Father accused of bloodying 2 children, hitting pregnant wife
Robert Franklin, Star Tribune
March 31, 2005 BABY0331

Timothy Staten shook, bit and dropped his 2-year-old daughter and threw her into a wall and down a stairway, leaving the child fighting for her life with a fractured skull, bleeding of the brain and facial injuries, authorities in Red Wing, Minn., said Wednesday.

Staten appeared to be in a drug-induced rage when he bloodied the toddler and another child early Tuesday, punched his pregnant wife as many as 100 times, struggled with five police officers, broke a leather restraint and fought with jailers, according to a criminal complaint.

His daughter was in critical condition late Wednesday in St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, where she was taken by air ambulance. An emergency room staff member said initially that the child was expected to live, but Goodhue County Attorney Steve Betcher said Wednesday that she underwent several emergency surgeries and "has been on the verge of death."

Staten, 26, who has a history of drug use and violence, was held in lieu of $1 million bail after he was charged in Goodhue County District with eight counts, including attempted first-degree murder, assault, making terroristic threats and malicious punishment of a child causing great bodily harm.

From interviews with Staten's wife, Jennifer, and police officers, the complaint gave this account:

Timothy Staten began acting strangely after he came home late Monday night, spitting, pounding the floor with his fists and punching the glass out of picture frames.

Jennifer Staten, 25 and eight weeks pregnant, said that when she tried to talk to him, he started punching her, kicked her three times and punched her 4-year-old daughter in the face.

She left the house to call for help, then went back and got her older daughter. A friend, Diana Hansen, went into the house and saw Timothy Staten pick the 2-year-old up from the floor and toss or drop her three times.

When police arrived about 12:20 a.m. Tuesday, they found the hysterical mother outside and, inside they found blood on a coffee table and piles of bloody children's clothes. They saw Staten upstairs, sitting on a toilet and shaking the younger child so hard that "[her] head was going back and forth." The child was not crying.

Red Wing police officer Katie Quinn told him to put the child down, but Staten threw the toddler toward the officer, who was unable to catch her. The child hit a wall and landed at the bottom of the stairs.

As Quinn carried the child outside to paramedics, she "could hear a few labored breaths that sounded like there was some liquid in the lungs," the complaint said. The child had injuries to the back of her head, and a large piece of her cheek had been bitten out. Doctors found the skull fracture, brain injury and "numerous recent injuries," including bite marks, on her body.

Names of the two children were not released.

Timothy Staten yelled and swore at police, was zapped with a Taser, held down by several officers, strapped to a backboard and taken by ambulance to jail, where he fought with deputies.

Jennifer Staten told police there were blue pills, what appeared to be marijuana and "a whole bunch of ecstasy in her house, and she wanted it gone," the complaint said.

Topic: people like this shouldnt be allowed to live!!

Staten appeared to be in a drug-induced rage...

Yeah, sure, blame the drug and not the AHOLE who is abusing it.

Let me edit to clarify that in no way am I attempting to excuse the actions of the poor excuse for a man in this story. He certainly is responsible for his actions, but quite obviously his use of illegal drugs influenced his behavior. They should lock him up for a LONG time.

...I can rest well at night knowing this poor sick man will get the treatment and rehabilitation that he needs.

I'm sure glad we don't have the death penalty here in MN.

I can rest well at night knowing this poor sick man will get the treatment and rehabilitation that he needs.

You people are so cruel and evil.. who are you to pass judgement on someone. do you live his life? How do you know he's not a racially oppressed person who is desperate for an outlet for his rage. Or he may simply have a chemical dependance which can be cured with treatment.

These are the actions of a man on PCP or Angle dust, or LSD. With my training I learned to Identify the effects of different drugs on different people, given that some people will act differently then others, there is a basic pattern to cretin types of drugs and PCP defiantly makes people violent, and makes them feel invincible because they don’t feel pain.

I believe it will come out that he was on one of the 3 said drugs... I seriously doubt he was on E and Pot... ya they just make you too mellow/lazy to be violent to anyone.

Last update: April 6, 2005 at 9:07 AM
Condition of baby thrown down stairway improves
The Associated Press
April 6, 2005 MNChildThrown
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ROCHESTER, Minn. - The condition of the Red Wing toddler has been upgraded from critical to serious as she recovers from injuries suffered when she allegedly was thrown down a stairway by her father.

Ty Shay Staten suffered a fractured skull and brain injuries and underwent emergency surgery at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, authorities said.

The 2-year-old's father, Timothy Staten, 26, is being held in lieu of $1 million bail on charges of attempted first-degree murder, assault, making terroristic threats and malicious punishment of a child, causing great bodily harm.

According to the criminal complaint, Staten punched his pregnant wife and her 4-year-old daughter early on March 29 while he apparently was high on drugs, shook and bit Ty and threw her down a stairway at a Red Wing police officer who sought to intervene.

A fund has been started to help the girl's family with expenses. Ty's mother, Jennifer, has not been working because she's been at the child's bedside, a Mayo Clinic spokesman said.

Contributions can be sent to the Ty Shay Staten Fund, in care of Diane Bremer, the children's godmother, P.O. Box 6193, Rochester, MN 55903.