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This poor child was tortured during his short little life and the news articles surrounding this case literally made me sick to my stomach. I'll try to post a few links here. He was found guilty and received life in prison without possiblity of parole. I'd have killed him had he been my husband.
Serita Mabe Michaux, 24, has agreed to co-operate in the case against James Franklin Michaux, 28, in exchange for lesser charges in her own case, according to records at the Guilford County courthouse in High Point.
Police began investigating the couple shortly after the May 15, 2003, death of 7-month-old James Tyler Michaux in the family's home at 8409 Rosehaven Drive.
The woman first gave a statement to police when she was arrested Oct. 1.
In the statement, Serita Michaux claimed she witnessed her husband make a number of attacks on the boy between Sept. 28, 2002, and May 15, 2003.
They include:
Holding the child's nose to keep him from breathing;
Pressing a knee into the child's lower abdomen;
Hitting the infant about the body with a remote control;
Burning the heel of the boy's right foot with a cigarette;
"Squeezing (James) around his stomach area to the extent that (his) hemorrhoids were exposed;" and
Using a needle and thread in an attempt to sew injuries to the infant's rectum.
Prosecutors said Monday that the trial is expected to occur within the next several months.
Serita Michaux will remain in custody until she testifies at trial, records show.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14238138&BRD=1332&PAG=461&dept_id=414366&rfi=6&xb=ninih
http://news.yahoo.com/s/wxii/200511...y_dx0QC;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
HIGH POINT -- After four hours of deliberation, jurors found a High Point man guilty Tuesday of first-degree murder and felony child abuse in the death of his 7-month-old son.
James Franklin Michaux was sentenced to life in prison without the chance for parole.
http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
According to testimony of the wife, this monster burned this poor child's ears and feet with cigarettes, he beat his fingers and hand with a remote control until the remote control broke into pieces, he squeezed his body until his bowels were coming out, he tried to sew that up with a needle and thread, he choked him and beat him repeatedly over his 7 month life. She saw him choking the little baby that very night of his death, but returned to the kitchen to continue her chores. According to the wife the always replied to her that he was his child and he'd do to him whatever he wanted to do. Testimony from psychiatrist stated she was a victim of domestic violence and abuse and had mild retardation. She was found guilty of knowledge of the abuse and will serve about one to two years, I believe. It was incredibly sickening and heartbreaking to follow this story.
Serita Mabe Michaux, 24, has agreed to co-operate in the case against James Franklin Michaux, 28, in exchange for lesser charges in her own case, according to records at the Guilford County courthouse in High Point.
Police began investigating the couple shortly after the May 15, 2003, death of 7-month-old James Tyler Michaux in the family's home at 8409 Rosehaven Drive.
The woman first gave a statement to police when she was arrested Oct. 1.
In the statement, Serita Michaux claimed she witnessed her husband make a number of attacks on the boy between Sept. 28, 2002, and May 15, 2003.
They include:
Holding the child's nose to keep him from breathing;
Pressing a knee into the child's lower abdomen;
Hitting the infant about the body with a remote control;
Burning the heel of the boy's right foot with a cigarette;
"Squeezing (James) around his stomach area to the extent that (his) hemorrhoids were exposed;" and
Using a needle and thread in an attempt to sew injuries to the infant's rectum.
Prosecutors said Monday that the trial is expected to occur within the next several months.
Serita Michaux will remain in custody until she testifies at trial, records show.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14238138&BRD=1332&PAG=461&dept_id=414366&rfi=6&xb=ninih
http://news.yahoo.com/s/wxii/200511...y_dx0QC;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
HIGH POINT -- After four hours of deliberation, jurors found a High Point man guilty Tuesday of first-degree murder and felony child abuse in the death of his 7-month-old son.
James Franklin Michaux was sentenced to life in prison without the chance for parole.
http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
According to testimony of the wife, this monster burned this poor child's ears and feet with cigarettes, he beat his fingers and hand with a remote control until the remote control broke into pieces, he squeezed his body until his bowels were coming out, he tried to sew that up with a needle and thread, he choked him and beat him repeatedly over his 7 month life. She saw him choking the little baby that very night of his death, but returned to the kitchen to continue her chores. According to the wife the always replied to her that he was his child and he'd do to him whatever he wanted to do. Testimony from psychiatrist stated she was a victim of domestic violence and abuse and had mild retardation. She was found guilty of knowledge of the abuse and will serve about one to two years, I believe. It was incredibly sickening and heartbreaking to follow this story.