GUILTY MI - Ella Stafford, 1, & Johnathan Sanderlin, 1, drowned, Allen Park, 22 Oct 2010

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ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- Two small children were found dead Tuesday in a suburban Detroit apartment, and a 27-year-old man was taken into custody while investigators searched the building, police said.

Police responded to a 911 call shortly after 2 a.m. and found the children inside an apartment, said Detective Lt. James Wilkewitz of the Allen Park police. Police wouldn't speculate on a possible cause of death. Autopsies were planned.

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/25438844/detail.html
 
http://www.detnews.com/article/2010...-in-bathtub-deaths-of-two-Allen-Park-toddlers

The children have been identified as Ella Stafford, 15 months old, and her half-brother, Jonathon Sanderlin, 13 months old.

She described the man as "rude" and impatient with the children.

"He's the type of person who doesn't get along with others," Peters said. "I called the cops when he left the babies in his van this summer. It was June or July. I heard a baby and I saw them in the van. Police said he'd been called on before."

http://www.freep.com/article/20101019/NEWS02/101019036/Police-2-Allen-Park-tots-drown-no-charges-yet

Relatives of the family said the children's father, Steven L. Nicholson, 27, of Allen Park, is being questioned by police.


Ella's mother, Tayler Stafford, 19, said Nicholson had legal custody of the girl and she had visitation rights
 
This is so very sad :( But who gives their small children a bath at that time of night? I heard one local station say he put the children in the tub and fell asleep????? Poor Babies!
 
what's happening to my state? starting to look like florida in these threads.


course I knew long ago that all the crazies are in MI.

I'm about to go read the 95 comments. good info in there sometimes.
 
read that he was not alone that night . . . " a confrontation between Steven Nicholson and the mother of one of the children hours before police were called to the residence."

One of the mothers was seen at the apartment prior to the babies being found & it also stated the father was so drunk he had to be awakened by neighbors in which thats when he found his babies and called 911 (from a poster in the comments section).

He loves alcohol & MJ apparently . . .

http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2010/10/22/news/doc4cc1a1cd5ca96934672056.txt
 
read that he was not alone that night . . . " a confrontation between Steven Nicholson and the mother of one of the children hours before police were called to the residence."

http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2010/10/22/news/doc4cc1a1cd5ca96934672056.txt

from your link

Detective Jeff Miller told the court that officers found Nicholson sitting on the floor and the children lying in front of him on their backs.

He said the little boy had burns on his face, arms, legs and torso. Miller said the little girl had burns on her legs, her skin was pale and her lips were purple.

He said both children appeared to be deceased.

http://www.detnews.com/article/2010...-dad-arraigned-on-murder--child-abuse-charges

Nicholson's mother has told The News that he has a drinking problem, and sometimes carried a pint of liquor in a back pocket.

Nicholson has a lengthy record of mostly misdemeanors, including malicious destruction of property and alcohol and marijuana offenses. Some of the offenses date to his teenage years. Police said they've been called to the home before.

Court authorities confirmed Nicholson at one time faced a domestic abuse charge but declined to release the records.

Services for Ella will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Martenson Funeral Home, Allen Park, 10915 Allen Road. Jonathan's funeral is set for 11 a.m. Saturday at Peterson Funeral Home Inc., 205 E. Cass in Cadillac.
 
A suburban Detroit man declared, "I didn't hurt my babies," after he was arraigned on murder charges Friday in the drowning deaths of his two toddlers.

Steven Nicholson was so distraught he could barely say his name as he stood in court just a few hours after prosecutors filed charges in the deaths of 15-month-old Ella Stafford and 13-month-old Johnathan Sanderlin, whose bodies were discovered in Nicholson's apartment.
Nicholson, 27, called 911 about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday to say the children had drowned.
When officers arrived, Nicholson was sitting on the floor with the bodies in front of him, Allen Park police Detective Jeff Miller told a judge.

The babies were scalded and drowned

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEAD_CHILDREN_MICHIGAN?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US
 
A suburban Detroit man declared, "I didn't hurt my babies," after he was arraigned on murder charges Friday in the drowning deaths of his two toddlers.

Steven Nicholson was so distraught he could barely say his name as he stood in court just a few hours after prosecutors filed charges in the deaths of 15-month-old Ella Stafford and 13-month-old Johnathan Sanderlin, whose bodies were discovered in Nicholson's apartment.
Nicholson, 27, called 911 about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday to say the children had drowned.
When officers arrived, Nicholson was sitting on the floor with the bodies in front of him, Allen Park police Detective Jeff Miller told a judge.

The babies were scalded and drowned

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEAD_CHILDREN_MICHIGAN?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US

I am so tired of these stories! :banghead: Every day there seem like there is another one. When will it end?
 
NG coverd this case last night. It was also reported that these babies' bodies were scalded with hot water!
 
Bless little Ella and Johnathan...may you fly with the angels. So so sad. The father's crime and his behavior reminds me more of what we see with mothers. I'll be very interested to see how this plays out. So often, DHS doesn't have "quite enough to go on" to remove the children. The article states that the mothers didn't live with the father but I'm unclear as to where the children lived.

My prayers are with the families of the babies.
 
Bless little Ella and Johnathan...may you fly with the angels. So so sad. The father's crime and his behavior reminds me more of what we see with mothers. I'll be very interested to see how this plays out. So often, DHS doesn't have "quite enough to go on" to remove the children. The article states that the mothers didn't live with the father but I'm unclear as to where the children lived.

My prayers are with the families of the babies.
They lived with the father, according to reports on NG last night.
 
http://www.myspace.com/chzweez

He talks about his 16 year old brother being murdered, staying close to God, and helping his babies' mothers stabilize their lives. 100s of photos of his babies. He mentions that these two are the first two to make it to life and that he has many unborn ones in heaven. Now he has two who once lived in heaven.......
 
I just spent a good bit of time on Steven's MS page. The babies are dead. We can't ignore that fact. Something went horribly wrong. But this man seemed to genuinely step up to the bat for those babies. Not all young men do. I'm very very sad about this case. What went wrong?
 
I can't even read the posts.........I was so sick last night watching this on JVM last night.
Also the babysitter that scalded a little boy for wetting himself.........
burns are my phobia......I cannot handle this.......
Praying for little ones..............
 
Tragically sad! Another case of drugs and alcohol resulting in a child's death!
My heart goes out to the Mum's of these toddlers!
 
I have not been able to locate a FB page for him. Does anyone know if he has one?
 

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