Police: Baby Might Have Been Microwaved

[Gfted1]

Nov 28, 12:47 PM (ET)

 

By JAMES HANNAH

 

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - An infant girl who died in August 2005 of a high body temperature might have been put in a microwave, and her mother has been charged in the death, authorities said Tuesday.

 

China Arnold, 26, was arrested at her home Monday on a charge of aggravated murder, more than a year after she brought her dead month-old baby to a hospital, police said.

 

"We have reason to believe and scientific evidence to support that a microwave oven might have been involved in the death of this child," said Ken Betz, director of the Montgomery County coroner's office.

 

At the time, Paris Talley's death was ruled a homicide caused by hyperthermia, or high body temperature, because of burns. Arnold was arrested initially, then released.

 

 

Betz said the case was difficult because "there is not a lot of scientific research and data on the effect of microwaves on human beings."

 

There was a lengthy investigation before prosecutors found enough probable cause to issue another arrest warrant, said Greg Flannagan, a spokesman for the county prosecutor's office.

 

Arnold's lawyer, Jon Paul Rion, said his client had nothing to do with her child's death and was stunned when investigators told her that a microwave might have been involved.

 

"China - as a mother and a person - was horrified that such an act could occur," Rion said.

 

The night before the baby was taken to the hospital, Arnold and the child's father went out for a short time and left Paris with a baby sitter, Rion said.

 

The mother didn't sense anything out of the ordinary until the next morning, when the child was found unconscious, Rion said.

 

Rion declined to say what the couple told hospital officials at the time.

 

Arnold, who has three other children, was being held in the Montgomery County jail and plans to plead not guilty, Rion said.

 

In 2000, a Virginia woman was sentenced to five years in prison for killing her month-old son in a microwave oven.

 

Elizabeth Renee Otte claimed she had no memory of cramming her son in the microwave and turning on the appliance in 1999. Experts said Otte suffered from epilepsy and that her seizures were followed by blackouts.

 

 

My god, what kind of f-ing monster do you have to be to be able to do that? Can you imagine the agony that poor child must have gone through before the merciful release of death? Too bad our death penalty choices dont include "roasted over an open fire".

[Wistrik]

Don't need many studies for the obvious. People learn this stuff in tech school. Microwaves cook from the inside out, though surface burns may appear due to the pattern of waves traveling around in the cooking chamber. The infant's high temperature reflected that fact. A convection oven may have raised his temperature a little bit, but most of the damage would have been external. The body regulates temperature quite well so in order to be raised to a deadly level, heat would have to be generated internally. Microwaves certainly do that, and quickly.

 

Radar also uses microwaves, which is why it can be lethal (and stupid) to place yourself in front of the transmitter while it's energized. This is mostly a concern on navy ships and land based installations; police radar is very weak in comparison.

 

Edit: Wikipedia has more detailed info, especially under the Uses heading: Microwaves

Edited November 28, 2006 by Wistrik

[Gorgon]

Sometimes seizures can cause altered personality. Especially if the frontal lobe has recieved significant damage, although it is pretty rare.

[Hurlshort]

I think I'm going to throw up.

[Laozi]

I really wish I had read this after I finished this chinese food I re-heated in the microwave.

[Calax]

wait.. could it have been the babysitter? With the Microwave... in the kitchen... while col. Mustard watched?

[Mortis Nai]

But I don't like Mustard on my Microwaved Babies...

[Dark_Raven]

Sounds like the guilty party needs to ride the lightning. Feel the power of electricity as you are strapped down on the chair.

[Krookie]

or force them to play with a Virtual Boy until their eyes fall out.

[kumquatq3]

Maybe they read the recipe for baby back ribs wrong...

[Sand]

[Fenghuang]

Maybe they read the recipe for baby back ribs wrong...

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<3

[Calax]

But I don't like Mustard on my Microwaved Babies...

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...

 

Col. Mustard in the Library with a Candlestick...

[astr0creep]

So who cooked, the mother or the babysitter?

[Xard]

Sometimes seizures can cause altered personality. Especially if the frontal lobe has recieved significant damage, although it is pretty rare.

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It doesn't matter at all.

 

She should be taken behind sauna and executed. Brutally.

[Calax]

So who cooked, the mother or the babysitter?

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I would think the babysitter... Beceaus the mother seemed (at least in the report) sane.

[astr0creep]

So who cooked, the mother or the babysitter?

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I would think the babysitter... Beceaus the mother seemed (at least in the report) sane.

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But isn't it the mother who's taking the full force of the "law"?

[Musopticon?]

Am I a sick bastard since I found the thread title insanely hilarious?

 

Of course the act is horrible, but some things you can't face with anything but humour. Some tragedies must be laughed at, to withstand them.

 

 

 

And you gotta admit, the "other white meat" joke has never gotten old. :D

[tarna]

A little tacky don't you think guys?

[Guest The Architect]

Why the f*ck would you put your own baby daughter in a bloody microwave for? Twisted bitch! Is she getting executed? She should be. She should get a slow, painful death. She should burn. What goes around, comes around.

Edited November 30, 2006 by The Architect

[Musopticon?]

I don't think that you should excecute sick people. It'll just "come around".

 

And you probably shouldn't post when angry. *is hypocrite*

Edited November 30, 2006 by Musopticon?

[Surreptishus]

Why the f*ck would you put your own baby daughter in a bloody microwave for?

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I'm guessing whoever did this is severely disturbed. Post natal depression can make women do some extreme things.

Edited November 30, 2006 by Surreptishus

[Calax]

Gifty... two things...

 

 

What's the source/s?

other thing was me trying to find the article, but instead found several sites about the urban legend of a teenaged babysitter who (while tripping on LSD) put the baby she was sitting in the Nuker and killed it.

Edited November 30, 2006 by Calax

[Surreptishus]

Results of search for "China Arnold" on google news:

 

http://news.google.co.uk/news?q=China%20Ar...x-a&sa=N&tab=wn

[Guest The Architect]

I don't think that you should excecute sick people. It'll just "come around".

 

And you probably shouldn't post when angry. *is hypocrite*

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I disagree. Sick or not, you should be executed for taking away an innocent baby's life in such a gruesome manner IMO.

 

It's hard not to be angry when you hear stuff like this, that's why my post had that negative vibe to it, but yes, I see your point that you shouldn't really post when you're angry, but I did. Meh, oh well.

 

I'm guessing whoever did this is severely disturbed. Post natal depression can make women do some extreme things.

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True. My gut instinct tells me that China was responsible. She is probably :crazy:

Edited November 30, 2006 by The Architect