According to Stark County Jail records, Chen struck Ashley in the head several times with her fist. Zhao found Ashley lying on the floor around 9:15 a.m. Monday. The girl had green fluid coming out of her mouth. Zhao took Ashley to the bathroom to clean her up and laid her on the floor. He realized Ashley was not breathing and unsuccessfully attempted CPR.
http://www.cantonrep.com/news/20170110/update-parents-face-murder-charges-more-details-emerge