GUILTY MD - Melonie Hamber, 2, beaten to death, Baltimore, 17 April 2010

[Texas Mist]

City father charged with murder in toddler's death
Police say man confessed to striking child with belt

By Andrea F. Siegel, The Baltimore Sun
1:08 p.m. EDT, April 18, 2010

Baltimore police have charged the father of a toddler with murder in the death Saturday of his 2-year-old daughter.

Melonie Hamber was pronounced dead at 5:19 p.m. Saturday after she was taken from the 2000 block of East Hoffman Street to Johns Hopkins Hospital, said police spokesman Donny Moses. Police suspected she had been shaken.

Her father, Tyrone Hamber, 22, of the same address, told police he found the child unresponsive on the bathroom floor. Under questioning, he told investigators that he beat the child with a belt to discipline her, Moses said.

more here

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/ma...md-br-toddler-killed-20100418,0,5124410.story

looks like this precious little one was inflicted w/ more than a 'whipping'.


:rose: Fly with angels, sweet little girl :rose:

 

[Kymistry35]

He won't hurt you anymore baby girl...I am so sorry no one was there to save you. RIP.

 

[Belinda]

So, she was 2 years old and he is an adult and he needed a belt?..... Boy, what a tough guy he is.

 

[kbl8201]

where was he beting her? couldnt have just been in her butt

 

[Filly]

"Father" was initially charged with child abuse, but the autopsy showed additional injuries and he was charged with murder.

Poor little angel. That was most likely not her first beating. Rest in peace, sweetie. I am so sorry you had to see sch an ugly world in your young, short life.

 

[OkieGranny]

From February 2012:

http://www.wbaltv.com/Man-Who-Killed-Daughter-2-Sentenced-To-Prison/11031678

A Baltimore man will spend the next 25 years behind bars for beating to death his 2-year-old daughter.

Tyrone Hamber III pleaded guilty in October to child abuse resulting in death...