To get back at her

July 3, 2006 at 6:56 pm (Child)

Corinthian Houston, 5, was at his home with his grandmother Saturday night. His mother, Pamela Fisher was away from the home. His grandmother noticed that he had disappeared about 9 pm and she asked about him. Someone told her that a green van had pulled up and picked him up. Allegedly the witness also said that in the van were Terrence Carter and one of his coworker’s George Herring III. Police said attempts were made to contact the two, but were unsuccessful. Arrest warrants were sworn out on the two men charging them with the kidnapping.

Police went to the home of Terrance Carter, 26, about 2:30 am and picked him up for questioning. They found George Herring III at a motel. Both were taken in for questioning.

The boy’s mother Pamela Fisher, called the Carter home requesting information on where her son might be. One of the Carter family recalled earlier in the day seeing Terrance Carter coming out of an abandoned home next door. Carter’s brother went to the abandoned house, and found the child about 3 am. He was sitting in a chair that had always been in the house. He was dead and allegedly his body and the chair he was sitting in had been burned. The rest of the house was intact. Carter’s mother called police. Police are not confirming that the child’s body was burned, but the state fire marshall was called in.  

Reportedly Carter and the mother Pamela Fisher had a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship. The two worked together. According to police this was an attempt to get back at the mother. According to Carter’s family the relationship was troubled with fighting. Pamela Fisher told reporter’s not to believe anything “that convict’s family” said.  

http://www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?S=5106685&nav=menu50_2

http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=5107591

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060703/NEWS03/607030309/1002/NEWS

http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?/base/news-26/1151897361193980.xml&storylist=louisiana

He was 5. He had no control and probably no input on who his mother dated. He had no involvement in their relationship troubles, though they probably affected him indirectly. And he had no control over the relationship that his mother had with Carter. Yet, he is the one who was chosen to die.

It is interesting that the mother in the midst of her grief would make the statement not to listen to the “convicts family”. Who knows what the mother is alleged to have done? It doesn’t really matter. Because Corinthian had nothing to do with it! But because an alleged adult was unhappy with the relationship with the child’s mother, the child died. To get back at her. I can think of nothing that the mother could have done that would justify the death of an innocent child.

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Corinthian Houston was found tied to a leather chair, police say an electrical cord was around his neck, but was reported as not being tight enough to have caused strangulation. Police believe the child may have been alive when he was set on fire. Police also say that Terrance Carter has “pretty well confessed to it“.  

http://www.klfy.com/Global/story.asp?S=5109684

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Additional information about the kidnapping and murder of Corinthian Houston. The grandmother talks about Corinthian and about the events of that day.

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060704/NEWS03/607040315/1002/NEWS

Southern Sass on Criminal Activity Today or SSCAT is also blogging on this.