JAVON THOMPSON - Aged 2 years - Baltimore (USA)

Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:32 pm

Distressing article

ABC Local

29 April 2008

Remains of 2 year old found in suitcase

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=6111392

Fox News

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

By BEN NUCKOLS, Associated Press Writer

Experts: Cult member not insane despite odd plea

BALTIMORE — A former religious cult member who helped starve her son to death believes he will be resurrected, but legal experts say her extreme faith doesn't make her criminally insane. The mother made an extraordinary deal with prosecutors Monday that her guilty plea to child abuse resulting in death will be withdrawn if her 1-year-old son, Javon Thompson, comes back to life. Law experts and psychiatrists said there was no problem with the agreement because Ria Ramkissoon, 22, was mentally competent and freely entered into the deal, and extreme religious beliefs aren't deemed insane by law.

http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2009Mar31/0,4670,ChildSlainCult,00.html

The Guardian

Tuesday March 31 2009

Md. mom pleads guilty in cult starvation death

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/8430592

UPI

March. 31, 2009

Mother believes son will be resurrected

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/03/31/Mother-believes-son-will-be-resurrected/UPI-39591238518242/

Baltimore Sun

May 20, 2008

Police want 3 held in child's disappearance

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Two of the three, Queen Antoinette, 39, and Trevia Williams, 20, were to have a bail review hearing yesterday, but it was postponed until today.

The third person, Marcus Cobbs, 21, has not yet been extradited from New York, said Margaret T. Burns, a spokeswoman for the Baltimore state's attorney's office.

All are connected in court papers to a religious group called 1 Mind Ministries that operated for a time out of an East Baltimore house. Family members of the missing boy fear that the human remains found in Philadelphia belong to 18-month-old Javon Thomson. They have not seen him since his mother, Ria Reshma-Ramkissoon, joined the religious group in April
2006.

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2008-05-20/news/0805190298_1_warrant-baltimore-police-found-in-philadelphia

Baltimore Sun

August 11, 2008

By Brent Jones

Woman in 'cult' charged in son's starvation death

A Baltimore woman who police say is connected to a religious cult has been charged with first- degree murder in the death of her child, according to court documents obtained yesterday.

Ria Ramkissoon, 21, also known as "Princess Marie," additionally is charged with child abuse, reckless endangerment and other offenses in the death of 21-month-old Javon Thompson. In December 2006, Ramkissoon had taken her son and joined the religious group, 1 Mind Ministries, which operated for a time out of East Baltimore, according to relatives and police.

Court documents say cult members starved the toddler to death and kept his remains in a suitcase for more than a year, until Baltimore homicide detectives found the body in Philadelphia.

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2008-08-11/news/0808110014_1_queen-antoinette-ramkissoon-javon

WJZ

Aug 11, 2009 11:20 pm US/Eastern

Mother Of Slain Child To Be Released

http://wjz.com/local/released.slain.child.2.1123464.html

Baltimore News

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Mother who starved son gets counseling program

BALTIMORE | A woman who pleaded guilty to starving her toddler son to death while part of a religious sect will be released from the Baltimore jail within a matter of weeks or even days, her attorney said Tuesday.

Ria Ramkissoon, 22, will be enrolled in a counseling program on a farm in rural northeast Maryland, according to lawyers on both sides. The program, which has no fences or guards, was chosen for her by a city prosecutor who arranges alternative sentencing options.

"It's not a correctional facility. It's a place for her to get reacclimated. She'll be part of a community and have a job and responsibilities," said Steven D. Silverman, Ramkissoon's attorney. "She's very excited about the opportunity to do something positive."

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http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/12/mother-who-starved-son-gets-counseling-program/

Baltimore Sun

August 12, 2008

4 more in 'cult' cited in death

5, including boy's mother, charged with starving him

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2008-08-12/news/0808110287_1_ramkissoon-queen-antoinette-west-baltimore

The Examiner

Aug 12, 2008

Five alleged cult members charged in baby’s death

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Police say they’ve charged the boy’s mother, Ria “Princess Marie” Ramkissoon, 21, and the alleged cult’s leader, Queen Antoinette, 40, with conspiracy to commit the first-degree murder of Javon Thompson, who went missing from Baltimore about two years ago. Also charged in Javon’s death are Marcus Cobbs, 21; Trevia Williams, 21; and Steven Bynum, 42 — all of whom at one point lived on the 300 block of North Robinson Street.

http://www.examiner.com/a-1532460~Five_alleged_cult_members_charged_in_baby_s_death.html

msnbc

13th August 2008

No bail for Md. mom accused in starving death

Woman's attorney blames religious cult for withholding nutrition from tot

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26182926/wid/7468326/

The Mirror

13th August 2008

Boy starved for refusing to say amen

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/08/13/boy-starved-for-refusing-to-say-amen-115875-20695361/

The Australian

August 13, 2008

Cult starved 'demon' toddler

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/cult-starved-demon-toddler/story-e6frg6so-1111117176634

WJZ

Aug 13, 2008 6:32 pm

Bail Denied For 2 Cult Members

http://wjz.com/local/cult.queen.Queen.2.794185.html

Courier Mail

August 13, 2008 12:36am

Javon Thompson 'starved to death by Mind cult'

• Toddler starved to death by cult
  
• Members stopped food because he wouldn't say 'amen'
  
• Cult leader said dead boy would be raised from the dead

A toddler was starved to death by members of a religious cult, including his mother, because he would not say "amen" after meals.

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24170010-5012762,00.html