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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 07:50 PM Feb 2013

Charge: Man tied up girl, 4, then shot her with pellets

A Lynnwood man accused of repeatedly shooting his 4-year-old stepdaughter with an Airsoft pellet gun was charged Thursday with second-degree assault.

Documents filed in Snohomish County Superior Court say the pain inflicted on the girl was "the equivalent of that produced by torture."

The suspect, Stetson G. Tedder, 26, of Lynnwood was booked into the Snohomish County jail last week. He was released Saturday after posting $25,000 bail.

Court documents say Tedder bound the girl with zip ties and duct tape, then shot her at least three-dozen times with plastic pellets until her skin looked like chicken pox.


Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/komo/article/Charge-Man-tied-up-girl-4-then-shot-her-with-4242918.php

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Charge: Man tied up girl, 4, then shot her with pellets (Original Post) n2doc Feb 2013 OP
shouldn't the mother be arrested also ? JI7 Feb 2013 #1
yes! Liberal_in_LA Feb 2013 #40
The guy should get the taste of his own medicine. diabeticman Feb 2013 #2
He should definitely have his little girl SirRevolutionary Feb 2013 #4
Step-father, not his little girl. Hopefully her biological father isn't a turd too. nt Mnemosyne Feb 2013 #19
I'm a stepfather myself, and although my girls aren't biologically mine SirRevolutionary Feb 2013 #42
I am so pleased when a step-dad cares so much, your girls are so lucky. I had two fathers, but never Mnemosyne Feb 2013 #43
Thanks Mnemosyne SirRevolutionary Feb 2013 #49
I grew up being told I was not part of their family, but part of another family, just never told me Mnemosyne Feb 2013 #56
I'm sorry Mnemosyne SirRevolutionary Feb 2013 #68
I've grown a very strong family over the years, my friends are the best. I learned from them Mnemosyne Feb 2013 #69
Very true SirRevolutionary Feb 2013 #70
He certainly shouldn't be anywhere near a gun! Auntie Bush Feb 2013 #44
That too SirRevolutionary Feb 2013 #45
I can hear the nutters responding now Ian Iam Feb 2013 #3
What a sick Berserker Feb 2013 #11
Dreadfully sorry Ian Iam Feb 2013 #18
Don't feed the trolls , there is a reason his post his hidden downthread. Cheers, nt pkdu Feb 2013 #55
Maybe, but that's typical NRA blather, right? FSogol Feb 2013 #25
I see your view of gun owners has been completely formed by editorial cartoons. krispos42 Feb 2013 #28
No, my opinion of gun owners has been shaped by actual conversation Ian Iam Feb 2013 #31
Funny, none of the gun owners I talked to ever expressed that opinion krispos42 Feb 2013 #32
Try Indiana, Kansas, and Florida Ian Iam Feb 2013 #38
how is he out on bail? zazen Feb 2013 #5
$25k is nothing to sneeze at. Deep13 Feb 2013 #8
Give a man a gun and he goes nuts. Thinkingabout Feb 2013 #6
For the record, I never have an urge to shoot something... Deep13 Feb 2013 #9
Post removed Post removed Feb 2013 #12
kidnapping, 36 counts of felony assault Deep13 Feb 2013 #7
For the record I also have guns and have not had the urge to shoot anyone, Thinkingabout Feb 2013 #16
wow, I'm sure that made him feel all the manly man NewJeffCT Feb 2013 #10
I don't know mythology Feb 2013 #39
Just maybe Berserker Feb 2013 #13
You what... Are hoping he gets raped in prison? Ohio Joe Feb 2013 #21
The little girl needs someone to stick up for her fadedrose Feb 2013 #24
So you think part of his punishment should be rape and/or murder? Ohio Joe Feb 2013 #27
I never said what it "should" be - only that the kid needs somebody to watch her back fadedrose Feb 2013 #29
Well... Come on and decide... How exactly should this guy be physically abused for his crime? Ohio Joe Feb 2013 #35
Give the little girl a pellet gun and tell her to fire away.... fadedrose Feb 2013 #61
You want to outsource 'justice' to violent sociopaths? RZM Feb 2013 #50
Raped? Not necessarily... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #33
36 beatings... And maybe a bit of rape? Ohio Joe Feb 2013 #37
Why the rape fixation? Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #65
You do realize you're essentially arguing in favor of torture, right? RZM Feb 2013 #46
By its actions we know said accused isn't likely human but a malevolent creature. Paulie Feb 2013 #51
So he's not a human now? What is this, Blade Runner? RZM Feb 2013 #52
I hear ya. Let there be a trial. Bail shouldn't have happened. Paulie Feb 2013 #54
I am not arguing 'for' anything... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #64
That isn't justice, it's just more violence mythology Feb 2013 #41
hoping for jailhouse vengeance? maybe rape? SICK. bettyellen Feb 2013 #67
I wouldn't say hope, but I wouldn't have any sympathy for the guy either. Incitatus Feb 2013 #72
i hope that fucker gets punched in the throat frylock Feb 2013 #14
+10 raidert05 Feb 2013 #26
The mother left the house because she didn't like to hear the child cry! Smilo Feb 2013 #15
In answer to your last question: Le Taz Hot Feb 2013 #59
Sadly it is true Smilo Feb 2013 #60
OMG! LeftofObama Feb 2013 #17
The last sentence of the article states that the little girl may not be the only victim. WTF nt Mnemosyne Feb 2013 #20
Twisted freak. He should be required to provide any and all money in his possession Jefferson23 Feb 2013 #22
Did I miss where they said what he is charged with? nm rhett o rick Feb 2013 #23
I hate people. nt. Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #30
This guy is 2naSalit Feb 2013 #34
Some people are just messed up. dkf Feb 2013 #36
What? gollygee Feb 2013 #47
Second degree assault? This is unlawful restraint and torture. MrSlayer Feb 2013 #48
Any WHY the hell is the "mother" not in jail as well? Le Taz Hot Feb 2013 #53
Last sentence states 4year old may not be the only victim, fucker needs a hurting put on him. nt Mnemosyne Feb 2013 #57
She wants to be a punching bag Le Taz Hot Feb 2013 #58
Are you assuming I meant the mother? I have no clue who the other victim(s) are from the report. Mnemosyne Feb 2013 #62
I did and I shouldn't have. Le Taz Hot Feb 2013 #63
It's alright. Easy to do with emotional subjects. I just wish children could all be safe. nt Mnemosyne Feb 2013 #66
Photo of Stetson Tedder from 2009 siligut Feb 2013 #71

JI7

(89,254 posts)
1. shouldn't the mother be arrested also ?
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 07:54 PM
Feb 2013

hopefully the grandmother who reported this will get custody of the girl.

SirRevolutionary

(579 posts)
42. I'm a stepfather myself, and although my girls aren't biologically mine
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 10:37 PM
Feb 2013

I still consider them my girls and I can't imagine anyone doing this to a child. Regardless, he should lose any contact with her for good after that. He doesn't belong anywhere near children.

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)
43. I am so pleased when a step-dad cares so much, your girls are so lucky. I had two fathers, but never
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 10:49 PM
Feb 2013

had a Dad.

I am jealous of your girls.

SirRevolutionary

(579 posts)
49. Thanks Mnemosyne
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 11:18 PM
Feb 2013

I had and still have my step dad in my life and my biological father was never really around, so I learned DNA doesn't matter. We've all been a tight family for many years now and the girls are entering their teen years so the next big step begins lol Family is about who loves you and who sacrifices, that's what I try to teach the girls like my mom and step dad taught me.

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)
56. I grew up being told I was not part of their family, but part of another family, just never told me
Sat Feb 2, 2013, 12:50 AM
Feb 2013

where that "other family" was at. I was 15, 12 and 10 years older than my younger sisters that Mom had with my SD. I wasn't even allowed in family pictures. Now Mom and s-father are gone and my sisters claim I am not their family. My blood father is a molesting pervert, so had very little contact over the years.

I hope your girls grow up to understand exactly how much your gift of being their Dad means. Every little girl deserves a Daddy that adores her. Have fun with the teens coming up! Wild ride for sure!

You are awesome!

I'm not horribly deformed or anything, so it wasn't that keeping me out of the photos.

SirRevolutionary

(579 posts)
68. I'm sorry Mnemosyne
Sat Feb 2, 2013, 02:59 PM
Feb 2013

That's terrible to keep you out of family photos. If anything, I always default as the outsider because a step parent is the one who comes into the existing family and needs to do the work to fit in. At least on the bright side, you know what not to do when creating a solid family. Hopefully, family life is better for you now.

Much of my family is a bunch of pukes and they treat my smaller subset of the family like strangers too, but we're more than happy to celebrate holidays and enjoy life together even though there are not many of us. Makes Thanksgiving much better when you don't have to hear about "family values" while being called a commie by your own family lol

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)
69. I've grown a very strong family over the years, my friends are the best. I learned from them
Sat Feb 2, 2013, 05:33 PM
Feb 2013

that family doesn't have to have a thing to do with blood, it is of the heart, and a much more peaceful and loving family grows.

Thanks for being sweet, SirR.

SirRevolutionary

(579 posts)
70. Very true
Sat Feb 2, 2013, 11:38 PM
Feb 2013

and like the saying goes "home is where the heart is", family is there as well even if the DNA is scattered all around this big blue globe.

Auntie Bush

(17,528 posts)
44. He certainly shouldn't be anywhere near a gun!
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 10:54 PM
Feb 2013

It's people with that mentality that commit mass killings...people with no compassion...people with no empathy...people with no brains...people that can grow up to be Rethugs.

SirRevolutionary

(579 posts)
45. That too
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 11:11 PM
Feb 2013

Hopefully, they'll lock him for a good long time and he'll have no access to guns or kids. Society will be much better off.

 

Ian Iam

(386 posts)
18. Dreadfully sorry
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 09:10 PM
Feb 2013

But this was merely my speculation as to what those fools would say. I've not actually seen or heard anybody make such a sttatement. I apologise for my insufficient clarity.

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
28. I see your view of gun owners has been completely formed by editorial cartoons.
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 09:35 PM
Feb 2013

Helpful tip: they are satirical, not literal.

 

Ian Iam

(386 posts)
31. No, my opinion of gun owners has been shaped by actual conversation
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 09:45 PM
Feb 2013

A disturbingly-significant percentage of them seems to believe that Jesus wants firearms in the hands of every man, woman, and child in America!

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
32. Funny, none of the gun owners I talked to ever expressed that opinion
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 09:47 PM
Feb 2013

And I lived in South Dakota and Minnesota as well as Connecticut.

zazen

(2,978 posts)
5. how is he out on bail?
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 08:06 PM
Feb 2013

Why do I suspect that people arrested for dealing pot are denied bail while this child abuser/potential-if-not-actual pedophile is free to roam the streets?

Deep13

(39,154 posts)
8. $25k is nothing to sneeze at.
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 08:14 PM
Feb 2013

Plus the bond is probably secured by his house. That's just to guarantee he shows up for trial. Otherwise, he would get credit for time served while waiting trial.

Deep13

(39,154 posts)
9. For the record, I never have an urge to shoot something...
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 08:17 PM
Feb 2013

...although I sometimes have a desire to see how small my grouping can be at the target range. One ragged hole is ideal, but rarely happens.

This guy should not be allowed to drive a car or use hedge-clippers, let alone any kind of gun.

Response to Thinkingabout (Reply #6)

Deep13

(39,154 posts)
7. kidnapping, 36 counts of felony assault
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 08:13 PM
Feb 2013

That's how I'd indict it, but the law is probably slightly different in that state. I'd argue that every time he pulled the trigger, it constituted a separate felonious assault.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
16. For the record I also have guns and have not had the urge to shoot anyone,
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 08:52 PM
Feb 2013

This was meant for the gun nuts.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
10. wow, I'm sure that made him feel all the manly man
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 08:20 PM
Feb 2013

to be able to tie up & assault a 4 year old girl. Did he graduate from taking candy from babies, or does he do both?

 

Berserker

(3,419 posts)
13. Just maybe
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 08:29 PM
Feb 2013

When he is found out by his fellow prisoners what he did they just may take care of things.
One can only hope.

Ohio Joe

(21,761 posts)
21. You what... Are hoping he gets raped in prison?
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 09:22 PM
Feb 2013

Killed?

Pretty fucked up sense of justice you got there.

fadedrose

(10,044 posts)
24. The little girl needs someone to stick up for her
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 09:28 PM
Feb 2013

even if they're in prison....people on the outside are "too nice"

Ohio Joe

(21,761 posts)
27. So you think part of his punishment should be rape and/or murder?
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 09:35 PM
Feb 2013

Again... That is pretty fucked up. I'm all for justice being served but not like that.

fadedrose

(10,044 posts)
29. I never said what it "should" be - only that the kid needs somebody to watch her back
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 09:40 PM
Feb 2013

Her mom left and poor grandma had to take her for care. A big strong guy in jail might make the lunatic think twice about hurting a little kid like that.

I have a 2-yr old granddaughter that if I saw anybody shoot her with a pellet gun, I would have to be restrained in some way from doing I don't know what. But he would regret it....

Ohio Joe

(21,761 posts)
35. Well... Come on and decide... How exactly should this guy be physically abused for his crime?
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 09:53 PM
Feb 2013

Should we pay the kind inmate that exacts the punishment on him? Time off for good behavior perhaps?

fadedrose

(10,044 posts)
61. Give the little girl a pellet gun and tell her to fire away....
Sat Feb 2, 2013, 02:29 AM
Feb 2013

I don't know. In the heat of anger who knows what somebody would do if they saw him doing this.

Were there, the first thing I'd to is see if the girl is okay, get some cold packs, hug her, and take her to the emergency room and when they find out what happened, I'm sure the law will come up with something...first concern is the kid, not punishment.

 

RZM

(8,556 posts)
50. You want to outsource 'justice' to violent sociopaths?
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 11:22 PM
Feb 2013

Because those are the kind of prisoners who go around beating and raping people. They are just as bad (and usually far worse) than this guy.

That's a seriously fucked-up thing to argue.

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)
33. Raped? Not necessarily...
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 09:48 PM
Feb 2013

beaten up 36 times, once for every pellet fired, would satisfy my sense of justice.

Ohio Joe

(21,761 posts)
37. 36 beatings... And maybe a bit of rape?
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 09:57 PM
Feb 2013

How severe can they get... Are broken bones ok? How much recoup time between beatings does he get? Since rape is not out the window for you, can he pay the price partially in rape and partially in beatings?

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)
65. Why the rape fixation?
Sat Feb 2, 2013, 10:49 AM
Feb 2013

I said rape was not necessary for my sense of justice.... Let's make something clear right now...no matter what happens to him, he will never 'pay the price' for what he did to that little girl. This was neither a victimless crime nor a crime against property, for which one can indeed 'pay their debt to society'. The notion that he can somehow make restitution for the damage he has done to a 4-year-old child, who will carry the psychological scars throughout life, would be ludicrous if it weren't so tragically misguided.

 

RZM

(8,556 posts)
46. You do realize you're essentially arguing in favor of torture, right?
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 11:12 PM
Feb 2013

Is there a specific reason that this person is not entitled to basic human rights?

Paulie

(8,462 posts)
51. By its actions we know said accused isn't likely human but a malevolent creature.
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 11:47 PM
Feb 2013

4 year old, zip ties, shooting pellet gun at her 36 times, from someone who is an adult in a position of trust in their lives? You think it was an accident?

The rest of the linked article. WTF.

 

RZM

(8,556 posts)
52. So he's not a human now? What is this, Blade Runner?
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 11:56 PM
Feb 2013

He's a human just like you and me and he deserves to pay for his crimes. I just don't believe beatings and rape should be part of the price.

Paulie

(8,462 posts)
54. I hear ya. Let there be a trial. Bail shouldn't have happened.
Sat Feb 2, 2013, 12:06 AM
Feb 2013

Let it be thrown in jail, or a Sarlacc pit in the desert. But based on what it did I question the claim it's human.

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)
64. I am not arguing 'for' anything...
Sat Feb 2, 2013, 10:33 AM
Feb 2013

I stated a simple emotional reaction, which will pretty much reflect the reality of his life if he is convicted and sent to prison. As to his basic human rights...what human rights did he accord to the child he repeatedly tortured? I'm sorry if that does not square with your liberal sensibilities, but as someone who survived a physically abusive mother, who didn't grow up to abuse my own children I have zero tolerance for this type of behavior and even less sympathy.

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
41. That isn't justice, it's just more violence
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 10:18 PM
Feb 2013

It's one thing to hope he goes to jail, it's another to hope that he is beaten or rape or killed.

Incitatus

(5,317 posts)
72. I wouldn't say hope, but I wouldn't have any sympathy for the guy either.
Sun Feb 3, 2013, 12:39 AM
Feb 2013

I recall years ago some local radio hosts had a discussion about a child torturer and murderer Donald Mcdougall. He was killed less than a week later in prison.


Fm Station Sued Over Slaying Of Child Killer
Real Radio's Shock Jocks Are Accused Of Broadcasting A Reward For The Death Of Donald Mcdougall In A 1996 Program.
October 2, 1998|By Debbie Salamone Wickham of The Sentinel Staff

An Orlando radio station is being sued over a 1996 broadcast in which callers talked of killing an imprisoned child murderer, who later wound up dead.

Donald McDougall's survivors blame his demise on The Russ and Bo Show, broadcast on Real Radio 104.1, WTKS-FM. The lawsuit, filed this week in federal court in Tampa, accuses the radio station of causing emotional distress and a wrongful death.

McDougall was notorious for the 1982 torture killing of 5-year-old Ursula Sunshine Assaid in Altamonte Springs. The blond-haired child was abused for several months and then dumped in a pond after her death. McDougall was serving time at Avon Park Correctional Institution in Polk County when fellow inmate Arba Earl Barr beat him to death with an iron horseshoe stake on Oct. 1, 1996.


http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1998-10-02/news/9810020075_1_donald-mcdougall-russ-rollins-broadcast


I heard the show and the news days later. I have a hard time condoning vigilante justice, but I haven't an iota of sympathy for the man.

Smilo

(1,944 posts)
15. The mother left the house because she didn't like to hear the child cry!
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 08:31 PM
Feb 2013

It was left to the grandmother to take the little one to hospital.

Poor little one - how do you get over something like that?

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)
59. In answer to your last question:
Sat Feb 2, 2013, 01:13 AM
Feb 2013

You don't. She's unprotected and knows it. The ramifications will stay with her the rest of her life.

Smilo

(1,944 posts)
60. Sadly it is true
Sat Feb 2, 2013, 02:10 AM
Feb 2013

........... what is likely to happen is that she will "block" it until something happens - which it will - and then everything will crumble.

LeftofObama

(4,243 posts)
17. OMG!
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 08:57 PM
Feb 2013

"On another occasion, the girl said, Tedder tied her up after her room was messy and made her pick up her room with her teeth, court documents say."

WTF is up with this creep?! He needs to be put away for a long long time, and that sorry excuse for a mother that left because she didn't want to hear her daughter cry needs to go with him! This is absolutely disgusting!

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)
22. Twisted freak. He should be required to provide any and all money in his possession
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 09:24 PM
Feb 2013

to the child, in trust for her. She will need help to recover from being subjected to such a bastard.

 

dkf

(37,305 posts)
36. Some people are just messed up.
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 09:57 PM
Feb 2013

Anyone that can do this is missing something essential to being a decent person.

 

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)
48. Second degree assault? This is unlawful restraint and torture.
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 11:16 PM
Feb 2013

This son of a bitch should not be out on bail. He should be in a holding cell having the shit kicked out of him by his fellows as he awaits trial.

This is sickening.

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)
53. Any WHY the hell is the "mother" not in jail as well?
Sat Feb 2, 2013, 12:03 AM
Feb 2013

"The girl told police that her mom left the house when Tedder was shooting at her with the gun because "she doesn't want to hear her cry," court documents say."

"Mothers" who put their men above their children earn a special kind of disgust from me.

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)
58. She wants to be a punching bag
Sat Feb 2, 2013, 01:10 AM
Feb 2013

so as to satisfy her man, that's up to her. Putting your 4-year-old up as fodder to satisfy your man is not an option. I know of what I speak. Intimately.

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)
62. Are you assuming I meant the mother? I have no clue who the other victim(s) are from the report.
Sat Feb 2, 2013, 05:40 AM
Feb 2013

I am certainly not defending that disturbed excuse for a mother. I immediately thought that there could be another child or children in the home.

The mother obviously has severe issues to walk out and leave her child in that situation.

Thank the universe for the grandmother.

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)
63. I did and I shouldn't have.
Sat Feb 2, 2013, 05:52 AM
Feb 2013

This story just hit a nerve. Didn't mean to sound snappy to you and I apologize if it came off that way.

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