Carlotta Pierce might have bound & starved her 4-year-old daughter to death

**Jerri Blank** · September 2nd, 2010, 05:33 PM

4-year-old Brooklyn girl weighing only 15 pounds found dead, tied to crib

A 4-year-old Brooklyn girl who weighed only a shocking 15 pounds was found dead this morning, with her arms and legs tied to a crib with twine, The Post has learned.

Cops are now questioning the mother of the severely malnourished little girl, Marchella Pierce, at the 81st Precinct station house in Bedford-Stuyvesant, law enforcement sources said.

The mom, 30-year-old Carlola Pierce, has told police she checked on her daughter at the family's Bedford-Stuyvesant residence at 4 a.m. and she was OK. She checked on her again at 6 a.m. and found her unconscious. She waited until 7:30 a.m. to call authorities, sources said.

When police arrived at the home at 823 Madison St., they saw that the living area was filthy, sources said.
Marchella, in addition to having her limbs tied to the crib, had trauma to her arms, ankles and wrists, sources said. Next to the bed was an oxygen tank, which was not connected to the dead girl's mouth.

Sources also said that Pierce has two other kids -- a 5-year-old son, and a 9-month old son.

Law enforcement sources said that the city Administration for Children's Services had twice previously investigated situations involving the family. Details of those cases were not available.

ACS spokeswoman Laura Postiglione would not confirm the existence of the prior probes of the Pierce family, but said, "We are investigating" the death of Marchella.

Sources said it appeared that Marchella appeared to have been underdeveloped with undeveloped lungs.
"Her legs are like sticks. You can see her ribs," said a law-enforcement source.

"It looks like she starved to death."

Her father, Tyrone Pierce, 30, said he found out about 9 a.m.
"My sister told me that my daughter had passed and I rushed over there," he said. "I tired ot go into the building ot see what was going on. The officers grabbed me and told me I had to come with them."

Pierce said his daughter was born prematurely weighing just 1 pound, 4.6 ounces.
She was released from the hospital only in February and had been in four hospitals since her birth.
"When they released her, they said that she was good," he said.

A neighbor, Tiffany Finney, 27, said the mother loved Marchella. "She couldn't wait to get her back" after her hospital stay, Finney said. "She was excited for her to come home."

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/b...#ixzz0yPV4qdFG

**AngelFire** · September 2nd, 2010, 05:38 PM

Excited, but for what, to starve her? Grrrrrr

**carolinablue** · September 2nd, 2010, 05:43 PM

Can I bury her alive? huh? huh? may I please?

**AngelFire** · September 2nd, 2010, 05:50 PM

Originally Posted by carolinablue

Can I bury her alive? huh? huh? may I please?

CB, only if you roll up some twine, stuff it in her mouth, and bury her head first. I think you are capable of handeling that. Now go on and have fun...

**Jerri Blank** · September 2nd, 2010, 05:50 PM

This article says the woman's name is actually Carlotta Pierce

Severely malnourished girl, 4, found dead, tied to crib in mother's Brooklyn apartment
[...]
The girl's mother, Carlotta Pierce, 30, was being questioned at the 81st Precinct stationhouse.

She told police she checked on her daughter about 4 a.m. and she was fine, the sources said.

The mother of three, who calls herself "a proud parent" on her MySpace page, claims she checked on her again at 6 a.m. and found her unresponsive, with cold hands.

Pierce said the reason she waited 90 minutes before calling 911 was because she was trying to revive her daughter.
[...]

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_c...#ixzz0yPYlKwLF

what ever her name is ( Carlola or Carlotta ) she is a piece of shit

**62julietandvoid** · September 2nd, 2010, 06:14 PM

How alone and miserble that poor girl must have felt. I hope karma gets her mom in the exact same way.

**Obsolete** · September 2nd, 2010, 06:16 PM

Who the fucks tries to revive a baby for 90 mins? An hr and a half... really? That 3 episodes of Friends!!

bitch

**Tundratot** · September 2nd, 2010, 07:07 PM

I'm confused. If the girl was 4 years old, why are we hearing about her preemie experience? Had she been in the hospital all those years and just came home in February? Did the father never check on her?

**badfish76** · September 2nd, 2010, 07:19 PM

She was clearly smoking her last rock(s) and ushering her john out.

Pic from the NYP article above:

**Obsolete** · September 2nd, 2010, 07:25 PM

Originally Posted by badfish76

She was clearly smoking her last rock(s) and ushering her john out.

Pic from the NYP article above:

She looks like the Grinch....except not green.

**Valasca** · September 2nd, 2010, 07:30 PM

4 yrs old and 1 lbs is literally skin and bones. She must have been miserable.
I hope this cunt dies.

**Silvahalo** · September 2nd, 2010, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by Amazon

4 yrs old and 1 lbs is literally skin and bones. She must have been miserable.
I hope this cunt dies.

Actually 4 yo and 15 lbs....still skin and bones.

The preemie reference because it takes up to 5 yrs. or more for extreme preemies to catch up to avg. weight for their age. My son was a preemie, 5 weeks and he is still pretty low on the scale for an almost 7 yo.

The mom, 30-year-old Carlola Pierce, has told police she checked on her daughter at the family's Bedford-Stuyvesant residence at 4 a.m. and she was OK. She checked on her again at 6 a.m. and found her unconscious. She waited until 7:30 a.m. to call authorities, sources said.

At no point during that childs life after her mother began neglecting/abusing her was she OK. Bound to a crib ffs! Marchella died confused, alone, hurting and unwanted. There is no easy way to put it other than this child was unloved.

Marchella needed special care and lots of love she got neither apparently. At 15 lbs and 4 yo she was dead before her last breath.

Marchella Pierce My heart breaks for you sweet child simply breaks, you had no mother in the true sense.
May the angels kiss and and hold you close whisper you are love.....

**TheMeaningOfItAll** · September 2nd, 2010, 09:39 PM

Where were the family members? Where was the father? How could that poor baby suffer and no one know anything was going on? I blame the father just as much as the mother for this shit. He should have been present enough in his child's life to know that the baby's mother was slowly starving her to death while tied to the bed.

**Taterbugs** · September 2nd, 2010, 10:49 PM

Oh my...She does resemble the grinch. These articles really get to me. I don't understand how anyone...Especially someone that is supposed to be a mother, could do anything like this to such innocent children....

**Pene784** · September 2nd, 2010, 10:58 PM

The mother of three, who calls herself "a proud parent" on her MySpace page

I have never used "myspace" before, but can you just put "parent"? Doesn't it automatically say "proud " parent?

**Silvahalo** · September 2nd, 2010, 11:38 PM

Originally Posted by TheMeaningOfItAll

Where were the family members? Where was the father? How could that poor baby suffer and no one know anything was going on? I blame the father just as much as the mother for this shit. He should have been present enough in his child's life to know that the baby's mother was slowly starving her to death while tied to the bed.

Yes, I agree completely. SO many dead beat dads breed them but don't stick around to raise them OR even be part of the childs life in any way.

Times we read so many cases mother is the primary caretaker or she is the ONLY caretaker, I forget to give the POS father the same lashing. There is no excuse for a child to die in this manner and say I didn't know.

**Tundratot** · September 3rd, 2010, 01:59 AM

How absolutely dead to appearances this POS is. Having the police or ambulance come out and the child still tied to the crib? Did she even try to resuscitate her? And why would she tie the girl to the crib? All four limbs? It sounds more like she was raising a veal than a child. This virus can have no possible excuse for that. . .

**FknKraze** · September 3rd, 2010, 05:19 AM

Damn! My reply WAS going to say.. "can we say "CRACK WHORE"?? but you beat me to it ):

I have to wonder what the Baby Daddies role was in this whole thing, did he not notice his child living in filth, tied to a crib or ummmm.... STARVING?? He was surprised that she had passed Really??

**nopatience** · September 3rd, 2010, 05:33 AM

Originally Posted by Obsolete

She looks like the Grinch....except not green.

That was my first impression, too!!

I want to know how it is possible for someone to starve their kids like this. Where are the other family members and why is noone asking any questions??? Did noone wonder where this little girl was while she was tied to a bed?

Once again, you have people coming out to ride the reaper's cloak tails for their 15 minutes of fame with all their "woulda, coulda, shouldas". Damn.

**luvmy82vette** · September 3rd, 2010, 09:56 AM

A 4-year-old Brooklyn girl who weighed only a shocking 15 pounds was found dead this morning in her mother's bed, The Post has learned
Cops tonight charged Carlotta Pierce -- the mom of the the little dead girl Marchella Pierce -- with drug possession after searching the family's Bed-Stuy home and finding an undisclosed type of narcotics, law enforcement sources said. Police are holding off deciding on any possible charges related to Marchella's death pending an autopsy Friday.
Sources also said that Child Development Support Corporation, which was brought in to work with the family, visited far less than the required 2-3 times per week. CDSC executive director Marcia Rowe-Riddick strongly denied that her agency had failed to comply with requirements for monitoring the Pierce family, and noted that after the agency's contract lapsed in June, ACS had sole responsibility for the family.
The mom, 30-year-old Carlotta, has told police she checked on her daughter at the family's Bedford-Stuyvesant residence at 4 a.m. and she was OK.
She found her unconscious about 6:30 a.m. and began trying to revive her. After about 45 minutes, she called 911.
When police arrived at the home at 823 Madison St., they saw that the living area was filthy, sources said.
While she was found in her mother's bed, there was a smaller bed nearby with rails on it that had twine tied to them at the top and bottom. Marchella had marks on ankels consistent with her being tied up, cops said.
Pierce has two other kids -- a 5-year-old son, and a 9-month old son -- who are now in ACS custody, sources said.
Law enforcement sources said that the city Administration for Children's Services had twice previously investigated situations involving the family. One case stemmed from a positive drug test result on Pierce's youngest son right after his birth last November, and the other stemmed from an incident in which Marchella's tracheal breathing tube came out and she was rushed to the hospital, sources said.
ACS spokeswoman Laura Postiglione would not confirm the existence of the prior probes of the Pierce family, but said, "We are investigating" the death of Marchella.
Sources said it appeared that Marchella appeared to have been underdeveloped with undeveloped lungs.
"Her legs are like sticks. You can see her ribs," said a law-enforcement source.
"It looks like she starved to death."
Her father, Tyrone Pierce, 30, said he found out about 9 a.m.
"My sister told me that my daughter had passed and I rushed over there," he said. "I tired to go into the building ot see what was going on. The officers grabbed me and told me I had to come with them."
Pierce said his daughter was born prematurely weighing just 1 pound, 4.6 ounces.
She was released from the hospital only in February and had been in four hospitals since her birth.
"When they released her, they said that she was good," he said.
A neighbor, Tiffany Finney, 27, said the mother loved Marchella. "She couldn't wait to get her back" after her hospital stay, Finney said. "She was excited for her to come home."

**LadyCygnet** · September 3rd, 2010, 10:48 AM

The only good thing about this is that Pierce was so stupid that it will probably make the prosecutor's job easier. She claimed that she tried to resuscitate Marchella for 90 minutes, yet when police came, the poor child was STILL bound hand and foot to her crib. Even if one were to ignore the fact that Marchella was FIFTEEN POUNDS at age FOUR when she died, the fact that the poor baby was bound to her crib pretty much screams that Pierce made NO EFFORT WHATSOEVER to help Marchella.

I hope that the "proud parent" enjoys "partying" in prison.

**Bridget217** · September 3rd, 2010, 11:22 AM

She looks like the baby daddy in drag--in a crack ho costume. That look went out with Jody Watley,beeeoootch. None of it makes sense to me, I can't imagine having a disabled child and then starving them to death. I hope she rots in jail.

**badfish76** · September 3rd, 2010, 11:46 AM

The child was not tied to the bed when the cops got there. She was in her mom's bed with ligature marks on her wrists and ankles and twin on the corners of her toddler bed.

I think the child had been tied there when she died and crack head untied her at some point before calling for help because she knew tying the kid to the bed was WRONG.

**LadyCygnet** · September 3rd, 2010, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by badfish76

The child was not tied to the bed when the cops got there. She was in her mom's bed with ligature marks on her wrists and ankles and twin on the corners of her toddler bed.

I think the child had been tied there when she died and crack head untied her at some point before calling for help because she knew tying the kid to the bed was WRONG.

I stand corrected, then.

I still find it hard to believe that she did anything whatsoever to help Marchella.

**badfish76** · September 3rd, 2010, 03:25 PM

She only untied the kid and moved her because she thought no one would know what she had been doing if she wasn't tied to the bed when first responders go there. Ha fucking ha, the joke is on her!

I was also NOT surprised to read in the new article that they found drugs in her house.

**Dakota Valkyrie** · September 4th, 2010, 06:50 AM

A Brooklyn woman whose malnourished 4-year-old daughter was found dead in their apartment was slapped with assault charges yesterday after bruises covering the girl's body were found to contradict her claim that the child had suffered them in a fall, police said.

Depending on autopsy results, Carlotta Brett-Pierce, 30, could face stiffer charges in the death of Marchella Pierce -- who weighed just 15 pounds and had rope marks on her ankles when her body was found Thursday.
[...]

She denied any guilt as she was walked in handcuffs out of the 81st Precinct station house yesterday.

"I didn't kill my baby!" she declared, as a crowd of about 15 onlookers jeered her. One shouted: "They should fry you for what you did!"

News of the arrest came as little shock to Brett-Pierce's former neighbors, who had the woman and her mother, Loretta, evicted from the rough-and-tumble Marcy Houses for violent behavior and drug abuse.

"They are both crazy and deranged," said Elizabeth Soto, a resident of the complex. "They were troublemakers . . . They would always open the door and throw things at you. You had to duck."

"All they would do was go out and buy drugs. Crack. You could smell it. They fought with a lot of people," she said. "The way they were living in that apartment, they would open that door and you'd get sick."

Soto and another Marcy resident, Evelyn Rizzo, said neighbors eventually started a petition to have the city Housing Authority boot the mom and daughter.

Carlotta once threatened to "slash" a neighbor's 2-year-old child because of a "clicking radiator," Rizzo said.

Records show Brett-Pierce pleaded guilty to assault after a July 2003 arrest for attacking a fellow bus passenger who intervened when she ignored the driver's request to step behind the white line in the coach.

The Administration for Children's Services launched a probe into the family after Brett-Pierce's son was born last November and tested positive for narcotics.
[...]

Born just 1 pound, 4 ounces, Marchella had spent most of her short life in hospitals. The girl, who had required a tracheal tube to breathe, was released from the hospital in February.

ACS has placed Brett-Pierce's two sons in foster care.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/b...QLB6PnQ93WydwM

**nopatience** · September 4th, 2010, 09:06 AM

Born just 1 pound, 4 ounces, Marchella had spent most of her short life in hospitals. The girl, who had required a tracheal tube to breathe, was released from the hospital in February.

Just another disabled/special needs child not wanted, not loved and left to die. I have a feeling the 'ladies' in the pokey may have a nice 'welcoming' party for her. Part of me is wishing I could join in on the fun.

**Dakota Valkyrie** · September 4th, 2010, 10:10 AM

[...]
Yet the cause of her death was a mystery, and police were unsure if they were investigating a horrific case of child neglect or the tragic death of a sickly child who spent most of her life in the hospital.

Cops were questioning the girl's mother, Carlotta Pierce, 30, her father, Tyrone Pierce, 30, and her grandmother, Loretta Brett.
[...]

"My wife is a wonderful mother. I've never seen her hurt her kids," said Tyrone Pierce, who is separated.

He said Marchella was born prematurely at barely more than a pound. Her lungs were underdeveloped and she was in hospitals from birth until this February.

Doctors gave her a tracheotomy, making a hole in her neck so she could breathe with a tube.

Her father said a plastic insert for the hole was too small, causing problems, and that Marchella only recently began eating solid food through her mouth.
[...]

Tyrone Pierce said he knew nothing about his daughter being restrained.

"Maybe it was to hold the bed together," he said. (about the twine on the bed???)
[...]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_c...n_apartme.html

**badfish76** · September 4th, 2010, 12:37 PM

"All they would do was go out and buy drugs. Crack. You could smell it. They fought with a lot of people," she said. "The way they were living in that apartment, they would open that door and you'd get sick."

Surprise!!!

**MadeaBecBec** · September 4th, 2010, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by badfish76

She was clearly smoking her last rock(s) and ushering her john out.

Pic from the NYP article above:

Originally Posted by Dakota Valkyrie

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_c...n_apartme.html

Okay!! Even the dog looks like he is on crack! Cracklotta and Tyrone (Biggums) Pierce, should not have been allowed to breed! Remove their baby making abilities, NOW!

So very sorry, Marchella, this world was nothing but pain and suffering for you, however, I have faith that you are overwhelmed with joy and being fulfilled at the feast of our Heavenly Fathers table, while being held in His loving arms! Slide gleefully on those rainbows! Justice will be served to those that treated you so horribly!