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mysteriew
08-15-2005, 10:51 AM
Talia Williams had the most horrible of homecomings last week.
After a prolonged custody battle in South Carolina, the 5-year-old girl was taken from her birth mother in Orangeburg last December to live with her father and stepmother at a military base in Hawaii.

A second legal battle took place last month over bringing her body home for burial. She died July 16 in what officials in Hawaii called "inflicted head trauma due to battered child syndrome."

Her funeral was last Wednesday.

The father and stepmother are charged with murder.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/Default.aspx?newsID=36367&section=localnews
Jules
08-15-2005, 11:10 AM
OMG.... how awful - especially for the mother who fought for her. I have tears. It doesn't sound like the mother was even allowed to talk to her daughter once she left fro Hawaii. I couldn't imagine. Poor thing. My heart goes out to her.
anneoakley63
08-15-2005, 12:43 PM
OMG! I don't know if Hawaii has the death penalty, but if they do, this is a classic case for it's use! This is so very sad.:(
Jules
08-15-2005, 12:53 PM
Hawaii has no death penalty. UGH!
nanandjim
08-15-2005, 01:17 PM
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nanandjim
08-15-2005, 01:22 PM
Well, I can guess that the only reason the father wanted custody was so he didn't have to pay child support for the girl. What an idiot. I hope that both are sentence to LWOP.
Amraann
08-15-2005, 01:54 PM
He is in the Military.. and I assume this took place at their house on base so seems to me that the Military would preside over it??
Jules
08-15-2005, 02:05 PM
Yes, military will preside over his case. His wife was charged in civilian court. Must have been quite a bitter custody battle. It would appear the only reason he wanted the little girl was to punish and torture the mother. I hope he and his wife both rot in prisons the rest of their lives.
SewingDeb
08-15-2005, 03:48 PM
Well, I can guess that the only reason the father wanted custody was so he didn't have to pay child support for the girl. What an idiot. I hope that both are sentence to LWOP.

The mother is calling for the death penalty.

http://starbulletin.com/2005/07/31/news/story1.html
Jules
08-15-2005, 03:56 PM
The mother is calling for the death penalty.

http://starbulletin.com/2005/07/31/news/story1.html

This from the article you posted:

Army officials say Williams faces life imprisonment if convicted. He is not facing the death penalty because he was charged under a specific section of Article 118 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice that does not call for capital punishment.
mysteriew
08-15-2005, 04:07 PM
The mother is calling for the death penalty.

http://starbulletin.com/2005/07/31/news/story1.html

If the law doesn't allow for it she won't get it. But, I don't blame her at all for trying! I hope she makes some headway.
Melissa Marshall
08-15-2005, 11:23 PM
That is so terrible. That poor little girl. What is wrong with people?? How can someone hurt a child? These stories are so heartbreaking.
mysteriew
08-23-2005, 03:45 AM
Federal Prosecutors are expected to ask for a woman accused in the death of her five-year-old stepdaughter to be held without bail.

A detention hearing for Delilah Williams is scheduled for Thursday in U.S. District Court.

Williams was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder for Saturday's death of Talia Williams.
http://www.khnl.com/Global/story.asp?S=3621398
gangsta
08-23-2005, 07:58 AM
What a sad story... poor little girl... Iam glad that one case is in civl as I find the military likes to hide its messes so at least this way the public will be able to follow this case CLOSELY. What a shame and I am glad they will not be getting DP as I hope much more suffering is waiting for them here alive.:(

I hope she is finally at peace without pain...I HATE WHEN CHILDREN ARE USED AS PAWNS..and the courts need to take reponsibility as well...
SewingDeb
08-23-2005, 10:13 AM
This from the article you posted:

Army officials say Williams faces life imprisonment if convicted. He is not facing the death penalty because he was charged under a specific section of Article 118 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice that does not call for capital punishment.

Thanks for pointing that out.
Linda7NJ
08-23-2005, 02:20 PM
Even the school contacted CPS.....another bang up job by the people paid to protect children!:mad:
Jules
08-23-2005, 02:46 PM
Even the school contacted CPS.....another bang up job by the people paid to protect children!:mad:

I saw that - absolutely disgusting! :furious: That poor little girl didn't stand a chance.
csds703
08-23-2005, 04:45 PM
That poor child. The stepmother didn't want to call because she was afraid her child would be taken away. I hope she rots in a cell for a very long time. That couple deserves whatever they get. This just makes me MAD