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Ursula Sunshine Assaid (named so by her father, so that her initials would spell USA.) Ursula was living in Florida with her Mother and her Boyfriend. McDougall *the boyfriend* and Susan Assaid *the mother* prevented Ursula from eating or drinking for a week, and while Susan stood by, McDougall beat the girl and killed her. Not only was little Ursula denied food and water, she was also denied sleep. McDougall would force the poor child to march around the house for hours with soiled underwear on her head, the only sustinence she was given was "soap sandwiches" (two peices of bread with sliced bar soap in between). He would force her to sit outside starting in the early morning, without water or food, not allowing her to go to the bathroom, and if Ursula happened to wet herself, he would beat her, and then she would have to march again, saying the alphabet repetively. If she were to hesitate, or miss a letter, another beating would ensue. Finally, McDougall beat little Ursula to death one night, while her mother stood by and did nothing. After she died the put her in a duffle bag and stuck weights in there and tossed her small body into a drainage pond. When neighbors would ask where Ursula was, her mother would say she was with her father, it came out later that the small child was murdered at the hands of that evil man, while her mother, the neighbors, and school officials did and said nothing.
McDougal was found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to 34 years in prison; Susan served five years of a 15-year sentence for manslaughter. Twice since 1992, when the possibility has arisen that McDougall might be allowed to leave prison, Florida has tightened the rules governing the early release of convicts.
The Russ & Bo Show, a talk-radio program broadcast in the evening over WTKS-FM in Orlando, Florida, usually concerns itself with "women and beer," as one of the hosts, Russ Rollins, puts it. But on Sept. 25, the show addressed the subject of child abuse, commemorating the death exactly 14 years earlier of Ursula Sunshine Assaid. When she was five years old, Ursula was tortured and killed by her mother's boyfriend, Donald McDougall. The murder still causes bitterness in Orlando, and on the anniversary, the Russ & Bo Show devoted five hours to it. Between phone calls, Rollins graphically described the suffering Ursula endured. Building to an emotional peak at 8:50, the time of her death, he then called for a moment of silence. As Rollins told TIME, "Dead air on a radio program is strong."
One of the people listening that night was Arba Earl Barr, 33, an inmate at the Avon Park Correctional Institution, the same prison in which McDougall was incarcerated. Barr was serving a 114-year sentence on assault and robbery charges. On Oct. 1, say police, Barr, McDougall and 200 other inmates were in the prison yard after dinner, when Barr took the steel post used in a game of horseshoes and beat McDougall to death with it. Prison officials say they had put McDougall under protective custody on the night of the Russ & Bo broadcast because inmates who had been listening told them that a caller had offered a $1,000 reward to anyone who killed McDougall. After five days in custody, McDougall insisted on being released. That evening he was murdered.
No Child Should Ever Be Abused Or Shacken Just Because You Can't Take Being A Parent!!
There's No EXCUSE For Child Abuse!!
Be A Voice For The One's Who Need One!!!
One Minute Of Anger Can Cause A Life Time Of Pain!!!
URSULA HAS A MEMORIAL PAGE ON MYSPACE.COM ALSO, HERES THE URL:
http://www.myspace.com/babytristan08