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Parents: Baby killed because demon-possessed
Investigators say it was the most gruesome scene involving a child they had ever seen.
Investigators say it was the most gruesome scene involving a child they had ever seen.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008 - 7:11pm
RUSK COUNTY - An East Texas couple appeared in a Rusk County court this morning, accused of bludgeoning a 13-month-old girl to death with a hammer.
Investigators say it was the most gruesome scene involving a child they had ever seen.
According to authorities, they received a 911 call Tuesday morning from 18-year-old Jessica Carson, the baby's mother. Carson, whom authorities say graduated last year from Longview High School with honors, told the dispatcher she and her live-in fiancé Blaine Milam, 18, briefly left the baby at home. They said upon their return to the house on County Road 2125 in Henderson, the child, Amora Bain Carson, was not breathing.
That was just one of many stories the pair would tell authorities including the fact that dogs bit her, a car wreck occurred and the child killed herself with a hammer.
Deputies say when they arrived, Amora was on her back in the bedroom, beaten to death with some kind of object, which they believe was a hammer.
"She also had 15-20 bite marks on her body," said Lt. Reynold Humer with the Rusk County Sheriff's Dept. "Ive seen a lot of (murder scenes) in my 30 years but this is worse I've ever seen."
Officials believe Amora may have been tortured before her death with the bite marks and then later killed with the hammer or another tool.
Lt. Humer said authorities became immediately suspicious of the couple and Carson eventually broke down to Texas Rangers.
According to the arrest report, Carson admitted to Ranger Kenny Ray that she was present when the defendant performed an exorcism of the demons possessing the body of their child, Amora Bain Carson. The defendant went on to say after her husband killed the baby, they drove to Henderson to a pawnshop to pawn items to pay for an exorcism service and officers were able to confirm those transactions. The defendant Carson said they then made up a story about leaving the baby alone and returning home and finding the baby dead.
The blonde-hair, blue-eyed baby was described by family members as a happy toddler, full of life, who never cried.
Bond was set at $2 million dollars each. If convicted, the couple faces the death penalty.
:furious:Mr. Milam was a registered sex-offender and was supposed to be behind bars at the time.
However, officials say a slip-up in the system allowed Milam to be freed months before his release. :furious:
http://www.ketknbc.com/news/baby-amoras-mom-stepfather-indicted-capital-murder-charges
Milam capital murder trial set for May 3
By Howard Roden
Updated: 04.25.10
After sifting through an initial pool of 388 potential jurors, the capital murder trial of Blaine Keith Milam is scheduled to start May 3.
Milam, 20, of Henderson, faces the death penalty for his alleged involvement in the December 2008 beating death of his fiancees 13-month-old child. Milam and Jessica Bain Carson allegedly struck Amora Bain Carson approximately 20 times with a hammer in an attempt to perform an exorcism on the toddler.
The trial, which was transferred from its original location in Rusk County due to pretrial publicity, is to be held in the 284th state District Court. Judge J. Clay Gossett, of the 4th state District Court in Rusk County will preside over the trial.
Starting in March, 87 jurors were interviewed individually, from which a panel of 48 was chosen, according to a press release issued by Gossett.
more here
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2010/04/26/conroe_courier/news/milam042510.txt