I woke up this morning and read stroy that almost made me wanna cry, just str8 up pissed me off. I think these two parents should get the death penalty and fry in hell. anyways in case you guys didn't see it, here's the story from AP
Mother Charged In Decapitation of Daughter
Body of 'Precious Doe' Identified after four years
Story by: Matt Sedensky, AP
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (May 5) - Four years after a little girl's headless body was found, police identified an Oklahoma woman as her mother and charged her Thursday in the murder of the child who became known as Precious Doe.
Police said it was the girl's stepfather who actually killed her with a kick to the head and then used hedge clippers to sever her head. He was being questioned in Muskogee, Okla.
His wife, Michelle Johnson, was charged with second-degree felony murder and endangerment of a child's welfare. Prosecutor Mike Sanders said more charges were ''very likely in this case, very soon.''
Police said it was a tip that let them identify Erica Michelle Maria Green, who was almost 4.
''The little girl that we've known for four years as Precious Doe finally has a name,'' Police Chief James Corwin said.
Erica's body was found near an intersection on April 28, 2001. Days later, her head was found nearby, wrapped in a trash bag.
Her story had deeply touched the community, and hundreds of volunteers passed out fliers and staffed hot lines. After the announcement that the girl had been identified, Police Capt. Rich Lockhart said, ''Everyone over here is excited beyond words.''
According to police, Johnson and her husband were with Erica in Kansas City when he delivered the fatal kick. Police said Johnson told them the couple let the girl lay motionless for two days, deciding not to seek medical care because there were warrants out for their arrests.
The mother told police her husband later used hedge clippers to cut off the girl's head. They discarded the pieces in a wooded area and a trash bin, according to a probable cause statement.
The Sad Saga of 'Precious Doe'
Sanders said Johnson was being held on $500,000 bond and would be extradited ''as soon as possible'' to Kansas City, 240 miles north. He did not immediately provide other details about her.
A team of Kansas City law enforcement officers were in Muskogee on Thursday conducting more interviews.
Lockhart said police got their break after a caller directed them to an Oklahoma couple.
Detectives went to Muskogee on Wednesday to interview members of a family after getting a second tip from a man living there who said he was related to the child. An initial investigation last year of a tip from the same man did not produce any solid leads.
The Oklahoma man also contacted Alonzo Washington, a community activist who has championed efforts to identify the black girl as he works to raise awareness of missing black children.
On Tuesday, Washington received a package containing a photo of the woman the man said was the child's mother, pictured with several children, including one that the Oklahoma man said he believed to be Erica. Washington gave the photo to police.
Washington said Thursday he was happy that Precious Doe had remained in the minds of police and the community. ''There's something about it that just bothers me that a child could be thrown away and people forget about it,'' he said.
In the months after the girl's body was found, hundreds volunteered to answer witness hot lines and pass out fliers with her picture; hundreds more prayed and sang at candlelight vigils.
The quest to give the little girl a name put her story on the ''America's Most Wanted'' and ''Today'' television shows and in newspapers across the country. An advertising company donated 20 billboards with her picture and the words ''Who Am I?''
When the girl was finally buried in December 2001, hundreds of mourners turned out for a church service that featured children singing, dancing and reading Scripture.
The Rev. Wallace Hartsfield implored: ''Don't stop mourning. Don't be comforted. Keep on crying.''
Authorities combed through more than 1,000 leads as community leaders continued their efforts.
Hopes of identifying her were raised briefly the following spring, after Florida child welfare officials realized that they had lost track of a girl in foster care for more than a year, but DNA tests showed that Precious Doe was not that girl, 5-year-old Rilya Wilson.
A makeshift memorial of poems, teddy bears and flowers to Precious was eventually replaced by a permanent monument to the girl. T-shirts, bumper stickers and fliers with the child's picture were passed out on city streets and vigils were still held to honor her memory.
On Thursday morning, someone had placed a sign at the memorial reading, ''My Name Is Erica Michelle Maria Green.''
05-05-05 13:12EDT
Mother Charged In Decapitation of Daughter
Body of 'Precious Doe' Identified after four years
Story by: Matt Sedensky, AP
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (May 5) - Four years after a little girl's headless body was found, police identified an Oklahoma woman as her mother and charged her Thursday in the murder of the child who became known as Precious Doe.
Police said it was the girl's stepfather who actually killed her with a kick to the head and then used hedge clippers to sever her head. He was being questioned in Muskogee, Okla.
His wife, Michelle Johnson, was charged with second-degree felony murder and endangerment of a child's welfare. Prosecutor Mike Sanders said more charges were ''very likely in this case, very soon.''
Police said it was a tip that let them identify Erica Michelle Maria Green, who was almost 4.
''The little girl that we've known for four years as Precious Doe finally has a name,'' Police Chief James Corwin said.
Erica's body was found near an intersection on April 28, 2001. Days later, her head was found nearby, wrapped in a trash bag.
Her story had deeply touched the community, and hundreds of volunteers passed out fliers and staffed hot lines. After the announcement that the girl had been identified, Police Capt. Rich Lockhart said, ''Everyone over here is excited beyond words.''
According to police, Johnson and her husband were with Erica in Kansas City when he delivered the fatal kick. Police said Johnson told them the couple let the girl lay motionless for two days, deciding not to seek medical care because there were warrants out for their arrests.
The mother told police her husband later used hedge clippers to cut off the girl's head. They discarded the pieces in a wooded area and a trash bin, according to a probable cause statement.
The Sad Saga of 'Precious Doe'
Sanders said Johnson was being held on $500,000 bond and would be extradited ''as soon as possible'' to Kansas City, 240 miles north. He did not immediately provide other details about her.
A team of Kansas City law enforcement officers were in Muskogee on Thursday conducting more interviews.
Lockhart said police got their break after a caller directed them to an Oklahoma couple.
Detectives went to Muskogee on Wednesday to interview members of a family after getting a second tip from a man living there who said he was related to the child. An initial investigation last year of a tip from the same man did not produce any solid leads.
The Oklahoma man also contacted Alonzo Washington, a community activist who has championed efforts to identify the black girl as he works to raise awareness of missing black children.
On Tuesday, Washington received a package containing a photo of the woman the man said was the child's mother, pictured with several children, including one that the Oklahoma man said he believed to be Erica. Washington gave the photo to police.
Washington said Thursday he was happy that Precious Doe had remained in the minds of police and the community. ''There's something about it that just bothers me that a child could be thrown away and people forget about it,'' he said.
In the months after the girl's body was found, hundreds volunteered to answer witness hot lines and pass out fliers with her picture; hundreds more prayed and sang at candlelight vigils.
The quest to give the little girl a name put her story on the ''America's Most Wanted'' and ''Today'' television shows and in newspapers across the country. An advertising company donated 20 billboards with her picture and the words ''Who Am I?''
When the girl was finally buried in December 2001, hundreds of mourners turned out for a church service that featured children singing, dancing and reading Scripture.
The Rev. Wallace Hartsfield implored: ''Don't stop mourning. Don't be comforted. Keep on crying.''
Authorities combed through more than 1,000 leads as community leaders continued their efforts.
Hopes of identifying her were raised briefly the following spring, after Florida child welfare officials realized that they had lost track of a girl in foster care for more than a year, but DNA tests showed that Precious Doe was not that girl, 5-year-old Rilya Wilson.
A makeshift memorial of poems, teddy bears and flowers to Precious was eventually replaced by a permanent monument to the girl. T-shirts, bumper stickers and fliers with the child's picture were passed out on city streets and vigils were still held to honor her memory.
On Thursday morning, someone had placed a sign at the memorial reading, ''My Name Is Erica Michelle Maria Green.''
05-05-05 13:12EDT
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