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.

In message <pd5373pfefs196hcvgp8i6gt4u6q6hp0u6@4ax.com>, cefvbg
<cefvbg@fgc.com> writes
>2/06/2007 MOM AND DAD KILLED GIRL, 4

Big snip.

What has this shit got to do with alcoholism.

--
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It only takes two-strokes to excite me (or a threesome :-))

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"cefvbg" <cefvbg@fgc.com> wrote in message
newsd5373pfefs196hcvgp8i6gt4u6q6hp0u6@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.
>
>
>
>
>

On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:11:02 +0100, Matt wrote:

> In message <pd5373pfefs196hcvgp8i6gt4u6q6hp0u6@4ax.com>, cefvbg
> <cefvbg@fgc.com> writes
>>2/06/2007 MOM AND DAD KILLED GIRL, 4
>
> Big snip.
>
> What has this shit got to do with alcoholism.

It's not a terminally unique situation. Obviously s/he got to Step 3 and
said, "oh sh*t!"

--
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Joe Jared <joejared@osirusoft.com> wrote in newsan.2007.06.18.12.35.56.90
@osirusoft.com:

> On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:11:02 +0100, Matt wrote:
>
>> In message <pd5373pfefs196hcvgp8i6gt4u6q6hp0u6@4ax.com>, cefvbg
>> <cefvbg@fgc.com> writes
>>>2/06/2007 MOM AND DAD KILLED GIRL, 4
>>
>> Big snip.
>>
>> What has this shit got to do with alcoholism.
>
> It's not a terminally unique situation. Obviously s/he got to Step 3 and
> said, "oh sh*t!"
>


The point is that this grops isn't AA, so there is NO third step, so this
doesn't belong here. Some of us ARE and AA and work the steps, but that's
not the focus of this group.

On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:21:21 +0000, Rick wrote:

> Joe Jared <joejared@osirusoft.com> wrote in newsan.2007.06.18.12.35.56.90
> @osirusoft.com:
>
>> On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:11:02 +0100, Matt wrote:
>>
>>> In message <pd5373pfefs196hcvgp8i6gt4u6q6hp0u6@4ax.com>, cefvbg
>>> <cefvbg@fgc.com> writes
>>>>2/06/2007 MOM AND DAD KILLED GIRL, 4
>>>
>>> Big snip.
>>>
>>> What has this shit got to do with alcoholism.
>>
>> It's not a terminally unique situation. Obviously s/he got to Step 3 and
>> said, "oh sh*t!"
>>
>
>
> The point is that this grops isn't AA, so there is NO third step, so this
> doesn't belong here. Some of us ARE and AA and work the steps, but that's
> not the focus of this group.


Ah. So... There is no third step... Poof. There is no god... poof. It's
all god's fault. Hmm.

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Joe Jared wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:21:21 +0000, Rick wrote:
>
>> Joe Jared <joejared@osirusoft.com> wrote in newsan.2007.06.18.12.35.56.90
>> @osirusoft.com:
>>
>>> On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:11:02 +0100, Matt wrote:
>>>
>>>> In message <pd5373pfefs196hcvgp8i6gt4u6q6hp0u6@4ax.com>, cefvbg
>>>> <cefvbg@fgc.com> writes
>>>>> 2/06/2007 MOM AND DAD KILLED GIRL, 4
>>>> Big snip.
>>>>
>>>> What has this shit got to do with alcoholism.
>>> It's not a terminally unique situation. Obviously s/he got to Step 3 and
>>> said, "oh sh*t!"
>>>
>>
>> The point is that this grops isn't AA, so there is NO third step, so this
>> doesn't belong here. Some of us ARE and AA and work the steps, but that's
>> not the focus of this group.
>
>
> Ah. So... There is no third step... Poof. There is no god... poof. It's
> all god's fault. Hmm.
>

Maybe that's why no FAQ exists for this newsgroup ... lack of focus,
that was our dilemma?

Bob

"Rick" <f@chance.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9954E36ADE288billmicrosoftcom@66.250.146.1 28...
> Joe Jared <joejared@osirusoft.com> wrote in
> newsan.2007.06.18.12.35.56.90
> @osirusoft.com:
>
>> On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:11:02 +0100, Matt wrote:
>>
>>> In message <pd5373pfefs196hcvgp8i6gt4u6q6hp0u6@4ax.com>, cefvbg
>>> <cefvbg@fgc.com> writes
>>>>2/06/2007 MOM AND DAD KILLED GIRL, 4
>>>
>>> Big snip.
>>>
>>> What has this shit got to do with alcoholism.
>>
>> It's not a terminally unique situation. Obviously s/he got to Step 3 and
>> said, "oh sh*t!"
>>
>
>
> The point is that this grops isn't AA, so there is NO third step, so this
> doesn't belong here. Some of us ARE and AA and work the steps, but that's
> not the focus of this group.

What is the focus of this group?
I've been perusing this group for about six months now. From what I've seen
it's about as useless as tits on a boar hog. If your interested in
recovering from alcohol addiction this is the last place I'd ever suggest
someone visit. You've got a troll, who was probably sexually abused as a
child, constantly blaming god for not meddling in the affairs of man, a
snake oil salesmen with a vested interest in selling vitamins and minerals
who's advertising them for profit, people trying to figure out how to drink
without endangering their health any more than they already have and once in
a blue moon someone asking for help who is rarely given any good advice.

"Muddle" <berniesimmons@epix.net> wrote in
news:Sclei.11022$Oc.268653@news1.epix.net:

>
> What is the focus of this group?
> I've been perusing this group for about six months now. From what
> I've seen it's about as useless as tits on a boar hog.

It is useful, by reading this group, I've learnt boar hogs don't have
tits,thereby expanding my general knowledge and ability to win pub quizzes,
should I ever be sober enough to participate

Stella