02-28-2012, 02:12 PM
justice for another innocent life taken too soon....
An assistant prosecutor contended Monday that a frustrated, drug-influenced Renee King repeatedly slammed her 2-year-old stepdaughter’s head against a floor in retaliation to the girl twice defecating in her underwear and having temper tantrums.
Therese Tobin, Macomb County chief trial attorney, asked jurors to convict Renee King of felony murder for the November 2010 death of Lily Wolfenbarger-Furneaux in her New Haven mobile home.
King had been complaining to others about Lily, Tobin said during her closing argument in front of Judge Diane Druzinski in Macomb County Circuit Court in Mount Clemens.
“Two-year-olds aren’t easy,” Tobin said. “Two-year-olds have accidents. Two-year-olds have temper tantrums. Two-year-olds act up. The price that Lily paid that day -- she paid with her life.
“Lily was having temper tantrums, and Lilly pooped in her pants. That’s what set off this time bomb off.”
King, 30, faces a potential penalty of life in prison without parole. She is also charged with first-degree child abuse and criminal sexual conduct, as Tobin said that Lily suffered a “penetrating” injury to her genitals caused by an unknown object; a tiny artificial fiber was found inside her vagina.
A 12-person jury began deliberating shortly after noon Monday. The trial began Feb. 14.
King, who has three other small children, was alone with Lily on Nov. 20, 2010, for the three hours before she dialed 911.
King in several statements to police claimed Lily died from two accidental falls that were caused by King’s bad back faltering. She denied inflicting or noticing the vaginal injury.
But Tobin argued: “This was no accident. There is no plausible way given these head injuries that this was an accident.
Lily suffered from at least 20 blows to her head area, five of which were traumatic and could have caused her death, Tobin said. Two major areas on the back and left side of her head appeared to be clusters of impacts, county Medical Examiner Dr. Daniel Spitz testified.
Tobin contended King was affected by prescription drugs for anxiety, depression and back pain. King was diagnosed with a bulging disc in her back.
Tobin argued that King gave inconsistent statements to police, pointing out more than one dozen conflicting comments about details.
She said King cleaned up the scene and Lily before dialing 911.
More here: http://www.dailytribune.com/articles/201...ult#photo1
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Lily![[Image: Large1771Furneaux,%20Lily.jpg]](http://www.lynchfamilyfuneraldirectors.com/DeceasedImages/Large1771Furneaux,%20Lily.jpg)
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An assistant prosecutor contended Monday that a frustrated, drug-influenced Renee King repeatedly slammed her 2-year-old stepdaughter’s head against a floor in retaliation to the girl twice defecating in her underwear and having temper tantrums.
Therese Tobin, Macomb County chief trial attorney, asked jurors to convict Renee King of felony murder for the November 2010 death of Lily Wolfenbarger-Furneaux in her New Haven mobile home.
King had been complaining to others about Lily, Tobin said during her closing argument in front of Judge Diane Druzinski in Macomb County Circuit Court in Mount Clemens.
“Two-year-olds aren’t easy,” Tobin said. “Two-year-olds have accidents. Two-year-olds have temper tantrums. Two-year-olds act up. The price that Lily paid that day -- she paid with her life.
“Lily was having temper tantrums, and Lilly pooped in her pants. That’s what set off this time bomb off.”
King, 30, faces a potential penalty of life in prison without parole. She is also charged with first-degree child abuse and criminal sexual conduct, as Tobin said that Lily suffered a “penetrating” injury to her genitals caused by an unknown object; a tiny artificial fiber was found inside her vagina.
A 12-person jury began deliberating shortly after noon Monday. The trial began Feb. 14.
King, who has three other small children, was alone with Lily on Nov. 20, 2010, for the three hours before she dialed 911.
King in several statements to police claimed Lily died from two accidental falls that were caused by King’s bad back faltering. She denied inflicting or noticing the vaginal injury.
But Tobin argued: “This was no accident. There is no plausible way given these head injuries that this was an accident.
Lily suffered from at least 20 blows to her head area, five of which were traumatic and could have caused her death, Tobin said. Two major areas on the back and left side of her head appeared to be clusters of impacts, county Medical Examiner Dr. Daniel Spitz testified.
Tobin contended King was affected by prescription drugs for anxiety, depression and back pain. King was diagnosed with a bulging disc in her back.
Tobin argued that King gave inconsistent statements to police, pointing out more than one dozen conflicting comments about details.
She said King cleaned up the scene and Lily before dialing 911.
More here: http://www.dailytribune.com/articles/201...ult#photo1
Renee King
Lily
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