Report: Boy found dead in Maine identified as from Texas; mother has confessed to police

Source: BDN

The boy who was found dead Saturday along a road in South Berwick, Maine, has been identified as 6-year-old Camden Pierce of Texas and his mother reportedly has offered a confession in relation to his death, according to the Boston CBS affiliate.
The mother, who is speaking to Massachusetts State Police, has been identified as Julianne McCrery of Irving, Texas, according to the station.

Read more: http://new.bangordailynews.com/2011/05/18/news/report-person-in-custody-in-death-of-boy-found-along-south-berwick-road/

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live stream at the link, with time line of story. I'm glad we now know who this little boy is, I hope that justice will be served. RIP, little man.

I've been following this story since the weekend. Heart-breaking.

I don't think there is any other way to describe it other than heart breaking. The people children trust, with unconditional love....how could anyone do this.

1. my title no longer matches the new story headline that BDN is now using. They keep the same link as they up date stories, so the title should actually read

"Texas man says he identified boy found dead in Maine as friend’s child"

CONCORD, Mass. — Police in Massachusetts took a woman to a hospital for a medical evaluation after questioning her for several hours Wednesday in the investigation of the death of a young boy who never was reported missing and whose body was found along a dirt road in Maine.

The boy, who was found dead Saturday along a road in South Berwick, Maine, has been identified as 6-year-old Camden Pierce Hughes of Texas.

The woman was taken into custody at a highway rest stop, where she was found inside a pickup truck that matched the description of a vehicle seen near the spot where the boy’s body was found Saturday in South Berwick. The pickup is registered to Julianne McCrery of Irving, Texas, police said.

Christian von Atzigen of Irving said he called Maine State Police on Wednesday after seeing a computer-generated photo of the boy and recognizing him as Camden Pierce Hughes. He said the boy is the son of McCrery, a woman with whom he and his wife have been friends for 15 years.

http://new.bangordailynews.com/2011/05/18/news/report-person-in-custody-in-death-of-boy-found-along-south-berwick-road/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdiCJUysIT0

There's colors on the street
Red, white and blue
People shufflin' their feet
People sleepin' in their shoes
But there's a warnin' sign
on the road ahead
There's a lot of people sayin'
we'd be better off dead
Don't feel like Satan,
but I am to them
So I try to forget it,
any way I can.

Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world.

I see a woman in the night
With a baby in her hand
Under an old street light
Near a garbage can
Now she puts the kid away,
and she's gone to get a hit
She hates her life,
and what she's done to it
There's one more kid
that will never go to school
Never get to fall in love,
never get to be cool.

Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world.

We got a thousand points of light
For the homeless man
We got a kinder, gentler,
Machine gun hand
We got department stores
and toilet paper
Got styrofoam boxes
for the ozone layer
Got a man of the people,
says keep hope alive
Got fuel to burn,
got roads to drive.

Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world.

Dumped on the side of the road by his mother. Breaks my heart.

Hard to believe someone could kill that little kid, then dump the body off a rural road. I'm glad that he's been identified and someone will answer for this heinous crime.

What better way to hide their omnipotent violence than getting mom to do it?

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it got your comment, and sub-thread deleted last time.

I imagine for many people, a post about the finality of a child's death is the most appropriate and relevant thread to attempt a clever, passive-aggressive point.

:shrug:

... I didn't notice your concern about the propriety of immediately blaming men in general for his death.

I grieve for the child's father - a sentiment that appears unique here.

it is those in control of our society --

Further, the rise of the patriarchal rightwing can only be seen as destructive to

every part of our society and our citizens --

Obviously we now know there is an existing Mother --

I'm not aware that we knew there was an existing Father --

We can grieve for the entire family, but our thoughts should be involved with stopping

this rightwing attack on the human condition and preventing more such violence.

Pull the other leg. Grief must be cheap where you live.

We can grieve for the entire family, but our thoughts should be involved with stopping

this rightwing attack on the human condition and preventing more such violence.

but you have an obvious need to twist what is being said in this thread --

take it elsewhere!

I'm a complex guy. I can have multiple emotions. My sympathy for the surviving relatives is not diminished by my frustration at DU'ers consistent, immediate, predictable, reliable and dependable quest for the nearest man to blame for every tragic event, or failing that, *all* men.

Even in this thread. Mom kills her son. What's the important takeaway? What social ill does it reflect? What statements go unchallenged?

Apparently, it's an important opportunity to talk about female genital mutilation :wtf:, and castigate the ONLY person who expresses any sympathy for the child's father.

Presumably because they just woke up one morning and decided to attack the

gentials of every female!!

Nothing to do with males, right?

80 million living women right now who have suffered full removal of their genitals --

right down to the labia -- everything cut out -- often with just a piece of broken glass!!

Are you suggesting that the child was killed because of female genital mutilation? Is that the aspect of the patriarchy which, despite being illegal, is the social ill that caused this killing?

This killing fits the profile for filicide. Why are we surprised each time?



Is this a manifestation of the patriarchy? Maybe, but not like you mean. There's a social assumption that mom is the better parent, and it's both not always true, and when tragically proven not to be true, is often excused with words like "stress" or "post partum depression". If moms are more likely to kill their kids, and vulnerable to a specific violent mental illness that fathers are not, both are good arguments to be aware of this in family court.

But we don't do that, because this presumption of maternal parenting superiority is the primary remaining manifestation of the patriarchy in the US.

The patriarchy is a clever bunch of bastards, aren't they?
What better way to hide their omnipotent violence than getting mom to do it?

As for these comments ...

Are you suggesting that the child was killed because of female genital mutilation? Is that the aspect of the patriarchy which, despite being illegal, is the social ill that caused this killing?

That's a rather twisted level of understanding -- !

I suppose if I also mentioned to you that it was "Mom's" who assisted in Chinese Foot Binding

you'd be asking if I was suggesing this child was killed because of Chinese Foot Binding?


There is not only a "social" assumption that females are the better parents --

Nature favors women as parents -- having given all responsibility to females for childbearing

and parenting --

And you're denying the reality of "post-partum" depression? Wow!



And, btw, who prepared those figures? -- and why 2006?

Maybe we need to more often present here at DU the everyday horrific instances of males

doing harm to children --

Let's also remember that it is MALES who are responsible for sexual abuse of children --

and that is confirmed even by the rightwing women's organizations!


Just want to elaborate on my comment re "patriarchy" so you are clear on what I am saying --

Not all men, of course, are members of patriarchy -- this is male elitism which controls

populations and which makes policy -- dictates the direction the nation will go in.

While there are a few benefits for all males -- most of them suffer along with the rest of

us because of patriarchal rule.

In fact, "the patriarchy" itself is not germane to this conversation. It has no relevance to this tragic killing at all... which is essentially my point.

The data comes from HHS
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/cm06/figure4_2.htm

Setting aside the sexist (by definition) nature of your stated belief system, nature obviously didn't favor the mothers of the 61% of child murder victims who participated in their killing. Calling it post partum depression doesn't bring back the child. Better to have a custodial parent who isn't vulnerable to it.

You will not understand what happened to this boy until you understand what is

going on from a higher perspective --

and evidently you have closed your mind to that --


And you're suggesting that references to patriarchy are "sexist" -- ?

:rofl:


And you have problems understanding the harm done to societies by cripping women

in the many ways that has happenes all over the world --

from FGM to Chinese Foot binding -- and often using organized patriarchal religious

teachings as an excuse for attacks on females --

Millions of females missing all over the world?

I suppose that rape of women isn't also a tool of war internationally?


:eyes:


Bye --

Pointing out that Patriarchy and Male-supremacist concepts are "sexist" is ...

eh ... sexist!!

:rofl:


And guess it's males who go thru childbirth -- ?

:rofl:

:rofl:

Only sexists would disagree with your claim that you're inherently better than me by virtue of your gender.
The little boy died because of broken glass female genital mutilation in africa.
HHS made up the data showing how much more frequently moms kill their kids.
The patriarchy made mom do it because they want boys dead and don't want to admit that post partum depression is real.

I hope that you and the March Hare enjoy your tea.

Meanwhile, you need help -- get some!

You're on ignore --

I thought they had already convicted her....that was back in 2008.

They're in the process of putting a jury together.

I hope who ever did it gets the chair.

She says she accidentally gave him too much cough syrup.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/mother-mystery-maine-boy-confesses-killing-son-sources/story?id=13631248

As most do/should. However, I try my best to make sure that I don't call someone guilty until it's been thoroughly proven. It's habitual, at this point.

http://new.bangordailynews.com/2011/05/19/news/lawyer-texas-mom-in-boy-death-case-is-suicidal/

Preliminary autopsy findings showed that the cause of Camden’s death was asphyxiation and the manner of death was homicide, according to Maine’s chief medical examiner. The homicide remains under investigation.