May 14, 2008 6:00 pm US/Eastern
Police: Baby Found In Suitcase Starved To Death
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The baby's body was found in a suitcase in a shed in Philadelphia.
CBS
A baby was starved to death because he couldn't say "Amen." That's the allegation against a cult believed to be responsible for the death of a Baltimore child, whose remains were found in a suitcase in Philadelphia.
Derek Valcourt has new details from police records that indicate what detectives believe happened to the young child.
His grandmother is keeping baby Javon's toys.
"He was such a nice, happy baby," Seeta Newton said about the boy she calls an angel.
But records obtained by our newspaper partner
The Baltimore Examiner indicated the child was "viewed as a demon" by members of a cult called "One Mind Ministries."
Seeta Newton said her daughter took Javon and joined the cult more than two years ago. Acting on a tip, Baltimore City Police headed to Philadelphia last month, where they found a child's remains stuffed inside a suitcase. The odor was masked by fabric softener and blankets.
That tipster also told authorities the child was Newton's grandson, but police are still conducting DNA tests to confirm the link.
"For them to take food away from him at that age...I don't know what kind of animal they are," Newton said. "I want them to suffer. I want them to feel all the pain and ten times more than my little boy felt."
Police say no one has been formally charged in connection to the case and the DNA has yet to confirm the child's remains are those of Javon.
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