GUILTY TX - Alijah Mullis, 3 mos, stomped to death, Galveston, 29 Jan 2008

[SLP]

When a Philadelphia judge asked Mullis about his mental health, he replied he had been on medication UNTIL three years ago. He didn't specify the illness or the type of medication.http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=7821002&nav=menu73_2

This does not surprise me. After reading a couple of days ago that he is bipolar and been off his meds I figured that this would be the first thing he brought up after arrested.

I had to step away from this thread for several days after learning the details of this crime. Alijaah was so small and defenseless...what reason could this have for stomping him to death :furious: :furious: ? It is such a cruel way to kill anyone but especially a three month old baby that doesn't have a chance.

 

[AussieLela]

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=14807170
looks like shes on my space too.. Now this is what you would expect a greiving mother to be saying...

 

[lew657]

Besides this entire case – I’ve been following along and wondering how someone could have so much rage in them to do this to a baby and I realized something. The reports said the baby was found wearing only a CLEAN diaper. Not to be too gross but when a person dies their body tends to… release waste. It seems odd if he was in this rage because of his illness that he had the compassion to clean up the baby after the fact.

To me this sounds like something a mother may do. When my nephew had a seizure (nothing life threatening) my sister changed his diaper before he went in the ambulance, just a natural instinct to make him comfortable and clean.
:waitasec:

 

[believe09]

Besides this entire case – I’ve been following along and wondering how someone could have so much rage in them to do this to a baby and I realized something. The reports said the baby was found wearing only a CLEAN diaper. Not to be too gross but when a person dies their body tends to… release waste. It seems odd if he was in this rage because of his illness that he had the compassion to clean up the baby after the fact.

To me this sounds like something a mother may do. When my nephew had a seizure (nothing life threatening) my sister changed his diaper before he went in the ambulance, just a natural instinct to make him comfortable and clean.
:waitasec:

I had these thoughts as well...but if he was breastfed and she nursed him before they left and for example, my son always pooped half way through the feeding...he may have been clean?

 

[SLP]

I had these thoughts as well...but if he was breastfed and she nursed him before they left and for example, my son always pooped half way through the feeding...he may have been clean?

I don't think she was breastfeeding. According to her blogs she was using formula.

 

[heavenlydaze]

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=14807170
looks like shes on my space too.. Now this is what you would expect a greiving mother to be saying...

I found something else. On Jan 26th, she left a comment on a Myspace music video with the title " I Lost My Love I Wish I Was Dead" but...here's her quote:

Saturday, January 26, 2008 4:01 PM
i love this song so much i met my baby with this song and now me and him love it it its our love song

Link:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=6753372

Apparently it was "Their Song" (vomit).

 

[froggierintexas]

http://thepolicenews.net/index.cfm?act=Newsletter.cfm&category=News%201&newsletterid=9242&menugroup=Home

 

[MagicRose99]

http://thepolicenews.net/index.cfm?...egory=News 1&newsletterid=9242&menugroup=Home

From the article:

GALVESTON - Thomas "TJ" Mullis will arrive back in Texas tonight on a flight from Philadelphia. His travel companions on the trip will be Galveston Police Detective Jeremy Schwartz and Sergeant Annie Almendariz who will escort him in handcuffs to an awaiting police car for the trip to the Galveston County Jail.

Mullis is the man who surrendered to Philadelphia police and confessed to the stomping death of 3-month old Alijah Mullis, his biological son, whose body he then dumped in an isolated area of Galveston's east seawall.

Meanwhile, the baby's mother, Caren Kohberger, also known as Caren James, has been told by family members not to talk with police or the media about her son's death. She supposedly either hired a lawyer, or is in the process of hiring one. And it may be a good idea for her because there is serious consideration being given by investigators to filing Reckless Endangerment charges against her.

 

[deanws]

He said he killed the infant because he wouldn't quit crying. Well, DUH! That is what babies do you !

 

[Marie]

I don't know if she should be charged or not because I don't know all the facts, but I have to say that letting a father take his baby isn't reckless or child endangerment - in fact, if he'd called police to say she wouldn't let him have the child they wouldn't have stopped the father. And breastfeeding is not usually a valid reason for denying visitation to a father - judges make that determination all the time in custody and divorce cases.

Even if she knew he was mentally deranged she couldn't legally prevent visitation. Of course if she thought there was any real danger she could have asked for an immediate hearing - we don't know if she did or not. Does anyone have any insight into why the LE source may be claiming otherwise?

It seems to me that they had broken up and he was taking the child for a visit. The time of day for the visit shouldn't matter - infants that age aren't on any real schedule anyway.

Quote from article:
A police source says that, "the very act of allowing Mullis to leave home, early in the moring, and take the 3-month old baby with him to get his car fixed may be considered reckless and may be in violation of child endangerment law. The baby was being breast fed and should not have been seperated from his mother," the source said.

 

[MeoW333]

I really hope this doesn't try and use an insanity defense. His bi-polar excuse is B.S. He could have applied for Medicaid and got medication for free and saw a psychiatrist and psychologist for free at a clinic if he was so concerned about his bi-polar. It's clear he is just using it as an excuse when he is truly a sociopath. The nature of his crime is beyond comprehension and stomach turning; it's horrible.
When he took off he probably figured he'd say goodbye to family and his mentor; who most likely convinced him to turn himself in. They need to fry him; let him loose in general population before that maybe it'll save the state the expense.
As for the clean diaper; how do we know this couple was even feeding that poor baby? That may have been why it was crying and found with a clean diaper. Poor thing was probably hungry. That would be another reason for the mother to lawyer up also, more so than the fact that she let the take the baby. They probably didn't feed him often so they wouldn't have to change his diaper that much.
As for the mother being online, i don't understand how she can even go online at all, why isn't she overcome with grief that she can't get out of bed?

 

[azure]

He could have applied for Medicaid and got medication for free and saw a psychiatrist and psychologist for free at a clinic if he was so concerned about his bi-polar.

I'm not defending the guy at all, but it is very difficult to get help for mental illness if you are young and poor and have no insurance. Medicaid is not available to young people without disabilities. Just thought it was worth mentioning, it is very easy to feel that there is "nowhere to turn" if you are young and uninsured.

 

[Marie]

In his pictures the baby looks like a healthy chunky monkey to me. I don't think there's any indication that he was being starved.

 

[Reannan]

Ten years from now, if I am asked what case sticks out in my mind the most.....I can guarantee you this one is going to be at the top of the list. I have a strong stomach for this stuff, or I wouldn't be here day in and day out. (The reasons for that would be fodder for an entire blog ). With that said, I think Travis Mullis is one of the most despicable excuses for a human being I have ever read about. He deserves no compassion and complete contempt. The charges against Caren seem bogus to me. Irregardless of what kind of mother she was, letting a breast-fed child go with the father is no reason to bring charges. Talk about jail over-crowding!!!! :behindbar :behindbar :behindbar The fact that LE is wanting to bring charges says a lot more about information that WE do not have. It will be interesting to see what, if anything, evolves in the investigation relating to Caren. Right now.....they have nothing IMHO.

 

[AussieLela]

The thought of that poor little bub screaming for milk is enough to upset someone let alone what he did to him ....... This has to be the one of the most horendouse crimes I have ever heard.
I have a 10 month old and I cant stop looking at him and cuddling him. Definatly affected me big time.. I say give the sob to the public. Im sure we could starve him and when he screams from hunger we can give him his own treatment..
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I just wanna scream to the heavens.............................................

 

[MeoW333]

I'm not defending the guy at all, but it is very difficult to get help for mental illness if you are young and poor and have no insurance. Medicaid is not available to young people without disabilities. Just thought it was worth mentioning, it is very easy to feel that there is "nowhere to turn" if you are young and uninsured.

Bi-polar, being a Mental Illness thus a disability should be the reason Medicaid would be available to him. He would have to go to his local Dept of Social Services and apply.
He was on medication before, so he has the diagnosis already.
I hope he does not use it as an excuse for himself being a pathetic excuse for a human being.

 

[froggierintexas]

Bi-polar, being a Mental Illness thus a disability should be the reason Medicaid would be available to him. He would have to go to his local Dept of Social Services and apply.
He was on medication before, so he has the diagnosis already.
I hope he does not use it as an excuse for himself being a pathetic excuse for a human being.

Me too. Because if he knew Galveston well enough to know about the area he left his child in, he knew about UTMB and the fact that he could have gotten his meds. He had money for drugs I bet (with the pot leaves on the page), that is just a crock.

 

[froggierintexas]

Oh yeah, if he could scam a church for money to travel and flee the law, I bet he could have asked them to help him buy his meds.

 

[believe09]

He said he killed the infant because he wouldn't quit crying. Well, DUH! That is what babies do you !

I see-and it didn't occur to him to bring him home? I don't think this was a well reasoned statement....

 

[believe09]

Quote from article:
A police source says that, "the very act of allowing Mullis to leave home, early in the moring, and take the 3-month old baby with him to get his car fixed may be considered reckless and may be in violation of child endangerment law. The baby was being breast fed and should not have been seperated from his mother," the source said.

The law enforcement source is really going out on a limb here-and they are wondering why the mother is lawyering up?? Perhaps she would not make parent of the year, but I agree with the posters who are saying little man looked like a chunky monkey...I think he was loved very much, and she now gets to live the rest of her life knowing what happened when she handed her baby over to his father undoubtably without the knowlege that the guy had attempted to rape an 8 year old hours before and knew that he was in deep sh**. I think Travis had every intention of harming his son when he took him-someone was going to pay for his failures as a human being. And I think he decided it would be the one who superceded him in his g/f's affections....