PA KING HILL: Missing from Philadelphia, PA - 7 July 2020 - Age 2 *GUILTY PLEA*

'Somebody's Not Telling Us The Truth': Philadelphia Police Searching For Missing 2-Year-Old King Hill

Police say 2-year-old King Hill was last seen at 9:50 a.m. Tuesday near 31st and Page Street in the city's Strawberry Mansion neighborhood.

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Philadelphia Police Searching For Missing 2-Year-Old King Hill

Philadelphia police are searching for a missing toddler. Police say 2-year-old King Hill was last seen at 9:50 a.m. Tuesday near 31st and Page Streets in the city’s Strawberry Mansion neighborhood.


Police say King was reported missing on Tuesday night by his stepfather.

Philadelphia Police Capt. Mark Burgmann says King was in the care of a babysitter, who told the stepfather that she returned King to his biological mother. Burgmann says the mother is disputing that claim.

“The biological mother is claiming that she did not return a child to her,” Burgmann said. “At this point in time, we have no idea where the child is. So we are very aggressively investigating this to find out where the child is.”

Burgmann says police believe King may be in danger.





MEDIA - KING HILL Missing from Philadelphia, PA since 7 July 2020 - Age 2

 

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Woman pleads guilty to charges related to 2020 toddler death

The mystery of the July 2020 disappearance of 2-year-old King Hill has become a bit clearer, as a Philadelphia woman pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and abuse of corpse charges related to his death.

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Philadelphia woman pleads guilty to charges related to 2020 toddler disappearance, death​

The mystery of the July 2020 disappearance of 2-year-old King Hill has become a bit clearer, as a Philadelphia woman pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and abuse of corpse charges related to his death.

Tianna Parks admitted she was looking after 2-year-old King Hill, and lied to police about dropping him off with his mother. Instead, prosecutors read an outline of what Parks says really happened.

Parks said she was potty training Hill and he had an accident, so she got mad and began to shake him, eventually putting him in the bathtub. She admitted to then going outside while the toddler was in the water, and she smoked some drugs.

When she returned, King was under water. She said she tried to revive him with CPR, but it didn’t work and Hill died.

Prosecutors showed slides of Parks’ cellphone searches, including “fractured skull symptoms,” “What do raccoon eyes mean?” and “how to treat a basilar skull fracture.”

They then showed a video of Parks with Hill lying on her shoulder as she brought him out to her car one morning, then going to the drug store. They also showed a video from the following day of her putting a heavy-looking red suitcase into her car. Investigators believe that is how she transported the boy’s body to dump him.

Prosecutors then showed pictures from the site where they believed Parks left the toddler’s body: In a trash bag, by the side of the road with the rest of the residential street trash.

Officials went looking in that area, and found trash trucks had removed the pile of bags and eventually burned them.Cry


Parks was crying at times through Thursday’s hearing, and admitted to having a mental health illness which she said she’s being treated for. Along with voluntary manslaughter and abuse of corpse, she pleaded to lying to police and endangering the welfare of a child.

She will be sentenced in December and faces a maximum of 22 to 44 years in prison.

Crying for herself no doubt. Mental health illness is no excuse.

I don't believe for one minute he accidentally drowned. One doesn't get a skull fracture from slipping underwater even if he hit his head as he did.

 

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Philadelphia caretaker sentenced to decades in prison for killing toddler

Tianna Parks, a Philadelphia babysitter who admitted to killing King Hill, 2, and dumping his body in a pile of trash bags was sentenced Thursday to 12 to 30 years in prison.

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Philadelphia caretaker sentenced to decades in prison for killing toddler​

A Philadelphia babysitter who admitted to killing a toddler and dumping his body in a pile of trash bags was sentenced Thursday to 12 to 30 years in prison.

Tianna Parks, who had pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in September, clasped a handful of tissues, dabbing her eyes and sometimes sobbing as she listened to her attorney and family describe her as a kind, creative and loving sister and the primary caretaker to King Hill – showing videos of Parks playfully chasing Hill, taking pictures and cuddling the toddler.

The defense attorney said Parks suffered major trauma and abuse as a child and had significant mental health issues which landed her in that state. He pointed to the COVID-19 pandemic, isolation, and distress which caused his client to have a psychotic break.


The Hill family stepped out of the courtroom for much of the testimony and described their “devastation” at the little boy’s death.

Parks wrote letters to the Hill family, the judge, and the toddler, tearfully describing how she missed and loved him.

During sentencing, the judge recognized her mental health and trauma issues and the sincerity of her apology. Yet the judge also stated how there was so much more she could have done, but she chose to protect herself first instead of the child.

Parks will receive mental health treatment.

 

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Philadelphia caretaker sentenced to decades in prison for killing toddler

Tianna Parks, a Philadelphia babysitter who admitted to killing King Hill, 2, and dumping his body in a pile of trash bags was sentenced Thursday to 12 to 30 years in prison.

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Philadelphia caretaker sentenced to decades in prison for killing toddler​

A Philadelphia babysitter who admitted to killing a toddler and dumping his body in a pile of trash bags was sentenced Thursday to 12 to 30 years in prison.

Tianna Parks, who had pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in September, clasped a handful of tissues, dabbing her eyes and sometimes sobbing as she listened to her attorney and family describe her as a kind, creative and loving sister and the primary caretaker to King Hill – showing videos of Parks playfully chasing Hill, taking pictures and cuddling the toddler.

The defense attorney said Parks suffered major trauma and abuse as a child and had significant mental health issues which landed her in that state. He pointed to the COVID-19 pandemic, isolation, and distress which caused his client to have a psychotic break.


The Hill family stepped out of the courtroom for much of the testimony and described their “devastation” at the little boy’s death.

Parks wrote letters to the Hill family, the judge, and the toddler, tearfully describing how she missed and loved him.

During sentencing, the judge recognized her mental health and trauma issues and the sincerity of her apology. Yet the judge also stated how there was so much more she could have done, but she chose to protect herself first instead of the child.

Parks will receive mental health treatment.

After basically never hearing of any for some time, this is the second "psychotic break" excuse I've heard in recent days. A new trend along with judges going along with it? 12 years possibly. Not right.