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Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Every Child Needs a Mother and a Father

posted by on February 7 at 9:56 AM

Prosecutors say a husband and wife in Hull ignored their four-year-old daughter’s cries for help after intentionally giving her an overdose of medication that ended up killing her. Carolyn and Michael Riley were arrested Monday on murder charges. They were arraigned Tuesday in Hingham District Court and held without bail.

Prosecutors say 4-year-old Rebecca Riley was taking prescribed drugs for bi-polar disorder and ADHD.

Police were called to the Rileys’ home in Hull back on December 13 and when they arrived they found Rebecca dead on the floor of her parents’ bedroom… investigators say she was curled up on newspapers beside her parents bed holding a teddy bear. The court paper quotes witnesses who claim Michael Riley angrily refused to allow her into the bed while she was sick.

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What the hell? A 4-year-old girl on meds for BIPOLAR?!?!?! Where I come from, that's called "being a kid." This is a horrible example of why I would have no opposition to parenting licenses.

Posted by Huh? | February 7, 2007 10:06 AM
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Disgusting people.

Posted by impossible prince | February 7, 2007 10:20 AM
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Just the plain fact that people are doping up their 4 year-old on all sorts of potentially fatal medications is disgusting. Sure, these sound like rotten, lousy parents and they should be jailed for this, but how much of an incentive did their doctors have to push mood-altering drugs on a little kid? 1. People like this should not be raising children. 2. Small children should not be subjected to heavy and dangerous medication like that.

Posted by Hernandez | February 7, 2007 11:13 AM
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4 years old. I lost sleep when my 4 year old had just a fever, how could anyone ignore their kid in a state like that?

Posted by Nick W. | February 8, 2007 2:50 AM
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Execution. Not the daughter, the parents. I damn near cried when they got to the line about the teddy bear. Dan, I suggest you show this to the "Family Values" brigade. Not that a tiny little story like this will make a dent in their monumental ignorance.

Posted by T5000 | February 8, 2007 8:08 AM
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