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Mother 'killed her baby in the microwave'
#7952036 - 01/29/08 07:00 PM (16 years, 3 days ago) |
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Mother 'killed her baby in the microwave' 28th January 2008 - dailymail.co.uk
 A mother went on trial yesterday accused of killing her month-old daughter by cooking her in a microwave oven while drunk.
Police investigators and scientists are expected to give evidence in the sensational case against 27-year-old China Arnold.
Arnold pleaded not guilty to a charge of aggravated murder at the beginning of her trial in Dayton, Ohio, yesterday.
If convicted by the jury in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court, she could face the death penalty.
Investigators believe that Arnold killed her daughter, Paris Talley, by putting her in a microwave at her home in August 2005 while she was drunk.
Coroner's officials say the baby suffered high-heat internal injuries and had no external burns.
They have ruled out scalding water, open flame or other possible causes of death that could have damaged the skin.
Arnold's defence lawyer Jon Paul Rion claims his client had nothing to do with her daughter's death and was stunned when investigators told her that a microwave might have been involved.
Arnold took the baby to the hospital after finding her unconscious and does not know how she died, Rion said.
During a pre-trial hearing in July, Dayton police Detective Michael Galbraith said Arnold told him she arrived home in the early morning hours after drinking, fell asleep and was awakened at 2:30 a.m. by the baby's crying.
She said she warmed a bottle in the microwave oven, tried to give it to the baby, changed the child's nappy and then fell asleep on the couch with the baby on her chest.
Arnold said she and her children were the only ones in the apartment until her boyfriend arrived several hours later and noticed something was wrong with the baby.
Galbraith said Arnold told him: "If I hadn't gotten so drunk, I guess my baby wouldn't have died."
But when cross-examined by Rion, Galbraith acknowledged that Arnold told him she didn't know how the baby suffered the burns and that she had nothing to do with it that she could recall.
Earlier this month, defence witness Robert Belloto, a staff pharmacist at Good Samaritan Hospital, testified that he doesn't believe it would have been possible for Arnold to place the baby in the microwave because the woman was so intoxicated.
Belloto said Arnold told him she had consumed about 40 percent of a pint of high-proof rum in 90 minutes.
But he acknowledged that he had no other corroboration for her claim.
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Re: Mother 'killed her baby in the microwave' [Re: bodynotdead]
#7952061 - 01/29/08 07:05 PM (16 years, 3 days ago) |
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What is the philosophical or spiritual spin on this....?
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Re: Mother 'killed her baby in the microwave' [Re: bodynotdead]
#7952064 - 01/29/08 07:07 PM (16 years, 3 days ago) |
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Intense....wonder what happened
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Re: Mother 'killed her baby in the microwave' [Re: Spiritual Seeker]
#7952106 - 01/29/08 07:16 PM (16 years, 3 days ago) |
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Coroner's sick joke.
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Re: Mother 'killed her baby in the microwave' [Re: PhanTomCat]
#7952108 - 01/29/08 07:16 PM (16 years, 3 days ago) |
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It has a ethics spin.
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Re: Mother 'killed her baby in the microwave' [Re: bodynotdead]
#7952129 - 01/29/08 07:19 PM (16 years, 3 days ago) |
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So the question is, is it ethical to microwave your child....?
Or......(?)
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Re: Mother 'killed her baby in the microwave' [Re: PhanTomCat]
#7952414 - 01/29/08 08:04 PM (16 years, 3 days ago) |
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The point is: the mom is in the clear because she was drunk and the baby had a tag attached that read: 'MICROWAVE SAFE'.
Now if Gordons added some beer batter...
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Re: Mother 'killed her baby in the microwave' [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#7952459 - 01/29/08 08:09 PM (16 years, 3 days ago) |
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Half a pint of rum in an hour and a half is too intoxicated to operate household applainces?
I call shenanigans on Belloto.
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Re: Mother 'killed her baby in the microwave' [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#7952487 - 01/29/08 08:13 PM (16 years, 3 days ago) |
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OrgoneConclusion said: Now if Gordons added some beer batter...
But, then you would have to deep fry the baby - to cook it proper....! Might go good with some baby carrots and miniature corn on the side.... 
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Re: Mother 'killed her baby in the microwave' [Re: PhanTomCat]
#7952570 - 01/29/08 08:21 PM (16 years, 3 days ago) |
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ok so she was drunk and nuked her baby if she was on shrooms they would be like see thats why shrooms need to be illegal, but nope they dont blame the alcohol here but if it was anything else they would have
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Re: Mother 'killed her baby in the microwave' [Re: Coaster]
#7952591 - 01/29/08 08:24 PM (16 years, 3 days ago) |
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Coaster said: ok so she was drunk and nuked her baby if she was on shrooms they would be like see thats why shrooms need to be illegal, but nope they dont blame the alcohol here but if it was anything else they would have
i'm pretty sure about that too. blaming alcohol would get no state support at all.
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Re: Mother 'killed her baby in the microwave' (moved) [Re: bodynotdead]
#7952760 - 01/29/08 08:48 PM (16 years, 3 days ago) |
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This thread was moved from Philosophy & Spirituality.
Reason: This has nothing to do with P&S.
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Re: Mother 'killed her baby in the microwave' [Re: Coaster]
#7952815 - 01/29/08 08:57 PM (16 years, 3 days ago) |
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Quote:
Coaster said: ok so she was drunk and nuked her baby if she was on shrooms they would be like see thats why shrooms need to be illegal, but nope they dont blame the alcohol here but if it was anything else they would have
I concur.
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Re: Mother 'killed her baby in the microwave' [Re: bodynotdead]
#7952818 - 01/29/08 08:57 PM (16 years, 3 days ago) |
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that's awful
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Re: Mother 'killed her baby in the microwave' [Re: Cancer]
#7952825 - 01/29/08 08:59 PM (16 years, 3 days ago) |
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This is sick.
I don't wanna hear shit like this lol.
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Re: Mother 'killed her baby in the microwave' [Re: g00ru]
#7952858 - 01/29/08 09:03 PM (16 years, 3 days ago) |
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If you're going to fry your baby, hide the evidence. Seriously though, this is deeply disturbing to me and I'm ice cold when it comes to these matters.
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Re: Mother 'killed her baby in the microwave' [Re: Ferris]
#7953129 - 01/29/08 09:45 PM (16 years, 3 days ago) |
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Ferris said: Seriously though, this is deeply disturbing to me and I'm ice cold when it comes to these matters.
Definitely--I think its the fact pretty much anyone can nuke a cat or dog or baby with the flick of a finger. Its so cheap and clinical, and has got to be one of the most horrendous ways to suffer and die a sentient being is likely to ever have to endure. Just terrible
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Re: Mother 'killed her baby in the microwave' [Re: Noviseer]
#7953431 - 01/29/08 10:29 PM (16 years, 3 days ago) |
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Ya thats pretty messed up.
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Re: Mother 'killed her baby in the microwave' [Re: Smackshadow]
#7953529 - 01/29/08 10:42 PM (16 years, 3 days ago) |
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holy shit... that's too sick...
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Re: Mother 'killed her baby in the microwave' [Re: kit_kat]
#7953586 - 01/29/08 10:53 PM (16 years, 3 days ago) |
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that's ridiculous
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