Tiffany Moss

As I write this, the jury is out, well back in fifteen minutes, but still deliberating.

At first I thought she wanted to receive the death penalty period. Then it was get the death penalty to avoid being put in general population. Unlike male inmates who kill people who hurt children, women torture them psychologically etc. She would be terrorized daily. A lot of women lately have had their death sentences commuted to life. Too bad for her she didn't look into Frances Newton. She killed her children and was executed by the state of Texas....

Then I saw her family (mother and sister) testify and I realized the one thing they are all about is themselves and their own blood relatives. They both clearly lied for her and the fact that her sister helped her without regard to her own welfare (being charged with accessory or abetting). That's why she was so horrified at the thought that her children would go into foster care. In her mind, she would and could hurt a child that was not her own blood. She thinks foster parents also think that way, which clearly they do not.

Then I thought she would pull some Perry Mason moment during closing to cast guilty on Eman and think she would get off of the charges. She declined to make a closing argument.

I was puzzled.

I had seen articles where she said she was placing her fate in God's hands, and I suppose that's exactly what she was doing, period, end of discussion.

She competed with a child for the love of a man and won. Poor Emani is dead, and now her own children are in essence orphans. Besides the obvious depravity of killing a child, I can't help but wonder how and why she saw this as a victory. The dumbest adult in the world can still run circles around children. They simply do not have the ability to be malicious in the way an adult can.

No victory here. Nothing about this makes her special or important. Especially when you consider that Emani was to her father nothing more then a possession, not a person. He kept her from her birth mother, who clearly was not a saint, but because it was a power move and when his mother offered to keep her as well, he declined. Emani was HIS and he would do what he pleases with her.

So very many people failed this poor girl. Time will tell what she receives, though there is very little speculation about the verdict. She offered no proof, asked no questions and made neither an opening or closing statement. She is almost assuredly going to be found guilty, the only question is whether or not she receives the death penalty. I am against the death penalty but every now and again a case occurs were it seems reasonable. The last case I felt this way about was Jesse Dotson. This is also how I feel about this case, cruel beyond words.

Update:

Tiffany was found guilty. The trial moved to sentencing immediately following, because she had no attorney to object and prepare. No victim impact statements were made. The jury deliberated and came back unanimously with death. The state has set an execution date between June 7 and 14, 2019.

In retrospect, Tiffany was very proud of what she had done. She smirked and fought back a smile throughout the entire trial. She looked shocked and on the verge of tears when the death penalty was read. I realized then that she had, to the best of her ability, to play helpless (and defensless) female. Eman had bought into her act, why shouldn't they? She was clearly unaware that it was a transparent act.

Before there was Tiffany and Emani Moss, there was Victoria and Emmanuel Foster...

Tiffany Moss is currently on trial for capital murder in Georgia and could be sentenced to death if found guilty. Her husband, the biological father of Emani Moss has taken a plea deal and received life in prison. Tiffany stands accused of starving Emani to death. The cause of death was starvation, however there is ample evidence her life was in fact a living hell.

In 2015, in Michigan, Victoria Foster left her seven year old son, Emmanuel, in the care of her 57 bruises on his body, gangrene on his feet and pneumoniaboyfriend, Cory Rimson with instructions that were basically to provide hospice care as the child was near death. At the time of his death, he weighed 27 pounds at seven years of age. The medical examiner testified that he had 57 bruises on his body, gangrene on his feet and pneumonia.

The biggest difference in these cases is biology. Victoria was the biological mother of Emmanual where Tiffany was only a step Mother.  Emani's mother suffered domestic violence at the hands of her boyfriend, Eman who sought custoday. Like most victims of domestic violence, if the father does not beat on the child, they assume it is safter for everyone involved to leave things as they were. It is also not unusual for abusive men to get with a controlling woman and change their entire behavior. With one woman, they will be brutal and controlling and with the next, they will be submissive and abused. It makes little to no sense whatsoever, but for those who live in domestic violence, it is logical.

Tiffany chose to represent herself in court. She declined to make an opening statement and has not asked any questions of prosecution witnesses. She has made zero objections to evidence, making her odds for an appeal extremely low. She comes across as cold, uncaring, and as though she feels superior to everyone there.

Victoria was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, torture and first-degree child abuse. She was sentenced to 27 to 50 years in prison for the torture and child abuse charges, and 5 to 15 years for the manslaughter charged. Mr. Rimson convicted of involuntary manslaughter and second-degree child abuse. He was sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison on the manslaughter charge and 5 to 10 years concurrently on the child abuse charge. The judge was dismayed she could not sentence Foster to life in prison. The jury opted for involuntary manslaughter instead of felony first degree murder, which would have made her eligible for life in prison. It remains to be seen what will happen with Tiffany's case and how she will fair in general population should she find herself there.

You can view the sentencing (if you can stomache the details...) below:

Both can be contacted at:

Cory Rimson 969899
Carson City Correctional Facility
10274 Boyer Road
Carson City, MI 48811-9746

Victoria Foster 969901
Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility
3201 Bemis Road
Ypsilanti, MI 48197-0911

The girl who shot Even Cochran Stout Jr?

If you don't live in Oklahoma, chances are you've seen Tiffany Wesley on The First 48 Hours, episode Love, Hate & A Soldier's Life (video embedded below). Evan was found shot in the head in his car. It didn't take long to realize he'd been shot while facing forward in the seat from the right hand or passenger side of the car. Tiffany clearly hadn't planned to kill him since she lost a shoe running away and dropped her telephone and other things with her name on them.

During her police interview she said she had shot out the passenger window hoping to gain the attention of the police because Evan was allegedly abusing her and said he was going to kill her and that when she shot him he was looking for his gun in the console. One of the officers makes the point that if her story were in fact true, he would have been shot in the face or forehead, but that he had been looking forward at the the time of the shooting since he was shot in the side of his head. Evan was declared braindead after the shooting. Tanikka West and Angela Friday performed CPR on Evan Stout Jr. after they found him shot in the head. While their efforts were heroic, he died on Sunday.

You can view Evan's burial details here

Tiffany has entered a plea deal where she plead guilty to first degree manslaughter, which is when someone unintentionally kills another person either in the commission of a misdemeanor, in the “heat of passion” or in an attempt to resist a crime. This charge requires a minimum prison sentence of four years with at least 85% of the time being served. As part of the agreement, she received 10 years. This means she will at least serve 8.5 years on that charge. She had a previous charge of possession with a controlled substance with intent to distrubute. She was also charged with possession of a firearm while on probation.

Obviously adult criminal court always tries to make a plea deal or the courts could run twenty four hours a day for years and never be empty. It would be hard to prove it was a premeditated murder since the scene was clearly chaotic, meaning she didn't have much intent of getting away with it. Evan's family is left to mourn. Losing a child is a terrible thing that one never really gets over, they simply get through it, sometimes on a daily basis.

You can write to her at:

Tiffany Wesley, OK DOC#: 758649
Dr. Eddie Warrior Correctional Center
400 Oak St
Taft, OK 74463

You can view this episode here:

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