FL - Coralrose Fullwood, 6, found murdered, North Port, 17 Sept 2006

[bakerprune64]

Why is there NO news at all? Is anyone here local to that area?

I haven't heard anything lately either. No I'm not in the area, I just meant in general. I thought they said there would be an arrest soon or something like that.

 

[j2mirish]

Why is there NO news at all? Is anyone here local to that area?

Article in the paper last night that said alot of nothing- just how the department is still doing everything they can, and they have had to tell the officers to take some time off--

 

[RiverRat]

Local reports coming in that the father has been arrested for child pornagraphy.

 

[RiverRat]

October 11. 2006 2:50PM


Dale Fullwood charged with possession of child


By HEATHER ALLEN


The father of 6-year-old Coralrose Fullwood is being held in the Sarasota County jail on two counts of possession of child .

An arrest warrant was issued today and he was arrested at the North Port Police Department at noon.

The child was found on Fullwood's home laptop computer, which was seized when investigators searched the house after Coralrose was found dead on Sept. 17.


http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061011/BREAKING04/61011014

 

[RiverRat]

Murdered girl’s father booked on child charges
Dale Fullwood, 46, was arrested on child charges at noon today, the North Port Police Department reported during a press conference.

The charge is not a part of the probe into the murder investigation into Coralrose Fullwood who was found murdered in the city on Sept. 17. The 6-year-old girl disappeared from the Fullwoods’ house that night. The father, Dale, said he saw the girl about 2 a.m. when he got home from work but was missing around 7 a.m.

The information was gained during the murder investigation, said Police Chief Terry Lewis who ran a press conference. He said there is no suspect in the murder investigation and no one has been eliminated in the investigation.

Lewis said police learned Fullwood had collected the pictures and video during an interview with him the day her body was found. Lewis said detectives asked him if he possessed any chld and he answered yes. When asked where he got it, Fullwood said he’d gotten it peer to peer and from the Internet. He was later interviewed by the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Department. After that, police gained a search warrant for his computer where they gained access and collected the child . The Fullwoods’ remaining four children were ordered by court to live with their grandparents in Lee County.

Lewis said the Department of Children & Families has been notified of the arrest.

The files were evaluated by the Secret Service from Miami, Lewis said. He added those investigators said the at least one of the videos was of a 12-year-old girl and a man.

In relation to the murder investigation, Lewis said there are about 30 people working 24 hours a day, seven days a week on it. There are about 200 leads right now, most of which have been garnered by the police. Tips are still coming from the public, but that is waning, he said.

Fullwood was booked into the Sarasota County Jail on a $50,000 bond. He was charged with two counts of possession of photographs of sexual performance by a child.

His mood, as well as his wife’s, Lewis said, were “very subdued.”

http://www.sun-herald.com/breakingnews/bn_271.cfm

 

[Gmommy]

Article in the paper last night that said alot of nothing- just how the department is still doing everything they can, and they have had to tell the officers to take some time off--

I can respect these officers for wanting to solve this case. I have known a few detectives and I always feel for them when they are investigating crimes against children because they all seem to have it in them to never stop working.

They do need to give themselves a break mentally and physically just to give themselves fresh eyes on the case-it is amazing what a day or two away can do for clarity.

 

[concernedperson]

Well, at least now they can hold him. Son of a gun, I hate this. This explains CPS and his wife not living with him. These things must have been known to an extent.

 

[j2mirish]

I can respect these officers for wanting to solve this case. I have known a few detectives and I always feel for them when they are investigating crimes against children because they all seem to have it in them to never stop working.

They do need to give themselves a break mentally and physically just to give themselves fresh eyes on the case-it is amazing what a day or two away can do for clarity.

i hope my post wasnt taken wrong--- my point was these folks are diligent, and are being TOLD to take time off--- there was NO disrespect meant, if taken that way---- I cannot fathom what these folks see, hear & do-

 

[j2mirish]

Well, at least now they can hold him. Son of a gun, I hate this. This explains CPS and his wife not living with him. These things must have been known to an extent.

I am still hoping and praying he didnt do it== I agree it explains why he and wife werent living together- I am hoping since he was flat out honest when ask about it, and he answered, that means as sick as it is, he had nothing to do with his daughters death--- my hubsand says he did right from the start-- when I read this to him tonight, I ask, or said----there was no sexual assualt on the little girl--and his repsonse was she was perhaps ready to tell-----
I did not like dh answer................................

 

[txsvicki]

I remember one of the news reports saying at the beginning that there were several computers in the home. I thought that was kind of odd for people not even having beds put up or a clean home for children. Dale Fullwood just wanted to get back to normal. Good luck with that.

 

[LinasK]

Well, after reading 14 pages of this thread, I'm getting a very odd picture of this family (plus more than I ever wanted to know about roaches:sick: ). I've gathered that they're an Orthodox Jewish family, mother's a Speech Pathologist (means educated), yet they live in filthy conditions. I'm guessing this is why they had moved, it's easier for them to just pack up and move rather than clean!:doh: the common factor I see is: DYSFUNCTIONALITY. Now the father is arrested for having child on his computer with images of a 12-year-old girl and a man. This is probably why the judge ordered sexual exams of the sisters. My instincts are leaning towards the father being involved rather than an intruder. I think the babysitting poster and the girl's bipolar wandering tendencies may be red herrings.

I'm still unclear on why the mother had a 36-hour-day and had put her back out. Was she helping the CNA's lift patients??? I worked for 13 years as a speech pathologist in nursing homes(even ones with roaches)- my pay with a Master's degree was closer to $40,000/year full-time, and I rarely helped lift patients.

 

[RiverRat]

NORTH PORT -- Cautioning the public not to draw any conclusions and saying it does not represent a break in the investigation into the death of 6-year-old Coralrose Fullwood, North Port police Wednesday arrested her father on two felony counts of possession of child .

Dale Fullwood, 46, was arrested shortly after noon at the North Port Police Department after police asked him to come there for questioning. Fullwood was being held at the Sarasota County jail on $50,000 bail.

Two pornographic videos of a girl under the age of 12 engaged in a sexual act were found on a laptop, one of several computers in the Fullwood home, according to investigators.

Reading from a binder with a picture of Coralrose attached to the front, Police Chief Terry Lewis called the arrest "incidental" and denied any links to the ongoing homicide investigation.

"I don't want to do anything that puts further hardship on the family," Lewis said. "Please remember, don't draw any conclusions."

Police have said the cause of Coralrose's death was "homicidal violence." Preliminary autopsy results did not show any signs of sexual trauma.

It is unclear whether the family has the financial means to bail Dale Fullwood out of jail.

John Coleman, a Fort Myers-based attorney representing the family in a custody battle over their other children, said he doesn't yet know if he will represent Dale Fullwood in the child case.

Fullwood and his wife, Ellen-Beth Fullwood, lost custody of their four youngest children, ages 4 to 12, two days after Coralrose's death when a Circuit Court judge deemed living conditions inside their North Port home "disgusting."

Coleman, who talked to the family Wednesday, called the $50,000 bail "excessively high based on the nature of the charges."

Each charge is punishable by a maximum of five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.

Ellen-Beth Fullwood would not comment on the charges against her husband.

"We've already told you that we do not wish to talk to the press," she said from her father's cell phone.

But Ellen-Beth Fullwood's sister, Marci Bartoe, said anyone in the possession of child deserves to be punished:

"I don't think he should be bailed out. I think jail is the best place for him."

Dale Fullwood admitted to investigators on Sept. 17, the day Coralrose was found dead, that he had downloaded a "couple" of child files that were "probably" still on a laptop. He also told investigators that "two or three" of the files were of children under the age of 18.

Fullwood told investigators that he downloaded the videos from a file-sharing Web site.

Secret Service agents served search warrants at the Fullwood home Sept. 19 and 20, and analyzed the computers at a lab in Miami.

A doctor from the University of Miami analyzed the two videos and determined that the girl on them was under the age of 12.

Ellen-Beth Fullwood arrived at the police station with her husband and remained there for about 90 minutes before heading to her parents' house in Fort Myers, where her children have been living since the custody hearing on Sept. 19.

Another custody hearing is scheduled for next week, where a judge will review the Fullwood case.

"I'll have to evaluate how Dale's situation fits into the (custody) picture," Coleman said.

According to Bartoe, the Fullwoods took drug tests Wednesday in preparation for the hearing before they were called to the police station. The state Department of Children & Families officials also inspected the family's North Port home for cleanliness, Coleman said.

Dale Fullwood's only other arrest in Florida was in 1980 on charges of resisting an officer/attempt to elude, reckless driving and driving on a suspended license. State records do not indicate how he pleaded to those charges.

At his home on Sept. 23, Fullwood shrugged off those charges, saying he was 20 years old at the time. He would not talk about the incident.

Fullwood was born in New Jersey and moved with his parents and siblings to Florida in 1977. The Fullwoods have been married for 14 years, according to Dale Fullwood's older brother, Alan Fullwood.

Fullwood is scheduled to appear before a judge on the charges today.

Meanwhile, the homicide investigation continues. Lewis said he remains confident that an arrest will be made:

"Everybody still feels we're heading in the right direction. This is not a cold case. This is not a one-hour television show."

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061012/NEWS/610120380

 

[RiverRat]

NORTH PORT -- Parents at the bus stop where Coralrose Fullwood once waited for the school bus say that her father, Dale Fullwood, drove by last Friday and waved at them. They said no one responded.

News of Fullwood's arrest Wednesday on charges of possessing child fueled their concerns about the man, and their ongoing fears about how his 6-year-old daughter died. Fullwood told police his daughter was asleep in her bed when he came home from work after midnight on Sept. 17.

The next morning he and his wife reported her missing. Her body was discovered within hours, at a home construction site a short walk from the home.

Police cautioned the media and the public not to draw any conclusions about how Coralrose Fullwood died based on his arrest.

Jessica Rourke, a mother of two waiting at the bus stop Wednesday, said that when Fullwood returned to the family home on nearby Calabash Lane last week, she kept a closer eye on her sons.

While some people said they were not sorry to hear that he is behind bars, the charges haven't shaken the faith of at least one Fullwood defender.

"There's a crapload of people who should be arrested for the same thing," said Tina Rusk of Cape Coral, a former neighbor of the Fullwoods before they moved to North Port in July. "They just don't get caught because they're not under investigation."

Since Coralrose's death, protecting children has become a major concern in North Port and a hot topic of conversation.

"Individually, everybody's talking about it," said Bill Callan, president of the North Port Citizens Alliance.

"What can the city do?" Callan said. "What has the city done to protect the kids here against predators, child predators, sex predators?"

Fullwood has never been convicted of any sex crime.

Last year, copying a similar program in Punta Gorda, the City Commission told North Port police to begin visiting the homes of registered sex offenders once a month, just to keep an eye on them.

"If somebody goes missing in North Port, the first thing we'll be able to do is check the sex offenders," said Commissioner Barbara Gross at the time. "It's protecting our kids, mainly."

Commissioners were briefed before the announcement of Fullwood's arrest Wednesday afternoon.

"Whether the father or someone else (did it) ... I hope this leads to apprehension of whoever did this hideous crime," Commissioner Fred Tower said.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061012/NEWS/610120380

 

[RiverRat]

NORTH PORT -- The father of murdered 6-year-old Coralrose Fullwood was jailed Wednesday on charges he possessed videos of young girls having sex.

Dale Fullwood, 46, was charged with two counts of possession of child after an investigation by the North Port Police Department and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. He was booked into the Sarasota County Jail, where he was held Wednesday night on $50,000 bond.

Fullwood, accompanied by his wife Ellen-Beth, turned himself in to North Port detectives at noon, Police Chief Terry Lewis said at a press conference.

Dale Fullwood told detectives he last saw Coralrose when he got home from work at about 2 a.m. Sept. 17. When Coralrose did not come out of her room that morning, the family could not find her or her comforter and called 9-1-1.

On the day Coralrose's body was found, investigators asked Fullwood whether he had any child . He told them yes, according to his arrest report. He told police he got the files from another computer user and on LimeWire, a computer file-sharing Web site, according to the police report.

North Port Police Lt. Detective Ed Fitzpatrick said Fullwood used a "peer to peer" network to get some of the videos. "Peer to peer" is when two or more people make their computers accessible to each other over a network, giving each access to their hard drives.

LimeWire is a free file-sharing service that allows users to share files such as music, photos and videos.

Lewis said the U.S. Secret Service computer forensic unit in Miami Florida developed the evidence. The Secret Service found two video files on Fullwood's computer, according to Lewis.

According to the report, Secret Service agent Tim Devine had Dr. Walter F. Lambert of the University of Miami's School of Medicine reviewed the video. Lambert said the girl in the video was younger than 12 years old and was having sex.

Lewis said the charges have no relationship to the murder investigation. He cautioned people to not draw conclusions from this arrest as it pertains to the murder investigation and not to put the "two of them together."

The Fullwoods have been working on their home during the past two weeks in preparation to regain custody of their remaining four children, ages 4 to 12. Lewis said police have told the Department of Children and Families about the charges.

Lewis reiterated the murder investigation is ongoing, and their scope is still broad. He has not ruled out anyone as a suspect, nor have police identified anyone.

During the press conference, Ellen-Beth Fullwood was seen leaving the police station. She was unavailable for comment.

"The family is being ripped apart," said Terry Webster, a friend who has been helping the Fullwoods since they returned to their North Port home. "They're being ripped apart by the media, the community and the police."

Webster said the police have no leads, and many people are putting out stories into the community about what they think happened.

"Everybody is pointing fingers and are being cruel to the family," Webster said. "They're still grieving. They need to be together as a family."

After Dale's arrest, Webster said she could not find Ellen-Beth.

"I wanted to make sure she is safe and OK," Webster said. "I just want them to know that no matter what happens, I am behind them all the way."

The Fullwoods have a scheduled hearing on Sept. 19 in Sarasota to determine custody of their four children.

DCF removed the children from the Fullwood's home and granted temporary custody to their grandparents in Fort Myers.

John Coleman, the Fort Myers attorney who represented the family when their remaining children were removed from the home, said Fullwood did not yet have legal representation and it hadn't been determined if Coleman would represent him, The Associated Press reported.

http://www.sun-herald.com/NewsArchive2/101206/tp1ch5.htm?date=101206&story=tp1ch5.htm

 

[RiverRat]

http://news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061012/NEWS01/610120401/1075

Mothers waiting for their children to arrive by school bus at Cartwright Lane and Chamberlain Boulevard, about six blocks from the Fullwood home, acted as if the news was inevitable.

"I'm not surprised," said Tracy Wade, 35. "I was afraid when he was out. But now that he's in jail, the fear is less. The mothers in the area have been suspicious of him from the first he moved here. He was too friendly to children."

In searching for clues to Coralrose's murder, investigators questioned Fullwood on Sept. 19, a probable cause affidavit stated.

"(Fullwood) the defendant was asked if he possessed any child which he stated 'yes,'" the affidavit said.

Fullwood reportedly told detectives that he had downloaded a "couple" child files. Acting on that information, law enforcement authorities obtained a search warrant and confiscated Fullwood's laptop computer.

The Secret Service's Miami computer lab and a physician examined the computer's files and found video of a girl younger than 12 engaging in sex with an older man, the affidavit stated.

The Fullwoods have four other children. A Sarasota County circuit judge ruled on Sept. 19 that the children be sheltered by their grandparents, Saul and Doreen VanderWoude of Fort Myers.

John Coleman, the attorney who handled the custody issue on behalf of the Fullwoods, said he hasn't discussed with the family whether he will represent Dale Fullwood in the case.

"These are issues that will be discussed," Coleman said.

He said Department of Children and Families officials inspected the Fullwoods' North Port home Wednesday morning.

Coleman said state officials also asked the Fullwoods to submit to "testing," but the attorney did not say what that might entail.

The Fullwoods complied, Coleman said.

Coleman said the parents then traveled from Sarasota to the North Port Police Department because they heard that an arrest was imminent. Coleman confirmed there was a warrant for Fullwood's arrest.

Saul VanderWoude said he received a phone call Wednesday saying Dale Fullwood had been arrested, but knew no details.

"I'm trying to deal with a house full of children," VanderWoude said. "That is what is important to me right now."

 

[j2mirish]

http://news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061012/NEWS01/610120401/1075

Mothers waiting for their children to arrive by school bus at Cartwright Lane and Chamberlain Boulevard, about six blocks from the Fullwood home, acted as if the news was inevitable.

"I'm not surprised," said Tracy Wade, 35. "I was afraid when he was out. But now that he's in jail, the fear is less. The mothers in the area have been suspicious of him from the first he moved here. He was too friendly to children."

first of all--- thanks again r/r for these updates- :blowkiss:
second I snipped this article 95% to get to the point I would like to make-
and now I am going to go WAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY out on a limb here- and ready for bashing---
The bolded statement- is the kind of stuff that makes me crazy----- DO NOT MISUNDERSTAND me--- what he was arested for, the 2 child videos---absolutly no excuse--not ok----nodda---nodda zip---
but now this statement this MOM made, makes me feel like if my husband is nice to a child, he must be a pervert-I just dont think that is fair---if he had inapropriate actions that were documented- then this staetement would work-- but now I dont want my husband to smile, or laugh or throw a football with the neighbor kids, cause he might be considered TOO friendly, thus a pervert with child on his computer-
does anybody understand what I am trying to say?

 

[southcitymom]

first of all--- thanks again r/r for these updates- :blowkiss:
second I snipped this article 95% to get to the point I would like to make-
and now I am going to go WAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY out on a limb here- and ready for bashing---
The bolded statement- is the kind of stuff that makes me crazy----- DO NOT MISUNDERSTAND me--- what he was arested for, the 2 child videos---absolutly no excuse--not ok----nodda---nodda zip---
but now this statement this MOM made, makes me feel like if my husband is nice to a child, he must be a pervert-I just dont think that is fair---if he had inapropriate actions that were documented- then this staetement would work-- but now I dont want my husband to smile, or laugh or throw a football with the neighbor kids, cause he might be considered TOO friendly, thus a pervert with child on his computer-
does anybody understand what I am trying to say?

I do hear what you are saying, but, you know, there's still room in this world for loving caring men.

My husband gave a little presentation on Ireland to my son's kindergarten class this morning. It's International Week. Anyway, when he was getting ready to leave, he kissed my son on the top of his head. Another little boy - one of my son's classmates - said to my husband "Kiss me on the top of my head too." and my husband did, without thinking twice. He also hugged a few of the girls goodbye.

Someone else might find these actions strange or suspect. Who knows. Genuine affection (which always involves appropriate boundaries) should be expressed every chance you get.

 

[j2mirish]

I do hear what you are saying, but, you know, there's still room in this world for loving caring men.

My husband gave a little presentation on Ireland to my son's kindergarten class this morning. It's International Week. Anyway, when he was getting ready to leave, he kissed my son on the top of his head. Another little boy - one of my son's classmates - said to my husband "Kiss me on the top of my head too." and my husband did, without thinking twice. He also hugged a few of the girls goodbye.

Someone else might find these actions strange or suspect. Who knows. Genuine affection (which always involves appropriate boundaries) should be expressed every chance you get.

thank you--- that is exacltly my point--- there has to be love and affection left in this world without someone being afraid to express it, for fear the "neighbors" will talk-and again- what you and I consider appropriate boundaries--- others take to the gossip mill, and it turns into an accusation:banghead: my husband coached little guys in ice hockeyfor 5 years, and unfornutaly, began to feel threatened by the news, and reached a point where he was afraid to touch a boy on his team, or put his arms around them, or be left in the locker room for the fear of an accusation--- he would die for those kids, but the "threat" really reached a point, where he was uncomfortable that so sad

 

[southcitymom]

thank you--- that is exacltly my point--- there has to be love and affection left in this world without someone being afraid to express it, for fear the "neighbors" will talk-and again- what you and I consider appropriate boundaries--- others take to the gossip mill, and it turns into an accusation:banghead: my husband coached little guys in ice hockeyfor 5 years, and unfornutaly, began to feel threatened by the news, and reached a point where he was afraid to touch a boy on his team, or put his arms around them, or be left in the locker room for the fear of an accusation--- he would die for those kids, but the "threat" really reached a point, where he was uncomfortable that so sad

I am sorry your husband had that experience. That's a shame. You are right that gossip of this nature can be so damaging and that you never know what someone is thinking about your actions.

 

[txsvicki]

I don't think that the women at the bus stop were gossiping at all. They have done nothing wrong and I believe them about being suspicious of Dale. After all, things that experts write warn of anyone being overly friendly to children. I think it is so disgusting to knowingly keep a video of what amounts to a little girl being raped by a grown man but being so lazy and filthy and making your own kids live in filth. This man will never get those kids back and their Mom will be very lucky if she does. Makes me wonder if the only child who can talk and tell a story of things happening was gotten rid of before she could talk. Coral Rose could have been sexually abused but not yet actually damaged or violated. Men who look at child rapes and child are pedophiles, and I don't care what anyone says.