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Couple Charged In Baby Remains Case
Charges Issued In Charred Baby Remains Case
Charred Child Remains Found In Basement Ceiling

POSTED: 11:34 am EDT March 19, 2008
UPDATED: 2:08 pm EDT March 19, 2008


DETROIT -- A couple was charged in the death of a 2-year-old boy after his charred remains were found hidden in the basement ceiling.

Police said the parents burned the child's dead body on the home barbecue grill to cover up his death.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy charged Joseph Miller, III, 28 and Nickello L. Reid, 23 both of Detroit.

On Nov. 22, Detroit police were called to a home located in the 15000 block of Lapin, where they discovered the burned remains in a plastic bag hidden in the basement ceiling.

Worthy said the couple tried to burn the child in the grill to conceal his death.

The Wayne County Medical Examiner said the cause of death was inconclusive. However, the child suffered from malnutrition, disease and abuse.

Joseph Miller, III and Nickello Reid have been charged with: felony murder, which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison without parole; involuntary manslaughter, which carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison; child abuse first- degree, which carries a maximum penalty of up to 15 years in prison; mutilation of a dead body, which carries a maximum penalty of up to 10 years in prison; and, welfare fraud over $500.00, which carries a maximum penalty of up to 4 years in prison.

Reid was charged with another count of welfare fraud over $500.00 and two counts of failure to inform, each of which carry a maximum penalty of up to 4 years in prison.

Worthy said Reid failed to inform authorities her child had died but continued to collect assistance money from the State of Michigan.

Reid's mother, Doretha Lippett, 51, of Detroit was charged with two counts of welfare fraud for her role in helping her daughter.

“It is very difficult to think of an innocent child suffering so profoundly during his two years on earth,” said Worthy.
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The most disturbing things go on in this city.

That is so disgusting. I can't believe the sickening stuff that goes on in the world. some people just shouldn't be parents. :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf:

that is sooo disturbing. i can't imagine why anyone would ever kill someone as defenseless and innocent as a child. and the fact that they tried to cover it up by burning the body is even more disturbing. ugh. some people should not be allowed to have kids.

SICK SICK SICK SICK SICK. put them in jail and THROW away the key!

Terrible. I wonder what the exact cause of death was.
At this point, I don't think that matters, do you? The child was MURDERED, regardless of how he was murdered, he is no longer among the living.

:mad: :(

Instead of puting them in jail they should grill them on the grill

I know he was murdered. I am just wondering what the exact cause of death
was. That does not mean I do not have sympathy for this child. I just
wonder how long the abuse went on.
The boy was 2 years old. Seems to me it went on his whole entire, short life. The 2 years he spent on this earth was filled with abuse. If you read the article again it says he was malnourished. That doesn't happen overnight.

Regardless, even if a child had only ONE DAY OF ABUSE, that is one day too many.

Instead of puting them in jail they should grill them on the grill

Agreed!:(