Randel Thomas Acquitted Of Suffocating His Son

**Dakota Valkyrie** · September 29th, 2009, 04:55 PM

Bond was set at $5 million Tuesday for a 19-year-old Bolingbrook man charged with murder in the death of his 5-month-old son.

Randel L. Thomas is charged with first-degree murder in the suffocating death of his baby, according to a Will County State's Attorney's office release.

On Friday about 2:05 p.m., a 911 call was placed because a baby there was not breathing, police said. Bolingbrook Police and Fire units responded and found the child unconscious and not breathing, police said. The infant was taken to Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital where he was pronounced dead later that day.

Thomas and the baby's grandparents from the same address were at home at the time of the incident and were subsequently interviewed by Bolingbrook Police Detectives.

Thomas is alleged to have pushed down on the child's head with his hand, thereby suffocating the baby, according to the state's attorney's office.

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/b...092909.article

Christopher L. "Bookie" Thomas, 5 months old, passed away suddenly Friday, Sept. 25, 2009, at home.

He was the cherished son of Josalyn Jones and Randel Thomas;
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http://www.morrisdailyherald.com/art...5088/index.xml

Mom's MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/josalyn14
She hasn't been on since Sunday when she says the baby dies of SIDS.

**Pene784** · September 29th, 2009, 05:23 PM

I am pretty sure that they did not arrest this baby's daddy because the infant passed away from natural causes. Another mama protecting her man and forgetting about her little one.

**Dakota Valkyrie** · September 29th, 2009, 06:38 PM

Originally Posted by Pene784

I am pretty sure that they did not arrest this baby's daddy because the infant passed away from natural causes. Another mama protecting her man and forgetting about her little one.

I don't know... she posted that a day or so after it happened and about a day before he was arrested. It does not sound like they lived together so she may not have had a clue as to the true nature of things until he was arrested. (At least that is my optimistic view on it for now).

**Sister Iroz** · September 29th, 2009, 09:18 PM

Thomas and the baby's grandparents from the same address were at home at the time of the incident and were subsequently interviewed by Bolingbrook Police Detectives.

I wonder if they actually saw him pushed down on the child's head with his hand? If, big if, so I wonder why they would not have intervened.

**thequeenofsorrow** · September 29th, 2009, 09:58 PM

And babymama is the dumb dumby that's got her baby's killer's name tattooed on her forever....

**MadeaBecBec** · September 30th, 2009, 01:24 AM

The autopsy of Christopher, probably revealed bruising on the back of his neck and on his face from the pressure applied. In his photos, it's obvious he held his head up well, too!
His funeral is tomorrow at 7 pm.......

Fly with all the Angels, Handsome Christopher, You were precious beyond measure!

**Silvahalo** · September 30th, 2009, 02:02 AM

Before I scrolled down, I was thinking, I bet baby was a vision. I was right.

I think the mother is beside herself in grief. She is probably in shock and denial. Had this happened to me, I would be devastated. Crushed. I mean look at this angel, how can she be "right" after this? I hope this baby killer leads a long life in prison thinking about the moment he killed Christopher and begging for a do-over. Beg, please....beg. I hope the memory drives you mad.

Sweet Christopher, the words escape me. You were a vision, a miracle, an angel....the light of life. Kisses angel baby.

**thequeenofsorrow** · October 4th, 2009, 01:12 PM

this piece of shit's myspace

he has many pics of him getting high and of his sorry ass music

IM RANDEL ..SIMPLE AS DAT. U FEMALES CANT PLAY ME ..YA NOT SLICK..n.. AS OF THE MOMENT U STOP READIN DIS SLAPP YA SELF FA GETTIN IN MA BINESS..EASY Im 18 Years Yung N im On Ma Grind Right Now N im Not Letting Nobody Stop me I do It Fa Ma Son ,Who will be gracing the earth with his Presence His Name Is Chistopher Larelle Thomas,ma Lil Cuzin And His Daugter Her Name is Saniya Ammonds, my sons Mothers name is Josalyn Jones she cool but fuk that bicth lol,not ur average Female but we cool I luv Dat Gurl...my lil sister she Crazy Keep me Lafin Growin up hella Fast ,,iuno man im chillin right now jus waiting fa April 22 thats the faithfull day wen i see His Face,,,,Checkout my music C.O.L.O.U.R.S. www.myspace.com/reshboyent ..ima holla at chall evreything is copastetic .....Germs ...Deuces...,.,,.,

http://www.myspace.com/trillionaireboii

**Silvahalo** · October 4th, 2009, 01:40 PM

He's so young yet at 19. The day will come as he sits in prison, that he realizes he killed the most precious thing in his entire life. Baby Christopher will haunt him forever as his own reflection stares back from the mirror. He will not have a resting day or night again, that's how his sin alone is punishment and torture.

Missing this face for the rest of your life, how can that not be hell?

Rest in peace sweetest one....you were the light of life.

**dawnmpeters** · October 4th, 2009, 02:08 PM

on oct.3,mother's my space read justice will be served

**thequeenofsorrow** · October 5th, 2009, 12:09 AM

it's sad on his myspace on april 1 his babymom put a ticker that shows how many days Baby Christopher was alive. Today is 165, he didn't even make it to 165 days.... shit

**Awhell** · October 5th, 2009, 12:48 AM

19 year old punk.
Prison will take most of the piss and vinegar out of him, I hope. Waking up every morning to the same bars, the same cell, the same sights and smells and people and routine...every day, for the rest of his time on Earth.

I hope someone suffocates him face down on his mattress. That would be justice.

**myra manes** · October 5th, 2009, 01:02 AM

Originally Posted by thequeenofsorrow

this piece of shit's myspace

he has many pics of him getting high and of his sorry ass music

http://www.myspace.com/trillionaireboii

WTF kind of jibberish bullshit is that?

**Dakota Valkyrie** · August 31st, 2011, 07:47 PM

Christopher Thomas Acquitted

Josalyn Jones fully expected the father of her late 5-month-old son to be found guilty of causing the boy’s death.

So when a Will County jury late Tuesday night announced the acquittal of Bolingbrook’s Randel L. Thomas, who faced a first-degree murder charge, Jones said she looked around, ran from the courtroom and dropped to the ground in tears.

Prosecutors alleged Thomas suffocated their son, Christopher Thomas, by pushing his face into a mattress in September 2009 because the boy was disturbing his sleep.

“Something happened to my baby,” Jones, 20, said hours later. “It was just him and Randel in the room. And my baby’s not here now.”

But after six days of emotional testimony and more than 11 hours of deliberations, jurors found Thomas not guilty of murder and involuntary manslaughter. Chris Rouskey, Thomas’ attorney, said he’s proud of the jury, and he said the case was a “tragedy for everybody.”
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Thomas’ trial began with testimony from Jones, who shook as she described the day her son died. She said Christopher woke up early Sept. 25, 2009, and wouldn’t go back to sleep. Jones, who worked two jobs and needed to get ready for school, stayed up to care for the boy.

When she tried to wake Thomas to help her, though, she said he became angry and complained he was tired. She said he later followed her out the door of the home in the 100 block of Jeffrey Lane where they lived, yelling because he had to watch the child too often.

Prosecutors said Thomas took Christopher into his room, placed the boy beside him on the bed and, when the child cried, reached over and pushed his face into the mattress until he stopped crying.

“He did not want to care for his son,” Assistant State’s Attorney Nicole Moore said.

But when Thomas woke up and discovered the lifeless child next to him hours later, Rouskey said, he rushed the boy into his grandfather’s nearby bedroom, telling him to call 911. Rouskey said Thomas was coerced emotionally by police into telling officers he rested his hand on Christopher’s head while they were on the bed together. He told police in the videotaped interview played for jurors that must have been how his son died, and he said it was an accident.

http://napervillesun.suntimes.com/72...ating-son.html

**Tundratot** · August 31st, 2011, 08:36 PM

It was an accident . . .

Must have been a jury full of drunk drivers and domestic violence offenders.

**Dakota Valkyrie** · August 31st, 2011, 09:35 PM

I tried to find more on what was presented at trial. No luck yet.
Must have been pretty convincing... or, as in another famous case, the State sucked too.