Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I whakawhiwhia a Melissa Brittle, 38, ki te 20 tau ki te whare herehere mō te kore i pūrongo i te tukino i tana mokopuna. He wahine nō Maryland i tū atu i te wā i whiua, i wirihia, ā, i werohia e tana tāne tana mokopuna kia mate, kua whiua ki te 20 tau ki te whare herehere. E ai ki nga kaituku, ko Melissa Dawn Brittle, 38, o Thurmont, Maryland, i akiaki i tana tahu a Raymond Brittle ki te whiu i a Robert Dean Watkins, e rua tau te pakeke - e noho ana ki te whanau Brittles me a raatau tamariki tokotoru i taua wa. I mate a Robert i roto i te hōhipera o Washington, DC, i te Mahuru 8, 2013 whai muri i nga whara i kiia e te Kaituku o te Kawanatanga a Charlie Smith ko te mea tino whakamataku i kite ai ia, e ai ki te Frederick News-Post. I tatari a Mrs Brittle tae noa ki te rā i muri mai ki te kawe i te tamaiti e kore ana e mōhio ki te hōhipera. I kii ia ki te pirihimana kua hinga a Robert i nga pikitanga. I tautohe te roia a Mrs Brittle, i mataku ia i tana tāne e tukino ana i a ia, ā, i whakawehi ia kia huna i tana tukino i a Robert iti. I kii te roia o te kaitautoko a Mary Drawbaugh ki a Daily Mail Online kaore he mahi a Brittle, kaore he tohu kura tuarua, kaore he raihana taraiwa. 'Kua tino whakakahoretia e mātau kua whakatenatena ia i te tamaiti i roto i tetahi ara,' ka mea a Mrs Drawbaugh. Kua whakaae a Raymond Brittle ki te patu kino i a Robert Dean Watkins, e rua tau te pakeke, tae noa ki te mate i te marama o Hepetema 2013. I tiaki ngā Brittles i te tamaiti mō tōna whaea. 'I haere mai ia ki te mahi tahi me te pirihimana me te awhina i te waea ki tana tane i whakaae ai ia ki te hara.' I tono a Drawbaugh kia 12 tau te whiu, te mutunga o te whiu mo te keehi, e kii ana i te awhina a Mrs Brittle ki te whakaae ki te hara o tana tahu, a kua rite ia ki te whakaatu ki a ia. I tū atu a Mrs Brittle ki te 40 tau ki te whare herehere i raro i tētahi ture ā-rohe e kī ana ko te kore e pūrongo i te tūkino i te tamaiti he tūkino tamariki anō hoki. I whakahaua e tētahi kaiwhakawa i te Wenerei kia noho ia mō te 20 tau, me te 20 tau i whakatārewatia. Ko Robert Dean Watkins te mokopuna o Raymond Brittle. Kua whakaae a Raymond rāua ko Melissa ki te tiaki i te tamaiti mō tōna whaea. Ko Raymond...
I whiua a Melissa Brittle i raro i te ture o Maryland e kī ana ko te kore e pūrongo i te tūkino i te tamaiti he tūkino tamariki anō hoki. Ko tana tahu a Raymond Brittle i whiua, i werohia, i wiri, i patu i a Robert Watkins e rua tau te pakeke i te Mahuru 2013. E ai ki tana roia, he koretake tana mātauranga, i tukinotia e tana tāne, ā, i mataku ia ki a ia.