06-06-2011, 02:08 PM
poor little sweet-looking guy. :(
he was probably trying to prevent his druggie mom from taking pills.
i hope she rots in a cell forever.
GREENSBURG, Ind. -- A Greensburg woman was charged Monday with murder in the death of her 12-year-old son late last week.
The Decatur County Prosecutor's Office said Tasha Parsons, 29, admitted that she had beaten Devin Parsons, 12, to death after an argument over pain pills, 6News' Julie Pursley reported.
Tasha Parsons' boyfriend, Waldo Jones Jr., 30, was charged with neglect of a dependent, causing death.
In an initial court appearance Monday, a not-guilty plea was entered on behalf of Parsons. She said nothing to the media as she went into court.
According to a probable cause affidavit, Parsons used her hands, feet, a belt, a metal tray and other objects to beat the boy over a period of several hours.
Parsons told investigators that the boy had taken some Percocet pills and would not tell her where to find them, officials said. She also claimed that Jones participated in the beating.
Police were called to the home at about 3:25 p.m. on June 3. Emergency personnel found the boy lying in a bedroom of the house. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators said they aren't sure when the boy died. Jones left the home at some point during the beating, police said, but he helped clean the child's wounds before leaving.
Police said blood was found on the clothing of Parsons and Jones. An autopsy is set to be performed on Tuesday.
"I can't comment or speculate on what any further evidence will be," said Decatur County Prosecutor James Rosenberry. "The evidence as it comes out will be presented in court."
Police are guarding the crime scene until the autopsy is completed.
According to court records, the Department of Child Services had previously investigated the home in 2009.
Parsons was being held Monday without in the Decatur County Jail. Jones' bond was set at $500,000.
Pretrial hearings were set for both Parsons and Jones for Aug. 3. Their trial date was set for Oct. 17.
he was probably trying to prevent his druggie mom from taking pills.
i hope she rots in a cell forever.
GREENSBURG, Ind. -- A Greensburg woman was charged Monday with murder in the death of her 12-year-old son late last week.
The Decatur County Prosecutor's Office said Tasha Parsons, 29, admitted that she had beaten Devin Parsons, 12, to death after an argument over pain pills, 6News' Julie Pursley reported.
Tasha Parsons' boyfriend, Waldo Jones Jr., 30, was charged with neglect of a dependent, causing death.
In an initial court appearance Monday, a not-guilty plea was entered on behalf of Parsons. She said nothing to the media as she went into court.
According to a probable cause affidavit, Parsons used her hands, feet, a belt, a metal tray and other objects to beat the boy over a period of several hours.
Parsons told investigators that the boy had taken some Percocet pills and would not tell her where to find them, officials said. She also claimed that Jones participated in the beating.
Police were called to the home at about 3:25 p.m. on June 3. Emergency personnel found the boy lying in a bedroom of the house. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators said they aren't sure when the boy died. Jones left the home at some point during the beating, police said, but he helped clean the child's wounds before leaving.
Police said blood was found on the clothing of Parsons and Jones. An autopsy is set to be performed on Tuesday.
"I can't comment or speculate on what any further evidence will be," said Decatur County Prosecutor James Rosenberry. "The evidence as it comes out will be presented in court."
Police are guarding the crime scene until the autopsy is completed.
According to court records, the Department of Child Services had previously investigated the home in 2009.
Parsons was being held Monday without in the Decatur County Jail. Jones' bond was set at $500,000.
Pretrial hearings were set for both Parsons and Jones for Aug. 3. Their trial date was set for Oct. 17.