Foster parent Joleet Poole killed 1-year old foster son

[thehesbomb]

As a former licensed foster parent I have no idea how the hell he managed to pass the screening to get licensed. That poor baby.

A man convicted of killing a 1-year-old boy whom he had interest in adopting was sentenced to 22 to 24 years in prison.

In court Monday, a visibly disturbed judge called the death "exceedingly tragic."

Investigators said Joleet Poole killed Davion Winrow one week after Health and Human Services put the child in Poole's care.

Investigators said the boy was slammed to the floor. Winrow suffered a massive skull fracture and died, officially, from blunt force trauma to the head.

The boy, who lived with foster parents, had gone to live with Poole shortly before his death. Winrow had been born addicted to cocaine and was a ward of the state.

Poole sought to adopt the boy and then won custody.

HHS officials cited state laws to avoid explaining why the agency allowed Poole, who had a history of violent behavior and no parental experience, to win custody of the boy.

Douglas County District Judge Mark Ashford said Monday he was not able to understand that decision.

http://www.ketv.com/news/20116749/detail.html#

[Unamused Cat]

Here's what Davion's mother had to say on a blog.

Its funny that the same people who claimed to be related to us (Davion's family) are the same nieve individuals who believed whatever Joey told you instead of watching to make certain its true or checking the logic behind what he said! My mother's HELPLESS baby died because so many of you buried your heads in the sand and acted oblivious to who he REALLY was! Pray for Joey...Please you are obviously the one in need of prayer for your insulting comment. You are not MY family regardless of your bogus claim! Joey didn't give a damn about our baby's life! You are definitely demented to believe Joey loved Davion. He was a toy to that psychopath and everyone thought it was cute! I'm disgusted with all of you who try to soothe your consciences by using christianity and prayer as justification for his actions! Even the thief on the cross wasn't absolved from the consequences of his deviant behavior. Christ forgave him BUT he STILL was crucified! Hung in the most degrading way.
As for you who claim to be Davion's family and have "loved" him.. I say that's BS! No one (In their right mind)allows their helpless family member to be hurt and then, with disbelief, protect the psychopath who inflicted the harm! Davion's death could not have killed you too much because you wouldn't be hanging on to that "poor joey" tone of this comment! Time and time again his associates and friends (you fit into this circle) had blinders on and chose to see and believe whatever made them sleep well at night. Were you one of those who sat at Davion's funeral as Joey made a mockery of our baby's death! He joked and laughed like he wasn't guilty of the baby dying. If it were an accident why no tears, no remorse? Or am I the only one who saw that in the hospital waiting area and funeral? You "don't believe Joey would..." how in the HELL can you fix your mouth to even doubt when my mother lost her baby...he's not here any longer! Doesn't take a rocket scientist to deductively reason the entire situation! Our baby is dead and Joey was the last to see him alive! His story kept changing. What else do you need besides a dead baby? You give him the benefit of a doubt because Davion wasn't your baby, or brother, or nephew...no blood relation! When will all you sympathetic nieve folk wake up and be real with yourselves? How many more babies have to die? How many children have to be sacrificed to a flawed system?

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[myra manes]

Wow.
Someone fucked up big time allowing that freak to adopt ..

<shakes head>

[Silvahalo]

Baby Davion didn't have much of a chance from the beginning....

Davion was born on Sept. 18, 2006, to Lisa Moten. According to court records, she was a known alcoholic and a drug addict. As a newborn, Davion tested positive for cocaine and was placed in foster care, and Moten's parental rights were terminated, records show.

Records show that Moten had previously lost parental rights to three other children, two in 1994 and one in 2003.

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....He doesn't appear to have been taken to the hospital for some time," Kleine said of the boy, after studying the injuries doctors reported.
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HHS, contacted by KETV NewsWatch 7, was asked whether it checked Poole's background. A representative declined to comment on the specific case but said that the state performs criminal background checks for all prospective foster and adoptive parents. However, HHS does not check juvenile court records for histories of violence.
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...he wants to know why Davion was allowed to stay with Poole, especially considering his violent past. Juvenile court records show that Poole stabbed a boy in 1992. Soon after, his mother's parental rights were terminated.

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No words can fully express my outrage for baby Davion. He lasted one week with this bastard then was killed. Not too surprised seeing that this bastard had a violent past and not parental experience. To say the system screwed up is an understatement. I would go so far to say baby Davion was placed with this fucker because it was convenient, he had expressed an interest and he is African American. CPS is notorious in stubbornly wanting to place children in homes of the same race even if its not in the best interest of the child.

Baby Davion's blood is in their hands. He was 1 year old and with not much chance of a good life from day one. CPS had a chance to change that for him and they failed. Live with that.

I want to read that this baby killer dies in jail gutted like a pig. That would be something but not enough for baby Davion. Not nearly enough.


Rest in peace Davion. You deserved far better. Loved by the angels always.




Video here. You can see a picture of baby Davion.