Frozen toddler's father also faces sex charge

[nonconformist]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/08/toddler.death.ap/index.html

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A man angry his toddler daughter wouldn't go to bed knocked her unconscious and left her to die outside in single-digit temperatures, police said.

The frozen body of Nyia Miangel Page, who was about to turn 2, was found Sunday at an abandoned playground about a 10-minute walk from the family's home.

Tiny footprints in the snow suggest she had gotten up and wandered around before she died, police said.

Her father, William Lorenzo Page, 23, of Braddock, was arrested Wednesday on charges of criminal homicide, kidnapping, false reports and simple assault.

He has been in custody since Sunday, when he was charged with sexually abusing another child shortly before Nyia died. <snip>


This is such a horrible story. In the article, it seems that he was molesting another child in the house that night, and that's what woke the toddler up in the first place.

:cry:

[Momgonepostal]

1. That poor little girl

What a vile, vile man her father is. :mad:

[Dorian Gray]

My God.

He's a sick man. I feel evil, but I'm so angry that I hope he gets the same thing done to him in prison. Beaten and left for dead in a meat freezer. There is no justice for a story like this.

[Dorian Gray]

21. My God.

He's a sick man. I feel evil, but I'm so angry that I hope he gets the same thing done to him in prison. Beaten and left for dead in a meat freezer. There is no justice for a story like this.

[Lars39]

2. I don't often hide threads, but this one qualifies.

:cry:

[helderheid]

3. GODDAMNIT

:cry:

[rhiannon55]

4. Oh that poor baby!

I can barely stand to imagine what she went through that night she died--and probably many other nights before that.

Tiny footprints in the snow... Oh my god. :cry:

[lpbk2713]

5. I hope he has a fair trial

And then I hope the SOB gets life without parole.

[DKRC]

11. Followed by a first class hangin' [nt]

[WinkyDink]

12. You're a better man than I, Gunga Din.

[SammyWinstonJack]

20. How about being knocked unconscious and left outside in sub-zero temps.

That's a fitting punishment, imo.

[sakabatou]

6. What a sick bastard.

[Katherine Brengle]

7. Congratulations, you made me cry...

:(

I have a 2 year old - I can't even imagine how someone could be so heartless... I have to go hug her in her sleep now.

[CoffeeCat]

8. As I read this story...

...I found myself fantasizing that *I* had been their neighbor, and that
I might have spotted her and rescued her from the snow.

I know she's warm tonight, wrapped in blankets with angels--and feeling
forgiveness and peace about this world--in beautiful ways that we
can't possibly imagine.

[SayWhatYo]

9. How can someone do that?

This guy needs to be locked up for life....

[pnorman]

10. "Tiny footprints in the snow suggest she had gotten up and wandered around before she died, "

That sentence will linger in my mind for a long time to come. Let's hope it's BURNED into the mind of that CREEP, till his dying day!

pnorman

[WinkyDink]

13. Please. He probably couldn't care less.

[pnorman]

16. I wouldn't bet on it.

Although it's hard to imagine him lasting a single day in stir. But that image of "tiny footprints in the snow" is still vivid to me. I'm not a card-carrying Christian, so I'm not going to go into any "angels in heaven" routine. But death by hypothermia, is probably the most merciful way to go. That's to be thankful for. When I was about 4~5 years old, I broke out in tears, when that story of The Little Match Girl was read to me. Over 70 years ago, and the memory returned to me after reading that news item.

pnorman

[CoffeeCat]

23. Just for the record...

...I'm not a "card-carrying Christian".

However, for a small fee, I will perform my "angels in heaven routine"
at birthday parties or retirement celebrations.

:eyes:

[JVS]

14. Awful

Poor kid

[REP]

15. More Proof That Being a Parent Makes You a Better Person

Right?

[phylny]

17. What the hell does that mean?

What a disgusting thing to say.

[salin]

18. guessing a dig at the far-far-right fringe religious right

that seriously thinks that folks should only marry to procreate and that single folks who don't marry and have kids are a serious problem to society.

It isn't a common expression - but at least one high profile religious right figure (can't remember which) has been associated with such statements.

[CoffeeCat]

22. No............

....being a parent magnifies your true character---whatever that
character may be.

[malaise]

19. Sick Fugg

Throw away the keys.

[dogday]

24. A Monster... This guy is a freaking monster in

human form..... The boys in prison will take care of him....

[nonconformist]

25. That's what I'm hoping. nt