Landon Payne, a picture taken when he was 2 years old.About 20 people gathered outside the kearneycounty Courthouse in Nebraska to remember a boy who they said, “didn’t have a chance.” The small group stood with candles in a vigil for Landon Payne, the 4-year-old victim of alleged child abuse who died in December in rural Kearney County.
Read full report http://www.kearneyhub.com/news/local/article_d85054c6-a0a3-11df-80c8-001cc4c03286.html
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http://www.lexch.com/articles/2010/07/22/news/regional/doc4c47657653ba9068462334.txt
“It just seemed to me that this kid had nobody. He had nobody. We would have been there for him if we had known. We need to stand for him now,” said Jacque Shepard of Kearney, who helped organize the vigil on Facebook.
“He didn’t even have a chance,” Shepard said, tears in her eyes.
“Because he could not fight for himself, we are here in his stead. Because he did not have a ‘family’ we are now his family. We seek justice for Landon, we seek change so that there are no other Landons who fall through the crack, and are ignored by those who are here to serve and protect.”
Dr. Matthias Okoye, director of the Nebraska Forensic Medical Services performed an autopsy on Landon's body on Dec. 23 and said the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head. Okoye said the boy was dehydrated, malnourished and emaciated.
Court records also cite an interview with Landon's sister, who also lived at the home. She said Sharon Turnell poked the boy's feet with tacks and whipped him with a stick. She also described an instance when Sharon Turnell, Dustin Scoville and Charles Turnell had hung Landon on a hook outside at night, describing the hook as being on a wooden pole, where you could hang your hat and coat.
She said Sharon Turnell threatened to cut off Landon's penis with a knife and had heated a knife over the stove and held it next to his penis. The girl said Charles Turnell was putting hot sauce on Landon's penis while Sharon heated the knife.
Landon's sister also said Landon was not fed, and while the rest of the family ate, he would be in the corner. She said Katie Payne pulled out Landon's hair and Sharon Turnell encouraged other children in the house to pull out his hair.
My tears could not stop flowing when I read about Landon. May those responsible, the disgusting scums, be brought to justice!
Read full report http://www.kearneyhub.com/news/local/article_d85054c6-a0a3-11df-80c8-001cc4c03286.html
and
http://www.lexch.com/articles/2010/07/22/news/regional/doc4c47657653ba9068462334.txt
“It just seemed to me that this kid had nobody. He had nobody. We would have been there for him if we had known. We need to stand for him now,” said Jacque Shepard of Kearney, who helped organize the vigil on Facebook.
“He didn’t even have a chance,” Shepard said, tears in her eyes.
“Because he could not fight for himself, we are here in his stead. Because he did not have a ‘family’ we are now his family. We seek justice for Landon, we seek change so that there are no other Landons who fall through the crack, and are ignored by those who are here to serve and protect.”
Dr. Matthias Okoye, director of the Nebraska Forensic Medical Services performed an autopsy on Landon's body on Dec. 23 and said the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head. Okoye said the boy was dehydrated, malnourished and emaciated.
Court records also cite an interview with Landon's sister, who also lived at the home. She said Sharon Turnell poked the boy's feet with tacks and whipped him with a stick. She also described an instance when Sharon Turnell, Dustin Scoville and Charles Turnell had hung Landon on a hook outside at night, describing the hook as being on a wooden pole, where you could hang your hat and coat.
She said Sharon Turnell threatened to cut off Landon's penis with a knife and had heated a knife over the stove and held it next to his penis. The girl said Charles Turnell was putting hot sauce on Landon's penis while Sharon heated the knife.
Landon's sister also said Landon was not fed, and while the rest of the family ate, he would be in the corner. She said Katie Payne pulled out Landon's hair and Sharon Turnell encouraged other children in the house to pull out his hair.
My tears could not stop flowing when I read about Landon. May those responsible, the disgusting scums, be brought to justice!
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