Grandmother of missing 2-year-old Houston girl begs for her safe return
transcript by John
Help us find Maliyah Bass, 2, who was last seen playing at 10600 Beechnut at 9:30 a.m. today. She had on a multi-colored tank top, multi-colored shorts & had a pink & white pillow case with letter blocks inside.
Call HPD Missing Persons at 832-394-1840 if you see her. #hounews
Transcript of the interview with the grandmother-
Grandmother: "I was at home because I stay right up the street with my daughter in law and my son and he say 'Mama, Maliyah is missing' and I said _____ 'What are you talking about?' and he say 'Maliyah's missing' so I tried to get down here. I was able to get down here. I was aggitated because I felt like the police was not doing anything. They did not care. Then I found out that they brought a dog out here 2 to 3 hours later to scent to find my baby. You know, she's a little girl. She's sweet, she's loving and didn't do nothing to nobody. I don't understand why they would take her, you know? I'm just mad because I feel like they're not doing everything to find my little baby girl."
Reporter: "Tell me about Maliyah. For people who are going to see this who are going to be looking for her what was she wearing? How did she look?"
Grandmother: "She had some blue shoes. I think her dad said polka dot shirt. Her hair is kind of in an afro puff, you know and she probably had one of her toys if whoever took her didnt try to throw the toy away because I think they said they found a toy under the stairwell so she's ... This is just too much, you know."
Reporter: "She was playing in this park right here, right?"
Grandmother: "Yes she was playing in the park. You know what they say, she's a happy baby. She's always smiling, she's kind, she's loving and she was just being a little girl, you know. Somebody just came and took her. Just took her."
Reporter: "Is there anything, birthmark, or anything that people should look for? Does she answer by a nickname that people would know?"
Grandmother: "No. If you say, 'Maliyah?' she'll say, 'Yes?', you know, she answers my Maliyah."
Reporter: "But no birthmarks or anything like that on her that you know of?"
Grandmother: "No not that I know of."
Reporter: "But the biggest thing is you just want your granddaughter back."
Grandmother: "I just want my baby back, you know, she didnt do anything wrong. I dont want no hard feelings or nothing. I just want them to bring her back you know? Just bring her back, you know. Oh lord this is just-"
The grandmother gives us a bit of insight, though she is reporting what she heard from her son:
Grandmother: "I was at home because I stay right up the street with my daughter in law and my son and he say 'Mama, Maliyah is missing' and I said _____ 'What are you talking about?' and he say 'Maliyah's missing' so I tried to get down here. I was able to get down here.
Sensitivity regarding the relationship with her son. He is listed after the daughter-in-law and she has the need to explain why which appears unnecessary. Perhaps she has mobility issues or other reasons why. It is not known here.
"Mama" could be cultural, or it could be an emphasis upon relationship. This could indicate concern as well.
I was aggitated because I felt like the police was not doing anything. They did not care. Then I found out that they brought a dog out here 2 to 3 hours later to scent to find my baby.
Blaming police is not unexpected in this context--- it can be (contextually dependent) a natural frustration and fear.
This early in the disappearance, the grandmother has not need to ingratiate (make peace with, be unified to, etc) herself with the police.
In this sense, it is the opposite of praising the police (ingratiation) for not finding the child--- see Deore Kuntz for example.
You know, she's a little girl. She's sweet, she's loving and didn't do nothing to nobody.
This language regarding a 2 year old may indicate a possible culture of violence, retribution and justification. In this possibility, we listen for any form of desensitization and will ask many questions about her son. If the child went missing while her daughter-in-law was supervising, the grandmother's words indicate that exploration of associations, including those of her son, is warranted.
I don't understand why they would take her, you know? I'm just mad because I feel like they're not doing everything to find my little baby girl."
Blaming the police, for example, if her son was arrested, is very different than what we have here. It is an indication that she is anxious over her granddaughter, and does not care what the police think at this time.
"they" is acceptable due to the unknown -- not knowing male or female, single or multiple
Reporter: "Tell me about Maliyah. For people who are going to see this who are going to be looking for her what was she wearing? How did she look?"
Grandmother: "She had some blue shoes. I think her dad said polka dot shirt. Her hair is kind of in an afro puff, you know and she probably had one of her toys if whoever took her didnt try to throw the toy away because I think they said they found a toy under the stairwell so she's ... This is just too much, you know."
Reporter: "She was playing in this park right here, right?"
Grandmother: "Yes she was playing in the park. You know what they say, she's a happy baby. She's always smiling, she's kind, she's loving and she was just being a little girl, you know. Somebody just came and took her. Just took her."
Question: Does the grandmother have concern about her son? This could be concern over neglect, illicit associations or worse.
Reporter: "Is there anything, birthmark, or anything that people should look for? Does she answer by a nickname that people would know?"
Grandmother: "No. If you say, 'Maliyah?' she'll say, 'Yes?', you know, she answers my Maliyah."
Reporter: "But no birthmarks or anything like that on her that you know of?"
Grandmother: "No not that I know of."
Reporter: "But the biggest thing is you just want your granddaughter back."
Grandmother: "I just want my baby back, you know, she didnt do anything wrong. I dont want no hard feelings or nothing. I just want them to bring her back you know? Just bring her back, you know. Oh Lord this is just-"
The word "just" is a dependent word---it indicates at least one other thought.
In context, "I just want ____ home" types of statements could be that the subject is making an effort to eliminate all other thoughts; particularly, frightening thoughts.
Both pessimistic and optimistic subjects have thoughts of "what if..." and both may seek to deny or quell them.
The articulation often changes as more time passes.
We note that the reporter used the word "just" which may then lead to its use in parroting.
Analysis Conclusion:
Grandmother does not show guilty knowledge of what happened to the child.
Grandmother may have concerns about her son and/or daughter in law--whether neglect at the park, dangerous associations or more.
This does not preclude neglect on the part of the mother of the child, as it is only the grandmother's perspective.
When a two year old goes missing, concerns of kidnapping & child trafficking as well as neglect or false reporting abound.
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It sounds like her body has been found. How sad. How did a 2 year old come to be playing in a park unsupervised?
From https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2020/08/23/2-year-old-child-missing-in-southwest-houston-hpd-says/
"The child’s mother said she went inside an apartment for a few minutes while the child was playing outside. When the mother returned, the child was missing.
“She’s just mentally not functioning right now,” family friend Jasmine Freeman said of the child’s mother. “She said everything happened within a blink of an eye. She was right here at the park and then she was gone.”
The bayou where the child's body was found is 15 miles away.
Mentally not functioning. ..
But still physically functioning?
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Boyfriend of mother of missing two-year-old at scene where child’s body was found. He claims police search for Maliyah was insufficient.
@houstonpolice
will speak shortly. #KHOU11
https://youtu.be/QBxRpU8k9vs
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/miami-dade/fl-ne-mh-wife-miami-cop-dies-suv-20200824-6lmnr6pwbbfitfefhcf3dbnade-story.html
The wife of a veteran Miami police officer died after she was trapped for much of a sweltering afternoon in the backseat of his patrol SUV at the family’s Miami Shores home, authorities confirmed on Monday.
Investigators are treating the death of Clara Paulino, 56, on Friday as a horrific accident. Detectives suspect that Paulino — as her husband slept inside the home after finishing a midnight shift — climbed into the backseat of his marked Ford Explorer SUV in search of something, then could not escape when the doors somehow closed and a self-locking mechanism kicked in.
As the temperature outside soared well over 90 degrees on Friday, Paulino spent several hours stuck inside the SUV until her family discovered her body after 5 p.m., according to one law-enforcement source. Miami-Dade detectives found her fingerprints all over the inside of the SUV.
For the full story, go to miamiherald.com.
An update on the Dulce Maria Alavez story.
https://nypost.com/2020/08/24/missing-nj-girl-dulce-maria-alavez-likely-snatched-by-predator-fbi/
Maliyah Bass' mother and her boyfriend returned to their apartment today. Neighbors were extremely worked up. Some had to be held back from attacking the two. Ultimately, neighbors say they are questioning what really happened to the 2-year-old girl
https://www.facebook.com/381965718651971/posts/1622644587917405/
A neighbor discussing watch she seen.
https://mobile.twitter.com/mycahabc13/status/1298015725018320897?s=21
Community boiling with anger over fate of 2-year-old Maliyah Bass; Family meets with Houston activist Quanell X
Snipped:
HOUSTON – A small, makeshift memorial of balloons, flowers and candles could be seen Monday outside the southwest Houston apartment where 2-year-old Maliyah Bass lived.
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said there is a “high probability” that the body of a 2-year-old child found in Brays Bayou on Sunday morning is Maliyah’s. She was previously reported missing in southwest Houston.
Anger boiled over at the Sunset Crossing Apartments off Beechnut Monday. Neighbors who live there were not happy to see Maliyah’s mother and boyfriend return to the property with Houston activist Quanell X. The crowd gathered outside of the apartment to express their frustration.
“That hurts me so bad because I feel like they were emotionless,” said Myocya Barnes, who helped search for Maliyah on Saturday. “They were emotionless while people out here and in this neighborhood are crying tears for to you — blood sweat and tears for you in the rain.”
Many of the neighbors said they went door-to-door Saturday morning looking for the missing 2-year-old who police say was left on the playground while her mother was inside the apartment cooking.
Quanell X met with Maliyah’s mother and boyfriend inside their apartment and said the couple’s story left him with a lot of questions.
“Who kidnapped the child? Was she ever kidnapped? We don’t know yet but it doesn’t pass the smell test,” he said. “No responsible parent would leave their child on the playground like that for 5 minutes knowing it’s a high crime area and shut the door behind them.”
Quanell X said he was concerned with the living conditions he saw inside. He said it was very rough conditions for a child. He said while he won’t represent the family, he plans to get to the truth. In 2019, Quanell X helped to bring 4-year-old Maleah Davis’ body from Arkansas back to Houston.
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2020/08/25/community-boiling-with-anger-over-fate-of-2-year-old-maliyah-bass-family-meets-with-houston-activisit-quanell-x/
Couple of clips of the father:
https://www.facebook.com/MycahABC13/videos/325150575201041/
https://www.facebook.com/MycahABC13/videos/763206144435013/
Adrian.
I made a Transcript of fathers statement from the below clip.
https://www.facebook.com/MycahABC13/videos/763206144435013/
She sweet like, she funny, you know what I`m saying. It’s going to be hard to move on. It’s gonna be real hard to move on… cause I don’t know how to handle this. You know what I`m saying, I never had a seed, I never had a child. But for her to come into my life and be there for me… that’s amazing. And for her to be so advanced at two years old it amazed me even more. That’s why I work with my baby every day, on her colours, her 123s, ABCs, what’s your name, when your birthday. I tell her I say, where the house? We go out to the exit, where the house just so she can know… where’s the house. How to get back to the house in case anything happen. We are prepared, we was prepared, but it just take a little mistake, in the blink of an eye my baby was gone. And I feel like it was my fault because I wasn’t watching her at that park. I was sitting there playing a game. I should have been out there as a family with my girlfriend and my baby. Her mother told me always to take care of her, take care of her baby and I failed. I failed her mother as a man. So therefore anybody did this, please come forward. I`m not expecting you to come forward, but I know you probably seen us on the news yesterday. So I know you were probably scared. Come forward, come forward. I don’t want it to be nothing else. I just want you to come forward and (inaudible).
Adrian.
The "house" is very sensitive.
Mums responce after finding out Maliyahs body has been found.
Press edited snippets:
This is really devastating to me. Who could be watching my baby to even snatch her from the park?” says Ervin snapping her fingers, “just like that and bring her all the way out here?”
Ervin says she called police right away. An AMBER alert went out overnight, and Houston Police, K-9 teams, a search helicopter, and Texas Equusearch were all enlisted to find the 2-year-old.
But after a body was pulled from the water, Ervin says that took all hope that her daughter would be found alive.
“They should of took me. They found my baby on an orange float floating down the bayou,” she says.
Would LE disclose this information to her? It's very specific even down to the colour.
HPD won’t confirm if the body is that of the missing toddler, but officers are preparing for a murder investigation, and say the family should prepare for the worse.
“Based on what we know, based on missing children, although we can’t confirm for sure, it’s a high probability it will be her,” says Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo during a press briefing Sunday afternoon.
https://www.fox7austin.com/news/mother-of-missing-2-year-old-fearing-the-worst-as-a-child-was-found-floating-in-brays-bayou.amp
More from mum in vt.
If someone kidnapped her and killed her, why would the killer put her on a float? Sounds like staging. Father is suspicious. Does he offer the info that he was “playing a game” when she disappeared as an alibi?
I made a small correction to the quote from listening to the video clip. The word “within” had been omitted.
This is really devastating to me. [Who could be watching] my baby to [even] snatch her from the park, [within], just like that?”
“[Who could be watching] my baby”
She speaks in present tense which at this point is inappropriate. If she believes someone was watching her child we expect to hear “someone was watching”. It would show that she believes there was a “someone”, and they were watching (past tense “was”). It’s interesting her priority is “who could be watching” as opposed to who has taken her child. The word “could” speaks to a possibility, which weakens her statement further.
“to [even] snatch her from the park”
The extra word “even” is included in connection to her child being snatched from the park. This reveals there is another thought connected with “snatch her from the park”. She may not be sure if her child was snatched and is thinking of an alternate scenario. That thought may be based off experiential knowledge, or it may be from a suspicion/idea.
“[within], just like that?”
Time is sensitive to the mother. She makes the time reference “within”, but fails to give a time frame (2, 3, 5 minutes etc.) She says “just like that” to suggest what happened was instantaneous. This phrase allows her to avoid talking of the specific time period her child went missing.
I wait to see how the investigation goes and what witnesses can provide in the way of information. Can anyone confirm seeing the child in the park? When was the last time the child was seen by someone other than her parents?
Adrian.
But for her to come into my life and be there for me…
She's 2 years old shes not able to look after herself let alone "be there" for him.
This reminds me of when parents say, aww look she can make a omelette. At that age they should be knowhere near a stove. (Neglect)
that’s amazing. And for her to be so advanced at two years old
Case in point ^
it amazed me even more. That’s why I work with my baby every day, on her colours, her 123s, ABCs, what’s your name, when your birthday. I tell her I say, where the house? We go out to the exit, where the house just so she can know… where’s the house.
This is unnecessary information making it important. He's found out shes missing/dead but has the need to inform us how a good family man he is, it is usually to the contrary. This smacks of neglect. Good parents/guardians etc, dont have the need to say they're good parents, especially in the context of a missing child.
I think the parents are very neglectful, but I don’t think they killed her.
The staging (along with showing some respect for her corpse by not dumping it in the bayou) points to a young perpetrator who lives by the bayou who apparently had some feeling of remorse for what he did—this points to a young perp as well, most likely a teenager and perhaps someone known to the parents.
Something to consider/explore would be the possibility an accident occurred at the park which was fatal.
“And I feel like it was my fault because I wasn’t watching her at that park. I was sitting there playing a game. I should have been out there as a family with my girlfriend and my baby.”
We are led to believe from the media that he was in the apartment, but his words taken literally are, “I wasn’t watching her at [that] park. I was [sitting] [there] playing a game.” He doesn’t say he was inside playing a game so we can’t say it for him. It is not “the” park, but “that” park which shows he is distancing himself from it. His next sentence comes off sounding very odd.
“I should have been out there as a family with my girlfriend and my baby.”
If we are to believe his statement he is saying that he should have been out there “with” his girlfriend and baby. That would place the girlfriend outside with Maliyah at the time of her going missing (incident). The sentence sounds odd as it is expected it would start with the pronoun “we” to show union. “We” should have been out there.
“Her mother [told] me always to take care of her, take care of her baby and I failed. [I failed her mother] as a man.”
His failure is to the mother, he does not say he failed Maliyah.
Adrian.
Please help find Kyron
All throughout my history
Your faithfulness has walked beside me
The winter storms made way for spring
In every season, from where I'm standing
[Chorus]
I see the evidence of Your goodness
All over my life, all over my life
I see Your promises in fulfillment
All over my life, all over my life
[Verse 2]
Help me remember when I'm weak
Fear may come but fear will leave
You lead my heart to victory
You are my strength and You always will be
[Chorus]
I see the evidence of Your goodness
All over my life, all over my life
I see Your promises in fulfillment
All over my life, all over my life
[Bridge]
See the cross, the empty grave
The evidence is endless
All my sin rolled away
Because of You, oh Jesus
See the cross, the empty grave
The evidence is endless
All my sin rolled away
Because of You, oh Jesus
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Some more from Travion Thompson, Maliyah’s mother’s boyfriend
Thompson: ...all on the scene - and as soon as the dog came, the dog passed out. Then the helicopter, right after that, the helicopter ran out of gas. There was nobody looking - the community did better - better than what the police did - my baby could’ve been anywhere at anytime - and they have the nerve to get on Facebook and bash me and my girlfriend like we did something. And that’s my baby - she know her ABC, she know her one, two, three, she know her colours, she only two she knew how to talk - very well, because of us, me and my girl. She was smart - she was growing up to be something.
Reporter: When was the last time you saw her yesterday?
Thompson: The last time I saw her was when my girl came in, my girl put her in [a ?] park, she came and gave me a hug and told me she loved me - this is her routine every day. My momma can tell you this - she loves me. This is her routine to tell me she love me, hug me - and I sit here and played a game and she come, come for me and we eat and everything that’s the only reason my girl came in the house is to fix us something to eat - because we haven’t ate - so I called her and told her - and five minutes - it was only five minutes - it happened so fast - she was gone - and they don’t realise my apartment, the rent lady was - had a whole operation - a sting on her for being - for sex trafficking - and they let the lady out the s....
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=64go-yx2Byc
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I think this is accurate, but others might want to take a listen, too - does he say “a park” or “the park”? he gives quite the performance - so histrionic . Pity he didn’t put the same effort into more literally trying to cover his *** - though at least he made sure his underwear matched his top. So much presence of mind for one so distraught that in moments he can hardly stand - good he knows his colours.
Apparently they had been a family for just four months - the grandmother who gave the interview is Travion Thompson’s mother and has been described as Maliyah’s “adopted grandmother”.
Thompson was very busy performing for the media that day as there are several interviews in each of which he praises Maliyah’s alphabet, counting and speech skills. In this one he omitted to mention how Maliyah knew her way home just in case anything happened - this reminded me of how the McCanns apparently left the balcony door unlocked so Madeleine could save herself and the twins in the event of a fire.
Why did he mention that? Were there other times when Maliyah was put in a park to play - why did she need to know how to find her own way home? In case what happened? Why wouldn’t there be an adult to bring her home? They could see the park from the window - but she was two.
If only the blogger knew that wasn’t even her grand daughter and she only knew her for a couple months and she most definitely goes by tootie Not maliyah that woman doesn’t know the little girl . She said that as a ploy to convince people of her son’s innocence. The mother has only known and dated the boy a few months . Not even 4 months has she known him . She isn’t her grandmother .
They couldn’t see Maliyah, or anyone, from the window - according to the lady in John’s link, as the windows were covered with a blanket and a board.
This is my version of the transcript of the boyfriend.
Last time I saw her is when my girl [*berfore any*], my girl put her in the park. She came and gave me a hug and told me she loved me. This is her routine every day. My Mama can tell you this, she loves me. This is her routine to tell me she loves me, hug me. And I sit here and play the game. She come, come for me you know, we eat and everything. That’s the only reason why my girl came in the house, is to fix us something to eat, because we haven’t ate. So I called her and told her, and five minutes, it was only five minutes it happened so fast. She was gone. And they all realised my apartment, the rent lady was, had a whole operation a (sting?) on her for being, for sex trafficking. And they let the lady out.
If you listen to it there are two extra words. I have put what I believe he says in brackets below.
Last time I saw her is when [my girl] [*before any*], [my girl] [put] her in the park.
He self-censors after them and returns to saying “my girl”. He was going to reveal extra information but stopped himself. Note he says “put” her in the park. This speaks to placing something. His girlfriend didn’t take her to the park, but put her there.
That’s the [only] reason why my girl came in the house, is [to] fix us something to eat, [because] we haven’t ate.
The word “only” is a comparative word. It shows the speaker is thinking of another reasons/s in connection with his girlfriend coming in the house. The simplest statement is to say “She came in the house to fix us something to eat”. There are two highest sensitivity markers, “to” and “because” included, which show sensitivity through the speakers need to justify the actions that were taken. We should consider that the boyfriend knows he is under suspicion, and is using this language as he feels he needs to convince others there was no foul play, but we can’t rule out that she came in due to another reason as he used the word “only” which allows for it.
To say “she came in [to] fix us something to eat” uses the word “to” to explain why, but is acceptable and the statement stands on its own without problem. That he goes further and says “[because] we haven’t ate” shows a need to double down on the reason why she came in, and that is what makes it extra sensitive. This brings into question if this was the real reason she came in.
[So] I called [her] and told [her], and five minutes, it was [only] five minutes it happened so fast.
He fails to tell us who he called as he only uses “her”. He fails to tell us what he told her (to come in to eat or whatever). This leaves a gap. Repeated words are sensitive x2, “and [five minutes], it was [only] [five minutes]”. There is a need to minimise through the word “only”, and we must consider there is another thought held when he says “only” 5 minutes. He may be thinking of a different length of time.
We know from the language there is negligence on the part of the caregivers. Whether there is something more I can’t say.
Adrian.
Please help find Kyron
Maybe Maliyah was left in a hot car,because of the missing poster photo of her outside of a car. It might be a picture of the guilt and regret from her mom. Maybe she took her shopping, because of the talk about preparing dinner or a meal. Maybe first Maliyah’s mom needed groceries and maybe Maliyah fell asleep in the car and her mom left her sleeping in a hot car.
Please help find Kyron
Maliyah reminds me of Myra. I think Myra was left in a hot car because of the missing photo of her in a shopping cart, and because her mom said she saw her in her rear view mirror... running back to the house. Bu because of Myra ‘s height one would think the side mirrors would be the ones used in such a situation. I think her mother saw her in the rear view mirror when she returned from shopping after leaving Myra asleep in a hot car.
Dear Peter, dear contributers, dear commentators,
thank you very much for sharing your knowledge on SA! I read a comment at a chat forum on Reddit (about parents of the MBTI personality type ISTP).
"ISTP dad of a 6 year old. I love my little girl. She's fucking exhausting. She's extroverted as it's possible to be and wants to be with me and up in my shit at ALL TIMES. Wouldn't trade her for anything though. She's awesome."
Quote by "Theungry", 3 years ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/istp/comments/627ndn/any_istp_momsdads_out_there/
Is this father neglectful and abusive?
Thanks, Julia (Germany)
Is Michelle Obama telling the truth?
She recalled how several years ago, she, her daughters Sasha and Malia, and her podcast guest Pemberton-Heard went out for ice cream together once after a soccer game while Obama was still President — and a white woman cut right in front of them in line.
'We were stopping to get ice cream, and I had told the Secret Service to stand back because we were trying to be normal, trying to go in. It was Häagen-Dazs, wasn't it?'
'There was a line, and... when I’m just a black woman, I notice that white people don’t even see me. They're not even looking at me.
'So I'm standing there with two little black girls, another black female adult, they’re in soccer uniforms. And a white woman cuts right in front of us to order. Like, she didn’t even see us.
'And the girl behind the counter almost took her order. And I had to stand up, because I know [Pemberton-Heard] was like, "Well, I’m not gonna cause a scene with Michelle Obama."
'So I stepped up and I said, "Excuse me?" I was like, "You don’t see us four people standing right here, you just jumped in line?"
The woman who cut didn't even apologized, and 'never looked me in my eye.'
'She didn’t know it was me. All she saw was a black person, or a group of black people, or maybe she didn’t even see that, because we were that invisible,' she said.
'I can tell you a number of stories like that, when I’ve been completely incognito, during the eight years in the White House, walking the dogs on the canal, people will come up and pet my dogs, but will not look me in the eye,' she said.
'They don’t know it’s me.
'What white folks don’t understand is, like, that is so telling of how white America views people who are not like them. You know, we don’t exist. And when we do exist, we exist as a threat. And that — that’s exhausting.
Julia (Germany) said
“is this father neglectful and abusive?”
As Peter has said many times, we always start from the standpoint that someone is telling us the truth. From there we let their words guide us. Does what they are saying add up/make sense. We have a good example from the current Maliyah Bass thread here. The boyfriend heaps praise on the little girl saying how clever she is, and that she knows how to get back to the apartment “if anything should happen”. A two year old child should never be out of sight of its parents or caregivers. This leads us to ask the question, why would a two year old child ever be in a situation where they needed to get back to an apartment. That the parents would teach the child how to find its way home immediately raises red flags.
The boyfriend said, “my girl [put] her in the park.”
She didn’t “take her” or “they went” to the park. The child was “put” in the park. Again we see there is a problem here; we believe what the speaker is telling us. The words and their associated actions reveal neglect from the child’s parents.
If you search the blog for “neglect” or “abuse” you will find many posts where Peter has given in depth information and examples of how they show up in language.
Adrian.
Aren't the two sentences "I love my little girl. She's fucking exhausting." a big red flag?
This was a chat about parents' personalities and parenting styles: https://www.reddit.com/r/istp/comments/627ndn/any_istp_momsdads_out_there
Is this father abusing his child (today 9 years old)?
Julia
The first thing someone tells is usually the most important, that’s why they mention it first. He wants us to know he loves his little girl.
“I love my little girl”
The pronoun “I” shows strong psychological commitment to the words which follow and we expect them to be reliable. He takes possession with the word “my” of his little girl. People don’t take possession of things they don’t want.
“She's fucking exhausting.”
This is a simple statement. Looking after children can be very exhausting. The word “fucking” is an intensifier; it’s like saying “really”. In this case It seeks to emphasise just how exhausting she is. That statement does not signify abuse or neglect. If you are exhausted it is because you have had to meet demands. If a child has exhausted you then you must have had to work hard to look after the child. Working hard to look after a child is not a sign of neglect, in fact it is the opposite.
Adrian.
Blogger frommindtomatter said...
“She's fucking exhausting.”
""" This is a simple statement. Looking after children can be very exhausting. The word “fucking” is an intensifier; it’s like saying “really”. In this case It seeks to emphasise just how exhausting she is. That statement does not signify abuse or neglect. If you are exhausted it is because you have had to meet demands. If a child has exhausted you then you must have had to work hard to look after the child. Working hard to look after a child is not a sign of neglect, in fact it is the opposite. """
if this was in the context of a missing child to say “She's fucking exhausting.” is disparaging a child who is not there, who maybe in danger or worse. it is about self, not the child.
this would be troubling in a missing child case, while not in a conversation about children.
Some more from the mother and her boyfriend - unclear if all these are responses to questions - they are interspersed with reporter commentary:
[Near scene of discovery of a young child’s body]
Travion Thompson:
My baby didn’t do nothing wrong. I moved to a better place to get her away from the violence. That’s not even my baby - but I took the responsibility and they took it from me - and they took it from me - and they took it from me.
We don’t even live over here!
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Maliyah’s mother:
I’m drained - I’ve been looking for her for twenty-four hours.
This is really just devastating to me. Who could be watching my baby to even snatch her from the park? - within - just like that.
They should have took me. They should have took me. They should have took me.
They found my baby on a orange float - floating down the bayou.
Do not leave your kid unattended. No matter how - how long you think, or if she’s going to be okay- don’t do it - it’s some cruel ass people out here in this world, it’s some horrible people - horrible - about nobody but theyself - watch y’all kids, lock y’all doors.
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Maliyah’s mother:
That’s my bes fren - That’s my Tootie - That’s really my bes fren.
“Mama love you.” I told her I was gonna be right back.
No heart - none of that.
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https://tinyurl.com/yyn47yby
Houston Chronicle, referring to Thompson:
“The child, he said, had been upset because he had broken her toy box. He gave her the pillow case - which he described as blue and white- to carry her toys instead....”
The lady who is described as the grandmother does not know Maliyah’s nickname, and doesn’t know if she has any birthmarks. She apparently lives in the same apartment, but it doesn’t sound as if she has much knowledge of Maliyah. I agree, she is concerned for her son.
From other sources, it seems there was no food in the apartment apart from a couple of packs of noodles in a cupboard; the freezer was empty, the fridge contained the remains of something in a can, and a small bowl of something mouldy. It’s unlikely the mother was cooking breakfast when Maliyah went missing.
Inside the apartment, where they just recently moved, there is damage to an internal door. The living conditions were messy and spartan - Maliyah had a toddler bed, no bedding, though perhaps removed by CSI. A pair of blue toddler shoes were found in a drawer. Neighbours entered and filmed the apartment - it appeared unlawful, and it is unclear if it had already been examined and released by investigators. There are several YouTube videos made by neighbours.
The boyfriend was concerned they “hadn’t ate”, said he called his girlfriend in to make breakfast. He was playing a game. He broke Maliyah’s toybox. Maliyah was upset. Maliyah went missing.
He should have been watching her on the park, but he was playing a game. Was he meant to take Maliyah to the park while mother went to buy breakfast, but did not? When did he break her toybox? How is the broken toybox relevant to Maliyah’s disappearance from the park? No-one saw nor heard Maliyah on the park.
Did mother leave Maliyah with hangry boyfriend while she went to buy food?
Did Maliyah do something to cause him to get angry and break her toy-box - or did he break it accidentally? Did he lose his game controller, did Maliyah interrupt his game? What happened to cause him to break her toy-box?
The pillowcase doesn’t make sense as an alternative to a toy box for carrying toys - kids don’t need to take their toy-boxes to the park. The alphabet blocks are mentioned by “grandmother” and the boyfriend - he’s into teaching Maliyah ABCs - which is “working” rather than playing with her. The blocks went missing with the baby - were there other toys, her only toys - why does he go on so much about what she knows? Is it only to appear as a good parent?
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Mother and boyfriend are too readily accepting of Maliyah’s death - all the interviews were made before Maliyah’s body was identified, some even as she was removed from the scene. They were no doubt told that everything indicated it was their baby - even so, there is no holding out hope that it may not be - they don’t say they won’t believe it before she is identified, or “please don’t let it be my baby”, or anything - they aren’t in denial, more they each claim her “That’s my baby” - though boyfriend also later says, “That’s not even my baby”.
I wonder how significant it may be that they “hadn’t ate”. No food in the apartment, no milk for the baby- a bed, but little else to indicate a child lived there. Toddler shoes in a drawer - tidy, considering the rest of the place. Maybe Maliyah had two pairs of blue shoes. I wonder if really they were living there yet - why did the grandmother open with telling us where she lived, with them - it doesn’t look like anyone lives there - no comfort, no food.
Is it significant that the mother names the colour of the floater?
Maliyah’s mother:
I’m drained - I’ve been looking for her for twenty-four hours. ( in the interview with the police where he asks people to check out their house and business surveillance video, he asks them to look at the video from before she was reported missing)
This is really just devastating to me. Who could be watching my baby to even snatch her from the park? - within - just like that.
They should have took me. They should have took me. They should have took me. (Who should’ve taken her? The police? What is she saying here, does she feel the police failed to arrest her?)
They found my baby on a orange float - floating down the bayou.
The victim’s father is speaking out for the first time in an exclusive interview with FOX 26.
“All I could do while I was at work was just break down and cry because it hurt me so hard,” said Octavious Bass, recalling the moment he learned his daughter was missing while in the care of the child’s mother and her new boyfriend.
It has now been eight days since Maliyah’s tiny body was found in Braes Bayou. Houston police are still looking for answers as to how the little girl died.
As for Maliyah’s dad, he says he’s unable to get ahold of his daughter’s mother.
“I tried to call,” said Bass. “She won’t answer my calls…. When she went missing, she didn’t try to call me. She didn’t try to text me—let me know that she was missing or anything. The only person that called was the detective, and the detective said that she said she called me, but she didn’t call me.”
I DALLAS, Texas – Maliyah Bass, the missing 2-year-old who was found dead in Brays Bayou, will be laid to rest Friday in Dallas.
According to the Sandra Clark Funeral Home, a service for the toddler will start at noon after which she will be buried at the Lincoln Memorial Cemetery.
18 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
2 He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. 3 And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.
Matthew 18
Dear Peter,
Angela’s “ quick return” is the return button on a computer keyboard. Milayah is a very important little girl, Jesus called her for a reason!!!! There is a Go Fund Me from several different people and she is not getting the the donations that Jacob Blake is receiving or the sort of publicity Broenna Taylor is getting. She should have the attention from Oprah little Maliyah should be on her magazine cover! She is a innocent little spirit taken by sever neglect!!!! Her story should be headline news!! Her death was preventable!! She is making the world cry!!
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Yes yes yes!
The first ME report said death certificate not ready!
It changed!!
[Verse 1]
I'm forgiven because you were forsaken
I'm accepted, you were condemned
I'm alive and well
Your spirit is within me
Because you died and rose again [x2]
[Chorus]
Amazing love, how can it be?
That you, my king. Would die for me
Amazing love, i know it's true
Its my joy to honor you
Amazing love how can it be?
That my king would die for me
Amazing love i know it's true
Its my joy to honor you
In all i do
I honor you
[Verse 1]
I'm forgiven because you were forsaken
I'm accepted, you were condemned
I'm alive and well
Your spirit is within me
Because you died and rose again[Verse 1]
I'm forgiven because you were forsaken
I'm accepted, you were condemned
I'm alive and well
Your spirit is within me
Because you died and rose again [x2]
[Chorus]
Amazing love, how can it be?
That you, my king. Would die for me
Amazing love, i know it's true
Its my joy to honor you
Amazing love how can it be?
That my king would die for me
Amazing love i know it's true
Its my joy to honor you
In all i do
I honor you
[Verse 1]
I'm forgiven because you were forsaken
I'm accepted, you were condemned
I'm alive and well
Your spirit is within me
Because you died and rose again
That’s why I work with my baby every day, on her colours, her 123s, ABCs, what’s your name, when your birthday. I tell her I say, where the house? We go out to the exit, where the house just so she can know… where’s the house. How to get back to the house in case anything happen. We are prepared, we was prepared, but it just take a little mistake, in the blink of an eye my baby was gone.
Maliyah’s mother:
Do not leave your kid unattended. No matter how - how long you think, or if she’s going to be okay-
don’t do it -
Houston Chronicle, referring to Thompson:
“The child, he said, had been upset because he had broken her toy box. He gave her the pillow case - which he described as blue and white- to carry her toys instead....”
Theory: the boyfriend broke the box where the “abc , 123 blocks” were usually kept.
He gave her the PLASTIC BAG that the pillow case came in when purchased. Possibly with a zipper and handle as the ones at JCPenny are packaged.
And it being a clear bag Maliyah may have put her head inside when she was “unattended “ thus suffocating.
From the photos of the inside of Maliyah’s home, it appeared that she had a new pink blanket ( pink was her favorite color) the blanket bags are even larger, she could have easily crawled inside while “ unattended “. These bags do not have a warning label, they have zippers and no labeling about recycling. If the above theory is correct maybe a Maliyah law to prevent another tragedy.
Poor little Baby Maliyah.
Matthew 5:1-12
New King James Version
The Beatitudes
5 And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him. 2 Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying:
3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are those who mourn,
For they shall be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek,
For they shall inherit the [a]earth.
6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
For they shall be filled.
7 Blessed are the merciful,
For they shall obtain mercy.
8 Blessed are the pure in heart,
For they shall see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers,
For they shall be called sons of God.
10 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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