Facebook Post Helps Save Captive Mother and Son
- Posted on December 27, 2011 at 12:12pm by
Liz Klimas
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What’s on your mind? This familiar question on Facebook’s status update bar usually prompts mindless posting, but for one mother and her 17-month-old son, a status update may have saved their life.
Troy Reed Critchfield
The New York Daily News reports that a Utah woman, who had been held captive for days with her baby boy by her ex-boyfriend identified as Troy Reed Critchfield, 33, posted a plea for help on her Facebook status, which led to their rescue.
“Hello…is anyone out there? I am having a serious problem and me and (my son) will be dead by morning,” she wrote.
The post was seen by Erica Carver, who the Daily News reports had never met the victim but whose husband knew her.
The Daily News reports Carver as saying ”Her posts were never jokes. And I thought, ‘This is Christmas and this has to be real!’ I mean, even if it’s not, you gotta follow through on it.”
Watch the local news report:
According to the Associated Press, police reports state that when police arrived at Critchfield’s home, he didn’t immediately let him in and when the woman was asked if she was OK, she shook her head:
After police separated the couple, the woman told officers she and her child had not been allowed to leave the home and that she repeatedly had been hit, choked and sexually abused over a period of nearly five days. Jail records show the woman also claimed Critchfield had taken her cell phone and the phone of a disabled child also in the home.
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She also told officers that Critchfield grabbed the boy’s arms and treated him roughly, while also refusing to let her feed the family dog, jail papers state.
Last December, court records revealed that Critchfield plead guilty to felony aggravated assault and obstruction of justice charges related to domestic violence. AP reports that he was sentenced to five years in prison but the judge reduced punishment to 120 days in jail and three years on probation.
The Daily Mail reports Carver as saying she was glad something that is usually used for “gossip and stupid little cartoons” could help save someone’s life.
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jungle J
Posted on December 29, 2011 at 6:27pmminorities leave their children whites violate them.
Report Post »dpg70
Posted on December 29, 2011 at 2:57pmDo my eyes deceive me, or does someone actually “Like” her post in that video?
Report Post »EZDOZIT
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:52amThe guy that smashed the head of the 9 year old girl should have the same done to him in the reverse order.
Report Post »texanpatriot
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:41pmThere should be a registry of judges like this one and either be drummed from office (via the ballot box) or removed from office by Congress. There needs to be accountability for these guys… This judge is either stupid or did not do his/her homework on who they were dealing with.
The Blaze should do a little Internet work and find and publish the names where they can.
My Representative and Senators are accountable and WOULD be happy to help – they like their jobs.
Report Post »krenshau
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:34pmWhy did the judge reduce sentencing? Maybe the judge wants the guy to go back and finish the job.
Report Post »Latter-Day-Soldier
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:08pmGuys like that need to be flogged in public! No excuse for that kind of behavior.
Report Post »Pro-Palin
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:01ambetter yet short tials, a quick appeals process…. judgement day….
Report Post »Look atthat poor girl what 9 yrs old baby sat by a friend of the family and her head smashed in with a brick and body hacked up with a hack saw. God may forgive the molester and rapist or plain abductor but people and laws should not. Its like the ARABS the onlythingthey understand is a force greater than them .
CanteenBoy
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:43pmAh, V… always the douche pickle.
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:29pmI guess that I am confused. How was it that he allowed her to have accsee to a computer or cell phone? Just sounds funny, maybe more info will come out to explain it better.
Report Post »Latter-Day-Soldier
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:11pmShe probably got access to the laptop while deranged boyfriend was asleep or on the toilet, either way, the lady was quick and resourceful when given an opportunity.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 6:31pmThis is some BS.
Report Post »Zpro
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:21pmMr. Critchfield I presume.
Report Post »Latter-Day-Soldier
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:09pmAnd just who is spewing the BS?
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:10amIt sounds to me that law enforcement is trying to promote Facebook as some new tool for stopping crime, and I’ve heard the same thing reiterated by the Feds.
Facebook, Twitter, and Google are government tracking software.
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