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Martha Sprowles

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Apr 2, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/2/98
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DOG3 wrote:
>
> I'm sorry but I hope they fry these fuckers. The more crime news I post the
> more disgusted I get.
>
> Michael
>
> Three charged after police say they beat 3-year-old to death
>
> Associated Press, 04/02/98 18:52
>
> MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. (AP) - A mother and two of her friends were each charged with
> murder Thursday in the death of the woman's 3-year-old son after what police
> called a ``three-hour torture session.''
>
> Christopher Gardner died Wednesday night about 7:30 p.m. at St. Francis
> Hospital in Poughkeepsie, about 6 1/2 hours after paramedics responded to a 911
> call from his mother's home that a child had fallen down the stairs.
> Authorities said the beating began after the three suspects thought Christopher
> stole candy from them.
>
> The boy suffered a fractured jaw, broken arm, cigarette burns to the torso,
> bite marks, a lacerated liver and a collapsed lung. Photos showed his battered
> body discolored blue and red by the injuries.
>
> ``The only way I can describe it is that Christopher Gardner was used as a
> human punching bag,'' Sullivan County District Attorney Stephen Lungen said
> Thursday.
>
> Charged with second-degree murder were Christopher's mother, Tracy Ann Irwin,
> 27; her boyfriend William Banker, 33; and Irwin's 31-year-old landlord, Jeanna
> Lynn Lester. They were arraigned in Sullivan County Court Thursday morning and
> jailed without bail.
>
> Christopher lived with his mother, one sibling, and Banker in an apartment in
> the town of Mamamkating, about 64 miles northwest of New York. Lester and her
> three children lived in another apartment in the complex. All of the children
> were taken into custody Thursday by child and family services officials.
>
> State Police Capt. John Melville said the torture session that led to
> Christopher's death began as punishment after one of those accused thought the
> boy stole candy from them.
>
> Investigators said the trio inflicted various injuries on the 3-year-old over a
> period of time, including scalding him with hot water, extinguishing cigarettes
> on his body, and punching and kicking him.
>
> Authorities said it took about three hours during an autopsy to count the
> number of bruises and abrasions on Christopher's body.
>
> ``There's probably not a part of his body that hasn't been touched or beaten,''
> Lungen said.
>
> Christopher's father lives out-of-state and had been notified of his son's
> death. Police said they had no previous reports of abuse at Irwin's home.
>
> Lungen suspected the child may have been targeted for abuse because he was
> ``different'' or ``slower'' than other kids, but declined to elaborate.

You know what really blows me away about this? These were three adults
upset enough about their *candy* that they beat to death a child they
suspected of stealing it. Adults and CANDY.

Marthapo

glas

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Apr 2, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/2/98
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Martha Sprowles wrote ...

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|You know what really blows me away about this? These were three
adults
|upset enough about their *candy* that they beat to death a child they
|suspected of stealing it. Adults and CANDY.


Possible they were alcoholics?

glas

DOG3

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Apr 3, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/3/98
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DOG3

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Apr 3, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/3/98
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In article <352408...@erols.com>, Martha Sprowles <spro...@erols.com>
writes:

>
>You know what really blows me away about this? These were three adults
>upset enough about their *candy* that they beat to death a child they
>suspected of stealing it. Adults and CANDY.
>

>Marthapo
>
>
>

It just kills me. The more I read I think all kids should be sent to Mars
until majority age. Then they can come back and steal mommy's candy without
worrying about being beaten to death. Jesus Christ.........

Michael


GMSpider

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Apr 3, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/3/98
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In article <352408...@erols.com>, Martha Sprowles <spro...@erols.com>
writes:

>You know what really blows me away about this? These were three adults
>upset enough about their *candy* that they beat to death a child they
>suspected of stealing it. Adults and CANDY.
>
>Marthapo


Addicts call cocaine, nose candy. Wonder if it was real candy.

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Mo bettah1

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Apr 3, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/3/98
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>Possible they were alcoholics?
>
>

Back when I was my mother's punching bag, her answer when I asked why she hit
me all the time was that I was just a damn kid and that I bothered her when
she had things on her mind. She never had a drink in her life, BTW. Everyone
thinks she's a lovely person and wonders why her daughter hasn't seen her in
years.
Mo


~*~*~I like life. It gives me something to do.

Martha Sprowles

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Apr 3, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/3/98
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glas wrote:
>
> Martha Sprowles wrote ...

> |
> |You know what really blows me away about this? These were three
> adults
> |upset enough about their *candy* that they beat to death a child they
> |suspected of stealing it. Adults and CANDY.
>
> Possible they were alcoholics?
>
> glas

I guess that's a possibility. My mother had a friend married to an
alcoholic; she could keep her husband sober with fudge. OTOH, I can
remember adults trick-or-treating who got really angry when I wouldn't
give them candy (they weren't in COSTUME, for godssake). But maybe they
were alcoholics, too.

Martha

Carma

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On 3 Apr 1998 00:42:08 GMT, do...@aol.com (DOG3) wrote:

>I'm sorry but I hope they fry these fuckers. The more crime news I post the
>more disgusted I get.
>

Can you imagine the terror this little guy's last hours consisted of?
Sick bastards.
This story *is* disgusting Michael and I hope these despicable excuses
for humanity get what they deserve. I'd like to be the avenger myself.
I say put the 3 of them in a cage with an angry grizzly and let them
duke it out - it's the closest comparison I can come to for a 3 y.o.
being beaten by 3 adults.
Heartbreaking.

MO CAFEEN

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Apr 4, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/4/98
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>Can you imagine the terror this little guy's last hours consisted of?
>Sick bastards.
>This story *is* disgusting Michael and I hope these despicable excuses
>for humanity get what they deserve. I'd like to be the avenger myself.

Every time I read these kinds of stories it breaks my heart. It makes me go
and hug my kids for no "apparent" reason (they think Mom just gets loopy from
time to time). As a parent, your first instinct is to protect your children
from any harm; to jump between them and anything dangerous and want to rip the
face off of anyone who would hurt them. It is unimaginable to me that a parent
could actually BE the person who hurts them. I know, it happens all the time,
but my mind simply cannot conceive of what these animals have going on in their
heads when they hurt these children. I hope they fry. Actually, I wish we
could bring back drawing and quatering.

DOG3

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Apr 4, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/4/98
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In article <199804040628...@ladder01.news.aol.com>, moca...@aol.com
(MO CAFEEN) writes:

>
>Every time I read these kinds of stories it breaks my heart. It makes me go
>and hug my kids for no "apparent" reason (they think Mom just gets loopy from
>time to time). As a parent, your first instinct is to protect your children
>from any harm; to jump between them and anything dangerous and want to rip
>the
>face off of anyone who would hurt them. It is unimaginable to me that a
>parent
>could actually BE the person who hurts them. I know, it happens all the
>time,
>but my mind simply cannot conceive of what these animals have going on in
>their
>heads when they hurt these children. I hope they fry. Actually, I wish we
>could bring back drawing and quatering.


IMO they should bring back the old fashioned way of punishment for people like
this. Stick 'em in the center of town and stone 'em to death.

Michael


MO CAFEEN

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Apr 4, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/4/98
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>IMO they should bring back the old fashioned way of punishment for people
>like
>this. Stick 'em in the center of town and stone 'em to death.
>
>

Works for me.

SNAFU222

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Apr 8, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/8/98
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The male defendant will be put to death or have a life sentence, while the
female defendants will claim they were raped and abused, therefore serving
about 3 months each...

SNAFU222

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Apr 8, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/8/98
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No NO, hang'em by their tits till they rip off..Cool...

vkfrank...@hotmail.com

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Sep 28, 2016, 9:22:43 PM9/28/16
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On Friday, April 3, 1998 at 4:00:00 AM UTC-4, DOG3 wrote:
> In article <352408...@erols.com>, Martha Sprowles <spro...@erols.com>
> writes:
>
> >
> >You know what really blows me away about this? These were three adults
> >upset enough about their *candy* that they beat to death a child they
> >suspected of stealing it. Adults and CANDY.
> >
> >Marthapo
> >
> >
> >
>
> It just kills me. The more I read I think all kids should be sent to Mars
> until majority age. Then they can come back and steal mommy's candy without
> worrying about being beaten to death. Jesus Christ.........
>
> Michael

Mars? That's just stupid!

VK

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Sep 28, 2016, 9:27:25 PM9/28/16
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On Saturday, April 4, 1998 at 4:00:00 AM UTC-4, DOG3 wrote:
> In article <199804040628...@ladder01.news.aol.com>, moca...@aol.com
> (MO CAFEEN) writes:
>
> >
> >Every time I read these kinds of stories it breaks my heart. It makes me go
> >and hug my kids for no "apparent" reason (they think Mom just gets loopy from
> >time to time). As a parent, your first instinct is to protect your children
> >from any harm; to jump between them and anything dangerous and want to rip
> >the
> >face off of anyone who would hurt them. It is unimaginable to me that a
> >parent
> >could actually BE the person who hurts them. I know, it happens all the
> >time,
> >but my mind simply cannot conceive of what these animals have going on in
> >their
> >heads when they hurt these children. I hope they fry. Actually, I wish we
> >could bring back drawing and quatering.
>
>
> IMO they should bring back the old fashioned way of punishment for people like
> this. Stick 'em in the center of town and stone 'em to death.
>
> Michael

I agree 100%

000

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kenntra....@gmail.com

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Indeed true crime a moment to remember for their beginning of their reign well simple as it is the psycho has plenty of family and is working in a mental institution as a nurse or has you seen the resemblance of every district attorney in county to him...
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