Chicago Tribune: Girl died after parents hit her 160 times This is really creepy. How in the heck can a supposedly loving father do that to his child? Over a jacket that the mother lost. So the kid was guilty of what? not keeping the laundry picked up? Well gee If Mom had hung her coat up in the closet it wouldn't be lost now would it? Beating a child with an electrical cable... hmmm seems like a bad idea to me. Not to mention the fury it must take to do it for a prolonged period. And what is the significance of hitting her in sets of 39? And gagging her with a towel? really.. hmm.. if you are hitting your kid that hard and that often maybe you should stop and think a bit. Kid dead cause mom lost her jacket. Seems wildly unfair.