Toddler Brutally Murdered by His Fatherby Fatherofeight | More from this Blogger 07 Feb 2007 10:58 PM Two years ago, twenty-five year old Daniel Hernandez was arrested for brutally shaking his one month old son and severely injuring him. Since then, he had been free on bond. The agreement on which his freedom was based stipulated that he would not be with the boy. Now the child is dead and Hernandez is in jail once again. After the 2005 incident, the child lived with Hernandez's aunt. The mother, twenty-one year old Jessica Ann Emhoolah, was required to go to counseling and take parenting skills classes. She did everything that the court asked her to do and this past November the boy was returned to her care. All of the representatives of the various agencies involved in the case recommended that the child be returned to Emhoolah with the stipulation that Hernandez would not be allowed near him. A few days ago, the boy was brought to a Houston area hospital by his mother suffering from a detached retina and severe abrasions to his head. He was then "life flighted" to a larger hospital where he was placed in intensive care. He died a week ago from severe trauma to his head. The father had been charged with injuring his son, but those charges will most probably be increased to murder. He could possibly get the death penalty. State investigators had been to the house on several occasions to make sure that the child was being properly cared for and that Hernandez was not staying there. Too late, it turns out that Emhoolah was letting him live there in spite of his past violence and the court orders. She has told police that she did leave the apartment with Hernandez and the child there at two o'clock in the morning. When she returned at eleven the same morning, she noticed the boy's injuries but did not take him to the hospital until the next day. She has also been jailed. In the past when I have reported on cases like this, I have asked my readers if they have any suggestions on how to stop this. This time I am going to make a suggestion that may or may not be a good one. In Singapore, convicted criminals are sentenced to jail and also severely beaten on the back with a large cane rod. The beating sometimes incapacitates the criminal for life. I know that I am suggesting something that sounds very brutal and barbaric by our country's standards. The reason that I have brought it up is that the child abuse that is occurring in our country on a daily basis is brutal and barbaric. There is very little crime in Singapore. It's at least something to think about. Please feel free to comment. Related Blogs: Crack Moms, A National Problem Relevantadoption tags relationships | pregnancy | baby | christmas | Scrapbooking | parenting | family | holidays | children | Food User Comments  Julie Gentry (5915) 08 Feb 2007 01:47 AMSingapore is one of the safest places in the world for a reason.  Lisa P (24013) 08 Feb 2007 09:39 AMJudge me if you like - I don't think that people like this should be brutally beaten to the point of incapacitation at which point our prison system (or welfare system) would have to pay for lifelong medical expenses and care. I simply think that these people should die. I say we sentence them to life in a prison's general population and make sure the general population knows their crime. How many people in prison do you suppose have been beaten by their own parents? There is honor among thieves and I say we let them exercise it.  Fatherofeight (2475) 08 Feb 2007 11:25 AMWell I can see that you guys feel the way I do about this guy. Lisa, I worked in a prison one summer that I was in law school, you are right on point, this guy will have a tough time in prison, he deserves it. Julie exactly why I made thw suggestion, I don't think our society could handle it though. Crickett, you are so right, this is an emergency situation. Because it mainly happens among lower socio-economic people, it is overlooked by the legislature. Fatherofeight (2475) 08 Feb 2007 11:28 AMLisa, I almost forgot, this is another one of those cases that you talked about before, everyone promises the judge that the man will not come back to the home so the judge returns the child to the home, the man comes back and disaster.  rsbg (501) 09 Feb 2007 07:28 PMAbsolutely devestating.... I just don't see why these women allow these men back in their lives? It frustrates and enfuriates me. When is enough going to be enough? Fatherofeight (2475) 09 Feb 2007 10:30 PMIts the same old story mom tells judge she won't let him back, judge returns child and ........ Thanks for your comment. PATTI (580) 13 Feb 2007 12:04 PMDear Ed, I think beating this type of animal is too lenient for the crime. I won't say what I think needs to be done to a child abuser, but it's a good thing I am not a judge or jury.PATTI  Tristi Pinkston (10839) 12 Sep 2007 01:15 PMMy mom always maintained that whatever a child abuser does, should be done right back to them. Honestly, what's more innocent than a one month old baby? Why would anyone perpetrate something so horrible on a baby? And then to turn around and let him back in that child's life two years later -- it's absolutely sick and wrong. The man has problems and should lose all his freedom.  centraloregonmom (295) 20 Sep 2007 02:46 PMI have had personal experience with the victims of this kind of abuse. In several cases, because the child lived (in varying degrees ranging from persistent vegitative state to handicapped but somewhat functional), the perp (in most cases the father) was only charged with assault. In one case, the boy, who was beaten at the age of 3 months, lived to be 8 years old nearly a vegetable. The father was due to be released from prison about that same time and the DA refused to re-prosecute, this time for murder, because they couldn't get the ME to say the boy died as a result of his injuries. Until the legal system can adjust to the increasing brutality of these incidents, nothing will change. Community Tags intensive care, shaken baby, toddler brutally murdered Discuss this article
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