Fostiess indicted for murdering infant girl

Foster parents indicted in death of infant girl

Sep 13, 2006 07:24 AM EDT


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A couple who were foster parents for an infant girl who died last year have
been indicted on one count each of felony child abuse, authorities said.


Randall and Penny West were charged Tuesday in the death of Emily Mays and
could each face 17 to 27 years in prison if convicted in the case, according
to Pima County prosecutors.

The couple were not taken into custody but were scheduled to be arraigned
Thursday in Pima County Superior Court.

The 16-month-old girl had been living with the Wests for about a month when
she was rushed to Tucson Medical Center on Aug. 24, 2005, with
life-threatening injuries that doctors called non-accidental.

The baby underwent surgery but was later taken off life support and
pronounced dead.

The cause of death was determined to be blunt-force trauma to the head,
according to an autopsy report.

However, the Pima County Medical Examiner's Office could not conclude if the
death was a homicide or an accident.

Despite an inconclusive ruling from the medical examiner, Tucson police
reclassified the death as a homicide in December.

Since then, the case has been under review by the county Attorney's Office,
which determines if charges will be filed in a case.

Background check?? hahahahaha
"Pleeeeessssse take the kiddies so we can get paid", pleads CPS - lol

These CPS derilicts should all be charged with this poor childs murder. They
clearly displayed an intentional disreguard for this childs life.

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Records show history of abuse, lies of Carrolls
By Dave Greber

Staff Writer

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Liz and David Carroll Jr., the foster parents charged with murder in the
death of a 3-year-old former Middletown child last month, did not have jobs
outside their Union Twp. home and relied on government assistance and foster
care payments to support themselves before they were arrested for the
gruesome killing.

In addition, neither had stable employment or housing - moving 10 times in
the past eight years - and falsely received thousands of dollars in
government assistance because of their failure to report those living in
their home, according to records obtained from the Court of Common Pleas
Juvenile Division of Clermont County.

During an Aug. 29 investigation by the juvenile division, one of David
Carroll's four biological children - each by a different mother - stated
"that their mom and dad get 'really mad' and hit them with belts and their
hands. They also state that their dad (David Carroll) held a knife to their
mom's throat, threatening to cut her, punched holes in the walls and yelled
at them when the police came to their home."

The investigation came just days after Liz Carroll, 30, allegedly concocted
a story claiming Marcus Fiesel disappeared Aug. 15 from an Anderson Twp.
park, setting off a massive communitywide four-day search.

According to records, Children Protection Services and the Income
Maintenance Department at Clermont County Department of Job and Family
Services "began gathering all available information regarding this family."

As late as March 2006 - two months before Marcus, a developmentally disabled
boy, was placed with the Carrolls' - Liz Carroll attempted to gain custody
of the three children by other mothers.

"I have been the only parent involved in the children's lives," Liz Carroll
wrote. "David is suffering from bipolar (mental illness) and has not been
dependable. He has left the home and left his daughter and our three sons in
my care."

On Aug. 28, the Carrolls were indicted in Hamilton County on involuntary
manslaughter charges in the death of Marcus. The following week, those
charges were dropped and a Clermont County grand jury indicted the Carrolls
on seven felony counts, including murder, kidnapping and three endangering
children charges.

David Carroll Jr., 29, additionally was charged with gross abuse of a corpse
for his alleged role in burning Marcus' body several times in an isolated
chimney in Brown County and dumping the remains in the Ohio River.

The Carrolls remain in Hamilton County Jail on $10.1 million bond while
their children remain under the custody of the Clermont County Children
Protection Services.

The Carrolls must appear before a Clermont County Juvenile Division judge -
despite their incarceration - in the coming weeks, officials said Tuesday.
The next scheduled hearing is set for Monday, at which time attorneys for
the Carrolls' children are expected to be appointed.

The juvenile division investigation also points out the June arrest of David
Carroll for domestic violence.

According to the report: "Mr. Carroll reportedly suffers from bipolar
disorder and has explosive outbursts toward and in the presence of the
children."

In a written affidavit, Liz Carroll told Union Twp. police that an
intoxicated David Carroll pulled a knife on her after she and the Carrolls'
live-in girlfriend, Amy Baker, forbade him to drive. The report states David
Carroll broke a microwave oven, punched holes in a wall of their home and
pushed Liz Carroll into a pool table, and, when police arrived, locked
himself in a bathroom and threatened suicide.

The domestic violence charge was pleaded down to mediation, according to the
investigation.

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Foster parents indicted in death of infant girl

Sep 13, 2006 07:24 AM EDT


http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=5...&nav=menu216_3

A couple who were foster parents for an infant girl who died last year
have been indicted on one count each of felony child abuse, authorities
said.


Randall and Penny West were charged Tuesday in the death of Emily Mays and
could each face 17 to 27 years in prison if convicted in the case,
according to Pima County prosecutors.

The couple were not taken into custody but were scheduled to be arraigned
Thursday in Pima County Superior Court.

The 16-month-old girl had been living with the Wests for about a month
when she was rushed to Tucson Medical Center on Aug. 24, 2005, with
life-threatening injuries that doctors called non-accidental.

The baby underwent surgery but was later taken off life support and
pronounced dead.

The cause of death was determined to be blunt-force trauma to the head,
according to an autopsy report.

However, the Pima County Medical Examiner's Office could not conclude if
the death was a homicide or an accident.

Despite an inconclusive ruling from the medical examiner, Tucson police
reclassified the death as a homicide in December.

Since then, the case has been under review by the county Attorney's
Office, which determines if charges will be filed in a case.