George Wilburn, 8 Months Old Was Supposed To Be Safe With His Mom,But He Wasnt

[Whisper]

I have been following this all day here but they just finally posted the story online
Baby Dies From Severe Injuries

DETROIT -- A 20-year-old Warren woman is expected to be charged Wednesday in the death of her 8-month-old son.
The baby, George Wilburn, was on life support for a day after he was taken to the hospital Monday afternoon with severe injuries, including a fractured skull, brain hemorrhaging, human bite marks, fractured ribs and numerous bruises.

The baby was pronounced dead just after 4 p.m. Tuesday at Children's Hospital.
"He hadbite marks on his back, his left wrist is bruised," said the baby's grandfather, George Wilburn Sr. "He had symmetrical marks on his neck as if someone as big as you or I choked him."
Before the baby died, the baby's father, George Wilburn Jr., sobbed as he described how hard it was to see his son on life support.

"It hurts me to see my son like that. If I even touch his abdomen area, he cries."
The child's mother was immediately taken into police custody, where police said she admitted to causing the child's injuries.

She faces murder charges, police said.

The woman and the baby's father share custody.
George Wilburn Jr. said he had contacted Child Protective Services several months ago after he took the baby to Henry Ford Hospital after he noticed bruises on the child's body.He said the CPS agent at the hospital told him to return the child to his mother's care while an investigation was launched.
But George Wilburn Jr. said CPS did not work fast enough to save his son.
"My question is: Why didn't Child Protective Services protect him? They made my son send him home. I want justice," said George Wilburn Sr.
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"Parents, hug your kids and tell them you love them every day. Protect them from all demons," said George Wilburn Jr.'s cousin Terita Wilburn. http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/25369630/detail.htmlhttp://i54.tinypic.com/ezitc3.jpg

CPS is really under fire tonight b/c, they had been contacted many times
Cops on news said that the baby was at moms boyfriends house and that it was totally uninhabital

[crimsonsorrow]

my heart goes out to the loving father..CPS should have protected your son...I don't know though ; if it was me? I would contacted police as soon as i saw bruises. period.

[badfish76]

That's the main thing that I have learned here. If you think a child is in danger call 911 NOT CPS.

In Missouri a CPS worker can't take a kid anyway, but the cops can.

[Silvahalo]

Sometimes I think mothers who do these terrible things to their babies are just jealous. Jealous that their man now loves someone other than her. It's sick and selfish.

Baby George was the third generation as he was namesake to father and grandpa. He was such a cute baby too, how could anyone not but love him, especially his own mother.

So sorry precious one.
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[CadburyCremeGirl]

The reason why the mom didn't love her child is easy: she probally saw him as a failed attempt to keep control on her now ex. Yes, I am saying she got knocked up to rope him in.

It is so sad to see a father cry because he can no longer touch him. And even though he might have more kids, he'll still have a hole in his heart cause that...incubator ripped a chunk out when she abused and murdered her child in cold blood. Although I know all too well this is probally true, it's still heart wrenching.

[FknKraze]

In Missouri a CPS worker can't take a kid anyway, but the cops can.

Interesting, I live in Ontario Canada and here the Police, have to call the C.A.S. (Children s Aid Society) and they have to come and take the child but they can not, do it on their own. Once the C.A.S. arrives, it is totally their decision, as to whether or not the child should be removed.
Every C.A.S. agency, always has a 27/7 worker on call, for this reason.

If C.A.S. is in a situation, where they need to remove a child, they can either take the child alone, if they feel they are not in danger, or they can call the police to have as back up, while they remove the child/children.

[AngelFire]

OMG This world keeps getting colder and colder by the minute. Bite marks for Christ sake. Fuck it. Someone should throw her in a pitt of wild dogs and have them bite and eat her alive. Horrible CUNT

[Whisper]

Interesting, I live in Ontario Canada and here the Police, have to call the C.A.S. (Children s Aid Society) and they have to come and take the child but they can not, do it on their own. Once the C.A.S. arrives, it is totally their decision, as to whether or not the child should be removed.
Every C.A.S. agency, always has a 27/7 worker on call, for this reason.

If C.A.S. is in a situation, where they need to remove a child, they can either take the child alone, if they feel they are not in danger, or they can call the police to have as back up, while they remove the child/children.
Yeah Im not far from you in Ontario and its law at the hosp also

[CadburyCremeGirl]

OMG This world keeps getting colder and colder by the minute. Bite marks for Christ sake. Fuck it. Someone should throw her in a pitt of wild dogs and have them bite and eat her alive. Horrible CUNT

No, no. They should cover her in honey and dip her in an ant pit in Africa. The ants there(and in other places..I forget where) would eat her till there was nothing left but her bones. And even that's possible to be given to puppies for a treat.

[AngelFire]

CCG, I like your idea better. Good thinking

[CadburyCremeGirl]

MBM, I am usually told I have a sick mind. Let's just say that if there was a dexter, but they only went after child molestors, rapists, murderers AND criminally bad parents...I would not cry.

[FknKraze]

MBM, I am usually told I have a sick mind. Let's just say that if there was a dexter, but they only went after child molestors, rapists, murderers AND criminally bad parents...I would not cry.
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Not only, would I not cry, I would throw a party,give him the key to the city and a fucking medal!!:adore:

[Whisper]

Harper Woods mom to be arraigned today in death of infant


Warren — A Harper Woods woman is expected to be arraigned this afternoon on charges she threw her 8-month-old son against a wall, causing his death.
Warren Police Commissioner William Dwyer said the 20-year-old suspect confessed to police Tuesday that on Monday she threw her son against a wall in a home on the 13000 block of Toepfer in Warren, where she had been visiting friends. Her son, George Wilburn, first was taken to Henry Ford Macomb Hospital on Monday, when doctors discovered broken ribs, a fractured skull and bleeding about the brain, Dwyer said. Some of the injuries were old, Dwyer said.

The child was then taken to Childrens Hospital of Michigan in Detroit, where he died Tuesday. The boy had been on life support since Monday, Dwyer said.

"It is such a disturbing situation," Dwyer said. "It is a monstrous act. You have a child 8 months old who was so abused that the injuries caused his death."

The child was taken to Henry Ford Macomb Hospital on Sept. 21 suffering from what appeared to be human bites, Dwyer said. Protective services workers started an investigation but weren't able to prove abuse, Dwyer said.

Warren Police have kept the woman in custody since Monday evening. She isn't in a relationship with the father of the baby, who was at Childrens Hospital when his son died, Dwyer said.
[...]

http://detnews.com/article/20101013/METRO03/10130380/1014/rss03

[Whisper]

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Baby Killer Delniece William

[Pene784]

It always pisses me off so bad when the mother that killed her child looks irritated in their mugshot. BITCH!

[VXIII]

The baby looks fearful and sad in the picture, poor little guy...

[Whisper]

Yeah Im not far from you in Ontario and its law at the hosp also
lol I went back and looked
I am FAR from you but I am in Ontario lol
I was having a blonde moment and was thinking Kitchener
But I know where you are my neighbor stops there overnight when driving to families in Quebec

[CanuckGramz]

Okay this one made me cry. Our darling little grandaughter is this angel's age and all of her family would give their lives to protect her! Her mom sleeps with her in their bed, so they will be close if she fusses - the sweet little darling spends her night cuddled between Mommy and Daddy ( and often 3 year old brother). We all take turns loving on her, and walking her when she is feeling fussy and cheering when she takes a few baby tottering baby steps.

I can close my eyes and remember the feel of her warm little body sleeping contentedly on my chest the other day. Babies are adorable and sweet and precious and it's so shocking, so horrifying , that a MOTHER would do this to a baby, instead of defending this little guy with her own life! I'm all for any horrible punishment down to her, and I please, please pray the authorities don't let her out to once again have a baby she will abuse! I can't fathom how awful that poor sweet baby felt as his own mother turned on him! I ache for the father and other family!

FknKraze and Whisperswing I am in Canada as well, I'm on the western side in British Columbia. We're supposed to get the milder winter this year and we're supposed to get the cold nasty one. We'll see how correct the weather people are. lol

[Dakota Valkyrie]

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A 20-year-old mother was charged with first-degree child abuse Wednesday in the death this week of her 8-month old son, but Warren police said the case against her could increase to murder.

Delniece Williams of Harper Woods cried during video arraignment before 37th District Judge John Chmura, who set bond at $1 million cash or surety.

The infant, George Wilburn, died Tuesday afternoon when life support systems were disconnected at Children's Hospital, Detroit. The boy initially was brought to Henry Ford Macomb Hospital, Warren Campus, by Williams and her boyfriend at approximately 4:30 p.m. Monday. Both claimed the child was lethargic and unresponsive, while staying at the boyfriend's home in the 13700 block of Toepfer in Warren.

George had suffered multiple fractures of the skull and several broken ribs and had bleeding of the brain, police said.

At the arraignment, Detective Cpl. John Pierce said Williams threw the child on the floor and on a different occasion dropped him on the floor.

Police officials said Williams, who also has a 2-year-old son, admitted to investigators that she threw the younger boy against a wall.
[...]

Wilburn, 19, said he broke up with Williams after he suspected she was cheating on him with her current boyfriend. He ordered her to leave his home in Taylor.

"She did say, 'It's going to be hard to raise two boys on my own,'" he said. "I assured her I will be there for my son."

Wilburn, who said he is in the U.S. Army National Guard, said Williams phoned him from the hospital this week.

"She was like, 'Don't be sad when I tell you this, that the 2-year-old cracked (George's) head and broke his ribs,'" he said, still wearing a yellow hospital visitor's wristband.

But he didn't believe her story.

Now, the young dad wants justice. He also plans to question child welfare officials. On his first day of parental visitation after not seeing his son during a 1-week stretch last month, Wilburn took his son to a Southfield hospital on Sept. 21 for examination of bite marks on his son and marks on the infant's neck.

Wilburn said doctors told him the bite marks on one arm, shoulder and back were consistent with being inflicted by a young child. Little George also had marks on his neck, the grieving dad said. Hospital officials notified Child Protective Services, which told Wilburn the infant could go back to his mother.

Wilburn said that Williams' 2-year-old son was protective of his little half-brother and would not harm him.

The grieving father suspects that Williams -- they met two years ago at Eastland Mall in Harper Woods -- intentionally injured their son in retaliation for their break-up.
[...]

He said doctors said some of the rib fractures were new, but others were not as recent.http://www.macombdaily.com/articles/2010/10/14/news/doc4cb631929bcbf194187033.txt

Williams took the unresponsive child to Henry Ford Macomb Hospital on Monday, and he was taken off life support at Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit on Tuesday, in the presence of his father, George Wilburn Sr., 19, who lives in Taylor.

Wilburn sat through the 37th District Court arraignment with friends and family, who gasped at the bail amount.

"I told her if she wasn't going to take care of my son, she could sign over rights to me," said Wilburn, who said he took the child to the hospital once for a mouth infection and again in late September, covered with bite marks on his arm, shoulder and back. "I feared for my child's life."
[...]
http://www.freep.com/article/20101014/NEWS04/10140572/1001/News/Mom-accused-of-throwing-baby-charged

George Wilburn said Wednesday he thinks his 8-month-old son is dead because the boy's mother was angry over their breakup months ago.

"I think she hurt my son on purpose to get back at me," said Wilburn, 19, of Taylor.
[...]

Williams burst into tears during her court hearing when a judge asked if she understood the charges against her. She sobbed and mumbled a response during her appearance before Judge John Chmura in 37th District Court in Warren via closed-circuit television.
[...]

A half-dozen of Williams' relatives attended the hearing.

"She's never been abusive to either of her two children," said her brother LaRon Melton, 26, of Oak Park. "She's never been in trouble and always been an excellent student. This is a surprise to all of us."
[...]http://www.detnews.com/article/20101014/METRO03/10140401/1411/METRO02/Harper-Woods-mom-charged-in-baby%E2%80%99s-death

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[thehesbomb]

It is so hard to see one parent try his damnedest to do the right thing and be stymied at every turn. My husband's ex was nowhere as abusive as this but there was routinely shit on the walls, bugs everywhere...and he had to fight tooth and nail to get the courts to accept that he was the better parent.

I am so sorry for this father who is now childless and this baby who is now lifeless. Unfortunately it is no consolation to him that his father tried to save his life despite no one else giving a shit.

[crimsonsorrow]

It is so hard to see one parent try his damnedest to do the right thing and be stymied at every turn. My husband's ex was nowhere as abusive as this but there was routinely shit on the walls, bugs everywhere...and he had to fight tooth and nail to get the courts to accept that he was the better parent.

I am so sorry for this father who is now childless and this baby who is now lifeless. Unfortunately it is no consolation to him that his father tried to save his life despite no one else giving a shit.

So sorry you are familiar with CPS ordeals.

CPS always complains they are full of cases they need to review and that they are backed up. Maybe if there wasn't so much damn paperwork involved then you could get shit done! Fix the system; FFS!

[Whisper]

Infant’s death ruled homicide

Police seek more serious charge against mom
An autopsy has confirmed what Warren police had suspected: that 8-month-old George Wilburn Jr. was a victim of homicide.

The infant, who died Tuesday, suffered multiple blunt traumas, according to a preliminary report by Wayne County Assistant Medical Examiner Dr. Francisco Diaz.
Warren detectives who arrested the boy’s mother, 20-year-old Delniece Williams of Harper Woods, have forwarded that report to Macomb County prosecutors. Therese Tobin, chief trial attorney for Macomb prosecutors, said Friday through a representative that the investigation continues and had no additional comment.

A sobbing Williams formally was charged Wednesday — nearly 24 hours after her youngest son’s death — with one count of first-degree child abuse, a felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison. Police officials pointed out at the time that she could face more serious charges upon completion of autopsy reports.
Williams is held at the Macomb County Jail in lieu of $1 million bond.
Williams, George and her 2-year-old son spent last weekend at her boyfriend’s home on Toepfer. On Monday afternoon, the couple brought George to Henry Ford Macomb Community Hospital, Warren Campus, saying he was unresponsive and lethargic.

According to hospital personnel, the couple “did not seem to be particularly concerned,” said Warren Detective Cpl. John Pierce, the lead investigator on the case.
The child was not breathing, police said, but doctors who rushed to his aid were able to get him breathing. Within a few hours, he was rushed to Children’s Hospital in Detroit. Williams and her boyfriend, Aaron Matchett — who is not the father of her children — initially told police they thought the infant was head-butted by her 2-year-old son, J Nathan, police said.

Warren Police Commissioner William Dwyer said Williams later told detectives she threw the child against the wall. Pierce said the Harper Woods woman also told investigators that she dropped George but later stated that she tried to throw him onto a bed but missed.
George died late Tuesday afternoon when life-support systems were disconnected.
X-rays show at least four healing fractures on the left side of George’s rib cage. Police said those injuries are at least four weeks old.

The little boy suffered at least five new fractures to his right-side ribs, including one rib broken twice. George had extensive bruising on his back, and the back of his head was severely swollen.
Police said the boy suffered two skull fractures that caused bleeding of his brain that led to his death.
George’s back also had a bite mark measuring approximately 4-by-2 centimeters. The boy’s father, George Wilburn Sr., said this week that he noticed bite marks on his son on Sept. 21 during parental visitation and that doctors told him the marks were consistent with the bite of a young child.

Police said Williams’ boyfriend, Aaron Matchett, told them he heard a thud inside his home on Monday and thought she dropped little George, police said.
According to police, six other adults and one other child were in the home at the time, including Matchett’s mother and aunt. None of them saw Williams harm the child in the bedroom, where the door purportedly was cracked open, police said.
After going through prisoner intake procedures that includes cursory physical and mental evaluation like other inmates brought to the Macomb County Jail, Williams is being held in the mental health unit at the jail, said Macomb Sheriff’s Capt. Tony Wickersham. He could not elaborate but said staff in that unit determine whether inmates in that section should remain there for the duration of their incarceration at the county jail, or if they can be returned to the jail’s general population.

Williams has not yet completed a form listing visitors she would be willing to see, Wickersham said.
She is scheduled to return to 37th District Court for a preliminary hearing Oct. 21 to determine whether she should stand trial.
Contacted Friday by The Macomb Daily, George Wilburn Sr. said he was unaware of the medical examiner’s report but not surprised by the finding.

“All I want is justice for my son,” said Wilburn, 19.
A funeral service for George Jr. will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Unity Baptist Church, 7500 Tireman, Detroit. Visitation will be 3-8 p.m. Thursday at O.H. Pye Funeral Home, 17600 Plymouth Road, Detroit. A family hour will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the church.
Meantime, the disturbing, violent death of a defenseless child has affected veteran Warren law enforcers.
[...]http://macombdaily.com/articles/2010/10/16/news/doc4cba51518066e276990166.txt

[misssmartypants]

OMG This world keeps getting colder and colder by the minute. Bite marks for Christ sake. Fuck it. Someone should throw her in a pitt of wild dogs and have them bite and eat her alive. Horrible CUNT

Again with the full out biting on a baby!? WTF? Ive been bit, and it HURTS !! MBM, why do parents do this to a baby?

[Whisper]

Harper Woods mom says she didn't kill infant son

Warren— A Harper Woods woman sobbed and told a judge she didn't kill her infant son as she was arraigned this morning on felony murder charges.
Delniece Williams, 20, appeared before Warren District Court Judge John Chmura during what would have originally been a preliminary examination on child abuse charges for allegedly slamming 8-month-old George Wilburn Jr. on the floor Oct. 11.
[...]
Williams told Chmura today she didn't understand the murder charge against her. She broke into sobs as she heard she's facing a potential life sentence in prison.
"I didn't kill him," she cried.
Police said the child suffered broken ribs, a fractured skull and bleeding of the brain. The baby was transported to Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit. He was taken off live support the next day.
Additional charges were levied by the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office after an autopsy concluded the child died of multiple blunt force trauma injuries.
The child's father and his relatives say they don't have sympathy for Williams.
"She knew the charges she could have faced before she did what she did to my son," said George Wilburn Sr.,19, of Taylor. "Now she's in court, and it's hitting her."
Wilburn said about a week before the incident, he took his son to the hospital for bite marks and bruises. Child Protective Services was investigating, he said.
Williams' cousin, Ann Reid of Southfield, said Williams had never had problems or hurt her baby or her other son, Jonathan, 2.
"It's wrong," she said. "The charges are wrong."
A new attorney is being appointed for Williams. She's due back in court Nov. 4.
The child's funeral will take place Friday at Unity Baptist Church in Detroithttp://detnews.com/article/20101021/METRO03/10210441/1014/rss03

[Dakota Valkyrie]

[...]
George Anthony Raymondo Wilburn Sr., 19, said outside the courtroom that Williams, his former girlfriend, twice tried unsuccessfully from the Macomb County Jail to reach him by phone.

Asked about her emotions in the court, he replied: "She knew the charges she could've faced. Now it's in court and it's actually hitting her.

"She took a big part of my life away from me that can never be replaced."

Some of his relatives believe Williams' tears are not for her dead son, but the prospect of life imprisonment.

Theresa Baylor, the slain boy's great-aunt, said Williams showed no sadness as relatives of little George had gathered last week at Children's Hospital while the infant clung to life.
http://www.dailytribune.com/articles/2010/10/22/news/srv0000009740158.txt

[Dakota Valkyrie]

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A young mother charged with killing her infant son last autumn in Warren has been deemed competent to stand trial.
[...]

A doctor at the Center for Forensic Psychiatry reported in a court-ordered mental evaluation that Williams understands the nature of the case against her and that she can participate in her own defense. However, Williams confirmed to 37th District Judge John Chmura that she refused to participate in the part of the psychiatric analysis that determines whether she was mentally culpable for her alleged actions.
[...]

“It simply means they’re not going to be able to run an insanity defense,” said William Cataldo, chief of the homicides unit at the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Officers.
[...]

Outside Chmura’s courtroom Thursday, defense attorney Jeffery Cojocar said he was a bit surprised that Williams refused to be evaluated at the psychiatric center for her criminal culpability, and that he advised her to be interviewed by mental health officials.

“I have not had a client that didn’t do both aspects (of the mental exam) before, but it’s her prerogative and her choice. She seemed to insinuate that someone made some comments that she’d have to confess to things, or make admissions to things, if she proceeded to that aspect of the examination,” Cojocar said. “Either she misunderstood what they were saying to her or she was given misinformation.
[...]

George Wilburn Sr. said he was not surprised that his ex-girlfriend and mother of his son refused to undergo a thorough psychiatric evaluation.

“She’s passing up on stuff that possibly could help her,” he said.
http://www.macombdaily.com/articles/2011/01/28/news/doc4d4227ecd26da352427119.txt

She would rather be thought a "sane child killer" than a wackadoodle? :noidea:

[Tundratot]

The family of the father of an 8-month-old boy who Warren police say was killed by his mother when she threw him onto the floor said his son’s death could have been prevented if Michigan Department of Protective Services had done their job and took the baby away from his mother when he filed complaints against her.

. . .

After the preliminary examination George Wilburn Sr., the dead child’s father, said he called protective services on more than one occasion with information about Williams abusing the child. He said after a quick investigation by protective services the child was returned to Williams and said they found nothing wrong with the child.

“I found bite marks on my son’s back,” Wilburn Sr. said. “There was no question he was abused and Protective Services shouldn’t have given him back to his mother.”

Angela Baylor, Wilburn’s great aunt, said Protective Services made Wilburn give the baby back to Williams. She said the child had bruises and marks on his body.

“Protective Services did an investigation but it wasn’t good enough,” said Baylor. “If it was good enough then they would have realized that the baby was in trouble.”

Dr. Diaz testified to questions from Macomb County Assistant Prosecutor William Cataldo that he performed a post mortem examination on the child on Oct. 14 at Detroit Children’s Hospital. He said the child had significant force to the head that created multiple fractures.

He said the trauma to the head occurred within hours or one day of the child’s death. He also testified that injuries to the side of the child’s ribs also were recent while injuries to the left side of the ribs occurred earlier.

“This is a pattern of inflicted trauma the child was subjected to,” said Dr. Diaz. In his closing arguments, defense attorney Jeff Cojocar said Cataldo is relying on different statements made by Williams when police initially questioned her. He also said he disputes much of the evidence presented by Cataldo.

In binding Williams to circuit court to face the serious felony charges, Chmura said there is no question the injuries were intentionally caused. Chmura said Williams had custody of the child before he was hospitalized.

He also said Williams gave Warren police four different stories on how the child was injured. http://www.dailytribune.com/articles/2011/03/25/news/doc4d8c9a9fa6a34560718427.txt?viewmode=default

[Jerri Blank]

Doctor testifies at Warren woman's murder trial that injuries to baby were 'child abuse'

When 8-month-old George Wilburn Jr. was examined by an emergency room doctor in Warren in October 2010, the doctor had no doubt what the pattern of injuries meant.

"It can't be anything but child abuse," Dr. Richard Giovannini testified Wednesday in the murder trial of the boy's mother, Delniece Williams.

The 22-year-old Harper Woods woman is on trial in Macomb County Circuit Court, charged with first-degree murder and child abuse in the boy's killing. He died the day after he was brought to the hospital.

Under questioning from Assistant Prosecutor William Cataldo, Giovannini described the injuries George suffered in the hours before he was brought to Henry Ford Macomb Hospital's Warren Campus by Williams and her boyfriend. The injuries were a skull fracture severe enough to force the shattered bone into the baby's brain, multiple rib fractures, massive bruising and what appeared to be a human bite mark.

"I'm surprised he made it to the hospital alive," the doctor testified.

Cataldo asked the doctor about Williams' demeanor at the time.

"May I say nonchalant?" Giovannini said before comparing the reaction to that of other parents of injured children who usually want to know everything about the treatment process.

Giovannini said that Williams told him she had been feeding George when he became unresponsive, but during questioning by defense attorney Andrea Fanning, Giovannini acknowledged that a report written at the time said her boyfriend had been feeding the boy.

Fanning told jurors that George's death was not caused by her client, pointing out that five other adults were in the home at the time. The home in Warren was that of her boyfriend, Aaron Matchett.

Fanning took issue with claims made during Cataldo's opening statement that Williams had changed her story several times in talking with police, noting that she was questioned for more than 12 hours overnight.

"I submit to you that anybody under that type of pressure would crack under those circumstances," she said.

Cataldo said Williams provided numerous stories to police about what happened. In one version, Williams dropped the baby when Williams' 2 1/2-year-old son bumped her leg. In another, the injuries were a result of the older boy head-butting George. Giovannini testified that the injuries were too serious to be caused in either fashion.

http://www.freep.com/article/20120517/NEWS04/205170663/Doctor-testifies-at-Warren-woman-s-murder-trial-that-injuries-to-baby-were-child-abuse-

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Delniece Williams screamed obscenities at the jury and her attorney and had to be calmed down by family members after she was found guilty by a jury Monday morning following a three-day trial in circuit court for the child abuse death of George Wilbur. She faces an automatic penalty of life in prison without parole at her June 19 sentencing by Judge James Biernat Jr.

Williams’ mother, Dorothy Gordon, one of several family members who attended the trial, said she was disappointed the jury didn’t take more time to mull the case.

“There was a lot of information that wasn’t reviewed that should have been reviewed,” she said. “She’s innocent. They didn’t take the time required to go over all of the information. I think they should have pondered a little longer.”

Assistant Macomb prosecutor William Cataldo said the jury determined that Williams lied to police.

“I spoke to the jury and it was clear to them that her statements weren’t truthful,” Cataldo said. “They recognized that she was telling too many stories.

Williams was accused of inflicting severe injuries on the boy, who died from blunt force trauma to the head from two head blows, and suffered eight cracked ribs, lacerated liver and collapsed lung. He also showed signs of prior abuse.

The case was circumstantial as Williams was with her son in the nine hours in her occasional boyfriend’s Warren home before he was taken to a hospital at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 11, 2010.

The jury also could consider second-degree murder and manslaughter.

Williams gave several inconsistent statements to police but in her last interview admitted that she threw George onto a mattress, and he fell on the floor. But medical experts said more severe actions would have caused the fatal injuries.http://www.dailytribune.com/article/20120522/NEWS01/120529939/harper-woods-woman-convicted-of-murder-in-her-baby-son-s-death

[LadyCygnet]

Delniece Williams screamed obscenities at the jury and her attorney and had to be calmed down by family members after she was found guilty by a jury Monday morning following a three-day trial in circuit court for the child abuse death of George Wilbur. She faces an automatic penalty of life in prison without parole at her June 19 sentencing by Judge James Biernat Jr.

Williams’ mother, Dorothy Gordon, one of several family members who attended the trial, said she was disappointed the jury didn’t take more time to mull the case.

“There was a lot of information that wasn’t reviewed that should have been reviewed,” she said. “She’s innocent. They didn’t take the time required to go over all of the information. I think they should have pondered a little longer.”

Uh, given her reaction to being found guilty, I'm pretty certain that the jury made the right call.