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Of course the father placed a Bible on his chest after brutally beating his son to death.
Christian Choate, Boy Found Buried In Concrete Died While Locked In A Cage, Sister Says
Christian Choate's father Riley and his stepmother Kimberly Kubina were charged Tuesday with murder, battery, criminal confinement, and neglect of a dependent in the young boy's death. Kubina allegedly helped Riley Choate bury his son's body, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
On May 4, authorities investigating a mobile home park in Gary, Indiana made a harrowing discovery. Buried under a thin layer of concrete was the body of a 13-year-old boy, believed to be Christian Choate.
Choate apparently died in April of 2009, but according to his sister, threats from his abusive father Riley kept the boy's death a secret for more than two years.
Only when Riley left their home three weeks ago did Christian's sister feel safe enough to approach authorities about her brother's death. And the account she gives is nothing short of chilling.
According to Christina Choate, young Christian was kept locked in a dog cage for the last year of his life, CBS-2 reports. He was let out of the cage only to eat and use the bathroom, and to endure brutal beatings from his father, who apparently used the cage to
The Northwest Indiana Times, which has been covering the story since it broke, writes that one day Christina found her brother unresponsive in his cage. She placed a finger under his nose and found he wasn't breathing.
After she made the harrowing discovery, she scrambled to find the key to the Master Lock that kept her brother trapped. She pulled him out of the cage and put her ear to his chest desperately trying to find a heartbeat.
"I couldn't hear anything," she said.
Then, she asked for help from her stepsister, who in turn called adults for help.
As they waited for adults to come home, Christina Choate frantically tried to revive her brother. She pumped his chest and used an electric air pump to try to get him air.
"I kept thinking, 'Oh my God, my brother is dead,'" she said.
When Riley came home -- as he would later tell police -- he dug a two-foot grave for his son, and buried him in lime, dirt and concrete, placing a Bible on his chest.
After Christian's death, Christina says Riley moved her to Kentucky, where she wasn't allowed to go to school or talk on the phone, until three weeks ago when he moved back to Indiana without her.
According to a Chicago Tribune story on the investigation, it was the boy's biological mother who called police ten days ago inquiring about Christian. She had long been separated from Riley, but presumably after hearing from Christina, she began to worry about his fate.
Investigators were led quickly to Riley, who admitted to burying the boy and willingly led them to his makeshift grave. "If I had to do it over, I'd have just called (police)," Choate told authorities, according to the Tribune. "But I was freaking out."
He did not, however, admit to having anything to do with causing the boy's death.
An autopsy showed that Christian suffered blunt force trauma to his body, internal bleeding and a skull fracture, according to a separate Times story.
Riley Choate is currently being held on charges of removing a body from a death scene, a felony, and misdemeanor failure to notify authorities of a dead body, CBS writes.
More charges, however, are expected later Tuesday.
Christian Choate's father Riley and his stepmother Kimberly Kubina were charged Tuesday with murder, battery, criminal confinement, and neglect of a dependent in the young boy's death. Kubina allegedly helped Riley Choate bury his son's body, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
On May 4, authorities investigating a mobile home park in Gary, Indiana made a harrowing discovery. Buried under a thin layer of concrete was the body of a 13-year-old boy, believed to be Christian Choate.
Choate apparently died in April of 2009, but according to his sister, threats from his abusive father Riley kept the boy's death a secret for more than two years.
Only when Riley left their home three weeks ago did Christian's sister feel safe enough to approach authorities about her brother's death. And the account she gives is nothing short of chilling.
According to Christina Choate, young Christian was kept locked in a dog cage for the last year of his life, CBS-2 reports. He was let out of the cage only to eat and use the bathroom, and to endure brutal beatings from his father, who apparently used the cage to
The Northwest Indiana Times, which has been covering the story since it broke, writes that one day Christina found her brother unresponsive in his cage. She placed a finger under his nose and found he wasn't breathing.
After she made the harrowing discovery, she scrambled to find the key to the Master Lock that kept her brother trapped. She pulled him out of the cage and put her ear to his chest desperately trying to find a heartbeat.
"I couldn't hear anything," she said.
Then, she asked for help from her stepsister, who in turn called adults for help.
As they waited for adults to come home, Christina Choate frantically tried to revive her brother. She pumped his chest and used an electric air pump to try to get him air.
"I kept thinking, 'Oh my God, my brother is dead,'" she said.
When Riley came home -- as he would later tell police -- he dug a two-foot grave for his son, and buried him in lime, dirt and concrete, placing a Bible on his chest.
After Christian's death, Christina says Riley moved her to Kentucky, where she wasn't allowed to go to school or talk on the phone, until three weeks ago when he moved back to Indiana without her.
According to a Chicago Tribune story on the investigation, it was the boy's biological mother who called police ten days ago inquiring about Christian. She had long been separated from Riley, but presumably after hearing from Christina, she began to worry about his fate.
Investigators were led quickly to Riley, who admitted to burying the boy and willingly led them to his makeshift grave. "If I had to do it over, I'd have just called (police)," Choate told authorities, according to the Tribune. "But I was freaking out."
He did not, however, admit to having anything to do with causing the boy's death.
An autopsy showed that Christian suffered blunt force trauma to his body, internal bleeding and a skull fracture, according to a separate Times story.
Riley Choate is currently being held on charges of removing a body from a death scene, a felony, and misdemeanor failure to notify authorities of a dead body, CBS writes.
More charges, however, are expected later Tuesday.
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And I'm one to think that most people in prison would benefit more from being in a hospital to truly be rehabilitated. I've known someone who went to prison for a few years. Nigga was crazy as fuck, and has never amounted to anything in his life. He isn't allowed to work due to his mental illnesses. I feel sorry for the poor guy.
If someone is truly insane, I agree, they should be in a hospital. I donnot think that in this case.
You can make yourself believe anything, and when you're not all there you rationalize your actions in any way possible.
If you dont think this guy should go to prison, maybe you should be the one checking yourself into a mental institution.
His actions showed he was mentally there by what he did after the killing. This guy should rot in prison for the rest of his life. WHo gives a fuck about him, this isnt about him, this is about his son who was tortured his entire life until he died. The guy understood what he was doing, maybe not eveything has to be a fucking mental illness, maybe there are truly evil people in the world. I think it is proven that there are. Should guys like Bin Laden and Hitler be in mental institutions? What they did was really fuvked up, HELL NO. There are evil people in the world, this guy knew what he was doing and brutally murdered his son, then hid it. I hope he rots.
Criminals are a breed within themselves.... doesn't matter at which point in their life they may have switched to THAT road; or how horrifically. With enough over-analysis, even the most petty criminals could have a solid argument of being "mentally insane"
and IMO.....it comes down to "not doing the crime, if you cant do the time"
I think you guys forget that I think what these people do is definitely wrong, but I honestly can't see how you can do these things without truly realizing what you are doing.
I disagree with your 2nd part 100%. I personally think that there are just straight up evil people in the world who dont give a fuck about what they do or who they hurt. I think alot of the crimes we see are just people not giving a fuck and doing whatever they want reguardless of who they hurt. Its not a mental illness too me, I belive sometimes thats the case, but a very small percentage. This case not being part of thet percentage.