Woman says she "deliberately starved children to death&

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2005-02-06 12:01am

Police: Woman says she starved children to death
Alabama mother charged with killing her 3 kids

(CNN) -- A Huntsville, Alabama, woman charged with capital murder in the deaths of her three children told investigators she "deliberately starved her children to death," a police spokesman said Saturday.

Nathshay Yvonne Ward, 33, is charged with killing Shanieka Y. Ward, 11; Latricia Ward, 9; and Christopher O. Ward, 8.

"She told investigators that she deliberately starved her children to death. They did appear to be malnourished," Wendell Johnson of the Huntsville police said. Autopsies will determine how and when they died, he said.

Ward is being held without bond at the Madison County Jail.

Police found the children's bodies on the floor of three separate bedrooms in their apartment in west Huntsville on Friday afternoon, Johnson said. There were no beds in the rooms, he said.

Asked whether the children might have been dead for days, Johnson said that was "very possible."

Utilities had been cut off to the apartment on January 12, and family members put some money together to have the utilities turned back on, he said.

Friday, paramedics responded to a 911 call, and one of the children's grandmothers was at the apartment with Ward. Johnson said he did not know whether the grandmother was Ward's mother.

Johnson said authorities believe the father -- who was not named -- did not live with the mother, but was in the parking lot of the apartment building when police arrived.

The children had not attended school after the winter break ended, Johnson said. Family members had previously gone to the apartment, but Ward would not let them in.

Representatives of the Alabama Department of Human Resources had also gone to the apartment, but no one came to the door, he said.

The apartment is in a low- to middle-income apartment building near Redstone Arsenal military base, he said.

*sigh*

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2005-02-06 12:12am

alabama? why am I not surprised?

Pick · Post by **Pick** » 2005-02-06 12:22am

I can never, never understand these people, and I pray I never will.

I only wonder how much the mother was eating, out of sick curiosity.

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2005-02-06 12:52am

Everyone sing with me, condoms are the answer, for the world today...

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2005-02-06 01:49am

Wicked Pilot wrote:Everyone sing with me, condoms are the answer, for the world today...

But you're forgetting

Every sperm is sacred...

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2005-02-06 02:34am

Gotta love the South... Oh but remember, it's going to rise again.

The Duchess of Zeon · Post by **The Duchess of Zeon** » 2005-02-06 02:49am

Three cheers for Trailer Trash. *sarcasm*

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2005-02-06 03:43am

darthdavid wrote:
Wicked Pilot wrote:Everyone sing with me, condoms are the answer, for the world today...
But you're forgetting

Every sperm is sacred...

Alabama. I doubt she's Catholic. If she was, she'd be up for a lot of hatin', if not outright Klan attention.

White Haven · Post by **White Haven** » 2005-02-06 05:27am

Be fucking hard for the South to rise again if he keep killing each other in childhood. Stupid counterrevolutionary bitch.

The Duchess of Zeon · Post by **The Duchess of Zeon** » 2005-02-06 06:26am

Rogue 9 wrote: Alabama. I doubt she's Catholic. If she was, she'd be up for a lot of hatin', if not outright Klan attention.

If you notice the picture accompanying that article, you will see that she is up for more than enough Klan attention as it stands.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2005-02-06 06:31am

So I see.

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2005-02-06 08:05am

Superman wrote:Gotta love the South... Oh but remember, it's going to rise again.

Remember, Shit floats.

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2005-02-06 08:27am

Can we somehow blame violent videogames again?

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2005-02-06 09:21am

wautd wrote:Can we somehow blame violent videogames again?

I'm at a loss to come up with one where you get to starve young children to death deliberately...the closest I can think of would be forgetting to have any food producing squares in Civilization....maybe Civilization is to blame!

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2005-02-06 09:49am

Keevan_Colton wrote:
wautd wrote:Can we somehow blame violent videogames again?
I'm at a loss to come up with one where you get to starve young children to death deliberately...the closest I can think of would be forgetting to have any food producing squares in Civilization....maybe Civilization is to blame!

Or maybe The Sims?

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2005-02-06 09:55am

wautd wrote:Or maybe The Sims?

Nah, I really want to hear soccer moms shouting things like:
"Ban civilization! Think of the children and what it's doing to them!"
"We have to put an end to civilization and the terrible, evil influence it has on people..."

The list goes on...

White Haven · Post by **White Haven** » 2005-02-06 09:58am

....DUDE!

That's fucking brilliant. DOWN WITH CIVILIZATION!

Sporkzen · Post by **Sporkzen** » 2005-02-06 11:14am

It makes me sick to see shit like this happen. I drive by those damn apartments about every day. Full of gangs and crackheads they are. For some reason it does not suprise me that much to see something like that happen in those shithole apartments. Stupid whore pisses me off.. god i hope she fries for that... or worse.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2005-02-06 11:22am

Superman wrote:Gotta love the South... Oh but remember, it's going to rise again.

And crap like this *never* happens in the run down crime ridden rat infested corroded places you call cities of the north, either.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2005-02-06 11:54am

Nathan F wrote:
Superman wrote:Gotta love the South... Oh but remember, it's going to rise again.
And crap like this *never* happens in the run down crime ridden rat infested corroded places you call cities of the north, either.

Actually, the highest murder rates in the country are in one of the Southern states: Louisiana. You are relying on a movie-generated stereotype.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2005-02-06 11:54am

Nathan F wrote:
And crap like this *never* happens in the run down crime ridden rat infested corroded places you call cities of the north, either.

It does seem to be predominant in the south, though. But I guess that's the impression this foreigner gets.

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2005-02-06 12:23pm

Keevan_Colton wrote:
wautd wrote:Can we somehow blame violent videogames again?
I'm at a loss to come up with one where you get to starve young children to death deliberately...the closest I can think of would be forgetting to have any food producing squares in Civilization....maybe Civilization is to blame! ;)

Nah. It's all Tamagotchi's fault!

If anyone remembers Tamagotchi, that is.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2005-02-06 12:24pm

Drooling Iguana wrote: Nah. It's all Tamagotchi's fault!

If anyone remembers Tamagotchi, that is.

I do. I think mine died of excess poop though.

Robert Walper · Post by **Robert Walper** » 2005-02-06 12:45pm

Some pretty sick shit in this world. Wonder if it'll ever end, or at least be reduced.

Pick · Post by **Pick** » 2005-02-06 02:27pm

White Haven wrote:....DUDE!

That's fucking brilliant. DOWN WITH CIVILIZATION!

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