Holston Cole Case Study

Crimes happen all the time. But when it happens to young children who have no way of defending themselves, and hasn’t lived their life to the fullest, it becomes a whole other thing. 
Kids are innocent, and nobody ever wants to see them hurt. That is why it was such a big shock, when the crime of the century was a kidnapping and murder of an infant.

Wayne Williams, also known as Th Atlanta Child Killer still remain as the prime suspect of the killings of more than twenty blacks youths from 1979-1981 in Atlanta, Georgia, although he was only charged with killing two black adults. It all began when a woman came a cross two male corpses hidden under a bush on the side of the road. The first victim, 14 years old Edward Smith was reported missing a week before was found shot with a .22 caliber. The second victim was 13 year old Alfred Evans was reported missing three days before died by asphyxiation. These two gruesome discoveries was only the beginning. These killings went on for 22 months. Milton Harvey, age 14, was also found dead along with two more child victims: Yusef Bell had been strangled, and Angel Lenair was

Georta Mack, 14, is a teenager who was shot and killed by his father in Ohio on Tuesday, January 12, 2016. The father said that Georta had left for school that morning and came back in through the basement. He exclaimed that he heard noises and the son had jumped out at him and scared him, it was then that he shot him. Georta later died at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. The father’s name has not been released at this time and the shooting is now under farther investigation.

A teenage girl was shot last weekend near her friend’s Windsor Park home. The girl, grade-eleven student Calli Vanderaa, had been with her best friend Kailey Compton and five other friends when the shooting occurred. They had been driving to a nearby Mac’s convenience store when two men on bikes flashed gang symbols at them. Now all out of the car, Kailey was the one who first noticed one of them had a gun, and quickly warned the others. Calli was the first one to get back to the car, and she climbed into the front passenger seat for safety. According to Kailey, the young man with the gun then fired point blank through the window Calli was sitting behind. Everyone had gotten into the car and it sped off before anyone realized Calli had actually

On February 17, 1970, Colette and her two small children were savagely murdered by husband and father Jeffrey MacDonald. Butchered and beaten, they suffered numerous skull-shattering blows as well as being stabbed repeatedly with both a knife and an icepick. MacDonald was injured only superficially, and claims that a group of "hippie intruders" murdered his family.

"I went through so much with these kids. I'm just ready to call it quits," said Patricia Holdaway, the first parent charged under the curfew law of Roanoke, Virginia. Her 16-year-old son was arrested at 5 a.m. for his fifth curfew violation and for driving without a license. "I just left. It's not her fault. She shouldn't be held responsible. I know right from wrong," replied her son (Leo). So who should be held responsible, the parent or the child ? As cases similar to Patricia's continue to increase, states are starting to hold the parents responsible for the crimes of their children. As a result of this matter, John Leo presented the benefits of

Imagine your child was nearing high school graduation with their whole life ahead of them. Next year, they will be going to college and you will see them bloom into the wonderful person you know they are. Now imagine the horror of hearing that your child had been shot and killed while they were at school. It is difficult to fathom the enormous amount of grief and anger that would flood the body of a person in a situation like this. No one should have to endure such pain. Now imagine how much this pain would be intensified if there was a possibility that the whole incident could have been prevented.

On 1/29/2017, Hennepin County Child Protection accepted a report alleged neglect, lack of supervision of Narieya and Malachi by their mother, Genishia Cohen. Per reporter Genishia had her children with her while she went to Regions Hospital to pick up Malachi’s birth certificate. Per reporter she had trouble finding parking and parked in front of the emergency room. Per reporter she left her cell phone in the car with Nariey, had the heat running, locked the car and went into the hospital alone to get the birth certificate. Per reporter did not know how long the children were in the car, but reports that Malachi started crying and that

The worker contacted Michael Thomas who is the fiancé to Kiaira Johnsons mother. Mr.Thomas reported he has known Kiaira for about 2 years and sees her and both children often. “Jayden comes by to visit me and his grandmother often. I just saw Jayden and Phil yesterday (2/6/17) both of the boys were doing well both seemed heathy and happy.” “Kiaira is a good mom she loves and nurtures her children and has been doing a good job raising them.” Mr. Thomas stated he didn’t have any safety concerns for Kiaira or nor the safety of her children “I work in law enforcement and I have never seen any cause for concern with the family no drug use no alcoholism, or domestic

R/s on 03/27/2016, at 3:15 pm Kavon (6) fall and hit his head on the asphalt. R/s Kavon’s 15-year-old cousin was driving the car and along with other teenage passengers. R/s Kavon asked to ride with the cousin to the store, but he was told no. R/s reportedly Kavon jumped on the running board of the moving vehicle. R/s the incident occurred in the roadway in front of the residence located at 422 3rd Ave in Pamlico, SC. R/s Kavon was transported to McLeod Regional Center and he died on March 29. R/s Kavon’s mother, Kavadious was in New York and supposedly the child was in his father, James’s care. R/s the case is being investigated by Pamlico Police Department. From CHIPS household summary Markeem (16), Jaheim (12), Jahmir (10), and

On October 17, 2015, Michael Santiago, a Chicago father, was jailed after his 6-year-old son accidentally shot his 3-year-old brother. While Santiago was at work, their grandfather, Israel LaSalle, was at their house watching them until Santiago arrived back. While the grandfather was upstairs, the boys were downstairs playing “cops and robbers” when all of a sudden the 6-year-old grabbed a gun that was on top of the refrigerator, wrapped in pajamas, and shot his younger brother, Eian, in the head. Immediately, LaSalle ran downstairs and rushed the boy to the hospital that was located across the street. However, in spite of the efforts, Eian’s wounds were too great and he died at the hospital. Michael Santiago, faces felony child endangerment charges. Police say that Santiago “confessed to purchasing the weapon illegally from a gang member. He told authorities he kept it for protection”.

This article was written by Faith Karimi and Greg Botelho. This article is about how a twelve year old girl named Ciara Meye was accidentally killed by a police officer. Instead of charging the police officer, they charged the father with homicide and involuntary manslaughter . The police officer came to evict the father of Ciara Meye. The article says that her father pulled a gun on the police officer and the police officer shot. As the shot fired, it went threw the father's arm and shot Ciara Meye. Ciara Meye was killed on January 11 in Pennsylvania.

Heide (1993) completed a study on cases that had both one offender and victim. These homicides involved 1368 fathers, 887 mothers, 562 stepfathers, and 54 stepmothers over a 10-year period. It was found that "juveniles who kill their parents and stepfathers were significantly more likely than their adult counterparts to use a firearm of some type" (Heide, 1993). In many cases, a juvenile's family member had a gun in the house which the juvenile had access to (Heide, 2013). One of the reasons for the likelihood of a juvenile using a firearm in the course of a homicide could be that his or her family members could easily overpower the juvenile. This is supported by the fact that "fathers [are] significantly more likely than mothers to be killed by firearms by [juvenile offenders]" (Heide, 1993). In addition, the notion that men tend to be bigger and stronger than women also demonstrates the reasoning behind juveniles using guns more often on their fathers. It is also possible that using a gun is easier for juveniles because it allows them to detach themselves from the situation. Stabbing or hitting someone with a blunt object is extremely personal when compared to pulling a

If the child commits other criminal acts such as, robbery, damaging property, driving tickets, and etc. Parents are held responsible for their children’s actions. But in the case of a horrendous act, such in the case of massive school shootings. In most cases parents are not held legally liable.

There are different kids from different family backgrounds throughout many schools. No one knows when a kid could be hiding a weapon that could potentially end up hurting someone. The cause of the recent shooting in Parkland, Florida brings thoughts about things that could end up triggering a kid. Families go through things and when kids can't take