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Post by Graveyardbride on Jul 25, 2018 16:35:23 GMT -5
Black Woman Charged with Burning White Baby AliveNATCHITOCHES, La. – Police have arrested 25-year-old Felicia Marie-Nicole Smith (above right) and charged her with first-degree murder in connection with the burning death of 6-month-old Levi Cole Ellerbe. The child was abducted from his mother’s home and burned alive.
According to police, at approximately 9:10 p.m. on Tuesday, July 17, they received a 911 call about a 6-month-old baby’s being taken from a residence in the Mayberry Trailer Park. When officers arrived and spoke with the boy’s mother, Hanna Barker, she said two unknown subjects came to her trailer and began pounding on her door. When she opened the door, she was sprayed in the face with a substance she believed was Mace. In an attempt to escape her assailants, she ran outside and when she returned, her baby was gone.
At approximately 10:20 p.m., police received a report of a fire at the railroad tracks near Breda Avenue and when they arrived, they discovered the little boy, who had burns all over his body. He was transported to the hospital in critical condition and died the following day.
Kanika Johnson, who placed the 911 call concerning the fire, told Town Talk she didn’t think it was anything serious. “I just thought some kids might have set it on fire or something,” she said. “I had called the police and told them to hurry up and send somebody to put the fire out before it spreads.”
Louisiana State Fire Marshal Butch Browning told KEEL News he couldn’t divulge a lot of information, but confirmed the child’s murder wasn’t a random act. “This individual [Felicia Smith] had a relationship with the family,” he claimed, “and certainly had access to the child. We’re still vetting through those things, but it wasn’t a random act, which is important for us to put out. It certainly was an individual who knew the child and had access to the child.” He indicated he should have additional details within the next week.
The case has spawned significant outrage locally and nationally and residents of the mobile home park were shocked when they learned what happened.
The family laid the horribly mutilated little boy to rest Friday, July 20. “Levi was the happiest baby who always had a big smile,” a family member said. “He spent his time playing with siblings and cousins, especially outdoors ... Levi was a blessing to our family and everyone who met him. We will always remember him as our little ‘Chunky Monkey.’”Sources: Leigh Egan, CrimeOnline; July 24, 2018; Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post, July 25, 2018; Katherine Rodriguez, Brietbart, July 24, 2018; KEEL 710 Radio; and Natchitoches Police Department.
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Post by catherine on Jul 25, 2018 19:24:20 GMT -5
That bitch should be burned at the stake.
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Post by madeline on Jul 25, 2018 22:08:42 GMT -5
That bitch should be burned at the stake. I was going to say that she should be taken out and lynched, but burning at the stake would be more appropriate.
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Post by pat on Jul 26, 2018 7:37:36 GMT -5
What difference does it make if that devil's handmaid had a relationship with the family? -- if she did. If you have a problem with someone, you confront them. You don't burn an innocent baby alive.
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Post by Joanna on Jul 26, 2018 16:55:55 GMT -5
Mother of Burned Baby Arrested
NATCHITOCHES, La. – Police have arrested Hannah Barker, 23, the mother of 6-month-old Levi Cole Ellerbe, who was burned to death by a black woman. According to Butch Browning, Louisiana State Fire Marshal, the boy’s mother, is the second person arrested in connection with the baby’s death that happened about a mile from where the alleged kidnapping occurred.
Barker told police that people banged on the door of her trailer the night of July 17 and sprayed her with pepper spray. She said she fled the trailer to get away from her assailants and when she returned, her 6-month-old son was gone. About an hour later, the severely-burned baby was found in a fire and was airlifted to a burn center in Shreveport, where he succumbed to his injuries. A few days later, on July 21, police arrested 25-year-old Felicia Marie-Nicole Smith on one count of first-degree murder.
Police say Barker has been charged with one count of principal to first-degree murder. Investigators are not releasing details at this time, but said Barker and Smith knew each other prior to the baby’s death. “I want to highlight the determination and dedication of the team of investigators from both agencies who have doggedly worked this case from the start,” Browning added. “Rest assured that diligent work is not over yet.”
Sources: WRAL and WGNO, July 26, 2018.
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Post by kitty on Aug 8, 2018 12:08:54 GMT -5
Have there been any updates? I checked, but the last thing that I found was that the mother had been arrested and that was 2 weeks ago. I'd like to know what her part was in the baby's murder.
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Post by Graveyardbride on Jan 4, 2019 16:32:40 GMT -5
Trial Set for Mother in Baby-Burning CaseNATCHITOCHES, La. – Hanna Nicole Barker (above), the mother accused in the burning death of her 6-month-old child, was sentenced to five years in prison Monday following revocation of her probation on 2016 drug charges. The 23-year-old woman also was arraigned on the charge of first-degree murder for which a Natchitoches Parish grand jury indicted her on Nov. 9. She entered a plea of not guilty and her trial is scheduled for Jan. 13, 2020.
Barker’s son, Levi Cole Ellerbe, was found in a Natchitoches ditch last July 17 following a 911 call reporting a fire. The child, who had suffered second- and third-degree burns over 90 percent of his body, died a few hours later, in the early morning hours of July 18, at a Shreveport hospital.
A black woman, 26-year-old Felicia Marie-Nicole Smith, is accused of setting Levi on fire. Smith also has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge, but her trial has not been set.
During Monday’s hearing, probation officer Joe Black testified as to how Barker violated the probation she’d been granted after she pled guilty to charges of possession of meth and drug paraphernalia. He listed a range of offenses that included fleeing to and being arrested in Texas days after her acceptance into drug court to several unauthorized relationships with fellow drug offenders to violating house arrest by having Smith in her home. Barker’s attorney, Dru Thompson of Shreveport, said he would agree to what Black said, but without any admission of guilt. He cited a nine-month period in which Barker had no violations and passed 157 consecutive drug screenings. However, this ended June 12, 2018, when she had contact with Smith, Black countered and violated both her probation and house arrest by having Smith at her home. Thompson said he would “vehemently contest” any charges related to Smith and asked Judge Desiree Dyess for any punishment other than revocation of her probation. But Natchitoches Parish Assistant District Attorney Amanda McClung said the fact Barker was on both probation and house arrest “speaks volumes” because most drug court clients are not on house arrest. The judge sentenced Barker to the original five-year sentence with the Louisiana Department of Corrections.
On the night before Levi Ellerbe died, Barker called 911 from her travel trailer at Mayberry Trailer Park off the Highway 1 Bypass. Less than a minute later, one of Barker’s landlords also called 911. Barker reported her son had been taken by two people who knocked on her door and sprayed pepper spray into her face. She claimed she ran from the trailer and when she returned, Levi was gone.
Police mobilized a search for the baby and a little more than an hour later, a woman driving along Breda Avenue spotted a fire up a hill on the other side of the railroad tracks. Believing some kids had set a fire, she called 911. Prosecutors allege Smith took Levi to the spot, poured gasoline on the child and set him on fire before showing up to work her shift at IHOP near Interstate 49. Smith was arrested July 21; Barker was arrested four days later.
During a September hearing, Lt. Jeremy Swisher of the Louisiana State Fire Marshal’s Office testified the two women were involved in a romantic relationship in which Smith was more invested. Barker, he said, told officials her involvement with Smith was for money and attention. He testified Barker asked Smith to kill her child just days before the little boy turned 7-months-old. Thomspon argued there is no evidence to prove Swisher’s allegations. Following his client’s arraignment, the lawyer informed the judge he was reserving his right to file a motion to quash the indictment and that other motions would be filed.
An initial motion hearing is scheduled for Feb. 25, 2019. Sources: Melissa Gregory, Town Talk, December 3, 2018, and WWL-TV.
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Post by jason on Jan 4, 2019 18:31:56 GMT -5
Two disgusting, sadistic, drug-addicted, ugly-assed dykes! Still, no one has explained why they killed the baby and decided to burn him alive instead of smothering him or giving him an overdose of something.
And how the hell was Smith in the lesbian relationship for the "money." What money? The black one worked at freaking IHOP!
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Post by Graveyardbride on Sept 16, 2019 3:58:58 GMT -5
State Seeks Death Penalty in Case of Mother Whose Child Was Burned AliveProsecutors are seeking the death penalty in the case of Hanna Nicole Barker (above), who is charged with the first-degree murder of her 6-month-old son, citing the fact the crime “was committed in an especially heinous, atrocious and cruel manner.”
Barker was arrested in July 2018 a few days after she reported the kidnaping of her child, Levi Cole Ellerbe, who was set on fire by Felicia Marie-Nicole Smith. The boy was discovered with second- and third-degree burns over 90 percent of his body and died the following day. Investigation revealed Barker had conspired with Smith to kill Levi. Smith is also charged with first-degree murder.
According to authorities, Barker and Smith were having a lesbian affair, however, Smith was more committed to the relationship. Following her arrest, Barker admitted she was using Smith for attention and money.
Dhu Thompson, Barker’s attorney, insists there is no evidence tying his client to the child’s death.
Barker’s trial is currently set for January 13, 2020.Sources: The Associated Press, August 15, 2019, and Melissa Gregory, Alexandria Town Talk, August 9, 2019.
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Post by jane on Sept 16, 2019 7:54:09 GMT -5
One of the things I don't understand about this case is if that woman didn't didn't want the baby, why not just give him up to the father's family? Another thing is that even if she thought that killing him was the only answer, why burn him alive? Why not give him an an overdose of something and let him die peacefully?
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Post by catherine on Sept 16, 2019 9:42:35 GMT -5
One of the things I don't understand about this case is if that woman didn't didn't want the baby, why not just give him up to the father's family? Another thing is that even if she thought that killing him was the only answer, why burn him alive? Why not give him an an overdose of something and let him die peacefully? Both of those she devils deserve to die, but I wonder if they decided beforehand that the black bitch was going to burn the baby alive, or if that's something she decided to do on her own because the baby was white.
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