David R. Yates had 5 week old twins.

[Unamused Cat]

BARABOO, Wis. - Five-week-old twins found dead were being cared for by their father who is now hospitalized and in police custody on probation violations, authorities said Monday.

Autopsies were being performed to determine how Savannah K. and Tyler R. Yates died, said Lt. Rob Sinden of the Baraboo Police Department.

The babies were found Sunday about 8 p.m. after police were contacted to check on the welfare of the people living in the home, Sinden said.

No one initially responded so officers entered the home and found the babies' father, David R. Yates, 45, in bed and then found the babies, Sinden said.

"They are absolutely suspicious deaths and are being investigated as such," he said. "We are awaiting multiple pieces of information to put the puzzle together. We got just about all of our resources targeted on working on this case."

The babies' mother, Susan Winbun, did not live at Yates' home, Sinden said. "We have talked to her. I can't comment on what her statements were."

Sinden declined comment on why David Yates was taken to a hospital but said he was arrested on a probation violation and was being guarded by police in the hospital.

Yates' probation involved misdemeanor convictions in February for bail jumping and disorderly conduct, and a fifth offense drunken driving conviction in 2006, Sinden said. Two misdemeanor counts of domestic battery were dismissed as part of a plea bargain in the case decided in February, according to online court records.

http://www.rhinelanderdailynews.com/articles/2008/04/14/ap-state-wi/d901t5v80.txt

[Harley_Tech]

Parts of story edited out. See the link at the bottom for full story.


Baraboo: Baraboo Police were called to a home on Lake Street Sunday night. Police say someone had called and asked them to check on the welfare of 45 year old David Yates and his two infant children, 5 week old twins Savannah and Tyler.

When police arrived nobody answered the door. "Eventually the officers peered into the home and later gained information that they made the decision to go inside and make sure everybody was ok inside," says Lt. Rob Sinden.

Police found David Yates lying in bed. "A subsequent search following contacting Mr. Yates, located the two infants, unfortunately deceased," says Lt. Sinden.

Yates was no stranger to police. "We have had contact with him on prior occasions," says Lt. Sinden.

David Yates was arrested for domestic battery last fall and convicted of domestic abuse-disorderly conduct in February. According to court records Yates got into an argument with his pregnant girlfriend, Susan Bird-Winbun. Yates hit her, slapped her and choked her.

Yates was sentenced to 12 months in jail, but the sentence was withheld on the condition he receive anger management counseling.

Less than a month after his conviction Susan Bird-Winbun gave birth to the twins. Her ex-husband has confirmed to NBC 15 those children are now dead.

here is the link:

http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/17668004.html


This info was taken from....wait for it.....FUBAR!!!

R

[Harley_Tech]

Looks like we both posted this one within 2 minutes of each other. LOL

R

[Unamused Cat]

Next thing you know, we're gonna be fighting over stories. :D

[maryhaze]

what kind of furniture are you gonna use? everyone knows it's not a real fight unless furniture is involved. & let us know where the fight is gonna be posted. Pretty please!!!!!!!;)

[Angel]

Or maybe one of you could recruit 5 or 6 of your friends to help you kick the other one's ass, and post a couple more friends to be lookouts. Hey, it could happen! Oh, wait, that's right, it already did happen. My bad. As you were....:rolleyes:

[Mom of 4]

Or maybe one of you could recruit 5 or 6 of your friends to help you kick the other one's ass, and post a couple more friends to be lookouts. Hey, it could happen! Oh, wait, that's right, it already did happen. My bad. As you were....:rolleyes:



I'll call Dr. Phil and have him on standby to bail them out ASAP! :D

[Unamused Cat]

Hmmm... maybe a folding chair. :D

[impqueen]

The autopsy seems to indicate that (big surprise) the twins were murdered:

http://www.channel3000.com/news/15889229/detail.html

[Unamused Cat]

Here is the father.


http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg107/snarkyphotos/67559.jpg

[Angel]

Here is the father.


http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg107/snarkyphotos/67559.jpg

Looks like something's been eating his face. And he has that ferret look about him. Scary.:eek:

[Rotten Apple]

It looks like it was brain and head trauma. :(

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080417/ap_on_re_us/twins_dead_1

A father was charged Wednesday with killing his two five-week-old twins found dead under his bed with brain and other head injuries, authorities said.

Officers entered the home, found Yates sleeping in bed and then found the babies underneath it, the complaint said.

An officer became suspicious when he saw a green blanket with a "dark colored substance" on it in a laundry hamper next to a bassinet, the complaint said.

[Angel]

It looks like it was brain and head trauma. :(

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080417/ap_on_re_us/twins_dead_1

Did anyone check to see if there were any "baby sized" holes in the walls? :grrrrrr:

[Unamused Cat]

Update ~

David Yates, 45, filed motions so he can get back into his home to collect the belongings from his condo.

The court agreed, with supervision, to allow that.

http://www.channel3000.com/news/16219987/detail.html?rss=c3k&psp=news

[ImmortalOne]

Officers entered the home, found Yates sleeping in bed and then found the babies underneath it, the complaint said.

An officer became suspicious when he saw a green blanket with a "dark colored substance" on it in a laundry hamper next to a bassinet, the complaint said.

Under the bed? While he slept above the bodies of those babies? *sigh* WTF?!?!

[Countess Olenska]

http://media.graytvinc.com/images/Twins21.jpg http://media.graytvinc.com/images/Twins31.jpghttp://media.graytvinc.com/images/Twins-Tyler.jpg

Well this just pisses me off. Beautiful babies...Let me at the fucker.

[ImmortalOne]

OMG! My heart just totally broke! I cannot believe this shit! OMG! I'm so fucking angry at people like this. WHY the FUCK did he have those kids in his care? What is his excuse for murdering these little babies? I would've taken them, obviously in those pictures people in that family loved them (you can see the smile in one of the pictures). I just don't fucking get it. I want to torture this guy! I have a hard time having children and I just can't fucking get over shit like this!

[Unamused Cat]

He looks like an old homeless bum. How is it that he had two beautiful babies in the first place, much less kill them? :mad:

[UpNorth]

It gets even more sickening as this goes on. the mother did an interview with Channel 27 out of madison, where she's talking about how Yates is an "amazing man" when he's not drinking. She takes no accountablility for her actions, continuing to say that she only left them with Yates when she was at work. Except she works in TIMESHARE. There are no 3 day shifts in timeshare sales.

Some argue she had no choice or she would go to jail, but that is not the case. She wasn't divorced from her previous mate at the time of their birth, so legally, Yates had no legal rights or responsibilities at this time. She did not have to leave them there at all, much less for three days.

Susan was busted a few years ago for using her 16-y-o foster child in her drug manufacturing business, so ability to make good decision was obviously completely lacking.

The 911 tapes were just partially released, and in then, she says that she was concerned, because he had blacked out a week earlier. A good parent doesn't leave their tiny babies with a man with a violent history, mental disorder, alcohol problem AND had passed out just a week before. If no other option, you leave them there not one minute extra. This mother is just as responsible for what happened as Yates. She may not have killed them, but she created the situation to allow it to happen.

[Lizard]

Thanks for posting, UpNorth.