Man kills daughter after she broke his Xbox
 

An oldie but a goody.




http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/35864/118/


Philadelphia (PA) - Tyrone Spellman has been convicted of murdering his daughter, in an angry rage that was ignited because she knocked over his Xbox.

According to media reports, Spellman's daughter Alayiah pulled on the cords of the Xbox, causing the system to fall down and break. Spellman then struck his daughter so hard that he cracked her skull, said prosecutors. He may also have thrown her across the room, according to initial claims.

Spellman, who confessed to the crime within 24 hours, originally told the police that Alayiah fell out of her bed, and then tried to claim his confession was only out of protection for his wife. Spellman's wife was asleep during the incident.

The Department of Human Services had previously been tipped by an anonymous caller that Alayiah's parents were abusive, but they were previously unable to find any evidence.

Spellman was convicted of third-degree murder and child endangerment, and faces up to 47 years behind bars.

More proof that video games incite violence.

Maybe we can more than double the excise tax on the product. I'm sure people wouldn't mind. As long as we used the money to buy healthcare for children of abuse.

Tyrone is gonna be real "popular" in prison. Might as well have his teeth pulled before he gets there.

wow lol

Yes, let's be reminded of this kind of shit not once, but twice! Or many times after that!:shake:

Get a hobby. Jesus ****ing Christ.

Pathetic.

Do you know what 3 weeks without Call of Duty 4 would do to you?

j/k... Save tax payers money and kill'em quickly.

Wish it was an eye for an eye society. Then fuggers wouldn't be so quick to do shit.
Fugg rehabilitation, retaliation is where it's at.

What the **** is 3rd degree murder?

I know I sometimes get mad when playing Madden online, but Jesus Christ...I would never STRIKE someone over it. Very sad....

Thanks for ruining my day, asshole!

This

I dunno, this one time I was playing and some 12 year old would kick off and the ****ing dude that kicked the ball would run down field and catch the damn ball while my dudes stood there like morons. Over and over and over again.

I could have easily hit that 12 year old with my truck.

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1. First Degree Murder: Intentional and premeditated
2. Second Degree Murder: Committed as a principal or an accomplice while in the act of a felony.
3. Third Degree Murder: Any other murder

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WTF did I even click on this thread for? Jesus God, she was 17 months old.

So now I had to google the mother****er.

I hope they dismantle the Xbox, force him to eat it and then let him slowly die as his body attempts to digest it.

it's a good thing one of my illegitimate children wasn't wondering around when my 360 red lighted last week...

Is he black

Cue the "Spare the rod, spoil the child" defense/apologists.

Duh.

Better yet, just read one word in and you'll figure it out...

He may have gone overboard, but you have to admit that she'll never mess with his Xbox again.

Soapbox Time
 

It's interesting how some minds work on these threads. Immediately, my heart goes out to that little girl who couldn't protect/defend herself. What a waste of a life. Then I think of what a pile of shit this dickweed is for doing something like that to a child.

However, then we have the posters that almost always make light of the situation, and I never quite get that. Oh, I understand that it's not anyone's child, friend or even a friend of a friend to anyone on this board. I get that. I've just got a really sensitive part in my heart for kids, especially little kids who get abused by adults, or lose their lives to some tragedy. I've never been able to de-sensitize myself from the story. Moreover, I never have understood how others can so effortlessly do so. Oh well, carry on.

/off soapbox

Because some people are so comfortable with how they feel about children and their intrinsic self that making a joke has zero impact on their soul.

Eh, I don't come here to be sad. I come here to be entertained.

Similarly, I don't like watching sad movies on TV. What am I supposed to get out of that? I'm trying to escape sadness and tragedy, not find it.

Because it's my world and you're all just living in it!

I understand the difference, but throwing a small child against a wall hard enough to kill her, regardless of the reason, should by definition be in with the worst categorization of murder. This makes me sick.

Now, you see, that's interesting to me.

If that's genuinely true, why then click on a thread that clearly reads "man kills daughter over XBOX ", unless death is entertaining to you. Remember, I'm not judging, I'm just truly intrigued by this.

Over react much? It's not like the kid spilled his beer or something...

I blame the media for reporting a story like this! If it wasn't for the media, people like Rain Man could never make light of such a situation because it wouldn't be made public!

In thinking about it, I was more intrigued by the weird angle than the death angle. You saw a child being killed and the tragedy therein, and I saw a moron committing a crime over an Xbox and the humor therein.

Plus, I admit that I do have a certain fascination with death. I'm so afraid of it that I have to joke about it.

You'll note that it is mostly those who are not parents themselves.

GOD HAS A PLAN FOR ALL OF US.

Yes, but I also don't own an Xbox.

my Valium intake has increased by 2000 percent since mine red lighted

I can not agree with you more. To me it is a form of diminishing the little girl's life.

I feel for your tragic loss.

Okay, if Chiefs_Mike_Topeka is here, I surrender unconditionally. I deal only in the realm of the hypothetical, not in reality.

If only you could walk a mile in my shoes...

The hours of thrills I had growing with my 360...watching myself grow from a lonely staff captain getting made fun of by 12 year old prepubescent teenage boys...to dominating the Ninja scene and becoming a 5 star general...being the leader of my clan...a Bungie superstar...

All that down the drain because of a little dust and a machine lacking a cover...was it overused? Perhaps...but there is simply no amount of words that can describe my significant loss...as this MeatyDragonMan (one of my live names) has signed off (for now).

(Keep in mind this is the same machine that helped me watch 159 episodes of '24'...without this machine Jack Bauer may not be a part of my life, and I'm convinced he's my real father, so...)

All I'm saying is...

If, before my 360 red lighted last week, someone gave me the choice between taking a human life or losing my xbox, I can tell you from my end that it would be the toughest decision I'd ever have to make...

Tougher than one of those hypothetical situations where you have the choice of killing your brother or your sister, and you have to choose or they both die...type scenarios. Or the ones where you are given an ultimatum like 'would you have sex with your mother for $1,000,000...even though I don't even consider that a tough decision because I'd do that in a second.

I agree with ChiTown. There are plenty of other threads to spread your comedic wings and flaunt your wit. This is not one of them. JMO.

HAVE I RUINED THIS THREAD YET?

why do people on here try so hard to be funny?

seriously. read what you typed out loud. it's not funny.

this is a thread about a little girl being murdered, and people come in and have to make jokes. it's okay to just read a thread once in a while without making an insensitive, complete failure of an attempt at humor.

Fine.

By that logic, why does a story like this need to ever be in print?

Shouldn't the family of the little girl be able to grieve without the entire world knowing she died over a friggin' Xbox?

A story so tragic that happened for such a dumb reason that is out there for everyone to read is going to end up becoming a mockery to those not directly involved 100 times out of 100.

Hootie! Run! They're swarming us! The caring and empathetic parents are swarming us! And they hold the moral high ground!


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Well, I'll try at least to not judge you by the company you keep.
:D

You love pushing buttons don't you.

Well Rain Man, my family is an odd family...

If I called my mom (my parents are divorced) randomly (I talk to each parent about once a month) and say..."Mom, 'sup yo!, did you read that story about that dude Tyrone who killed his daughter for breaking his Xbox?!" First she'd laugh, and then she'd tell me to never have children because something similar would probably happen (not to mention she'd feel terrible for the girl who actually dumb enough to let me plant my seed in the first place)...Now, if I called my Dad...he'd probably be shocked, saddened, and ask me to say a prayer for that family. Of course, he's the same guy who rolls down his window every time he sees a Barack Obama supporter holding some ridiculous sign and screams at them (and he's an adult)...

So to be honest, I think if I told my dad this was Tyrone's way of taking out his frustrating on the Obama administration, he'd totally agree and realize how important an Xbox really is.

Would you feel differently if this were a thread about someone torturing and murdering a cat?

How is that pushing buttons?

I gave you a real life scenario and let you step in on my decision making process.

I'll be honest, I was hanging out with my 18 month old nephew a month ago or so...

and all I could think about was my next killing frenzy on Halo 3 and how it would happen?

Would it be via the snipe?! I'm an amazing sniper. If so, how many snipes would be no scopes? Would I get one ridiculous no scope that saves my life and continues the frenzy? Could the frenzy become a running riot? Rampage? How many grenade kills would I get? Would the frenzy involve a sniper spree? What about a sharpshooter? How many head shots?

By this point I had no idea where my nephew was...and my sister no longer allows me to hold that thing.

Obviously that is a good thing. Perhaps they can picture in their minds eye what it would be like to witness a grown man trying to punch his way through the head of a 17 month old baby.

Yeah, real funny stuff. This story is filled with comedic relief.

You're not good enough to ruin threads. Karma is a mother****er and when she knocks on your door, I suggest you run for cover.

My joke about the 12 year old is ok because my beautiful darlings are only 6 and 5.

when karma knocks on your door I suggest you run for cover

I eat Karma.

karma knocked on my door yesterday when I was at Subway and asked for "a touch of honey mustard" and the bitch loaded that sandwich with that gross stuff...I was hoping it was good honey mustard...but it was not...it wasn't even honey mustard I don't think.

That's what I get for trying something new...

Not only that but that gloved hand she used had just recently been picking dingleberries off her co-worker.

I'm ok with that.

I don't think Karma is made of dick, but whatever.

I wonder if it smelled like vanilla or chocolate?

ROFL

my favorite was when I was at this pizza place called Papa Del's a few years ago...they are famous for awesome Chicago style stuffed pizza...anyways we have a few pieces leftover and we ask our awesome waiter if we could get a to go box or something...NO PROBLEM FOR HIM I GUESS...as he proceeds to pick up the two pieces with his hand and disappears off to neverland with them and comes back with the pieces wrapped in foil and in a box...I guess that's one way to do it.

That is funny.

That post was karmatically driven.

And now I'm hungry.

TODAY IS PUB WEDNESDAY...CAN'T WAIT CAN'T WAIT CAN'T WAIT

And You're a Chiefs fan ?!!

I thought you were dead. Didn't your mother shoot you in the back ?

That's not something to joke about.

Why ?

It's all fun and games when it is someone else, but when I'm brought into it is where I draw the line.

Line drawn.

Noted.

I'm just clownin', dog! Besides, it wasn't me mother shot, it was my younger brother. Apparently he wasn't living up to expectations...it's hard following my footsteps.

Personally I think anything can be made funny. I'll laugh at a holocaust joke if it's actually funny. That doesn't mean I didn't cry to the point of dehydration watching a certain episode of Band of Brothers. I just appreciate humor.

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