Benjamin Sargent, Sharon Twocrows, Rowan Ford
Dreamin’ Demon Home Office, Akron, Ohio - Every so often I like to just update a case here and there, especially when it seems like a few cases have things going on. Also, I’m sort of a lazy blogger sometimes, and this is a good way to get a story up on the front page without having to go hunt down the latest babykiller. After all, we have so many already here! This week has seen developments in a few cases we’ve covered over the last months, so read on to see what’s happening.
The Benjamin Sargent case is one that hits everyone in two places - the heart, and the gag reflex. This poor five month old baby boy was left to die in a carseat for over a week, wasting away of starvation and dehydration, his skin burning and falling off from his own waste. Oh yeah, we hate Benjamin’s parents with a white passion up in here.  Tracy Hermann gave up parental rights to her older child, Natalie, last month.
Now the prosecution has decided not to seek the death penalty in the parents’ trials, citing mental health concerns and the parents each blaming the other for Benjamin’s death.  Okay then, let’s just put the parents in a restraint chair for a week and see if that takes care of the problem. I’ll even supply a complimentary tard helmet.
In somewhat better news, Sharon Twocrows pled guilty yesterday to six felony counts in connection with the abuse of her four year old grandson in Newton County, Missouri. That child was found in February starved, beaten and restrained in a trash and feces-filled home with no running water.  He weighed 22 lbs. The child’s two year old sister, who was also in the home, had a running-shoe footprint bruise on her back. Only the infant in the home appeared healthy. Well, the infant, Twocrows, who is a nurse for heck’s sake, and Twocrows’ son and daughter in law, Paul and Chasity Kubie. The Kubies have been bound over for trial in Newton County. Twocrows will be sentenced on July 17.
Newton County, MO is a busy place lately. On June 17, a new motion was filed for a second public defender for Chris Collings, who is accused of murder in the Rowan Ford case. It appears that now both Chris Collings and David Spears have two attorneys each. This is important information because in Missouri, you need two attorneys for the defense in order to try a death penalty case. The state is seeking the death penalty against Collings and Spears for the rape and murder of Spears’ stepdaughter Rowan Ford, who as most of us know was brutally killed last November when she was just nine years old.
Now both Collings and Spears are scheduled for court hearings on July 22, presumably with all their various counsel present. Now maybe we can get this show on the road and Missouri can rid itself of these two blights on humanity sooner rather than later.
Any other updates you have, or want us to check out? Post away. It’s not like we have anything else going on up in here today. 
19 responses so far ↓
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Not So Speechless
Jun 19, 2008 at 11:10 am -I am weeping with joy that Benjamin will get the justice he so richly deserves.
I really am torn about the death penalty, but in this case, and in Rowan’s case, it seems very, very appropriate.
Rowan and Benjamin Rest in Peace and please know that you are so loved by everyone here. Damn, I’m crying here, I hope no customers come in for a while.
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thepooh5
Jun 19, 2008 at 11:15 am -Thanks for the updates, Imp.
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Dakota Valkyrie
Jun 19, 2008 at 11:29 am -Hope you didn’t jinx yourself
Thanks for the updates… and all the things you do that we don’t know about. (Dreamin’ Demon things specifically)
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funkmama
Jun 19, 2008 at 11:51 am -Poor baby Benjamin. I seemed to have missed that case. I wish I did this time around too. He looked so much like my son did… My heart is broken. I sat at my desk and fought back tears forever after reading that. I am speechless… ::sob::
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thepooh5
Jun 19, 2008 at 12:02 pm -Yeah, I know what you mean. His death description is so horrible, it still haunts me daily.
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SNOOKIE
Jun 19, 2008 at 1:26 pm -those poor little babies
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michelle
Jun 19, 2008 at 1:51 pm -Justice- finally.
Thank red hotty.
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Ruby
Jun 19, 2008 at 2:23 pm -Thanks for the updates, Imp.
But I’ve got to tell you I’ve been kind of a wreck all day with Rowan back up on the front page. I can’t look at her face without getting all teared up. Hers was the story that brought me to DD, and her story haunts me more than any other I’ve seen since.
I don’t know how I’m going to get through the trial, when it comes. Damn. I know it doesn’t make anything any better for that little girl, or her family, but I will never forget her.
Janice, if you still pop by to read now and again, we’re still thinking of you all!!
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thepooh5
Jun 19, 2008 at 2:35 pm -Yes we certainly are. Thanks for throwing that out there Ruby.
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mammasweets
Jun 19, 2008 at 3:05 pm -I hope they throw Ben’s parents in gen pop. I doubt they will last very long.
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thepooh5
Jun 19, 2008 at 3:10 pm -I really do, too. They will not be put in general - it would be too dangerous for them. Sadly the state MUST protect them. Now don’t that just make you want to puke? Damn.
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WryBread
Jun 19, 2008 at 6:11 pm -Yes, Imp. Please check out the young pregnant black woman who got on a bus with two kids and disappeared somewhere between her uncle’s home and the rest of her family’s. It was a journey of some distance between states if I remember right. I have kept wondering if she was ever found. I don’t remember how long ago it was posted, perhaps a couple of months.
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Hippiepoet
Jun 20, 2008 at 12:42 pm -Seeing Rowan’s beautiful little face made me cry.
Thanks for the updates Imp. I hate to think that those two fucking pigs are still breathing up oxygen when Rowan will never take a breath of air again. Makes me sick and makes my heart hurt.
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Ruby
Jun 20, 2008 at 12:50 pm -Wry, that family was found safe. They had gotten off somewhere no one had expected, and didn’t realize anyone was worried about them. I will see if I can dig up the link, but I do remember, they were ok!
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Lizard
Jun 20, 2008 at 12:53 pm -Was it this one?
http://www.dreamindemon.com/fo.....php?t=3019
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Ruby
Jun 20, 2008 at 12:59 pm -No Lizard. It was a pregnant woman and her two kids who left her uncle’s house in FL headed home to Michigan or Minnesota or someplace like that. Then they seemed to disappear. Everyone suspected foul play from Uncle, as no one could even confirm them being on the bus. But they were ultimately found safe.
Thing is, I’m searching the forums and coming up empty. The Missing Persons section only goes back to early this year. I don’t remember when it was, exactly. Ah, well. They were safe, Wry. That’s all I can tell you right now.
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Ruby
Jun 20, 2008 at 1:02 pm -Aha! I found it on the front page (though not in the forums, which is odd). Her name is Latisha Rutledge, and here’s the link:
http://www.dreamindemon.com/20.....s-missing/
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Lizard
Jun 20, 2008 at 1:06 pm -Okay, too many damn people getting on buses and going missing. I may never “go Greyhound” again!
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solange822001
Jun 20, 2008 at 4:25 pm -It always shocks me to happen upon Rowan’s picture here. Such a beautiful child, and knowing what she went through just takes my breath away. The whole part about her going to church early to get away from the fat pig, the fat pig crying on the news about how “she called me daddy!”, this was one of the most horrific stories I’ve ever read. I am going to send Janice a message on myspace, see if she replies. If she does, I’ll let you guys know how she is
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