Ame Deal, Arizona 10-Year-Old, Killed By Family For Taking Popsicle: Police

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/29/ame-deal-killed-over-popsicle_n_913646.html#s318754&title=John_Allen



Video: Video Link: <a href="http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/Neighbors-suspected-abuse-at-home-where-girl-was-locked-in-box-126374553.html">

First Posted: 7/29/11 05:49 PM ET Updated: 7/29/11 05:49 PM ET

The family of a 10-year-old found dead in a trunk outside an Arizona home initially claimed the child died while playing hide-and-seek. But investigators now believe Ame Deal suffocated after her family locked her in the box because she took a popsicle from the freezer without permission.

Phoenix police claim Deal's grandmother, aunt and two cousins regularly subjected the child to horrific treatment, ultimately culminating in her July 12 death.

"This child died at the hands of those who were supposed to love and care for her. ... This case has turned the stomachs of some of our most seasoned detectives," said Phoenix Police spokesman Sergeant Trent Crump in a statement posted on the city's website.

Deal's passing was classified as a "death unknown" until July 28, according to the police press release.

But after Deal's cousin Samantha Allen, 23, and her husband, John Allen, 23, admitted putting the child in the trunk and padlocking it, authorities charged the couple with first degree murder.

John Allen was allegedly angry with Deal because she had taken a popsicle from the freezer, AZFamily reports.

FULL story at link.

[knitter4democracy]

1. Oh, for crying out loud, that's what kids are supposed to do!

Those people are sick. Sick, crazy, and evil. They need to never be around kids again.

[Blasphemer]

15. Absolutely

I am 100% percent against corporal punishment and part of the reason for that is that people use it in situations where kids are just doing what kids are supposed to do. Leaving a child to suffocate for something I can't even call an infraction is sociopathic.

[dsc]

2. I am opposed to the death penalty

but I have to admit I wouldn't break my neck running to a general population cell to save them from their fate.

[11 Bravo]

17. Yup, stick them in gen pop, and make sure their neighbors know what they're in for.

[riverwalker]

3. I am just sick

sometimes the evil is just overwhelming.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. That poor, poor little girl!

[madrchsod]

5. put her in a cell with someone who can`t see her children...

[Obamanaut]

6. I am NOT opposed to the death penalty, especially for heinous crimes.

This fits into that category.

[Jchiang123]

7. Agree

Ditto.

[The Doctor.]

8. The intention here was, arguably, not to kill the child.

But this is certainly homicide.

[Horse with no Name]

10. yeah locking her in a trunk outside in 120 degree heat

Who would have thought she could have died?

But I know what you are saying.

[The Doctor.]

12. Yes, stupid should equate to 'intent' sometimes.

But not for these purposes, I'm afraid.

At least all the other children will be much more safe now.

[get the red out]

13. No problem for me in cases like this

:grr:

[DeschutesRiver]

14. I agree in that

I am not opposed to it, esp. for heinous crimes, and esp where there is a confession (not simply a case of circumstanial evidence).

I would put these people to death for this. I don't want a world where these people can do this again and again, nor do I want to waste anyone's money to support them in prison for life.

That poor kid.

[Horse with no Name]

9. I would have gladly given this child all the popcicles she wanted

What a horrific end to a beautiful life.:cry:

[The Doctor.]

11. Oh dear... the pictures of these misanthropes.

There's so much malice in those people. Not just from being caught.

[Initech]

16. God -what is wrong with some people?