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Corolla · 09-17-2007, 08:59 PM

All I can say is... wow.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297122,00.html

HALTOM CITY, Texas — A woman whose three young daughters were seriously burned was arrested, and neighbors said the mother told a fire investigator she had doused the children with gasoline and set them on fire.

The oldest girl, just 7, screamed, "Why mommy? Why mommy? Why did you do this to me?" after she and her sisters were pulled out of their burning house Saturday, neighbor Kevin Lopez said Monday.

The woman, Alysha Green, 29, had no answer for the fire investigator, Lopez said.

"She was crying and saying `I'm sorry' and she didn't know why she did it," Lopez told The Associated Press.

The girls — ages 7, 5 and 3 — remained in the burn unit of a Dallas hospital Monday; their conditions were not released.

Green, 29, who also was burned and remained hospitalized, was arrested Saturday on three counts of causing serious bodily injury to a child, police said. Each count carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.

Greg Donihoo, who pulled the two oldest girls out of the smoke-filled house, said Green told authorities that she coaxed her daughters into the closet by saying they were playing a game. He also said he saw investigators remove a gas can from the house.

Police would not confirm neighbors' accounts of what happened or fire officials' earlier statements that Green put her daughters in a closet, poured gasoline on them and herself and set them on fire.

"It's part of an ongoing investigation, and we're not going to discuss specific details of what occurred," police Sgt. Terry Stayer said.

Lopez said that after hearing a commotion on Saturday just before noon, he looked toward the Greens' house a few doors down and saw the girls and their mother in the yard, screaming.

As another neighbor sprayed the kids with a hose, Lopez grabbed some wet towels and ran to the house, which he wrapped around the 7-year-old. Her youngest sister's hair and body were so badly burned that Lopez thought she was a little boy.

"I couldn't recognize them," Lopez said of the children.

The girls' father arrived a short time later, saying his wife must not have taken her medication and that he could not believe what had happened, Lopez said.

Adam Green, the father, could not be reached for comment Monday by phone or at his home. Police said they did not know whether Alysha Green had a lawyer.

In May, Child Protective Services investigated a complaint that the youngsters had witnessed domestic violence between the parents, but that claim could not be substantiated, said agency spokeswoman Marissa Gonzales.

Police in Haltom City, a Fort Worth suburb, had not been called to the Greens' house for criminal matters, but city officials had cited them for code violations, Stayer said.

On Monday, a row of balloons, teddy bears, flowers and candles lay in the front yard of the wood and tan brick house. Someone placed a sign that read, "Get well soon; we are praying for you" by a front window. A doll house, small purple plastic car, pink scooter and pink bicycle were by the front porch.

On a boarded side window, soot was visible on the window sill and a faint odor of smoke was in the air.

The alleged arson would be yet another high-profile case in which a Texas mother turned against her children.

In August in Flower Mound, Andrea Roberts shot her husband and 11- and 7-year-old children to death before killing herself. In May, Gilberta Estrada hanged herself and her four children in their Hudson Oaks mobile home. Only the 8-month-old survived.

Andrea Yates drowned her five children in the family's Houston bathtub in 2001. In 2003, Deanna Laney beat her two young sons to death and injured a third with stones in East Texas, and Lisa Ann Diaz drowned her two daughters in a Plano bathtub. Dena Schlosser fatally severed her 10-month-old daughter's arms with a kitchen knife in 2004.

All four of those women were found innocent by reason of insanity. Yates initially was convicted of capital murder, but that verdict was overturned on appeal.

Mikado · 09-17-2007, 09:10 PM

ARGGGGGHHHHHHHHH I cant understand this kind of thing! Has the entire WORLD gone insane???

*ClassicPinUp* · 09-17-2007, 09:39 PM

Those little girls will be scarred both outside and inside for the rest of their lives now. What a horrible thing.

globalspot28 · 09-17-2007, 09:44 PM

Disgusting! Why was this crazy woman allowed to roam around free!

*ClassicPinUp* · 09-17-2007, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by MusicAddict911

In August in Flower Mound, Andrea Roberts shot her husband and 11- and 7-year-old children to death before killing herself. In May, Gilberta Estrada hanged herself and her four children in their Hudson Oaks mobile home. Only the 8-month-old survived.

Andrea Yates drowned her five children in the family's Houston bathtub in 2001. In 2003, Deanna Laney beat her two young sons to death and injured a third with stones in East Texas, and Lisa Ann Diaz drowned her two daughters in a Plano bathtub. Dena Schlosser fatally severed her 10-month-old daughter's arms with a kitchen knife in 2004.

All four of those women were found innocent by reason of insanity. Yates initially was convicted of capital murder, but that verdict was overturned on appeal.

Insane my @ss! They're just cruel, evil people.

The one that always got me was the Yates case and Susan Smith the woman who strapped those beautiful little boys into their car seats and then drove the car into a lake.
Why these "mothers" (if one could really call them that) are still allowed to walk this earth when the babies are laying in a box..is beyond me.

coffield3 · 09-17-2007, 09:49 PM

OMG!! things are getting worst!

FactoryGirl · 09-17-2007, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by AndAwayWeGo

Insane my @ss! They're just cruel, evil people.

The one that always got me was the Yates case and Susan Smith the woman who strapped those beautiful little boys into their car seats and then drove the car into a lake.
Why these "mothers" (if one could really call them that) are still allowed to walk this earth when the babies are laying in a box..is beyond me.

catlover79 · 09-17-2007, 10:27 PM

All I can say is: %$@#*^%$#!!

AndAwayWeGo mentioned the Smith case. I have never forgotten the image of her ex-husband (and the boys' father) crying his heart out at the funeral way back in 1994. It sickens me that many loving couples can't have children or are even able to adopt, and these sick

creeps abuse and neglect their kids. Life just isn't fair.

Dynomite · 09-17-2007, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

All I can say is: %$@#*^%$#!!

AndAwayWeGo mentioned the Smith case. I have never forgotten the image of her ex-husband (and the boys' father) crying his heart out at the funeral way back in 1994. It sickens me that many loving couples can't have children or are even able to adopt, and these sick

creeps abuse and neglect their kids. Life just isn't fair.

I agree with you, Cat. This psychotic b**** has got a lot of nerve to harm those precious children the way she did, and I don't give a rat's ass what the hell her reasons are-SHE NEEDS TO BE PUT AWAY FOR THE REST OF HER WRETCHED LIFE! Anyone who heinously harms children in any way doesn't deserve to ever have children. I feel sorry for those kids, but I damn sure don't feel sorry for that hateful piece of trash jezebel. God help those poor children and may He have mercy on Alysha Green's wretched soul.

Ireneparalegal · 09-17-2007, 11:03 PM

THAT IS PREMEDITATED MURDER!!!!!!!!

Causing Seriously Bodily Injury????? NO SH*T SHERLOCK!!!!!! Some laws need to be changed BIG TIME!!!!!!

OH Nuts! · 09-17-2007, 11:18 PM

Sickening, to say the least. Those poor kids.

Lex Luthor · 09-18-2007, 01:55 AM

This story is absolutely heartbreaking and my heart goes out to the children. This is an horrific act and I understand the sentiment directed at the mother.

However, the fact that the father mentioned his wife may have not taken her meds leads e to believe she had a psychotic break. I have had much personal experience working with the mentally ill as well as seeing my father go through bipolar and my ex go through schizophrenia.

When someone mentally ill has a psychotic break, their voices or delusions become far more reality than the actuall reality. One of my profs described it as being awake through your worst nightmare and unable to distinguish real from fantasy.

Imagine for a second having a nightmare where you committed horrible despicable acts and then coming to grips when you wake up that it was not a nightmare at all. IF this woman just happended to have a break through no fault of her own, then my heart goes out to her as well because she will spend a lifetime not being able to forgive herself.

waichingliu81 · 09-18-2007, 05:39 AM

why cannot they sterolise this sick ****s just so they are unable to produce and give birth to children, if they have all the intention of hurting and scarring them for life, physically, mentally and emotionally?

Chocoholic · 09-18-2007, 03:25 PM

I don't find thse "people" insane. I find them plain evil. I hope this piece of **** is locked away for life or even stoned to death and those poor precious little girls are given a home where they will be loved and cared for.

AB · 09-18-2007, 04:31 PM

This is such a terrible thing. The poor kids, it just breaks your heart.

09-17-2007, 08:59 PM	#1
Corolla Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 21, 2006 Location: Owen Sound, ON Posts: 2,376	Mother arrested for setting 3 daughters ON FIRE All I can say is... wow. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297122,00.html HALTOM CITY, Texas — A woman whose three young daughters were seriously burned was arrested, and neighbors said the mother told a fire investigator she had doused the children with gasoline and set them on fire. The oldest girl, just 7, screamed, "Why mommy? Why mommy? Why did you do this to me?" after she and her sisters were pulled out of their burning house Saturday, neighbor Kevin Lopez said Monday. The woman, Alysha Green, 29, had no answer for the fire investigator, Lopez said. "She was crying and saying `I'm sorry' and she didn't know why she did it," Lopez told The Associated Press. The girls — ages 7, 5 and 3 — remained in the burn unit of a Dallas hospital Monday; their conditions were not released. Green, 29, who also was burned and remained hospitalized, was arrested Saturday on three counts of causing serious bodily injury to a child, police said. Each count carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. Greg Donihoo, who pulled the two oldest girls out of the smoke-filled house, said Green told authorities that she coaxed her daughters into the closet by saying they were playing a game. He also said he saw investigators remove a gas can from the house. Police would not confirm neighbors' accounts of what happened or fire officials' earlier statements that Green put her daughters in a closet, poured gasoline on them and herself and set them on fire. "It's part of an ongoing investigation, and we're not going to discuss specific details of what occurred," police Sgt. Terry Stayer said. Lopez said that after hearing a commotion on Saturday just before noon, he looked toward the Greens' house a few doors down and saw the girls and their mother in the yard, screaming. As another neighbor sprayed the kids with a hose, Lopez grabbed some wet towels and ran to the house, which he wrapped around the 7-year-old. Her youngest sister's hair and body were so badly burned that Lopez thought she was a little boy. "I couldn't recognize them," Lopez said of the children. The girls' father arrived a short time later, saying his wife must not have taken her medication and that he could not believe what had happened, Lopez said. Adam Green, the father, could not be reached for comment Monday by phone or at his home. Police said they did not know whether Alysha Green had a lawyer. In May, Child Protective Services investigated a complaint that the youngsters had witnessed domestic violence between the parents, but that claim could not be substantiated, said agency spokeswoman Marissa Gonzales. Police in Haltom City, a Fort Worth suburb, had not been called to the Greens' house for criminal matters, but city officials had cited them for code violations, Stayer said. On Monday, a row of balloons, teddy bears, flowers and candles lay in the front yard of the wood and tan brick house. Someone placed a sign that read, "Get well soon; we are praying for you" by a front window. A doll house, small purple plastic car, pink scooter and pink bicycle were by the front porch. On a boarded side window, soot was visible on the window sill and a faint odor of smoke was in the air. The alleged arson would be yet another high-profile case in which a Texas mother turned against her children. In August in Flower Mound, Andrea Roberts shot her husband and 11- and 7-year-old children to death before killing herself. In May, Gilberta Estrada hanged herself and her four children in their Hudson Oaks mobile home. Only the 8-month-old survived. Andrea Yates drowned her five children in the family's Houston bathtub in 2001. In 2003, Deanna Laney beat her two young sons to death and injured a third with stones in East Texas, and Lisa Ann Diaz drowned her two daughters in a Plano bathtub. Dena Schlosser fatally severed her 10-month-old daughter's arms with a kitchen knife in 2004. All four of those women were found innocent by reason of insanity. Yates initially was convicted of capital murder, but that verdict was overturned on appeal.

09-17-2007, 09:39 PM	#3
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09-17-2007, 11:18 PM	#11
OH Nuts! Member Forum King Join Date: Feb 15, 2005 Posts: 133,383	Sickening, to say the least. Those poor kids.

09-18-2007, 01:55 AM	#12
Lex Luthor I'm bringing Lexy back Senior Member Join Date: Jun 07, 2005 Location: The Great White North Posts: 2,374	This story is absolutely heartbreaking and my heart goes out to the children. This is an horrific act and I understand the sentiment directed at the mother. However, the fact that the father mentioned his wife may have not taken her meds leads e to believe she had a psychotic break. I have had much personal experience working with the mentally ill as well as seeing my father go through bipolar and my ex go through schizophrenia. When someone mentally ill has a psychotic break, their voices or delusions become far more reality than the actuall reality. One of my profs described it as being awake through your worst nightmare and unable to distinguish real from fantasy. Imagine for a second having a nightmare where you committed horrible despicable acts and then coming to grips when you wake up that it was not a nightmare at all. IF this woman just happended to have a break through no fault of her own, then my heart goes out to her as well because she will spend a lifetime not being able to forgive herself.
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09-18-2007, 05:39 AM	#13
waichingliu81 debbie allen Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 28, 2006 Location: london, england, UK Posts: 4,347	why cannot they sterolise this sick ****s just so they are unable to produce and give birth to children, if they have all the intention of hurting and scarring them for life, physically, mentally and emotionally?
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09-18-2007, 03:25 PM	#14
Chocoholic Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 01, 2000 Location: Between a rock and a hard place. Posts: 11,235	I don't find thse "people" insane. I find them plain evil. I hope this piece of **** is locked away for life or even stoned to death and those poor precious little girls are given a home where they will be loved and cared for.

09-18-2007, 04:31 PM	#15
AB Member Eternal Member Forum Icon Join Date: Dec 26, 2006 Location: The South Posts: 59,428	This is such a terrible thing. The poor kids, it just breaks your heart.