Dominick Calhoun, 4, Tortured To Death For Urinating On A Couch

“Dominick's mother's whereabouts and actions through all portions of the torture session remain somewhat hazy. The county prosecutor said his office is “still investigating her involvement in all this.”

“She's also culpable for putting him in the dangerous position in the first place,” he added.

“Baker was taken into custody on Sunday but released later. Attempts to reach her at her home Thursday evening were unsuccessful.”

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/04/15/michigan.ch…

That scumbag whore of a piece of shit worthless 'mother' needs her fucking brains kicked in too. Hey Corrine, you fucking whore, if you or any of your family members read this, go fuck yourself. I hope you spend the rest of your worthless fucking life behind bars getting raped daily with a fucking curling iron you worthless fucking piece of shit.

I have added a link to a Facebook Page set up for Dominick. Might be a good place to check for updates on this story since we get kinda swamped and don't always get updates up real quickly.

I was in an abusive marriage for 3 years. I got the shit kicked out of me, but the moment he tried to lay his hands on my son, I left and never looked back. I regret staying at all, not for my sake, but for the fact that my son ever had to see that shit. I was scared to death to leave him, but I was much more scared that he'd hurt my child the way he had hurt me. It was worth risking my life to protect his. At that point, there was no “allowing” me to do shit. She shielded his body with her own? Really? She took one kick to the head for him, and then she backed off and allowed him to blows for days on end until the poor baby was brain dead. She's a worthless spineless cunt of a mother. She allowed her baby to suffer so she didn't have to.

“Family said they didn’t notice signs of abuse before Dominick’s death, and Argentine Township police Chief Dan Allen said it’s impossible to tell if he was previously injured.”

“The boy’s hands were also burned, but police haven’t determined how.”

http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/…

This story haunts me.

People react differntly.

they're not all brave and perfect like you bitch.

If you google is name you can see many news videos and articles on this story!! It is sickening, but maybe some people will get a clue!! I hope every person who trys to beat a child pictures this little boys face!

Eat my dick. You don't know anything about me, and if she was too fucking weak to protect her small child she deserves to suck the cock of satan. So fuck you, idiot.

the mother called her mom on friday to say he had severe burns and needed to go to the hospital grandma never showed up and his mother was taking a shower on sunday when the police arrived im so glad she was clean while her son was dying

I was in a abusive relationship and IM FUCKING SORRY BUT IF HE WOULD OF BEEN BEATING MY KIDS HE WOULD OF BEEN THE ONE ON LIFE SUPPORT!!! cuz its one thing if u beat me and i stay and deal but U WILL NEVER TOUCH MY CHILDREN LIKE THAT HELLL NOOOO. AND YES I HAVE 2 GIRLS 8 AND 6 SO HELLL NO THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN

This is basically exactly what I said before I edited it. I was abused by my ex husband, but the moment he even thought of laying his hands on my little boy, I was gone and never looked back. This woman allowed him to torture her baby to death. TORTURED. TO. DEATH. There would have been no allowing me to do shit once he put his hands on my child the first time. I would have given my life to protect his. She took a kick to the head and backed off for 4 fucking days while her little boy was beaten until he was brain dead. Survival is a natural instinct, protecting your children is a mother's instinct that even wild animals know better than to fuck with. She failed her son in the worst way imaginable.

No, you go fuck yourself. Since you're too stupid to understand the clearly worded article, let me explain it for you: obviously, the mother WAS getting her brains kicked in, probably on a frequent basis. If that pleases you, then you can enjoy thinking about it, I guess.

Another person who would do well to go read the most simply-worded textbook on the psychology of abuse. I'm sure there's something out there with single-syllable words you might be able to comprehend. Give it a try. I'm sure there's a library in your town somewhere, no?

Sounds like drugs were part of the whole relationship. Combine that with the fact that the mom was clearly being abused on a frequent basis, no surprise this story ended in disaster. Mom might have been addicted to drugs (doesn't the article say her sister came to buy drugs from here), was almost certainly beaten often and probably had PTSD. Nevertheless, her responsibility to protect her son was not met. That is undeniable. The mom IS culpable to an extent, and I'm sure the question of her culpability will not be ignored, nor should it be. Nevertheless, she was herself abused, and the real monster here is THE PERSON WHO MURDERED DOMINICK. What a horrific story, all around.

In other words, some allowance has to be made for the fact that she was being abused. It just does. Doesn't mean she did what she should have done–she did not do what she should have done. But it's pointless to say she should have gotten the same treatmetn her son got. She did get that treatment, probably all the damn time.

As a matter of fact, there is not a library in my town you patronizing asshole. I know what it's like to get the shit kicked out of you, and I will tell you right now that no matter what happened to me I would NEVER allow one of my children to get beaten by anyone. Any real mother would take an ass beating over protecting their child. She allowed it to happen and didn't do anything, that makes her guilty. She could have done something. Fight harder, ran, screamed her head off til one of the neighbors called the cops. Hell by your logic, most of the pos parents on here wouldn't be guilty. Guess molesters shouldn't be held accountable for their actions if they were sexually abused either huh?

yes that pos layed down there after help was on the way… good show of love from her..NOT !!!! Mother of 2 I agree… she is still breathing and not all that hurt that in those”4 days” she couldn't have done more…. oops but again her drugs came first…..as a mother and a grandmother NO ONE and I do mean NO ONE was ever allowed to hurt one of mine… As I always told them you would have to sleep sometime and you would never wake up… Burning bed was a good thing in my book…. Kill that rat bastard and we would have been there to praise her..but no When grandpa got there she told him the boy was in his room “Resting”… Sorry this just makes me SO VERY ANGRY and I don't even know the family but am good friends with some of their friends….

I don't know if you're a relative to this woman or not. if you are, I;m sorry for the loss of a beautiful family member Dominick. Saying that, I understand the frustration of all these people toward the mother. I know abused women are fearful and ashamed to admit what they are going through. I as a mother of 2 wonderful children myself would lose my own life in defense of them. My heart trully goes out to all of those women and children in homes with abuse and harm. My prayers are with that little boy for the trauma he saw in his short and unlived life full of potential.

I can agree with this. I don't feel as if she should have been beaten to death, but she should have tried a hell of a lot harder than she did. The fact that she is alive and her little boy is dead..and that it took 4 days for him to get to that point, I truly believe that she failed him.

No, no, I'm not a relative or anything—LOL. Just a Demonite. I shouldn't have been so harsh (my apologies to Motherof2). I just know that if there was a longterm pattern of abuse against her, which it seems like there was, that is a crucial factor. She failed him, though, no doubt about it.

I know, and I truly am sorry for saying such an asshole thing to you. I do agree. But it's still heartbreaking to me to think of how many times she has probably been beaten and raped by this fucking monster of a man. People get broken mentally by longterm abuse. It doesn't excuse her son's death, though. Nothing can excuse that. But, still, I'm sorry. This story just really upset me.

I definitely shouldn't have read it! Obviously…it made my head spin. Such a lovely looking little child, too. Not that it matters what he looked like. This story just SUCKS.

If she was with him since December, then, I assume, a few months worth. That's a long time to get beaten up on. I am guessing it was a frequent basis. It's a guess. Certainly was frequent within the scope of the days discussed.

So then, you don't know for sure that she had been being “abused on a frequent basis”?

You mean you cannot argue that is does NOT alter someone? I think that's what it meant? I'd also GUESS…this is just a guess…that this is not her first abusive relationship…although this is just a guess. It does make a person more likely to be victimized again, that much is proven. I am so glad you got out of your own abusive situation, and I'm sorry I flew off the handle. I just really felt so upset reading this story.

I think it's best to just stick by the facts on this one. Making an assumption as to her pyschological state in order to give, yet another one of these monsters, an excuse as to why they do what they do is awful. Oh, I didn't get hugged enough as a kid…sorry I killed 30 people. I've been stressed at work…sorry I shot everyone. I was sexually abused…sorry I molested all those kids. I am SO sick of hearing these excuses for people's behavior and actions (or lack thereof in this case! There is NO excuse to let a 4yo child die over the course of FOUR DAYS. PERIOD.

After seeing her pic, I feel no differently. She knew she was raising her children in a house with an abusive drug dealer. She herself had been abused, she didn't leave. He abused her son, she didn't leave. She sat there for 4 days while her unconscious near-death son was brutally beaten and tortured…being burned and having his eyes jabbed back into his skull. She lied and made excuses when help (help that she never tried getting) had finally showed up. She doesn't look all that bad, considering the fact that poor dominick was injured on every single area of his body, including eyes and genitals. And too think, all of this because the little boy had a potty accident.

I didn't see these quotes, I only saw a pic of her face which didn't look too bad considering the description of dominick. I also read that when help came, she said that dominick was just resting. This post makes me feel a little more sad for her, but it doesn't change my opinion. this was a man, not a machine. there is no way in hell he was continuously beating them for 96 hours straight. He had to have taken a break at some point, and she had neighbors within hearing distance that she could have gone to.

This makes me so sick, I could seriously puke.

When it comes to my kids, I don't care WHO the eff it is – I will knock someone out if they even talk to my kids wrong.

This is why I take NO chances. If I hear/see anything out of the ordinary – I will call the cops. I don't care how silly it seems.

It's understandable. Everyone is certainly entitled to have their own opinions about things, and things like this always bring on strong emotions. You just have to remember that just because someone doesn't agree with you doesn't automatically make them stupid.

The quotes were from the first link:

http://www.connectmidmichigan.com/news/story.as…

Motherfucker had to sleep sometime. Especially if he was on pot/vicodin. After the first day of the beating, why couldn't she go and bash his head in with a cast iron skillet or something while he was sleeping/passed out?? Then take her baby and RUN. I do empathize with abused women, I saw my own mom get abused, but you HAVE to get ugly and defend your kids, if need be. I'm glad she tried (it's more than alot of incubators do), but it wasn't enough. Now her penis is safetly locked away, and she has no son. POS could have been dead, and she still could have had her kid. Get it??

But HE ended up dead, not HER. Which means his assbeating was WORSE. Much, much worse. Which makes her kinda lame. The only way one of my kids would get beaten or dead like that by some dude is if I was *already dead*. Ever heard of “over my dead body”????

crazy her myspace quote is

“I fall more in love with him everyday…. Thanks for always making me happy baby. I Love Brandon!!”

that's like twilight zone shit.

O_o

eh, aren't you making assumptions that oppose his assumptions? Where does it state she was not abused daily? Where does it state that she was not a serious drug addict? Cause… I'm seeing conjecture on both sides.

I don't know if this will work, but it brought tears to my eyes. He's the same age as my second to youngest son, and all I could think of was that it easily could have been him in this video. I see he was laid to rest today, I hope the family has the strength to get through this together, and I hope that his big brother has nothing but unconditional love and happiness from this day forward.

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Not trying to argue with you here, but *I* never called her evil. I do think she was probably a sad, beaten down soul. But she's going to be sadder and more beaten down now forever because her son is dead. I do believe she truly loves her sons and is sick over this. Just from her myspace you can tell she loves her kids enough to take a million sweet pictures of them like I and many others do with our own kids.

“But, to call her evil and all this stuff and to say “oh I would've done this” is a little ignorant”

Again, never said she was evil. But it is not ignorant for me to say “I would have done this”. Because I once had a new guy that screamed in the face of my five year old son and startled my son into instant tears. he did not hit my son, screamed in his face. After I soothed my son, I sent him out to play. Then I proceeded to take out the trash. I learned then that in those circumstances if you act crazier than the other person, they will say F this and scoot. So yeah, I'm pretty confident in saying that I would never take that treatment without fighting back visiously.
That being said, I think the loss of her son is way more punishment than the courts could ever give her.

*Yawns* I get so tired of battered women using that old tired story in an effort to justify their pathetic inability to protect their own children from the wrath of these kinds of monsters. It seems to me that one gets some kind of payoff (however sick or twisted it may be) by continuing in a relationship such as this one. He was a drug dealer, huh? Would it surprise anyone here if she was in the throes of addiction, and that whatever was happpening to her son took a back seat, so that she could continue to get high via her prick boyfriend? Shes not retarded or in a wheel chair is she? Why then, did she not protect her child or die trying in the attempt? Because shes weak, irresponsible and stuck in the role of perpetual victim..and being a 'victim' she can avoid looking at the real truth about herself.

so was I but no one EVER laid a hand on any of my kids… They knew better !! But then again I wasn't a drugged up addict..in the 4 days that he was doing this he had to sleep or go to the toilet. RUN, Run like the devil is after you and get your kids out of there…the police station is only a few blocks from their house how hard would it be to get there…

These people had only been together a short time… He didn't get out of prison until about 6 months ago.. go to OTIS and read his MDOC report… Why don't you go to the web site Justice for Dominick Calhoun and become a fan then go to all the links and read the reports on both of these people… Then let us know how you feel…

Oh my God, how do I get to this town & what's the quickest way to get arrested there? I would gladly suffer the bad food & general atmosphere just to close enough to this piece of shit/ Walking in on a jaywalking ticket & leaving with manslaughter would kinda balance karma in my favor. I hope your asshole draws up under your nose the rest of your life so you can watch every time you're GOING to be screwed while in there big man-baby killer.
Rest In Peace Dominick – God's waiting for you

It is hard to find words after reading this. Times like this I understand the typical mindset of others that they do not want to hear this, but at the same time it pisses me off even more that there are so many millions of dollars spent in shit like anti-smoking or tabloid runs about the latest celebrity affair–but yet the outrages done against little Dominick will never get that publicity. People would rather duck their heads and feel that they're doing enough by donating a dollar to the latest breast cancer drive, when horrifying outcomes like this would easily be lessened if there was more public outcry and outrage against the situation.

The only thing i have to say about the mother is that as a formerly abused single mom, and a former child who dealt with abuse, the bitch has her own guilt to live with, and if she isn't going to be forced by the courts to deal with it, it doesn't lessen the fact that she definitely owns a part of it. I don't care if she has had her head kicked in every day, she has had chances to get her children to safety. By choosing to place them and KEEP them in this danger, she has had a part in the horrific torture of Dominick.

SM

The bitch was too stupid to realize what a piece of shit she was with. The worst part is she had a chance to get her son out of the situation before it was too late. It's fucked up when a woman puts some piece of shit like that before her own child.

To the self-righteous mothers: What do you seek to gain from attacking this woman? Validation of your superior mothering skills? Satisfaction believing that you would NEVER, EVER have done what she had done, that you would have smashed this bastard's head in before he even laid a hand on your child, or you would never have stayed with him because he's a violent drug addict? That's what you'd like to believe, because it makes you feel better about yourselves.

I'm honestly shocked at the number of comments I've seen on posts about these types of cases in which the commenters viciously attack only the mother and never mentions the murderer boyfriend. It's almost as if those people are implicitly vindicating and even feeling sorry for the sorry bastards for murdering their girlfriends' children because the women were irresponsible mothers. “Sorry you had to stay with these stupid fucking bitches who didn't care enough to protect their children. It's not your fault they couldn't control your violent, drug-fueled tempers or leave you even though you'll threaten to kill/maim/torture them or everyone they love if they do so. Don't worry, it's not like you could help it or anything; it's entirely the bitch's fault.” It's like blaming the husband's affairs on the wife not being good enough in bed; the wife/girlfriend's inadequacy at something does not excuse the husband's/boyfriend's poor judgment or actions, and “he couldn't help it, so it's her fault” argument is so stupid it hurts. Sorry, but those beliefs are as archaic as the Victorian period is far in the past.

I don't think anyone is excusing his actions. The point is, it was not his kid, so he had much less reason to care or feel anything for him. Personally I think he's a vile piece of shit that no punishment could ever be severe enough for, but that has nothing to do with the fact that the one person in that house who DID have a connection to this little boy and SHOULD have protected him didn't. There, feel better now?

What is your definition of “long-term?”

Brave and perfect? If you’re weak, you shouldn’t have kids. Quit excusing this woman’s actions. Women have been fighting for equality for many years now. We can’t pick and choose our equalities. We have to take the good with the bad.
When you have children, they are your alpha and your omega. If you get killed protecting them, so be it.
I have 4 children and they are my world. Any mother, any protective and loving mother will agree with me. There are no exceptions.

I have read a lot of judgement and anger directed at the mother & her boyfriend. I understand and empathize. I know that many who read this story want to see both of them suffer horribly and die agonizing deaths before they have a chance to get to trial.

I want something different. I want the justice system to have its way with both of these people. More than likely, both will be found guilty, and will be sentenced to long, life-eating sentences. Since Michigan has no death penalty, Hayes will likely be handed a sentence so much longer than a human lifespan that he'll never even have a chance at parole, much less freedom. Baker will likely be given a sentence that will take her well into senior-citizenhood before she leaves prison. Good. I want them to live out long lives.

Prison society has a hierarchy. Those who injure, abuse or murder the defenseless are the lowest order of life in prison. Prison society will take care to see to it social justice is meted out. And I hope they take a long, long time doing it.

that's true. It's hard to chose the right post to “reply” to as it was sort of a blanket post. I think what is the hardest part for anyone that reads this story is trying to understand how a human being is capable of that. Not once, no, see that while I could never relate to, I understand one having a passionate response to a situation that is grossly, disgustingly wrong. But over that length of time, for him never to come to his senses, I think that's the hardest part of this to stomach.
I think one reason to attack the mother is because people, including me, want vengeance on this kind of thing. Problem is, we look at this guy, and we realize that no matter what we say or do to him, it wont affect him cause he, and I don't say this often, has no soul. So, we go for the only one involved (aside from the victim) who does.
I guess the only reason I defend her is because no matter what anyone says or calls her, she will be living with a hell that none of us will ever truly understand and a part of me feels bad for her no matter how much she fucked up.

But, I think the visceral reaction that this story has been getting, the fact that I've heard my friends mention it, not demonites, but people who watch “regular (haha)” news. The fact that this has garnered so much attention, makes me feel a little better because I think thank god this has not just become the norm, thank god there are still many many people who react to this shit emotionally.

That’s what happened with me, too. The day I left my ex he was trying to kill me in the kitchen and our daughter saw and SCREAMED so bad he actually stopped for a second. That was game over.

There isa also a facebook page called ‘corrine baker is a liar;…even her own family member are ‘fans’ of…

The reason we don't attack him is because he's a monster, everybody knows he's fucked in the head and I think we can safely say that anybody reading this story wishes he dies the most painful, agonizing,drawn out death imaginable.
The reason we attack her is because she is a mother and she allowed this to happen. We are mothers, some of us have even been in abusive relationships and know exactly how we put our life on the line to make sure nothing like this ever happened to our children. We find it easier to attack her because we have either been in her place, or we can at least get inside her head and see exactly how we did or would have handled it.
It's harder to get inside his head, and nobody really cares to. There are no words for what he has done, so why bother? Just because we didn't mention what we would like to happen to him, doesn't mean we haven't considered it.

Broken bones or not, the fact that she walked out of that house, the fact that she is breathing and able to tell her story, while her little boy is laying in a box 6 feet under ground, proves that she gave up on her son.
He's dead and she isn't, she failed him. [/story]

The situation was not as dire as some may think for the mother! As her son lay dying in the bedroom, her 8 year old son was allowed to go out to play! No desperate calls for help! Nothing! The mother's 16 year old sister came by to buy drugs and no secret plea for her to send help! As stated before, the boyfriend didn't have a scratch on him. So many think this man is such a monster for doing this to a child (I agree whole heartedly) however, what a pathetic excuse for a human being this “mother” is!
Saddest thing of all in this story – There is a chance she may regain custody of her 8 year old son, who witnessed the brutal torture and murder of his brother, while the mother stood by and did nothing!

u should really read up on the shit, she did NOT get her shit kicked in!!! she has some puffy eyes aww poor slut! God for once would u stupid ass people read and know it all b4 u go trying to save this bitch!

Noticed pictures of the very sad father at the funeral. But where was he, anyway? Not paying child support, that much seems clear. Dominick's well-being was his responsibility as much as it was Corrine's–and D's father, unlike Corrine, wasn't being beaten throughout the 4 days his son was being tortured by Brandon Hayes.

Damn. The mother left him there with the asshole!!!

“In the midst of the four days of alleged torture that killed her son, Dominick Calhoun’s mother walked out of the house and left the trouble there behind, according to court records.'

“Her parents picked Dominick’s mother up for a doctor’s appointment that Friday — April 9, the day after police say the abuse of 4-year-old Dominick began. “

“She went and returned.”

“And, never notified anyone of the alleged abuse going on behind closed doors, according to a petition filed by the Department of Human Services. “

http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/…

That broke my heart. My son called it “ogurt” too

Poor lil baby.

Oh my god. This makes me cry. That poor, poor little boy.
And in a state w/o the DP. I am speechless.

Oh my fucking god. I KNEW that bitch could have walked out at any time..the fact that she did actually takes me by surprise. I gave the piece of shit a bit too much credit, i'm stunned.
Sexual assault on top of everything else? That poor baby boy endured every horror imaginable before he finally just let go.

This is all I have found so far of the father:

“Dominick and his 8-year-old half-brother, lived in Livingston County for most of their lives. They had moved into the Argentine Township apartment with their mother and her boyfriend just a few weeks ago, on March 30. She had been dating the boyfriend since December.

She retained custody of Dominick last year after her relationship ended with Dominick’s father, Eric Calhoun. Both Calhoun and her parents also wanted custody of Dominick.

Dominick moved with his parents from home to home most of his life, living at times with both sets of grandparents as well as a few family friends over the years, said paternal grandfather Rick Calhoun, 50, of Linden.

They didn’t have stable lives, but they were always loved, he said.”

http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/…

Well, yeah, typically on DD the question is asked “where was the other parent”? It certainly LOOKS like Corrine was addicted to some serious drugs and time has shown that she wasn't acting in her children's best interests, so, hell yes, I think the question is pertinent! I would be curious to know if he had knowledge of the living conditions (I assume so, since the paternal grandfather is the one who called the police), or was making any attempt to gain custody, or paying any child support, or making any efforts whatsoever on his children's behalf. Both parents are responsible for a child. THAT's what I wrote. You can twist what I wrote, if it pleases you, but it doesn't change what I actually wrote. Telling me off for asking a question that is ALWAYS asked in these cases is asinine.

According to the paternal grandfather (the one who called the cops), as I've read on several news sources, Corinne and Brandon were together for 6 months. But that would be before December. Lots of details still to emerge or be clarified with this case.

This woman left the house after her child was beat and called no one! Her Myspace page is loaded with drunken pics of herself. Yeah, real upstanding mother.

Okay–any sympathy I had for her as a “victim” just went away. She should be nailed to the wall with that shitstain mouthbreather she was fucking. That fucking dumbass cunt could have saved him, but she didn't. As far as I'm concerned, she's just as guilty as her pet penis.

Her sister is only 16 yrs old, she goes to school with my little brother. I would expect that she was probably a little scared!

Actually I live in argentine and you can almost see the police station from those apts!

State moves to take brother from Dominick Calhoun’s mother

GENESEE COUNTY (WJRT) — (04/19/10) — Court records have shed some light on what Dominick Calhoun’s mother was doing during one of the days he was being beaten.

Authorities say the 4-year-old boy was tortured and ultimately killed by her boyfriend, Brandon Hayes.

Calhoun was taken off of life support one week ago.

A petition filed by the Department of Human Services asks for a court order to remove Dominick’s, older, half brother from their mother’s care.

At a news conference last Thursday when charges were announced against Brandon Hayes, investigators outlined a timeline.

“The torturous beatings of 4-year-old Dominick Calhoun began on Thursday, April 8th,” Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell said.

All because the toddler wet himself on the couch, according to authorities.

Investigators say Hayes hit his girlfriend, Dominick’s mother, too, and the abuse continued in their Argentine Township apartment Friday.

Court records show Dominick’s mother was picked up from that apartment that day, but she did not report that anything was wrong between herself, her children or Hayes.

After Dominick’s death, his mother told authorities Hayes had just started being abusive in the last week. She asked him about burns on the boy’s hand. Hayes said he touched a hot stick in the fire pit.

Dominick’s older, half-brother, according to court records, said Hayes put the toddler under hot water, and that he had been hurting him for three days.

Hospital staff said there was evidence of sexual abuse.

[...]

http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?section=news/local&id=7394261&rss=rss-wjrt-article-7394261

Since you think you know it all lets see if it matchs up

After Dominick’s death, his mother told authorities Hayes had just started being abusive in the last week

Nope mom wasnt getting beat for any length of time
She knew the freak 6 months not like it was yrs of programming and abusive relationship
She is just as responsible for his death as the freak is
I really hope a family member comes here to defend her

I no longer have any sympathy for the mother!

http://mcself.wordpress.com/2010/04/18/update-t…

They both deserve to fry in prison for his death.

NOMATTER WHAT THIS WOMEN (WENT THROUGH) SHE CHOSE TO BE IN THIS RELATIONSHIP AND SHE IS ALIVE!!!! DOMINICK DIDN’T CHOOSE TO HAVE THIS LOSER IN HIS LIFE, NOR DID HE CHOOSE TO NOT ALERT ANYONE WHEN SHE WILLINGLY LEFT THE HOUSE ON SATURDAY WITH HER PARENTS TO GO TO THE DOCTOR’S AND ACTED LIKE NOTHING WAS WRONG!!!!! SHE IS JUST AS MUCH TO BLAME IF NOT MORE SO FOR ALLOWING HER SON TO DIE!!!! SHE COULD HAVE SAVED HIS LIFE DUMB C*NT!

Okay, normally I do not like inserting myself into the debates we have on DD. But, this time I feel the need to say something. I bit my tongue of everthing I wanted to say about the mother because I was one of the few who hoped her story would be different than the hundreds we see day to day who ALWAYS put the penis first.

I admit, after looking at her pics on Myspace, I believed she truly loved those babies to death. We see thousands of pics of abusive parents, and the norm is always… very few pics of the kids and way too many fugly pics of the parents. I wanted to hear her side before I made judgement.

After researching this story every day since it first broke, there are not enough words for me to describe what I would like to happen to that cold-hearted bitch and her boyfriend. Sugarglider1 did something we rarely see on DD, and only the few and brave tackle. (Athena for one) She inserted a different viewpoint of the situation and, instead of voicing hatred right off, Sugarglider1 tried to find reason as to why the mother acted as she did.

No, it did not excuse the mother’s actions, but she did help shine a limelight to why so many of these mothers ignore their child’s abuse. I do not believe in any way that Sugarglider1 was defending the mother or her actions. She was just trying to shed some light on why this bullshit happens to begin with.

Not nearly enough for me as I am sure others will agree. It would be nice if they just let him loose in a room with Dominick's grandparents and provided the same weapons on Left4Dead2. If they do not succeed, I still have a few achievements I need to get taken care of…

lmfao! She walked out of that house and went to a fucking doctors appointment for herself without ever mentioning a single word. NOT A WORD. This was after over one full day of poor Dominick being burnt,punched,and having his skull and genitals kicked in. She left and came back just as freely as her 8 year old son did. And no, her face wasn't that fucked up. Swollen eyes and a busted lip is not having the shit beat out of her. And seriously, why does it matter if she felt that SHE deserved nothing better, she apparently thought her baby boy didn't either. She was living with this guy for barely more than a week before allow him to torture her small child to death.
It's not even like this was a new baby meeting new penis..she raised this boy for 4 fucking years and yet you can literally count on your fingers how many nights she shared a roof with this man before sacrificing her child's life to him.

Actually, I read that they had been seeing each other since December, but that she had only been living in his apartment for 9 days. I'm not positive which site I read it from, I've read so many articles over the last few days.

“NBC25 has confirmed that Corrine Baker, the mother of Dominick Calhoun, the 4-year-old boy who was beaten to death, has been arrested in Livingston County.

An arrest warrant was issued yesterday for Baker for violating her probation for a previous conviction of delivery of a controlled substance.”

http://www.upnorthlive.com/news/story.aspx?id=4…

Even her parents have dumped her.

The parents of a Mid-Michigan woman whose 4-year-old son was beaten to death say their daughter could have done more to save the boy's life.
[...]

Julie and Martin Baker say they are relieved to hear their daughter is behind bars. They believe Baker had the chance to let someone know about the beatings but never did.
[...]

The Bakers say their daughter is partly to blame for Calhoun's death.

“Our little angel would still be here. I'll say this until the day I die, all she had to say is one word,” Baker said.

The Bakers say they picked up Corrine Baker at the apartment as the beatings were occurring.

“If there was any indication at all, all she had to say, 'Dad' and point, and he would have gotten out of that car and up those stairs in five seconds flat. And he would have been in that apartment on this Friday morning,” Baker said.

“We were talking with her. She was all happy and smiling and talking to Brandon on the phone,” Martin said.

They say they talked to her again the next day. There was still no cry for help.

“She called us on Saturday and we called her back, and that's the last time we heard from her,” Martin said.

Calhoun was found on Sunday and taken to Hurley Medical Center where he died on Monday.
[...]

“We want nothing to do with her. The whole family is very, very angry with her,” Martin said.
[...]

Baker's parents blame both the man police say beat Calhoun to death and their own daughter.

http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?section=news/…

I think in this particular case, Ms. Baker has earned a write-up all her own. I'm just waiting for the day she's charged.

Grandma always said that people who swore constantly were too dumb to say what they had to say without swearing and this proves that she was right.

She left the property at least 3 times after he was beaten. And it has come to light she did not say anything because he was in trouble with the law and she did not want child protective services involved…she is no victim in this. Just another woman who chose her dick over her child,

Explaining and excusing aren't the same thing. I think everyone wants to know how someone who seems to love her children could let something like this happen, is all.

Eh, she does have a file of party-like looking pics. But as Morbid pointed out, the file with pictures of the children is bigger. As for the party pics, I don't know, looking at my friends' Facebook pages, many of them have pictures of themselves having a good time…and are still good parents. I'm not excusing her for Dominick's death, I'm just saying some party pics doesn't = being a bad parent. Moving your kid into a house where serious drugs are being done and then failing to prevent your kid from being murdered, THAT is being a bad parent.

UPDATE! Corrine Baker faces second-degree murder and second-degree child abuse charges in the death of 4-year-old Dominick Calhoun. NBC25's Dave Kinchen is at a press conference now and will have details on NBC25 News at 6 p.m.

http://www.connectmidmichigan.com/news/photos.a…

I am glad this is a fulllll investigation. I tend to take a nuanced view of abused mothers, BUT: If she had any idea at all how badly her son had been injured by this monster, she needs the full vengeance of the law brought down upon her. Period.

“Pickell said Baker placed Dominick in a high-risk environment by taking in a drug addict, by selling drugs from the apartment and by continuing to use drugs. Blood tests taken at the hospital eventually revealed she had THC from marijuana and hydrocodone in her system.”

The sheriff gave a recap of the investigation by Allen and Ravert and the sheriff’s department at the press conference. He said on Friday, April 9, at approximately 3:30 p.m. Rodney King, stopped by Baker’s apartment to purchase drugs. Pickell said King reportedly saw the injured boy and told Baker and Hayes that Dominick needed medical attention. King reported to police that Hayes wouldn’t seek help for the boy because he had warrants out for his arrest. Baker reportedly told their guest she didn’t want to get Child Protective Services involved.

“She made a conscious decision at that point to ignore Dominick’s physical condition,” said Pickell.

At 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Arnold Hayes (Brandon Hayes’ father) stopped by the apartment. He saw the bruises and burns on the Dominick. He advised Baker to take Dominick to the hospital. She reportedly told her boyfriend’s dad she wouldn’t take him to the hospital for fear they would think she caused the injuries.

“She had the opportunity and the means to get away from Brandon Hayes, who was with his father at the time but she opted not to,” said the sheriff.

On Saturday, Christine Baker, (Corrine’s sister) called and left a message for Corrine telling her to take Dominick to the hospital. Corrine called her back and said she would check to see if the hospital would take her insurance. She never called, according to the investigation.

On Sunday, April 11, Christine and three friends stopped by the apartment to buy drugs. Corrine reportedly told them not to touch Dominick because he was sleeping. “We know at that time he was listless,” Pickell said.

Christine asked Corrine if Brandon caused Dominick’s injuries and Corrine told her sister that Brandon did. Corrine tried to convince her sister not to call police, for fear that her probation officer would find out she had moved.

A neighbor told police he heard Dominick say over and over again, “Mommy, make him stop.” The neighbor heard the screams and noises but did nothing.

“She (Corrine) not only placed him in a high-risk environment, she abandoned him when he needed her most,” said Pickell. “Dominick Calhoun died at the hands of his mother because she placed her own needs above his to avoid police authorities.

“In the end, the one he trusted most, let him down.”

Leyton said Argentine Township and the sheriff’s department worked tirelessly and around the clock on this case. They were all fully aware of all of the e-mails, Internet chatter and letters in the public.

Her refusal to get Dominick help during the multiple times she left the apartment, and not removing Dominick from that environment, led to his death.

The sheriff said she showed more concern for herself and Hayes than her son. “You can’t get more selfish than that,” said Pickell.

Regarding her bruises, Pickell said, “She tried to cover his body, but it was too little, too late. She left him in that situation long enough where kicking took him into unconsciousness.”

When asked if any of those stopping to purchase drugs at the apartment would face charges, Leyton said that would probably not happen. Witnesses would be needed and he did not believe, under the circumstances, Hayes and Baker would be good witnesses.

The sheriff said they would not be arresting any neighbors for their lack of seeking help for Dominick.

Hearing set for termination of parental rights of 8-year-old son

Also this week, Children’s Protective Services in Genesee County petitioned Genesee County Circuit Court – Family Division, to have Baker’s parental rights of her 8-year-old son, Tyler, terminated.

A court hearing has been scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on May 18 in Family Court Judge Duncan Beagle’s courtroom.

Child Protective Services is requesting the judge to take jurisdiction of Tyler and place him in the care, custody and supervision of the Michigan Department of Human Services.

Tyler is in protective custody.

Some allegations in petition

•?Baker advised that Hayes had become abusive during the week prior to her 4-year-old son Dominick’s beating death.

• Tyler Baker reported that Dominick was burned when Hayes put him under hot water. He also reported that his mom’s boyfriend had been hurting Dominick for three days.

• Baker was picked up from her apartment by her parents and did not report that anything was wrong between herself, the children and Hayes.

• Hurley Hospital advised that they found evidence that Dominick had been sexually abused.

THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE

Second-degree murder — is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for life, or any term of years, in the discretion of the court trying the same.

Second-degree child abuse — is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than four years.

http://www.tctimes.com/articles/2010/04/23/news…

Fry this bitch. At first – I almost felt sorry for her after seeing that video of her bruises… but the story didn't add up. Now I see why. So very many opportunities to save Dominick's life and this selfish, self-centered little cunt bitch worried only about herself. Fuck off Corrine. Worthless trash that you are. Best decision you ever made was having a hysterectomy, saving any more children from having to call you “mom” and depend on your undependable dumb ass for protection or care.

R.I.P. Dominick. My prayers to Tyler and the rest of the family that you can all get through this .. somehow.

A mother has the Divine right AND responsibility to protect her children at all costs. That is why I blame the mother. I blame these shit bags that actually perpetuate the crime, but this never would have happened if this Mother had thought of her children, instead of with her cunt. And yes, I can say with absolute certainty, from experience, if someone lays a hand on my child, they better pray the police beat me to them. They only difference is I left my child with people that were trained to care for a child for an hour while I was in church. She left her child with her drug dealing, recently released from jail for assualt, POS, twat stuffer. If that makes me self rightous, so be it. That is a cross I don't mind bearing.

Some jailhouse justice. Bubba Loves bullies that abuse kids !

Wow! Yet another condescending idiot! This has nothing to do with validating our superior mothering skills!! It's just common sense…obviously something your lacking!! If you can read, you'll see that most of the posts DO in fact mention him!! We all already know what HE did!! This forum is mostly about the role the mother played in this!! NOBODIES defending him!! And any woman who subjects her children to an abusive situation??…..In this case, in peticular….IT IS HER FUCKING FAULT!!!!

I know what it’s like to be abused, and I agree with MMS. There is no excuse for allowing someone to harm your child. You can let yourself stay in an abusive relationship all you like, but your job as a mother is to protect your child.

Well then I stand corrected.

kev

If I'm reading that correctly, she SAID that she suffered broken bones, bruises, and cigarette burns and was in and out of consciousness.

I think Marvin covered it. Personally, the cursing is needed… these douches deserve zero respect, so why even speak with intelligence towards such people… hell they are even drug dealers so maybe this crude lingo is all they would understand anyway.

Poor kid, and ya know what. There are a lot of women who will say they are abused… and you will find A LOT of them will tell you, it’s one thing to beat me… I may stay, but if you touch one hair on my kid, you are effin dead.

I don’t think you can get to the correct level of disgust in this entire situation to NOT curse…

She was getting her brain kicked in? Is she in ICU right now? Why don’t you view her video explaining what happened… she isn’t in a hospital bed is she? STFU, What are you even talking about.

She was threatened to be killed like the boy by the boyfriend…. True she should of went and got help but it didnt help that she was on drugs…..

I agree. Why didn’t she just leave?

I have two questions…… where were the neighbors in the apartment building? Yes, I would have gotten involved!! I have on many occasions even though I was fearful and vilified by their family on at least one occasion. I would do it again in a heartbeat. Why hadn't the grandparents seen this child in several days? If I lived in the same town with with my grandchildren I might not see them everyday. But I believe I would see them at least once in that duration of time. Especially if I was close enough to pick up the mom to go the doctor. I believe there to be a special section of hell reserved for eternal torment of people that harm children to this extent. Nothing will bring this child back. Let not his death be in vain. If you even suspect a child is being harmed GET INVOLVED. If you are proven to be wrong, thank God your wrong.

I HAVE been in an abusive marriage but I would never allow him to do this to my child. He could do what he wanted to me but not to my child. I got them out by sneaking them out . Also, if any of my family had came to pick me up no matter what, I definetly would put a bug in their ear where my child’s safety was concerned. I feel those who did come by their house and mentioning the child needed to go to a hospital should had made an anonymous call themselves. To all of those ” don’t want to get involved” , you are just as quilty of killing these children when you COULD had done something ! Being afraid for my life is not easy to tell about but I don’t take that risk when my childs life is at risk and especially from a ‘ boyfriend’ ! I would had killed him first ! He had to go to sleep sometime !

Do what?

Ah, go fuck yourself. Anyone can be wrong about anything at any time. It seems I was probably wrong that she'd been abused by him in the past, for instance, as I have MYSELF ACKNOWLEDGED. There's nothing weird in asking about where the other parent was. It's a very common question on DD, in fact.

P.S. it's “you're,” not “your.” If you're such a damn grown-up, how come you don't know that?

This makes me so fucking sad, and reading the comments makes me even saddr, so many abused women and kids, I know not all men are like this but why? why? Why would a man take a pretty woman that likes him, beat the fuck out of her and then beat her kids too? What do they gain from this?Maybe some so called man can possibly explain it to me.,,,

I know that fewer people believe in God these days and that is unfortunate. I do believe in God and I can tell you that what awaits Joshua Hayes on judgement day will make God's judgement on Sodom and Gomorrha look like a picnic in the park. Little Dominique is with the Lord now, sitting on Jesus' lap smiling.

Honestly I think states should have a law to also hold neighbors and other people responsible. To hear a child screaming and crying for help and not pick up a phone to call 911 is absolutley ridiculous. Too many people ignore the abuse and ignore the signs and when it's too late they all say oh we didn't think it was bad. You hear a child screaming HELLO of course it's bad. They could've even done it anonymously. He might still be alive if only someone picked up the phone.

WHAT SHE WENT THROUGH HUH,BUT SHE IS STILL ALIVE AND BREATHING,AND HER BEAUTIFUL BABY BOY IS GONE,AND HOW ABOUT SHE WENT OUT THE HOUSE TWICE AND NEVER WENT FOR HELP…

I DO AGREE,IT WAS WRITTEN THAT CORRINE/COWARD PARENTS CAME TO PICK HER UP TOOK HER TO THE STORE AND DROPPED HER OFF WHILE THIS WAS GOING ON,NEVER ONCE DID SHE LET THEM KNOW WHAT WAS TAKEN PLACE INSIDE THE HOUSE..

Actually, Chassity, we are NOT seeing an increase in the murder of children, but we are seeing more extensive media coverage of cases like this.

Readers, please, as a courtesy, refrain from typing in all caps. It’s like getting yelled at on-line! Thank you!

lol I don’t normally poke fun at typos and misspellings, but telling somebody to due their homework before trying to correct you is fucking amazing.

WOW!! TO PARROT TOES:STATISTICS ARE BEING RECORDED MORE RELIABLY NOW, AND THAT’S WHAT I BASED MY STATEMENT ON,AND I STAND CORRECTED ON THE SPELLING OF DO,BUT YOU MY DEAR PLEASE SEEK HELP BEFORE YOU SNAP AND BECOME A HEADLINER FOR DREAM’N DEMON,YOU APPEAR TO BE VERY ANGRY.AND NAME CALLING AND PERSONAL ATTACKS ONLY DEVIATE’S FROM THE MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES ,BUT I WOULD EXPECT THIS FROM A WOMEN WHO SAYS SHE LOVES HER PARROT’S MORE THAN SHE LOVES HER CHILDREN.GET A GRIP MISS..AND NAME CALLING MUST BE GOOD INTERNET ETIQUETTE……

Chassity, this is what you are reducing yourself to? Putting words in my mouth? I never said that I love my parrots more than my kids in a serious way. Obviously, you read that comment, which tells me that you have also read other comments that I have made. Can you not tell that I joke around a lot? I tend to use humour in a lot of my comments. Obviously though, that went over your head. Trying to make me look bad here without quoting me is also not a good idea. But don’t worry, I remember exactly what comment you are referring to. Allow ME to quote it for you:

“I am terrified that someone will break in and steal or harm one or more of my parrots (which btw, is a big commodity to thieves). I love them more than my own kids…..ok, I’m kidding…..maybe o.O

Any way, kidding aside, these heartless fucks who are in it………..”

Taken from this page:

http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/07/06/burglar-breaks-into-home-drowns-family-bulldog-in-bathtub/

Now, I think it’s quite obvious that I was making a joke. Twisting people’s words around is just indicative of your own mentality AND intellect.

Also, as for the statistics thing, you missed the point that I was making on that, but I am not surprised. Statistics are showing that child abuse/neglect/murder is getting worse because these things are being documented more seriously and diligently as the years go by, whereas before, keeping records for statistical purposes was not an issue. It only appears these behaviours are getting worse based on statistics when in reality, they’re not. But hey, you believe what you want. Debating with you is beginning to bore me. You are no challenge really.

You also don’t seem to get that your Caps Lock habit is annoying to me and everyone else. You do it in all of your posts and it is seriously annoying people. We have tried to tell you but you still insist on doing it. You are a stubborn and an annoying person who gets aggressive and offended when corrected. I don’t see you being very liked by very many people here. It’s pointless to even debate with you but I just can’t resist verbally beating down an idiot. It gives me something to do, I just wish you could make it more challenging for me.

Soooo, decided not to heed my advice on the Caps Lock key, Chassity? You do realize that when you type like that, it implies screaming/emphasis, and when every post is like that, you come across as a very slow child, don’t you? All I can see in your posts is a helmet child strapped into a wheelchair because they can’t stop hurting themselves, who has barely enough comprehension to form a rather ill-informed opinion on things, and INSISTS on telling everyone about it at the most inappropriate times.

Then again, comparing disabled children to you would be insulting to the kiddos. They have potential and if they don’t learn, it’s because they can’t. It’s pretty clear you just willfully ignore the rules of the English language, and are completely intentionally oblivious to the opinions of those around you.

Arallyn, I love most of your comments. You come across as very well educated and sensible and you get most messages across better than I do. Just saying.

Chassity, Lizard asked you first to stop typing in all capitals and she is a moderator around here. But no, you ignore her. Then I have asked you and Arallyn has asked you. The bad internet etiquette thing of using all capital letters in your text is true, but that’s ok. You just go ahead and ignore us. Then don’t wonder why people don’t like you though. Ignorance does as ignorance is. Or is that the other way around?…….

In my opinion people that are always criticizing others are deeply unhappy and have low self esteem,or they project onto others what they really feel about themselves.I don’t feel the need to jump on the name calling bandwagon because I fear my lord far to much, NOW I KNOW THE CAP LOCK KEY PISSES YOU GUYS OFF I’M GOING TO KEEP IT ON. EVIL IS AS EVIL DOES…..SMOOCHESSSSSSSSSSSS

I do hope you realize your lord is a zombie, Chassity.

Anyway, trying to “piss us off” by using capslock only gets your comments ignored, so I hope you never have an educated and intelligent opinion on anything. I mean, I highly doubt that you will, but if you want people to pay attention, you really should turn Mr. Caps Lock off.

Just because Parrot Toes and I are the main ones to speak up doesn’t mean that we’re the only ones trying to get you to stop. The fact is, a lot of people are already just breezing over your comments and moving on to comments presented in a readable manner.

If your zombie cannibal king terrifies you enough that you feel above others, great! Just remember- being haughty and lording your righteousness over others is one of the more damning sins. So if you really want to impress your Dead Rising, humbleness is the only way to go!
Just as a side note, you might want to realize that not everyone is as insecure as you, and while you may be correct in some cases, around here, name-calling and berating is usually due to trying to get the rabble and idiots to either contribute quality posts or leave.

My gosh, How?? How could this woman who calls herself a mom be in that apartment seeing what is happening to her child and do nothing?
How did she see her baby being brutally beaten and do nothing to help him?
How could she hear his cry's of anguish and terror and not move to help him?
How does a mother look into the eyes of her battered child and not want to take him into her arms and run?
How in the world does a mother see what she seen and hear what she heard and DO NOTHING??
Can you imagine being in an apartment ..in YOUR home. watching and listening to you small son being beaten looking into his eyes and seeing that pleading look knowing he is wondering why your letting this happen wondering why his mommy isn't helping him? Hearing his tiny voice calling out in pain for you and do absolutely nothing?
That poor helpless baby! How my heart breaks for him. What must he have been thinking while all this was going on. The pain and terror he must have been in until he slipped away to go to a better place.
I was once told by an elderly lady that i worked for. ” Mother is god in the eyes of a child”
and i have lived by that everyday since then. I just don't understand how any mother could let this happen. I have a six year old and i would give my life any day to save hers. I would go to any length to protect her from harm. And god help anyone that would be stupid enough to attempt to hurt her because nothing on this earth would be able to save them from me.
When my child whimpers in her sleep im there patting her back and whispering that its ok and that i love her.
Yet this woman sat in her home and listened to her child screaming and crying and whimpering she listened to his breathing becoming more and more shallow she watched as her “BOYFRIEND” kicked punched slapped and otherwise beat and terrorized her tiny little four year old son. and she didn't so much as pick up the phone to ask for help.

Some one PLEASE explain to me…How is this so? How can a mother have so little feeling for her baby?

When I read that Brandon needed to sleep, I thought she shouldn’t run, she should fucking KILL him! Maybe then run…