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Man charged A four year old girl is fighting for her life after the Johnston County Sheriff's Office says she was tortured by her mother's boyfriend.

The little girl is currently in critical condition at UNC Hospitals. As for the suspect, 21-year-old, Jonathan Richardson, has been arrested and charged with felony child abuse.
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Authorities say Richardson was living in an outbuilding on his grandparents' property with his girlfriend and her four year old daughter.

Last week, the girlfriend was deployed to reserve training in New Mexico. While she was gone, authorities say Richardson beat and sexually assaulted the little girl.

Sheriff Steve Bizzell tells NBC-17 News, this is the worst case of abuse and torture he has ever seen.

Bizzell said the child has head trauma along with abrasions and lacerations to most of her body. The child also had a number of bite marks, as well.

It's not the first time Richardson has been in trouble with authorities. Court records show he served time for an assault back in 2007.

Tonight, Richardson faces felony child abuse charges. He is being held in the Johnston County Jail under a one million dollar bond.
with torturing 4-year-old girl
http://johnston.mync.com/site/Johns...man-charged-with-torturing-a-4-year-old-girl/
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Jonathan Richardson​
 
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The girl was so badly hurt that she had to be airlifted to UNC Hospitals, where she was in critical condition.

“This is one of the worst cases of child abuse that I have ever seen and that we have every investigated,” Bizzell said.
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The extent of the girl’s injuries left him and other seasoned investigators on his staff shaken, he said.

Jonathan Douglas Richardson, 21, was charged with felony child abuse with severe bodily injury, Bizzell said.
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Richardson lives in a barn behind the home of his grandparents. A few weeks ago, his girlfriend had moved into the barn with him, bringing her 4-year-old daughter, Bizzell said.
The girl’s mother left for military training in New Mexico on July 6, leaving her daugther with Richardson.
http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/07/16/585396/johnston-county-man-charged-with.html
 
I hate to rag on a military mom, but going to live in a barn and then leaving your child there while you deploy?! That's a highly questionable move. (At least it wasn't for a long overseas deployment.)

This male parasite has some gall, raping and torturing that poor child right in his grandparents' back yard. Not to mention his criminal lack of foresight in recognizing the jig would be up when his girlfriend got home. I just can't fathom that some guys (in this case) can't seem to see past the end of their own scummy noses (or pubes, as the case may be). No concept of the future. No concern for "what will the neighbors say". No regard for other people's feelings, pain, and suffering.
 
The mother left the girl in Richardson's care last Tuesday so she could go to Army Reserves training in New Mexico. Bizzell said the mother was devastated to hear about the incident and was on her way back to Johnston County.

Investigators believe the assault took place at a barn apartment Richardson had been living in. It is located behind his grandparent's home along Old Sanders Road in Smithfield. Bizzell said Richardson's grandparents had nothing to do with the case and are good, respected people in the community.

Richardson was in the Johnston County jail under a $1 million bond Friday night.

In 2008, Richardson was found guilty of assault on a female, according to court records. He was ordered to enter an abuser treatment program and attend a domestic violence program in Johnston County.
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/7979747/
 
I guess rehab programs don't work on everyone (I've seen them work miracles too, however). This fucker is evil, plain and simple. He looks it and certainly acts it. Jailhouse justice, I hope. I'm praying hard for the baby.
 
Child abuse suspect had prior run-ins with the law
SMITHFIELD, N.C. -- Authorities say the man accused of torturing a 4-year-old girl in Smithfield has a history of run-ins with the law.

Officers charged 21-year-old Jonathan Richardson with felony child abuse with severe bodily injury after he took the child to a hospital Friday claiming she had been hurt in a fall from a bed.

Officials say he's committed five other unrelated crimes during a two-year period.

Deputies say Richardson assaulted his girlfriend's child, who was left with him while she trained for the Air Force Reserves in New Mexico. Authorities say there was evidence of sexual abuse and the girl had a serious head injury along with bites, cuts and bruises all over her body.
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http://charlotte.news14.com/content...-abuse-suspect-had-prior-run-ins-with-the-law
 
Child torture suspect appears in court
JOHNSTON COUNTY (WTVD) -- A Johnston County man accused of torturing a 4-year-old girl made his first court appearance Monday.
Jonathan Richardson's face was blank as he went before a judge in Smithfield. The 21-year-old said he wanted a court appointed attorney. His bond is set at a million dollars.
Deputies say Richardson took the girl to a hospital last week claiming she fell out of bed. But doctors called in authorities when they discovered human bite marks, bruises, cuts, severe head trauma and signs of possible sexual abuse.

Richardson was supposed to be caring for the girl - who is the daughter of his girlfriend - while the mother was out of state for Army Reserve training.
Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell called it one of the worst cases of abuse his investigators have ever seen.
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Bizzell said the girl was living with Richardson and her mother in an outbuilding/barn on Richardson's grandparent's property just east of Smithfield in the Brogden Community.

Richardson is charged with one count of felony child abuse severe bodily injury. It's not the first time he's been in trouble with the law. His record shows arrests for DWI, communicating threats, assault, and damage to property.

He's due back in court August 5.
The girl's mother has returned from training in New Mexico and is at her daughter's side in the hospital.
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=7562138&rss=rss-wtvd-article-7562138
 
Jeeze. I'm sorry but I feel bad for mom. She should have checked out her boyfriend, but she probably felt a little more comfotable with his parents right these. I'm a big advocate of check the uy out first...But I can say - I checked out my ex. They have his age wrong and there's not one single record of him being arrested. He's been arrested at least 20 times, so sometimes you can't rely on the internet.
 
When this senseless shit happens, mothers or fathers of the child should have the right to beat the scum that did this shit to their children.
 
Four-year-old torture victim dies
JOHNSTON COUNTY (WTVD) -- The 4-year-old Johnston County girl tortured by her mother's boyfriend died Monday evening.

Teghan Alyssa Skiba was hospitalized on Friday after being severely beaten and tortured by 21-year-old Jonathan Douglas Richardson.

Deputies say Richardson took the 4-year-old to the Johnston Medical Center claiming she fell out of bed. But doctors called authorities when they discovered human bite marks, bruises, cuts, severe head trauma and signs of possible sexual abuse.

Skiba was later air-lifted from Johnston Medical Center ER to UNC Chapel Hill Hospital for further treatment, but died of her injuries on Monday around 6:30 p.m.

Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell told ABC11 earlier on Monday that her condition was not improving and she remained in critical condition.

Bizzell said the abuse likely happened over several days and called it one of the worst cases of abuse his investigators have ever seen.

"The reality is probably 10 times worse than anyone could possibly imagine," he said Monday.

Richardson was supposed to be caring for the child while his girlfriend, Skiba's mother, was in New Mexico for Army Reserve training.

On Friday, Helen Reyes returned from training in New Mexico to be at her daughter's side in the hospital.

But Bizzell said he feels the girl's mother has some responsibility for what happened because she knew the conditions she was leaving her child in.

Bizzell said the couple was living with the child in an air conditioned barn behind the home of Richardson's grandparents on the outskirts of Smithfield near Brogden. There was no running water, no bathroom, and just a single air mattress on the floor to sleep on.

Investigators have not charged Richardson's grandparents with any crime, but Bizzell said the investigation was ongoing and detectives were meeting with the district attorney. He said it's likely more charges will be filed.

Richardson is now charged with first degree murder and is being held without bond in Johnston County Jail.

Earlier on Monday, Richardson faced a judge in Smithfield first the first time. He was originally charged with felony child abuse with severe bodily injury and held in jail under a $1 million bond.

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http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=7563955&rss=rss-wtvd-article-7563955
 
[...]Upon Teghan’s death, authorities charged Richardson, 21, of Old Sanders Road, with first-degree murder. He was already facing a felony child abuse charge.

Authorities haven't said how long Alyssa was in Richardson's care, but arrest warrants indicate the dates of the offense from July 14-16.
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http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/7992762/

He pnly had her 2 fucking days and killed her!!
 
Aww, Jayzus! I'm so sorry this little girl died. I had so hoped it wasn't going to end this way!

That sick, psycho bastard deserves to die, beaten and alone without friends or family. What a breach of trust; an inhuman, parasitic waste of food and water he is. May his molecules become instantaneously excited, causing him to explode.
 
A facebook page, In Memory of Teghan Alyssa Skiba: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=133297813374347&v=wall&ref


Jonathan Douglas Richardson, 21, of Old Sanders Road, initially claimed the girl had fallen off a bed and that he applied an ice pack to her head. He later told a detective that he "became upset" with the girl for soiling the air mattress where they slept.

Richardson explained that he is "bipolar and little things set him off," according to the search warrant.

He is charged with first-degree murder and was already facing a felony child abuse charge. Richardson is being held in the Johnston County Jail with no bond. The investigation into Teghan's death is ongoing and others may be indicted in the case, Bizzell said.
Some of the items seized included an air mattress, condom wrapper, shotgun, rifle, ammunition, knives, camera, duct tape pieces, green leafy substance, drug paraphernalia, guitar string and a drop cord.
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/7994619/

Mom supposedly met Richardson in a bar, six months ago, as the rumor goes, obviously didn't use common sense (something I am discovering is not so very common, anymore) and check him out before leaving Baby girl, but the Grandparents could've warned her or called authorities, DCFS, they knew he wasn't stable enough to care for a child. Surely, they did!!

And being bi-polar does not give you a ticket to create a living hell for anyone, I am surrounded by bi-polar family and friends. Not one of them would consider doing something like this to an adult, let alone a child. Disgusting evil son-of-a-bitch is going to use the "insanity" defense!!

Father, you know our hearts and share our sorrows. We are hurt by the horrible death of Teghan Alyssa, from the devil's spawn and we are angry at this loss the world has sustained, We feel broken and bewildered. So, when we long for words of comfort, yet find them hard to hear, turn our grief to more patient faith, our affliction to firmer hope! Give us confidence that she is safe and her life complete with you, and bring us together at the last to the wholeness and fullness of your presence in heaven, where your saints and angels enjoy you for ever and ever. Help us realize that Teghan Alyssa is safe and joyous in Your arms, Amen.
 
Woman need to quit leaving their kids with their new boyfriends!! I'm not a mother, but I wouldn't leave my child with my boyfriend until after a year or so and even before that I would watch how he is with children and monitor him with my child.
 
I'm so sorry Teghan. But your job now is to watch over all the other little girls who come into your world after you. Make sure to show them just how to catch butterflies. You can show them how to leave them on the pillowcases of their loved ones they had to leave behind.
 
A list of this asshole previous charges:
Assault on Female-2007
Simple Assault-2007
Underage Consumption-2007
Failure To Comply With License Restrictions-2007
Injury To Personal Property-2007
DWI-2008
Probation Violation-2008
Probation Violation-2009
Intentional Abuse Of A Child Causing Serious Bodily Injury-2010

As far as I knew people are put in jail when they violate probation...why was this guy not in jail?
 
Where Teghan was tortured...

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...6&ll=35.474057,-78.293123&spn=0,0.035191&z=15

I am shocked and appalled that the Grandparents of Richardson did not see about Teghan Alyssa, did they know that she had been left there? I just cannot wrap my mind around this, the home looks nice enough, well kept on the outside, were they at home during this time? My brain is boggled and I am distraught to think that there were other people (besides Mom) that could've maybe saved her from torture and death! Pieces of duct tape??? Defecated on the bed?? Seems she may have been dying from the sexual abuse, before he beat her!! Four years old!!
 
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Yes, I agree, the sexual abuse would have led her to bladder and bowel problems, not to mention that such abuse often leads to regression. That bastard set her up and then "lost it". After reading crap like this I just want to "lose it" on his ass. I have a lot of repressed anger and I need a punching bag. He looks like a great candidate.

On another note, I think the sheriff is getting ready to charge the mother. He sounds none to happy with the choices she made leading up to her daughter's death. http://charlotte.news14.com/content...ed-with-murder-in-smithfield-child-abuse-case
 
Helen Reyes, the Army Reserve soldier whose 4-year-old daughter died while Reyes was away at training in New Mexico, could have asked the Army for help with child care during her training or stayed home, Army Reserve officials said this week.

As a single mother, Pfc. Reyes should have been required to come up with what the military calls a "family care plan" outlining how her daughter would have been cared for during her two-week training trip to New Mexico.

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A spokesman for Reyes' reserve unit, the 535th Military Police Battalion based in Cary, said Friday that Army officials had not found a family care plan for Reyes.

"If she didn't have one, it would be out of the ordinary," said Sgt. Darius Kirkwood, a spokesman for the 200th Military Police Command based at Fort Meade in Maryland, which oversees Reyes' battalion. "It could have fallen through the cracks in the unit, or she could have been under orders to get one done."

Sheriff's investigators say they, too, want to see Reyes' family care plan, said spokeswoman Tammy Amaon. More charges may be filed, Amaon added.

. . .
http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/07/24/595596/army-says-child-care-help-should.html
 
I read this horrific case on the FP, cannot even begin to fathom the sweet child's horror those last two days.

Sounds like this really was a barn. Baby girl had no where to go to the bathroom...she may have been trying to hold it as the POS likely didn't let her just run off to the house up front to go. But I don't doubt that she was likely sexually abused prior to this incident. Makes me sick, I bet he volunteered to watch her too, the putrid fuck.
There was no running water, no bathroom, and just a single air mattress on the floor to sleep on.
I think its incredibly sad that the grandparents having known he was living in the barn with this woman and child didn't insist the child sleep in the home. They might have not known of little Teghan, that would explain, but how could they not know who was living in their own barn? I have to think they didn't know, its just too fucked up.

I don't know how long the mother knew this fucker but I have to wonder how could she leave her baby girl with this guy and in that barn, ffs? I mean I just couldn't do it. Her child probably didn't know this asshole all that well and to insure her well being with him for 2 weeks, geebus, and in a barn with no sanitary condition and not a decent place for her child to sleep. IMO, she is absolutely guilty for shity parenting, and poor judgment that put Teghan directly in danger. It really pisses me off to no end. Mothers, treasure your children they are NOT replaceable unlike a boyfriend.

You were the light of life a child to be cherished little Teghan. So sorry you weren't.
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Mother of dead child charged with abuse
JOHNSTON COUNTY, NC (WTVD) -- Officials have charged the mother of Teghan Alyssa Skiba with negligent child abuse causing serious bodily harm.

Helen Reyes was arrested around 11:00 Thursday morning.According to new search warrants, the 4-year-old girl was a victim of "forced consumption of alcohol". The warrants state that she suffered severe physical beatings and assault by biting between July 5 and July 16. The warrant says Reyes had "firsthand knowledge" of this kind of abuse before July 5.

Deputies say Reyes' boyfriend - 21-year-old Jonathan Douglas Richardson - took the girl to the Johnston Medical Center July 16 claiming she fell out of bed. But doctors called authorities when they discovered human bite marks, bruises, cuts, severe head trauma and evidence of extreme sexual abuse.

Richardson is now charged with first degree murder and is being held without bond in Johnston County Jail.

Richardson was supposed to be caring for the child while Reyes attended military training with the Army National Guard in New Mexico


According to search warrants, Richardson shared the same air mattress with the girl in an outbuilding behind Richardson's grandparent's house on the outskirts of Smithfield near Brogden. There was no running water and no bathroom.

Search warrants state Richardson told detectives he "lost it" when the little girl urinated and defecated in their shared bed.

He said he whipped her with an electrical cord.

He also stated he was bipolar and 'little things set him off."

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http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=7581917&rss=rss-wtvd-article-7581917
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Helen Reyes is escorted by two officers Thursday, July 29​
 
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I reread this whole thread again... Okay, I'm not a mother, but a lot of people are somewhat intuitive (me, I'm very intuitive) and know when something is not right with someone. Is the mother so stuck on herself that she couldn't see the devil of a man she was seeing? But, I think she really didn't care. I think she just wanted a man and is evil herself. I bet you that she didn't want her daughter. I bet she just wanted to be with her boyfriend and get done with the military. I bet that she herself helped beat her daughter and wanted her daughter gone. (this is what I'm seeing) If this is the fucking case, then why didn't she give her daughter up for adoption or give her to her parents? Which brings me to her parents: why in the fucking hell would they let their granddaughter stay in a apartment in a barn with no running water or a bathroom and let her share a bed with this fucking guy? Why didn't they have the granddaughter stay with them in the house? And why didn't they notice her injuries or change in behavior? Did they not see her? Did they not check on her? Weren't they at all suspicious? There is something more going on here and (if I prayed or believed in god) pray to god they investigate EVERYONE of these motherfuckers who lived on that property.
 
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The mother of 4-year-old Teghan Skiba faces child-abuse charges after investigators determined that she saw her boyfriend abuse the child before leaving her in his care.
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"The child had been disciplined in a manner that was not appropriate in the presence of the mother," Bizzell said. "Helen Reyes, in my opinion, neglected her duties as a mother. This so-called mother failed to provide the care that children need, desire and deserve."
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Reyes also suffered physical abuse at the hands of Richardson, Bizzell said. According to a search warrant, Richardson told detectives that his bipolar disorder makes him short-tempered and that "little things set him off."

The arrest warrant says that Reyes exposed her daughter to "verbal threats, intimidation, forced consumption of alcohol, severe physical beatings and assault by biting."

Bizzell said that on one occasion, both Reyes and Richardson stood by and watched while Teghan chugged a bottle of beer.

The more serious abuse, which included sexual assault, occurred after Reyes headed to New Mexico, Bizzell said. "It escalated apparently after she left," he said.
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If convicted, Reyes could face up to 30 years in prison.
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http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/07/30/603952/sheriff-mother-saw-boyfriend-abuse.html
 
Mother of child beaten to death appears in court
Updated 1:47 PM
RALEIGH -- A woman whose 4-year-old daughter died last week from abuse while she was out of the state appeared in court Friday on child abuse charges.

The judge didn't increase Reyes' $50,000 bond, but did say she couldn't leave the state. Prosecutors were worried about her traveling for Army Reserves training.

Helen Reyes, 27, of Raleigh, was arrested Thursday morning and charged with negligent child abuse causing seriously bodily injury. Her boyfriend, 21-year-old Jonathan Richardson is accused of beating the young girl.
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Reyes is in the Army Reserves and was in New Mexico for a two-week training program. According to the arrest warrant, Reyes "had firsthand knowledge” that this type of abuse had occurred prior to July 5 by Richardson.
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The judge set a probably cause hearing for Reyes for Aug. 12 in the case. Richardson, meanwhile, remains behind bars charged with first degree murder.
http://charlotte.news14.com/content...her-of-child-beaten-to-death-appears-in-court
 
http://www.theherald-nc.com/2010/08/04/15344/mom-charged-with-abuse.html
Bizzell doesn't plan to charge the Creeches or anyone else with crimes, although his detectives are still investigating.
The Creeches are Richardson's grandparents, the ones whose house the barn was located behind.

On Friday, prosecutors said that Reyes' family-care plan on file with the Army Reserves names her mother, Maria, as the sole caretaker for Teghan when the girl's mother is away for training.
So she didn't carry through on her own plan for Teghan's care.

If convicted, Reyes could face up to 30 years in prison.

BTW, in case you didn't catch it, Reyes is out on bond.

The paternal grandparents of a North Carolina girl who authorities say died after severe abuse say they had considered seeking custody of the 4-year-old but said state law made it very difficult. . . .

The Skibas say Teghan's father is facing drug charges and that Reyes had cut off communication with them. . .
http://www.thesunnews.com/2010/08/02/1615886/grandparents-of-slain-nc-girl.html

Here's a photoshow of Teghan: http://www.wral.com/news/local/image_gallery/8069176/
 
"The child had been disciplined in a manner that was not appropriate in the presence of the mother," Bizzell said. "Helen Reyes, in my opinion, neglected her duties as a mother. This so-called mother failed to provide the care that children need, desire and deserve."
We already know this, but GOOD to see it in black and white. This POS let that monster beat on her child. GIVE ME FIVE WITH HER!!
So she leaves and doesn't place Teghan with her grandparents as SHE planned??!! why? it's like she wanted her daughter to suffer and die by this fuckers hands. She knew the asswipe was beating her, so the way I see it she did this knowingly and willingly therefore, IMO, she deserves the same punishment as baby killer.

The grandparents wanted custody of Teghan and express a deep remorse for her loss. One question I have is, why did they never report abuse/neglect to CSP? Not one report was made. That might have helped their case in getting custody of Teghan.

I have no thanks for the posts/info above, so thanks but it blows my mind reading on this horror. Tundra thanks for the photo link on Teghan. Tried to post them here, but no luck. Dont' forget to view them, keep little Teghan's memory alive!
TEGHAN SKIBA SLIDESHOW
 
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