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A boy died here sept of 2006
From:
-Anonymous-
Date posted:
5/28/2007
Years at this apartment:
2007
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2007
4 responses
I just looked online and found an article about a boy that was killed by his father in an upstairs unit at Tribeca. Does anybody know anything about this'
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User Responses
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From:
GuidoLover
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Date:
05/23/2008
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Thursday, 16 August 2007
Another Kenyan faces first degree murder in USA
Student Says He Drowned His Son
Mechanical engineering student is being held in police custody
By: Adam Levy & Joey T. English
Gideon Walter Omondi, a 35-year-old Cal State Fullerton student, appeared Tuesday afternoon in the Orange County Superior Court, North Justice Center Fullerton courthouse for his first arraignment hearing on charges of first-degree murder.The mechanical engineering major turned himself in to the Fullerton Police Department Sunday night after he had allegedly drowned his 4-year-old son Richard in the bathtub of their Fullerton apartment.The short and stocky Omondi, clad in an orange jumpsuit, appeared calm from behind the caged links of the court holding cell. He accepted Judge Roger B. Robbins' offer of a public defender as his legal representation and was held without bail upon continuance of the arraignment, which is set for Sept. 29.Orange County Senior Deputy District Attorney Steve McGreevey detailed the district attorney's early outlook on the Omondi case on the courthouse steps following the proceeding.Omondi "is going to be charged with first-degree murder," McGreevey said. "He is eligible for the death penalty."The homicide prosecutor intimated that the Omondi case is going to be handled under special circumstances known as "lying-in-wait," which refer to heavier penalties on premeditated acts of crime.Fullerton Police Lieutenant John Petropulos explained the chain of events that led to the arrest and arraignment of the CSUF student. "He came into the front desk [of the Police Department] on 9:30 Sunday night and told the desk officer that he had killed his son," Petropulos said. "He just came in a matter-of-fact tone and told the officer what he had done - we don't usually get that."Petropulos described the procedures then taken by the police department following Omondi's startling revelation.The on-duty officers "asked him a few qualifying questions, then got into the apartment and located his son tucked away into the bed. [Omondi's son] was officially pronounced dead at the [Placentia-Linda] hospital."Placentia- Linda hospital officials would not comment on the case.Petropulos divulged the next sequence of events, which consisted of the investigation of the apartment and autopsy performed on Richard Omondi following the incident."From what he told us, he drowned his son - the evidence doesn't dispute that," Petropulos said. "For all intents and purposes, it looks like a murder."Omondi married his wife Helen in his native Kenya, and then arrived in the states on a student visa.
He had been living with his brother at the Tribeca Apartments in Fullerton since March of 2006, according to one of Omondi's downstairs neighbors who spoke with the Daily Titan under condition of anonymity.(From Page One)While battling his wife in the midst of a bitter divorce and custody dispute for the past 18 months, allegations had been raised that Omondi was an abusive husband."She was here the night of the incident," Petropulos said of Omondi's estranged wife. "She was very upset, as any parent would be."His neighbor painted the picture of a caring father and considerate neighbor.She recalled his apologetic nature when the 4-year-old would drop his Legos and toy cars onto her patio."I was shocked," said the neighbor. "He was very nice and would [even] help other neighbors carry their groceries [into] their apartments."The nature of this crime shocked not only distraught neighbors, but also experienced members of the legal and law enforcement branches assigned to this case."I have never seen a case like this," said McGreevy."This is one of the most tragic crimes I've seen in 25 years," said Petropulos."But again, when you talk about the gravity [involved] when a parent killed a child, [it's] hard to handle emotionally," he said.
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From:
Anonymous
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Date:
08/25/2008
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Tribeca is not a good place to live. Too expensive...not enough bang for the buck. Find a cheaper apartment that doesn't have Kenyans drowning kids.
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From:
Anonymous
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Date:
09/24/2008
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it doesn't matter. you people are all disgusting and sick and inconsiderate. i've lived here for over 4 years and i love it, something as unfortunate as this shouldn't be discussed on an apartment review website. get a life - your sick and twisted, especially to say you can finder a cheaper apartment that doesn't have kenyans drowning kids.
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From:
Anonymous
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Date:
09/24/2008
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anyone know what apartment number the lil boy died in? im curious
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