Man Charged With Drowning Son in Bathtub
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FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) A man who police say confessed to drowning his 4-year-old son in a bathtub has been charged with murder in what could become a death penalty case. Authorities say Gideon Walter Omondi and his estranged wife were in the middle of a custody dispute over Richard Omondi before the father walked into a Fullerton police station Sunday and said he killed the boy.
http://servedby.advertising.com/cli...8826630890,683385^379816^1^0,1_/bnum=85838501 Omondi directed police and paramedics to an apartment, where they found Richard's body tucked in bed with a damp pillow.
Omondi, 35, was charged Tuesday with murder and a special circumstance allegation that he killed his son by lying in wait, making him eligible for the death penalty. Prosecutors said they have not decided whether to ask for the death penalty.
The boy had been on a court-appointed weekend visit with his father when he was killed.
Omondi and his wife, Hellen, both immigrants from Kenya, have accused each other of domestic violence in divorce records. Hellen Omondi accused her husband, a mechanical engineering student at California State University, Fullerton, of paying more attention to his studies than his family.
State child-welfare records released Tuesday show the Omondis had been investigated for possible child abuse.
Between November 2004 and July 2005, officials received three calls expressing concern that Richard was neglected, but documents released by the California Department of Social Services showed that investigators were unable to determine whether the allegations were true. It was unclear whether the family accepted help from county programs, or how many times authorities checked on the boy's welfare.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THESE CHILD KILLERS CAN WAKE UP EVERY MORNING & LOOK AT THEMSELVES IN THE MIRROR KNOWING WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO A HELPLESS, INNOCENT CHILD. I GUESS THEY HAVE NO CONSCIENCE.
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FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) A man who police say confessed to drowning his 4-year-old son in a bathtub has been charged with murder in what could become a death penalty case. Authorities say Gideon Walter Omondi and his estranged wife were in the middle of a custody dispute over Richard Omondi before the father walked into a Fullerton police station Sunday and said he killed the boy.
http://servedby.advertising.com/cli...8826630890,683385^379816^1^0,1_/bnum=85838501 Omondi directed police and paramedics to an apartment, where they found Richard's body tucked in bed with a damp pillow.
Omondi, 35, was charged Tuesday with murder and a special circumstance allegation that he killed his son by lying in wait, making him eligible for the death penalty. Prosecutors said they have not decided whether to ask for the death penalty.
The boy had been on a court-appointed weekend visit with his father when he was killed.
Omondi and his wife, Hellen, both immigrants from Kenya, have accused each other of domestic violence in divorce records. Hellen Omondi accused her husband, a mechanical engineering student at California State University, Fullerton, of paying more attention to his studies than his family.
State child-welfare records released Tuesday show the Omondis had been investigated for possible child abuse.
Between November 2004 and July 2005, officials received three calls expressing concern that Richard was neglected, but documents released by the California Department of Social Services showed that investigators were unable to determine whether the allegations were true. It was unclear whether the family accepted help from county programs, or how many times authorities checked on the boy's welfare.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THESE CHILD KILLERS CAN WAKE UP EVERY MORNING & LOOK AT THEMSELVES IN THE MIRROR KNOWING WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO A HELPLESS, INNOCENT CHILD. I GUESS THEY HAVE NO CONSCIENCE.