Live-in lover is found guilty of beating,cutting,stabbing w/fork,& burning w/propane torch,3 y.o.girl to death,in OR,Mommy helped
Joe1orbit
Shortly before I left on my trip, I posted a news item concerning the torture
killing of three year old Tesslyn O'Cull, by her Mommy and live-in lover, in
Oregon. 21 year old Jesse Calem Compton, the live-in lover, has been on trial
in recent days,charged with aggravated murder by abuse, abuse of a corpse, and
sexual penetration, all these charges dealing with how he chose to treat his 3
year old slave.
We learn below that a jury did indeed find stepDaddy Jesse guilty of all
charges, yesterday. The penalty phase of this trial will take place tomorrow,
and we learn that Jesse is TECHNICALLY eligible for the death penalty, and
because he is not the BIOLOGICAL DAddy of the slave he tortured, Jesse should
have a LITTLE bit of concern about the sentence being harsh. Still, he was the
INVITED live-in lover, invited to assume a stepDaddy role by the tortured
slave's Mommy, and so I am quite confident that will be enough to assure no
actual death penalty sentence is imposed.
The trial of our 23 year old Mommy, who faces slightly different charges,
will begin in just about two weeks. During the trial it was revealed by
prosecutors that stepDaddy Jesse deliberately burned the 3 year old slave,
targeting her back, buttocks, rectum, and vagina. So, what did Jesse use to
inflict these burns? A match?? Hot wax?? A candle?? Nope, our stepDaddy decided
to go all. He used a PROPANE TORCH to inflict these burns, after he TIED slave
Tesslynn's hands and feet down, so that her desperate attempts to escape the
torch burns would not pose any operational difficulty for him.
Eyewitnesses testified that both of our slaveowners were heavy illegal drug
users who had regular all-night parties and USED this torch to smoke
methamphetamine. Hey, the torch served TWO different purposes for our
slaveowners/druggies. That's cool, at least they made the most out of what they
had in their possession. Of course NONE of these eyewitnesses ever thought of
saving this slave from the clutches of her parents. Of course not. They were
partying druggies themselves, who are addicted to the Sacred Family Unit myth
and who partied & artificially altered their brain chemisty as well, in their
desperate effort to cope with the horrific nature of their lives.
Our dead slave was found to be suffering from a broken back, abdominal
bleeding, cuts on her wrists and ankles from prolonged restraint with ropes and
cords, a bruised head and abdominal punctures from a fork. In addition to the
propane torch burns. Oh yeah, these two slaveowners certainly did get FULL use
of slave Tesslynn, as their own personal Poison Container. They probably didn't
even WANT Tesslynn to die. She died of shock, as a result of ALL these
injuries. But you can feel pretty confident in the fact that our two
slaveowners would have preferred to keep her alive indefinately, torturing her
over and over. Because Poison Containers are only useful for as long as they
are alive. Killing them might provide the ULTIMATE degree of pleasure, but then
they don't exist anymore and cannot be used as Poison Containers, other than
the happy MEMORY of past torture having been inflicted, which is not nearly as
cathartically pleasurable as inflicting NEW torture is, for the enraged
societal slave who also happens to be a parent.
When our two shining examples of parental devotion found their slave had
indeed died, they proceeded to attach ELECTRICAL WIRES to her chest, and gave
her electric shocks to try and bring her back to life! When that failed, they
dragged Tesslynn into the woods and buried her, then told the police that their
tortured & murdered slave had been kidnapped. Police testified that AFTER the
buried body was FOUND, our two slaveowners continued to maintain a "happy and
affectionate demeanor with each other, and talked about having a child
together." Hey, why not?! The lost and no longer usefulPoison Container does
need to be REPLACED.
Two WEEKS before this slave was murdered, somebody called police and told
them to go to the apartment and rescue 3 year old Tesslynn, because she was "in
danger". Police went, knocked on the door, were allowed in, and were TOLD by
Mommy Stella that "my daughter is fine and in no danger". Cops immediately
LEFT. Can't interfere in the Sacred Right of Parental Ownership. They did not
speak to 3 year old Tesslynn. Of course not. She is SUBHUMAN. They made no
attempt to ask her anything, or to examine her in any way. In point of fact,
her body was COVERED with bruises and burns, but because she wore a shirt and
pants, the injuries were not visible. So the cops left Tesslynn to die, at the
hands of her legal owners.
I don't NEED to repeat the fact that your diseased society deliberately chose
to sanction, enable, and facilitate this torture-murder. It is an UNDENIABLE
fact, clearly obvious to every person who is NOT a brainwashed societal slave,
addicted to the lies and myths about benevolence that their society has
indoctrinated them with.
Take care, JOE
The following appears courtesy of the 11/3/98 online edition of The Oregonian
newspaper:
Jury quickly convicts in girl's death
Jurors in the slaying of 3-year-old Tesslynn O'Cull need little more than two
hours to find Jesse Caleb Compton guilty
Tuesday, November 3 1998
By Debra Gwartney, Correspondent, The Oregonian
EUGENE -- A Lane County jury deliberated for just more than two hours Monday
before convicting Jesse Caleb Compton, 21, of the murder of a 3-year-old
Springfield girl.
Compton, who sat quietly in the front of the crowded courtroom as the verdict
was announced, was found guilty on all five counts in the death of Tesslynn
O'Cull: aggravated murder by abuse; murder by neglect; two counts of
first-degree sexual penetration; and second-degree abuse of a corpse.
Compton and the child's mother, Stella Kiser, 23, were arrested in mid-June
1997, after Tesslynn's battered and bruised body was recovered from a shallow
grave outside Sweet Home.
Kiser's trial for aggravated murder will begin Nov. 17.
Circuit Judge Lyle C. Velure instructed the six men and six women on the jury
to return on Wednesday morning to begin the penalty phase of the trial, which
is expected to last about three days. Under state law, Compton could be
sentenced to death by lethal injection.
Lane County District Attorney Doug Harcleroad declined to comment on the
outcome except to say that he thought the Springfield Police Department and the
lawyers from his office who worked on the case did an outstanding job
investigating the crimes.
To find Compton guilty of aggravated murder, the prosecution team was required
to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he subjected the child to torture,
defined in court as a pattern of intentional intense physical pain inflicted on
an unwilling victim.
In closing arguments, Assistant District Attorney Robert Gorham reiterated the
prosecution's assertion that the burns on the child's back, buttocks, rectum
and vagina were caused by torturous acts. He described how Compton restrained
Tesslynn's hands and feet, then held a propane torch to her skin on at least
two occasions.
Witnesses described Compton and Kiser as heavy methamphetamine users who often
had all-night parties in their downtown Springfield apartment and used the
hand-held torch to smoke the drug.
Defense lawyer Richard Mullen, in closing arguments, told the jury the
prosecution had not proved a propane torch was used to cause the wounds, and he
suggested instead that Tesslynn had been burned by hot tap water in the
bathtub. Mullen said that though the couple had abused the child, Compton and
Kiser had not engaged in intentional torture.
Among the child's other injuries were a broken back, abdominal bleeding, cuts
on her wrists and ankles from prolonged restraint with ropes and cords, a
bruised head and abdominal punctures from a fork. Medical examiners said she
likely died of shock.
When Compton and Kiser found the child dead on June 14, 1997, Compton applied
exposed electrical wires to her chest several times in an attempt to revive
her. The couple then buried the body in the woods and made a plan to claim she
had been kidnapped. Springfield police officers testified during the trial that
in the days following the child's death, Compton and Kiser were happy and
affectionate with each other and had talked about having a child together.
Outside the courtroom after the verdict was announced, Tesslynn's grandfather,
Ken O'Cull, said he realized that hearing about the extent of the child's
injuries had been difficult for the community. He said, however, that he felt
it necessary for local residents to fully understand the brutality of the crime
so that they'll both support strong prevention programs and take personal
responsibility to call the police concerning suspected child abuse.
"It hit home because it was our granddaughter," he said, sitting next to his
wife, Teana O'Cull, at the Lane County Courthouse. "But I'd feel this way if it
was anyone's granddaughter."
The O'Culls, of Victorville, Calif., sat through the 10-day trial and plan to
stay in Eugene through the penalty phase. Ken O'Cull would not comment directly
on the sentencing.
"I don't want to jinx anything," he said. "I know what I want in my heart."
On Thursday, the O'Culls spent the day with Springfield Mayor Bill Morrisette
and his wife, Janice. The two couples visited the memorial to Tesslynn
currently under construction in Springfield. Ken O'Cull said he also spoke to
Springfield police, who assured him that new procedures for investigating child
abuse allegations have been put into place since Tesslynn's death.
Two weeks before the child died, police were called to the downtown apartment
on a tip that Tesslynn was in danger, but they left after Stella Kiser told
them that allegations were false.
"If they'd just pulled up her shirt and looked, she would have been down in
California with us," O'Cull said.
The O'Culls said the last time they saw Tesslynn was early January 1997, two
weeks before she and Kiser moved in with Compton.
O'Cull said he arranged for Tesslynn's body to be transported to Victorville
for burial last year.
Joe1orbit
Here's a quick follow-up to this impressibly brutal child-slave
torture-murder case. Just a few additional details here that were not in my
first article post. Both live-in lover Jesse and 23 year old biological Mommy
Stella told police that they specifically did not provide any medical attention
to their tortured slave for MONTHS prior to Tesslynn's death, because they
feared getting arrested for child abuse. And I say they feared LOSING
possession of their Poison Container as well.
Mommy Stella will face essentially the SAME criminal charges of murder and
abuse at her trial. StepDaddy Jesse MIGHT still get to be free, even with this
murder conviction, if the jury chooses to impose a Life sentence WITH parole
eligibility after 30 years. Still, he got treated more harshly than MOST other
slave murderers, and IF he had been the biological Daddy, the odds are very
good that he would have been offered a plea bargain deal that would assure him
of eventually gaining his freedom.
Take care, JOE
The following appears courtesy of the 11/3/98 online edition of The Eugene
Register-Guard newspaper:
November 3, 1998
Jury quickly convicts child-killer
By BILL BISHOP
The Register-Guard
A Lane County jury convicted Jesse Caleb Compton of aggravated murder Monday
after deliberating about two hours over his role in the torture-murder of
Tesslynn O'Cull, who died six days after her third birthday in June 1997.
The same six-man, six-woman jury will begin hearing additional testimony
Wednesday in the penalty phase of Compton's trial to determine whether to
sentence him to death by lethal injection.
The jury also convicted Compton on other charges related to the child's murder,
including murder by abuse by neglect, two counts of unlawful sexual penetration
and one count of second-degree abuse of a corpse.
After the verdict, Tesslynn's grandfather said the brutality of the case has
changed police procedures and community attitudes and should help prevent
similar crimes in the future.
"People ought to know what one human being can do to another," he said.
Holding a scrapbook with a photo of Tesslynn on a sunny spring day sitting atop
a pony at the ranch he manages near Victorville, Calif., Ken O'Cull fought back
tears and thanked the local community for its support during his family's
ordeal.
In particular, he thanked investigators, prosecutors and district attorney's
victims' services volunteers, and individuals who worked on community efforts
to raise awareness of the signs of child abuse and how to report it.
"The brutality that went on in that apartment was too much. I would expect my
neighbors, if I had problems like that, to report that," O'Cull said. "Today
(the verdict) is just what we needed."
Compton, 21, did not react visibly as Circuit Judge Lyle Velure read the jury
verdicts, which capped five days of testimony and a half-day of legal arguments
Monday.
"Everyone agrees. Every bit of evidence shows Mr. Compton caused all of the
major injuries to this child," Deputy District Attorney Bob Gorham told the
jury during closing arguments Monday morning. "It's really hard to imagine
somebody going after a tied-up 2-year-old with a propane torch - even though
the evidence is there oh so clearly."
Gorham recounted statements made to police by Compton and the child's mother,
Stella Ann Kiser, that showed the couple did not take the child in for medical
treatment in the weeks and months before her death because they feared
authorities would jail them for child abuse.
Kiser, 23, is scheduled for trial Nov. 17 on charges of aggravated murder,
murder by abuse by neglect and corpse abuse.
Medical evidence in the trial indicated that the child suffered extensive
third-degree burns over her lower back that extended over her buttocks and
genital area to her abdomen which occurred six to eight weeks before her death.
During that time, Compton and Kiser tied the child hand and foot for hours on
end.
The couple told police they did so to prevent her from picking at her injuries.
But the medical evidence indicated that the child also had been abused while
tied, Deputy District Attorney Patricia Perlow told the jury in final argument.
Showing the jury a collection of cloth strips used to tie the girl, Perlow
said, "Her hair is in the knots in each of these. Each one."
Defense lawyer Rich Mullen argued that the charge of aggravated murder required
the jury to find proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Compton intentionally
tortured or maimed the child.
He pointed to testimony by a defense witness, a former medical examiner, who
believed that the child's burns were more likely caused by splashes of hot
liquid.
Mullen said the testimony was reason enough to doubt that the burns were
intentional.
However, prosecutors noted that the child suffered dozens of other injuries -
including potentially fatal internal bleeding from being stomped or punched -
as evidence that Compton had shown a pattern of abusing the child over the
weeks and months before she died.
During the next phase of the trial, estimated to last three days, the jury will
hear evidence about Compton's background.
The jury must then rule on four questions: whether anything about Compton's
background lessens his responsibility for the crime, whether Tesslynn's death
was deliberate, whether it's probable that Compton would continue to be a
threat to society, and whether he should receive a death sentence.
Jurors must unanimously agree on their answers to all the questions for a death
sentence to be imposed.
Other possible sentences for an aggravated murder conviction are life in prison
without parole or life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years.