"Killer Dads: Fathers who ended their children's lives in situations involving child custody, visitation, and/or child support (Minnesota - Wisconsin)"
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The Killer Dads and Custody List (USA) - Alabama - Michigan
Minnesota - Wisconsin
Ramsey County
Father: JOHN OLSON
Victim(s): Mikayla Olson (5 years)
Date of Death: 2004
Father given joint legal custody despite repeated threats to kill daughter, ex-wife. Two years after divorce, dad killed daughter in murder-suicide during “parenting time.”
MISSISSIPPI
Alcorn County
Father: BILLY LOYD
Victim(s): Andrew Loyd (11 years)
Date of Death: October 2012
Single father killed son in murder-suicide. How or why he had custody is not explained, no mention of mother. Despite father staging a police standoff in April 2012, admittedly mentally unbalanced father continued to maintain custody. Police did not report standoff to DHS, collusion is alleged.
Harrison County
Father: WILLIAM ANDREW TAYLOR
Victim(s): Sherri Taylor (15 years)
Date of Death: 1978
Daughter "moved in" with father after parents' divorce. Not clear as to whether court ordered. In August 2012--34 years after daughter's death--father finally arrested and charged in daughter's rape and murder.
Hinds County
Father: ZACCHAEUS BROWN
Victim(s): Jaheem Brown (4 months)
Date of Death: February 2011
Father charged with capital murder. Mother only 15 years of age, parents did not live together. Child fatally injured while at father’s home during weekend visitation. Not clear as to whether visitation voluntary or court-ordered.
Father: NATYYO GRAY
Victim(s) Aubrey Brown (1 year)
Date of Death: November 2011
As of October 2012, Father charged with capital murder. Mother had full custody, but father apparently had visitation. Was allegedly behind on child support. Trial set for February 2013.
MISSOURI
Cass/Jackson Counties
Father: CLINTON GALLAGHER
Victim(s): Alex Gallagher (6 years)
Date of Death: December 2010
Father killed son in murder–suicide after judge ignored mother’s request for order of protection, temporary custody.
Father: MARK GUENTHER
Victim(s): Elizabeth Guenther (18 months)
Date of Death: February 2010
Father to be charged with 2nd-degree murder. Baby suffered fatal skull fracture during father's weekend visitation.
*Father: DAN PORTER
Victim(s): Sam Porter (7 years), Lindsey Porter (8 years)
Date of Death: June 2004
Father murdered children during court-ordered visitation. Had extensive history of domestic violence.
Father: MARINO SALINAS
Victim(s): Avee Hunter (4 months)
Date of Death: April 2010
Father charged with 1st-degree murder. Prosecutors say that father plotted to kill baby to avoid child support. In December 2012, father found guilty of 1st-degree murder, sentencing to be determined in January 2013.
Clinton County
Father: JUSTIN R. WEBB
Victim(s): Lucas Webb (4 years)
Date of Death: October 2012
Father, step charged with 2nd-degree murder. No mention of mother, clarification of father's custodial status.
Greene County
Father: KYLE BAYLOR
Victim(s): Vanessa Baylor (1 year)
Date of Death: February 2010
Father charged with 2nd-degree murder in daughter's death. Parents had separated, but father had been serving as "caregiver" for past week. Father had been scheduled to start paying child support to mother.
Harrison County
Father: TONY KING
Victim(s): Jeremiah Lamm (7 years)
Date of Death: January 2012
In May 2013, custodial father convicted of 1st-degree murder, arson in death of son.
Howell County
Father: ERIC CHAPPELLE
Victim(s): Jacob Chappelle (4 years)
Date of Death: May 2011
Father charged with drowning son during visitation; parents in process of finalizing divorce, deciding custody. Father had history of domestic violence and previous child molestation accusations. Also charged with attempted assault against two law enforcement officers.
Father: UNNAMED DAD
Victim(s): Zeke Breeds (6 years)
Date of Death: September 2010
Boy died of drug overdose while living with custodial dad, step. Both are charged. Mother lived in St. Louis.
Jefferson County
Father: JAMELL JOHNSON
Victim(s): Aliyah McFarlane (20 months)
Date of Death: September 2012
Father did not live with mother. He allegedly killed daughter during his visitation time.
St. Louis County
Father: AARON LUCY
Victim(s): Kyle (2 years)
Date of Death: December 2010
Father convicted of 1st-degree murder during visitation.
Father: NATHANIEL ROBINSON
Victim(s): Desmon Valenzuela (3 years)
Date of Death: 2007
Father obtained custody 1 month before child's beating death. Convicted of involuntary manslaughter.
MONTANA
Missoula County
Father: ROBERT J. WILKES
Victim(s): Gabriel Wilkes (3 months)
Date of Death: October 2008
In June 2010, custodial father convicted of homicide in death of infant son.
NEBRASKA
Dodge County
Father: LUCAS PETERSON
Victim(s): Trista Peterson (1 year)
Date of Death: January 2007
As of October 2010, the Nebraska Supreme Court has affirmed that this “sole caretaker” father can be charged in child abuse resulting in death, unlawful burial. In April 2007, Peterson had cut a deal with prosecutors and lead authorities to daughter’s grave. In January 2011, father finally pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Has never been reported in the media what happened to the girl’s mother.
NEVADA
Clark County
Father: BRANDON TODD ARDUINO
Victim(s): Brandon Christopher Arduino-Boggs (13 years)
Date of Death: September 2009
Son killed in auto homicide case where father was DUI. Parents had been in lengthy child custody case.
Father: ALEX KOPYSTENSKI
Victim(s): Giovani Kopystenski (5 years)
Date of Death: July 2009
Custodial father. Autistic son "accidentally" shot himself in head after finding gun in father's car. In January 2011, father sentenced to 2 – 20 years in prison.
Father: RICHARD MARTINO
Victims(s): Zander Martino (2 years)
Date of Death: July 2007
Father had gained custody just two months before son's beating death.
Father: UNNAMED DAD
Victim(s): Sabrina (3 years), mother Veronica Erazo
Date of Death: November 2011
Mother and daughter shot to death in murder-suicide just after mother dropped off girl at father’s house. Not clear if this involved informal or court-ordered visitation.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Hillsborough County
Father: MANUEL GEHRING
Victim(s): Sarah Gehring (14 years), Phillip Gehring (11 years),
Date of Death: July 2003
Father with shared custody was still in custody “dispute” with mother. When father was supposed to return the children to their mother, father shot and killed the children and buried their bodies along an interstate in Ohio. Bodies not found till 2005. Father confessed to the murders, and committed suicide in prison.
NEW JERSEY
Bergen County
Father: ALLEN MCNEIL JR.
Victim(s): Allen McNeil III (3 years)
Date of Death: September 2011
Boy suffocated to death with dead father’s body found on top of him. Bodies found when Dad failed to show up for scheduled visitation with mother. Appears dad had custody.
Essex County
Father: TAMIR LITTLE
Victim(s): Neveah Turner (3 years)
Date of Death: November 2009
Father gained custody in July 2009, and began abusing the child almost immediately. Father arrested, charged with murder in May 2010.
Father: SHAMSIDDEN ABDUR-RAHEEM
Victim(s): Zara Malani-Lin Abdur (3 months)
Date of Death: February 2010
Father had been “feuding” with mother about how often he got to see the baby. While mother was getting a protection order, father abducted baby from babysitting grandmother. Baby was “allegedly” thrown off bridge. In May 2010, baby’s body was found and positively identified. Was found guilty of murder in September 2012. In November 2012, sentenced to life in prison.
Monmouth County
*Father: ARTHUR FREEMAN III
Victim(s): Tierra Morgan-Glover (2 years)
Date of Death: November 2011
Despite history of domestic violence, father obtained court-ordered visitation. Father accused of murdering daughter by throwing her off bridge into creek. Father later arrested in California after disappearing.
Passaic County
Father: EDELMIRO GONZALEZ
Victim(s): Adrian Gonzalez (7 years)
Date of Death: November 2009
Father in "bitter custody dispute" with "estranged" wife. 7-year-old son shot to death; 11-year-old son, wife, left in critical condition.
NEW MEXICO
Bernalillo County
Father: ANTHONY CHAVEZ
Victim(s): "R.S" (4 years)
Date of Death: October 2012
Dad, step charged in girl's death. Custody arrangement not clarified, but mentioned that "biological mother is extremely distraught."
Father: RICHARD ROBERT SANCHEZ
Victim(s): Richard Jr., Daniel, and Christopher Sanchez
Date of Death: August 2001
Father "went missing" with sons during custodial visit. Bodies recovered, identified in July 2009.
Lincoln County
Father: PAZ ISRAEL PRIMERA
Victim(s): Pax Israel Primera Jr. (3 years)
Date of Death: June 11, 2012
Custodial father, girlfriend blaming each other for boy's murder.
Santa Fe County
*Father: MELVIN MARTINEZ
Victim(s): Derek Martinez (12 years), Devin Martinez (10 years)
Date of Death: June 2010
Father shot sons to death in murder-suicide during summer visitation. Protective mother’s concerns dismissed by judge.
NEW YORK
Bronx County
Father: ANTHONY MIKELL
Victim(s): Kevin Mikell (2 years)
Date of Death: February 1996
Father granted custody when mother being “probed” for child abuse. Father had previously been arrested for disorderly conduct, resisting arrest. Child beaten to death.
Columbia County
Father: FRANKLIN HANKERSON
Victim(s): Khliff Taylor Hankerson (5 years)
Date of Death: April 2010
Father killed son in murder-suicide during visitation.
Erie County
Father: JAMES E. KENT
Victim(s); Joshua Kent (3 years)
Date of Death: March 2005
Sole custody father beat son to death.
Genessee County
Father: UNNAMED FATHER
Victim(s); Marcus Peters (6 years)
Date of Death: October 2009
Child died during weekend visitation with father, but authorities say death not "suspicious."
Kings County
Father: JASON MARCELLE
Victim(s): Tkai Marcelle (3 years)
Date of Death: December 2007
Custodial father charged with 2nd-degree murder in daughter’s death. Father has criminal record, history of domestic violence, previous child welfare complaints.
Father: CHRISTOPHER WILLIS
Victim(s): Datwan Murray (2 ½ years)
Date of Death: June 1993
Mother had legal custody, but father had refused to return child after visitation. Father appeared to be a major drug dealer with drug arsenal.
Monroe County
*Father: MARK RESCH
Victim(s): Hunter Resch (7 years)
Date of Death: February 2010
Child shot to death in murder-suicide during court-ordered visitation. Father had history of domestic violence; mother had filed for two orders of protection.
Onondaga County
Father: MARCELL WASHINGTON
Victim(s): Ameen Washington (3 years)
Date of Death: November 2011
Father had “shared custody”—despite criminal record—and was supposed to be caring for son on weekends. Dad charged with 2nd-degree murder in son’s drowning death. As of November 2012, father still in jail awaiting trial.
Orange County
Father: PATRICK FITZGERALD
Victim(s): Leanne Fitzgerald (wife, 38 years), Ashley Fitzgerald (7 years), Shane Fitzgerald (4 years)
Date of Death: September 1998
Parents had not separated at time of murders. But father had history of domestic violence, and filing for orders of protections and child custody in Orange County Family Court.
*Father: CHRISTOPHER RHODES
Victim(s): Jerica Rhodes (7 years)
Date of Death: January 2005
Sole custody father convicted in daughter's stabbing death. Father had extensive history of domestic violence.
Richmond County
Father: DARRELL TAYLOR
Victim(s): Josiah Taylor (2 years)
Date of Death: November 2010
Boy killed during visitation with father. Babysitting girlfriend, father each blaming the other.
Steuben County
Father: BRIAN ASHLINE
Victim(s): Xavier Ashline (3 months), Trieste Clayton, baby’s mother
Date of Death: June 2010
Dad with extensive history of domestic violence charged in stabbing deaths of infant son, infant's mother. Murders took place during Father’s Day visitation. Dad allegedly didn’t want mother to have the baby if he couldn’t. He also claimed she objected to him taking the baby back home, and that’s what caused the “fight.”
Warren County
Father: ADAM PARCELLS
Victim(s): Noel Parcells (10 years), Mia Parcells (3 years)
Date of Death: September 2011
Because of previous child abuse, father limited to supervised visitation with older daughter. Abducted girls during scheduled visit in Rochester, New York, and shot them to death in murder-suicide at a Lake George campground. Rochester police refused to issue immediate Amber Alert because they considered it just a custody matter. Father still had joint custody/weekend visitation with younger daughter. In September 2012, one of the mothers filed a law suit against the Rochester Police Department.
Father: GARY WAITE
Victim(s): 18-month-old son
Date of Death: February 2012
Never married father with joint custody charged with 2nd-degree murder. Father had history of assault, sexual abuse.
Westchester County
Father: SAM FRIEDLANDER
Victim(s): Molly Friedlander (10 years), Gregory Friedlander (8 years), mother Amy Friedlander
Date of Death: October 2011
Parents said to be in “nasty, bitter divorce” and “bitter custody battle.” Father beat mother to death, then shot kids to death in their beds in murder-suicide.
NORTH CAROLINA
Caldwell County
Father: ADAM BAKER
Victim(s): Zahra Baker (10 years)
Date of Death: Fall 2010
Step convicted in girl’s murder. Custodial father has not been charged, though girl was apparently repeatedly abused in the home. Father relocated from Australia, and was allowed to relocate back there despite ongoing "unrelated" criminal charges in the U.S. Has refused to tell mother where daughter’s ashes were placed.
Carteret County
Father: MICHAEL LEE WYNE II
Victim(s): unnamed daughter (11 years)
Date of Death: June 2010
Father reported “accidentally” shooting and killing daughter just one day after she arrived for summer visitation from Arkansas.
Dare County
Father: DOUGLAS MONT
Victim(s): Catrina J. Mont (9 years), Daniel Preston Mont (6 years), Theresa Lynn Mont (4 years)
Date of Death: February 1995
Father with visitation abducted children from home in Delaware, then shot them to death in murder-suicide in North Carolina.
Durham County
Father: RICARDO "ERIC" CRUTCHFIELD SR.
Victim(s): Briana (6 years), Ricardo Jr. - wounded (9 years)
Date of Death: February 1999
Father killed children during his visitation time.
Father: TYRONE XAVIER HESTER
Victim(s): Aaishia (22 months)
Date of Death: May 2011
Daughter killed in murder-suicide during father’s visitation. Mother had called police to do wellness check, father killed child half an hour after police left. Police had concluded child not “in danger.”
Edgecombe County
Father: BRICE MCMILLAN
Victim(s): Tyler Brice (13 years)
Date of Death: June 2008
Custodial father, stepmother convicted of 2nd-degree murder. Boy tied to tree; died of dehydration and heat exhaustion.
Forsyth County
Father: DEREK MORRIS
Victim(s): Iza Lilly Morris (6 years)
Date of Death: November 2011
Father was allegedly “estranged” from daughter’s mother, and they were in the process of “discussing” child custody. Father shot daughter to death in murder-suicide.
Johnston County
Father: STEVEN HENRY
Victim(s): Ashley Henry (6 years), Gregory Henry (4 years)
Date of Death: March 2007
Dad in "bitter custody battle" with the mother shot and killed the children in a murder-suicide. The children were murdered in the father's car while he was parked in the mother's driveway, so it appears he had preexisting custody/visitation rights.
Sampson County
Father: MATTHEW THEURER
Victim(s): Mathew (15 months old)
Date of Death: March 2013
Custodial father charged in infant son's murder.
NORTH DAKOTA
Spirit Lake Nation
Father: TRAVIS DUBOIS
Victim(s): Destiny Dubois (9 years), Travis Dubois (6 years)
Date of Death: May 2011
Parents separated, children staying with father. Children found slain under mattress at father's home. Father, now jailed with reckless endangerment, has yet to be charged in their deaths.
OKLAHOMA
Bryan County
Father: WOLF ABEL
Victim(s): Cheyenne Wolf (11 years)
Date of Death: April 2008
Custodial father, stepmother charged in girl's death. As of September 2010, girl’s remains still unclaimed. February 2011: Father found guilty of enabling child abuse, child abuse by neglect, unlawful removal of a body. Has never been reported how or why the father had custody, or what happened to the girl’s mother.
Garvin County
Father: DAVID ABLES
Victim(s): Twin sons (5 years)
Date of Death: March 2011
Father killed sons in arson murder-suicide. Was in process of finalizing divorce settlement with the children’s mother, and presumably the unspecified custody arrangements. Relative reported that father had threatened to harm children.
Oklahoma County
Father: SEAN DEAL
Victim(s): Serenity Deal (5 years)
Date of Death: June 2011
Father obtained custody with CPS approval despite previous child abuse complaints. In December 2011, father sentenced to life in prison for daughter’s beating death.
OHIO
Columbiana County
Father: ULRICH ESTIMOT
Victim(s): Trey Estimot (11 years), Terrell Estimot (7 years), Trenton Estimot (5 years)
Date of Death: March 17, 2012
Custodial dad killed sons in arson murder.
Cuyahoga County
Father: ANTHONY JOHNSON
Victim(s): Anthony Johnson Jr.
Date of Death: August 2009
Father accused of beating child to death during visitation.
Fairfield/Franklin/Licking Counties
Father: ALFRED A. HILL
Victim(s): Alfred Hill (4 years)
Date of Death: July 2012
Father wanted on "unrelated" rape and kidnapping charges a suspect in "suspicious" drowning of son. Father did not live with the mother, but had been "staying with various girlfriends." Custody arrangement not clear.
Franklin/Delaware Counties
Father: DANIEL J. DOBSON
Victim(s): Nicole Dobson (15 years), Sarah Dobson (11 years)
Date of Death: December 2009
Father had physical placement of 15-year-old daughter. "Shared parenting" plan in place with divorced mother. Girls shot to death in murder-suicide.
Hamilton County
*Father: CHRISTOPHER DANGERFIELD
Victim(s): Tyrese Short (3 years)
Date of Death: December 2010
Father charged with aggravated murder. Had been granted custody just 7 months before, though father had a lengthy criminal record including assault of a police officer. Convicted in April 2013.
Father: JAMES LYONS
Victim(s): Jaden Jenkins
Date of Death: September 2010
Father given custody after mother checked herself in for mental health treatment. Father charged with capital murder.
Highland County
Father: WESLEY COONROD
Victim(s): Steven Coonrod (3 years), Thomas Coonrod (4 years)
Date of Death: March 2010
Father with “full custody” charged with murder in arson deaths of two sons. News accounts mention history of domestic violence, alcoholism, “suspicious” fires at previous homes. In October 2010, Coonrod convicted on two counts of child endangering; jury deadlocked on murder, arson charges. In February 2011, convicted of two counts of involuntary manslaughter.
Stark County
Father: JAMES MAMMONE III
Victim(s): Macy Mammone (5 years), James Mammone (3 years), Margaret Eakin (57 years)
Date of Death: June 2009
Divorced father convicted of stabbing children, beating to death former mother-in-law in January 2010.
OREGON
Clackamas County
Father: DONALD L. COCKRELL
Victim(s): Alexis Pounder (3 years)
Date of Death: January 2010
Father, mother had shared custody. Father, girlfriend charged with beating, starving girl to death. Mother allegedly blocked from seeing child by father.
Lane County
Father: RICHARD RAUCHER
Victim(s): Erin Raucher, Aidan Raucher (no ages given)
Date of Death: September 2010
“Despondent” stay-at-home dad granted “joint custody” in divorce. Kills daughters in murder-suicide, though mother had offered to pay father child support.
Mutnomah County
Father: CHRISTOPHER ROSILLO
Victim(s): Oleander Labier (5 years)
Date of Death: April 2010
Custodial father, fiancée charged in girl's death. In early 2011, father pleaded guilty to murder by abuse and is serving a life sentence.
Yamhil County
Father: RANDALL ENGELS
Victim(s): Two children, their mother Amy Engels
Date of Death: July 4, 2012
Despite father's history of domestic violence, Judge Cal Tichenor denied mother's request for emergency sole custody of the children in May 2012.
PENNSYLVANIA
Bannock County
Father: ANTHONY BLAKE VILES
Victim(s): Afton Allison (6 years)
Date of Death: April 2012
Father gained custody of son he had never met. Two months later, son beaten to death. Dad charged with 1st-degree murder.
Dauphin County
*Father: STEPHEN S. DIXON
Victim(s): Jayahn Cox-Phoenix (3 years)
Date of Death: May 2010
Parents had no formal custody agreement. Father played no role in child’s life until January 2010. Father allowed visitation by mother. In March 2010, father refused to return child or allow maternal contact. Mom’s early May 2010 petition for emergency custody denied by Judge Andrew Dowling despite allegations of child abuse. Custody hearing set for June 2010. Child dies before then of traumatic brain injury. Though death ruled a homicide, no charges filed as of September 2010. Grandmother plans lawsuit against county Children and Youth. Father’s preliminary hearing held in April 2011.
Franklin County
Father: CONWAY WELLER
Victim(s): Leeairra Ann Weller (5 years), Caleigh Ann Weller (8 months)
Date of Death: October 2010
Father with “shared custody” killed two daughters by carbon monoxide poisoning in murder-suicide.
Huntington County
Father: KENNETH AYERS
Victim(s): Michael (2 years)
Date of Death; March 2013
Father shot and killed son during custody exchange. Also wounded mother. Father awarded visitation rights despite order of protection sercured by mother.
Philadelphia County
*Father: DOMINGO "ANIBAL" FERREIRA
Victim(s) Charlenni Ferreira (10 years)
Date of Death: October 2009
Girl died from abuse in the home of her custodial father, stepmother. Father later (allegedly) committed suicide in jail cell.
Westmoreland County
Father: MATTHEW MILISITS
Victim(s): Sophia Ludwiczak (2 months)
Date of Death: November 2012
Daughter allegedly killed during father's visitation time. As of December 2012, father to stand trial on homicide charges.
Wyoming County
Father: JAMES ALAN AUSTIN
Victim(s): Unidentified infant
Date of Death: 1995
Single father acquired custody through surrogate mother. Pleaded guilty to 3rd-degree murder in baby’s beating death.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Anderson County
Father: JAMES T. DICKERSON
Victim(s): Jeremy Dickerson (7 years)
Date of Death: July 2009
Father with "full custody" charged in son's beating death.
Berkeley County
Father: ROGER “TONY” WILLIAMS
Victim(s): Rodricus Williams (2 years)
Date of Death: June 2010
Father, girlfriend charged with homicide in death of son during summer visitation. Dad convicted in October 2012, sentenced to life in prison.
Chester County
Father: UNNAMED FATHER
Victim(s): Xymerra Evans (11 months)
Date of Death: September 2009
Child sexually abused, beaten during visitation with father. Later died at hospital.
Chesterfield County
Father: MITCHELL CHARLES RIVERS
Victim(s): Mitchell Alexander Rivers (3 months)
Date of Death: 2005
Single adoptive dad convicted of homicide, sentenced to life in prison in February 2011.
Marlboron County
Father: JUSTIN C. BRUEGER
Victim(s): Easton Brueger (8 years)
Date of Death: December 2012
Son "accidentally" shot during father's vistitation.
TENNESSEE
Dyer County
*Father: CHRISTOPHER MILBURN
Victim(s): Stevie Noelle (15 years), foster father Todd Randolph, foster mother Susan Randolph (injured)
Date of Death: August 2009
Daughter disclosed sexual abuse by custodial father. Children’s Services placed her with foster family in the same neighborhood. Father shot daughter, foster parents in murder-suicide. In August 2010, non-custodial mother filed lawsuit against the State of Tennessee.
Fayette County
Father: SEAN LEIFER
Victim(s): Gage Leifer (9 months)
Date of Death: December 2009
In November 2010, father charged with murder. Boy’s death took place during father’s holiday visitation.
Hamilton County
* Father: DEDRICK LAMONT ATKINS
Victim(s): Dedric Johnson (5 years)
Date of Death: 2003
In September 2012, father pleaded guilty to 2nd-degree murder. Son's death took place during father's first visitation. Dad had extensive criminal and mental illness history, but was granted visitation anyway. It was not till 2011 that father was found fit to stand trial.
Shelby County
Father: MAURICE BROWN SR.
Victim(s): Maurice Brown Jr. (3 years)
Date of Death: Late June/Early July 2012
Father charged with son's beating death, which took place during father's summer visitation. Mother lived out of state.
Father: CURTIS LEE MORRIS, JR.
Victim(s): Isaiah Snipes (16 months)
Date of Death: November 2009
Father had just obtained custody of son, 3-year-old daughter in September 2009. Father charged with 2nd-degree murder.
Warren County
Father: MITCHELL STONE
Victim(s): Kayndace (3 years), Akeelia (1 year)
Date of Death: May 2009
Custodial father, stepmother charged in deaths of two girls.
TEXAS
Austin County
Father: NICHOLAS WILLIAMS
Victim(s): Alaney Queen (2 years)
Date of Death: May 2011
Father arrested in daughter’s beating death after girlfriend called 911. Custodial arrangements not explained, though it is said that mother lived out of state.
Bexar County
Father: DOMINIQUE REED
Victim(s): Zaniyah Reed (2 months)
Date of Death: October 2010
Father accused of killing infant during visitation.
Dallas County
Father: MICHAEL RAY JAMES
Victim(s): Jonathan James (10 years)
Date of Death: July 2011
Boy died from dehydration after allegedly being deliberately deprived of water for five days. The boy and his twin brother were visiting their father under a summer visitation arrangement. Reported that the boys did not want to go.
Father: NAIM RASOOL MUHAMMAD
Victim(s): Elijah (3 years), Naim (5 years)
Date of Death: August 2011
Father charged with kidnapping boys from custodial mother and drowning them.
Father: AARON RAMSEY
Victim: Johnathan Ramsey (11 years)
Date of Death: March 2011
Custodial father, step charged in starvation death of son. Father shut off all contact with New Mexico mother, who had been trying to regain custody. Father found guilty of "severely injury a child" and sentenced to life in prison.
Denton County
Father: DUKE WATROUS
Victim(s): Ashley Watrous (10 years)
Date of Death: December 2009
Custodial father charged in shooting death.
Donley County
*Father: ROBERT MONROE BABCOCK
Victim(s): Chance Mark Jones (4 years)
Date of Death: January 2011
Custodial father charged with capital murder. Boy beaten to death just weeks after father gained custody. Father had previously been uninvolved in child’s life.
Gaines/Yoakum Counties
Father: MARIO ROMERO
Victim(s): Mitchell Romero (3 years), unnamed mother
Date of Death: October- November 2009
Mother reportedly murdered by father during child abduction. Son later killed in car accident.
Galveston County
Father: DONTREL ALEXANDER SANDERS
Victim(s): Treashon Young (2 years)
Date of Death: March 2011
Father apparently custodial, and wanted by police in the death of son. Last seen in company of girlfriend, who is identified as not being the child’s mother.
Guadalupe County
*Father: DAVID BRASSE
Victim(s): Sarah Brasse (8 years)
Date of Death: February 2009
Custodial dad accused of medical neglect in death of daughter. Mother had been trying to regain custody since 2007. In September 2010, father indicted on charges of injury to a child. CPS had previously investigated the case two years before child’s death.
Harris County
Father: ALEX MCGOWEN DUNCAN
Victim(s): Tekerrious “TK” Jackson
Date of Death: July 2010
Father charged with murder in beating death of son during summer visitation.
Father: RODERICK FOUNTAIN
Victim(s): Kendrick Jackson (3 years)
Date of Death: April 2006
Father had custody when son allegedly “disappeared.” Though no body has ever been found, father convicted of felony murder in October 2011, partly based on witness descriptions of his violent abuse of the boy.
*Father: MOHAMMAD GOHER
Victim(s): Saeed (12 years), Saedah (14 years), Aisha (7 years)
Date of Death: September 2010
Despite an extensive history of domestic violence, father granted unsupervised visitation. Children shot to death while sleeping. Father charged with capital murder.
Jasper County
Father: LEO DESMOREAUX IV
Victim(s): Triston Dobbins (21 months)
Date of Death: December 2007
Boy died of head injuries while visiting father, stepmother. Father on trial for capital murder in January 2010.
San Jacinto County
*Father: PREDRAG PERISIC
Victim(s): Deyan Perisic (10 years), Danyela Perisic, severely injured (12 years)
Date of Death: December 2010
Father gained custody in Montreal, Canada in April 2010, and moved the children to Cold Spring, Texas. Mother regained custody in October 2010, and the children “disappeared” shortly thereafter. Father charged with shooting children when police tried to reclaim them. In December 2012, father found guilty and sentenced to two 99-year prison sentences.
Potter County
Father: ROBERT NUNEZ
Victim(s): Miguel Angel Nunez (18 moths)
Date of Death: 2004
Father had custody at the time of the baby’s “disappearance.” Mom was scheduled to get custody back due to custodial interference. Body not found until December 2010.
Tarrant County
Father: THOMAS OLIVAS
Victim(s): Asher Olivas (1 year), Mechelle Gandy (boy's mother)
Date of Death: March 2011
Father is alleged to have killed son, son's mother to avoid child support. Dad charged with capital murder in September 2012.
Father: ROBERT MARQUIS LAMAR WILLIAMS
Victim(s): Anastasia Williams (3 years)
Date of Death: March 2013
Custodial father arrested for murder of 3-year-old daughter. Had assumed custody in November 2011. Mother lived out of state.
Travis County
Father: LEONARD “IVAN” SOLIZ
Victim(s): Julian Soliz (5 years)
Date of Death: April 2010
Custodial dad claimed he was in jail on probation violation when son beaten to death, allegedly by girlfriend.
Young County
Father: GABRIEL ARMANDARIZ
Victim(s): Gatlin (2 years), Luke (6 months)
Date of Death: April 2011
Children had been living with their father pending an upcoming custody hearing involving their mother. Father allegedly killed the children, and sent photos of their bodies to mother.
UTAH
Salt Lake County
*Father: CLINTON HART
Victim(s): Vanessa Hart (4 years)
Date of Death: June 2010
Dad got custody of child as part of “messy” divorce. Took children from Oregon to Utah and denied mother contact. One and a half years later, father charged with felony murder. In October 2010, father pleaded not guilty. Convicted of child abuse homicide in August 2011.
VIRGINIA
Accomack County
Father: ESTEBAN QUINTERO-GONZALEZ
Victim(s): Jesus Quintero-Colon (10 years), Ana Estefani Quintero-Colon (9 years), mother Evelyn Estefani-Colon, apparently unrelated owner of home
Date of Death: December 2011
Father in “custody battle” broke into mother’s home and shot to death his two children, their mother, and another party in murder-suicide.
Hanover County
Father: ROBERT D. KING
Victim(s): Twin daughters Caroline and Madison King (3 years)
Date of Death: January 2012
Father in "bitter custody battle" with children's mother stabbed twin daughters, then gassed them to death with carbon monoxide. Father had weekend visitation at time of murders.
Chesterfield County
Father: BRANDON L. PARKER
Victim(s): Elijah Parker (2 months)
Date of Death: June 2010
Custodial dad charged with 2nd-degree murder. In June 2012, sentenced to one year in prison after being convicted of voluntary manslaughter.
Norfolk County
*Father: JOSHUA SAWYER
Victim(s): Carly Sawyer (5 years)
Date of Death: June 2009
Custodial father, stepmother charged with 2nd-degree murder. Mother lost custody during divorce, father denied mother contact. In October 2010, father sentenced to life in prison after conviction.
Roanoke County
Father: ROBERT KING
Victim(s): Twin daughters (3 years)
Date of Death: January 2012
Father in “custody battle” with children’s mother slashed children’s throats, funneled carbon monoxide into home in murder-suicide. Murders took place during weekend visitation.
Prince George’s County
Father: RICHMOND PHILLIPS
Victim(s): Jaylin Wright (1 year), Wynetta Wright (baby’s mother)
Date of Death: June 2011
Father charged in murders of daughter and ex-girlfriend, daughter's mother. Alleged that he wanted to avoid child support.
WASHINGTON
Grays Harbor County
Father: MICHAEL VANDERVEER
Victim(s): Ti-Ryn Emery (4 ½ months)
Date of Death: October 2010
Father arrested in death of infant son. Parents “not together” and baby had been in father’s “care.”
Pierce County
*Father: JOSH POWELL
Victim(s) Charlie Powell (7 years), Braden Powell (5 years). Mother Susan Cox Powell “disappeared” in 2009. Father only “person of interest” in her disappearance.
Date of Death: February 2012
Father killed sons in murder-suicide during supervised visitation at his home. Boys suffered hatchet wounds before house consumed by arson. Father had lost bid to regain child custody from maternal grandparents just days before. Originally lost custody in fall 2011 when paternal grandfather (with whom father and sons were living) arrested for child porn. Father only “person of interest” in mother’s disappearance (presumed murder) in December 2009.
Snohomish County
Father: STEPHEN BYRNE
Victim(s): Haley Byrne (9 years), Kelsey Byrne (11 years)
Date of Death: November 2004
Father who was “fixated” on his custody rights (and essentially had joint custody) killed daughters in murder-suicide. Father had history of domestic violence.
WEST VIRGINIA
Berkeley County
Father: JAMES N. MAULDIN
Victim(s): Kaiwon Connelly (3 years)
Date of Death: January 2012
Father, girlfriend charged in child's death. Though news accounts do not clarify the situation, appears that father was custodial, as the torture/abuse of the child was ongoing. No mention of mother. Trial now reset for April 2013.
Mercer County
*Father: RONALD HOLCOMB
Victim(s): Brooklyn Holcomb (5 years)
Date of Death: January 2007
Custodial father convicted of 2nd-degree murder in daughter's death. Mother had lost custody the year before after applying for child support.
Wood County
Father: MATTHEW LAMP
Victim(s): "DK" (no age given)
Date of Death: October 2012
Father charged in death of son. His wife was not the boy's mother. Father's custodial status not explained, no mention of boy's mother.
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee County
Father: FRANCISCO MARQUEZ-LUNA
Victim(s): Derek Marquez (10 months)
Date of Death: May 2011
Father charged with killing son during weekend visitation.
Pierce/St. Croix Counties
Father: AARON SCHAFFHAUSEN
Victim(s): Amara Schaffausen (11 years), Sophie Schaffhausen (8 years), Cecilia Schaffhausen (5 years)
Date of Death: July 10, 2012
Parents divorced and had "joint legal custody" when father murdered three children during visit. Found guilty of 3 counts of 1st-degree intentioanl homicide, arson in April 2013.
Saulk County
*Father: DAVID R. YATES
Victim(s): Savannah Yates, Tyler Yates (3-week-old twins)
Date of Death: April 2008
Father charged with 1st-degree intentional homicide. Despite being on probation, father was granted weekend visitation. In October 2010, father convicted, sentenced to life in prison. (Source : http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com.au/p/minnesota-wisconsin.html)
