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		</div><h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Philadelphia man kills daughter who told family members she &#8216;didn&#8217;t feel safe with her dad&#8217;</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Jeffery &#8216;Jeff&#8217; Mancuso hit his daughter Kayden, 7, over the head with a weight, then suffocated her with a plastic bag at his home in Philadelphia over the weekend while she visited him</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Mancuso , 41, then left a note on her body saying her mother and stepfather &#8216;got what they deserved&#8221;</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>The killer dad and the Kayden&#8217;s mother Kathryn, had been embroiled in a years-long custody battle</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Kayden Mancuso, seven, was found dead in Philadelphia on Monday morning</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Kayden Mancuso had been visiting Jeff Mancuso, her biological dad, had been with her since Saturday morning, her body she was discovered in Jeff&#8217;s home by her stepfather at around 11am on Monday</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>He was supposed to take her home on Sunday night but never showed up </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Mancuso, 41, has a lengthy history of violence and mental health problems &#8211; In 2012, he bit a man&#8217;s ear off during a fight and punched the family&#8217;s dog in front of Kayden in the past </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>His ex-girlfriend Kathryn, sought out restraining orders against him and did not want him to have access to their daughter </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Psychologist had diagnosed him with major depressive disorder, moderate anxiety disorder</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>The diagnosis which pointed to identified narcissistic and antisocial personality traits, said he was suicidal and experienced feelings of &#8216;hopelessness&#8217;</strong></span></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Despite Mancuso&#8217;s violent past and diagnosis, Judge Jeffrey Trauger awarded him visitation rights every other weekend and on holida</span></strong><span style="color: #000000;">ys, now the bereaved family is calling for his resignation </span></h6>
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<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-297458" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Kayden-and-Jeffrey-Mancuso-1.jpg" alt="Kayden and Jeffrey Mancuso 1.jpg" width="720" height="720" />Jeff Mancuso [left], reportedly suffocated his seven-year-old daughter Kayden [right], with a plastic bag then killed himself over the weekend, at his home in Philadelphia, PA</strong></h6>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">A seven-year-old girl who was killed by her violent father in a murder-suicide was struck in the head with a weight and had a note left on her body that said her family got what they deserved.<br />
Kayden Mancuso was found dead by her stepfather in the living room of her father Jeffrey Mancuso&#8217;s home in Philadelphia on Monday.<br />
She had a plastic bag tied around her neck after being suffocated.<br />
Her father was found dead in an upstairs bedroom but his cause of death has not been released.<br />
It is believed that 41-year-old Jeff Mancuso suffocated his seven-year-old daughter Kayden with a plastic bag then killed himself at his home in Philadelphia over the weekend while she visited him.<br />
Jeffrey Mancuso and the girl&#8217;s mother Kathryn had been embroiled in a years-long custody battle. Her mother said Kayden told family members she &#8216;didn&#8217;t feel safe with her dad&#8217;, court records show.</p>
<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-297459" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Kayden-Mancuso-second-right-with-her-mother-stepfather-and-brothers.-.jpg" alt="Kayden Mancuso, [second right], with her mother, stepfather and brothers. .jpg" width="795" height="447" />Stable, happy family: Kayden Mancuso [second right], lived with her stepfather Brian Sherlock and mom Kathryn [left] and her half-brothers. Her mother had been trying to get full custody for years but was told by a judge that because Kayden was a happy child, she must agree to visitation</strong></h6>
<p class="mol-para-with-font"> Family told The Philadelphia Inquirer that a medical examiner said Kayden died after being hit in the head with a weight.<br />
Heather Giglio, the girl&#8217;s aunt, said Jeffrey Mancuso left a note on Kayden&#8217;s body saying the family &#8216;got what we deserved&#8217;.<img class=" wp-image-297461 alignleft" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Kayden-Mancuso-4.png" alt="Kayden Mancuso 4.png" width="259" height="318" /><br />
Heather Giglio, the Kayden&#8217;s aunt, said Jeffrey Mancuso left a note on Kayden&#8217;s body saying the family &#8216;got what we deserved&#8217;.<br />
Kayden [photo left], lived with her mother and her stepfather Brian Sherlock, who have been together since 2014, along with her two half-brothers. Her mother was never married to Mancuso and they separated when Kayden was one.<br />
Despite her mother&#8217;s repeated attempts to stop him from seeing her and his history of extreme violence, a judge granted him visitation rights in May this year after a lengthy court battle where his history for violence was laid bare.<br />
Jeffrey had a lengthy rap sheet including multiple assault charges and had been diagnosed with a &#8216;major depressive&#8217; disorder.<br />
Kayden Mancuso had witnessed her father punch himself in the face while angry and attack the family dog, according to family court documents. She told family members she was scared of her dad.<br />
However, as per the court ruling Kayden was allowed to visit her father from Saturdays at 10am until Sunday at 6pm as part of the agreement.<br />
On Sunday night, her stepfather became worried when she was not brought home as had been agreed.<br />
The family called police but say they were told there was nothing that could be done because she was with her biological father.<br />
Kayden lived with her mother Kathryn, her stepfather Brian and her two younger half-brothers. Kathryn had been trying to get full custody of her daughter for years but was told by a judge that because Kayden was a happy child, she must agree to visitation.</p>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><img class="alignnone wp-image-297450" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Jeffery-Mancusos-home-in-Phaladelphia-PA.png" alt="Jeffery Mancuso's home in Phaladelphia, PA.png" width="669" height="487" />House of <strong>horror: Kayden Mancuso was found dead with a note left on her body in the living room of her dad&#8217;s home [photo]. Jeff himself dead in one of the upstairs bedrooms.</strong></h6>
<div class="mobile-gallery-icon">On Monday, after Jeff failed to bring her home, Kayden&#8217;s stepfather and her grandfather went to his home in Philadelphia. They found Kayden dead in the living room and Jeff dead in one of the upstairs bedrooms. It is so far unclear how he took his own life.<br />
The family is now calling on Judge Jeffrey G. Trauger, who allowed Mancuso visitation rights in May, to resign.<br />
He allowed him to have access to Kayden despite being told about his extremely violent background and diagnosis from a court appointed psychologist.<br />
Past incidents included Mancuso biting people&#8217;s ears off during fights and trespassing.<br />
He was charged multiple times over the last 10 years with various levels of assault in addition to facing accusations of harassing and trespassing.</div>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-297452" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Brian-Sherlock-1.png" alt="Brian Sherlock 1.png" width="666" height="474" />Clearly grief-stricken, Brian Sherlock [L-R], cries outside Mancuso&#8217;s home after finding his stepdaughter&#8217;s lifeless body on Monday. He was ther to get Biden after her biological father failed to return her after a weekend visit</strong></h6>
<div>In May, Judge Jeffrey G. Trauger granted Mancuso visitation rights because he said Kayden was a &#8216;happy child&#8217;</div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Mancuso, who ran a construction recruitment business out of New Jersey, once told a court psychologist when describing one of his fights: &#8216;I beat him up, he put me in a headlock, and I bit down on his ear and took off the top part of his ear,&#8217; according to the court documents. On other occasions, he was seen by Kayden punching his dog and then himself in the face.</p>
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<strong>Judge Jeffrey G. Trauger: Did he err in granting visitation to a clearly unstable mind? In May, Trauger granted Jeffery Mancuso visitation rights because he said Kayden was a &#8216;happy child&#8217;</strong></h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">The psychologist diagnosed him with major depressive disorder, moderate with anxious disorder and identified narcissistic and antisocial personality traits.<br />
They said was suicidal and experienced feelings of &#8216;hopelessness&#8217;.<br />
Kayden&#8217;s mother, who also underwent a psychiatric evaluation as part of the custody proceedings, was found not to have any ailments.<br />
During the custody proceedings, the court was also told how he had been banned from his daughter&#8217;s school because he had been so aggressive in his correspondence with teachers. &#8211; Other parents had remarked on how he belittled the teachers and left threatening comments on an online forum.<br />
In his decision, Judge Trauger said he had &#8216;serious concerns&#8217; about Mancuso&#8217;s ability to control his behavior but he allowed him visitation rights anyway.<br />
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<div>Even though Kayden had told a custody evaluator that she wanted to &#8216;not spend as many days with dad&#8217;, the judge said she had no strong dislike of him, was not scared of him and since she wasn&#8217;t being physically abused by him at the time, should be allowed to carry on seeing him</div>
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<div class="mobile-gallery-icon">Kathryn who married husband Brain Sherlock in 2016, had been trying for years to get full custody of her. She feared her ex would harm Kayden but was forced to allow him to spend time with her because of the court&#8217;s decision, her sister said.<br />
&#8216;Kayden presents as a happy kid with a generally normal relationship with both parents despite the volatile relationship they have with each other,&#8217; he said in his ruling, citing the findings of a custody evaluator.<br />
Kayden had watched him not only fight with the family&#8217;s dog but hit her grandmother and punch himself in the face.</div>
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<div class="mobile-gallery-icon">Instead of keeping her from him, the judge ruled: &#8216;The court nonetheless encourages father to focus on spending quality time with child but warns father that his way of handling third party conflicts is very troubling.&#8217;</div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Kayden&#8217;s family now says they always feared he would harm her but prayed it would never be so extreme.<br />
&#8216;We knew this was gonna happen one day, we just prayed it wouldn&#8217;t.&#8217;<br />
&#8216;The system failed us. My sister fought for her custody for years and they didn&#8217;t listen to us. They let him take her and now she&#8217;s gone,&#8217; her aunt Heather Giglio said.</p>
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Unstable dad, Jeff Mancuso, ‘hit his daughter, seven, over the head with a weight, then suffocated her with a plastic bag and left a note on her body saying her mother and stepdad ‘got what they deserved”
