Foster Mother Arrested for Murder of Toddler

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Updated: 10/06/2009 7:58 pm

A foster mother has been arrested on charges of murder and felonious assault.

Thirty-one-year-old Bonnie Pattinson was arrested Friday afternoon, accused of murdering 21-month-old Tiffany Sue Banks-Cross. The toddler was living with Pattinson in her Champion home when she died in April.

Tiffany's birth family lost custody last November.

Pattinson is being held in the Trumbull County Jail on a $1-million bond.

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MunchkinBaby24 - 9/12/2009 9:32 AM
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My niece will not rest in peace until this woman gets put to death and i will be with my family all the way along this hard ride we will still have to make it so. I want to tell this woman so badly what she had done to my brother he is not the same anymore he just does not have any will left in him he has lost his whole world in just one blink of an eye and it was not his fault.I am on here for my brother letting everyone know what he just can't handle to do anymore losing tiffany was like he has been killed ten times over what did he evre do in his life to deserve to lose the only thing in life from all the bad stuff over our whole lives as kids and as young adults to have to go and see your only child in a coffin it just was not fare and this woman will never have forgiveness for what she has done. thanks to all of those who have shown us some sense of support in our time of fight my brother and my family thank you all. Tiffany ' s Aunt.

samanthab - 9/11/2009 11:15 PM
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FINALLY!!!! We have been waiting for this for 6 months now!!! I hope she gets what she deserves!!! Finally, this family has a purpose and have had their prayers ansered! My thoughts are with you all right now! Tiffany can finally rest in pease.

klandis - 9/11/2009 10:51 PM
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This is just sickening, To take an innocent child and place them in a home where they are revictimized. This child already came from a bad situation in order to be placed in foster care in the first place and then to think that someone else could hurt and even take the life of this little girl is just beyond words. This is so sad, what is this world coming to. My husband and I are getting our foster care license any day now and we will give a child in need the safest, most loving foster home ever. I believe that people who do what this family did should suffer double the punishment... This family vowed to protect children when they became foster parents and instead they were monsters, crimials, They should be put to death to have done this to this innocent little girl or to anyone for that matter.... This is soooo upsetting to me, it breaks my heart and makes me cry so many tears. We lost our 22 yr. old daughter last year to an illness and I hope that this little girl is with her in heaven...My daughter will take good care of her in heaven and give her the love she deserves. She may be better off than living in this sick world

MunchkinBaby24 - 9/11/2009 10:01 PM
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Finely this lady will pay for what she did to my brothers baby girl i hope she gets the chair or even injected with the most slow killing poison in the world i want her to suffer the way my niece did .
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