Matthew Redance and Angel Kirby charged with first-degree murder of 2-year-old girl

[Hellsbells]

WILSON (WTVD) -- Police say they've charged a man and a woman with first-degree murder in the death of a 2-year-old.

Wilson Public Information Officer John Slaughter said that on Thursday, November 29 at 9:46 p.m. Angel Lamm Kirby and Matthew John Redance called 911 to report that Angel Kirby’s 2-year-old daughter was unresponsive.
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Kirby and Redance flagged down a Wilson Police Officer, who escorted them to the Wilson Medical Center. Alyssia Lynn Kirby was pronounced dead upon arrival.

Slaughter said an autopsy shows the toddler died as a result of injuries not consistent with natural causes. He did not elaborate.
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[Darsa]

Oh, what a gorgeous girl... and she looks so much like that woman who's supposed to have been her mother; how could anyone hurt that little babygirl!?!? :cry:

[Tundratot]

What a beautiful little girl. What a shame. In the absence of further information, I can practically make up my own story.

[Bohring]

Here we go again.

[myheart27]

Does anyone have anymore information on this case?

[AngelFire]

hellsbells, who is the dude with the baby? Is it the same asshole in the mug shot? I can't tell if it's a different dude, or it's the actual daddy.

Darsa, I noticed the resemblance too. My God, she was her mirror. What a beautiful smile and now gone.

[Bohring]

who is the dude with the baby? Is it the same asshole in the mug shot? I can't tell if it's a different dude, or it's the actual daddy.

The eyes and nose certainly make it look like it's the same fucking douchebag.

[DamagedGoods]

I didn't think it looked like the same dude, but the completely different expressions make it hard to say for sure....

[Hellsbells]

hellsbells , who is the dude with the baby? Is it the same asshole in the mug shot? I can't tell if it's a different dude, or it's the actual daddy.

That is her Real Father , a good man a Marine Avery Kirby

His Myspace http://www.myspace.com/ssd0311

Facebook http://www.facebook.com/people/Avery-Kirby/1124717913
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[AngelFire]

Thanks, Hells. I figured it would be. Doesn't look like the asswipe in the mug but wanted to be sure. Poor guy now he has to bury his baby.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Matthew Redance locked Angel Lamm’s 5-year-old nephew in a dog kennel one day when he came to their apartment for a play visit, Lamm testified this week.

Lamm said she discovered her 5-year-old nephew, after she walked out of her bedroom. She said Redance thought it was funny.

“I got (him) out and said it wasn’t funny,” she said.

Redance, 25, is on trial in the death of Lamm’s daughter, Alyssia Kirby, who died Nov. 29, 2010. He is charged with first-degree murder and felony child abuse
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Lamm, 23, also been charged in her daughter’s death, reportedly pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact of first-degree murder and aiding and abetting child abuse, according to her testimony.
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On Thursday, Lamm’s sister, Jamie Smith, testified that her son called her and said he wanted to go home. He didn’t feel good. Smith said he then began to cry.

“Momma, he put me in a dog kennel,” she testified her son said.

Smith said she immediately went to get her son and also confronted Redance about the incident.

She also asked him what type of person would do that to a child, she testified.

“He said he was putting my son where he belonged,” Smith told the court.

She never left her son alone again with Redance or her sister unless someone else was present, she said.
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Smith said she took care of Alyssia daily while her sister went to school for nursing at Wilson Community College. She testified she confronted her sister about Alyssia’s first black eye. She said Lamm told her Alyssia had fallen asleep on a toy inside the toy box. Less than a week later, Alyssia had a second black eye. Smith said she asked her sister again what happened. Lamm told her sister that the doctor said Alyssia could have been bitten by a bug, she testified.

Prosecutor Charles Thomas asked Smith if she had ever seen Redance discipline Alyssia. She said she saw Redance point his finger at the child and make a sound, indicating when Alyssia did something wrong.

She said she saw Redance make that gesture one day while playing with a toy.

Thomas asked her to describe what Alyssia would do after that.

“She froze, left the room and cried,” Smith testified.
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When asked about bruises on Alyssia’s body and the two black eyes, Smith said she was concerned. She told her mother about it and reported it to her sister’s caseworker, Smith said.
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Under questioning by Sallenger, Lamm told the court she was told that she would be sentenced on her plea by a judge at a later date. She also said she had prepared for her testimony on the witness stand prior to the trial.

“I was an accessory because I lied,” Lamm told the court.

Lamm continued to repeat herself when questioned by Sallenger on why she pleaded guilty to those charges if she didn’t know anything about the abuse that eventually led to the death of her child.

“Because I am in fact guilty of these charges,” she said in relation to the charges to which she pleaded guilty.

She said she was telling the truth on the stand and it wasn’t about a plea deal.

“I’m doing it for justice for my daughter,” she told the court. “I am not guilty in the death of my child.”

In talking about the reported plea, Lamm said she was guilty because she didn’t check on Alyssia when she feared Redance had done something to her daughter.

“I failed her by not getting up and checking on her when I knew I should have,” she said. “I wanted to take her place. I would take her place. I did wrong. I regret not going in there. I never hurt my child. I could never hurt my child.”

Lamm said the district attorney’s office didn’t tell her what to say when she agreed to testify against Redance as a part of the plea arrangement.

She said she let down her daughter and she’s doing the right thing now for Alyssia.

Tears streamed down her face. Her eyes were red from the emotional testimony.

“I don’t know where Alyssia would be today or in 20 years,” she said. “I should have went in and checked on her from the very beginning. I owe it to her by telling the truth now ... justice for my daughter. She was hurt so bad; she died from it. I don’t know what she could have ever been.”

Lamm said Redance killed her daughter. She wants him to go to prison.

“I loved her,” she said. “I still love her. I miss her terribly.”

But Sallenger has pointed the finger at Lamm in the early days of the trial. Sallenger contends Lamm was the last person in the room with Alyssia. Thomas contends Redance was the last person in the room.

The trial is expected to resume on Monday.
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[Tundratot]

rosecutor Charles Thomas asked Smith if she had ever seen Redance discipline Alyssia. She said she saw Redance point his finger at the child and make a sound, indicating when Alyssia did something wrong.

She said she saw Redance make that gesture one day while playing with a toy.

Thomas asked her to describe what Alyssia would do after that.

“She froze, left the room and cried,” Smith testified.

This just makes me feel ill all over again. I'm glad the momster can see and admit now to the wrong she did, but it won't bring that sweet little girl back and it doesn't explain why she failed her daughter.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

A judge has declared a mistrial in the Matthew Redance trial after the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict.

The jury was deadlocked at 11-1. It is not yet known if the jury was leaning toward fist-degree or second-degree murder, or not guilty.
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His attorney said Redance was not there at the time and that the girl was killed by her mother, Angel Lamm.

Some friends of the family say they do not blame the one person who did not agree with the other 11.

“I'm glad she didn't just cave,” said Brandon Smith, who knew the murdered toddler. “He or she didn't just cave and go with the majority, whether it was against or for, she did what she felt was right.”http://triad.news14.com/content/local_news/654766/mistrial-declared-for-man-accused-of-killing-girlfriend-s-toddler

[Tundratot]

Any word on trying again?

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Any word on trying again?
Not that I could find.