DADDY dearest-just another of thousands of daddy's who get custody of their x wife's children to 'hurt' the mother-- No we dont hear about that on main stream media - all the dead children killed by daddy's-- its socially acceptable.
See 175 Killer dads-
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Only one adult claims to have brought her concerns to law
enforcement. The rest appear to have kept silent -- some claiming
fear, others because they allegedly were the ones hurting the
boy.
Lake County police unearthed Christian's body in May 2011 from a
shallow grave in Gary. The coroner's office later determined the
13-year-old boy died of blunt force trauma injuries and a skull
fracture.
Court documents allege Christian was beaten for several years
and kept in a cage for as long as a year before his death in early
2009. Christian's disappearance went unreported until May 2011,
when a tip prompted a police investigation.
The Times examined what those closest to Christian knew and the
reasons why they claim they kept silent.
Riley Choate and Kimberly Kubina
Christian's father and stepmother, Riley Choate and Kimberly
Kubina, face myriad charges relating to the boy's death, including
murder, felony counts of battery, confinement and removing a body
from a death scene.
Both have pleaded not guilty to the charges in Lake Criminal
Court.
Riley Choate admitted burying Christian's body under a storage
shed but did not admit causing the boy's death, court records
state. He said he panicked when his daughter called him at work to
say Christian was dead.
"If I had to do it over, I'd have just called," he told police.
"But I was freaking out."
Kubina repeatedly has denied any wrongdoing, court and Indiana
Department of Child Services records show. She told police she
thought Christian had gone to live with his biological mother.
But when interviewed after Christian died, Riley Choate and
Kubina's family members told police and DCS investigators a
different story about how the pair treated Christian.
Christina Choate
For several years prior to Christian's death, his sister,
Christina Choate, watched as her brother was beaten by their father
and stepmother, she contends. But Christina Choate also found
herself abusing the boy as well, she said in an earlier interview
with The Times.
"Kim (Kubina) and Riley both (told me to hit him)," she said
during that interview. "And I did it because if I didn't listen to
them I was going to get beat."
Christian's plight began shortly after Riley Choate gained
custody of the two children in 2005, Christina said.
Much of the animosity in the home was attributed to rumors that
Christian had sexually molested one of his siblings, Christina
said.
In 2008, DCS officials investigated allegations that there was a
12-year-old boy in the Choate home who was "on house arrest for
something to do with molesting a child." The abuse never was
substantiated, DCS records state.
Belinda Bradburn and Rachelle Kubina
Belinda Bradburn lived in the trailer next door as Christian's
life came to an end. Bradburn, who is Kimberly Kubina's sister,
initially told police she believed Christian had run away and
denied she ever saw the boy being abused, according to records in
the case.
Later, she told investigators she could hear the sounds of Riley
Choate punching and slapping Christian.
Bradburn told The Times she witnessed abuse on one occasion,
when she was visiting her sister and the children when they lived
in Merrillville. She said she saw Riley Choate hit Christian in the
arm.
"When that happened, I just said, 'Kim, I'm leaving. This
is kind of ridiculous that he would just hit a kid, and you need to
do something about this,' " Bradburn said.
Bradburn admitted she never notified the authorities or did
anything to intervene on Christian's behalf, DCS records state.
ysically abused regularly.
Rachelle Kubina, Kimberly Kubina's oldest child, lived with
Christian from 2005, when Riley Choate gained custody, until the
boy's death in 2009.
Initially, she told detectives she believed Christian had run
away in 2009 and that she had never seen anyone mistreat the
boy.
In an interview just days later, Rachelle Kubina told
investigators she had witnessed Riley Choate beating Christian
before he "ran away or went missing," court documents state.
She said she didn't notify police because she wasn't sure if he
was being physically abused regularly.
Rachelle Kubina, Kimberly Kubina's oldest child, lived with
Christian from 2005, when Riley Choate gained custody, until the
boy's death in 2009.
Initially, she told detectives she believed Christian had run
away in 2009 and that she had never seen anyone mistreat the
boy.
In an interview just days later, Rachelle Kubina told
investigators she had witnessed Riley Choate beating Christian
before he "ran away or went missing," court documents state.
Later documents allege Rachelle Kubina was present the day
Christian was discovered dead and called her aunt to notify the
family of the boy's death.
Rachelle Kubina did not return calls from The Times for
comment.
Jessica Hamby and her children
Other children who lived in the home at various times also
witnessed the violence but kept quiet when asked about their home
lives, according to DCS records and witnesses in the case.
Three children witnessed ongoing alleged abuse of Christian,
their mother Jessica Hamby said. Hamby is a sister of Kimberly
Kubina.
One of Hamby's children thought about telling someone about the
situation and even wrote about it in her diary, court records
state.
But the child kept the matter concealed because Kimberly Kubina
told the girl if she disclosed the situation to anyone "she would
do to her what she did to Christian," court records state. The
child told her mother that fear kept her from saying anything to
anyone -- even after they moved to Kentucky, according to
Hamby.
DCS officials removed two of Hamby's children from the Choate
household in 2004 after officials substantiated allegations of
abuse in the home. Several other children lived there at that time
but were allowed to remain in the home.
The two children were returned to the Choate household shortly
after they were removed, Hamby said.
At that time, Hamby said she was addicted to methamphetamines
and depended on family members to help her raise her children.
During the 2004 investigation, Hamby's two children indicated
"everyone is afraid of him," referring to Riley Choate, who was
accused of choking the children and whipping them with a leather
belt, DCS records state.
Lori Wingard
Lori Wingard, a former neighbor, said she knew something was
wrong across the street when she lived in the mobile home park in
Gary.
She said she called DCS twice to report allegations of child
abuse and neglect by the Choate family.
DCS records support the agency received and investigated both
allegations.
But Wingard challenges the part of the record that says a DCS
caseworker went inside the Choate home to inspect the family's
living situation.
Wingard, 49, now of DeMotte, said she remembers watching the DCS
official when she visited the home in 2008.
"She never even stepped foot in the house," Wingard said. "Kim
came out of the house and stood there at the sidewalk and talked to
the lady, and I just remember thinking, 'Go inside.' "
DCS officials could not comment Friday on Wingard's account
because of a gag order issued last week by Lake Criminal Court
Judge Diane Boswell.
As news began to break about Christian's death, Wingard said she
felt sick for selling the family the dog cage that allegedly was
used to confine the boy.
"There are so many people that are involved that could have
helped that little boy and didn't," she said. "I tried, and nothing
was done."
