17 Year Old Rapes and Murders 8-Month Old Infant (Read With Caution)

The following story is not only tragic and disturbing, it is downright sickening. The only reason I am posting it is because I would hope women reading it would take the initiative to be more selective and cautions of the people (men and women) they become involved with and bring around their children. Again, please read with caution!

A 17 year old teen was arrested for the rape and murder of an 8 month old infant in Jefferson Parish. 17 year old Arnold T. Ross was arrested when neighbors heard loud noises coming from the house where he was babysitting the infant that he raped and murdered.

Arnold T. Ross, who had previously been arrested for possession of crack cocaine, marijuana, obscenity, battery against a correctional officer, three counts of battery on a teacher, three counts of theft, assault and illegal carrying of a weapon. My one and only question is why in God’s name was Arnold T. Ross left to babysit anyone, let alone an 8 month old infant?

The infant, named Da-Von Lonzo, was taken to the hospital in Terrytown, Louisiana where he was pronounced dead shortly after arriving there. The Jefferson Parish Sherriff’s office had initially deemed the death as unclassified. That is until an autopsy revealed that the infant had been raped and murdered.

The autopsy showed multiple fractures consistent with a beating and the infant’s anus had been torn. Arnold T. Ross, at first told officers that the child had fallen down the steps, but later confessed to beating the infant when he would not stop crying. He said it’s anus was torn when he tried to “clean it up”.

The mother of the infant is the girlfriend of Arnold T. Ross, and for some unknown reason trusted him enough to leave the child with him. This terrible case speaks to the weaknesses in our justice system; Arnold T. Ross, with his long record at only 17 years of age, should have been in a correctional facility; not babysitting for anyone.

Now, I have never been an advocate for the use of the death penalty and in this case, still not. Because I do believe that would be too good for this monster. I say let him get a dose of his own medicine with a long sentence in a prison full of big, burly, horny "lifers" in search of fresh meat pounding his back out whenever they feel like it. That would be a good start for this son of a bitch. He deserves the maximum punishment under the law.

I am not blaming the system for this one people.