WV WV - Aliayah Lunsford, 3, Lewis Co., 24 Sep 2011 #14 *Guilty*

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DC, an older sister of Aliayah Lunsford, testified that she saw Lena Lunsford strike Aliayah Lunsford with the slab of a wooden bedpost on the night of September 23, 2011.

“I saw the strike with my own two eyes,” she told the court Monday morning.

DC, who has since taken the name of her adoptive father, was nine at the time of the allegation. She’s now 15.

She told the court that when she went to bed, Aliayah Lunsford was still alive. She checked on her during the night, and said Aliayah was breathing.

By the morning of September 24, the three-year-old girl who had been the subject of a missing person’s search for five years, was non-responsive, DC said.

DC also told the court that she saw Lena Lunsford conceal Aliayah’s body in a clothing hamper. She then said the entire family was taken by car to a rural area about 20 miles away called Vadis.

Lena Lunsford then left the family’s van with the hamper, DC said, and returned covered in dirt.

“It seemed like forever,” DC said during testimony.

DC said her mother asked the children to “promise that they wouldn’t tell anybody the events of what happened that day.”

“After everything was clean, we did the plan and then we called the police,” DC continued.

“I was afraid of making that promise, and that she would hurt us.”

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http://wajr.com/aliayah-lunsfords-sister-i-saw-the-strike-with-my-own-two-eyes/
 
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DC also said her mother “very heavily cleaned the house” and “that she seemed frenzied and worried” in the immediate aftermath of Aliayah’s disappearance.

DC also suggested that Lena had treated Aliayah much worse than the other children while she was alive.

“She was in trouble a lot and was made to drink salt water,” she said.

“I assumed it was because Lena was jealous of the relationship Aliayah held with her grandma.”

There were other signs that Aliayah was being singled out, DC said.

“Whenever we’d eat, she wasn’t allowed to eat at the same time. Sometimes she would get to eat after. Sometimes she would not.”

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http://wajr.com/aliayah-lunsfords-sister-i-saw-the-strike-with-my-own-two-eyes/
 
Poor baby [emoji174] I will never understand


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This is heartbreaking. Anyone who would make their children testify like she is has no soul.
 
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I can't believe how long it has been. Poor Aliayah.
Nearly 7 years, shocking. It does not feel like that long. Praying for justice.

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We all suspected what happened to Aliyah, but hearing the details made me sick to my stomach. That sweet little baby was beaten, left in the corner and then put to bed to die. I've seethed in anger for almost seven years, that Lena hadn't faced any consequences. She lived her life for herself, and whatever man she was with at the time. All the kids were always an afterthought in her life. Thank God they were all removed!!

Vickie, if you are reading here; thank you for being such a strong advocate for our little brown-eyed girl. Lena will be found guilty, I have no doubt. Please hug the girls and tell them how brave we think they are for telling the truth. I'm praying for all the kids, and your family. Hugs~
 
Thank you (again!) all for posting tweets & articles!

:tears: reading DC's testimony.... poor Aliayah!! WHY???!!!! :gaah: and then she can't pled guilty and make her daughters testify on what happened....

just more :tears:
 
Tuesday, April 17th:
*Trial continues (Day 2) (@ 9am ET) - WV - Aliayah Lunsford (3) (Sept. 24, 2011; not found) - Lena Marie Lunsford Conaway (34), "mom" indicted (3-6-17) on 4 counts: Murder of a child by parent by failure to provide necessities, which carries a life sentence; death of a child by parent by child abuse, which carries up to 40 years in prison; child abuse resulting in injury, which carries 1-5 years; and concealment of a dead body, which also carries 1-5 years. Pled not guilty. Jurors consist of 12 women, 2 men & 2 women alternates.


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I can't believe how long it has been. Poor Aliayah.

She looks so sad and lost in her little picture, hey. Lost even before she was lost. So sad. She was adorable. Been such a long time for this trial.


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I truly believe Lena's children were, for her, an unfortunate side-effect of her life-style.
 
This is one of the hardest cases to her details about. It is so hard for me to fathom people can be so cruel. And the sisters .... I hurt so for them having to tell what they know in court. Although —- it may have a positive side in letting out all their hidden secrets. That alone has been a terrible thing for them to carry all this time. Bless those girls; I hope they are having a good life now.

Thanks to everyone for the good tweet coverage.
 

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