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Little Marcus Fiesel did not have to die. He wasn't born into this world for the purpose of being bound in a blanket and packing tape, shoved into a closet, and left to die.

The little boy never really had a fair shot at life, he missed out on the love that he should have gotten from the people around him. He was short changed, both in life and in death.

David Carrol, Liz Carrol, and David's live in girlfriend- Amy Baker sat out on a path that would not only result in dysfunctional behaviors on their own parts, but in the death of Marcus- who somehow ended up in their care as a foster child.

You can find past posts about Marcus here, and a guest spot written by someone who had attended a day of Liz Carrol's trial here.

To recount a small amount of the story for those not familiar with it:

Marcus Fiesel's foster mother claimed she was at the park with four children (Marcus included) when she passed out, and the little three year old boy disappeared, police later discovered that not only had Marcus not been with her at the park, but the little boy had been abused and neglited so severly, he had died. The false report of him missing at the park was only an attempt to hide the saddening fact that the three adults: Liz, David and Amy; had wrapped the little boy in a blanket, put him in a closet and left him for a weekend while they attended a reunion. Marcus died while they were gone, and the three plotted to hide this by first burning his body and then reporting him missing. Amy Baker provided the police with information to back up this claim, and later lead them to the Ohio River, were Marcus's body had been disposed of.

In exchange for testimony against Liz and David Carrol, all charges against Amy Baker were dropped. Despite the fact that reports indicated that both she and David had previously bound the boy in blankets, and placed him in the closet in order to have sex while Liz Carrol was out of the home. [source]
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Liz Carrol was tried and recently sentenced to 54 years for her part in little Marcus' death. In the court room, when the remark "They didn't even treat their dog this way, in fact the dog went with them" (speaking about the reunion) was made; Liz Carrol was overheard responding "but the dog was ALIVE" [. There are no depths of hell that are either deep or fiery enough to be truly suitable for this woman. [source 2]

David Carrol, perhaps fearing the same fate of his wife, perhaps having a moment of "what the hell have I done" has decided to accept a plea deal for his role in this horrific crime. Please don't ask why this monster is deserving of a plea deal to begin with, because I can't begin to imagine any reason for it. David's plea, given his actions, which not only consisted of abusing this little boy, but killing him (even it if was "unintentional") and then burning his body before disposing of it.
David Carrol Admits His Guilt: In a statement just before his sentencing, Carroll, 29, apologized to the community and his family, saying he was "very sorry for the loss of Marcus" and "for lying about his disappearance." He described Marcus as a "sweet, gentle and loving child who did not deserve this."

David Carroll also told the court that Amy Baker, the Carrolls' live-in girlfriend and the prosecution's key witness, was more involved in Marcus' death than anyone will ever know.

He said one of the main reason's he accepted the plea deal, which included a sentence of 15 years to life in prison and an additional year for gross abuse of a corpse, was because he did not want to force his 7-year-old son to testify against him.


I can not begin to imagine how a system set up and designed for the sole purpose of providing this child with a safe and loving home managed to fail him so greatly in life and now the system dedicated to exact justice for this child- has turned it's head and sold his life for a mere 15 years. I don't know how we can recover from the loss of his life, because we will never know the impact that he could have made in his lifetime on the rest of society had he been given all the love, all the support and all the care that he was due- rather than being wrapped in a blanket and left to die.

No child should ever have to lay in a dark closet, alone and waiting for the moment that his last breath would leave his little body.

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