more on Barbara Atkinson
rkbose
boarded up under the house and beaten. Not sure what bearing it has on
the case, but she's been asked to testify. Refs below.
Rupa
http://sns.kdaf.com/news/local/kdaf-012502-atkinson.story?coll=kdaf%2Dnewslocal%2Dheadlines
The Associated Press
Published January 25 2002
DALLAS -- Testimony will resume Monday in the
punishment phase for a
Hutchins woman who admits starving her
eight-year-old daughter.
Barbara Atkinson earlier pleaded guilty to
serious bodily injury to a child.
Her malnourished daughter was rescued last June
from a closet in the
family's mobile home.
In court today in Dallas, Fredricka McCog, the
defendant's mother, testified
that she (McCog) was also kept confined when
she was a child.
McCog says her own mother used to board her
under the house, plus strip
her and spank her.
McCog testified wearing a Dallas County Jail
uniform because she's in
custody for violating parole. The reasons for
her conviction weren't
disclosed.
Prosecutors asked if she had ever discussed her
own abuse with Atkinson.
McCog said she had not.
Meanwhile, the rescued girl is living with a
couple still trying to adopt her.
Dian
> Apparently, Barbara Atkinson's biomom was abused as a child, being
> boarded up under the house and beaten. Not sure what bearing it has on
> the case, but she's been asked to testify. Refs below.
>
> Rupa
>
Where does it say it was her bio mum?
Di
Palms2pines
*adoptive* mother of Barbara Atkinson? The article does not specify. And, if
she is the bio, why is she testifying? Did she have custody of Barbara
Atkinson before Barbara Atkinson was placed for adoption?
Rupa provides:
P2P
AdoptaDad
>From: patr...@bigpond.com.au (Dian)
>Date: 1/27/02 4:57 PM Eastern Standard Time
>Message-id: <c599139c.02012...@posting.google.com>
>
>rkbose <rkb...@pacific.net.sg> wrote in message
>news:<3C54516B...@pacific.net.sg>...
>> Apparently, Barbara Atkinson's biomom was abused as a child, being
>> boarded up under the house and beaten. Not sure what bearing it has on
>> the case, but she's been asked to testify. Refs below.
>>
>> Rupa
>>
>
>
>Where does it say it was her bio mum?
>
>
>Di
Come now, Patrice, the article refers to her (Fredricka McCog) as Barbara
Atkinson's MOTHER.
Notice, if you look real close, they didn't say ADOPTER. You of all people
should know that MOTHER has only one meaning, and it ain't ADOPTER.
Besides, Barbara Atkinson's adoptive mother is named Doris Calhoun, not
Fredricka McCog. Maybe that should have been your second clue.
I'm so glad I could clear that up for you. Ü
Dad
rkbose
a-parents' name is Calhoun, so I'm assuming that this is the bio-mom. And I've no
idea why she's testifying. I hoped someone else could throw more light on it.
rkbose
> rkbose <rkb...@pacific.net.sg> wrote in message news:<3C54516B...@pacific.net.sg>...
> > Apparently, Barbara Atkinson's biomom was abused as a child, being
> > boarded up under the house and beaten. Not sure what bearing it has on
> > the case, but she's been asked to testify. Refs below.
> >
> > Rupa
> >
>
> Where does it say it was her bio mum?
>
> Di
It doesn't, but since the a-parents' name was Calhoun, I'm assuming McCog is the bio mum. I could
be wrong.
Rupa
>
>
> > http://sns.kdaf.com/news/local/kdaf-012502-atkinson.story?coll=kdaf%2Dnewslocal%2Dheadlines
> >
> >
> >
> > The Associated Press
> >
> > Published January 25 2002
> >
> > DALLAS -- Testimony will resume Monday in the
> > punishment phase for a Hutchins woman who admits starving her
> > eight-year-old daughter......<snip>
GR
writes:
>
>I'm pretty confused myself, Palms. None of the stories have very much depth.
>The
>a-parents' name is Calhoun, so I'm assuming that this is the bio-mom. And
>I've no
>idea why she's testifying. I hoped someone else could throw more light on it.
I don't have more light to throw on this case, but I did
see a case on the Discovery channel, recently. Crazy
adoptee kills one or both aparents - don't remember
which it was. The defense was, essentially, nature over
nurture. Her nmom was called to testify to her own history
of emotional and psychological problems, which were
chemically/biologically based. But it didn't fly. The adoptee
was convicted on first degree murder, iirc.
G(tv is scary)R
The All-Powerful All-Knowing One
>From: syb...@aol.commanche (GR)
>Date: Mon, Jan 28, 2002 5:52 PM
>Message-id: <20020128175201...@mb-cj.aol.com>
Too bad. I'm sure it was a clear-cut case of nature over nurture.
Ghoulagirl.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."
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