BABY STARVED TO DEATH.

Baby 'starved to death by religious cult leaders for failing to say "Amen" before eating'






By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 1:29 PM on 23rd February 2010

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A religious cult leader ordered a baby to be starved to death after failing to say ‘Amen’ before a meal, a court heard yesterday.
Christian Queen Antoinette ordered 16-month-old Javon Thompson be deprived of food after he failed to thank God before eating, it is claimed.
The 41-year-old is on trial for murder along with her daughter, Trevia Williams, 22, and Marcus Cobbs, 23.


Starved to death: Ria Ramkissoon and her son Javon Thompson, who wasn't given any food after failing to say, 'Amen' before eating

As the boy died, between December 2006 and January 2007, the three members of the now-defunct 1 Mind Ministries are said to have prayed for his resurrection.
They then destroyed all evidence of his death and stuffed his body in a suitcase, which they hid in a shed behind a home in Philadelphia, assistant state's attorney Julie Drake told jurors.
The jury heard how Javon’s mother, Ria Ramkissoon, was recruited into he cult and did nothing to stop him from wasting away, even though she was 'distraught' over his slow and agonising death.
Ramkissoon pleaded guilty last year to child abuse resulting in death and plans to testify against Antoinette, Williams and Cobbs.
At her insistence, the plea deal included an extraordinary provision: ‘If Javon comes back to life, the plea will be vacated.’






Accused: Queen Antoinette and her daughter Trevia Williams

Ramkissoon, then a teenage single mother, joined the cult because she wanted to become a Christian and was told she wouldn't have to work or go to school, Drake said.
The members lived together in a small apartment and were forced to abide by an increasingly strict set of rules, and Antoinette was 'leery' of Javon, it was claimed.
'If she perceived a rebellious spirit in someone, she would characterise it as demonic,' Drake said.
The cult members 'did everything they could think of' to make Javon say 'Amen' before Antoinette ordered them not to feed him until he did, she told the court.
Antoinette later took the boy away from his mother and placed him in Williams' care, the prosecutor said.
'In full view of every member of that household, Javon wasted away,' Drake said.
'If this little boy had ever had the capacity to say “Amen”, he surely lost it.
‘He could not say anything.'
Ramkissoon prayed for days for Javon to be resurrected, and Antoinette 'told her it was her fault' the boy did not come back to life, Drake said.
The three, who are representing themselves, appeared in court yesterday.
Antoinette, who is facing a first degree murder charge, declined to make an opening statement.
Williams and Cobbs - who have been charged with second degree murder - spoke briefly.
Williams suggested the prosecution's theory of the case was flawed. 'Pay attention to details,' she said.
Cobbs pledged that 'when the truth comes out,' jurors would realise the defendants are not guilty.
'The truth shall set you free,' he said. The all deny the charges.

The trial continues.

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WHAT A SAD STORY,
POOR LITTLE BABY,
IM LOST FOR WORDS,
I JUST WANT TO

lea wrote: WHAT A SAD STORY,
POOR LITTLE BABY,
IM LOST FOR WORDS,
I JUST WANT TO

I'm at a loss for words. The only word that comes to mind is SICK.

What comes to my Mind is lock them up and throw away the key, how could they do this to a lovely baby.

W==KERS.

I'd love 5 minutes in a room with them

STRUTTIN AROUND,REPRASENTING THEMSELVES,LOVE TO SMASH THEIR GOBS WITH A HAMMER. sorry amber

I aree with all your comments,
these people are pure evil

Scary isnt it sharing the planet with people like this? both should be given lethal injection asap

solace wrote:Scary isnt it sharing the planet with people like this? both should be given lethal injection asap

A lethal injection would be too good for them

STARVE THEM.

Maybe that's why I'm not PrimeMinister lol

words fail me - there's few descriptions for these people
poor baby rip~~~

F*****G B******S. Why are these people allowed to have children. None of these kids who are subjected to this type of abuse are given a chance. These people should be given the death penalty or left to die the same way they left the baby. I give up trying to even comprehend what these people are thinking when they are so cruel to their children. It sickens me to the bone. Pure SCUM

dumouchelwolf wrote:

solace wrote:Scary isnt it sharing the planet with people like this? both should be given lethal injection asap

A lethal injection would be too good for them

STARVE THEM.

Maybe that's why I'm not PrimeMinister lol

I'd vote for you d'wolf if you kept up scum clearing strategies as proposed above. Lets face it there is sure to be a vacancy at No.10 very very soon.....

Despicable People....the Mother should never be allowed to have another Child.
There certainly are some sick cruel People in this World.

Absolute evil monsters! Vile!
Poor baby, sleep tight, little one x

What a truly evil world we do live in and I feel very sad for the child. The truly sad part is that every day, almost 16,000 children die from hunger related causes, one child every five seconds. Its not the right place to go on any further about it all but the hungersite is a great place to start for anyone interesting in knowing more (sorry mods)