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    China Arnold Sentenced to LWOP in 2005 OH Slaying of Infant

    Jury hears opening statements in third China Arnold trial

    China Arnold, on trial for her life for the third time in three years, sat quietly as attorneys mapped out opening statements.

    Assistant Montgomery County Prosecutor Dan Brandt said that Arnold, now 31, killed her baby in a microwave oven on Aug. 30, 2005. She was the only caregiver at her home when the child died between 1:15 and 3:15 a.m., Brandt said.

    He also said that Arnold admitted her crime, telling her boyfriend Terrell Talley that I killed my baby.

    Defense attorney Jon Paul Rion said that at the time Arnold made that statement, she did not know how 28-day-old Paris Talley died and instinctively blamed herself, thinking she may have rolled over on the baby while they were sleeping together on a couch.

    What you have heard is not true, Rion told the jury. Her own daughter, Paris, was murdered, or killed, but not by China.

    Rion said Arnold was extremely intoxicated that night and passed out on the couch. He did not say who killed the baby, but noted a witness would testify she saw a boy enter the residence in the middle of the night.

    The first witness for the prosecution was Russell Uptegrove, a forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy on Paris. Arnold declined to remain in the courtroom during that testimony, as she had in her previous trials.

    If convicted of aggravated murder, Arnold could face the death penalty. The trial opened April 25. Jury selection took six and a half days, much of it dealing with death penalty attitudes, the effects of pre-trial publicity and availability for a four-week trial.

    The first trial ended in February 2008 in a mistrial after a boy said he saw another child put the baby in the oven.

    Arnold was convicted of all charges in September 2008 and sentenced to life without parole. The Ohio Second District Court of Appeals reversed that conviction in November.

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    China Arnold trial: Doctor disgusted by Arnolds reaction

    By Lou Grieco | Thursday, May 5, 2011, 11:24 AM

    DAYTON - An emergency room physician on duty when China Arnold brought her baby to Childrens Medical Center testified Thursday that he was shocked when Arnold expressed surprise that her baby had been burned.

    Arnold, 31, is on trial in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court for the third time. If convicted of aggravated murder, she could face the death penalty.

    Dr. William Matre said he immediately saw the baby had visible burns on her face, trunk and limbs. But when he asked Arnold about the burns, Arnold responded with a question: my baby has been burned?

    I was, I guess, disgusted, Matre said. The burns to me were so obvious.

    The baby arrived at the hospital without any vital signs, Matre said. The staff tried to revive the baby without success, he said.

    Earlier Thursday, former Dayton homicide detective Doyle Burke testified that he searched Arnolds home at 415 Hall Ave., on Aug. 30, 2005, the day Arnold brought 28-day-old Paris Talley to the hospital.

    Burke said he found a small tub in an upstairs bathroom filled with cloudy water.

    It looked to me like it was flaky skin, Burke said.

    He also said he found a damp towel in the bathtub that had dark sediment on it.

    Questioned by defense attorney Kevin Lennen, Burke acknowledged that he did not seize the microwave that day, even though he was looking specifically for a heating agent that could have caused the babys burns.

    I probably walked by that microwave 24 times, Burke said. I didnt realize that it caused burns like that.

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    :mad::mad:This crime could not get any more disgusting.:mad::mad::mad:

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    Dad takes witness stand in microwaved baby case

    Terrell Talley asked not to see the autopsy photographs of his daughter. The assistant Montgomery County prosecutor told him he had to show them to him.

    Talley, the father of Paris Talley, testified Thursday in the trial of his former girlfriend, China Arnold, who is accused of killing the 28-day-old baby in a microwave on Aug. 30, 2005. If convicted of aggravated murder, Arnold could face the death penalty.

    Talley told prosecutor David Franceschelli that he made money by selling drugs at the time he lived with Arnold in the since-demolished Parkside Homes housing complex. He said that on Aug. 29, 2005, the couple fought about the babys paternity.

    After leaving Paris and Arnolds three sons with Talleys sister, Arnold and Talley picked up a bottle of Bacardi 151 and went to a park, where they fought. The couple returned to the apartment and Talley said he went to The Spot an apartment where he sold drugs, including crack cocaine and marijuana.

    When he went home in the early hours of Aug. 30, where he found Arnold and the baby lying on the couch by her feet. He first lay down on another couch, but then curled up next to Arnold.

    When Arnold woke up to get her other kids ready for school, Talley said he went to wake the baby up, but saw a red burn mark on her face.

    She was cold, Talley said. Her body was cold and stiff.

    They took the baby to the Childrens Medical Center. Talley said he demanded to know what happened cause she was the last one there with my baby all night.

    Arnold responded on at least two occasions I killed my baby, Talley said.

    Talley said that Arnold told him several times that if he hadnt cheated on her, his baby would still be alive.

    An emergency room physician on duty when China Arnold brought her baby to Childrens Medical Center testified Thursday that he was shocked when Arnold expressed surprise that her baby had been burned.

    Dr. William Matre said he immediately saw the baby had visible burns on her face, trunk and limbs. But when he asked Arnold about the burns, Arnold responded with a question: my baby has been burned?

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    2 recall Arnold say she didnt mean to kill baby in microwave

    DAYTON Two former Montgomery County Jail inmates testified Monday that China Arnold, during an argument, said she didnt mean to kill her baby.

    Arnold is accused of killing her 28-day-old baby in a microwave in 2005. This is her third trial. If convicted, she faces the possibility of the death penalty.

    Assistant county prosecutors introduced records that showed Ashley Nicole Parks and Jeanyne Hutchins were housed in the same pod as Arnold from Nov. 28, 2006, to Dec. 2, 2006.

    Parks said a group of inmates were in an open area, with some women braiding each others hair, when Arnold walked up and someone said something about the microwave.

    Arnold responded I didnt mean to do it, Parks told the Common Pleas jury.

    Parks said she began yelling at Arnold.

    I flipped out, Parks recalled to the jury. Who does that? Who says that?

    Parks recalled that during the argument, Arnold responded, I already told you, I didnt mean to do it.

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    Defense for Arnold begins

    China Arnolds defense team began presenting witnesses Tuesday after assistant Montgomery County prosecutors rested their case against the woman accused of killing her infant daughter in a microwave oven.

    If Arnold, 31, is convicted of causing the death of 28-day-old Paris Talley on Aug. 30, 2005, she could face the death penalty.

    This is her third trial.

    Jason Sroufe, who lived next door to Arnold in the since-demolished Parkside Homes, testified that he never saw the babys father give a house key to his sister, Lionda.

    Last week, Terrell Talley said he gave her a key and asked her to check on Arnold and the baby and return it to him. Talley said he went to another apartment where he sold drugs and Lionda brought the key to him there.

    Her testimony supported his version of events.

    Sroufe told defense attorney Jon Paul Rion he was with Terrell Talley on Aug. 29, 2005, between the time Talley and Arnold returned from a local park and Talley left to go to the other apartment.

    Its been so long, Sroufe said. I cant recall it. I never seen him hand a key.

    During cross-examination, Sroufe acknowledged to Assistant County Prosecutor David Franceschelli he told juries in Arnolds first two trials that he had been drinking heavily and the nights events were a blur to him.

    I was an alcoholic then, Sroufe said.

    The defense then presented Cierra Lowe, an inmate in the county jail with Arnold in late 2006, when Arnold had a verbal clash with another inmate, Ashley Nicole Parks.

    Monday, Parks testified for the state that someone said something about the microwave, and Arnold responded, I didnt mean to do it, which led Parks to yell at Arnold.

    Lowe testified that Parks told her a day prior to the argument that she was going to find a way to get China to tell her that she killed her baby because a corrections officer said that would be a good way to get her sentenced revoked.

    But during cross-examination by Franceschelli, Lowe said she didnt meet Kimberly Hunter, another witness, until they were in the jail together in 2006.

    Franceschelli confronted her with her testimony from one of Arnolds previous trials, when Lowe told a jury that Hunter was a friend of her mother and that she met Hunter when she was 10.

    Lowe conceded that she lied to the jury.

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    China Arnold trial: The defense rests

    China Arnolds defense team rested their case Wednesday afternoon, one day after they started presenting witnesses.

    The final witness Wednesday morning was a DNA expert, who testified that Terrell Talley was the father of Paris Talley, the 28-day-old girl who died in a microwave oven Aug. 30, 2005.

    Arnold, 31, is charged with aggravated murder. If convicted, Arnold could face the death penalty.

    Earlier Wednesday, two police detectives were questioned about their roles in the investigation.

    Some witnesses from Arnolds prior two trials were not called, including: the medical experts who testified for the defense that Arnold was too drunk at the time of the homicide to have committed it. Linda Williams, who testified in the first trial that Arnold told her she put the baby in the microwave - then testified in the second trial for the defense that her prior testimony was false. A boy who testified for the defense in the second trial that he saw another child place the baby in the microwave.

    The attorneys and Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Mary Wiseman were admitting exhibits early Wednesday afternoon. It was not clear whether prosecutors would put on a rebuttal case, or when closing arguments would take place.

    The trial opened April 25, but jury selection took six and half days, much of it dealing with death penalty attitudes, the effects of pre-trial publicity and availability for a four-week trial.

    Unlike the first two trials, in 2008, there was no jury view. Arnolds former residence, 415 Hall Ave., was part of the Parkside Homes housing complex that has since been torn down.

    The first trial ended in February 2008 in a mistrial after the boy came forward - after the defense had rested - and said he saw another child put the baby in the oven. The boy was 5 in August 2005.

    Arnold was convicted of all charges in September 2008 and sentenced to life without parole. The Ohio Second District Court of Appeals reversed that conviction in November, focusing on issues surrounding Williams testimony.

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    China Arnold trial: the jurors start deliberating

    The case of China Arnold, on trial for the third time in the microwave-oven death of her baby, went to the jury Thursday.

    Jurors began deliberating at 4:30 p.m. The closing arguments and the jury instructions given by Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Mary Wiseman took up nearly all of Thursday afternoon.

    Arnold, 31, is accused of killing 28-day-old Paris Talley on Aug. 30, 2005, at her home at 415 Hall Ave. in the since-demolished Parkside Homes public housing complex. If convicted, Arnold could face the death penalty.

    Baby Paris is without life, but shes not without a voice, assistant county prosecutor Dan Brandt told the jury during his closing argument. Please listen to her.

    Brandt said that Arnolds actions were even more purposeful than a slaying with a gun or a knife. Arnold had to carry the baby over, place her in the microwave, shut the door, then press buttons. Then she waited while her child cooked to death, Brandt said.

    If thats not purposeful, what is? Brandt asked.

    Paris was 100 percent dependent on that defendant, Brandt said. She couldnt stop what the defendant started.

    Arnold admitted to police that the baby woke her up about 2:30 a.m., Brandt said. She also told police that she was alone, beside her other children, who were asleep upstairs, Brandt said. There were no signs of a break-in, Brandt said.

    She eliminated everyone else, Brandt said.

    Paris arrived at Childrens Medical Center with burns all over the front of her body, but no skin or fluid on her pink nightgown. Police found a tub filled with water and translucent material consistent with skin, Brandt said.

    That was baby Paris skin, Brandt said. It had her DNA. Baby Paris was cleaned up. She was re-dressed after she died.

    Brandt also said Arnolds comments to hospital personnel, expressing surprise about the babys burns, defied common sense. How could any person not have known those burns were present.

    Defense attorney Jon Paul Rion attacked the case and said that the evidence pointed as much to Terrell Talley, the babys father, as it did Arnold.

    This doesnt make sense to you, Rion said. It doesnt. Ive been watching your faces.

    He said the prosecutor cut and fit evidence to show this loving mother somehow was so evil that she killed her baby in this way.

    Rion said that testimony from Talley that Arnold said I killed my baby left out crucial context that she meant she failed as a mother by allowing the crime to happen, not that she did it herself. His voice breaking, Rion noted that several of the women on the jury were mothers and asked wouldnt you feel personally responsible?

    Rion focused on a pair of Terrell Talleys sneakers which were gathered by police but never tested. Rion said a stain on the on sneakers was a bodily substance and should have been tested.

    He also said that testimony about the key used to lock Arnold in the house alone with her children was a fiction.

    This key story is an alibi, Rion said. It was created six months later.

    Rion also said that Arnold was very intoxicated, having drank half of a bottle of Bacardi 151 Rum.

    No mother is going to do this, in this way, Rion said. China Arnold is innocent of these charges.

    Assistant county Prosecutor David Franceschelli then gave the final closing argument, ridiculing Arnold as the mother of the year.

    He said that Arnold told hospital personnel that the babys body felt warm in the middle of the night.

    The only person who should have known the baby was hot to the touch was the murderer, Franceschelli said. Those were her words, because shes the murderer.

    Franceschelli said that there was no testimony that the matter on the shoes was a bodily substance, nor was there any evidence presented as to the exact amounts of rum Arnold drank. He also said that three other witnesses corroborated Terrell Talleys account of giving a key to his sister to check on Arnold and the baby, then lock the door.

    Everyones lying except the defendant, Franceschelli said. Thats what you have to believe. Everybodys lying but her, and she couldnt tell the same story twice.

    DAYTON - China Arnolds defense team rested their case Wednesday afternoon, just under 24 hours after they started presenting witnesses.

    The final witness Wednesday morning was a DNA expert, who testified that Terrell Talley was the father of Paris Talley, the 28-day-old girl who died in a microwave oven Aug. 30, 2005.

    Arnold, 31, is charged with aggravated murder. If convicted, Arnold could face the death penalty.

    Earlier Wednesday, two police detectives were questioned about their roles in the investigation.

    Some witnesses from Arnolds prior two trials were not called, including:  the medical experts who testified for the defense that Arnold was too drunk at the time of the homicide to have committed it.  Linda Williams, who testified in the first trial that Arnold told her she put the baby in the microwave - then testified in the second trial for the defense that her prior testimony was false.  A boy who testified for the defense in the second trial that he saw another child place the baby in the microwave.

    The attorneys and Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Mary Wiseman were admitting exhibits early Wednesday afternoon. It was not clear whether prosecutors would put on a rebuttal case, or when closing arguments would take place.

    The trial opened April 25, but jury selection took six and half days, much of it dealing with death penalty attitudes, the effects of pre-trial publicity and availability for a four-week trial.

    Unlike the first two trials, in 2008, there was no jury view. Arnolds former residence, 415 Hall Ave., was part of the Parkside Homes housing complex that has since been torn down.

    The first trial ended in February 2008 in a mistrial after the boy came forward - after the defense had rested - and said he saw another child put the baby in the oven. The boy was 5 in August 2005.

    Arnold was convicted of all charges in September 2008 and sentenced to life without parole. The Ohio Second District Court of Appeals reversed that conviction in November, focusing on issues surrounding Williams testimony.

    DAYTON - China Arnolds defense team started presenting witnesses Tuesday after assistant Montgomery County prosecutors rested their case against the woman accused of killing her baby in a microwave oven.

    Jason Sroufe, who lived next door to Arnold in the since-demolished Parkside Homes housing complex, testified that he never saw Terrell Talley, the babys father, give a key to Talleys sister Lionda.

    Last week, Terrell Talley said that he gave a key to his sister, who lived a few doors away, and asked her to check on Arnold and the baby, then lock the door and return it to him. Talley said he went to The Spot, another apartment where he sold drugs and Lionda brought the key to him there.

    Lionda Talleys testimony supported her brothers version of events.

    Sroufe told defense attorney Jon Paul Rion he was with Terrell Talley on Aug. 29, 2005 between the time that Talley and Arnold returned from a local park and Talley left to go to the spot.

    Its been so long, Sroufe said. I cant recall it. I never seen him hand a key.

    During cross-examination by assistant county prosecutor David Franceschelli, Sroufe acknowledged his testimony in Arnolds previous trials that he had been drinking heavily and the nights events were a blur to him.

    I was an alcoholic then, Sroufe said.

    Asked whether he could say that Lionda Talley wasnt around her brother before he went to The Spot, Sroufe told the jury Honestly, no, I cannot tell you all that.

    The defense then presented Cierra Lowe, an inmate who was in the county jail with Arnold in late 2006, when Arnold had a verbal clash with inmate Ashley Nicole Parks.

    Parks testified Monday for the prosecution that someone said something about the microwave, and Arnold responded I didnt mean to do it, which led Parks to yell at Arnold.

    Lowe testified that Parks told her, the day before the argument, that she was going to find a way to get China to tell her that she killed her baby, because a corrections officer said that would be a good way to get her sentenced revoked.

    Lowe also said she witnessed the argument, and Arnold responded You dont know me outside of here, so you cant say I killed my baby.

    But during cross-examination by Franceschelli, Lowe said that she didnt met Kimberly Hunter, another witness, until they were in the jail together in 2006. Franceschelli then confronted her with her testimony from one of Arnolds previous trials, when Lowe testified that Hunter was a friend of Lowes mother and that she met Hunter when she was 10.

    Rion asked her why she said that, and Lowe said because she didnt really know Hunter, though shes been in my presence. She then turned to the jury and said I dont feel I lied to you because I dont know this woman.

    Franceschelli then went over her statements again and asked You swore before God and you lied, didnt you?

    Yes, Lowe responded.

    DAYTON - T wo former Montgomery County Jail inmates testified Monday that China Arnold said, during an argument, that she didnt mean to kill her baby.

    Assistant county prosecutors introduced records that showed Ashley Nicole Parks and Jeanyne Hutchins were housed in the same pod as Arnold from Nov. 28, 2006 to Dec. 2, 2006.

    Parks said a group of inmates were in an open area, with some women brading each others hair, when Arnold walked up and someone said something about the microwave.

    Arnold responded I didnt mean to do it, Parks said.

    Parks said she began yelling at Arnold, including profanities.

    I flipped out, Parks said. Who does that? Who says that?

    During the argument, Arnold responded I already told you, I didnt mean to do it, Parks said.

    During cross examination by defense attorney Jon Paul Rion, Parks denied telling other inmates that a corrections officer told her that, if she got good information on Arnolds case, she could get a sentence reduction.

    Parks told assistant county prosecutor David Franceschelli that was ridiculous, because I was almost done with my sentence.

    Records show Parks was released from the jail on Dec. 8.

    Hutchins testified that she was present for the start of the argument, that someone said something about a microwave to Arnold, that Arnold said I already told you guys, I didnt mean to do it.

    Hutchins said she heard Parks ranting at Arnold, but Hutchins left the area and went back to her bunk. She said that corrections officers had warned inmates not to say anything to Arnold about her case.

    Hutchins told Rion that she only heard Arnold say she didnt mean to do it one time.

    DAYTON - A paternal aunt of Paris Talley, the baby killed in a microwave oven nearly six years ago, testified Friday that the baby was fine when she checked on her late Aug. 29, 2005.

    Lionda Talley said that, at her brothers request, she checked on Paris Talley and her mother, China Arnold, who was asleep on a living-room couch. Talley said she then locked the apartment door and gave the key to Terrell Talley.

    Both Lionda and Terrell Talley testified that Arnold was sleeping on a couch when Terrell went to The Spot, a nearby apartment in the since demolished Parkside Homes housing complex where Terrell sold drugs. Both said Lionda went there to return the key to Terrell.

    Earlier Friday, Robert Turner, who lived at The Spot, testified that Terrell Talley was there when there was a knock on the door. Talley answered it. When Turner asked who was at the door, Talley said it was his sister.

    During cross-examination by defense attorney Jon Paul Rion, Lionda Talley agreed with Rion that Arnold was very intoxicated that night and that there was no need for a key, since the door could be locked from inside without one.

    Talley then told assistant Montgomery County prosecutor that you would need a key to enter the building.

    During direct examination, Talley said she drove Arnold to a store to buy cigarettes that evening.

    I told her youre too drunk to drive, Lionda Talley said.

    Twice during the drive back to Parkside, Arnold had Talley stop the car because Arnold thought she was going to vomit. However, Arnold did not get sick, Talley said.

    This is Arnolds third trial. If convicted, she could face the death penalty.

    During the second trial, a boy testified he saw another child place Paris Talley in a microwave. That second boy is a Talley relative who had been living with Lionda Talley, a few doors away from Arnolds Hall Avenue apartment.

    Boy tells jury he saw baby burnt in microwave; Arnolds defense rests

    By Lou Grieco Staff Writer

    DAYTON China Arnolds defense team rested its case Tuesday, Aug. 26, right after presenting its final witness: the boy who claims he saw another child place Arnolds baby in a microwave.

    The 8-year-old said he was playing hide-and-go-seek with other children at Lionda Talleys home, three doors from China Arnolds residence in Parkside Homes. The witness was 5 when Paris Talley died on Aug. 30, 2005.

    Lionda Talley is the sister of Terrell Talley, Paris father, who lived with Arnold.

    The boy, wearing a white button-down shirt and a tie, was polite as he answered questions from defense attorney Jon Paul Rion. He underwent a gentle cross-examination by assistant Montgomery County prosecutor Dan Brandt.

    The witness told Rion that he had been upstairs when he came down and saw the other boy, who was about 8 at the time, walking into the kitchen holding the baby. Then he heard the microwave starting.

    When the witness went into the kitchen, he said he saw the baby burnt in the microwave. The door was closed until I opened it, he said.

    At that point, the other boy, a Talley relative who had been living with Lionda Talley, belly-bumped me, and took the baby, the witness said.

    The other boy fled out the back door, then threw the baby over the gate before he put it somewhere, the witness said. The baby was wearing a pink nightgown, the boy said. The nightgown prosecutors entered into evidence, identified by hospital workers as the one Paris had been wearing, is pink.

    When Brandt asked the boy what time of day this event occurred, the child said, it was like morning or something.

    In earlier testimony, two forensic pathologists told the Common Pleas Court jury that the baby died between 1:15 and 3:15 a.m. The baby was seen alive the previous evening, and pronounced dead at 7:15 a.m. on Aug. 30, 2005.

    The boy told Brandt that Lionda Talley was asleep on the couch when the baby was killed. He also said numerous people were present, either in the house or directly outside.

    He said he ran outside to tell his mother about the baby, but she told him to go play. He then went to Terrell Talley and tried to tell him, but Talley said, He told me to get the H out.

    DAYTON - Terrell Talley asked not to see the autopsy photographs of his daughter. The assistant Montgomery County prosecutor told him he had to show them to him.

    Talley, the father of Paris Talley, testified Thursday in the trial of his former girlfriend, China Arnold, who is accused of killing the 28-day-old baby in a microwave on Aug. 30, 2005.

    If convicted of aggravated murder, Arnold could face the death penalty.

    Talley told prosecutor David Franceschelli that he made money by selling drugs at the time he lived with Arnold in the since-demolished Parkside Homes housing complex. He said that on Aug. 29, 2005, the couple fought about the babys paternity.

    I heard she was cheating on me when I was locked up, Talley said. We were going to have a blood test done.

    Talleys sister, who lived nearby, offered to watch the children - including Paris and Arnolds three sons by two other men - so that the couple could spend some time alone, Talley said.

    They picked up a bottle of Bacardi 151, then went to drink it in a park, Talley said. But they started arguing again about the babys paternity and accusing each other of cheating.

    During his testimony, Talley admitted having sex with Marcellena Perry, a neighbor and another witness who testified Thursday.

    The couple continued arguing as Arnold drove them home from the park, then after they got home. Talley said Arnold bit his lip and wouldnt let go, so he slapped her across the face.

    He also said that he checked on the baby was fine, who was sleeping in a car seat. Arnold went to sleep on a couch and Talley gave a key to his sister. He asked her to check on them and lock the door, then return the key to him. Talley then said he went to The Spot an apartment where he sold drugs, including crack cocaine and marijuana.

    He spent several hours playing videogames. His sister dropped the key off. He went home in the early hours of Aug. 30, where he found Arnold and the baby lying on the couch by her feet. He first lay down on another couch, but then curled up next to Arnold.

    When Arnold woke up to get her other kids ready for school, Talley said, he went to wake the baby up, but saw a red burn mark on her face.

    She was cold, Talley said. Her body was cold and stiff.

    They took the baby to the Childrens Medical Center. Talley said he demanded to know what happened cause she was the last one there with my baby all night.

    Arnold responded on at least two occasions I killed my baby, Talley said.

    When Franceschelli asked why he waited to report that to police until December 2006, he said it was because he still loved her.

    I didnt want to believe it myself, that she did this. Talley said.

    Talley said that Arnold told him several times that if he hadnt cheated on her, his baby would still be alive.

    The trial broke for the evening after Franceschelli finished direct examination of Talley. Defense attorneys will cross examine him Friday morning.

    DAYTON - An emergency room physician on duty when China Arnold brought her baby to Childrens Medical Center testified Thursday that he was shocked when Arnold expressed surprise that her baby had been burned.

    Arnold, 31, is on trial in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court for the third time. If convicted of aggravated murder, she could face the death penalty.

    Dr. William Matre said he immediately saw the baby had visible burns on her face, trunk and limbs. But when he asked Arnold about the burns, Arnold responded with a question: my baby has been burned?

    I was, I guess, disgusted, Matre said. The burns to be were so obvious.

    The baby arrived at the hospital without any vital signs, Matre said. The staff tried to revive the baby without success, he said.

    Earlier Thursday, former Dayton homicide detective Doyle Burke testified that he searched Arnolds home at 415 Hall Ave., on Aug. 30, 2005, the day Arnold brought 28-day-old Paris Talley to the hospital.

    Burke said he found a small tub in an upstairs bathroom filled with cloudy water.

    It looked to me like it was flaky skin, Burke said.

    He also said he found a damp towel in the bathtub that had dark sediment on it.

    Questioned by defense attorney Kevin Lennen, Burke acknowledged that he did not seize the microwave that day, even though he was looking specifically for a heating agent that could have caused the babys burns.

    I probably walked by that microwave 24 times, Burke said. I didnt realize that it caused burns like that.

    DAYTON - Two forensic pathologists, the first two witnesses in China Arnolds third trial, both testified that her baby died in a microwave oven.

    Russell Uptegrove, the Montgomery County Coroners Office pathologist who performed the autopsy on Paris Talley went first, starting Tuesday afternoon and finishing Wednesday morning. Uptegrove said the 28-day-old baby died after her temperature reached 107 to 108 degrees Fahrenheit.

    Asked how long the baby was in the microwave, Uptegrove cited studies of pigs that survived two minutes in a microwave.

    It would have taken at least two minutes, Uptegrove said.

    The second witness was Marcella Fierro, retired chief medical examiner for Virginia, and the inspiration for Dr. Kay Scarpetta, the lead character in several of Patricia Cornwells bestselling crime novels. Fierro handled the case of the only other baby known to be killed in a microwave: Joseph Lewis Martinez, who was 5 weeks old when he was killed in 1999.

    Jurors were shown photographs from both autopsies, and Fierro compared the burn patterns, which she said were different because the microwaves heating elements were in different places. In Talleys case, the element was in the ceiling, causing extensive burns across her abdomen and chest, as well as exposed parts of her limbs and her face. But she had almost no burning on the back side of her body.

    Martinez suffered burns more on the lower half of his body, because the heating element was in a side wall, Fierro said.

    Fierro agreed with Uptegroves finding that all other sources of burns could be ruled out, that Paris died when her temperature reached the 107-108 degree range, that she was in the microwave for more than two minutes and that she died quickly afterward.

    She died because she was overheated, Fierro said. She was cooked.

    Virginia baby microwaved in 99

    Prosecution witness studied the case when determining what happened to China Arnolds baby.

    By Lou Grieco Staff Writer

    DAYTON Before there was Paris Talley, there was Joseph Lewis Martinez, and jurors in China Arnolds aggravated murder trial saw autopsy photographs of both infants Friday.

    Paris was 3 weeks old when she died Aug. 30, 2005, after being put in a microwave oven. Arnold, 27, is her mother and is on trial in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court. She could face the death penalty if convicted.

    Joseph Martinez of Virginia was 5 weeks old when he was killed in a microwave oven in 1999.

    Two prosecution witnesses the former chief medical examiner for Virginia and a microwave expert also testified in Martinezs mothers trial. The third, Montgomery County Coroners Office forensic pathologist Russell Uptegrove, said he studied Josephs case when he was determining what happened to Paris.

    Defense attorney Jon Paul Rion challenged Uptegrove, who acknowledged during cross-examination the burn patterns on the two babies were different.

    However, Uptegrove told assistant county prosecutor David Franceschelli the differences were probably because the ovens were different sizes and the heating elements were in different places.

    Next up was Marcella Fierro, retired chief medical examiner for Virginia, and the inspiration for Dr. Kay Scarpetta, the lead character in several of Patricia Cornwells bestselling crime novels.

    Fierro testified that Paris burns were similar to Josephs, and that both came from a microwave. She also estimated that Paris died between four and six hours before she was pronounced dead at Childrens Medical Center, which was at 7:15 a.m.

    The days final witness, Robert Schiffman, is an expert on microwave ovens. He testified that all microwave ovens have hot and cool spots, where the intensity of the microwaves vary.

    Each oven has its own distinct pattern, and the patterns of Paris burns match the hot and cool spots of the oven seized from Arnolds home, Schiffman said.

    DAYTON - China Arnold, on trial for her life for the third time in three years, sat quietly as attorneys mapped out opening statements familiar to those who followed her first two trials.

    Assistant Montgomery County prosecutor Dan Brandt said that Arnold, now 31, killed her baby in a microwave oven on August 30, 2005. She was the only caregiver at her home when the child died between 1:15 and 3:15 a.m., Brandt said.

    He also said that Arnold admitted her crime, telling her boyfriend Terrell Talley that I killed my baby.

    Defense attorney Jon Paul Rion said that, at the time Arnold made that statement, she did not know how 28-day-old Paris Talley died and instinctively blamed herself, thinking she may have rolled over on the baby while they were sleeping together on a couch.

    What you have heard is not true, Rion told the jury.Her own daughter, Paris, was murdered, or killed, but not by China.

    Rion said Arnold was extremely intoxicated that night and passed out on the couch. He did not say who killed the baby, but noted a witness would testify she saw a boy enter the residence in the middle of the night.

    The first witness for the prosecution was Russell Uptegrove, a forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy on Paris. Arnold declined to stay in the courtroom during that testimony, as she had in her previous trials.

    If convicted of aggravated murder, Arnold could face the death penalty. The trial opened April 25, but jury selection took six and half days, much of it dealing with death penalty attitudes, the effects of pre-trial publicity and availability for a four-week trial.

    Unlike the first two trials, in 2008, there was no jury view. Arnolds former residence, 415 Hall Ave., was part of the Parkside Homes housing complex that has since been torn down.

    The first trial ended in February 2008 in a mistrial after a boy said he saw another child put the baby in the oven.

    Arnold was convicted of all charges in September 2008 and sentenced to life without parole. The Ohio Second District Court of Appeals reversed that conviction in November.

    http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs...he_jurors.html

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    Jury convicts US mom in microwave baby case

    Jurors in a woman's third trial found her guilty Friday of burning her baby daughter to death in a microwave oven.

    China Arnold, 31, was convicted of aggravated murder in the death of 28-day-old Paris Talley in August 2005. Arnold could receive the death penalty. The sentencing phase will begin Monday.

    Arnold's first trial ended in a mistrial. She was found guilty in the second trial, but that conviction was reversed last year. An appeals court found there was misconduct by prosecutors and that the trial court made an error by not allowing a material witness to testify in Arnold's defense.

    Prosecutors have said Arnold intentionally put the baby in the microwave after a fight with her boyfriend. The defense had argued that someone else was responsible.

    Medical experts testified that the baby died after her temperature reached 107 to 108 degrees Fahrenheit (around 42 Celsius) and that she probably was in the microwave for more than two minutes, dying quickly afterward.

    "She died because she was overheated," said Dr. Marcella Fierro, retired chief medical examiner for Virginia. "She was cooked.'"

    Messages seeking comment from the prosecutor and defense attorney were left at their offices, but a gag order in the case prevents anyone connected to it from commenting outside court.

    Assistant Prosecutor Dan Brandt told jurors in court that Arnold's actions were "even more purposeful" than a slaying with a gun or knife, the Dayton Daily News reported.

    "Baby Paris is without life, but she's not without a voice," Brandt told jurors in closing arguments. "Please listen to her."

    Brandt said that Arnold had to carry the baby over, place her in the microwave, shut the door and press buttons. Then she waited while her child cooked to death, Brandt said.

    Defense attorney Jon Paul Rion argued that the evidence pointed as much to Terrell Talley, the baby's father, as it did Arnold.

    "This doesn't make sense to you," Rion told jurors. "It doesn't. I've been watching your faces."

    The prosecutor cut and fit evidence to show "this loving mother somehow was so evil that she killed her baby in this way," he said.

    http://www.valleynewslive.com/story/...wave-baby-case

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