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James & Catherine Ammons Charged With 'Horrific' Child Abuse

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James & Catherine Ammons​
Kershaw, SC (WLTX) -- A mother and her live in boyfriend have been arrested and charged with unlawful conduct towards a child.

The Kershaw County Sheriff's Department says 24-year-old Catharine Ammons and 27-year-old James Watson Ammons were arrested after their 4-year-old daughter suffered two broken arms and a broken leg from being severely abused over several months.

Sheriff Jim Matthews says, "I cannot imagine what this little girl went through prior to and after the beatings which broke both of her arms and a leg. The pain and mental anguish she suffered had to be horrible. And to make matters even worse, neither of her caregivers sought medical help for 4-5 months. This is despicable."

The little girl is currently in the custody of DSS and is in an intensive care unit.

"I was informed today that a DSS case worker spent the night in the hospital with the little girl, who needs surgery, but is too malnourished to undergo it at this time. I was also advised that the DSS case workers who handled this were particularly disturbed by what they saw," added Matthews.

Hospital officials say the little girl's injuries weren't consistent with what the two say happened. Investigators say Ammons and Watson eventually admitted to not only abusing the child, but also (in the case of Ammons), not stopping or reporting the abuse.

They also admitted they had rehearsed with the little girl what to say in effort to cover up the beatings. [...]
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http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=185208
 
4 or 5 months holy shit. Bones start to heal and it doesn't matter if they heal incorrectly or not. They could have done permant damage by not getting those breaks properly set. And my God how painful to walk around with broken bones. The article says she cannot have surgery because she is malnourished, does that mean they were pratically if not completely starving her as well? Holy fuck what is wrong with people???!!!!

They must be inbred or something because the article says he is her live in boyfriend (not husband) yet they have the same last name. WTF is up with that?
 
Martha Jane Ammons · Mommy at Being a Stay at Home Mommy IS my job
You know I'm not saying what happened isn't wrong or horrible nor do I condone what happened but no one truly knows what happened and I know my sister and before she met that sorry excuse for a man she never raised a hand to my niece and as for the months of abuse they need to get their facts correct I mean they can't even spell my sisters name right so that should say something....I'm tired of everyone posting this. The family is trying to move past this and help that lil angel recover and help her move on and this isn't helping any
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Martha Jane Ammons · Mommy at Being a Stay at Home Mommy IS my job
Oh and another thing he kept her secluded and wouldn't let her see her family. We didn't know where she was or n e thing. She was being beat also so before you judge at least take the time to learn the facts.
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We got all the good tard lines here. "Get your facts straight" "My sister would never!" "She was secluded!" and my personal fave, "Only God can judge!"

Dumb bitch. Your broke down sister (24 my fucking ass!) and her ugly man are child beaters of the worst kind. I don't care if this was all his idea, she went along with it!!! Jesus. Martha Jane get your head out your ass.

By the way, bond was denied for them both.
 
Nell said:
We got all the good tard lines here. "Get your facts straight" "My sister would never!" "She was secluded!" and my personal fave, "Only God can judge!"

Dumb bitch. Your broke down sister (24 my fucking ass!) and her ugly man are child beaters of the worst kind. I don't care if this was all his idea, she went along with it!!! Jesus. Martha Jane get your head out your ass.

By the way, bond was denied for them both.
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I especially enjoyed how she claimed that he was NOT her sister's live in bf, immediately after having claimed he kept her secluded. How the hell did he keep her secluded if he didn't live with her? She must be one pathetic woman if she can be so easily cowed into not only letting herself be secluded and beaten by a man who doesn't live there, but to let him brutalize her child, and then try her damnedest to cover up for him. I have no sympathy for her.

ETA: My bad, apparently she lived with him. I stand by the rest of my post though.
 
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After reading what happened to that poor little girl at the hands of these sub-human organisms.... I am sick. There has to be some inbred SOMETHING there. Was he a real "uncle" or what?

When I think of the pain that baby went through, month after month, as her broken bones healed or tried to heal WRONG b/c they were never set right. The bones would have to be rebroken and set properly. Even more fear and pain for that baby.

I'd like 5 minutes in a room alone with each of them. I can think of a myriad of creative tortures to put these greasy slimeballs through.

It's a miracle that we're not reading another dead baby story. Really.
 
More charges for the dickwads
Mother, live-in boyfriend hit with new charges in "horrific" child abuse case
LUGOFF, SC (WIS) - Bond was denied Monday afternoon for the mother and live-in boyfriend accused in a case that Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews described as "horrific".

Matthews said 24-year-old Catharine Ammons and 27-year-old James Watson of Lugoff were charged with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and allowing a person to afflict harm to a child.

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The little girl is in the custody of DSS and is in an intensive care unit at an undisclosed hospital. A DSS worker told Matthews that the girl needs surgery, but she is too malnourished to have it done right now.

Ammons and Watson were originally charged with unlawful neglect toward a child, but the additional charges were filed Monday.
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http://www.wistv.com/story/17652954/sheriff-calls-child-abuse-case-horriffic
 
A DSS worker told Matthews that the girl needs surgery, but she is too malnourished to have it done right now.
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I bet they want to fix the bones that are healing or have healed in the wrong ways so she won't look like a cripple for the rest of her life. It's absolutely pathetic that she is too fragile from malnutrition to get these surgeries started.
 
Deputies: Kershaw Co. Mom Allowed Child Abuse to Save Herself

That makes it even worse in my book,your supposed to give your life protecting your child not offer them up on a silver platter
No reason she couldnt have ran with the baby
Kershaw County, SC (WLTX) - New details emerged in bond court Monday in what police are calling a brutal child abuse case in Kershaw County.

"The defendants actual reasoning for allowing the child to be beaten so severely was that she didn't want to be the one to take the place of the child in the emergency room. She knew that she would be beaten instead of the child if she intervened," Investigator Justin Dill told the judge.

Dill and Assistant Solicitor Ron Moak laid out the charges against 24-year-old Catharine Ammons and 27-year-old James Watson.
Deputies say both beat, and allowed the other to beat, Ammons' 4-year-old daughter in Watson's Lugoff home where they lived together for the past month.
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Investigators say Ammons admitted the girl was coached to tell hospital officials that she fell down a lot. Ammons told the judge she was too worried to leave the girl at home. Said Dill to the judge, "The defendant, Miss Ammons, by her own self admission says that she's unemployed and she's always home with the child at home. In fact, I think she told myself and Captain Phillips that she hasn't left home in a month."

According to deputies, Watson was out on bond from a domestic violence charge against someone else at the time of this arrest. Officials say the little girl had one surgery Monday, but will have to wait on the several others she'll need because she's too malnourished.
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http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=185370
 
According to deputies, Watson was out on bond from a domestic violence charge against someone else at the time of this arrest.
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I read at least one woman saying that he had beaten her in the past when she dated him in a comment on the cunt's FB page.

This guy is fugly, stupid AND beats up women and children. How the hell does he get dates let alone live in gfs?

Oh and I wonder if her sister will try to defend her now.
 
Family members respond to "horrific" child abuse case
Video at link has her dancing and singing
LUGOFF, SC (WIS) - We're slowly beginning to learn more about the 4-year-old Kershaw County girl investigators say was beaten from head to toe.
Video from months ago shows the little girl dancing and having a good time. It was before both her arms and a leg were broken in an incident Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews called "horrific".
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The child's aunt, a woman by the name of Natalie, spoke out about the case. She says they did not know what was going on with the little girl because for the past few months, Ammons had not let them see the child.

"I'm thinking of her little arms around me saying, "I love you, Aunt Natalie' and those arms being broken and the pain she went through at the hands of someone else," Natalie said.
Natalie says they have not been able to see the girl in the hospital, and she is in custody of the Department of Social Services.
Matthews says he's gotten a big response from people wanting to help.
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http://www.wistv.com/story/17715447/family-members-respond-to-horrific-child-abuse-case
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Still photo of her dancing​
 
I get the whole controlling, battered woman thingy....but women have to be held accountable. No matter WHAT the BF does, if the mother doesn't protect she's immediately guilty. Even if she didn't have the guts to stand up to him, she could ask her sister to care for her daughter. Which I know is easier said than done - but that's why it's called bravery. We have to be brave for our kids, who else will?
You can be weak and STILL stay on the right side of the law.

EDITED to add: I say I understand the battered woman thing IF she never raised a hand to her child. After reading Facebook (I know, I know. Heresay.), this case is seriously getting skewed.

Bottomline - EVERYONE is accountable.
 
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navsec said:
mom's sister is defending her in the comments section of that article whisper posted
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Did anyone read the MOnday messages? There's talk of rape & someone was married to the abusers brother..or something. I'm kind of confused. But as far as Facebook goes - this is seriously fucked up.
 
The egg donor held her so this monster could beat her??? WTF is wrong with this waste of oxygen?????
http://www.thestate.com/2012/04/24/2247184/couple-accused-of-beating-4-year.html

A Kershaw County magistrate Monday denied bond for a mother and her live-in boyfriend, accused of beating a 4-year-old child until her bones were broken, her liver was lacerated and her body was covered in bruises.
When the couple took the girl to the hospital Saturday, they allegedly coached her about what to tell doctors about her injuries — and allegedly made her walk, without assistance, with a broken leg, among other injuries, according to law enforcement officials.
“I’ve seen some worse than this, but the only difference between this child and those is this child is alive,â€￾ said Ron Moak, an assistant solicitor for Kershaw County.

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Catherine Ammons, 24, the child’s mother, and Justin Watson, 27, both of Lugoff, are charged with abuse/to inflict great bodily injury upon a child; abuse/allowing another person to inflict great bodily harm upon a child; and unlawful neglect of a child.
Investigators are not sure how long the girl was suffering the abuse because doctors cannot determine how old the bruises or bone fractures are, said Kershaw County Sheriff’s Sgt. Justin Dill, an investigator. But he said the couple had been living together for a month.
Ammons allegedly would hold her daughter while Watson beat the child, Moak said.
“I know if I had taken her place, I would have been in the hospital…â€￾ Ammons said during Monday’s hearing.
Magistrate Judge Roderick Todd set a $100,000 bond for each unlawful neglect charge but denied bond on the other two charges. Ammons will be appointed a public defender, while Watson said he had a private attorney.
The two each face a maximum of 35 years in prison if convicted.
The child, who remains hospitalized in the pediatric ICU at Palmetto Health Richland, is under the custody of the S.C. Department of Social Services, said Jean Catoe, a supervisor who testified during the hearing.
The parents are under investigation by her agency, Catoe said, adding there are no previous complaints against them at social services.
During Monday’s bond hearing, Kershaw County Sheriff’s investigators described the 4-year-old girl as so badly malnourished that doctors were not able to perform a surgery to repair a dislocated elbow and her hair was falling out.
Besides the dislocated elbow, the child was suffering from a broken wrist and a broken leg. She had bruises on the tops of her feet, on her palms and behind her ears, Dill said.
“There’s no other explanation we can come up with other than assault on the child to explain these,â€￾ Moak said.
At home, the child was walking by holding onto a wall but the mother was forcing her to try to walk by herself, Dill said.
When Ammons and Watson brought the girl to a Kershaw County hospital Saturday for a broken leg, they told doctors the child had fallen.
“The child was coached into saying, ‘I fell down and got hurt. I fall a lot,’â€￾ Dill said.
But the medical staff said the type of fracture and injuries were not consistent with one received in a fall, Moak said. Plus, the child’s elbow was deformed after the mother failed to seek treatment for her, he said.
“It’s obvious to anybody who saw this child that the child was severely injured and needed medical attention,â€￾ he said. The child was later transferred from the Kershaw County hospital to Palmetto Health Richland.
Ammons and Watson spoke to the judge during Monday’ hearing, but most of their testimony was inaudible to spectators due to the Kershaw County Detention Center’s setting for bond hearings.
Ammons said she dropped out of high school in the 11th grade and did not have a job. She lived with her parents before moving into Watson’s home.
The 4-year-old’s biological father is not involved in her life, Moak said.
Watson said he was on disability.
Watson has been convicted of stalking, assault and battery and disorderly conduct, Moak said. He also has a pending criminal domestic violence charge.
No other details were available about those cases.
There were no other children living in the home, officials said.

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Ammons allegedly would hold her daughter while Watson beat the child, Moak said.
“I know if I had taken her place, I would have been in the hospital…” Ammons said during Monday’s hearing.
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That statement right there just hung herself and how muchdo you want to bet any lawyer she gets will say she confessed under duress and try to have that stricken or suppressed



an example of no lawyer and then one trying to suppress statements
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/02/nj_judge_delays_ruling_on_whet.html
 
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Ammons allegedly would hold her daughter while Watson beat the child, Moak said.
“I know if I had taken her place, I would have been in the hospital…â€￾ Ammons said during Monday’s hearing.
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Pretty much expressing the ultimate in self-interest. Any adult woman could withstand the abuse better than a tiny child and, moreover, it would add impetus to terminating the relationship and turning his ass in to the police.

Watson said he was on disability.
Watson has been convicted of stalking, assault and battery and disorderly conduct, Moak said. He also has a pending criminal domestic violence charge.
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Not too disabled to terrify a woman and disable her child. Big man! He should be crippled up into a quadriplegic so he can't hurt anyone again nor defend himself against those who have grudges against him. He'd also have something to be angry about.
 
Whisper said:
That statement right there just hung herself and how much any lawyer she gets will say she confessed under duress and try to have that stricken or suppressed



an example of no lawyer and then one trying to suppress statements
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/02/nj_judge_delays_ruling_on_whet.html
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This freaking makes me furious!!!! Fucking furious. Pussy bitch rather hold her daughter down and let some asshole beat the ever loving shit out of her rather then take the abuse herself. I swear to God....what the fuck is wrong with this cunt. I could never listen to my child scream in agony to save my own hide. I would fight like a mother fucker and if I couldn't stop him from hurting my child I would die fucking trying. Holy shit. Stupid cow. One strike. If anybody laid their hands on my kid ONE time I would be out and they would be lucky if allowed them to live.

I'm pretty pissed off about that. My blood is boiling over this mother's selfishness. Not only did she allow it she participated because she didn't want the same treatment as her daughter. Fucking bitch. Grrr.......I need to invest in a punching bag or something for when I get like this.
 
You know after reading some of the comments on her facebook maybe they should let him out for a little while.....I think the problem very well could be solved if the right people get their hands on him.

I like how what appears to be his brother is on there claiming that it's all her and not him. Fucking asshole defenders are on both sides.
 
I CANNOT beleive she threw her kid to the wolves like that. She says she'd be in the hospital if he beat her - her kid IS in the hospital!!!
It seems like the family is in shock, that tells me some of them can provide this baby with a loving home. I hope she heals well.
 
You know what? Fuck her and her fear. Fuck her and the family/friends who are defending her. Like I've said before in cases like this...the abusive asshole had to sleep sometime. Catherine could have slipped out a window or the trailer door at some point. She's a piece of shit who cared more about getting the dick in than her own child. I wouldn't be surprised if she abused the kid as well. We know for sure the poor baby was emotionally abused. Looking at the pictures she has on Facebook, there's a knowledge in that little girl's eyes that shouldn't be there.
How dare she allow her child to be abused! How dare she say that she allowed it to happen because she was afraid she'd get the beatings instead. She is a piece of shit and deserves to rot. I was reading the FB post of one of her friends who was justifying what happened and saying that it was worse on the child to be taken away from her mother and her mother's penis. She was saying that at four, the kid probably didn't even understand what was happening to herself. Are you fucking kidding me????! No, cunt, what's worse is when a four-year-old baby is beaten so badly that she has bruises all over her body, two broken arms and a broken leg. What's worse is when the one person on Earth who is supposed to protect you stands idly by and watches (participates?) the abuse happen. That's what's worse. The kid probably breathed a sigh of relief that she was taken from her mother!
 
I'm not trying to contradict what I said earlier, I DO beleive in the fear women can feel but at the same time everyone is responsible for their choices.

BUT...to think how a child must break inside when their "protector" willingly allows them to be hurt. A part of that child must die. I'm not worth it, I'm not loved, it's ok that I feel pain, I deserve this, this is what I'm good for. When a parent steps away and makes abuse ok in the home - this is what the childs brain tells the child.

As a parent, MY focus is how can I encourage and inspire my child to be & feel their best? I'm not perfect, but I do try and show my love for them daily. How hard is that REALLY?
I love you, lets polish our nails but oh, I don't love you enough to protect you from bodily harm. What a mixed message for a small child. She will remember the good times because she loves her mother - but they will confuse her anger & resentment when she decides to heal someday.
 
THis thread obviously affected me, I've posted a lot. :p

So, I'm curious how it went down. Did James TELL Catherine he was going to beat her if he couldn't beat the girl? Or was it like the girl spilled cereal & he told Catherine hold her while I give her a whoopin'?

How does one go from loving parent .... to allowing abuse....to being the abuser. ???

How does this chain of events unfold? I know I'm THAT member who always questions the how & why, the pschology underneath. I can't help it. It's what I do. :p
 
TheMeaningOfItAll said:
You know what? Fuck her and her fear. Fuck her and the family/friends who are defending her. Like I've said before in cases like this...the abusive asshole had to sleep sometime. Catherine could have slipped out a window or the trailer door at some point. She's a piece of shit who cared more about getting the dick in than her own child. I wouldn't be surprised if she abused the kid as well. We know for sure the poor baby was emotionally abused. Looking at the pictures she has on Facebook, there's a knowledge in that little girl's eyes that shouldn't be there.
How dare she allow her child to be abused! How dare she say that she allowed it to happen because she was afraid she'd get the beatings instead. She is a piece of shit and deserves to rot. I was reading the FB post of one of her friends who was justifying what happened and saying that it was worse on the child to be taken away from her mother and her mother's penis. She was saying that at four, the kid probably didn't even understand what was happening to herself. Are you fucking kidding me????! No, cunt, what's worse is when a four-year-old baby is beaten so badly that she has bruises all over her body, two broken arms and a broken leg. What's worse is when the one person on Earth who is supposed to protect you stands idly by and watches (participates?) the abuse happen. That's what's worse. The kid probably breathed a sigh of relief that she was taken from her mother!
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And if you noticed the fucktards on her facebook defending him say he went to work all day and she was home alone with the child.....There is a perfectly good time to run with the kid and not look back. I mean she was living with her mother prior to moving in with him (which was what a month before) so I'm pretty sure she could go back to mommy's house. No this bitch has NO EXCUSE for not taking her daughter to safety. Some people said the mom was abused too but if that were true why not leave. She didn't even need to try to sneak out while he was sleeping she had hours during the day to walk out and instead she was on facebook playing games all fucking day. She's just as guilty.
 
TKaz said:
THis thread obviously affected me, I've posted a lot. :p

So, I'm curious how it went down. Did James TELL Catherine he was going to beat her if he couldn't beat the girl? Or was it like the girl spilled cereal & he told Catherine hold her while I give her a whoopin'?

How does one go from loving parent .... to allowing abuse....to being the abuser. ???

How does this chain of events unfold? I know I'm THAT member who always questions the how & why, the pschology underneath. I can't help it. It's what I do. :p
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It's odd because when you look at the pictures prior to her being with him (when she still lived at her moms) she seemed to really love and care about her little girl. In those pictures the child looks normal and happy. It looks like they did normal mom & daughter stuff together. I especially like the picture of her with the pans in the living room because she wanted to cook with her mom. For her mother to betray her this way has to be confusing and hurtful.

I don't know how these people go from loving parent to abuser. It's like they become so self absorbed when they are "in love" She didn't want him to leave her. She doesn't look abused and battered to me. That was reserved for her child. I don't know what sparked the abuse since no article says. Her child's father was absent, and from what I read on facebook she was considered "strange" so I'm thinking not many men paid attention to her. She finally had a man and was willing to do anything to keep him. There is no excuse for her not fleeing when he showed he was violent. She lived with her mother prior to moving in with this fucktard and she could have gone back. Like one of the posters on her FB said she had a lot of male cousins who would have handled him if she was that afraid but all she had to do was speak up. It wasn't like she was trully trapped. He left during the day, she could have easily had her family come get her and the child's belongings and left. She chose to stay because she put her own needs above her child. That's what it boils down too.

I hope to never understand the pschology behind it.
 
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