Daycare Provider Stomps 3 Year-Old Girl To Death After Mother Of Child Abandon Daughter For Weeks

Meet Savannah Cross, of Phoenix, Arizona.

Savannah Cross

This cute 3 year-old bundle of smiles, was stomped to death by her daycare provider’s boyfriend Monday night, December 10th, as the daycare provider looked on…and did nothing.

But wait…

Let’s start from the beginning…

Meet Ashley Dattoli Livengood.

Ashley Dattoli Livengood

This 27 year-old is Savannah’s mother (for lack of a better analogy).

Her job title: stripper.

Her job does not make her a bad mother. But what she did does.

You see, she left Savannah with Ryan Reed, 27, and Allison Clement, 28, in July.

Baby Killers: Ryan Reed, 27, and Allison Clement, 28.

That was 5 months ago.

She would come by sporadically to visit the little girl and drop money off, but she left without the little girl each time.

Little Savannah’s father, Stephen Cross, a former Marine who lives in Colorado, said he left his daughter because he suffers from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Order).

Stephen Cross pictured with Savannah during happier times.

‘If I would have known that she was being left with complete strangers for weeks on end, I would have been down there in a skinny minute to get my daughter,’ he told CBS5.

But she wasn’t just left with the ‘babysitter’.

She was abandoned.

Monday night, Reed, the boyfriend of the daycare provider, repeatedly hit, kicked and grabbed the girl at the home. Reed stomped on the child’s stomach while she was on the ground and she curled up and spent the rest of the night in that position.

Scene: The couple advertised their ‘babysitting’ service on Craigslist and had two children of their own

Clement, the daycare provider,  just watched.

Throughout the night, Reed heard Savannah groaning but only called authorities at 7am on Tuesday when he found her unresponsive, police said. She died on the way to hospital.

Investigators added that Savannah’s injuries were so severe that it will take further investigations to discover what killed her.Investigators also found the girl was covered in bruises on both side of her body. They were at different stages of healing, suggesting long-term abuse, Maricopa County Superior Courts documents noted.The girl’s grandmother, Cathy Cross, added: ‘You don’t drop your kids at daycare and never come back except to pay them. What is that, paid abandonment? What is that?’Family friend Frank Warneka told ABC15 he lived with Savannah and Ashley until a month ago, but knew the woman often did not pay her childcare bill.’They [Reed and Clements] sent a note home to Ashley saying she owned them $1,200,’ he said.

‘I called them and said Ashley doesn’t live here anymore and that they should call CPS because it isn’t their responsibility to take care of Savannah.

‘I think Ashley thought she loved Savannah, but I don’t think she knows how to love anything.’

Ashley has not been charged but police spokesman Sgt. Trent Crump said more charges may be filed after the medical examiner’s office reports back to police.

‘If there is any of these injuries that may have been long term or extended than we might hold somebody else responsible,’ he said.

It is believed the couple advertised their daycare services on Craigslist.

A child-care facility only needs a license if it is caring for four more children other than their own. Investigators found three children and two belonging to the couple at the home.

The children have been taken into the custody of Child Protective Services.

These pigs need to be punished…

Tortured…

For a long time…

I don’t want the death sentence in this case, because that’ll make it too easy and quick…

A looooonnnngggg slow torture would suffice…

Rest in peace, dear angel…

Rest In Paradise Sweet Savannah

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Savannah-Katheryn-Cross-Memorial-Page/530843176926462

A Memorial Fund has been set up to accept donations to cover Savannah’s burial expenses. Details as follows:

Savannah Cross Memorial Fund

Pueblo Bank and Trust Co.
200 F Street
Salida, Co. 81201
719-539-6696

Read more here.