NC - Khan Frazier, 2 wks, beaten to death, High Point, 27 Nov 2012 *Arrests*

Relatives of a two-week-old baby allegedly murdered by his father said child protective services was involved with the dead infant’s parents but didn’t adequately monitor their home environment.

Social workers visited Stefany Renee Ash and Brian Jack Frazier as often as three times a week to check on the welfare of their children, according to Sandra and Bruce Alston, Ash’s mother and stepfather. The Alstons said the unmarried couple lived in squalor with their two sons – Khan, born Nov. 14 and Kane, who is 15 months old – with dirty diapers and other trash piled up throughout the Kimery Drive house they shared with Ash’s father.

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Sandra Alston said that, shortly after her daughter came home from the hospital with Kane, “she called DSS and said, ‘Come get this baby. I’m not mentally capable” of raising him.

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She said Ash, who was charged with accessory after the fact, has been on suicide watch at the Guilford County Jail since her arrest. She said the couple was into a strange religion she termed “devil worshipping” that involves spells.

“She thinks that Brian has cast a spell over her, so that if she leaves him, she’ll die,” said Bruce Alston. “She’s been into this witch stuff for a long time.”

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tlcox said:

I cannot stop crying. This baby. My God. I need to seriously consider a mental health break from all threads crime against children or maybe from WS completely.

Day after day, each story more monstrous than the last, seemingly without end.

What is happening to humanity.

I am so sorry sweet child. So very sorry.

These are not parents. I cannot even call them animals. That would be an insult to animals.

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peeples said:

http://myfox8.com/2012/11/28/two-week-old-found-dead-in-high-point-2-arrested/?hpt=ju_bn4

Police arrested Brian Jack Frazier and Stefany Renee Ash, both 20, in connection with the child’s death.

Frazier was allegedly up until 5 a.m. Tuesday playing video games when Khan “got fussy.”

According to the prosecutor, the infant’s father allegedly grabbed the child by the neck and punched the child in the face.

According to the prosecutor, Frazier then went back to sleep.

Ash found the baby unresponsive around 2 p.m. Tuesday. High Point Police responded to the scene around 3:05 p.m. and found the infant.

The baby was pronounced dead Tuesday afternoon.

Police said Frazier admitted to the crime when officers arrived on the scene. The infant likely had been dead for at least 10 hours.

According to the prosecutor, before calling 911, Ash and Frazier allegedly discussed ways they could cover up the incident. Those discussions allegedly included hiding the baby’s body, claiming a kidnapping or fleeing to the mountains.

Frazier is charged with first-degree murder. Ash is charged with accessory after the fact to first-degree murder.

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Lois Lane said:

http://www.hpe.com/news/local/x531238816/Relatives-of-dead-infant-question-DSS-handling-of-case

There's more in the article.

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peeples said:

http://myfox8.com/2012/11/28/two-week-old-found-dead-in-high-point-2-arrested/?hpt=ju_bn4

Police arrested Brian Jack Frazier and Stefany Renee Ash, both 20, in connection with the child’s death.

Frazier was allegedly up until 5 a.m. Tuesday playing video games when Khan “got fussy.”

According to the prosecutor, the infant’s father allegedly grabbed the child by the neck and punched the child in the face.

According to the prosecutor, Frazier then went back to sleep.

Ash found the baby unresponsive around 2 p.m. Tuesday. High Point Police responded to the scene around 3:05 p.m. and found the infant.

The baby was pronounced dead Tuesday afternoon.

Police said Frazier admitted to the crime when officers arrived on the scene. The infant likely had been dead for at least 10 hours.

According to the prosecutor, before calling 911, Ash and Frazier allegedly discussed ways they could cover up the incident. Those discussions allegedly included hiding the baby’s body, claiming a kidnapping or fleeing to the mountains.

Frazier is charged with first-degree murder. Ash is charged with accessory after the fact to first-degree murder.

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Caligram said:

If this couple had known mental problems why were they allowed to procreate. They had a 15month-old and a 2 week-old. I am sure that neither parent had a job so they were living off of what? I think that there needs to be a better system than foster care for at-risk infants such as these. Maybe children's homes, which I thought of as orphanages when i was a kid. The upkeep for these should be less than foster care; babies and toddlers don't eat that much, and there could be sufficient mommy, daddy, and grandparent nurturers. The little ones would have a clean environments, tender care with hugs, and medical care if needed. The rights of children need to take priority over parental rights - so if parents fail to do their job they forfeit their parental rights and the welfare money they were collecting.

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Ash’s stepfather, Bruce Alston, told the judge that his stepdaughter is afraid of Frazier, who she met online. He relocated from Louisiana and moved in with Ash and her family. He said her father was the only provider in the household and that the family struggled to make ends meet.

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