OH - Aliyah Myrick, 19 mos, Cincinnati, 7 Oct 2005 *Insanity*
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What a coward.
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"Special Needs" implies this man in mentally handicapped/retarded. Since he served 7 years in the Coast Guard, that clearly is not the case.Lili said:
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A Tri-State man is in the psychiatric ward of a local hospital, accused of killing his young daughter and then dumping her body in a park, News 5 reported.
Darius Myrick allegedly made threatening comments about his 19-month-old daughter, Aliyah, and then took her from her mother late Thursday, police said.
"I heard someone screaming, 'He stole my baby. Please call the police,'" neighbor Elizabeth Morgan said. "When I looked out, I saw a black male carrying the baby, running down the street."
Morgan tried to help Aliyah's mother, Lanetta Myrick, get the child back.
Several people close to the case told News 5 that Myrick had been acting strangely -- not only over the past few days, but ever since he wrapped up a seven-year stint with the U.S. Coast Guard.
"When he got out of the service, something was wrong with him," Danyelle Myrick said. "He should've gotten help then."
Myrick signed a court document last year using the name Jesus Christ, and in the basement of his McMicken Street apartment, he would sleep on a cardboard bed in a storage room scattered with
magazines -- and a Bible.
http://www.channelcincinnati.com/news/5072510/detail.html
Darius Myrick allegedly made threatening comments about his 19-month-old daughter, Aliyah, and then took her from her mother late Thursday, police said.
"I heard someone screaming, 'He stole my baby. Please call the police,'" neighbor Elizabeth Morgan said. "When I looked out, I saw a black male carrying the baby, running down the street."
Morgan tried to help Aliyah's mother, Lanetta Myrick, get the child back.
Several people close to the case told News 5 that Myrick had been acting strangely -- not only over the past few days, but ever since he wrapped up a seven-year stint with the U.S. Coast Guard.
"When he got out of the service, something was wrong with him," Danyelle Myrick said. "He should've gotten help then."
Myrick signed a court document last year using the name Jesus Christ, and in the basement of his McMicken Street apartment, he would sleep on a cardboard bed in a storage room scattered with
magazines -- and a Bible.http://www.channelcincinnati.com/news/5072510/detail.html
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An Amber Alert was issued and Darius was taken into custody around 8:30 a.m. Friday. He was then taken to a hospital for a mental evaluation because of his behavior around officers.
Aliyah wasn't with him.
Around 10:30 a.m., police flooded Inwood Park in Mt. Auburn after finding some evidence on Darius Myrick that led them to the park.
As police were on the scene, a friend of the family who was searching for Aliyah discovered the body and yelled to officers.
A jogger also told 9News that she and her cousin saw a young black girl lying dead.
Police say the girl's body was lying in the woods, a few feet off of a trail.
Aliyah did not have any visible signs of trauma and had likely been lying on the hill for a few hours.
Darius didn't say anything about the girl's death to police when he was taken into custody.
http://www.wcpo.com/news/2005/local/10/07/amber.html
Aliyah wasn't with him.
Around 10:30 a.m., police flooded Inwood Park in Mt. Auburn after finding some evidence on Darius Myrick that led them to the park.
As police were on the scene, a friend of the family who was searching for Aliyah discovered the body and yelled to officers.
A jogger also told 9News that she and her cousin saw a young black girl lying dead.
Police say the girl's body was lying in the woods, a few feet off of a trail.
Aliyah did not have any visible signs of trauma and had likely been lying on the hill for a few hours.
Darius didn't say anything about the girl's death to police when he was taken into custody.
http://www.wcpo.com/news/2005/local/10/07/amber.html
Batavia is the boonies to me...I'm on the west side. Jeff Wyler (car dealer) says Chevrolets, like eggs, are cheaper in the country...LOL. OK, I'll quit turning this rather serious thread into a chat room. Nice talkin' to you...mysteriew said:
I'll keep you gals/guys posted on this if I hear anything new...or mysteriew will...but we don't catch the news briefs long before they make it to the local news web sites...
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I wonder how soon they got the Amber Alert out? I hope they didn't think the baby ran away from home or that they didn't suspect foul play. It is pretty obvious that the father meant to harm the baby from what the mother said.
This guy is going to use insanity as a defense. Maybe he is insane by the sounds of some of the things he had been doing. I know one thing...if my husband was acting crazy I would have been gone. That would scare me to death.
This is just so horrible. That poor little baby. I can't even think of what she probably went through...at the hands of her daddy. Insane or not this guy doesn't deserve to keep breathing.
This guy is going to use insanity as a defense. Maybe he is insane by the sounds of some of the things he had been doing. I know one thing...if my husband was acting crazy I would have been gone. That would scare me to death.
This is just so horrible. That poor little baby. I can't even think of what she probably went through...at the hands of her daddy. Insane or not this guy doesn't deserve to keep breathing.
I want to say something....
I understand the outrage... But if truly this person was a special needs child and later an adult??
WTH is wrong with a society that permitted this??
I am going to defend that..
WHY??
Because the schools and most of the parents of these children SUCK.
Its no ones freakin problem until this???
It was... and the schools lied and disobeyed federal laws and the parents WILLFULLY believed them.
SO 20 years later what the heck is the result? OH yes lets put it off on the disabled??
It was noones fault previous? Now that he is over 18 its his fault?
Look, All I am saying is if this person is truly truly disabled to blame him is akin to blaming a child.
For years schools cannot AND WILL NOT teach these children, parents are left on there own with little or no information how to and DR's are no better at helping them.
So this happens and now its the fault of the documented mentally ill father?
Sterilize the mentally ill?
How about teaching them rather then fighting parents who try to?
Is this the same country that cried over Terri?
Lets see? defend one who is disabled but condemn the other because they just did not fall into a coma??
I am sorry this child died. I am sorry this man was not helped.
But there is something seriously wrong with a society that permits, and fights even, to not help disabled people then gets upset when they react in ways we do not understand.
Either we say yes we change this and mean it and fight for it or we shut the hell up and tolerate such consequences.
I understand the outrage... But if truly this person was a special needs child and later an adult??
WTH is wrong with a society that permitted this??
I am going to defend that..
WHY??
Because the schools and most of the parents of these children SUCK.
Its no ones freakin problem until this???
It was... and the schools lied and disobeyed federal laws and the parents WILLFULLY believed them.
SO 20 years later what the heck is the result? OH yes lets put it off on the disabled??
It was noones fault previous? Now that he is over 18 its his fault?
Look, All I am saying is if this person is truly truly disabled to blame him is akin to blaming a child.
For years schools cannot AND WILL NOT teach these children, parents are left on there own with little or no information how to and DR's are no better at helping them.
So this happens and now its the fault of the documented mentally ill father?
Sterilize the mentally ill?
How about teaching them rather then fighting parents who try to?
Is this the same country that cried over Terri?
Lets see? defend one who is disabled but condemn the other because they just did not fall into a coma??
I am sorry this child died. I am sorry this man was not helped.
But there is something seriously wrong with a society that permits, and fights even, to not help disabled people then gets upset when they react in ways we do not understand.
Either we say yes we change this and mean it and fight for it or we shut the hell up and tolerate such consequences.
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Bobbisangel said:
The amber alert went out very quickly. He took the baby away from the mother and ran. A neighbor put mom in her car, and they went after him but then lost him. The neighborhood started searching for him and the baby. The family told LE that he frequented the park and they had just gotten there when a jogger and a family member found the baby.
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http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051008/NEWS01/510080353
911 call: 'He's got my baby!'
Hours after mother pleads for help, daughter found dead in park
By Jane Prendergast and Eileen Kelley
MOUNT AUBURN - More than 12 hours after a mother tried to free her 20-month-old daughter from her estranged husband's arms, the child's body was found by a passer-by Friday morning in a city park. Police say Aliyah Starling Myrick was snatched from her Over-the-Rhine apartment a little after 9 p.m. Thursday as her mother, Lanetta Myrick, unloaded groceries.
Lanetta Myrick called 911 as she and a neighbor chased the girl's father, Darius Myrick, who ran down the street with the toddler, threatening to hurt her and calling her Satan's daughter.
"He's going down Central Parkway with my baby," Lanetta Myrick yelled over her phone to the dispatcher, as she and a neighbor tried to follow him in a car.
"He's got my baby!"
The dispatcher told her to return home, that the police couldn't get into a high-speed chase over the issue and that if the man is the girl's father, he "has a right to have his child."
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911 call: 'He's got my baby!'
Hours after mother pleads for help, daughter found dead in park
By Jane Prendergast and Eileen Kelley
MOUNT AUBURN - More than 12 hours after a mother tried to free her 20-month-old daughter from her estranged husband's arms, the child's body was found by a passer-by Friday morning in a city park. Police say Aliyah Starling Myrick was snatched from her Over-the-Rhine apartment a little after 9 p.m. Thursday as her mother, Lanetta Myrick, unloaded groceries.
Lanetta Myrick called 911 as she and a neighbor chased the girl's father, Darius Myrick, who ran down the street with the toddler, threatening to hurt her and calling her Satan's daughter.
"He's going down Central Parkway with my baby," Lanetta Myrick yelled over her phone to the dispatcher, as she and a neighbor tried to follow him in a car.
"He's got my baby!"
The dispatcher told her to return home, that the police couldn't get into a high-speed chase over the issue and that if the man is the girl's father, he "has a right to have his child."
EDITED DUE TO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
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It's more than tragic, it's atrocious. I think the police were definitely negligent in this situation, try though they might to defend their actions (or lack of actions).
So apparently the baby was in her ten year old brother's arms? Why?
The mother stated that the father was lurking around the apartment complex often and she was afraid he would harm her children. Why weren't these children in the apartment if there was a real threat of danger?
I can't say that law enforcement dropped the ball as they weren't familiar with the case and most likely have a strict procedure to follow so that resources are not wasted. I do think it is silly that someone would be told to go home and call and whatnot, other than the need for their safety as well.
Again, they all talk about how obviously disturbed this man is and they don't seem to have taken any precautions against him! Ugh. There is something very wrong with a system that doesn't get someone help who is obviously disturbed. Signing an important document with your name and "Jesus Christ" is a MAJOR sign!
It really sounds like the family just thought he was a bit whacko but didn't really think he'd do any serious harm until now...when it's sadly too late.
The mother stated that the father was lurking around the apartment complex often and she was afraid he would harm her children. Why weren't these children in the apartment if there was a real threat of danger?
I can't say that law enforcement dropped the ball as they weren't familiar with the case and most likely have a strict procedure to follow so that resources are not wasted. I do think it is silly that someone would be told to go home and call and whatnot, other than the need for their safety as well.
Again, they all talk about how obviously disturbed this man is and they don't seem to have taken any precautions against him! Ugh. There is something very wrong with a system that doesn't get someone help who is obviously disturbed. Signing an important document with your name and "Jesus Christ" is a MAJOR sign!
It really sounds like the family just thought he was a bit whacko but didn't really think he'd do any serious harm until now...when it's sadly too late.
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Amraann said:
I wonder, too. There should definitely be a nationwide Amber Alert for Erik.
With the little girl, they took their time in taking it seriously. Apparently it took 6 hours to get the Amber Alert and the police didn't want to go chase him down even though he was on foot and the mother was following him in a car telling them where he was. The child was his (even though she told them she had sole custody and the father was on drugs and mentally ill) and he had a right to her. That makes me so mad when they act that way and refuse to see the danger to the child in the situation.
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mysteriew said:
I haven't read this whole thread, so someone may have posted this link. If so, I apologize, but this article does not make it sound like the police took this seriously enough. The Amber Alert took 6 hours and the police would not come out while the mother was in a moving car following him (he was on foot with the child). They said as his father he had a right to his child. Anyway, here's the link:
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051008/NEWS01/510080353
More than 12 hours after a mother tried to free her 20-month-old daughter from her estranged husband's arms, the child's body was found by a passer-by Friday morning in a city park.
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"He's going down Central Parkway with my baby," Lanetta Myrick yelled over her phone to the dispatcher, as she and a neighbor tried to follow him in a car.
"He's got my baby!"
The dispatcher told her to return home, that the police couldn't get into a high-speed chase over the issue and that if the man is the girl's father, he "has a right to have his child."
Lanetta Myrick told the dispatcher that she had custody and Darius Myrick was on drugs and has mental problems.
Her call resulted in an Amber Alert being issued about six hours after the incident.
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The dispatcher's attitude makes me so angry. :furious: She could have been saved if they had gone right after him.
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