Tony Dameron is a despicable, vile, wretched, loathsome baby killer who is beyond contempt. But he's no sex offender, he says.
Dameron, who is currently serving a life sentence at Pontiac Correctional Center, recently filed a petition to have his name removed from the Illinois Sex Offender Registry.
Dameron was found guilty, In 1998, of murdering his 3-month-old daughter. He beat the infant so badly that she was found with 37 facial injuries, a fractured skull and severe brain damage. After Dameron killed her, he stuffied her body in a duffel bag and and hid it in his apartment where the police found it.
At one time, authorities thought there was a sexual factor to Dameron's crime. He was charged with "aggravated criminal sexual assault of a child younger than 13."
Though he was never convicted of the crime, Dameron's name was put on the sex offender list.
Now the 38-year-old is complaining that being listed on the registry is causing "irreparable damage" to his prison rep.
We didn't know it was possible to harm the reputation of a baby murderer, yet, in his petition, Dameron states that he would be better suited for the Illinois Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registry.
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Dameron's request will go to Judge Michael J. Colwell in January 2010.
Matt Bartosik is a "between blogs" blogger.
