Update:In-depth portrait of Clintresa Phillips,the 21 y.o.Mommy who tortured & mutilated her 3 y.o.slave in MO
Joe1orbit
Hello,
Here is a detailed update on the child torture and mutilation case out of
Missouri, where a 21 year old Mommy/slaveowner named Clintresa Phillips
brutally beat, burned, tortured, and mutilated a three year old girl named
Valerie, for months, leaving the helpless slave near death, and very possibly
with permanent disfigurement. In the most graphic example of abuse, Clintresa
allegedly used a pair of needle-nosed pliers to rip pieces of her 3 year old
slave's lips and ears. In this update below, we learn that our torturing Mommy
Dearest ALSO ripped out some of the hair and some of the TEETH of three year
old Slave Valerie, presumably using those same good old needle-nose pliers.
We get quite a bit of new information on Mommy Clintresa below, which serve
to shed some light on her decision to torture and mutilate her slave. A slave
that YOUR society chose to hand over to her, without imposing any type of
Parental Competency Testing. This fact makes your society MORE guilty of having
caused this torture and mutilation to befall 3 year old Valerie, than is Mommy
Clintresa.
Police say that our torturing Mommy does have "mental deficiencies", and
that, as you would expect, she herself is a VICTIM of abuse and trauma.
Relatives of Clintresa, as well as hospital personnel treating 3 year old
Valerie, say that Clintresa has the mental age of about a 10 or 11 year old.
Well, isn't that nice? Of course your PATHETIC society GAVE this INFERIOR and
UNQUALIFIED and MENTALLY DAMAGED woman UNCHALLENGED POSSESSION of a HELPLESS
BABY, entrusting her with the SACRED responsibility of RAISING a profoundly
vulnerable and defenseless child! Unbelievable!
If Mommy Clintresa does have the mental age of an 11 year old, she should
face NO criminal charges at all for this torture and mutliation of her 3 year
old slave. Your society FORCED her to TAKE and posses her biological creation.
It is 100% the fault of your society, that Clintresa tortured and abused this
toddler, ESPECIALLY if it is TRUE that Clintresa is mentally deficient and has
the genuine maturity level of an 11 year old.
In 1995, Mommy Clintresa was an 18 year old new mother, homeless. She spent
time at a "transitional center for new mothers in crisis", in Minnesota, where
she was TAUGHT how to care for not just her helpless newborn slave, but HERSELF
as well. The director of this "new mother education center" confirms that
Clintrsa had the mental abilities of a 10 or 11 year old, and REQUIRED
supervision on a daily basis. She struggled with ordinary household chores.
Despite this FACT, YOUR society was and is totally unable and unwillingly to
FORCIBLY SEIZE helpless children from the clutches of these types of PROFOUNDLY
inferior and incompetent biological creators!
While at this "Parenting Center", where she did LIVE, being homeless,
Clintrsa was RAPED twice. Her former boyfriend raped one of her friends, and
was later slashed by someone else. Clintresa openly used marijuana and got into
fights with other parents staying at this shelter. She EVEN was SEEN physically
striking her infant daughter. That incident was reported to Child Welfare
authorities by the director of the parenting center. Child Welfare never even
INVESTIGATED the abuse, leaving helpless Valerie to be tortured and mutilated
by her violent, drug abusing, 300 pound, biological creator, who has a mental
age of 10 or 11!
Guess what? When Clintresa was 2 years old, she witnessed her mother being
murdered by a boyfriend. There you go, a nice way to start out in life.
Meanwhile, the media has managed to find FOUR relatives of Clintresa who are
just SHOCKED and disbelieving of the fact that their blood relation just
happens to be a child torturer and mutilator.
We learn that NOBODY has come forth to offer to testify that they saw or
heard the 3 year old being abused and tortured and mutilated. Valerie lived
with a woman, and there were frequent male visitors to the apartment. Nobody is
offering to testify about witnessing any abuse. Of course not, the 3 year old
mutilated is nothing more than a slave. Nobody wants to get involved with the
police or to have to testify in court. What is to be GAINED by doing that?
Nothing. Lawsuits are very popular, because the suer stands to GAIN. But to
testify on behalf of a tortured & mutilated 3 year old?? No way, there is
nothing to be gained from doing that.
Meanwhile, hospital officials say that our tortured & mutilated three year
old girl is improving slightly, but is still in serious condition, and
breathing with the aid of a respirator. Her life is still in danger, although
her chances of survival have slightly improved over the past few days.
And finally we get a pointless and irrational editorial, in which a newspaper
editorial writer bemoans child abuse and torture and murder, but offers
absolutely no rational solution, because the author, even if he/she IS
intelligent, KNOWS that their society would NEVER accept the idea of Mandatory
Parental Competency tests. Thus the idea is not even SUGGESTED in the
editorial. Oh no, can't afford to upset or confuse the loyal readers of the
newspaper, who desperately cling to the LIE that they and their society are
moral and caring, rather than immoral and evil, which is what your society IS.
Got nothing more to say, the below articles speak for themselves.
Take care, JOE
The following appears courtesy of the 3/4/98 online edition of The Saint
Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper:
Wednesday, March 4, 1998
SUSPECTED ABUSER REPORTEDLY HAS MENTAL DEFECTS
By Lance Williams
Of The Post-Dispatch
Officials said Tuesday that Clintresa Phillips, accused of torturing her
3-year-old daughter, Valerie, has mental deficiencies, but they said she could
still be prosecuted.
Valerie is in serious but stable condition at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
Investigators believe that Valerie was subjected to torture with cigarettes,
electric cords, blunt objects and needle-nosed pliers in the last two months.
Phillips, 21, remains in St. Louis County Jail, charged with first-degree
assault.
Family members and some who have treated Phillips have said she has the
mentality of a fourth-grader. St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert P. McCulloch
said that that should not block attempts to try her. If a grand jury indicts
her, she likely would get a mental evaluation by the court system.
But, McCulloch said, Phillips is capable of knowing that abuse of a child is
wrong.
Although the abuse of Valerie remains under investigation by Ferguson police,
officials said Tuesday that they did not foresee any charges being filed
against anyone except the toddler's mother.
Police believe Phillips had been staying with another woman in an apartment in
the 9400 block of Coppercreek Court in Ferguson. That woman, who helped
Phillips get emergency treatment for Valerie last week, is a witness in the
case and likely will not face charges, McCulloch said.
Police also have said the woman's adult son often visited the apartment, but
they do not believe he was involved in the abuse. They wouldn't identify him.
"The child is now safe," McCulloch said. "We believe the abuser is in custody,
and now we are trying to finish the investigation."
VALERIE'S CASE
THE SUSPECT: Clintresa Phillips, 21, is charged with first-degree assault.
THE VICTIM: Valerie Phillips, 3, is in serious but stable condition with
internal and external injuries and lacerations.
ABOUT THE CASE: Clintresa Phillips is charged with first-degree assault for
allegedly causing multiple injuries and mutilation on her 3-year-old daughter,
Valerie Phillips. Authorities accuse Clintresa Phillips of using multiple
weapons, including household tools on her daughter. Valerie Phillips is missing
parts of her lip, ear, hair, teeth and skin. If she dies, authorities say,
Clintresa Phillips will be charged with murder.
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The following appears courtesy of the 3/3/98 online edition of The Saint
Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper:
Tuesday, March 3, 1998
CONDITION OF ABUSED GIRL, 3, IS UPGRADED
SHE IS STILL ON A RESPIRATOR
By Tim O' Neil And Lance Williams
Of The Post-Dispatch
The health of 3-year-old Valerie Phillips improved slightly Monday, allowing
St. Louis Children's Hospital to upgrade her to serious but stable.
Valerie had been the victim of repeated physical abuse, allegedly by her
mother, and has been at Children's since last Tuesday. Until Monday, her heart
rate, breathing, and blood pressure were unstable.
"She's improving, but she's not nearly out of the woods yet," added Shirley
Williams, of College Park, Ga., who is Valerie's paternal grandmother. Williams
said Valerie is still on a respirator.
So many people have sent teddy bears and gifts that they no longer fit into her
hospital room.
Clintresa Phillips, 21, Valerie's mother, remains in St. Louis County Jail,
charged with first-degree assault. Investigators believe that Valerie had been
subjected to torture with cigarettes, electric cords, blunt objects and even
needle-nosed pliers.
Ferguson police and investigators for St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney
Robert P. McCulloch continued looking into the backgrounds of Valerie and her
mother, who moved to the St. Louis area from Minnesota in November.
According to family members, social workers and others who know Clintresa
Phillips:
In April 1995, Phillips was a homeless, teen-age, single mother. She was
admitted into a transitional housing program for young mothers, Jendayi Place
Inc., in St. Paul, Minn. Before that, she had bounced between family member's
homes and a shelter.
At Jendayi Place, Phillips got training on how to care for herself and her
baby, said Anna Jackson, the program's director.
Phillips entered the program with the mental ability of a fourth-grader,
Jackson said, and needed several hours of supervision each day. She struggled
with household chores but was usually cordial and cooperative.
But, Jackson said, Phillips never could escape her past or some of her
troublesome friends.
"Things deteriorated from the time she got here, and some of the incidents were
quite scary," Jackson said.
* Phillips was raped twice while staying at Jendayi Place; three men were
charged in the two separate incidents.
* A former boyfriend was slashed at her apartment after he allegedly raped one
of Phillips' friends. Phillips apparently slept through the entire episode
because she had been smoking marijuana, Jackson said. Her boyfriend was
hospitalized.
* Phillips physically attacked another program participant.
* And she reportedly struck Valerie once, after the toddler covered herself in
hair gel. A neighbor saw Phillips shove Valerie to the floor. Jandayi Place
reported the incident to county social workers, but they never investigated,
Jackson said.
Phillips weighed about 300 pounds at the time: "She could be scary sometimes."
Despite the problems, Phillips seemed willing to improve her life and overcome
her tragic childhood. When she was 2, Phillips witnessed her own mother's
murder at the hands of an abusive boyfriend.
After her mother's murder, Phillips moved in with her aunt, Adrian Henderson.
But Jackson said Phillips was easily influenced by others.
In early March 1996, Phillips got into a quarrel with a volunteer tutor and
threatened her physically. Jendayi officials wanted to place her on a 15-day
probation, but Phillips decided to leave the program.
`Wasn't ready to leave'
"She definitely wasn't ready to leave," Jackson said. "She hadn't acquired the
skills necessary to make it in the world."
Despite all the troubles with Phillips, Jackson said she was shocked to learned
about her daughter's abuse.
"I just can't see her abusing Valerie like that," Jackson said.
"I wonder if there is more to this story than meets the eye. I could see
Clintresa taking the fall for somebody else."
On Monday, four of Valerie's relatives also spoke about their doubts in the
case.
Adrian Henderson of St. Paul, Minn. said she knew little about her niece's
recent activities.
"All I knew is that she moved to St. Louis to be with some man, and we don't
know who he is," Henderson said.
"We don't believe she did this. I've never seen her hit that baby."
`This is a tragedy'
The baby's father, Bashir Naji-Allah, said he and Phillips never were married
and that he now serves in the Navy.
"This is a tragedy," he said.
Shirley Williams, Phillips' grandmother, and the Rev. Beulah Wright of
Minneapolis, who is Valerie's great-grandmother, praised the Children's
Hospital staff and Ferguson police for their work on Valerie's behalf.
Wright said they finally got to see Valerie in the hospital.
"We want Valerie to know she has family," said Wright. The toddler, who was not
conscious, did not respond to their presence.
Police interviewed other residents of the 12-unit apartment building where
Phillips and Valerie live, in the 9400 block of Coppercreek Court.
Police have said that Phillips had lived there with another woman, whom they
would not identify. That woman has a son who often visited the apartment, they
said, but they would not identify the son.
Clintresa Phillips' relatives said this woman and her son are unrelated to
Phillips or Valerie.
Renee Garnett, 25, lives above Phillips' apartment. She said a man and a woman
moved into that apartment about a month ago and she regularly heard loud
quarrels and fights in the apartment.
"I'd usually hear a woman's voice and sometimes a man, but the woman did most
of the screaming," she said.
Garnett said she occasionally saw a thin man, about 30 years old, and rarely
saw a woman.
But, Garnett said, she never heard a young child and didn't know that a girl
lived there.
Another neighbor, who asked to remain anonymous, said she, too, has never heard
a small child in the unit.
Less than two weeks ago, Garnett said, she heard a loud noise against the front
door of the apartment. The next day, she noticed a large heel mark indented
into the door's sheet-metal front, near the doorknob. The mark still was there
Monday.
Garnett said she was deeply disturbed to learn later about Valerie. "Had I ever
known any of this had to do with a baby, I would have called police right
away," said Garnett, who said she is a child-care worker.
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Tuesday, March 3, 1998
CHILD-WELFARE AUTHORITIES DECRY SILENCE THAT OFTEN CONCEALS PROLONGED ABUSE
IN TWO CASES, THEY WONDER HOW OTHERS COULD HAVE OVERLOOKED SEVERE INJURIES
By Kristina Sauerwein
Of The Post-Dispatch
Bill Bell And Lance Williams Of The Post-Dispatch
Contributed Information For This Report.
Severe and prolonged cases of child abuse, like the two in the news this week,
often have at least one element in common: silence, child service officials
said Monday.
Silence, on the part of family members and neighbors of the abused children,
increases the chance that abuse goes unnoticed, they said.
In the case of 3-year-old Valerie Phillips, who was in serious but stable
condition Monday at St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis County authorities
and Ferguson police have been pleading for witnesses of the alleged abuse to
come forward.
Robert McCulloch, county prosecutor, said someone must have heard about or seen
the mutilation and torture that Valerie suffered over the past few months.
Valerie lost some of her teeth, part of her lip and ear, some of her hair and
some of her skin. She also suffered substantial internal and other external
injuries that no one reported until last week.
Valerie's mother, Clintresa Phillips, 21, is charged with first-degree assault,
but McCulloch said he will change the charge to murder if Valerie dies. He said
he also is considering other charges, but witnesses are scarce.
Said Ferguson police Officer Tim Allen: "There is a preponderance of people who
don't want to get involved in such cases because of the graphic nature. And
they tend to think it's a family matter."
In another case, 4-month-old Demetrick Marquis Watford was declared dead Monday
after being punched and thrown by his father, Orlando Watford, 29, according to
police.
Orlando Watford is charged with first-degree murder. Demetrick's mother, Carrie
Hagens, 21, is charged with three counts of child endangerment.
Police are questioning who knew about the abuse of that baby and two others
Watford is accused of harming.
Three years ago, Watford was charged with manslaughter in the death of
4-month-old Zaria Hagens, who was Carrie Hagens' daughter. But the charge was
dropped because authorities could not locate a key witness to testify. In that
death, Carrie Hagens was not charged.
In addition, authorities have found injuries on Mariah Hagens, Carrie Hagens'
18-month-old daughter. Watford was charged Monday with child abuse in that
case. Mariah was in serious condition Monday with a fractured skull and a
broken leg.
Marilynn Knipp, associate director of the Missouri Department of Social
Services, said family members are often the only people who know what is
happening to young children. Their relation to the abuser often deters them
from reporting child abuse.
Knipp said abuse workers cannot investigate a case without a report.
"There has to be some grounds," she said. "If we were in a Nazi state, we would
be able to act on hearsay information."
The child abuse hot line at the Department of Social Services is (800)
392-3738.
Children's services workers say that when a child screams and cries and adults
yell, kick and throw things, neighbors often block it out, pretending to see or
hear nothing.
"It's unfortunate because neighbors can be the first line of defense for these
children," said Susan Stepleton, executive director of Edgewood Children's
Center in Webster Groves.
Social workers and law enforcement officials who work with child abuse cases
offer tips for people suspecting abuse:
* Is the crying and yelling and other commotion frequent?
* Is it beyond what's considered normal?
* When you see the child, does he or she have marks or bruises?
* Does the child seem constantly fearful?
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The following appears courtesy of the 3/4/98 online edition of The Saint
Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper:
Wednesday, March 4, 1998
EDITORIAL
SAVING THE LITTLE ANGELS
It's too late for 4-month-old Demetrick Marquis Watford. On Monday, the infant,
who had been repeatedly punched in the head and thrown into a table, died,
allegedly at the hand of his father Orlando Watford. It may be too late for
3-year-old Valerie Phillips, tortured and mutilated allegedly by her mother,
Clintresa Phillips. If Valerie survives, her psychic wounds may prove even more
disfiguring than her physical ones.
By the time Demetrick and Valerie arrived at local children's hospitals, the
damage was done, and all anyone could do was react. The doctors and nurses try
to save these battered angels; the police make arrests; the public sends teddy
bears and toys in an effort to comfort a child.
It's not good enough.
Children shouldn't have to be clinging to life on respirators before they
capture our attention. We have to prevent tragedies like these.
For starters, that means breaking through some cherished contradictions. People
are up in arms about cases like these, observed Dr. James Monteleone, director
of child protection at SLUCare. Yet, at the same time, they don't want Big
Brother interfering in the family.
So neighbors don't call the police when they hear curses and objects flying in
the apartment below. Or doctors in an emergency room let a young kid's broken
leg get by. The warning signs, the bruises, the disengaged mother are usually
there to see before the fractured skull.
Most child fatalities and brutalities happen to kids 3 years old and younger.
That means that family members, neighbors and hospital people are the most
likely to see and know what's happening, and they need to break the silence.
If we're serious about preventing another Demetrick or Valerie, we have to
start at the beginning - in the hospital when these babies are born. The
health-care profession is the front-line of defense. Nurses in hospital
nurseries are a good resource to tap. Doctors in emergency rooms often see the
first, minor injuries that warn of lethal ones to come.
There's no mystery in identifying babies at risk of abuse and mothers at risk
of abusing them, say experts like Dr. Monteleone and Dorothy Heltibrand of the
Family Support Network. Young, poorly educated women with a history of abuse
and a live-in boyfriend can be dangerous. Warning bells should be ringing if
mothers had no prenatal care, are uninterested in their babies or don't know
what to expect from them.
Unfortunately, drive-by deliveries and short hospital stays make it harder for
nurses, and other health-care providers, to detect mothers struggling to form a
bond with their infants.
Then what? Trained social workers or home health nurses should be dispatched to
visit at home those newborns in fragile families. Is the baby clean? Fed? Does
the baby have a place to sleep? How's the mother? Her parenting skills? Does
she have family and friends to help her?
This area doesn't have to reinvent the wheel. Plenty of good ideas and programs
are out there. For example, the Family Support Network's Project First Step is
a home-based program to teach parenting skills to disadvantaged moms. At any
time, it has 150 families. Some states have model programs like Hawaii's
Healthy Families. Preventing abuse has to be an integral part of any program to
reduce infant mortality.
The St. Louis Health Department's troubled Maternal-Child Health program needs
to be reinvigorated - another chore for the busy Dr. Larry Fields. The state
departments of Social Services and Health, already strapped, need to lobby hard
for money on prevention. Otherwise, it's just a matter of time before the next
Demetrick or Valerie tugs at our conscience.