MI - Two in custody in connection with 5-year-old's death

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Man, woman in custody in connection with 5-year-old girl's death in Redford Township

5-year-old girl killed by blunt force trauma

 

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Man, woman in custody in connection with girl's death in Redford Twp.

Redford Township — Police say they have a man and a woman in custody in connection with the death of a 5-year-old girl who was found unresponsive Tuesday night in a motel.

Redford Township Police Capt. Al DiPrima said the investigation continues and noted an autopsy had been conducted on the girl Wednesday. He could not release any more information...

 

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Police: Boy, 3, was in Redford motel room where unresponsive girl was found

Redford Township — Police say a young boy was also found in the same motel room where a 5-year-old girl was found unresponsive Tuesday night.

"There was a 3-year-old boy who was also found there," Redford Township Police Capt. Al DiPrima said. "He was in the room as well. He is OK."...

 

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Redford police: Toddler also found abused at motel with 5-year-old girl who was killed

Girl suffered multiple blunt force trauma, autopsy reveals

REDFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Police said a second child was found suffering from abuse at a motel where a 5-year-old girl was found not breathing this week in Redford Township...

 

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Girl who died in Redford motel, brother 'suffered severe abuse,' state says

Detroit — The 5-year-old girl who was found dead last month at a Redford Township motel was allegedly beaten for drinking out of a toilet, according to a court order.

Lyric Jones, 5, and her 3-year-old half-brother "suffered severe physical abuse and torture," according to a Wayne County Circuit Court order issued last week to sever the parental rights of the boy's mother and father.

State officials petitioned the court to sever the rights of the children's mother, Steffani Jones, and the boy's father, Willie William Conneilies, both 26. The child is to be placed with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services...

 

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Girl who died in Redford motel, brother 'suffered severe abuse,' state says

Detroit — The 5-year-old girl who was found dead last month at a Redford Township motel was allegedly beaten for drinking out of a toilet, according to a court order.

Lyric Jones, 5, and her 3-year-old half-brother "suffered severe physical abuse and torture," according to a Wayne County Circuit Court order issued last week to sever the parental rights of the boy's mother and father.

State officials petitioned the court to sever the rights of the children's mother, Steffani Jones, and the boy's father, Willie William Conneilies, both 26. The child is to be placed with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services...

Good. It's too late to save Lyric but terminating the parents' rights may save her brother. I wish more jurisdictions would go straight to the chase like this and stop putting bandaids on these broken families. IMO no amount of parenting classes or other supposed support will change the adult's behavior, all the courts can do is get the kids as far away from their parents as possible. MOO.