there are a number of murdered and raped children who might disagree
with the "happy, joyous and free" routine.

On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:43:53 GMT, "Muddle" <berniesimmons@epix.net>
wrote:

>Alcoholics Anonymous P 133
>"We are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous and free. We cannot subscribe
>to the belief that this life is a vale of tears, though it once was just
>that for many of us. But it is clear that we made our own misery. God
>didn't do it. Avoid then, the deliberate manufacture of misery, but if
>trouble comes, cheerfully capitalize it as an opportunity to demonstrate His
>omnipotence."
>
>You've been given free will then piss and moan when God doesn't interfere in
>the affairs of man. In this instance what did the neighbors do, what did
>the doctor do, nobody gave a damned until a death occurred! Any doctor that
>prescribes Clonidine, a heart medication whose dosage increases have to be
>monitored with a blood pressure cuff to ensure the heart doesn't stop, to a
>child for behavioral problems then trusts parents such as these with that
>responsibility, ought to be shot. The doctor was treating hyperactivity by
>slowing down the child's heart and metabolism. You've got a hyperactive
>child and none of the neighbors ever saw her. I'm sure if you research this
>case, you'd find countless opportunities for any decent human being to step
>in and help this child. Don't blame God for the failures of man.
>What did you do this last week for anyone, did you pull up your socks, roll
>up your sleeves and help anyone? Do you volunteer anywhere or do you spend
>all your time in front of your computer reading about all the tragedy in
>this world then pissing and moaning about it in newsgroups attempting to
>blame God for it all? Do you coach special Olympics, deliver meals on
>wheels, are you a big brother, did you do an intervention for the family of
>an alcoholic, organize a neighborhood watch, bake a pie for an elderly
>person that lives down the hall?
>What did you do this week to lessen the amount of tragedy in this world and
>put a smile on anyone's face?
>
>"safce" <safce@fgc.com> wrote in message
>news:feov53tg0vp58g8lepbuop8kvvdq2jaimc@4ax.com.. .
>> 2/06/2007 MOM AND DAD KILLED GIRL, 4
>> Hull pair charged with giving daughter deliberate overdose of
>> prescription pills.
>>
>> In a case that defies comprehension, a husband and wife from Hull
>> appeared in court today on charges of killing their 4-year-old
>> daughter with a deliberate drug overdose.
>>
>> Police said Michael Riley, 34, who was awaiting trial for attempted
>> child rape, and Carolyn Riley, 32, gave their daughter, Rebecca
>> Jeanne, a fatal dose of prescription pills on Dec. 13.
>>
>> In an affidavit filed with the court, State Police Trooper Anna
>> Brookes said there was evidence of a ''slow and painful killing of
>> Rebecca Riley over a period of days.''
>>
>> Brookes said the Rileys refused to accept help from agencies that had
>> identified problems with the way Rebecca was being given medicine.
>>
>> The affidavit said the couple was indifferent to her ''obvious pain
>> and suffering,'' and failed ''to provide any medical care to their own
>> daughter as she lay visibly suffering, drowning in her own bodily
>> fluids on the floor beside their bed.''
>>
>> The state medical examiner's office said the girl died from the
>> combined effects of three drugs used to treat bipolar disorder,
>> including Clonidine, and two over-the-counter cold medicines.
>>
>> ''This occurred as a result of the intentional overdose of Rebecca
>> with Clonidine,'' the Plymouth County District Attorney's office said
>> in a statement announcing the charges.
>>
>> The Clonidine was prescribed by Dr. Kayoko Kifuji, Tufts New England
>> Medical Center psychiatrist, to treat the young girl for hyperactivity
>> and bipolar disorder. The other two drugs were Depakote and Seroquel,
>> which are also used to treat bipolar disorder.
>>
>> Authorities said the girl was diagnosed with both disorders when she
>> was 28 months old.
>>
>> James McGonnell, Carolyn Riley's half brother, and his fiancee, Kelly
>> Williams, who lived with the family, told police they had repeatedly
>> asked the Rileys to take Rebecca to the hospital or to a pediatrician.
>>
>> They said the Rileys told them they has made an appointment, but only
>> offered excuses for not going. They said Michael Riley told his wife
>> to medicate the children when he determined that they were acting up.
>>
>> The state Department of Social Services placed the Rileys' two other
>> children, Gerard, 11, and Kaitlynne, 6, in foster care about 10 hours
>> after Rebecca's death.
>>
>> ''There were mitigating circumstances,'' department spokesman Denise
>> Monteiro said yesterday. ''We had to take custody of the children. I
>> can't say any more.''
>>
>> Carolyn Riley obtained a restraining order against her husband in
>> October, but allowed it to lapse after a few weeks.
>>
>> McGonnell and Williams told police they saw Michael Riley grab his son
>> by the neck and bang his head against the back window of a pickup
>> truck ''in an apparent uncontrollable rage,'' the affidavit said.
>>
>> McGonnell said Riley was not allowed to live with his family in
>> Weymouth public housing because of a court order issued after he was
>> arrested on sex charges in 2005.
>>
>> Police were called to the Rileys' home at 70 Lynn Ave. in Hull's
>> Kenberma neighborhood, opposite Nantasket Beach, at 6:30 a.m. on Dec.
>> 13. They found found Rebecca dead on the floor of her parents'
>> bedroom.
>>
>> An obituary prepared by the couple and published in The Patriot Ledger
>> said the little girl had died in her sleep.
>>
>> The Rileys will be arraigned today in Hingham District Court on
>> charges of first-degree murder.
>>
>> The couple was arrested yesterday at Michael Riley's mother's home on
>> Fallgren Lane in Weymouth. He was held overnight at the Plymouth
>> County jail and Carolyn Riley was held at the Marshfield police
>> lockup.
>>
>> Michael Riley was indicted in September 2005 on charges of attempted
>> rape of a girl under 14, four counts of indecent assault and battery
>> on a child and giving pornography to a child.
>>
>> Weymouth Police Lt. George Greenwood said Riley was arrested in June
>> 2005 after police searched his apartment at 43 Memorial Drive in
>> Weymouth and confiscated a computer, diaries and notebooks.
>>
>> He was scheduled for trial on May 29 in Norfolk Superior Court.
>>
>> He was free on $2,500 bail posted by his wife.
>>
>> Court records show Riley has a bullet hole and the letters ''RRR''
>> tattooed on his back.
>>
>> Michael Riley graduated from Weymouth High School in 1991 and his
>> wife, the former Carolyn DiSalvo, graduated in 1992.
>>
>> On Dec. 30, two weeks after their daughter's death, they attended his
>> 15th high school reunion at the Weymouth Elks Club. Michael Riley told
>> a friend he and his wife needed to get out so they would stop thinking
>> about Rebecca.
>>
>> Hull Police Chief Richard Billings praised State Police Sgt. Scott
>> Warmington, State Police Detective Anna Brookes and Hull Police
>> Detective John Coggins for their investigation that led to the
>> arrests.
>>
>> A neighbor, Phyllis Lipton, said Carolyn Riley, her three children,
>> Carolyn's stepbrother, his girlfriend and their son, moved into a home
>> at 70 Lynn Ave. in mid-November.
>>
>> Lipton, 51, said the family told her Carolyn's husband, Michael,
>> wouldn't be living with them although he appeared to be there all the
>> time.
>>
>> ''They moved in during the middle of the night,'' Lipton said. ''All I
>> could hear was foul language coming from the house.''
>>
>> Lipton said either Carolyn's stepbrother or his girlfriend told her
>> that Rebecca had a twin who died at age of 2 weeks.
>>
>> Lipton rarely saw the children, she said, but added Gerard Riley once
>> returned hedge clippers he had taken without asking.
>>
>> ''He had obviously gone into my shed to get them,'' she said. ''He
>> said his cousin was the one who got them from the shed.''
>>
>> Lipton said when she heard someone had died in the Riley home her
>> first thought was that Michael Riley had killed his wife.
>>
>> ''No one knew there was a child sick in the house,'' she said. ''We
>> thought they had moved out.''
>>
>> Lipton said the Rileys left about two weeks after their daughter's
>> death. Carolyn Riley's stepbrother and his family followed a few weeks
>> later.
>>
>> Lipton said all three Riley children had special needs.
>>
>> Rebecca attended the Elden H. Johnson Early Childhood Center in North
>> Weymouth. The school provides full- and part-day classes for children
>> ages 3 to 5. The center's principal, Victoria Silberstein, declined to
>> comment.
>>
>> Michael Riley's mother, Kathleen Riley, would not comment on the case
>> when a reporter arrived at her home last night.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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