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Delvin Pendleton beat one year old Alexis to death

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VAN BUREN, Arkansas -- An Oklahoma man has been charged in with first-degree murder in Arkansas for the beating death of his girlfriend's 1-year-old daughter.

Delvin Alex Pendleton, 26, of Pocola, Okla., was arrested Saturday for the killing of Alexis Mae Shores-Evans. Investigators said she died from injuries that suggest she was thrown to the floor in her mother's home in Van Buren, about 20 miles north of Pacola.

Lt. Brent Grill of the Van Buren Police Department said Alexis was taken to Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock on Oct. 4. She died two days later. Medical staff determined that she had head trauma.

Pendleton and the child's mother, Sara Shores, were at her home the morning of Oct. 4. Pendleton was downstairs alone with the child and changing her diaper, Grill said.

"It was during this time investigators believe Pendleton became angry because the child would not stop crying," Grill stated. "Pendleton then at some point caused severe head injuries to the child, possibly from an impact on the kitchen floor."

After taking Alexis upstairs to her mother, Pendleton realized that Alexis was unresponsive. The child was taken to Summit Medical Center in Van Buren and later taken to the Little Rock hospital.

Pendleton's address was listed by police as being in Pocola. He was being held without bond in the Crawford County Jail and it wasn't immediately clear whether he had an attorney. Grill said a bond hearing would likely be held later this week.
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http://www.news9.com/Global/story.asp?S=11295678
 
How about we take these penises and drop them on their heads???? I'm so sick of hearing about these sweet innocent babies paying the price. If you don't want the baby, or aren't prepared to commit to putting that baby first above everything else then give them up for adoption. They at least have a chance in adoption of being placed with loving parents.
 
I feel bad for the mother, but why would you have your boyfriend change your child's diaper, or bathe them like we see in so many other cases? I guess maybe if the boyfriend had been around since the child was born, I could understand. I doubt that is the case here.
 
i dont know, i wouldnt have a boyfriend change my childs diaper, to tell you the truth i dont even have my sons father change his diaper, i always do it, and happily. I dont know if im the onley one but for some reason i just do it all because i want to.... i love taking care of my son :)
 
Right now they believe 26-year-old Devon Pendleton was changing the 17 month old Alexis' diaper when he became angry with the child for crying.

The child was taken to Children's Hospital in Little Rock for severe head trauma, possibly caused by impact with the kitchen floor.

Alexis died on October 6th. "She was a little Rugrat. She loved Finding Nemo and the Wall-E Cartoon. She carried around a Nemo blanket and a little Nemo stuffed animal everywhere she went. She loved to smile and she was a big ham for the camera. Just a beautiful little baby," said Alexis' grandfather Will Shores.

Because the investigation is still ongoing, Shores could not comment on the specifics of the case.

However he wanted to stop the rumors swirling around and let the investigators do their job. "A lot of us say we're Christians and I think this is when it counts to not only go around saying it, but seeing it. To see some respect and reverence for people," said Shores.

But there is a silver lining.

Alexis' parents have decided to donate her organs.

Because of Alexis, five young children have a chance at life. "During such a tragedy, they just gave. And it was really mature of them and I'm very proud of them and of the way they've acted. And I'm proud for the families. I'm glad they're receiving some life out of it so. It's a wonderful thing," he said.

The family says they are understandably grieving the death of this beautiful child,

and they hope that people will respect their privacy and the privacy of Devon Pendleton during this time.

Pendleton is being held at the Crawford County Detention Center.
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Video with pictures of Baby Alexis
http://www.kfsm.com/news/kfsm-news-rv-van-buren-girl-killed,0,1143187.story

My heart breaks, once again, I am so sorry Alexis, Rest in Gods arms.....
 
Victims obituary

Alexis Mae Shores-Evans
Alexis Mae Shores-Evans, 1-year-old daughter of Sara Shores of Van Buren and Jason Evans and his wife, Lindsey of Springdale, died Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, in Little Rock. She was born May 8, 2008, in Fort Smith.

In addition to her parents, she is survived by her maternal grandparents, Rebecca and Karl Atwell of Van Buren; maternal grandfather, William Shores Jr. of Fort Smith; paternal grandmother, Judy Evans of Springdale; maternal great-grandparents, Rosemary Snow of Fort Smith and Jimmy and Sue Atwell of Van Buren; paternal great-grandparents, Stella Shores of Fort Smith, Bill Shores and his wife, Hermie of Waldron, and Roy and Lila Evans of Springdale; four aunts, Ashley Winters and her husband, Verlin of Van Buren, Savannah Shores of Van Buren, Karyn Atwell of Van Buren and Katlyn Atwell of Van Buren; two uncles, David Phillips of Springdale and Richard Evans of Springdale; as well as several other aunts and uncles.

Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, at Butterfield Assembly of God with burial at Roland Cemetery under the direction of Edwards Van-Alma Funeral Home.
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Alexis shares the same birthday as one of my grandbabies. I cannot imagine, a 17 month old child being abused this way, I am just sickened to think about what happened to her!!

May the angels surround Alexis Mae
and the saints welcome her with joy.

Lord God, we commend this child to Your everlasting care.
In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen
 
MadeaBecBec said:
Alexis shares the same birthday as one of my grandbabies. I cannot imagine, a 17 month old child being abused this way, I am just sickened to think about what happened to her!!

May the angels surround Alexis Mae
and the saints welcome her with joy.

Lord God, we commend this child to Your everlasting care.
In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen
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My daughter is only a few weeks younger than this little girl and she is also obessesed with Finding Nemo:( She is in a bratty stage, and she tries our patience, but I can not fathom beating a 17 month old.
 
I wonder if the guy I know with the same last name is related to this asshole. Hmmmmm??? I think I'll send him this link and ask.....
 
I feel bad for the mother, but why would you have your boyfriend change your child's diaper, or bathe them like we see in so many other cases? I guess maybe if the boyfriend had been around since the child was born, I could understand. I doubt that is the case here.
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My hubbie never changed our daughters diapers! Mainly because he would gag LOL but i had to make sure it was done right!


But there is a silver lining.

Alexis' parents have decided to donate her organs.

Because of Alexis, five young children have a chance at life. "During such a tragedy, they just gave. And it was really mature of them and I'm very proud of them and of the way they've acted. And I'm proud for the families. I'm glad they're receiving some life out of it so. It's a wonderful thing," he said.
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It is a wonderful thing but if not for this bastard... she would still have a chance to live her own life!

RIP sweet baby

ROt in HELL Devlin
 
Alexis died on October 6th. "She was a little Rugrat. She loved Finding Nemo and the Wall-E Cartoon. She carried around a Nemo blanket and a little Nemo stuffed animal everywhere she went. She loved to smile and she was a big ham for the camera. Just a beautiful little baby," ......
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This is how I'll remember baby Alexis. A beautiful child full of life, just a precious sight to all that knew her.

It is an admirable thing that other children will live because of the life Alexis offers from her organs. Still, this brings little comfort to me as all I can think of is the fact that Alexis died over crying. Crying. Life stolen and gone along with all the things that life might have held for her. No....there is little solace. Thankfulness, most certain, but nothing Alexis gave after her death should have ever happened. Some might say, this was her purpose as all things have meanings. The meaning here is child abuse must end. One life stolen from an innocent child is one too many. My heart goes out to Alexis as she wasn't given a fair chance at living her own life. Kisses sweet one, you deserved better.
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Awww! Thank you Silvahalo for memorializing this sweet Baby Girl... Look at that precious smile and the twinkle in her eyes! That sparkle snuffed out by a heartless bastard... I think I'm going to be sick.

So very sorry Alexis Mae, Fly with Angels, Bounce on Jesus' knee and color the rainbows with your sparkle.....
 
*sigh* When we read things like this, we have to keep in mind that not all "boyfriends" are going to harm their girlfriends children. I know how hard it is to remember that after all that we read and see here, however just because a man is not the biological father of a child does not make him "safe" (we've seen that too). I can't fathom how the mother is handling this... I just can't.
 
Devin Pendleton slammed baby to the concrete; Says he's not a monster

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Devin Alex Pendleton, 26, was arrested Saturday morning at the Van Buren Police Department, following the Oct. 6 death of Alexis Mae Shores-Evans at Arkansas Children's Hospital.

According to Van Buren police, an investigation began Oct. 4 after Alexis was taken to the Children's Hospital in Little Rock suffering from head trauma. Police said the child's mother, Sara Shores, was upstairs when Pendleton became angry with Alexis, who would not stop crying during a diaper change.

"Pendleton then at some point caused severe head injuries to the child, possibly from an impact on the kitchen floor," states the press release from Lt. Brent Grill.
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Grill said noise from a fan running on the second story drowned out the sound from downstairs, and that Shores did not know anything was wrong until Pendleton brought an unresponsive Alexis to her.
[...]

According to a funeral home obituary, Alexis was born May 8, 2008, and was buried Tuesday at Roland Cemetery. Besides her mother, she is survived by father Jason Evans of Springdale and his wife, Lindsey, as well as numerous other relatives.
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http://www.pressargus.com/articles/2009/10/14/news/news01_101409.txt
Chief Deputy Prosecutor Robert Presley told Cottrell that Pendleton admitted to police he had violently shaken the infant and thrown her against a concrete floor on Oct. 4.
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Presley asked that bond be set at $1 million. He claimed Pendleton had previously been charged with assault and that he was “extremely violent.â€￾

Police files indicate Pendleton told investigators several stories about how the injuries occurred. According to police, he related incidents of abuse he had suffered as a child and asked investigators to tell family members he was not “a monster.â€￾

Pendleton’s court appearance occurred within several hours of a possible Tuesday evening suicide attempt by the suspect.
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http://www.swtimes.com/articles/2009/10/15/news/news101509_07.txt

Fancies himself a musician: http://www.myspace.com/devinpendleton

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Uuhh, my bad! Apparently the page used to belong to the mother, and she's turned it into the tribute page. The red I saw on first glance must've blurred out my sense of reasoning. I swear I would've reached through the net and strangled him at that moment, had that been possible.
 
A man being held in the death of his Van Buren girlfriend’s 16-month-old daughter tried to take his own life, according to an internal investigation at the Crawford County jail.
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On Tuesday evening, authorities found Pendleton in his cell with a blanket tied around his neck, according to a Sheriff’s Office report by investigator Ken Howard. The other end of the blanket was tied to a handle on the outside of the cell door. The blanket had been tied to the handle by reaching through the tray door where the food is placed for the inmate, according to the report. Pendleton was the only inmate in the cell at the time.

Pendleton was transported to Summit Medical Center where he was treated and released. He was not harmed during the attempt, authorities said. He has since been placed on suicide watch at the jail.
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Authorities talked to Pendleton following his suicide attempt, and he was asked why he did it. Pendleton said he was “depressed because of the charges and just wanted to die,” according to the report.
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http://www.swtimes.com/articles/2009/10/16/news/news101609_12.txt

Damn.
 
Dramatic Devil, isn't he?! He knew they would notice that bed cover tied to the food tray door, then SAVE him..... Maybe Pendleton should've thought about all the consequences, BEFORE, he slammed Tiny Alexis into a concrete floor. Next time, Pendleton, dive off the Jail's top bunk onto the concrete floor below, you will get a small taste of what it felt like for Alexis......
 
Pendleton said he was “depressed because of the charges and just wanted to die,” according to the report.
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Has nothing to do with regret for killing baby Alexis. Motherfucker, deserves death. I hope next time the grim reaper finds him first and does the job right.
 
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Lexie's aunt (mother's sister) posted on another board I frequent asking for prayers for her when this first happened. I pasted the link to this thread hoping she'd join us here, but so far I don't think she has. She and her family were concerned about the boyfriend and had a bad feeling about him. Apparently they tried to tell the mom but she wouldn't listen. What a shame.

RIP, little Lexie.
 
why dont you assholes take it from someone who knows devin personally. first of all i do not condone the beating or killing of children. second you guys are only reading what the news is blowing way out of proportion and twisting his words to make it sound extremely violent. third this previous "assault" and violent "history" was devin defending himself. if you guys want to bitch about something bitch about how the mother who was as you guys asked about "having the boyfriend change and bathe alexis" heres something that you guys arent talkin about the horrible infection the baby was living with and had extremely toxic blood and the mother never once took her to the doctor to find out what was wrong with her. As for devin and these charges, i for one will not turn my back on him, i will stand behind him and support him through the whole thing along with the rest of my family and yes he will prolly go to jail for a while for this. but just so every one knows as devins best friend and as the person who was there for the birth of his own daughter right there with him, and the man who had devin in my house every day. he has never once gotten angry with his baby for crying or doing the things babies do and as far as i know that before this he never did with alexis either. good night
 
stylincustoms said:
why dont you assholes take it from someone who knows devin personally. first of all i do not condone the beating or killing of children. second you guys are only reading what the news is blowing way out of proportion and twisting his words to make it sound extremely violent. third this previous "assault" and violent "history" was devin defending himself. if you guys want to bitch about something bitch about how the mother who was as you guys asked about "having the boyfriend change and bathe alexis" heres something that you guys arent talkin about the horrible infection the baby was living with and had extremely toxic blood and the mother never once took her to the doctor to find out what was wrong with her. As for devin and these charges, i for one will not turn my back on him, i will stand behind him and support him through the whole thing along with the rest of my family and yes he will prolly go to jail for a while for this. but just so every one knows as devins best friend and as the person who was there for the birth of his own daughter right there with him, and the man who had devin in my house every day. he has never once gotten angry with his baby for crying or doing the things babies do and as far as i know that before this he never did with alexis either. good night
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What's your point? He didn't do it or is wasn't "all that bad" what he did?
 
a baby died here obviously bc of head trauma, so of course its bad, i would never wish this on any baby or any parents, i dont even know if i can legally talk about what i was told without repercussions of the court. but the news and the police report have taken what devin has said and added a word here and word there and omitted a word or two of his. like i said he probably will go to jail for a long long time but none of you guys know him and to be calling for his death is completely unfair esp if you care for babies as much as you all claim too. his daughter turned 20 months old today and she may never get to see him again and has possibly lost the chance to ever know him the way i have come to know him or the way her mother or any other of his friends have gotten to know him
 
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stylincustoms said:
a baby died here obviously bc of head trauma, i dont even know if i can legally talk about what i was told without repercussions of the court. but the news and the police report have worded it completely different. like i said he probably will go to jail for a long long time but none of you guys know him and to be calling for his death is completely unfair esp if you care for babies as much as you all claim too. his daughter turned 20 months old today and she may never get to see him again and has possibly lost the chance to ever know him the way i have come to know him or the way her mother or any other of his friends have gotten to know him
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Well, that's the fault of his own that she will never get to see her daddy anymore. Actions come with consequences. It is not our fault that he killed Alexis. It's not our fault Alexis died from the injuries he gave her. He will be thought of as a baby killer in many eyes, whether you like it or not. Coming to a site that shames criminals is not a bright idea...even if he was the bestest friend you've ever had. We will know him as the baby beater.
 
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