Brooklyn Saechao

Brooklyn Koy Saechao

July 26, 2010 - August 4, 2011

 Brooklyn Koy Saechao was born on July 26, 2010 to Sarn and Jamie Saechao. Her mother began dating a man named Jeffrey E. Locker. On August 2, 2010, her mother left Brooklyn in the care of Jeffrey who, on this day, called 911 to report that little Brooklyn had fallen and hit her head on something.

Brooklyn was brought to the hospital with severe head injuries and by the time she reached the hospital, she was unconscious. Though Jeffrey claimed that Brooklyn had fallen in the bathtub on her own, though medical officials knew that her injuries couldn't have been a result of Brooklyn falling on her own. 

Two days after being brought to the hospital, Brooklyn died. Her injuries were consistent with child abuse. Jeffrey Locker was sentenced to 18 years in prison for manslaughter.

Tristan Allegra

Tristan Michael Allegra

February 10, 2000 - December 25, 2008

Tristan Michael Allegra was born on February 10, 2000. His mother was Eryn Allegra. His mother was unemployed and she had little money. She had been contemplating suicide for months before Tristan's death, but it seemed like she didn't want to leave her son behind, so she began planning his death as well. 

Eryn took her son to a Holiday Inn hotel on Christmas Eve. She fed him dinner and eight advil tablets, hoping that this would kill him. She became doubtful that the medication would kill her eight year old son, however, so she made a backup plan. 

About two hours after Tristan fell asleep, his mother also smothered him with a pillow. She did this for about fifteen minutes, and at one point, Tristan woke up, his survival instincts kicking in, and he started to try and escape. His mother was stronger than him however, and she continued to smother him. She later told investigators that she "wanted to make sure that Tristan wasn't going to wake up and have some type of disability" due to the amount of medication she had given him.

After Tristan was dead, Eryn attempted to slit her wrists, but the blades were too dull, so she called 911. She was taken to the hospital where she was treated for her injuries, and then she was taken to jail and charged with first degree murder. 

Christopher Michael Barrios Jr.

Christopher Michael Barrios Jr.

January 2, 2001 - March 8, 2007

Christopher Michael Barrios Jr. was born on January 2, 2001. When he was six years old he was reported missing. He was last seen alive on March 8, 2007 around 6:15 p.m. playing on a swing near his grandmother's home. He was abducted by George Edenfield and George's parents, David Edenfield, and Peggy Edenfield. A family friend named Donald Dale helped kidnap Christopher, and hide his body afterwards, though he appeared to have nothing else to do with the death of the child.

Christopher was reported missing, and his body was found just a few days later. After Christopher's body was found, what happened to the little boy began surfacing too. It is believed that Christopher was lured into the Edenfield's mobile home as he was walking from the swing set back to his Grandmother's home for dinner.

Inside the mobile home, they held Christopher captive. George and David Edenfield, both registered sex offenders, took turns sodomizing Christopher. Peggy watched as her son and husband raped the six year old boy. While she watched, she masturbated. At one point during the attack, both George and David performed oral sex on Christopher. When they were done raping him, they choked him to death.

The three sickening criminals tried to hide what they had done. David and George used clothing to try and clean fluid from ejaculation off of themselves. They also used soap and water to attempt to get rid of fingerprints they left on Christopher when they strangled him. When they thought they had hid anything that might tie them to Christopher's death, they wrapped his body in trash bags. They then called their friend, Donald Dale, who helped them dispose of Christopher's body.

As stated earlier, David and George were convicted sex offenders. David had raped his daughter years before, and George had molested two little boys, aged seven and nine prior to their assault and murder of Christopher. Neither received any time in prison for their actions until Christopher's death.

The Yates Children

Noah Jacob Yates

February 26, 1994 - June 20, 2001

Noah Jacob Yates was born on February 26, 1994. Noah found almost everything interesting. He found bugs very interesting and he loved drawing. Two of his favorite things to draw were butterflies and rainbows. He also liked to swim, and do summersaults. He could even do summersaults underwater. He also liked to build things.

John Samuel Yates
December 15, 1995 - June 20, 2001
John Samuel Yates was born on December 15, 1995. He loved playing with balls and he liked trucks. "Truck" even happened to be John's first word. John also liked going to the pool and jumping off the diving board over and over again. He also enjoyed playing T-Ball.

Paul Abraham Yates
September 13, 1997 - June 20, 2001
Paul was born on September 13, 1997. He was known for his love of cuddling. He also would dance when he heard music. Paul loved pretending like he was a fireman. He got to visit the fire station twice, and he enjoyed it both times. He had a fireman hat that he wore all the time. He also was fascinated by rockets.

Luke David Yates
February 15, 1999 - June 20, 2001
Luke was born on February 15, 1999. He liked to help his mother plant things. Luke was quite a brave little boy, but one thing that did scare him was thunder. He had a favorite blanket that he affectionately called "dim dim". He was a very good older brother to his only younger sibling, Mary. He would help feed her by bringing her bottle to her. He loved all of his siblings.

Mary Deborah Yates
November 30, 2000 - June 20, 2001
Mary was born on November 30, 2000. She was known to be a very good baby who rarely cried. She loved all the attention she got from her four older brothers, but seemed to especially like it when Paul or Luke held her.

They were all born to their parents Rusty and Andrea Yates. On June 20, 2001, Rusty Yates went to work, as usual. Andrea stayed at home with her five young children. Dora Yates, Rusty's mother, was going to come and care for the children in about an hour.

After Rusty left for work, Andrea began to fill up the bathtub with water. Andrea then called Luke into the bathroom. He was two years old. She held his head under the water until he had drowned. Then she called three year old Paul into the room and drowned him as well.

Next she called in five year old John and proceeded to drown him too. She placed her three dead sons on a bed and covered their lifeless bodies with a sheet. Andrea then retrieved her only daughter, six month old Mary and put her in the bathtub as well.

When Mary had died, Andrea called in her oldest son, Noah. When Noah came into the room, Mary was still dead in the bathtub. Noah came into the bathroom and asked "What happened to Mary?" Noah ran away when Andrea moved toward him.

Andrea chased her oldest son all around the house before she finally caught him and drug him into the bathroom and held his head under the water. Noah put up more fight than her other children, and even managed to resurface a few times for air. Noah's last words were "I'm sorry." Eventually, Noah died at the hands of his mother as well.

Andrea put Mary's body next to her brothers' and covered them all with a sheet. She did, however, leave Noah's body in the bathtub. Andrea then called her husband and told him that she needed him to come home. He asked if anyone was hurt, and she answered "Yes, the children."

He then asked who was hurt, and she answered "All of them.". Rusty returned home to discover all five of his beautiful children dead. When asked why she drowned her children, Andrea answered that it was because she was a bad mother, and by drowning her children, she was saving them from Hell.

Andrea was sentenced to life in prison, but then retried due to false allegations. She was then found not guilty by reason of insanity. She was sent to a hospital.

Polly Hannah Klaas

Polly Hannah Klaas

January 3, 1981 - October 1, 1993

Polly Hannah Klaas was known as being "shy", probably because she moved around a lot. She was an average twelve year old girl with a nice sense of humor. Polly liked to read Archie comics and Judy Blume books. Polly enjoyed taking parts in school plays, and she loved being in the school band. Ironically, Polly had always been afraid of the dark, and often expressed fears of being kidnapped to her father. He always told her that she would be okay, and that he would always be there to protect her. Polly's parents had divorced when she was very young. She lived with her mother and her younger sister, Annie. She often saw her father, and they were very close.

On October 1, 1993, Polly was at her mother's house. She had invited two of her friends over for a slumber party. The girls she invited over were her two best friends, Kate and Gillian. They all played clarinet for their school's band. The twelve year old girl and her friends took turns posing with a Mickey Mouse hat that featured antlers. They also began playing with makeup. Polly put powder on her face and wore black lipstick in an attempt to appear as a ghoul. Polly soon washed off her makeup and she and her friends started to play a game titled "Perfect Match". 

Eventually, Polly and her friends decided they should be going to sleep soon. Polly got up and opened her bedroom door so she could go to the living room to find her friends' sleeping bags. When she opened the door, a strange man stood there. He told the girls "Don't scream, or I'll cut your throats." The girls all did as they were told, and when the man asked who lived there, Polly answered "I do." Later, Kate and Gillian both said that at first, they thought this was some kind of practical joke, as it was the month of Halloween, and Polly was known for pulling jokes.

The stranger told Polly that he was "just doing this for the money". Polly offered him a box that held fifty dollars, but he refused. He told the girls to lie down, which they did. He tied their hands behind their backs, and placed pillow cases over their heads. He told them again that he was just doing this for the money, and that he wasn't going to hurt them. Polly begged "Please don't hurt my mom or my sister.". It was then that the friends recognized the true fear in Polly's voice, and knew this wasn't a joke. The man picked up Polly and told her friends to count to 1,000 before they did anything else. He carried Polly away. Gillian and Kate did not count, however, they immediately struggled to get their hands free. At 10:45 p.m., Kate and Gillian woke Polly's mother and told her what had happened. She immediately called the authorities. 

On November 30, the police arrested a man named Richard Allen Davis for breaking his parole. Upon arresting him, the officer noticed him from the sketches that Gillian and Kate had described as the man who kidnapped their friend. His palm print had also been found at Polly's home. He was charged with the crime, and four days later, he lead police to Polly's body. Polly's remains were badly decomposed, so there is no way to tell how exactly she was killed, but Davis claimed to have strangled her from behind with a piece of cloth. He was tried and convicted for first degree murder. 

BreeAnn Rodriguez

 

BreeAnn Rodriguez

January 8, 2008 - August 6, 2011

 

BreeAnn Rodriguez was born on January 8, 2008 to Edgar and Claudia Rodriguez. She had two brothers, and one sister. On the day she went missing, she was outside playing with her brother. She was wearing a pink shirt, and pigtails. Her brother went inside to get a drink, leaving BreeAnn outside. When he returned, BreeAnn, and her bicycle, were gone. Later, investigators found her training wheels near the road.

According to BreeAnn's neighbor, BreeAnn came to his house. Shawn Morgan, her neighbor, was a steel factory worker with three children of his own. He reports that he found BreeAnn on the ladder of the pool in his backyard. He says that he took BreeAnn inside his house and then suffocate her with a white plastic trash bag. He told investigators that it felt like it took an 'hour' for BreeAnn to die.

Shawn Morgan then reports that he used the same trash bag he used to kill BreeAnn to put her body in. He then drove to a secluded road and threw BreeAnn's body into the ditch. Then, he went home and took apart BreeAnn's bicycle and threw it around the same area. 

Brianna Kichelle Hester

Brianna Kichelle Hester

November 17, 2007 - May 1, 2009

Brianna Kichelle Hester was born on November 17, 2007. Her mother had previously had a surgery that would significantly weaken the chances of her conceiving a child. Everyone was so pleasantly surprised when Brianna's mother announced her pregnancy. It was a high risk pregnancy, however, and Brianna was born prematurely. She was described as a 'happy and content' baby.

About a year after Brianna was born, Brianna's mother met a man and soon, she was in a relationship with him. Just before Brianna's first birthday, she and her mother moved in with this man. However, shortly after this, the rest of Brianna's family began to notice that they hadn't been seeing her as often as they used to.They also noticed that the few times they did see her, she had bruises. When questioned about this, Brianna's mother said that Brianna was only just learning to walk, and that she fell down a lot.

This seemed reasonable because Brianna had a slight turn in her leg. They assumed that that was why Brianna had been falling down a lot. Brianna's pediatrician told them that it was nothing to worry about, and that Brianna would probably outgrow this soon. Just three months after this, however, Brianna stopped walking completely.

Brianna's mother took her to the hospital and they did multiple tests. Everything came back normal. The only diagnosis the doctors could come up with was "acute cerebral ataxia". They said it was probably caused by an unknown virus. After Brianna was released from the hospital, she slowly began improving. She started to walk again, little by little. She still had a limp, however. Her family also noticed more and more bruises on her.

DEFACS came to check on Brianna one time, but her caseworker never actually saw Brianna. Brianna's mother called her family 'overly-dramatic' and started spending less and less time with them. This also meant that her family saw less and less of Brianna. Brianna's grandmother stopped by unexpectedly at Brianna's mother's home. Brianna's mother answered the door with Brianna in her arms. Brianna's grandmother wasn't invited inside the house though, and she noticed that Brianna had a fresh cut above her eye, and a few new bruises. Brianna's mother said that she fell down while trying to learn to walk again. Brianna's knuckles were red, and Brianna's mother said that Brianna 'picked at herself'. Brianna's grandmother contacted DEFACS, who promised to check on Brianna the very next day.

The next day, when DEFACS did visit Brianna's home, they discovered that she had been beaten to death. She died of blunt force trauma to the head. Brianna's mother's boyfriend, Daryl Keon Jones, 35, was sentenced to life in prison for abusing and murdering little Brianna.