17-year-old Melody Vanluven's 3 month old son had nine broken ribs and a broken leg.

[Tazzzz]

Melody Vanluven, 17


Damond Waye, 18

Two teenage parents are facing felony child abuse charges after their baby boy was taken to the hospital with injuries, which included nine broken ribs and a broken leg.

Damond Waye, 18, of South Sand Lake Rd., Hillsdale County, and Melody Vanluven, 17, of East Montgomery St., Coldwater, were both charged with knowingly and intentionally causing harm to their son, born Dec. 17, 2008. The first-degree child abuse charge is a 15-year felony.

Waye also is charged with third-degree child abuse, a two-year, high-court misdemeanor.

Vanluven faces a fourth-degree child abuse charge, a one-year misdemeanor.

A preliminary examination is scheduled for April 8 for both defendants. Bond for Waye was set at $200,000 and $50,000 for Vanluven by Branch County District Court Judge Brent Weigle.

For the complete story, please see the Friday, March 27 edition or visit coldwaterdailyreporter.mi.newsmemory.com.

http://www.thedailyreporter.com/news/x1672265121

[peoplesuck]

Is that a hickey on his neck?!

That poor sweet baby boy. Damn monsters. They need tortured...slowly and painfully.

[Tazzzz]

***note, lots of picts of the baby on daddys myspace page. Cayden doesnt look like a happy camper. The abuse and bone breaking was probly going on from the beginning. :(


Melody Vanluven Myspace page (private)


~!~MELODY~!~ROSE~!~
"I'm finally a mommy to Cayden Gene Waye~!~8lbs 2oz~!~"
Female
17 years old
COLDWATER, Michigan
United States
Last Login: 3/24/2009
Mood: sick

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Damond Waye Myspace page

Mood: mad
http://www.myspace.com/notdaplaya

About me:

Wut up youve reached DJ at the space im 18 and live in coldwater michigan. i love to hang with the g/f melody shes awsome, ..... all's i see is Melody because she makes me feel all of those things, i've never felt this much love for anyone or thing in my life, there are incredible thought's that run through my head when i think of living every beautiful day with her, I just love the feeling she gives me and i would never trade it for anything. >****I love u BABE ****< three weeks to go now December 19th is the date but we hope it is a lil sooner. Some great things are happening to me these says my mom has chose to be in my family's life after all the shit we have been through im so happy she has came around. I LOVE YOU MOM thanks for checking out the space ya'all comment and tell what you think. He is 6 weeks omg its going to fast i miss him as a new born

This layout is from whateverlife.com!

Who I'd like to meet:

Myself in 20 years to see what i have made of myself in life.

Cayden Gene Waye

[piXyNinjette]

What a cute lil guy!!!!!! reminds me of mine when they were newborns

I hope these douchebags rot in hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rhoni]

She looks like a crazy fucking bitch..He just looks stupid..

Can someone please tell me how abusing a child can be a misdemeanor?? That makes me sick..Anyone who beats a child especially a baby should get automatic prison time and lots of it..

I realize they were also charged with a felony but why the different degrees of child abuse?

[Insomniac]

Fucking disgusting. Hopefully someone will return the beatings to both of these pieces of shit.

Heal quickly little Cayden, may you never have to see these two fucking losers again.

[Cassandra]

Stupid bitch never deserved to be a 'mommy'

[Silvahalo]

The first 3 months are the hardest with a newborn baby. These young parents, I wonder if they got any help from grandma? When my very young sister got unexpectedly pregnant, I was determined to make her see the error of her ways and make her own up to responsibility, and I did. I preached, argued and made her do as was expected of her. Then I thought long and hard about being in her place. I had a change of heart as I knew that she would need as much support from me, her older sister to reach those expectations and to simply do right baby her baby.

I have no idea what these circumstances were for these two, but I would like to think that now that the baby is out of their care, they have learned a lesson, a hard lesson and grow from that instead of being a torn family forever. What they did to baby Cayden is deplorable, and there is no excuse for it. Still, I do think that a a lot of young starting families...very young in this case, need a lot of support from family and friends to make it through the first hump of becoming parents.

The first thing I told my sister was there is no way this is going to be easy but there is a way to come out of this loving your baby and yourself as a new mom. Patience, patience and a lot of SLEEP! I stayed to help with the baby the first several weeks and took them off there hands many a time when I'd get a call telling me how desperate she was. I taught her how to better cope with a crying baby, colic and all that comes with a newborn. I said, never, ever handle your child when you are at your wits end, put him down and walk away....she told me she did this on many occasions that she lost count.

I don't know why these parents hurt their baby repeatedly. You would think the "OMG", realization would kick in after the first time. Wonder if anyone in the family noticed the baby crying every time he moved or was moved?....sigh..... so sad, the hope of a real family.

Just wish more of these incidents could be avoided. Maybe their just SOB's, or complete idiots....maybe both. Either way, I hope Cayden gets a better chance at the start of hs life, with a repaired family or with one that will love and cherish him. Be happy and healthy wee one.

[Morticia]

Every time I see these sweet little faces that have had such a horrible start at life, makes me want to adopt them and give them everything in life that they deserve.

[jo_momma_82]

The first 3 months are the hardest with a newborn baby. These young parents, I wonder if they got any help from grandma? When my very young sister got unexpectedly pregnant, I was determined to make her see the error of her ways and make her own up to responsibility, and I did. I preached, argued and made her do as was expected of her. Then I thought long and hard about being in her place. I had a change of heart as I knew that she would need as much support from me, her older sister to reach those expectations and to simply do right baby her baby.

I have no idea what these circumstances were for these two, but I would like to think that now that the baby is out of their care, they have learned a lesson, a hard lesson and grow from that instead of being a torn family forever. What they did to baby Cayden is deplorable, and there is no excuse for it. Still, I do think that a a lot of young starting families...very young in this case, need a lot of support from family and friends to make it through the first hump of becoming parents.

The first thing I told my sister was there is no way this is going to be easy but there is a way to come out of this loving your baby and yourself as a new mom. Patience, patience and a lot of SLEEP! I stayed to help with the baby the first several weeks and took them off there hands many a time when I'd get a call telling me how desperate she was. I taught her how to better cope with a crying baby, colic and all that comes with a newborn. I said, never, ever handle your child when you are at your wits end, put him down and walk away....she told me she did this on many occasions that she lost count.

I don't know why these parents hurt their baby repeatedly. You would think the "OMG", realization would kick in after the first time. Wonder if anyone in the family noticed the baby crying every time he moved or was moved?....sigh..... so sad, the hope of a real family.

Just wish more of these incidents could be avoided. Maybe their just SOB's, or complete idiots....maybe both. Either way, I hope Cayden gets a better chance at the start of hs life, with a repaired family or with one that will love and cherish him. Be happy and healthy wee one.

Silva, I applaud you for helping your sister out ! You truly are a good person and I have so much respect for you.

As you know, I had my oldest daughter at a young age and I was extremely lucky to have alot of help and good advice from my family. I know that I would never even have considered hurting Gracie but, I learned so much from my own mother, grandmother, aunts, etc... that I would have never known without their help. I consider myself one of the lucky few...

These kids disgust me... how can you look at a teeny 3 month old and see anything other than a precious and fragile angel ? At 3 months old, he would have been cooing and giving mommy and daddy his first smile, and in return they gave him unbearable pain... I can never ask "why" often enough on D'D and once again I want to know... WHY ? What did this beautiful baby do to you people that made you feel like you should torture him ? After that first break, when you hear him crying in pain... why did you not stop there ? WHY ?

[MadeaBecBec]

Damond Waye pleaded guilty to child abuse (1st degree) and apparently the charges against Melody were dropped. I found him on Michigan Dept of Corrections.

Sentence 1
Offense: Child Abuse, 1st Degree - Attempt Minimum Sentence: 1 year 11 months 0 days
MCL#: 750.136B2 Maximum Sentence: 5 years 0 months
Court File#: 09049261-FH-C Date of Offense: 02/10/2009
County: Branch Date of Sentence: 06/01/2009
Conviction Type: Nolo Contendere

http://www.state.mi.us/mdoc/asp/otis...cNumber=721736

Damon Waye age 23 is being sent to prison for 23 months to five years by Branch County Circuit Court Judge Bill O’Grady for attempted child abuse.

His son had a broken leg and broken ribs, plus bruises on his body, at age two months.

Judge O’Grady admonished, Waye, “You are an absolute risk to society. Your chances are over,"

http://defend.dot5hosting.com/defend...org2/id49.html



And it appears Melody has custody or at least access to Lil Cayden, she has newer photo of him on her myspace profile.

He's a cutie! I pray that he is safe and happy!!

[thequeenofsorrow]

That was heartbreaking how sad the baby looked in the pictures. His eyes in the one.

[TiffanyLynn]

***note, lots of picts of the baby on daddys myspace page. Cayden doesnt look like a happy camper. The abuse and bone breaking was probly going on from the beginning. :(


Melody Vanluven Myspace page (private)


~!~MELODY~!~ROSE~!~
"I'm finally a mommy to Cayden Gene Waye~!~8lbs 2oz~!~"
Female
17 years old
COLDWATER, Michigan
United States
Last Login: 3/24/2009
Mood: sick

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Damond Waye Myspace page

Mood: mad
http://www.myspace.com/notdaplaya

About me:
This layout is from whateverlife.com!

Who I'd like to meet:




Cayden Gene Waye

first to let everyone no i am melodys sister and everyone needs to relize that everything u read isnt always the truth......yes the dad is in prison and my sister is not..but anyone who knows melody knows she would never hurt a fly and more than anything never hurt her baby.....and also one doctor said he had broken ribs but 3 others said he had nothing and dont u think if he had broken bones he would have been but in a cast or a brase....well he was put in nothing....i have a 5 year old son and for the first 2 years of his life i lived with melody and she did just as much for him as i did and my son is perfectly health and nothing wrong with him.....and is it honestly nessary to make a page about a 17 year old...common people grow up and worrie about your own lives! and for all of u that have kids....u trust your kid's dad right?...well so did she.....now yes more than anything she wishes she didnt but what mother dont trust their childs father and if u dont u shouldnt have slept with him in the first place! but melody is a wonderful mother and has made nothing but good choices for cayden since this happen....and she lives with this everyday.... this happen 2 years ago and not a day goes by that she dont think about him and she dont cry and she dont with this never happen....and everyone makes mistakes ..yes some bigger than others but u learn from them and thats what she did!and none of u people are noone to judge! u could wake up in the morning with the police at ur door sayin u murdered someone! does that mean u did it or that people should be makein a webpage about u! no it doesnt.... so people lets grow up and know the true story the real story b4 we go judgin! Thanx

[TiffanyLynn]

because melody didnt do it and they found the father gilty!.... and i guess i dont see the "crazy bitch" ur talkin about!

[TiffanyLynn]

and obiously u dont either....and im sure u dont no the first thing about bein a mom or about melody.....dont worrie Karmas a BITCH!

[TiffanyLynn]

hes a week old! what do u see outa a week old baby a smile? common people! and they dont post the pics of melody and cayden with a smile ear to ear on caydens face huh.....

[Nell]

2 Years. 2 years it took you to learn Google.

You use the weirdest punctuation i have ever seen.

[TiffanyLynn]

as i already posted cayden did not have broken bones.....i no because i talked to the doctors that baby is my nephew and he is precious and when u say they maybe u should say he! because melody gave and still gives cayden nothing but love like a mother should do!

[DamagedGoods]

because melody didnt do it and they found the father gilty!.... and i guess i dont see the "crazy bitch" ur talkin about

and obiously u dont either....and im sure u dont no the first thing about bein a mom or about melody.....dont worrie Karmas a BITCH!

WTF are you actually talking to? You realize just 2 posts up from yours someone already noted that the charges against Melody were dropped? So thanks for that Ranger Redundancy!

Srsly.. I can understand being upset at seeing your friend trashed, but this is not the way to go about swinging people's perception...

And for the love of God... it's KNOW... not NO

[walkingeagle]

Another 10 year old product of american education!

[TiffanyLynn]

actually its my sister,...and im gonna post what i feel i need to ! and u really dont need to tell me how to spell...and how do u figure im n thw wrong by sayin its not the way to go ....and you guys think its the way to go by making this webpage about her! i just think people should worrie about themselfs ..im not going on her to start going back and forth with people i just want people to no the true story....and im sure if u were in my position u would do the same!

[malq]

as i already posted cayden did not have broken bones.....i no because i talked to the doctors that baby is my nephew and he is precious and when u say they maybe u should say he! because melody gave and still gives cayden nothing but love like a mother should do!

So what you are attemping to say is that the report of nine broken ribs and a broken leg is a fabrication?
I suppose the part about Melody and Damon both charged with knowingly and intentionally causing harm to their son is false as well? Looks like he is doing time. You should be too Melody, Auntie Tiffany..whoever if you even had a hint this was going on. Shame on you.

[TiffanyLynn]

***note, lots of picts of the baby on daddys myspace page. Cayden doesnt look like a happy camper. The abuse and bone breaking was probly going on from the beginning. :(


Melody Vanluven Myspace page (private)


~!~MELODY~!~ROSE~!~
"I'm finally a mommy to Cayden Gene Waye~!~8lbs 2oz~!~"
Female
17 years old
COLDWATER, Michigan
United States
Last Login: 3/24/2009
Mood: sick

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Damond Waye Myspace page

Mood: mad
http://www.myspace.com/notdaplaya

About me:
This layout is from whateverlife.com!

Who I'd like to meet:




Cayden Gene Waye

first to let everyone no i am melodys sister and everyone needs to relize that everything u read isnt always the truth......yes the dad is in prison and my sister is not..but anyone who knows melody knows she would never hurt a fly and more than anything never hurt her baby.....and also one doctor said he had broken ribs but 3 others said he had nothing and dont u think if he had broken bones he would have been but in a cast or a brase....well he was put in nothing....i have a 5 year old son and for the first 2 years of his life i lived with melody and she did just as much for him as i did and my son is perfectly health and nothing wrong with him.....and is it honestly nessary to make a page about a 17 year old...common people grow up and worrie about your own lives! and for all of u that have kids....u trust your kid's dad right?...well so did she.....now yes more than anything she wishes she didnt but what mother dont trust their childs father and if u dont u shouldnt have slept with him in the first place! but melody is a wonderful mother and has made nothing but good choices for cayden since this happen....and she lives with this everyday.... this happen 2 years ago and not a day goes by that she dont think about him and she dont cry and she dont with this never happen....and everyone makes mistakes ..yes some bigger than others but u learn from them and thats what she did!and none of u people are noone to judge! u could wake up in the morning with the police at ur door sayin u murdered someone! does that mean u did it or that people should be makein a webpage about u! no it doesnt.... so people lets grow up and know the true story the real story b4 we go judgin! Thanx

[malq]

first to let everyone no i am melodys sister and everyone needs to relize that everything u read isnt always the truth......yes the dad is in prison and my sister is not..but anyone who knows melody knows she would never hurt a fly and more than anything never hurt her baby.....and also one doctor said he had broken ribs but 3 others said he had nothing and dont u think if he had broken bones he would have been but in a cast or a brase....well he was put in nothing....i have a 5 year old son and for the first 2 years of his life i lived with melody and she did just as much for him as i did and my son is perfectly health and nothing wrong with him.....and is it honestly nessary to make a page about a 17 year old...common people grow up and worrie about your own lives! and for all of u that have kids....u trust your kid's dad right?...well so did she.....now yes more than anything she wishes she didnt but what mother dont trust their childs father and if u dont u shouldnt have slept with him in the first place! but melody is a wonderful mother and has made nothing but good choices for cayden since this happen....and she lives with this everyday.... this happen 2 years ago and not a day goes by that she dont think about him and she dont cry and she dont with this never happen....and everyone makes mistakes ..yes some bigger than others but u learn from them and thats what she did!and none of u people are noone to judge! u could wake up in the morning with the police at ur door sayin u murdered someone! does that mean u did it or that people should be makein a webpage about u! no it doesnt.... so people lets grow up and know the true story the real story b4 we go judgin! Thanx

Ok Tiffany, let me give you the benefit of the doubt.
Did this happen out of the blue one day or had he done it before?

[DamagedGoods]

first to let everyone no i am melodys sister and everyone needs to relize that everything u read isnt always the truth......yes the dad is in prison and my sister is not..but anyone who knows melody knows she would never hurt a fly and more than anything never hurt her baby.....and also one doctor said he had broken ribs but 3 others said he had nothing and dont u think if he had broken bones he would have been but in a cast or a brase....well he was put in nothing....i have a 5 year old son and for the first 2 years of his life i lived with melody and she did just as much for him as i did and my son is perfectly health and nothing wrong with him.....and is it honestly nessary to make a page about a 17 year old...common people grow up and worrie about your own lives! and for all of u that have kids....u trust your kid's dad right?...well so did she.....now yes more than anything she wishes she didnt but what mother dont trust their childs father and if u dont u shouldnt have slept with him in the first place! but melody is a wonderful mother and has made nothing but good choices for cayden since this happen....and she lives with this everyday.... this happen 2 years ago and not a day goes by that she dont think about him and she dont cry and she dont with this never happen....and everyone makes mistakes ..yes some bigger than others but u learn from them and thats what she did!and none of u people are noone to judge! u could wake up in the morning with the police at ur door sayin u murdered someone! does that mean u did it or that people should be makein a webpage about u! no it doesnt.... so people lets grow up and know the true story the real story b4 we go judgin! Thanx

JFC... those posts are from 2 FUCKING YEARS AGO.... *Slams head into wall* Catch the FUCK UP! and if you haven't noticed, this is a true crime site... if there is a crime, it gets posted, without any bias to age, sex, creed or colour!

SMH please take your self righteous attitude and shove it somewhere that will hopefully make you unable to type... because you're really not helping...

[walkingeagle]

first to let everyone no i am melodys sister and everyone needs to relize that everything u read isnt always the truth......yes the dad is in prison and my sister is not..but anyone who knows melody knows she would never hurt a fly and more than anything never hurt her baby.....and also one doctor said he had broken ribs but 3 others said he had nothing and dont u think if he had broken bones he would have been but in a cast or a brase....well he was put in nothing....i have a 5 year old son and for the first 2 years of his life i lived with melody and she did just as much for him as i did and my son is perfectly health and nothing wrong with him.....and is it honestly nessary to make a page about a 17 year old...common people grow up and worrie about your own lives! and for all of u that have kids....u trust your kid's dad right?...well so did she.....now yes more than anything she wishes she didnt but what mother dont trust their childs father and if u dont u shouldnt have slept with him in the first place! but melody is a wonderful mother and has made nothing but good choices for cayden since this happen....and she lives with this everyday.... this happen 2 years ago and not a day goes by that she dont think about him and she dont cry and she dont with this never happen....and everyone makes mistakes ..yes some bigger than others but u learn from them and thats what she did!and none of u people are noone to judge! u could wake up in the morning with the police at ur door sayin u murdered someone! does that mean u did it or that people should be makein a webpage about u! no it doesnt.... so people lets grow up and know the true story the real story b4 we go judgin! Thanx

Since there is no way to have a sensible conversation here, what color are your panties?

[TiffanyLynn]

no i did not....the father kept him away from our family .... and damond got charged with that not melody..... but like i said im not trying to go bakc and forth with people i just wanted to let everyone no melody didnt do anything bad to her baby.....

[malq]

first to let everyone no i am melodys sister and everyone needs to relize that everything u read isnt always the truth......yes the dad is in prison and my sister is not..but anyone who knows melody knows she would never hurt a fly and more than anything never hurt her baby.....and also one doctor said he had broken ribs but 3 others said he had nothing and dont u think if he had broken bones he would have been but in a cast or a brase....well he was put in nothing....i have a 5 year old son and for the first 2 years of his life i lived with melody and she did just as much for him as i did and my son is perfectly health and nothing wrong with him.....and is it honestly nessary to make a page about a 17 year old...common people grow up and worrie about your own lives! and for all of u that have kids....u trust your kid's dad right?...well so did she.....now yes more than anything she wishes she didnt but what mother dont trust their childs father and if u dont u shouldnt have slept with him in the first place! but melody is a wonderful mother and has made nothing but good choices for cayden since this happen....and she lives with this everyday.... this happen 2 years ago and not a day goes by that she dont think about him and she dont cry and she dont with this never happen....and everyone makes mistakes ..yes some bigger than others but u learn from them and thats what she did!and none of u people are noone to judge! u could wake up in the morning with the police at ur door sayin u murdered someone! does that mean u did it or that people should be makein a webpage about u! no it doesnt.... so people lets grow up and know the true story the real story b4 we go judgin! Thanx

I understand your frustration of having information splattered around the internet if it is not true like you say.
Let me explain why we do it.
It's a news story. We have to stay to what was reported. We are not making things up. Every story has a credible news source attached to it. If you want to bitch, talk to them. People here like to vent about what criminals have done, follow their stories and hopefully see some justice. In the end, It doesnt matter here that your sister is posted on the dreamin demon.
This is a forum where we discuss cases. Commenting is opinion. Any facts should be backed up by a link.
You think is bad, I have heard what you women talk about in the restroom. It's abhoring.
If you have any documentation proving your sisters non-involvement, you are as welcome as I to post it. Of course you have to back it up.
Can you do that? If not you are no different than me posting this. You are however welcome to comment.

[Nell]

No paragraphs? check

Can't spell worth shit? check

Random punctuation? check

Weird capitalization? check

common people grow up and worrie about your own lives!

I think we were just dissed. She called us common.

[TheMorningStar]

So write the true story - in decent English with paragraphs please.