MANY KNEW CHRISTIAN CHOATE WAS BEING TORTURED

AN EXPLOSIVE report in an Indiana newspaper over the weekend reveals that more than 13 people knew that Christian Choate was being tortured, abused and held in a dog cage. The Times of Munster said none of the people said a word to cops. Just one went to the Indiana Department of Child Services.
The 13-year-old boy died in 2009 after enduring eyars of torture, abuse and cruelty at the hands of his father, Riley Choate and stepmother, Kimberly Kubina. The sad, short life and death of Christian went unreported until cops dug up his body in May
from a shallow grave at a Gary, Indiana trailer park. An autopsy revealed he died of blunt force trauma. The couple now face murder and other charges. They've pleaded not guilty. One neighbor told The Times she remembered a children's service employee coming by the Choate home.
Lori Wingard said: "She never even stepped foot in the house. Kim (Kubina) came out of the house and stood there at the sidewalk and talked to the lady, and I just remember thinking, 'Go inside.'"
Wingard sold the family the dog cage where Christian was kept and tormented.
She added: "There are so many people that are involved that could have helped that little boy and didn't. I tried, and nothing was done." Guess social services wasn't listening to anyone on this matter and a sad, little boy died because of it.
Others were threatened with death and torture if they revealed the horrors inflicted on Christian, the Times said.  MORE THAN 13 KNEW CHRISTIAN CHOATE WAS BEING ABUSED

JUDGE GAGS RILEY CHOATE CASE

GAGGED

'NO EVIDENCE

THE case against monster dad Riley Choate who is accused of torturing killing his 13-year-old son took a bizarre twist, when the judge placed a gagging order on the case.
Along with his wife Kimberly Kubina, he is accused of the brutal torture of his son Christian, keeping him locked in a dog cage and barely feeding him.
The tragic 13-year-old wrote "I want to die" in a diary, just weeks before his life was cut short and his body was found buried near their home in a Gary, IN, trailer park.
But now Lake County Judge Diane Boswell  has placed a gagging order on the case, preventing any further reporting on the potentially sordid details of the case.
 The Juvenile Court last week released copies of their files on the Choate family, which detailed statements made by witnesses who said the couple and Christian's older sister regularly beat the boy from about 2007 until he died in the spring of 2009, allegedly after a Riley repeatedly struck the boy in the head.
The files also showed the Department of Child Services investigated  numerous allegations of abuse -- some substantiated, others not-- against Choate and Kubina dating as early as 1999.
As far back as 2008, caseworkers visited their home but  a period when his sister has told investigators the boy was being kept in a 3-foot-high dog cage, but after interviews they found no evidence of abuse.

PROSECUTOR TO JUDGE: WE WANT RILEY CHOATE'S DNA

EVIL?

TRAGIC

RILEY Choate's DNA is being sought by prosecutor's working on the horrific murder of his 13-year-old son. Christian Choate's battered body was found in a shallow grave near his home on the Gary, IN, trailer park where he was allegedly kept in a dog cage and horribly abused by his father and stepmother Kimberly Kubina.
The tragic 13-year-old wrote "I want to die" in a diary, within weeks of his tragic life being cut short.
Now, Deputy Prosecutor Michael Wood is asking Criminal Court Judge Diane Boswell's permission to collect genetic material with a cotton swab from the mouth of 39-year-old Riley, who is pleading not guilty to murder.
Choate's defense attorney Randy Godshalk said: "I presume they are trying to establish a DNA match between Riley and Christian Choate. It's kind of a standard request."
He told the NWI Times  said state law gives him little leeway to oppose the DNA evidence collection from his client.
Choate is set to appear in court for a variety of pretrial motions, including a request by the prosecution for his handwriting sample and a defense motion for a independent autopsy to investigate the medical cause of the victim's death.
The coroner's office states Christian died in early 2009 of blunt force trauma and a skull fracture.
Godshalk is asking the court to dismiss the case against his client on grounds the charges are too vague regarding the time and other details of the boy's death.
Kubina Choate also is pleading not guilty.