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Parents Behaving Badly

January 17th, 2007

The John Patrick Violette Case: A Smattering of New Details

It’s almost certain that John Patrick Violette will adopt an insanity defense when he faces charges of decapitating his four-year-old girl Kaitlin. According to the latest dispatch, witnesses are saying that he was ranting to himself when he came home that day, and not into a cell phone as another witness had previously reported. Also, […]

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January 14th, 2007

John Patrick Violette Case a Mystery

Update on the John Patrick Violette case: Police in North Carolina say they have no freaking idea why Violette flipped his shit and decapitated his daughter. One insanity plea, coming right up. I’ll be curious to see whether his wife Amber sticks by him, or runs screaming. As I’ve said in the past, I doubt […]

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January 4th, 2007

Allison Quets Abducts Her Twins After Giving Them Up for Adoption

When I wrote for Blogging Baby, I found that there was a whole cadre of folks who are virulently anti-adoption. They believe that the adoption industry is an inherently evil, immoral entity that tears families apart. I hadn’t encountered these folks again, though, until today, when MCA alerted me to the case of Allison Quets. […]

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November 15th, 2006

Oprah Winfrey Asks David Crespi: Why Didn’t You Just Kill Yourself?

Last month I wrote about David Crespi, the Charlotte, North Carolina banker who “snapped” one night and murdered his twin daughters, Tess and Sam. Shortly after the killings, Crespi called 911 and confessed. The case is so baffling that Oprah Winfrey made it the focus of her Tuesday show. Crespi’s wife Kim has already talked […]

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October 6th, 2006

Chilling 911 Tape: Dad Describes How He Murdered Twin Daughters

This next tragic tale comes courtesy of fellow the True Crime Blogroll member Stephen McCaskill of Crime Scene Blog. Stephen links to a 911 call from David Crespi of Charlotte, North Carolina, who dialed the police immediately after “freaking out” and killing his two twin daughters. (The original link to the 911 call came courtesy […]

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August 24th, 2006

Dad Lets Baby Have Coke (Yeah, The Powdered Kind)

Come on down, Brandon Scott Lewis! (No relation to Daniel Day, as far as I know.) You’re next in line for Worst Father of the Year award! The 22-year-old apparently thought it was a good idea to develop a cocaine habit. Additionally, he saw no problem with leaving the substance around where his none-month-old son, […]

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