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Jason Belew Charged With Killing Dakota Hughes, 11

October 19, 2009 by Morbid  

Filed under: Child Endangerment, Child Murder, Crime, Murder, Sexual Assault 

Jason Belew Charged With Killing Dakota Hughes, 11

Cartwright, Oklahoma – Not a lot of details on this but enough to raise some questions. 11-year-old Dakota Cheyenne Hughes was spending the weekend at her Aunt’s house who lives next door. Reports state that she was up late watching movies with 34-year-old Jason Lee Belew — an acquaintance of one of Dakota’s relatives and a man she had known for about a month. At around 4 a.m. the Aunt woke up and found Dakota dead in a back bedroom and Jason was nowhere to be found. Authorities arrested Belew on a criminal mischief warrant on SundaySunday reviewsSunday reviews then officially charged with 1st degree murder.

Image and video hosting by TinyPicThe medical examiner reported that there were signs of trauma, but the cause of death has not been released. But that’s the last of my questions at this point. I, like others, would like to know what the fuck this girl was doing watching movies with a 34-year-old man and why other family members thought this was ok? I’m not saying that all 34-year-old men are waiting to murder an 11-year-old whenever the opportunity presents itself, but that is just odd. If I had an 11-year-old daughter, I am pretty sure I would not allow her to watch movies late at night alone with another 11-year-old boy – much less a grown man.

She had a friend that came over and watched movies with her,” her father Bill Hughes said. Hughes said he didn’t know Belew personally. I try not to be biased, as little kids die all the time, regardless of the economic class they are brought up in. But I will admit that as soon as I saw the images of the home, my question of “what kind of family would allow a little girl to stay up and watch movies with a man in his thirties” was answered with “Oh, yeah. OK.” Not trying to blame anyone here aside from the person responsible for actually murdering Dakota, but unless Jason was a really, really close friend of the family anyone else feel like some very poor judgment contributed to this tragedy as well?

Guess we will find out as more details are made available.

Image and video hosting by TinyPicUpdate – more information coming out. We got some anonymous information that I will not put up at the moment, but it didn’t paint anyone around Dakota in a good light. Like I stated in the comments, it reminded me of Rowan Ford. Not in the murder, even though both are heinous, but also in their environments. It is being reported that Dakota went with her aunt to pick up Jason, and when they got back Jason and Dakota’s aunt began drinking beer and malt liqour.

The aunt got dizzy and went to bed, leaving Dakota alone with Belew. When she woke up from passing out, she found the naked body of Dakota on the floor of another bedroom and Belew was gone. We have read reports of Dakota being sexually assaulted, strangled and beaten with a bat, but none of that is official – however, it was reported that when Belew was picked up he had blood on his clothing. I’ll keep updating as more information comes out, and enjoy looking at the cocksucker’s mugshot.

Learning that the aunt left Dakota alone with a drunk man that she had only known for a month is really, really starting to grate on my nerves. To imagine what her last moments were like while her aunt snored away in a drunken stupor mere feet away from where she was being murdered. StoriesStories reviewsStories reviews like this makes me wish I was a Christian so I could also drink the Kool-Aid and be comforted by the fact that Dakota was in a better place and that a God had a reason for letting a drunken piece of shit rape and murder a defenseless 11-year-old.

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Comments

  • mandydibianca
    R.I.P. Baby girl, we will never for get you! I hope you & your Daddy watch over your big sister... No child should die & in no way should a child be taken from the earth this way. Sadly this happens every damn day cause the abusers receive little to no jail time for the crime of child abuse & rape. & what will our children grow up to be when all they see is hate & misery?
  • ok the bad parenting crowd can rest a little easier tonight, they have found the dad dead

    ^^ nooooo

    can you link to that please?
    i couldnt find anything about it online.
  • nctexas1976
  • majustamom
    This is just awful, the poor child that has now lost her sister has lost her dad.
  • nctexas1976
    sometimes things just dont seem fair. i hope the sister has the support and help she needs
  • nctexas1976
    ok the bad parenting crowd can rest a little easier tonight, they have found the dad dead
  • MandyD80
    I am sad to know my cousin died this way... With that said all must know her father loved his daughters very much. He took care of those kids on his own. His girls are his world. He worked hard to raise them on his own. He is a very strong and loving man & hope & prey he stays that way for his girls... B
  • amariekade
    It's unfortunate that we live in a world where 2 grown adults would sit around for hours consuming alcohol anywhere near an 11-year old child. Much less, the Aunt drinking to the point of passing out and leaving her 'male friend acquaintence' of merely 1 month, alone with her 11-year old niece. To make this story worse, the Grandparents to this child live within walking distance of the house where all of this took place. The Aunt shouldve just taken her niece there before taking part in a drinking binge with her male buddy. Dakota's Father has had issues with his Sister's boyfriends in the past, there have been typical white trash fights in this neighborhood between that family and other 'gentlemen callers' of the Aunt....to put it nicely.
    It's only my opinion, but I think the Aunt is 100% at fault for the death of her niece, and should carry that with her the rest of her days. SHE was responsible for the well-being of that child. However, SHE chose to bring that person into her home while caring for her niece, SHE chose to drink to the point of passing out and leaving Dakota unattended with a man she'd only known for 1 month, and SHE should also be charged in this case for negligence at the least....

    I pray for strength for Dakota's family and friends. This is so hard for everyone involved, it has rocked the entire Bryan County area to the core. It's impossible to wrap your brain around how someone could do something so vicious to an innocent child. I pray justice is served properly to Jason 'shit bag' Belew....and the guilt will probably be plenty of justice for the Aunt
  • There’s a huge difference between “understandably crappy” child-care skills as in, “I don’t know how to change a diaper,” and “understandably crappy” child-care skills as in, “I will get so shitfaced that I leave my niece with a man I’ve known only a few months–and then I’ll pass out so soundly that come flood, fire, or hell in the form of a baseball bat, I’ll sleep right through it and leave her to fend for herself.” One of those is poor-child care skills; the other is just fucking inexcusable.


    Hear, hear!

    Not leaving someone else's child with one of your loadie buddies is common bloody sense. She shouldn't have to anticipate that this man would rape and kill her niece; any number of bad things could have happened, including kidnapping, assault, he could have given her alcohol or drugs, he could have shaved all her hair off her head, etc.

    And who even knows how long Debbie had known this guy. The same person claiming she knew him for "a few" months is also claiming he slipped Debbie a pill of some sort (insert eye roll here). "Known him" could mean Debbie saw him around at parties or bars, or she "knew" him through a friend of a friend. She clearly didn't know this fuck long enough to establish any reasonable justification for trusting him.
  • LeeMouse
    Would a normal, non-DD reading person be able to anticipate that a man might do something like this with someone in the next room? Maybe...maybe not. But a normal, non-DD reading person will still be able to anticipate that if you raise a child in this kind of environment, SOMETHING bad is bound to happen.

    I'm sick-to-death of parents who seem to actually go out of their way to stack the odds against their children. It doesn't take a genius to see that there are some things you can do to try to give your kids a chance to get a decent education and maybe get the hell out of there one day, and some things that you do that will virtually assure the cycle of dysfunction continues, generation after generation after stupid, irresponsible generation.
  • LeeMouse
    I'm not a parent, either, but I know well enough not to leave my 11 year-old niece alone with a virtual stranger. I also know well enough not to get so piss-drunk that I pass out when I'm supposed to be babysitting. Forget the shifty boyfriend--what if there'd been a fire? Normal people don't pick up loser men, make them into "boyfriends," and then get shitfaced on malt liquor when you have the care of a child in your hands. Normal people also don't sleep through the sounds of a rape and bludgeoning. She didn't just "head off to bed earlier" than the other two--she passed out because she'd been drinking cheap booze all night. Normal people don't do that with a child in their care, parent or not. Normal people aren't "stupid and irresponsible." Stupid and irresponsible people are stupid and irresponsible.

    Which is why I don't feel bad about holding the father somewhat accountable, as well. Relative or not, you don't leave your child with a sister that you KNOW is stupid and irresponsible. Leaving your tween daughter with a sister who's a drunk, and who shacks up with shifty-eyed losers that she barely knows, is asking for trouble--if not in the short term, then in the long term, when your daughter is a pregnant druggie by the age of 15, having effectively ruined any chance she had for a decent future. I know my relatives, too, and I would NEVER trust a child around some of them, blood relation or not. But then, I'm not stupid and irresponsible (nor prepared to accept stupidity and irresponsibility as something that an adult can't help being).

    There's a huge difference between "understandably crappy" child-care skills as in, "I don't know how to change a diaper," and "understandably crappy" child-care skills as in, "I will get so shitfaced that I leave my niece with a man I've known only a few months--and then I'll pass out so soundly that come flood, fire, or hell in the form of a baseball bat, I'll sleep right through it and leave her to fend for herself." One of those is poor-child care skills; the other is just fucking inexcusable.
  • Deety
    Fact 4: You can’t always trust the media.
    Nope. Just 34 year old virtual strangers, right?

    Now that's funny!

    I know no one here will agree with me, but I think you are being too hard on the aunt. Don't get me wrong, she showed exceptionally poor judgement and was totally irresponsible. But she's also (from what I read) not a parent, so her child-care skills are understandably crappy.

    I'm sure they were in the middle of a movie when the aunt got tired (or the malt liquor caught up with her), and she didn't want to make everyone else stop the movie. She must have figured "What could happen, I'll just be in the other room."

    Normal people (i.e. people who don't read DD on a daily basis :-p ) don't automatically assume their new boyfriend will rape and murder a child the first chance he gets. Yes, the aunt was stupid and irresponsible (drinking all day w/ the boyfriend when she should have been spending time with her niece), but this is not a reasonably expected outcome of that kind of irresponsibility. She didn't go off to work and leave the boyfriend to babysit the girl, she just headed to bed a little earlier than them. She was just in the other room!

    Who could expect that a man would do this with someone in the next room?!?
  • sarabei
    Zibarro...I think I love you!! Perfectly summed up!
  • Ajck - Debbie leaving this child with her sleazy, intoxicated boyfriend was poor judgment whether or not he had a sign advertising his violent pedophilia. Did you know that, aside from biological parents, "male acquaintenances" (friends and boyfriends) account for the next largest chunk of child murders? Secondly, this bitch was sitting around drinking malt liquor and had the wherewithal to get herself to bed and you're going to buy her "I was slipped a mickey," excuse?

    I don't know what your proximity to Debbie is, but it must be close. I don't know how else you could be so blind.
  • CassieMomma
    in what reality does the family think it is normal enough to “allow” this child to have her 34 yo friend come visit??


    I think for the most part we pretty much cleared up that the father wasn't aware and that the Aunt made a horrible decision that she has to live with. I blame her a lot, even if the asshole put something in her drink I still don't understand why he was even allowed to come over for a night of partying if an 11 year old was staying over. I also remember being 11 and that age is so tricky. I remember one time I was staying over at my friends house. She was about 3 years older than me and she had an older sister. Her sister and her boyfriend came into the room to watch movies with us and for me it was very akward (I was already in my pj's, etc.), and other people were there, I wasn't alone. Their parents were in the other room for goodness sake. I can't imagine what she went through, but it breaks my heart. R.I.P. Dakota!
  • Zibarro aka Kryssa
    ajck
    12:57 am on October 20th, 2009

    Fact 1: Sadly not everyone where’s a sign that’s says “I’m a psycho child rapist/killer”. (not unless he was a registered sex offender, and if that’s the case then it was very poor judgment on the aunts part)


    All the more reason you don't give virtual strangers access you your children! WTF? Because he didn't wear a sign - leaving Dakota alone with him was OK?? The aunt showed poor judgment regardless of whether or not anyone knew he could be a RSO.

    Fact 2: The psycho slipped a little something into the aunts drink. (I don’t know what)


    That's terrible - but had she been smart and responsible - before she went to lie down - she would have asked him to leave or had Dakota picked up! She still left them alone together! She should NOT have been getting drunk with her FB in Dakota's presence - period. She's a stupid, irresponsible twat.

    Fact 3: The aunt has known him for a few months.


    Need a new shovel yet? You just keep digging a deeper hole. "A few months"??? Sooooo... only people you just meet are dangerous? Dear Lord - what kind of backwoods community is this? Is there no common sense present at all? Has it been inbred out of everyone??

    Fact 4: You can’t always trust the media.


    Nope. Just 34 year old virtual strangers, right?

    Fact 5: I wish I could share more, but I won’t out of respect.


    I think that's a good thing. You aren't helping matters much.
  • Zibarro aka Kryssa
    dreamstorm1220
    11:57 pm on October 19th, 2009

    I would just like to say.. I am fairly new here as far as commenting goes.


    Well, welcome to the FP! What the hell took you so long? LOL j/k

    I tend to stay pretty quiet unless I have something to say that hasn’t been said (quite a rare occurance here if i may kiss a little ass).


    LM(well kissed)AO! Seriously, though... say it even if it's been said 50 times. It tends to bring the tard defenders out of hiding sometimes ;)

    In this instance, it has been mentioned (Morbid, I think) that Dakota’s surroundings may not have been as wholesome, nurturing.. fuck even ADEQUATE, as they should have been.
    When I asked the person closely involved who she was and her age, I honestly expected this to be a child.
    The posts.. What she said and how she said it, TO ME, seemed to be written by a kid in middle school.
    SO.. If this is the person standing up for her, what the FUCK was poor Dakota left with?


    Unfortunately, as is the case with too many children like Dakota (and poor Rowan) - not much. Poverty and parental neglect are a pedophiles best friend, it seems. These kids make easy targets. I'm sure her father did all he could... but when you mix a predator with people who are starving for attention/affection or acceptance - you have a recipe for disaster. Throw ignorance into the mix and you're damn near guaranteeing the predators success. I wish people would stop with the "it can't happen to me" attitude and instead, adopt the "it can happen to anyone - including me" approach. Maybe then, 34 year old deviants won't gain access to 11 year old special needs (in so many ways) children - or any other children, for that matter.
  • ajck
    Fact 1: Sadly not everyone where's a sign that's says "I'm a psycho child rapist/killer". (not unless he was a registered sex offender, and if that's the case then it was very poor judgment on the aunts part)
    Fact 2: The psycho slipped a little something into the aunts drink. (I don't know what)
    Fact 3: The aunt has known him for a few months.
    Fact 4: You can't always trust the media.
    Fact 5: I wish I could share more, but I won't out of respect.
  • Wonder
    when I first starting writing this the article was posted 1 min ago, now it has been 35 and I see you have the mug shot

    http://newsok.com/man-faces-charge-in-cartwrigh...

    click the mug shot for larger view

    a more mature picture of Dakota standing infront of the refrig.
    http://newsok.com/man-arrested-in-death-of-cart...


    http://www.kxii.com/news/headlines/64840137.html

    Belew was arrested Sunday afternoon in Sherman on an outstanding warrant. Police say he had Debbie Hughes' cell phone on his person and had what appeared to be blood stains on his clothing.

    Bryan County District Attorney Emily Redman says there is sufficient evidence to charge Belew with first degree murder.

    "The only possible punishments for murder in the first degree are life in prison, life in prison without parole, and death," said Redman.


    Brittany61805 says, i have been told that he raped her and then beat her with a baseball bat.


    With a Ballbat - Oh how horrible and so unnecessary!!!

    Wouldn't surprise me one bit the slipped something in Debbie's drink so he could have alone time with the young babe, He might be on drugs as well, It is very difficult to understand how she didn't hear the child beaten or screaming. He may have held a pillow over her face or gagged her. we really don't know. Debbie could be like that

    christina-sykora-wasnt-in-the-mood-so-she-offers-up-a-7-year-old

    http://www.dreamindemon.com/2009/10/06/christin...

    ------------------------------------------

    sign Dakota's Guest Book

    http://www.legacy.com/gb2/default.aspx?bookid=1...

    ------------------
    Where is the affidavit please?
  • Not sure if this one will work, but here its anywho!!


    Just use the IMG button. All you need to do is input the image path and an optional description.
  • dreamstorm1220
    I would just like to say.. I am fairly new here as far as commenting goes. I read the front page for a while... registered and read further with no comments (you guys seemed to have it all under control) and have just recently started to voice my opinion. I tend to stay pretty quiet unless I have something to say that hasn't been said (quite a rare occurance here if i may kiss a little ass).
    In this instance, it has been mentioned (Morbid, I think) that Dakota's surroundings may not have been as wholesome, nurturing.. fuck even ADEQUATE, as they should have been.
    When I asked the person closely involved who she was and her age, I honestly expected this to be a child.
    The posts.. What she said and how she said it, TO ME, seemed to be written by a kid in middle school.
    SO.. If this is the person standing up for her, what the FUCK was poor Dakota left with?
  • I went ahead and added the mugshot and new information to the main article.
  • dreamstorm1220
    Zibarro my dear, you can call that slag whatever you wish. I cant seem to find the words to express what I think... I humbly defer to your experience here at DD and trust that you know that of which you speak (or type..)
  • MadeaBecBec
    <img src="http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff307/MadeaBecBec/Mugshots/JasonLeeBelew-34-raped-killedDakota.jpg" alt="">
    Not sure if this one will work, but here its anywho!!
    He has those evil beady eyes!</img>
  • Zibarro aka Kryssa
    MadeaBecBec
    10:57 pm on October 19th, 2009

    In other words, Debbie passed out, wonder what woke her?


    A bladder full of beer and malt liquor, no doubt.
  • Zibarro aka Kryssa
    dreamstorm1220
    10:36 pm on October 19th, 2009

    Zibarro, the 11 year old special needs niece.


    My bad. A very important distinction - imho. Thank you.

    I'm still calling "Stupid Cunt" on the aunt. Never thought badly of dad - hope no info comes out to change that, either.
  • MadeaBecBec

    Jason Belew Mugshot
    According to an affidavit of probable cause 11-year-old, Dakota Hughes went with her aunt, Debbie Hughes, to pick up 34-year-old Jason Lee Belew on Saturday afternoon and took him back to Debbie's home in Cartwright, Oklahoma. There, Debbie and Belew reportedly consumed beer and malt liquor until around 10:30 that night.

    According to reports, Debbie felt dizzy and went to bed, leaving Dakota alone with Belew. When Debbie woke up around four Sunday morning she says that Belew was gone and she found Dakota dead, her naked body lying on a bedroom floor.


    In other words, Debbie passed out, wonder what woke her?

    Source
  • dreamstorm1220
    Zibarro, the 11 year old special needs niece.
  • Great post and info! Surely this section has to be the most popular at dreamindemon. Hmm - I could have sworn this was titled "FORBIDDEN FRUITS" a short while ago, have you just changed it or are my eyes deceiving me? I know that I often enjoy perusing these "Sweets" and reading your views and opinions - some top notch stuff for sure. Wonder what hairy bearded man did with this naughty girl with an attitude when no one was lookin? >:-()
    Hopefully Jason's FREE RIDE to MAGGOT MANOR is waitin' OH YEAH!
  • skeptik
    I am sorry for jumping to conclusions and assuming that Dakota's father allowed her to have a 30-something friend. I am not sorry for jumping to the conclusion that the family surrounding her failed her horribly. Seems that was the case. My sympathies are with her father and sister who will suffer immeasurably at her loss. Rest in peace, Dakota.
  • midwestmon
    So let me get this straight...the father is a great dad...and the aunt is a great aunt??? So how is it an 11 year old child is left to hang out with a 34 year old man that no one really knows...something is NOT right. Any half way decent parent does'nt do that...let your kid hang out with 30 something adults...and the child was beaten and strangled...Who the hell sleeps through that?...unless you're unconscious...under the influence of something. People...this happens WAY too often...Just goes to show you never REALLY know what goes on behind close doors...and you should trust no one with your kids...
  • Zibarro aka Kryssa
    So the family is grieving. They know what happened. They know that if the aunt could have stopped it she would have. And you people, saying all these bad things towards the aunt and father is not helping them. Please people think about what you are saying and learn facts before saying these hateful things towards the family.


    Do you realize where you are? What "facts" would you have us know before we speak? What POSSIBLE excuse could the aunt have for 1. Leaving her 11 year old niece alone with this murderous, raping bastard? 2. Sleeping soooo soundly that he could beat, rape and strangle Dakota completely unnoticed?
    Put up or shut up.

    R.I.P Dakota Cheyenne Hughes
    You were the sweetest girl and will be missed by many.


    Probably the only sane thing you've contributed. I can agree with this part.


    I feel very sorry for her. She was a special ed child so she was probably scared she didnt know what to do. she guy that she was up with was actually her aunts boyfriend so thats why he was there. Honestly Dokota was a sweet little girl she will be missed very much.
    She attended Colbert Elementery 6th grade. I am in 7th grade but i went to school with her last year. she was sweet she was never mean to anybody.
    i have been told that he raped her and then beat her with a baseball bat.
    She didnt deserve any of this. she was as sweet as can be.


    Thank you Brittany. I am so very sorry for the loss of your friend. I am not very comfortable with your presence here - but only because I hate to see young children exposed to such atrocities and (in the case of so many here.. me included) such graphic language.

    Upon reading this - my heart just breaks more and more. Some say suicidal people are the most selfish - I beg to differ. I think murdering bastards beat them hands down. I truly hate this person - sight unseen. I hate ALL who would harm.. or kill children.
  • Brittany61805
    I feel very sorry for her. She was a special ed child so she was probably scared she didnt know what to do. she guy that she was up with was actually her aunts boyfriend so thats why he was there. Honestly Dokota was a sweet little girl she will be missed very much.
    She attended Colbert Elementery 6th grade. I am in 7th grade but i went to school with her last year. she was sweet she was never mean to anybody.
    i have been told that he raped her and then beat her with a baseball bat.
    She didnt deserve any of this. she was as sweet as can be.
  • maggieann
    yes Dakota will be miss very much so by many, and my heart goes out to her father and her sister
  • ajck
    So the family is grieving. They know what happened. They know that if the aunt could have stopped it she would have. And you people, saying all these bad things towards the aunt and father is not helping them. Please people think about what you are saying and learn facts before saying these hateful things towards the family.
    R.I.P Dakota Cheyenne Hughes
    You were the sweetest girl and will be missed by many.
  • maggieann
    i am 42 yrs old and i live by them my childern go to school with her
  • MadeaBecBec
    Sounds like the Aunt of this precious child, wasn't all that responsible or a healthy example to an 11 year old. But, I can see where Dakotas Dad would allow her to stay overnight, that's his sister, plus he lived next door. Poor Dad must really be distraught, not only because he has lost a daughter in a vile and evil way, but under his very own sisters watch, by his sisters "friend", I am sure he feels some measure of guilt about it anyway and how will he or can he forgive his sister. Man, I feel a whole lotta anguish for this family....
    Dakota, a beautiful name, having it's orgin in Native American, it means Friend or Ally and Smiling Forever, perfect for this beautiful girl, who is now in a more beautiful place, forever smiling.
    May God strike Jason Bellew with His almighty lighting, soon! Very soon!
  • dreamstorm1220
    maggieann,
    Would you mind telling us your age and relationship to all of this? I am NOT doubting you or being rude by any means. Just curious.
  • sarabei
    ty, some 1 got what i was saying i do blame the aunt and i hope like hell she goes to jail too and yes they was drinking, who cares she was to watch over Dakota and didnt i blame her jsut as much as i blame jason they both need to die a slow death


    Sorry if the father didn't know about Jason, from that one sentence surely you can see why I was confused and totally outraged!! However, as it appears he didn't know and this man wasn't supposed to be there, my sympathies to the father and Dakota's sister.
  • maggieann
    ty, some 1 got what i was saying i do blame the aunt and i hope like hell she goes to jail too and yes they was drinking, who cares she was to watch over Dakota and didnt i blame her jsut as much as i blame jason they both need to die a slow death
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