Maria Darlene Joseph Uses Kids For Kindling

Update: 2/21/09-Maria Darlene Joseph entered a guilty plea last month to child abuse causing death and four charges of child abuse causing serious bodily injury. She was sentenced to 85 years. Originally charged with 17 counts, including first-degree murder, Maria accepted a plea deal which dropped the murder charge.

Colorado Springs, CO – An “unknown female” called Colorado Springs 911 at 10:01 p.m. Monday night, gave her address, and then dropped the phone. Dispatchers heard a child screaming that his skin was on fire. A child picked the phone up and told the dispatcher that “oil” was on fire, everyone inside the house was hurt and a 10-year-old boy was dead. Then, they heard a child asking: “Why did you kill him?”

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