GUILTY MI - Stoni Blair, 13, & Stephen Berry, 9, found in Detroit freezer, 2012 & 2013

[tlcya]

initial reports stated an adult female. Which tells me the 14 year old daughter was on top of the freezer. Reporters rushed to get the scoop out by deadlines and at the time they were reporting an adult female of small build can look very like a mature 14 year old developed female at first blush. Particularly a frozen one. MOO.

Then when LE removed the female they discovered the male child beneath and he was initially reported to be APPROXIMATELY 11 years old. Other news orgs ran with that number. We have since learned he was the 9 year old twin of the still living now 11 year old. I am not really surprise about the inaccuracies early on. It is difficult to gauge age when confronted with a year and two year old frozen corpses from simple visual examination.

 

[tlcya]

per the live newcast linked above, there is no requirement for reporting of grades or curriculum of home schooled children unless they have special needs. These ones apparently did not. I have real issues with this aspect of many states' regs on home schooling. Far too easy to remove children from the radar of mandated reporters. MOO

 

[Guinevere]

per the live newcast linked above, there is no requirement for reporting of grades or curriculum of home schooled children unless they have special needs. These ones apparently did not. I have real issues with this aspect of many states' regs on home schooling. Far too easy to remove children from the radar of mandated reporters. MOO

I would venture to guess there was not much Home Schooling actually going on to report

The phone interview with the Great Aunt was interesting to hear.

More family interviews coming up next they said. I wonder who else is going to speak?

ETA: The Great Aunt who the surviving children are staying with stated both children knew their siblings were in dead and in the freezer




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[Kitteth]

"We lost two of our beautiful children down here in the Martin Luther King Apartments because we don't want to pay attention or be nosy," said Yvette Whitfield, 52. "So this is a message I have for other communities: Be nosy, pay attention. They're children."
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/2015/03/24/body-freezer-st-aubin-detroit/70380580/

Amen!!! We should contribute to the well being of all children in our communities.

 

[Guinevere]

BBM

Frozen children's mother had shunned her family, relative says

Posted: Mar 25, 2015 10:38 PM EDTUpdated: Mar 25, 2015 10:40 PM EDT


......"The children's great aunt, who is a retired Detroit police child abuse investigator, is caring for the surviving siblings.

Angela Gordon caring for the surviving siblings said Michelle had shunned the family.

"She estranged herself from the family," Gordon said. "I had not seen her for two years and not spoken to her in about a year and a half."

For 26 years Angela Gordon was a successful child abuse investigator and an expert in detecting some of Detroit's worst cases of child abuse.

Were there any clues any signs she should have picked up on?

"Well, that's impossible when somebody estranges themself from you," Gordon said. "I would go to the home, I would knock on the door. I would bang on the door and got no response.

"I knew they were in there. She had those children to the point where they wouldn't open the door."

http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/2...s-mother-had-shunned-her-family-relative-says

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[~Lyric~]

Just shaking my head~

 

[Sonya610]

Relatives of one of the fathers praise him as being a "great dad"

"He's a great father," she said. "He wanted his kids, she just wouldn't give them to him. The fight wasn't probably in him to go."

FOX 2: "Did he have a relationship with Michelle?"

"No," Dorsey said. "Not since they broke up years and years ago. No. Because she was always trying to pick arguments and just wanted money from him.

"She just wanted money."

http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/28615945/family-believes-frozen-children-were-abused-for-years

So apparently supporting/feeding one's children has NOTHING to do with "being a great father", and if the guy was paying child support he would have had the right to see his children.

 

[Guinevere]

​Arraignment expected today

Detroit mother whose 2 kids were found dead in freezer faces arraignment on abuse charges

DETROIT – The 35-year-old mother of two Detroit children whose frozen bodies were found in a deep freezer in their home is due in court on five counts of first-degree child abuse.
Mitchelle Blair faces arraignment Thursday. She could face more serious charges once investigators determine how the children died.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/03/2...e-found-dead-in-freezer-faces-arraignment-on/

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[BetteDavisEyes]

Has anyone found the time of the arraignment this morning? I watched the report on this case on Channel 4 11:00 news before fftobed: but no time was mentioned for the mother's court appearance.

 

[Guinevere]

Has anyone found the time of the arraignment this morning? I watched the report on this case on Channel 4 11:00 news before fftobed: but no time was mentioned for the mother's court appearance.

I've been looking for a time here this morning also. Listened to local Channel 7 news this morning. No time has been mentioned that I can find.

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[Guinevere]

Register of Actions
Case No. 15706168-01


https://cmspublic.3rdcc.org/default.aspx


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[BetteDavisEyes]

^ I get an error message for the document. What is it?

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Mom of kids found in freezer to be arraigned today

George Hunter, The Detroit News 6:49 a.m. EDT March 26, 2015

Detroit — A woman police say killed her two children and hid them inside a freezer is expected to be arraigned Thursday on child abuse charges.

Mitchelle Blair, 35, has been charged with four counts of first-degree child abuse, a 15-year felony; and one count of committing child abuse first-degree in the presence of another child, a felony punishable by up to life in prison, in connection with the deaths of 9-year-old Stephen Berry and 13-year-old Stoni Blair.

“The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office is continuing the investigation regarding the deaths of Stoni Blair and (Stephen) Berry while waiting for the autopsy report from the Wayne County Medical Examiner,” Assistant Prosecutor Maria Miller said in a release...

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne...eezer-bodies-detroit-mother-charged/70474684/

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Detroit mother whose 2 kids were found dead in freezer faces arraignment on abuse charges

Police: Boy, girl could have been in freezer for years

Author: Local 4 - ClickOnDetroit news staff, [email protected]

Published On: 7 m

...Mitchelle Blair faces arraignment Thursday.

Watch the arraignment live on ClickOnDetroit.com at 10:30 a.m.

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/...r-faces-arraignment-on-abuse-charges/32020888

I'll post live stream link closer to time of arraignment.

 

[Guinevere]

Watch the arraignment live on ClickOnDetroit.com at 10:30 a.m.

http://www.clickondetroit.com/livestream/wdiv-news-livestream/22218202

 

[Guinevere]

^ I get an error message for the document. What is it?

From my post???

It's a link to the Wayne County Register of actions on this case.

You may have to reload the page and enter the name and enter the new CAPTCHA

Search under the Criminal Dockets for the Register of Actions for Mitchell Blair

https://cmspublic.3rdcc.org/default.aspx

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[ScarlettScarpetta]

Detroit mother whose 2 kids were found dead in freezer faces arraignment on abuse charges

Police: Boy, girl could have been in freezer for years

Author: Local 4 - ClickOnDetroit news staff, [email protected]

Published On: 7 m

...Mitchelle Blair faces arraignment Thursday.

Watch the arraignment live on ClickOnDetroit.com at 10:30 a.m.

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/...r-faces-arraignment-on-abuse-charges/32020888

I'll post live stream link closer to time of arraignment.

Well they have to have an idea of when they went in based on bone age and teeth and such. I just can not believe for the life of me that no one reported these kids missing. Not their siblings or family or neighbors. If my child disappeared my whole neighborhood would realize he was missing.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

From my post???

It's a link to the Wayne County Register of actions on this case.

You may have to reload the page and enter the name and enter the new CAPTCHA

Search under the Criminal Dockets for the Register of Actions for Mitchell Blair

https://cmspublic.3rdcc.org/default.aspx

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Got it after several error notices. These charges are from 2012. Why was no one monitoring the home situation? No CPS involvement? The apartment looked nice - with a piano, too.

Defense attorney/s will request psych evaluation. I believe this woman is mentally disturbed. :moo:

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Well they have to have an idea of when they went in based on bone age and teeth and such. I just can not believe for the life of me that no one reported these kids missing. Not their siblings or family or neighbors. If my child disappeared my whole neighborhood would realize he was missing.

Evidently, the mother shut others out and estranged herself from family. The children's father/s weren't allowed to see them, nor were grandmothers or other relatives. MB told neighbors that the "missing" children were staying with their aunt. Children were reportedly home-schooled so there was no accounting of their education. Mom kept them away from prying eyes. Much more to come. Stand by...

 

[Guinevere]

Got it after several error notices. These charges are from 2012. Why was no one monitoring the home situation? No CPS involvement? The apartment looked nice - with a piano, too.

Defense attorney/s will request psych evaluation. I believe this woman is mentally disturbed. :moo:

I'm wondering if the dates on the case file are a typo? Because the filed date (date is show when case is listed) is listed as yesterday.

File Date:

03/25/2015
36 District Court, Detroit

This is also listed below the Charges:

03/25/2015
Recommendation for Warrant


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