Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Word is in on what Jonathan Edington’s two-year-old daughter, Rebecca told her mother that was then relayed to the father which was so horrendous that Edington broke into his neighbor’s house and stabbed Barry James to death.
According to the Connecticut Post, Rebecca and her mother were on vacation and when the child heard that the vacation was over and they were going home, she balked.
“The report said Rebecca told her mother she did not want to go home. When asked why, the report states that the girl motioned to her groin with two fingers and said, ‘Barry is this.’ ”
Other news sources have reported that the child said that Barry puts "it" on her belly and her nose.
Also, reported by the Post:
“Two-year-old Rebecca Edington told her mother that her
"He makes her make noises that sound like hee-haw and then it feels like rain on her," the report says.”
The article says nothing about the Edingtons taking Rebecca to a doctor to be examined so we only have the toddler’s testimony, told to her mother when she didn’t want to come home from a vacation with relatives.
Wouldn’t you think someone in the Edington family would have heard Barry’s alleged intrusion into his neighbor’s home?
Wouldn’t you think the child would cry out and waken her parents?
Wouldn’t you think that since the Edington’s had already complained about Barry James’ window shades being up while he was not completely clothed that the child might have heard some negative talk at home about her neighbor Barry?
Wouldn’t you think that a child who was having a great time on vacation would fuss about going home?
Starry nights, hee-haws, rain, two fingers, noses and bellies and a child not wanting to leave a good time, so far, does not add up to either molestation or a reason for murder. Right now "it" just sounds to me like toddler talk.
posted by mary bishop | 7:35 AM
18 Comments:
well when you are looking to accuse someone anything sounds like evidence.
but who knows.
take the kid to a dr
I agree - take the kid to a doctor before you stab someone to death.
pretty much.
but people are not always rational.
I am not sure a 2-year old has the creativity to put all that together just to stay on vacation. Then again, a 2-year-old could not come up with any form of this unless they had something done to them (or were told something like that was done to them).
I am not picking sides on this one - who know who is right/wrong and what is real/fictional. But if I thought someone did anything to one of my nephews, I think I would go balistic and not be very rational.
Not sure I would stab/kill someone, but I'd probably take a swing, if not try to beat the crap out of that person.
Sounds like a real poo-poo-head.
JDJ - there's a Volvo ad now where a Dad is putting his little kid in her car seat and she is rattling on and on about nonsense. Imagine what a child can and will say if prompted by an adult? Still I agree that if she did say those comments and they weren't fabricated by the mother to help out her husband with a defence, it's an odd group of words to string together.
Sylow! Does your presence on my blog indicate that you have a new post up? Hope so!
I agree, that's unusual wording for a two year old for it just to be fabricated. Hopefully they will gather more evidence. And get the kid help if she needs it.
My sister is the foster mom of two sisters (not pictured on my blog) who were blindfolded and raped repeatedly by their mother and her boyfriend. Their mother posted the pictures and movies on the internet. They were aged 8 and 2 when they were removed and placed in my sister's home. The two year old said similar things to the comments you quoted.
I am against revenge, I am against murder and I am against revenge murder. Though sometimes I am *almost* tempted to make an exception for pedophiles. I had murder fantasies for months after the girls came to my sister's house.
Fortunately the mother and the boyfriend were in jail. Though I doubt I would have done anything (in terms of violent revenge), because I am a firm believer that
children need their parents (and aunties, in my case). Not to be in jail.
At first, in court, the mother said she did it because she was afraid of her boyfriend and asked to have her kids back. YEAH RIGHT. If your ability to protect and provide a safe and stable household for your kids is determined by who you are currently fucking, then you don't deserve to be a parent. Fortunately the state and the fed gov't agree.
I may delete this comment later when I return to my senses.
From the get go this was strange . I think it's terrible the father stabbed the man. We will never know the complete story.
Sheryl, the more horrendous the crime, the more careful we have to be about rushing to judgment. I think the whole Jonbenet/Karr situation that happened recently was because we so want to find who killed her and punish the person.
Same thing with the Edginton/James case. We all want James to have done it and been served instant justice: death.
But what if he had never touched the child, and his character flaws were over drinking and nothing else?
What if the father was not only a murderer but a child abuser too?
Cases like your sister's foster children rip our hearts out and what a catharsis if we could physically kick the asses of those monsters who betrayed their trust.
But, so far in the Edington case, we have no evidence of anything but a murder. I'm not sure what to hope for at this point.
(My heart goes out to your sister's foster children and what they endured.)
PG - I fear you are right. Dead men can't talk. Two year old children can say some wild things especially if prompted. When my daughters were two years old, if I asked them if Barry James "touched" them, they'd say yes, and we never lived near the guy.
But I do believe, that if someone was entering my child's bedroom and leaving and molesting my child, I'd have some inkling of it going on.
These houses on that street are not Jonbenet Ramsey mansions -- they are tiny capes and ranches -- and the Edingtons also had a dog.
Strange indeed.
Hope the father wasn't the abuser and the reason why the kid didn't want to go home.
Oy, I'm doing it...forgetting that kids say they don't want to go home only because they're having fun.
I forgot to mention that I agree with you that evidence is extremely key.
The number one reason not to fly off the handle is because you can ruin the chances of there being any evidence if there actually was a crime, esp if you accuse the wrong person and the actual criminal gets to hide their tracks.
Sheryl, pack mentality always comes to the forefront when people are desperate to punish the criminal and usually that has something to do with a horrendous case...like a crime against a child. As you point out, that frenetic fervor can end up destroying evidence...like the Jonbenet Ramsey case.
the kids description sure is poetic. I live a few streets away from this incident. Strange situation indeed.
Oh LB - any neighborhood dirt on this situation??
LB - well we've got a paraphrase from the twinkle twinkle litte star lyrics with some itsy bitsy spider (down came the rain) with "Donkey says heehaw"...(Golden Book animal sounds)...belly and nose, two things parents are always stealing, tickling, kissing, rubbing and talking about.
I'm still not ready to jump on the pedophile bandwagon, not for James anyhow. Not yet.
Why didn't their dog bark if someone was breaking into their home???
I'm not saying that I am convinced one way or another in this situation, but since several questions have been asked that might be viewed as leaning toward evidence against an assault in the girl, I thought I'd give a few possible explanations:
Why did the dog not bark?
If the dog knew the neighbor (as is probable)it probably wouldn't bark. Or if the neighbor brought the dog a 'treat', the dog might not bark.
What if the child made it up or was coached?
At two years old, a child's memory is usually not developed enough to remember details of a made up story from one telling to another. Ditto for remembering a story told to her by the mom. If, however, she actually experienced the events, she would be able to recount the events, in basically the same order, on subsequent occasions. Example: When my little girl was two, she pulled a table over on her head at a restaurant, breaking her nose. She is four now, and if you ask her if she wants to visit that restaurant and 'play' on a table, she will say, "No!", and proceed to recount the details of that experience, right down to the emergency room visit, and the follow-up at the ENT. Even just hearing someone else mention a broken bone can trigger that memory for her. And her memory is accurate regarding that particular event. However, if I were to ask this same child if she remembers the story I made up for her, last year, or last month, or even last week, she will probably come up with a different response each time.
And the last one - not a question, but a comment-(paraphrased) If someone was sneaking into my child's room and molesting them I would have some inkling of it.
What would make you think that? I'm not trying to imply that your parenting skills are inadequate, but if that were the case, then it would stand to reason that the only children who would ever be abused are the one who either have a mother that doesn't care at all, or one who condones such atrocities for her child. And that is not the case. If pedophiles were not very, very good at hiding their activities, then that particular abberation would cease to exist. Because they would be caught the first time, and hopefully jailed, or better yet, killed by the one who caught them in the act. As a survivor of childhood abuse, I know firsthand how slick these slimy bastards can be. I was molested by a family member for 8 years, often in a room full of people, and no one ever saw a thing. Because they either didn't want to see it, or didn't know what to look for. And I think a stranger (or neighbor, in this case), breaking into a house for such a reason, would be even more careful and quiet than a family member or household resident. That's how they keep from getting caught, and are able to continue their heinous activities. In fact, one of my biggest fears, one of my worst nightmares, is the possibility that I might not be able to stop something like that from happening to one of my girls, even though I KNOW what to look for, and am on constant vigil. Because the sick perverts ARE SO SNEAKY!
Just thought I'd put in a word for the (possible) victim and her dad.
I'm not saying that I am convinced one way or another in this situation, but since several questions have been asked that might be viewed as leaning toward evidence against an assault in the girl, I thought I'd give a few possible explanations:
Why did the dog not bark?
If the dog knew the neighbor (as is probable)it probably wouldn't bark. Or if the neighbor brought the dog a 'treat', the dog might not bark.
What if the child made it up or was coached?
At two years old, a child's memory is usually not developed enough to remember details of a made up story from one telling to another. Ditto for remembering a story told to her by the mom. If, however, she actually experienced the events, she would be able to recount the events, in basically the same order, on subsequent occasions. Example: When my little girl was two, she pulled a table over on her head at a restaurant, breaking her nose. She is four now, and if you ask her if she wants to visit that restaurant and 'play' on a table, she will say, "No!", and proceed to recount the details of that experience, right down to the emergency room visit, and the follow-up at the ENT. Even just hearing someone else mention a broken bone can trigger that memory for her. And her memory is accurate regarding that particular event. However, if I were to ask this same child if she remembers the story I made up for her, last year, or last month, or even last week, she will probably come up with a different response each time.
And the last one - not a question, but a comment-(paraphrased) If someone was sneaking into my child's room and molesting them I would have some inkling of it.
What would make you think that? I'm not trying to imply that your parenting skills are inadequate, but if that were the case, then it would stand to reason that the only children who would ever be abused are the one who either have a mother that doesn't care at all, or one who condones such atrocities for her child. And that is not the case. If pedophiles were not very, very good at hiding their activities, then that particular abberation would cease to exist. Because they would be caught the first time, and hopefully jailed, or better yet, killed by the one who caught them in the act. As a survivor of childhood abuse, I know firsthand how slick these slimy bastards can be. I was molested by a family member for 8 years, often in a room full of people, and no one ever saw a thing. Because they either didn't want to see it, or didn't know what to look for. And I think a stranger (or neighbor, in this case), breaking into a house for such a reason, would be even more careful and quiet than a family member or household resident. That's how they keep from getting caught, and are able to continue their heinous activities. In fact, one of my biggest fears, one of my worst nightmares, is the possibility that I might not be able to stop something like that from happening to one of my girls, even though I KNOW what to look for, and am on constant vigil. Because the sick perverts ARE SO SNEAKY!
Just thought I'd put in a word for the (possible) victim and her dad.
Hey, Abrown, you bring up very salient points. Who the hell knows exactly what happened? Since I live so close to the "event" I do know that the houses were very close and that the man accused of the crime had to wear braces on his legs. Hell, no idea for sure what happened, but I am taking an educated guess on all this.
Thanks for taking the time to think and share your thoughts with us.
Either way, it's so easy to "know" what happened when truth betold, we don't know.
Some day I'll tell you about my uncle!! In retrospect lots of stuff you thought was okay, isn't!
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