darin
11-14-2007, 03:20 PM
Anger wells up within me. Sweet Jesus would I love to see this man put-down. :(
I doubt I'd have the capacity to forgive, if it were my place to do so.
PHOENIX — A 12-year-old girl was beaten with an electrical cord, and her parents left her dead body on the floor of her bedroom for days before they called 911, according to court documents released Tuesday.
Police arrested the girl's father, 34-year-old Jeffrey Duchane Jr., and stepmother, 25-year-old Reiko Troupe, after officers were called to the house on Saturday. Troupe was jailed on suspicion of first-degree murder and child abuse. Duchane was jailed on suspicion of child abuse.
Both were scheduled to appear in Maricopa County Superior Court on Nov. 19. The Associated Press asked the county Sheriff's Office to interview Duchane and Troupe, but those requests went unanswered Tuesday.
According to court documents, Troupe told police that she didn't harm the girls and blamed Duchane for disciplining the children.
Police spokesman Sgt. Andy Hill said the case is "shocking to the conscience, and offended all of us." Police were investigating whether more criminal charges should be filed against Duchane and Troupe.
Court documents say that Duchane went to work while his daughter lay dead in the bedroom. They said he didn't call authorities until the girl's body started to smell.
More at link: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,311537,00.html
I doubt I'd have the capacity to forgive, if it were my place to do so.
PHOENIX — A 12-year-old girl was beaten with an electrical cord, and her parents left her dead body on the floor of her bedroom for days before they called 911, according to court documents released Tuesday.
Police arrested the girl's father, 34-year-old Jeffrey Duchane Jr., and stepmother, 25-year-old Reiko Troupe, after officers were called to the house on Saturday. Troupe was jailed on suspicion of first-degree murder and child abuse. Duchane was jailed on suspicion of child abuse.
Both were scheduled to appear in Maricopa County Superior Court on Nov. 19. The Associated Press asked the county Sheriff's Office to interview Duchane and Troupe, but those requests went unanswered Tuesday.
According to court documents, Troupe told police that she didn't harm the girls and blamed Duchane for disciplining the children.
Police spokesman Sgt. Andy Hill said the case is "shocking to the conscience, and offended all of us." Police were investigating whether more criminal charges should be filed against Duchane and Troupe.
Court documents say that Duchane went to work while his daughter lay dead in the bedroom. They said he didn't call authorities until the girl's body started to smell.
More at link: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,311537,00.html