Maniac Mom Kills Daughters to Spite Husband
Hot tipper Sarah sent me this write-up by Toronto Star writer Rosie DiManno that’s heart-wrenching. DiManno takes pains to let us know just what a loving father Leonardo Campione was to his two darling girls, 3-year-old Serena and 1-year-old Sophia. Despite the accusations that his ex-wife Elaine Campione lobbed against him, social workers had nothing but exemplary words for the dad who wept when he hugged his daughters after reuniting with them post-separation.
Divorce court documents for the Campiones were released this week, and they paint a picture of a woman whose was so cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs that social services should’ve have let her within 20 feet of a stray dog, let alone children. Elaine was prone to dumping her malnourished children with her in-laws, and babbling incoherently. After she suffered a nervous breakdown in July, she regained custody of her children - and then forbid their father from seeing them anywhere except at the local social services access center. Meanwhile, Leo Campione struggled against abuse allegations, attended AA-style meetings even though he wasn’t an alcoholic, and generally put up with being dicked over by a system that thought putting two little girls in the care of a babbling borderline psychopath was a grand idea.
The question practically leaps off of the page: why was Elaine Campione given custody of the kids, and the so-called “abusive” dad Leo forbidden from seeing them? That’s the question that DiManno explores in her column. Sadly, the answers won’t do Leo Campione or his daughters any good now: Elaine Campione has been charged with first degree murder after killing both Serena and Sophia. The children were apparently poisoned, but toxicology tests have not yet unearthed the agent used to do the two little ones in.
This case is reminiscent of Jim Junior Nice, an Idaho dad who killed his kids with rat poison in the midst of a nasty divorce. The only difference is that the genders are reversed. The lesson here: being a despicable parent knows no gender boundary. Perhaps after their lethal injections, Nice and Campione can strike up a child-free romance in Hell.
Oh…shit. Well, it was a good idea…
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3 opinions for Maniac Mom Kills Daughters to Spite Husband
Dad Kills Daughter with Chloroform in Revenge for Wife’s Affair; Gets Life - from Parents Behaving Badly by Jay Andrew Allen
Nov 3, 2006 at 6:21 pm
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Nov 23, 2006 at 8:45 am
I knew Elaine and Leo. My ex and her use to hang out all the time. Guess what. My ex is doing the same to me. She made false allegations about me and yes I’m still going to court. I am fighting for custody. Very similar to the story above. How come the system always takes for the woman. Guys are guilty until proven innocent. I think it’s sick to see what happened to these 2 girls. They were so cute. Leo only wanted the best for them. Sorry to put it this way, but.. this just proves that the system sucks.
Michael Lowe Beats and Strangles Daughter, Then Commits Suicide on Highway - from Parents Behaving Badly by Jay Andrew Allen
Dec 1, 2006 at 9:51 am
[…] Police are still trying to piece together the crime, and make sense out of the insanity. Did Lowe intend to kill his daughter? Did he snap after an “accident”? Either he “just snapped”, or Lowe did what he did in response to his separation from his wife. It’s not uncommon (sadly) for parents to murder their kids out of anger or revenge aimed against their spouse. Elaine Campione and Jim Junior Nice are two recent examples of this twisted line of reasoning. How tragic for that little girl that she got caught in the suction of her father’s implosion. If anyone who knew Michael Lowe can shed some light into this darkness, please do. […]
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