OK MIRACLE CROOK & TONY CROOK: Missing from Tulsa, OK - 22 May 2020 - Age 3 & 2 *Found Deceased**Guilty Plea*

Oklahoma authorities continue search for missing children

TULSA, Okla. (KFOR) – The Tulsa Police Department says the search for two missing children is still underway after the mother allegedly refused to cooperate with the investigation. Officials are lo…

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Oklahoma authorities continue search for missing children

The Tulsa Police Department says the search for two missing children is still underway after the mother allegedly refused to cooperate with the investigation.

Officials are looking for 2-year-old Miracle Crook and 1-year-old Tony Crook who were last seen Friday, May 22, near the Shoreline Apartments in Tulsa, near East 21st St. and I-44, around 9 a.m.

Another affiliate reports the children were with their mother, Donisha Willis, when they went missing.

On the night of May 21, Willis’ parents and sister stopped by the apartment.

The last time the children were seen was on surveillance video at Ryan’s Mingo, a convenience store near the complex, around 8:30 a.m. the next morning. They were with Willis at the time, police say.

“That’s the last time we saw them,” said Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin. “Those are the last images we have and we believe that’s what they were wearing.”

About 30 minutes later that morning, a witness saw the children at the apartment with Willis.

However since then, the children have not been seen, and Willis was found passed out on the couch by police at the apartment.

She allegedly became “verbally abusive,” Affiliate KJRH reports, saying she didn’t care when asked where the children were.

Lt. John Adams says Willis is not giving any information on the whereabouts of the children and refused to cooperate.

“[We] Canvassed the apartment complex several times. Helicopter. Did everything we could,” Adams said.



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[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

I wonder what they will be able to charge her with. What I mean is she did not actively murder them (since no one is seen with them) so I wonder what the highest charge possible is and if they can prove it? If she was passed out from something as opposed to sleeping, they for sure should be able to prove negligence. If she was not supposed to have them, there may be some charge for that?

Even with just a "child neglect" charge, it looks like she can get life in prison?

C. Any parent or other person who shall willfully or maliciously engage in child neglect shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not exceeding life imprisonment, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment. As used in this subsection, "child neglect" means the willful or malicious neglect, as defined by paragraph 47 of Section 1-1-105 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, of a child under eighteen (18) years of age by another.


Depending on what they find about the circumstances of her having the children, I suppose someone could be charged with "enabling child neglect".

D. Any parent or other person who shall willfully or maliciously engage in enabling child neglect shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not exceeding life imprisonment, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment. As used in this subsection, "enabling child neglect" means the causing, procuring or permitting of a willful or malicious act of child neglect, as defined by paragraph 47 of Section 1-1-105 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, of a child under eighteen (18) years of age by another. As used in this subsection, "permit" means to authorize or allow for the care of a child by an individual when the person authorizing or allowing such care knows or reasonably should know that the child will be placed at risk of neglect as proscribed by this subsection.

2014 Oklahoma Statutes :: Title 21. Crimes and Punishments :: §21-843.5. Child abuse - Child neglect - Child sexual abuse - Child sexual exploitation - Enabling - Penalties.

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[GrandmaBear]

Even with just a "child neglect" charge, it looks like she can get life in prison?

C. Any parent or other person who shall willfully or maliciously engage in child neglect shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not exceeding life imprisonment, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment. As used in this subsection, "child neglect" means the willful or malicious neglect, as defined by paragraph 47 of Section 1-1-105 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, of a child under eighteen (18) years of age by another.


Depending on what they find about the circumstances of her having the children, I suppose someone could be charged with "enabling child neglect".

D. Any parent or other person who shall willfully or maliciously engage in enabling child neglect shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not exceeding life imprisonment, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment. As used in this subsection, "enabling child neglect" means the causing, procuring or permitting of a willful or malicious act of child neglect, as defined by paragraph 47 of Section 1-1-105 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, of a child under eighteen (18) years of age by another. As used in this subsection, "permit" means to authorize or allow for the care of a child by an individual when the person authorizing or allowing such care knows or reasonably should know that the child will be placed at risk of neglect as proscribed by this subsection.

2014 Oklahoma Statutes :: Title 21. Crimes and Punishments :: §21-843.5. Child abuse - Child neglect - Child sexual abuse - Child sexual exploitation - Enabling - Penalties.

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Interesting. Boy there is a very wide range of sentence, from one year in county to life in prison. I am not sure I have ever seen laws that vary that widely? To know the person who let her have the kids could do life is pretty serious, wow.

I suppose with the mother, first this neglect resulted in death and it will likely depend on her choices and condition (drugs, etc.?).

As far as charges on others, from the little we know, there could be more than one this could apply to.

I shake my head when it seems like it was probably the mother that named her little girl "Miracle". Was she at one time a different person? That just sounds like such a heartfelt name.

Jmo.

 

[Whatsnext]

Tulsa Police Find 2nd Body Possibly Connected To 2 Missing Toddlers

Tulsa police said they have found a second body that may be connected to two missing toddlers.

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[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

I'm so glad they found them. (Unconfirmed, but it sounds like its them.) With fast moving water connecting to bigger and bigger water sources...it couldn't have been a super easy search. Little Tony found 15 miles away.

 

[GrandmaBear]

The father is not blaming the mother, saying she fell asleep and it could happen to anyone. One child traveled 100 miles of waterway. This is so heartbreaking. People are questioning why there is an opening in the fence. Looking at the picture, one can see how easily children could fall in, it does not even look like there is anything but water after going through the opening.

2 Okla. Toddlers Vanished Last Week, and Police Believe They've Found Their Bodies

Tony and Miracle are seen on surveillance video holding hands as they walk down the embankment towards a creek

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[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

The father is not blaming the mother, saying she fell asleep and it could happen to anyone.

And this, folks, is called enabling.
They got home at 10 and she was asleep by 10:15? Hmm. Mom probably told them to go out and play so she could use her drugs in peace.

People are questioning why there is an opening in the fence. Looking at the picture, one can see how easily children could fall in, it does not even look like there is anything but water after going through the opening.

It is a man-made creek so I suppose they need to be able to access it. Don't know why that couldn't be through a gate though.
I thought the guy said there were stairs leading down? I don't see any stairs? Maybe just built in where we can't see?
The water would have been much higher and faster that day.

Nevermind. Here are the stairs.

 

[GrandmaBear]

And this, folks, is called enabling.
They got home at 10 and she was asleep by 10:15? Hmm. Mom probably told them to go out and play so she could use her drugs in peace.



It is a man-made creek so I suppose they need to be able to access it. Don't know why that couldn't be through a gate though.
I thought the guy said there were stairs leading down? I don't see any stairs? Maybe just built in where we can't see?
The water would have been much higher and faster that day.

Nevermind. Here are the stairs.

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Two adults cannot even stand on the same step per these pictures. Thanks for sharing them. I wonder if two toddlers holding hands even made it down the stairs or if they tumbled. One can see even an adult could not cling to the sides of this thing once in the water much less get out probably. I think asking about the opening makes sense, why is it necessary?

The father probably is enabling but I am interested to hear the details and what the tox shows on the mother. I still wonder how these kids got into just diapers and where there clothes are.

There was a case last year around our area that a 2 year old girl went missing from home in the winter. Mom was at a night job and dad was watching her and they fell asleep together. He woke up and she was gone. The door was open. Sadly they found her by the river in town a few blocks away. I can't recall if it was hypothermia or drowning but let's put it this way, she was barefoot and brutally cold. It was tragic and dark out. The father was not charged, the couple was devastated apparently. He was sleeping, not messed up on anything, she must have woken up and gotten out.

This case is nothing like that though apparently, for one thing there was some reason already she was not to have her children.

Just thoughts.

 

[kdg411]

And this, folks, is called enabling.
They got home at 10 and she was asleep by 10:15? Hmm. Mom probably told them to go out and play so she could use her drugs in peace.

It is a man-made creek so I suppose they need to be able to access it. Don't know why that couldn't be through a gate though.
I thought the guy said there were stairs leading down? I don't see any stairs? Maybe just built in where we can't see?
The water would have been much higher and faster that day.

Nevermind. Here are the stairs.

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In South STL we have something similar, River Des Peres.

– A Century Since the River Des Peres Flood of 1915UrbanReview | ST LOUIS

One hundred years ago today St. Louis experienced deadly flooding. The problem wasn’t the Mississippi, it was the River Des Peres! On the afternoon of Aug. 19, 1915, remnants of a hurricane reached St. Louis from Texas. Heavy and steady rainfall fell through the next day, dumping a total of ...

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The only stairs that lead to it are locked under the grate pictured below.

I took this pic in 2014 . This is about 1 1/2 miles before it dumps into the Mississippi River.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Police confirm bodies of Tulsa children Miracle and Tony Crook have been found, ID'd

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) – Police announced Friday that the medical examiner has positively identified two little bodies recovered this week from area waterways as those of missing Tulsa children Tony and Miracle Crook. The 2- and 3-year-old children had been missing since last Friday. “The DNA...

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Police confirm bodies of Tulsa children Miracle and Tony Crook have been found, ID'd

Police announced Friday that the medical examiner has positively identified two little bodies recovered this week from area waterways as those of missing Tulsa children Tony and Miracle Crook.

“The DNA analysis does confirm that those are our two children, TJ and Miracle, that were in that water and recovered,” Police Chief Wendell Franklin said. “It’s saddening, but it’s also, from our perspective, we’re elated that we were able to bring closure. And this is closure. It’s closure because we were able to actually locate those two and bring them home to their family.”

“Our community is grieving, and these two children deserve the attention that they deserve,” Kunzweiler said. “They were innocent lives. Our last memory of them is two kids loving on each other. And I think I’d rather the focus be on those kids and let our community grieve for them appropriately. We’ll deal with the other stuff as time comes forward.”

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Mother charged with second-degree murder in drowned toddlers case

Donisha Renee Willis, 24, was charged Monday with two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of 3-year-old Miracle Crook and 2-year-old Tony Crook.

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Mother charged with second-degree murder in drowned toddlers case

The mother of two toddlers whose bodies were recovered from area waterways has been charged in their deaths.

Donisha Renee Willis, 24, was charged Monday with two counts of second-degree murder.

Prosecutors allege that Willis committed felony child neglect by failing to provide proper supervision for the children, allowing them to wander from an apartment into a creek, where they drowned.



Willis, who was on probation, did not have custody of the children but is alleged to have broken into the apartment where they were and assaulted their caretaker, according to an arrest report.

The caretaker left the children under Willis’ supervision around mid-morning; he and their legal guardian returned that night to find Willis passed out, intoxicated, on the couch, the report states. The children nowhere to be found.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

So... "Mom" breaks into the apartment where caretaker (grandpa?) is and assaults him. I'm a bit confused about that because she had the children with her at the convenience store...? Why would she have had to break in? Did he try to lock her out? And if so, whatever this altercation really was, WHY would he then leave the children with her for 10 hours?

 

[GrandmaBear]

So... "Mom" breaks into the apartment where caretaker (grandpa?) is and assaults him. I'm a bit confused about that because she had the children with her at the convenience store...? Why would she have had to break in? Did he try to lock her out? And if so, whatever this altercation really was, WHY would he then leave the children with her for 10 hours?

Seems like there is a lot of information missing here.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Relative Believes Others Should Be Charged In Connection To Tulsa Toddler Deaths

A relative of Miracle and Tony Crook believes more people should be charged in connection with the toddlers' deaths.

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Relative Believes Others Should Be Charged In Connection To Tulsa Toddler Deaths

A relative of Miracle and Tony Crook believes more people should be charged in connection with the toddlers' deaths.

The relative wished to remain anonymous and tells News On 6 she is frustrated with the new charges. She also doesn't think justice has been fully served.


Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler said he has no reason to look into other people right now because the kids died under Willis' watch, and that is why she now faces two counts of second-degree murder charges.

"I get people are concerned, but at the end of the day, we’re going to be looking at who is the person and who has principal responsibility for what took place on any given day and any particular location," Kunzweiler said.

Kunzweiler hopes more people report suspected cases of neglect in the future.

"Our biggest concern is we know things are going on. We hope that the people who have the best available eyes on these children, if they observe something that that's going on, they need to be acting," said Kunzweiler.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Funeral for 2 Tulsa children Miracle and Tony Crook scheduled for this weekend

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) – The funeral for two Tulsa children, who were found dead in a creek, is scheduled for Saturday, June 13. Three-year-old Miracle Crook and her 2-year-old brother Tony will be laid to rest together. The siblings disappeared on Friday, May 22, and were found several days...

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Three-year-old Miracle Crook and her 2-year-old brother Tony will be laid to rest together.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Medical examiner determines two Tulsa toddlers accidentally drowned

Tony and Miracle went missing from a Tulsa apartment complex on May 22.

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Medical examiner determines two Tulsa toddlers accidentally drowned

Officials released the cause of death of Miracle and Tony Crook, two young children found dead in May.

Friday, the medical examiner released autopsies that confirm the two children died by accidental drowning.

Medical examiner says drowning death of two young kids in Oklahoma accidental

Autopsy reports released Friday say both 3-year-old Miracle Crook and her 21-month-old brother, Tony Crook, drowned after being last seen on video holding hands and walking through an opening in a chain-link fence toward a rain-swollen creek that flows into the Arkansas River.

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The mother of the children, Donisha Willis, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder charges in the deaths.

 

[Sllywbbt32]

I have no idea at all how her lawyer is going to explain that she's not guilty of neglecting these poor innocent children causing their deaths!!
I can't get this case out of my mind! Someone should have seen two toddlers walking hand in hand without adult supervision. I know for absolute sure that if I saw babies with no adult around I would call 911.

RIP sweet Miracle and Tony.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I have no idea at all how her lawyer is going to explain that she's not guilty of neglecting these poor innocent children causing their deaths!!
I can't get this case out of my mind! Someone should have seen two toddlers walking hand in hand without adult supervision. I know for absolute sure that if I saw babies with no adult around I would call 911.

RIP sweet Miracle and Tony.

I have to agree, I cannot even imagine a society in which not a single adult stopped these two children or saw them and stayed with them or called police. Is it that common in Tulsa to see little toddlers in diapers out and about and alone? Not knocking Tulsa nor blaming anyone else, but it does boggle my mind that in all of the time these kids were unsupervised and out and about, that no one, not a single solitary person saw them or stopped them and looked for help or called LE? Is that the society we live in now?

It's not always easy to tell a child's age but one can generally tell toddlers with their padded diapered butts and their way of walking, etc. And there were TWO toddlers.

I don't get why she even wanted to see them if she was just going to do drugs and ignore them anyhow. Wasn't that the case here if I recall? It should be interesting to see her sentence because she never laid a hand on them to cause their death and there are people who did in some cases that received little time... They will likely try to blame it on the person who wasn't to leave her alone with them, saying they should have known. Isn't that the way sometimes?

Poor babies.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

As depraved as this woman is, I do actually think they'll have a hard time proving murder. 2nd degree or not.
HOWEVER, willful/malicious child neglect is a felony in Oklahoma. So their death during the commission of that felony may be possible...
But again, she was not their legal guardian and technically had no legal duty to watch them. So can you really legally neglect a child you aren't supposed to be watching?
(Please don't think that I believe she doesn't *deserve* to be charged. These kids would not have died in the care of anyone else. She is absolutely responsible. I'm just not sure about the legality and likelihood of actually getting a *murder* conviction.)


"second degree murder is an act of homicide that occurs as a result of an act that is “imminently dangerous” and shows “depraved mind” that disregards human life. Second degree murder also includes murder in the commission of a felony other than those specified as constituting first degree murder."

Murder & Homicide Defense Attorney in Oklahoma City OK | Law Firm of Oklahoma Murder - Lawyer | Attorneys at the Law Firm of Oklahoma

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[GrandmaBear]

As depraved as this woman is, I do actually think they'll have a hard time proving murder. 2nd degree or not.
HOWEVER, willful/malicious child neglect is a felony in Oklahoma. So their death during the commission of that felony may be possible...
But again, she was not their legal guardian and technically had no legal duty to watch them. So can you really legally neglect a child you aren't supposed to be watching?
(Please don't think that I believe she doesn't *deserve* to be charged. These kids would not have died in the care of anyone else. She is absolutely responsible. I'm just not sure about the legality and likelihood of actually getting a *murder* conviction.)


"second degree murder is an act of homicide that occurs as a result of an act that is “imminently dangerous” and shows “depraved mind” that disregards human life. Second degree murder also includes murder in the commission of a felony other than those specified as constituting first degree murder."

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Tough one. We ended up with 2nd degree when it clearly was first 1st degree. I know the reason as well based on what a juror or two said, Most were in agreement for first but for one or two they were hung up on one thing. Entirely different type of cases though but the charges are very much the same.

I think her behavior and negligence fits the law but how a juror will see that is hard to say. She took the children so to me that gives her the legal obligation to watch them in my opinion whether she had a legal right to have them or not. I get your point though, it could be looked at differently by even if not all jurors, at least one or more. I think it will come down to what they portray as a defense, any facts we may not know and whether a judge or jury decides the case and it would most likely be a jury. I don't think the jury will find her very likable which won't help her any.

You know how much I hate to be fair in any way about a guilty perp (lol but not) particularly in a case like this but I have to be honest and if she for instance can convince them she had no idea these children were not with the other person, then she may have a chance--or that she was so messed up she did not realize that--that should be no excuse but I could see it said. And, as you say, that could be a sticking point with the jurors, most take their jobs seriously in interpretation of the law and instructions...

These children could have just as easily been taken by the hand by a stranger and be safe even but that doesn't help her, they are dead. She then I suppose would only be facing some serious neglect charges possibly, if anything--depending on if the person called LE.

However, it is willful in she had to know a two or three year old alone for hours out of the house could come to all types of harm. However, did she know or think they could get out? It is willful to drink and drug to the point she was unaware of them leaving quite possibly. I think it will come down to possibly some picky little facts of what she knew or thought...

They could give the jury a choice of degrees... And if she takes on and admits to some blame, they could end up in a deal.

Anyhow, so while I don't like it one bit, I guess they do have some valid points they could try to use in her defense. I believe though these kids were back to the apartment one time weren't they? Meaning they got out twice? I would have to look back and you know how it is, we don't have the facts LE does but it seems they thought that... If she let them go twice or "lost" them twice and knew it at all, I think her goose is more likely cooked...

Imo.