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By JACINDA HOWARD Federal Way resident Sean Patrick A. Madigan, 27, was charged with second-degree assault of a child and first-degree
criminal mistreatment on March 12. He is accused of causing severe bodily injury that triggered
bruising and internal bleeding in his 4-year-old daughter, according to charging papers. Alleged abuse to the child took place
between Nov. 1, 2009, and March 2, 2010. Police were called to Seattle Children's Hospital
on March 4. Hospital personnel noticed several bruises on the child. Further examination revealed internal bleeding, according
to charging papers. A doctor concluded the child received her injuries during multiple occasions and speculated the child
was a victim of physical abuse, documents show. The girl's injuries were caused in
late February or early March, documents show. The child was punished by Madigan on Feb. 28 for not reciting the alphabet.
The next day, she stayed home instead of going to daycare. She was again instructed by Madigan to recite the alphabet, but
again refused, according to charging paperwork. About midday, Madigan's wife returned
home from work when she received a call from Madigan. The child was vomiting and appeared lethargic and somewhat unresponsive.
Madigan's wife urged her husband to take the child to receive medical care; he refused to take her or allow his wife to
do so, according to charging documents. On March 2, an Auburn doctor notified Child Protective
Services that she had seen the victim that day when the Madigans brought her to the clinic due to dehydration and vomiting.
The doctor noticed a laceration under the girl's tongue and extensive bruising to her back. She referred the Madigans
to an emergency room to treat the child's ailments. The doctor's concern for the child grew when the parents refused
to seek additional medical attention for their child, according to charging documents. Police
arrived at the Madigans' home that same day to investigate the girl's well-being. After interviewing the child and
her parents, police determined that the child was ill, but discovered nothing that called for her removal from the home, according
to charging documents. The visit was the second one conducted at the residence within a three-month timeframe. CPS first alerted Federal Way police to the girl's possible abuse in January when a counselor noticed
the child had several bruises on her body. A detective investigated and saw bruises on the child's face, arm, thigh, foot,
shoulder, elbow and knee, according to charging papers. Some of the bruises were faint. Madigan explained away the bruises,
according to charging documents. The child told police she incurred the marks when she threw a fit in the shower after she
urinated on herself. No reason was found to remove the girl from her home, according to charging paperwork. On March 3, a social worker with CPS demanded the couple bring their child to Seattle Children's Hospital.
On the way there, Madigan insisted on stopping to get his cell phone repaired, which took between 20 and 45 minutes, according
to charging documents. Meanwhile, the girl continued to vomit while she waited in the vehicle, according to the documents. On March 10, police were informed by a doctor that the injury to the child's bowels and abdomen was due
to a crushing trauma, such as blunt impact, possibly a punch or kick to the abdomen, according to charging documents. Had
the injury been left untreated, the bowel would have become necrotic, which could have caused the death of the child, according
to charging documents. The doctor's report came one day after Madigan's wife left
her husband and came to police to provide a statement about the child's condition. She told police that on Feb. 28, she
noticed bruises on the child, but was unsure how the girl obtained them. She told police that since November, she had witnessed
her husband step on the child's foot, grab her by the back of the neck to force her face toward a plate of food and, on
several occasions, restrict the child's breathing in an attempt to get her to stop crying.Madigan is being held on a $250,000
bail. His arraignment is scheduled for March 24 at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. The father of the girl was charged
with second-degree Incest and third-degree Attempted Rape. (VANCOUVER, Wash.) - Deputies in Clark County, Washington arrested a man for attempting to rape his daughter
on his patio Sunday. Sergeant Bill Roberts with the Clark County Sheriff's Office, says at approximately
4:45 p.m. Sunday, "a tearful teenage brother called Clark County 911 to report his father was attempting to rape the
caller's younger sister on the patio." He says approximately three minutes later, Deputy Rick
Osborne arrived and witnessed the partially clad juvenile and partially clad adult male on the patio. "The
father was taken into custody and placed into the Clark County Jail." Roberts says the Clark County
Sheriff's Office Major Crimes Unit processed the scene. Children's Justice Center Detective Aaron
Holladay responded to the scene and is continuing the investigation. The suspect arrested at the scene
on NE 50th Avenue is 52-year old Michael D Updike, 52 years of age, he is charged with second-degree Incest and third-degree
Attempted Rape. Clearing the way
for a death sentence, King County prosecutors have charged the accused killer of a Beacon Hill woman and her infant with two
counts of aggravated first-degree murder. In charges filed Thursday afternoon, prosecutors claim Daniel Thomas Hicks, 29, shot and killed Jennifer Jeanine
Morgan and the couple's three-month-old daughter, Emma Lyn Hicks. Hicks, who remains at large, is considered armed and
dangerous. Detailing specifics of the slayings for the first time, Seattle detectives said
in court documents that Morgan was preparing to kick Hicks out of a home they shared with Morgan's mother the day of the
shooting. Police also claim that, in a note left for his brother, Hicks referred to a murder-suicide committed by his own
grandfather in 1983 in which his grandfather killed his wife. "I'm sorry,"
Hicks wrote his brother, who is currently serving in Iraq. "I hope your stuff is not stolen by the police. I am sick,
like grandpa. "Sorry (I) cannot fix life. Please live for yourself and not others.
Do not cry." Hicks had been out of work for more than a year, Detective Eugene Ramirez
said in court documents, and Morgan had begun to tell those close to her that there was trouble in the relationship. "Jennifer
confided in (her mother) that the defendant, Daniel Hicks, was upset the baby was a girl and not a boy," Ramirez said
in court documents. "Most recently he became very jealous and suspicious of Jennifer and expressed reservations about
being Emma Lyn's biological father." As the couple's problems intensified,
Morgan decided Hicks should move out of the home, and told her mother she would tell him to on Monday. Instead, police contend
Hicks shot and killed Morgan and his infant daughter, leaving their bodies for Morgan's mother to find Tuesday morning.
Morgan's mother, who lived in the South Ferdinand Street home's upper floor, said
she had not seen her daughter since she left for work Monday morning. Seeing that Hicks' truck was gone, she assumed her
daughter had kicked him out. The following morning, the woman went to the downstairs apartment
to ask her daughter about a Christmas gift when she stumbled upon the grisly scene. Morgan and the child had been shot multiple
times and left to die. Investigators ultimately collected 21 shell casings at the scene,
leaving police to believe Hicks reloaded several times during the slayings. In interviews
with Morgan's family and friends, detectives came to believe Hicks had become increasingly abusive and paranoid in recent
weeks. He had previously threatened to kill Morgan, a friend told officers, while armed with two firearms. "This case has an undeniable component of domestic violence," Senior Deputy Prosecutor James Konat
said in court documents. "After murdering his 13-week-old infant and the infant's mother, the defendant left their
bullet-ridden bodies to be discovered by the mother and grandmother of the victims." Speaking
with Hicks' father, detectives learned Hicks had placed a collect call Wednesday from San Jose. Hicks was last seen in
Seattle at 6 p.m. Monday. Detectives believe Hicks may be driving a white 2006 Chevrolet
pickup truck with license plate A68135Z, according to a police statement. Police have cautioned that Hicks should not be approached
if located, as he's believed to be armed and dangerous. Anyone with information may
call 911. Tips can also be made to Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-222-TIPS, or by text messages at CRIMES (274637). Text messages should include TIP486
in the message. Tips to Crime Stoppers leading to an arrest and the filing of charges may
qualify the tipster for a $1,000 reward. Charged under the state's aggravated murder
statute, Hicks would face a mandatory life sentence if convicted. Prosecutor Dan Satterberg could also seek a death sentence
in the case, which could be imposed by a jury following trial. Ryan Gregory Stice, 24, of Bremerton was charged
with first-degree child abuse Thursday in Kitsap County Superior Court in connection with injuries found on his 3-month-old son. Child
Protective Services alerted Bremerton Police after an infant boy was taken to Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in Tacoma
with a broken leg on July 19. Doctors there found eight of his ribs and both collar bones had also been broken and
were at varying stages of healing, according to court documents. The baby has since been released from the hospital and is
in satisfactory condition, according to police. Stice told police he didn’t intentionally hurt the child. He said
he was lifting the baby from a swing and when he put him on the couch he heard a snap, according to reports. He said he didn’t
call 911 because a neighbor whose mother was a nurse came over and said the baby’s hip likely came out of its socket
and would be sore for a few days, but wouldn’t need medical attention, according to court documents. He told officers
the baby’s other broken bones were likely a result of him swaddling the child and squeezing the baby too tightly when
he wouldn’t stop crying, according to reports. Police and CPS continue to investigate the case. Stice is being
held in jail on $50,000 bail. His next court date is scheduled for Aug. 12. (CNN) -- Five children were found shot to death in a home near Tacoma,
Washington, Saturday afternoon, police said. Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer told CNN that the children, ages 7 to 16, were killed by their father, who apparently committed suicide later in nearby King County. The children -- four girls and one boy -- were found in a Pierce County home. Troyer said the children's mother was located after the shootings
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Washington’s Department of Social and Health Services concluded that social workers were biased toward
the birth parents, ignored obvious signs that Raffy was in danger, and failed to follow the agency’s own rules. Social workers pushed for reunification because they thought Maribel Gomez was loving and attentive. Yeah, right. Unfortunately, only the birth mother is at trial for homicide by abuse and first-degree manslaughter.
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Maribel Gomez, 32 of Spokane, Wash. is charged in the death of her 2-year-old son, Rafael “Raffy”
Gomez. While in his mom’s care, the boy suffered concussions, bruises, burns, and two broken legs. Yet state caseworkers
continued to return him to his birth parents after the child was 
Raffy was born in the back seat of a car and was placed with foster parents after tests showed he and his mother had cocaine
and methamphetamine in their systems. Denise Griffith, Raffy’s foster mother and court-appointed representative
of his estate has filed a civil-rights lawsuit. She claims his death was caused by breaches of duty and negligence by
the birth parents and by social worker Murray Twelves. Twelves no longer works child custody cases, and works as an intake
worker for social services.
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Mother says she beheaded daughter By HECTOR CASTRO She told friends her daughter was an uncontrollable "demon." So, detectives contend, the woman drew a bath in her White Center home, placed the 6-year- old
child in the water and held her under until she died. Then, using an ax she bought at a nearby hardware store, she cut the child's head off. Yesterday, King County prosecutors charged Samara L. Spann, 30, with first-degree murder for
the slaying of her daughter, Kyeimah Spann. She was being held under watch in the medical ward of the Sacramento County Main
Jail in Sacramento, Calif., where she was arrested last week for allegedly slapping another child. The murder case against Spann began with a call from California, where she had been living since
February. According to documents filed in court, a caseworker with California Child Protective Services
contacted King County detectives Feb. 22, asking them to check on Kyeimah's welfare. The caseworker had heard from one of
the mother's friends that the child may have been killed. Detectives checked the address provided, but the family living there did not know the Spanns.
When they checked with the local school, Mount View Elementary, they learned Kyeimah had attended first grade there from September
until Jan. 11. School officials gave detectives another address to check. They found that residence vacant
as well, but neighbors told them Spann had moved just a week earlier. During the next few weeks, detectives found no reports of missing children that matched Kyeimah's
description. Then, last Tuesday, the girl's grandfather called from Sacramento to file a missing-person report. Three days later, a Sacramento County sheriff's detective went to Spann's home and arrested
her for slapping her 14-year-old daughter. Once in custody, detectives asked Spann about Kyeimah. She initially denied hurting her child,
but eventually confessed, according to the court documents. In several interviews with King County detectives, who traveled to Sacramento to speak with
Spann, the mother related a horrific story. Spann said she was a heavy drug user when Kyeimah was born, and that as a crack baby, the girl
was difficult to control. In the late hours of Dec. 31 or Jan. 1, Spann said, she'd had enough. When the girl kept getting out of bed, interrupting a conversation Spann was having on the phone
with a friend, she decided to drown the child. Spann told detectives that without telling her friend, she filled her bathtub with water and
drowned Kyeimah, leaving the body in the home for two days. She said she then left and stayed at a Georgetown motel during
that time. She bought a heavy chain, padlock and an ax at a hardware store. While buying these items to
hide Kyeimah's body, she also tried to buy a teddy bear for her third child, an infant boy. But she did not have enough money,
investigators said. Once at home, she used the ax to decapitate the child. She padlocked a chain around her daughter's
remains, then placed the child in a plastic bin. Spann allegedly had a friend baby-sit her infant son while she drove to a bridge and dumped
Kyeimah into a body of water. So far, investigators have been unable to find the little girl's remains. Court documents indicate Spann admitted killing her daughter to at least two friends and her
eldest daughter, who didn't want her mother arrested. "The girl convinced Spann not to turn herself in because she would lose her mother," prosecutors
said. The girl and her infant brother have been placed in protective custody, Sacramento authorities
said. Spann is expected to have a court hearing tomorrow in Sacramento Superior Court, where she could
waive extradition proceedings. If that happens, officials said, she could be in Seattle within days. About two months before she allegedly killed her daughter, Spann filed for a protection order
against the father of her son. In her request, Spann said she was being treated for depression and was on medication. Her criminal history includes arrests for prostitution, forgery and theft. In July 2000, Washington state CPS officials were contacted after Spann was caught shoplifting
with her children, state officials said. There was no information available on what came of that contact. Washington Legislation Rep. Mike Hope, R-Lake Stevens, Snohomish Leg Dist 44, introduced legislation Wednesday, Jan. 28,
to increase penalties for people who abuse children under the age of 13, and limit their interaction with children. House Bill 1724 would increase the penalty for first-time offenders from eight to 10 years to 10 to 18 years.
Eight years of the sentence must be served in prison, regardless of good behavior. Repeat offenders would face a sentence
from 11 to 33 years under the proposed legislation. Hope said he would like to name the bill after Eryk Woodruff, a then 15-month-old
boy from Lake Stevens who was nearly beaten to death by a family friend babysitting the toddler. Woodruff's abuser was
sentenced to the maximum 10 years in prison, but may be able to get out in five years with good behavior. "Eryk's parents
did not know if their baby boy would live. In addition to a broken arm, jaw and ribs, Eryk had a serious skull fracture. Thank
God, he survived, with his parents by his side," Hope said. "Their greatest fear now is that the abuser will be
released from prison and allowed to work with other children. I want to make sure that doesn't happen." Another part of the bill
would prevent convicted abusers from working, paid or volunteer, with children under the age of 13. "As a Seattle police officer, my job
often comes after this abuse has occurred. Now as a legislator, I can help prevent future abuse," Hope said. "It's
an honor to be able to bring this proposal to the Legislature." The bill has bipartisan support and was referred to the Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Committee, where it awaits a hearing. Click to view beautiful scenes of Washington State to the tune of It's A Small World. Copywrite and Fair Use information
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