Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Police Say Nathan Sloop Killed Ethan Stacy

If police are right, then yet again a parent has helped a stepparent murder their own child, this time in Utah. Ethan was only four years old. Associated Press Writer Paul Foy reports.

Ethan Stacy's stepfather, Nathan Sloop was being charged with aggravated homicide, Layton police said Tuesday. In addition, Sloop and the boy's mother, Stephanie Sloop, will be charged with felony child abuse, obstruction of justice and desecration of a corpse, police said.
Desecration of a corpse? What did she do?

The couple was married only 10 days ago, when Ethan arrived in Utah to spend the summer with his mother, police said.
Why did she agree to take him for the summer if she wasn't prepared to lovingly take care of him and protect him?

His biological father is in Virginia. His name was not released by police.
If that guy did nothing else wrong, he picked the wrong woman to knock up.

Utah State Courts records show Nathan Sloop ran afoul of the law more than once from 2000 to 2003, with convictions on charges including criminal mischief, disorderly conduct and drug possession.

In 2003, he served 30 days in jail for one drug possession charge and received a six-month suspended sentence for another.

No criminal history was found for Stephanie Sloop, and records show no criminal activity for Nathan Sloop after 2003.
Okay, it would be possible to chalk up Nathan Sloop's problems seven years ago to youthful stupidity. My hunch, tough, is that he never really changed and simply hadn't been caught lately.
How much coverage will Nancy Grace give this one?

Chances of this sort of thing happening go way up when another, unrelated adult is brought into the home. However, if the mother actively participated in the murder, then the boy was in enough danger just being around her.

Stehanie, you might have thought you were going to have new freedom with your new man. But now you could both end up in prison.

1 comment:

  1. So disgusting...this world is dying-sin, with all it's marginalization, is so rapidly increasing, and I pray for His coming soon.

    Blessings!

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