MI MI - Nevaeh Richardson, 9 days, Lincoln Park, 23 Nov 2007

[Beffie]

Just WOW. Thank you, Beffie.

You are welcome. When I got my local paper that was on the front cover and I thought I needed to post the article here. If there is any more news I will post it. This poor little girl needs justice.

 

[philamena]

OMG I am hoping that I read Beffie's article incorrectly because surely there is no way in God's green earth that an azzhole who raped and killed an innocent little newborn got off scottfree!?!?!?!?!?
I mean where is the f***** justice for that baby? OMG that is insane.

Not enough evidence????????
How about a dead baby that was obviously raped?!!?

 

[paddy01]

Just out of curiosity, what do you think Cynthia (mother) of baby is thinking about charges being dropped? She told authorities in court that she suffered similar abuse from Richardson. Due to his violent behavior in the past, if I were her I'd pack up & leave town. Just thinking out loud...

 

[philamena]

paddy,
I say you're spot on! Actually, I would have left the first time he touched the baby.

 

[Bobbisangel]

This is what happens when LE doesn't do their job right. If just really ticks me off. Would they rather that the killer was convicted and went to prison for years and years or are they so anxious to get a confession that they will lie to get it!!!! This happens to often and LE needs to get a grip...do it right...and make sure everything is on the up and up so that they will get a conviction in court and justice will be served for the poor victims. Now who ever raped and abused this tiny baby just may get away with it.

I hope that LE has a list of every single person that had been in contact with that baby in its short little life and that they question every person...and do it the right way. Someone hurt that little baby. Someone who had time to abuse it. Probably that dad.

 

[RiverRat]

Welcome to WBS - not for the faint of heart. Day in and Day Out. And just when you think you've heard it all, tomorrow's news is posted.

As I said......

 

[wildTrose]

They should make each person in the house at the time take a lie detector test! One of them is guilty.

 

[southcitymom]

They should make each person in the house at the time take a lie detector test! One of them is guilty.

Because they have been deemed too fallible, results of lie detector tests aren't admissable in court - so that wouldn't help the case at all.

 

[Indy Gal]

Seems as if they just wanted to nail this on the dad from the get go. I felt something was fishy and am sad and glad. Sad because now we may never get justice for this baby, But glad because the judge didnt just let them go on a hunch. Someone hurt this baby, but deep down I dont think it was the dad.

 

[Reannan]

The mother was the one who found this baby laying on her chest. Her story has never made sense to me. The father's attack on the mother as they rode to the hospital, the mother being the one to implicate a curling iron, ......hmmmm.....

 

[Indy Gal]

The mother was the one who found this baby laying on her chest. Her story has never made sense to me. The father's attack on the mother as they rode to the hospital, the mother being the one to implicate a curling iron, ......hmmmm.....

Maybe she did it to get back at him for something. I have been wanting to say that but have waited till the evidence came out. Doesnt seem as though she liked him very much. I dont know though

 

[Salem]

Seems as if they just wanted to nail this on the dad from the get go. I felt something was fishy and am sad and glad. Sad because now we may never get justice for this baby, But glad because the judge didnt just let them go on a hunch. Someone hurt this baby, but deep down I dont think it was the dad.

I agree Indy Gal. I saw the dad on a video or the news and he just kept saying "I didn't do it, check the DNA, give me a lie detector test, I didn't do it" and he seemed sincerely upset about the loss of the baby. There was something about the whole thing that made me think he probably did not do it. I'm glad the Judge held the police accountable. It is a horrible crime and I am sure the police were touched by it and wanted to make someone responsible. Also, I don't think the police will give up on this one. They will find the evidence to bring charges against the right person. I firmly believe there was at least one cop who was totally touched by this and will not let it go until she/he finds the right answer.

And I agree with other posters - mom is probably the very next place to look.

Salem

 

[southcitymom]

Y'all - refresh my memory because I'm too lazy to go back through the thread - is this the case where there may even be some question as to whether or not the baby was sexually assaulted at all?

 

[Reannan]

Southcitymom, I suppose you would call it sexual assault because something large was placed in her rectum to the point that she had internal bleeding and the "septicemia" part tells me, they probably perforated her colon so that bowel contents spread into the peritoneal cavity (area below the lungs where the stomach, liver, kidneys, etc. sit). This is the equivalent of being "gut shot" where the contents of the intestines cause such a massive infection that you can't survive it. The part I am not sure about, is the "sexual" nature of this crime. Early investigations centered around a curling iron that was thougth to perhaps have been the "weapon". The mother could have done this in a fit of rage, especially if she were crazy high on drugs, and used the curling iron incident to "frame" the dad. I hope they keep investigating..... there were limited people in that house, and someone knows more than they are saying. Wonder if the mom and dad are still together??

 

[southcitymom]

Southcitymom, I suppose you would call it sexual assault because something large was placed in her rectum to the point that she had internal bleeding and the "septicemia" part tells me, they probably perforated her colon so that bowel contents spread into the peritoneal cavity (area below the lungs where the stomach, liver, kidneys, etc. sit). This is the equivalent of being "gut shot" where the contents of the intestines cause such a massive infection that you can't survive it. The part I am not sure about, is the "sexual" nature of this crime. Early investigations centered around a curling iron that was thougth to perhaps have been the "weapon". The mother could have done this in a fit of rage, especially if she were crazy high on drugs, and used the curling iron incident to "frame" the dad. I hope they keep investigating..... there were limited people in that house, and someone knows more than they are saying. Wonder if the mom and dad are still together??

Thank you for clarifying that, Reannan. I do recall the curling iron being investigated.

 

[luthersmama]

Were there other children in the house? I could believe that a kid might go poking at the baby

 

[Reannan]

I recall that there were other children in the house, but they were young!!! Does anyone else recall how young??? I don't think a young child would do this magnitude of crime for a first offense. Plus, there was hatred in this crime.....against who - well, that may answer the question. I believe the mother was furious at the dad, and at being a mom, and at the child..... Where is the lie detector results of her????

 

[dimples37398]

I agree, something isn't right here. I know some people are very convincing when lying, but this guy just seemed really to want to clear his name from get go.

Not only did he want to take a lie detector test immediately, but he took one and didn't refuse. Can we say that about the mom?

We seen the reports or article where his family said he threatened her that if the baby wasn't his that he would hurt someone. Was the baby not his and she wanted to get rid of the baby so he wouldn't find out?

Maybe she wanted to get back at him any way possible, and she didn't want the baby anyways?

Is it just my imagination or did I read somewhere that she stuffed cocaine up her while pregnant? As well as the baby being born with amounts of cocaine in her system??? It seems I definately read it somewhere.

 

[believe09]

I have been one of the most outspoken individuals on this thread about the father's guilt, and I am completely humbled by the generosity and objectivity of other's including the judge in this case. Perhaps dad was too easy a target to let go of, and like me LE did not want for a moment to imagine a mother could injure her wee child to this extent. I think the speculation regarding cocaine balloons and the baby make good sense-even if it was just an attempt to make the infant prepared to carry something in her rectum. I think that there is an inherent evil in the person who did this and they have to face some kind of justice. LE needs to go back and run tox screens on baby Neveah to see if any balloons were inserted or even if someone doing illegal drugs might have touched her with residue on their hands...it is a learning curve here on WS that is for sure.

 

[southcitymom]

I have been one of the most outspoken individuals on this thread about the father's guilt, and I am completely humbled by the generosity and objectivity of other's including the judge in this case. Perhaps dad was too easy a target to let go of, and like me LE did not want for a moment to imagine a mother could injure her wee child to this extent. I think the speculation regarding cocaine balloons and the baby make good sense-even if it was just an attempt to make the infant prepared to carry something in her rectum. I think that there is an inherent evil in the person who did this and they have to face some kind of justice. LE needs to go back and run tox screens on baby Neveah to see if any balloons were inserted or even if someone doing illegal drugs might have touched her with residue on their hands...it is a learning curve here on WS that is for sure.

Don't feel bad, honey! It took me years to accept that Darlie Routier was guilty - and there's a whole lot more evidence pointing towards Mom's guilt in that case than in this one!

I think that most of us here would agree that males are more likely to sexually assault children than females - and this case was first reported as a sexual assault and the father had domestic violence charges. There was a good reason to look long and hard at the Dad, but obviously there is more here than meets the eye.