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Local News - June 12, 2002 Police: Mom burns child in oven By Marty Roney Montgomery Advertiser COOSADA – State and local authorities have charged a Coosada woman with attempted murder after she placed her 14-month-old daughter in a hot oven – at the urging, she told authorities, of voices in her head. Melissa Wright, 26, of 100 Harm’s Way, Lot 10, is being held in the Elmore County Jail on $250,000 bond. The baby, whose name officials wouldn’t release, was listed in guarded condition in the burn center at the Children’s Hospital in Birmingham, said Diane Black, hospital spokeswoman. The child has third-degree burns over more than 30 percent of her body, 19th Circuit District Attorney Randall Houston said. The anguished cries of the child from inside the oven brought her father, Robert Lynn Smith, into the kitchen, and he removed the baby, Houston said. “At first the mother told us the baby fell in the oven and the door slammed shut,” Houston said. “We don’t believe that, because the evidence doesn’t support it. Then she said voices told her to put the baby in the oven.” Investigators don’t know what temperature the oven was set at, or how long the child was inside. The case is being investigated by the Coosada Police Department, Elmore County Sheriff’s Department and Alabama Bureau of Investigation. Wright may be in jail a long time, Sheriff Bill Franklin said. “I told my people that before anyone bonds her out, they must see me first,” Franklin said. “I’m not going to accept a property bond. It’s going to be a cash bond. She needs to stay in jail until her trial comes up.” Wright also has a 7-year-old daughter. The Department of Human Resources has taken that child into custody, Houston said. The neighborhood where Wright lives is just off Coosada Parkway. The circular drive leads to about 10 mobile homes. Most sport well-kept yards. No one answered a knock on the door at Wright’s home Monday. A teen-age girl, baby-sitting at a nearby mobile home, said no one had been home all day. Several neighbors declined to give their names when approached for comment. Houston, a veteran prosecutor, is enraged by the case. “I have worked child abuse cases before, and you never get used to them,” he said. “Abusing any child is horrible. But in this case, we are talking about a baby, who is dependent on adults for everything. You can’t get any more helpless or defenseless than a baby.” ++++++ M. F. Abernathy -- [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- 06/18/02 <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
