By Ruth Manuel-Logan on May 20th 2010 12:28PM
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Memphis, Tenn., man was babysitting his girlfriend's toddler when she defecated on the floor. The man reacted to the accident by beating the 2-year-old toddler to death with a basketball shoe.
Calvin Jones, 23, admitted to local authorities that the forms of discipline he used on toddler Saniiyah Kuykendall included smacking her around with the back of his hand, then beating her with a basketball shoe.
When the toddler's 21-year-old mother, Anisha Alford, returned home, the little girl complained of not feeling well and, when touched, felt cold. An eyewitness at the apartment complex where the couple lives told police that at about 11:15 p.m. on the night of the incident, the child was seen spitting and gagging, and that her eyes were rolling toward the back of her head. The person advised the couple to take the child to a nearby hospital emergency room but the suggestion fell on deaf ears.
Instead, the couple went to bed, and when they woke up the next morning, the child was dead. Jones is charged with first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated child abuse. Alford is charged with one count of aggravated child abuse.
There were also two siblings, 4 and 1, in the home at the time. The children were placed with grandparents.
Police records do not indicate whether Alford was aware of the beating.
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By: Vickiss on 5/24/2010 2:17PM
"Before they carry out their death sentence I say let the public get to them. Do them like they did in the 1700-1800 hundreds. Put them out there on public display and let the public shred em' up and then carry out the death penalty."
Susan , during that time black people were slaves. And we treated much much worse than any of us do today. Feeding babies to alligators, children eating from troughs, daily rapes.
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By: vickie on 6/17/2010 2:07PM
Lasha, I don't know how u can say that you don't leave your child with there dad! If you can't leave your child with there father then perhaps you shouldn't be with him. When your with someone you know there violence level! My daughters dad I have no prob. leaving her with him. If your child is being abused and you know about it, you your self should do the time!!
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By: AL on 5/21/2010 2:09PM
why do these women keep inviting, these men into there homes & lives without realy knowing them, especially when there are children involved, this is absolutley horrific and after his stint in prison hell is were he should spend the rest of his sentence
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By: Jake on 5/21/2010 1:44PM
How very sad, I am totally speechless.
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By: gmenviron on 5/21/2010 2:16PM
I live in Michigan and have also been distraught and sick over what happened to the poor little 4 year old boy here. Then 2 weeks later another tragic story of a 4 year old boy who was tortured over a 4 day period and also died in Utah. These stories have touched me like no others. I was thinking last night that both of those incidents happened in caucasian families, and I was ashamed for my race. I see this and it saddens me even more, because this child abuse, this torture of these little angels knows no gender, no age, no geography, and no race. Sadly, this happens everywhere and it is absolutely tragic. I am paralyzed at times with grief over what these angels endured and anger at the women who were supposed to be their protectors and failed out of choice. As one other poster said, why do these women care more about these men than their own children? Why don't they give up these children to families who would love and cherish them instead of letting them be abused? Dominick Calhoun, Ethan Stacey, and Saniiyah Kuykendall, my greatest wish and prayer is that the three of you have found each other in heaven and help each other heal and forget what you endured.
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By: GONNA ALWAYS HAVE MY SAY on 5/21/2010 2:16PM
O...M...G...! SUCH AN INEXCUSABLE TRAGEDY!
MAY THIS MURDERED INNOCENT BABY ANGEL'S PRECIOUS LITTLE SOUL REST NOW, FOREVER IN PEACE WITH HER FATHER GOD IN HEAVEN.
GOD IS COMING...PLEASE BE PREPARED!
LOVE AND PEACE TO EVERYONE
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By: Saralee Groulx on 5/22/2010 12:06AM
This is something that we are seeing way too much of nowadays. It needs to stop and one way to help this is by getting involved. The neighbor should have called anyway to make a report and ask for someone to check the child. We have become a society of minding our own business and "dont want to get involved" but what about these children??! If we dont step in when will it stop?, Im not saying call the cops each time a kid screams but if you see some signs or most can tell a death scream or painful cry then get involved!!
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By: Cindy on 5/21/2010 3:09PM
I know one of the Ten Commandments is Though should not kill, but in this case I hope when this MF goes to jail that the inmates make an example of him. He should get the same beat down he gave that baby. Smack him around with a shoe and then shove it down his troat. It really makes me mad how these mem can beat a child that can't defend themselves. May his A-- rot in H---!
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By: Disgusted on 5/21/2010 3:24PM
It never fails to surprise me that this happens to individuals who have 3 kids by the time they are 20 and have an IQ rivaled by that of there eldest. Two early 20 year olds whose parents are probably in their mid 30's. We spay and neuter our pets..............
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By: Linda G. Williams on 5/21/2010 4:25PM
Crucify them both
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