Uncle Kills nephew, attempts to kill neice
tiny dancer
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - A man was arrested Friday for allegedly hurling his
niece and nephew off a bridge and into a creek because he was angry at their
mother. The 2-year-old boy died.
Monroe County Sheriff Steve Sharp said the 14-year-old girl managed to climb
to the roadway and get help.
The uncle was arrested and was expected to be charged next week with murder
and attempted murder, authorities said.
The boy's body was recovered early Friday from a creek in rural Monroe
County, north of Bloomington. His half sister was hospitalized in stable
condition.
The 30-year-old uncle allegedly told investigators he was angry with the
children's mother over $300 she owed him. He found the children home alone,
and cut the girl's throat with a kitchen knife, authorities said.
He then drove the children 15 miles in his pickup truck to a bridge and
pushed the girl into the water, about 20 feet below, police said. He dropped
the boy off the bridge and left, investigators said.
06/15/02 00:02
yummytro...@att.net
Here's a follow up article from the Indianapolis Star...
Since it's a local story... more names, details.
The teen-ager managed to climb to the roadway, where she was found by
two people shortly after 7 p.m., Monroe County sheriff's deputy Troy
Thomas said.
She was taken to Bloomington Hospital for two lacerations to the
throat and was listed in stable condition. Neither injury is life
threatening, police said.
She provided the name of her attacker, which led investigators to
Stewart's residence.
Stewart is a lifelong Gosport resident. He worked as a drywall hanger,
and had formerly worked in a cafeteria at Indiana University.
Patrons at the Gosport Tavern, where Stewart often went, were stunned
at news of the arrest. Some were watching the TV news at noon when
they first learned of the arrest, according to bartender Lana Miller.
"He was a big guy with a big heart, and was well liked around here,"
said Miller. Stewart is 6-2, and weighs about 350 lbs.
Miller said there was nothing about Stewart, who was at the bar
earlier in the week, to suggest he was capable of such violence
"Ethics of the Fathers" or "Pirke
Avot", Chapt 2, verses 5 & 6:
"The day is short, the task is great,
the workers are lazy, the reward is
great and the Master is insistent...You are not expected to complete the
work and yet you are not free to desist from trying."
tiny dancer
<yummytro...@att.net> wrote in message
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Thanks for the follow up. I didn't realize he was such a big guy........did
they have any pictures of him?
td
yummytro...@att.net
<tinyda...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>Thanks for the follow up. I didn't realize he was such a big guy........did
>they have any pictures of him?
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>td
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No pix online. In the print version... he was beefy, slack-jawed
yokel. Didn't look very smart. Slashed the girl's throat, probably
hit the vein, if anything. She's recovering.. Doctors said the wounds
were superficial. I wonder what his blood alcohol content was at the
time of the "crime spree."
Yummy
This article is from the mother's viewpoint...
Debt sparked slashing attack
Man accused of hurling children off bridge was upset with sister over
money, investigators say.
By George Stuteville
Indianapolis Star
June 15, 2002
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- When Patty Lucas arrived home after tending to
her grandmother Thursday, she was met with a horrifying scene.
Blood was smeared on the kitchen floor. Her two children were missing.
And a neighbor she checked with had no idea what had happened to
14-year-old Lisa Stewart and her half brother, 2-year-old Steven Kent
Stewart.
Police, however, did.
Lisa Stewart was found shortly after 7 p.m. Thursday along a gravel
road near Stinesville, about 15 miles from her home. Her throat had
been slashed, and she'd been hurled from a bridge into Bean Blossom
Creek, about 20 feet below.
Bloomington Hospital officials would not disclose her condition Friday
night.
Steven apparently had been thrown into the creek, too.
On Friday morning, the toddler's body was found tangled in debris
about 500 feet downstream from the bridge. Robert S. Stewart Jr., 30,
of Gosport -- Lucas' brother -- was being held in the Monroe County
Corrections Center on preliminary charges of murder and attempted
murder.
Police said they think the attack stemmed from a dispute over money --
$300 to $400 -- that Stewart believed his sister owed him.
Bloomington Police Detective Joe Qualters said Stewart arrived at
Lucas' home on West Fifth Street about 6:15 p.m. Thursday, looking for
his sister. Police are still sorting out what happened next but say
Stewart picked up a knife and cut his niece's throat twice.
The detective said Stewart promised the girl he would get her medical
treatment and left the house with the children.
One of Lucas' neighbors, Jennifer McClung, saw the trio emerge.
"She had a towel around her neck. I could see she was bleeding, but I
figured there was an adult there and the situation was under control,"
McClung said.
"Instead, I was seeing the worst crime I have ever heard about right
under my nose, and I didn't know it was happening. I wish I had
offered to help."
Police say that after Stewart threw the children off the Moon Road
bridge outside Stinesville, he went to dinner with a friend at a
restaurant in Spencer.
When he returned home to Gosport about 10:30 p.m., Owen County
sheriff's deputies were waiting.
While police questioned Stewart, searchers, guided by information Lisa
Stewart gave police, converged on the Moon Road bridge in a search for
Steven.
Dozens of residents joined State Police, diving teams, volunteer
firefighters and paramedics, scouring the creek into the early
morning.
"Everybody showed up. Citizens, mothers, all of us were there," said
Julie Arnett, a Stinesville volunteer firefighter. "We wanted to help
in any way we could."
The boy's body was found at about 5:30 a.m. By midmorning, a small
gray cross and a white teddy bear had been placed at the scene.
"We are stunned by this. Shocked and hurt," said Pam Bayne, owner of
Stinesville Mercantile, where several searchers gathered afterward.
Late Friday, Robert Stewart remained behind bars, awaiting an
appearance Monday in Monroe Circuit Court.
Lucas' beige, one-story house was quiet Friday. The only sign of
violence was blood smeared on the kitchen floor and splattered on a
walkway.
And investigators, friends and neighbors were still trying to answer
the question "Why?"
Police said Stewart had been involved in minor scrapes with the law --
mostly traffic accidents involving drugs or alcohol. But there were no
previous arrests for domestic violence.
Lana Miller, a bartender at the Gosport Tavern, said the man known
locally as "Big Bob" because of his size -- 6 feet 4 inches tall and
about 350 pounds -- was well-liked.
"He was a big guy with a big heart," said Miller, who saw Stewart
earlier this week and noticed nothing amiss.
Answers might never come, said an Indiana University professor who has
researched violence in family relationships.
"This is far beyond domestic violence," said Professor Robert
Billingham. "This is evil. It is not understandable."
IBegg2Differ
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>Monroe County Sheriff Steve Sharp said the 14-year-old girl managed to climb
>to the roadway and get help.
I feel just awful for this girl. I wonder if she's going to live the rest of
her life struggling with the issue of not having been able to protect her
little brother. Terribly sad.
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Beaver Fever
> Just so u all know you got your facts wrong but after 13 yrs youll have that i guess easyer to belive the bullshit then the truth i dont spend everyday with regret that I didn't save him I spend everyday regretting the fact that people couldn'tmind your own f****** business and therefore after 12 years years my uncle decides to kill himself while holding my picture all because of people like u hating ass bitches, and btw this is lisa ann stewart the little girl her cut my throat twice stabbed me and killed by brother. And i forgave him, and know in my heart god dix to so stop with ur stuff pls been long enoght now
