Missing 4-year-old found dead in MN home

[ells9824]

Police Sunday said they have found the body of a 4-year-old boy at the Minneapolis home where he was staying when he was reported missing Wednesday.

A woman has been arrested but not immediately charged, authorities said. TV news reports said she was an adult cousin who had been caring for the boy, Demond Reed. Demond came to Minneapolis from Chicago for a visit. His father was arrested Jan. 21 on an unrelated matter, and the boy was left in the custody of the cousin.

This kid didn't have a chance.

http://tinyurl.com/26frpg

[impqueen]

i may give this one a front page spot soon as i find some pics and a name on the cousin.

poor baby.

[Morbid]

Her name is Carla Poole. She did some interviews with the news, so I am guessing there is a picture of her out there somewhere, even if it is just video. I'm lookin'.

[ells9824]

http://www.startribune.com/local/15491001.html

Picture of him on that story

[ells9824]

http://www.kare11.com/news/news_arti...storyid=497145

Here she is

[Pirelli Jones]

Local moms discussion group, still perusing it for any juicy details;

http://www.mom2momkc.com/?a=profile&...og&blog_id=465

Video from WCCO but my media player isn't cooperating so not sure what's on it.

[ZombieBabe]

My little guys turns 4 next week, and he's still so sweet and innocent. I can't imagine how people can hurt kids of any age. I just don't get it.

[swivel]

My little guys turns 4 next week, and he's still so sweet and innocent. I can't imagine how people can hurt kids of any age. I just don't get it.

Yours must be abnormally well-behaved if you don't understand, even just a little bit.

[ells9824]

A woman who was supposed to be caring for her cousin's 4-year-old son severely beat the Chicago boy to death as two of her own children held him down and another watched, all because he soiled his pants, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Carla Cherisse Poole, 37, was charged with second-degree intentional murder in the death of Demond Keith Reed, whose body was found during a police search of her home Sunday, stuffed in a green canvas bag that was wrapped inside a black plastic bag. She was being held on $1 million bail.

Poole "brutally beat him in front of three of her own children," Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman told reporters. "Poole then made up stories about someone (who) had allegedly abducted this young man, which turned out to false, sending the police on a wild goose chase.

http://tinyurl.com/yrdamz

[ZombieBabe]

Yours must be abnormally well-behaved if you don't understand, even just a little bit.

Pffffffffffft. Whipping their little asses hurts me worse than it hurts them.

Besides which, they get off kinda easy in the spanking department. My dad's whuppins were LEGENDARY. If my ass cheeks could talk, man.... :no:

[carolinablue]

I got this from the archives of the Twin Cities-Pioneer Press http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/..._useweights=no

WOMAN ADMITS BEATING BOY, 4, TO DEATH BODY OF COUSIN'S CHILD WAS STUFFED IN BAG, HIDDEN IN CLOSET
The beating that took 4-year-old Demond Reed's life in February was no doubt frenzied and, given the extent of his injuries, long and loud. But in a brief and sedate court hearing Thursday, Demond's accused killer, Carla Cherisse Poole, quietly entered a guilty plea to the crime and said nothing more than a barely audible "yes" or "no" in answer to her lawyer's questions

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St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN) - July 19, 2008 - A1 Main

IF THERE WAS A REASON, THE BOY'S KILLER WOULDN'T SAY FAMILY, JUDGE LASH OUT AS CAREGIVER GETS 40 YEARS
In the end, she still didn't say why she did it. A judge Friday sentenced Carla Cherisse Poole to 40 years in prison for beating to death her cousin's 4-year-old son because he soiled his pants. Family members stood before Hennepin County District Judge Margaret Daly to give victim-impact statements that ranged from tearful to angry. But when Daly asked Poole whether she had anything to say before being sentenced for killing Demond Reed this year, the...

Left: Carla Cherisse Poole, 37. Right: Demond Keith Reed, 4. Carla Poole was sentenced this morning to 40 years in prison for beating to death 4-year-old Demond Reed in February

Couldn't excerpt the whole story because it's pay-to-read.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

June 26, 2008

A woman who killed a 4-year-old relative in her care, stuffed him in a closet and lied about his whereabouts pleaded guilty today to second-degree unintentional murder.

Carla Poole offered no explanation for her behavior when she entered the plea before District Court Judge Margaret Daly. As part of the deal, she will be sentenced on July 18 to 40 years. With good behavior, the 37-year-old could be released in 27 years.

Her defense lawyer Rick Trachy said Poole didn't intend to kill Demond Reed, that her behavior was an "emotional response to a situation."

By entering a plea and avoiding a trial, she took responsibility in the most serious way possible, he said.

Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said the long sentence reflects the level of depravity of the crime.

"This is an appropriate length of sentence for just a horrific crime," he said.

The standard sentence for second-degree unintentional murder is a little more than 12 years. Freeman noted only first-degree premeditated murderers go away for longer -- life without parole.

Poole had her own two young children hold down Demond as she fatally beat him and then left him without help in her home. The alleged trigger for the beating was that Demond had soiled his pants.

She told police a friend had taken the child and not returned him. His body was found double-bagged in a closet at Poole's house early on a Sunday in February. She was watching the boy while his father served a brief jail sentence.

http://www.startribune.com/templates...y?sid=21803789

Jul 18 2008

A Minneapolis woman was sentenced to 40 years in prison for beating a 4-year-old boy to death.
[...]

Poole's attorney says Poole decided to plead guilty to take responsibility for Demond's death and to spare the child's family and her own four children a trial.

Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman called it "a horrible, senseless tragedy from the start."

http://www.kxnet.com/custom404.asp?4...ews/257557.asp

[Chinchillazilla]

The alleged trigger for the beating was that Demond had soiled his pants.

What do you want to bet he didn't have toilet-training issues until he lived with her?

[AngelFire]

Her defense lawyer Rick Trachy said Poole didn't intend to kill Demond Reed, that her behavior was an "emotional response to a situation."

Poole had her own two young children hold down Demond as she fatally beat him and then left him without help in her home. The alleged trigger for the beating was that Demond had soiled his pants.

Baby boy having an accident and going on himself is considered an "emotional situation"...how is that? Stupid fucking defense attorneys. I guess they have to say something even if it comes out of their ass.