Stillborn daughter of Michelle Baker
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DAYTON - A former doctor who admitted to giving his ex-girlfriend prescription drugs to cause a miscarriage stunned a crowded courtroom yesterday when he said that the loss of the child was God's will.
Maynard Muntzing II, 35, of Lima, Ohio, showed no remorse at his sentencing. He didn't apologize to Michelle Baker, 34, of suburban Huber Heights, who became pregnant with Muntzing's child in May 2000. She later miscarried.
He said the miscarriage was an act of God and that he would become a stronger person because of it.
His words shocked the people inside the Montgomery County Common Pleas courtroom, including Judge Barbara Gorman who sentenced Muntzing to five years in prison for his crime.
"For whatever reason, good will come from this and [my family and I] will persevere," Muntzing said in his short statement. "I will wipe dust from my sandals ... because life goes on."
Judge Gorman scolded Muntzing, telling him that he should have apologized and accepted full responsibility for his behavior. Muntzing pleaded guilty Oct. 1 to one count of attempted felonious assault and two counts of contaminating a substance for human consumption as part of a plea bargain with prosecutors. He agreed to give up his medical license and never practice medicine again in the United States.
"I would have to say that was one of the most bizarre statements I've ever heard," Judge Gorman told Muntzing. "I personally think you are a disgrace to your profession. This is all your doing. You have to take responsibility for that."
After the sentencing, Prosecutor Mathias Heck said Muntzing showed no remorse.
"The guy is incredibly pompous and simply disgusting with his comments," Mr. Heck said.
But Muntzing's attorney, Tony Communale, said he believed Muntzing apologized. Mr. Communale admitted, though, that he couldn't "discern" what his client's statement meant.
"I think he was saying essentially that he was sorry in his own words and in his own way," he said.
Muntzing admitted spiking Ms. Baker's drinks with Cytotec, a stomach treatment drug that can trigger miscarriages. Ms. Baker said she became pregnant with Muntzing's child in May 2000. Five months later, she had a 28-week stillborn baby she named Makayla.
The county coroner's office said the cause of the miscarriage could not be determined.
Muntzing, a 1995 graduate of Ohio University's College of Osteopathic Medicine, was a medical resident in Dayton, where he concentrated on head and neck surgery. He opened an ear, nose, and throat practice in Lima last year.
Ms. Baker spoke at length in court yesterday, telling the story of a whirlwind romance with Muntzing, a man who told her he loved her and wanted to marry her. He moved in with her after only a month.
But Ms. Baker said Muntzing was seeing her and his current wife, Tammy, whom he was engaged to, at the time. At one point, Ms. Baker said she confronted the two and they told her she should get an abortion.
On another occasion, Ms. Baker said she heard the two allegedly talking about the pregnancy, and Muntzing said "he would take care of it."
That led Ms. Baker to suspect that she was being drugged, and she called police. He was arrested in August 2000, after police observed the doctor, via a pinhole video camera, tamper with Ms. Baker's drink in her kitchen.
Mrs. Muntzing, 38, is charged with helping carry out the plan and could face up to two years in prison. She is expected to enter a plea on Wednesday in Judge Gorman's courtroom, said Kim Melnick, an assistant county prosecutor.
Ms. Baker said her heart still aches for her daughter, who would have turned 1 tomorrow. She said her only comfort is knowing that Muntzing will be judged by God one day.
"I feel no punishment is harsh enough for Maynard, who has shown little regard for life," Ms. Baker said.
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DAYTON - A former doctor who admitted to giving his ex-girlfriend prescription drugs to cause a miscarriage stunned a crowded courtroom yesterday when he said that the loss of the child was God's will.
Maynard Muntzing II, 35, of Lima, Ohio, showed no remorse at his sentencing. He didn't apologize to Michelle Baker, 34, of suburban Huber Heights, who became pregnant with Muntzing's child in May 2000. She later miscarried.
He said the miscarriage was an act of God and that he would become a stronger person because of it.
His words shocked the people inside the Montgomery County Common Pleas courtroom, including Judge Barbara Gorman who sentenced Muntzing to five years in prison for his crime.
"For whatever reason, good will come from this and [my family and I] will persevere," Muntzing said in his short statement. "I will wipe dust from my sandals ... because life goes on."
Judge Gorman scolded Muntzing, telling him that he should have apologized and accepted full responsibility for his behavior. Muntzing pleaded guilty Oct. 1 to one count of attempted felonious assault and two counts of contaminating a substance for human consumption as part of a plea bargain with prosecutors. He agreed to give up his medical license and never practice medicine again in the United States.
"I would have to say that was one of the most bizarre statements I've ever heard," Judge Gorman told Muntzing. "I personally think you are a disgrace to your profession. This is all your doing. You have to take responsibility for that."
After the sentencing, Prosecutor Mathias Heck said Muntzing showed no remorse.
"The guy is incredibly pompous and simply disgusting with his comments," Mr. Heck said.
But Muntzing's attorney, Tony Communale, said he believed Muntzing apologized. Mr. Communale admitted, though, that he couldn't "discern" what his client's statement meant.
"I think he was saying essentially that he was sorry in his own words and in his own way," he said.
Muntzing admitted spiking Ms. Baker's drinks with Cytotec, a stomach treatment drug that can trigger miscarriages. Ms. Baker said she became pregnant with Muntzing's child in May 2000. Five months later, she had a 28-week stillborn baby she named Makayla.
The county coroner's office said the cause of the miscarriage could not be determined.
Muntzing, a 1995 graduate of Ohio University's College of Osteopathic Medicine, was a medical resident in Dayton, where he concentrated on head and neck surgery. He opened an ear, nose, and throat practice in Lima last year.
Ms. Baker spoke at length in court yesterday, telling the story of a whirlwind romance with Muntzing, a man who told her he loved her and wanted to marry her. He moved in with her after only a month.
But Ms. Baker said Muntzing was seeing her and his current wife, Tammy, whom he was engaged to, at the time. At one point, Ms. Baker said she confronted the two and they told her she should get an abortion.
On another occasion, Ms. Baker said she heard the two allegedly talking about the pregnancy, and Muntzing said "he would take care of it."
That led Ms. Baker to suspect that she was being drugged, and she called police. He was arrested in August 2000, after police observed the doctor, via a pinhole video camera, tamper with Ms. Baker's drink in her kitchen.
Mrs. Muntzing, 38, is charged with helping carry out the plan and could face up to two years in prison. She is expected to enter a plea on Wednesday in Judge Gorman's courtroom, said Kim Melnick, an assistant county prosecutor.
Ms. Baker said her heart still aches for her daughter, who would have turned 1 tomorrow. She said her only comfort is knowing that Muntzing will be judged by God one day.
"I feel no punishment is harsh enough for Maynard, who has shown little regard for life," Ms. Baker said.
Stillborn daughter of Michelle Baker
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DAYTON - A former doctor who admitted to giving his ex-girlfriend prescription drugs to cause a miscarriage stunned a crowded courtroom yesterday when he said that the loss of the child was God's will.
Maynard Muntzing II, 35, of Lima, Ohio, showed no remorse at his sentencing. He didn't apologize to Michelle Baker, 34, of suburban Huber Heights, who became pregnant with Muntzing's child in May 2000. She later miscarried.
He said the miscarriage was an act of God and that he would become a stronger person because of it.
His words shocked the people inside the Montgomery County Common Pleas courtroom, including Judge Barbara Gorman who sentenced Muntzing to five years in prison for his crime.
"For whatever reason, good will come from this and [my family and I] will persevere," Muntzing said in his short statement. "I will wipe dust from my sandals ... because life goes on."
Judge Gorman scolded Muntzing, telling him that he should have apologized and accepted full responsibility for his behavior. Muntzing pleaded guilty Oct. 1 to one count of attempted felonious assault and two counts of contaminating a substance for human consumption as part of a plea bargain with prosecutors. He agreed to give up his medical license and never practice medicine again in the United States.
"I would have to say that was one of the most bizarre statements I've ever heard," Judge Gorman told Muntzing. "I personally think you are a disgrace to your profession. This is all your doing. You have to take responsibility for that."
After the sentencing, Prosecutor Mathias Heck said Muntzing showed no remorse.
"The guy is incredibly pompous and simply disgusting with his comments," Mr. Heck said.
But Muntzing's attorney, Tony Communale, said he believed Muntzing apologized. Mr. Communale admitted, though, that he couldn't "discern" what his client's statement meant.
"I think he was saying essentially that he was sorry in his own words and in his own way," he said.
Muntzing admitted spiking Ms. Baker's drinks with Cytotec, a stomach treatment drug that can trigger miscarriages. Ms. Baker said she became pregnant with Muntzing's child in May 2000. Five months later, she had a 28-week stillborn baby she named Makayla.
The county coroner's office said the cause of the miscarriage could not be determined.
Muntzing, a 1995 graduate of Ohio University's College of Osteopathic Medicine, was a medical resident in Dayton, where he concentrated on head and neck surgery. He opened an ear, nose, and throat practice in Lima last year.
Ms. Baker spoke at length in court yesterday, telling the story of a whirlwind romance with Muntzing, a man who told her he loved her and wanted to marry her. He moved in with her after only a month.
But Ms. Baker said Muntzing was seeing her and his current wife, Tammy, whom he was engaged to, at the time. At one point, Ms. Baker said she confronted the two and they told her she should get an abortion.
On another occasion, Ms. Baker said she heard the two allegedly talking about the pregnancy, and Muntzing said "he would take care of it."
That led Ms. Baker to suspect that she was being drugged, and she called police. He was arrested in August 2000, after police observed the doctor, via a pinhole video camera, tamper with Ms. Baker's drink in her kitchen.
Mrs. Muntzing, 38, is charged with helping carry out the plan and could face up to two years in prison. She is expected to enter a plea on Wednesday in Judge Gorman's courtroom, said Kim Melnick, an assistant county prosecutor.
Ms. Baker said her heart still aches for her daughter, who would have turned 1 tomorrow. She said her only comfort is knowing that Muntzing will be judged by God one day.
"I feel no punishment is harsh enough for Maynard, who has shown little regard for life," Ms. Baker said.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DAYTON - A former doctor who admitted to giving his ex-girlfriend prescription drugs to cause a miscarriage stunned a crowded courtroom yesterday when he said that the loss of the child was God's will.
Maynard Muntzing II, 35, of Lima, Ohio, showed no remorse at his sentencing. He didn't apologize to Michelle Baker, 34, of suburban Huber Heights, who became pregnant with Muntzing's child in May 2000. She later miscarried.
He said the miscarriage was an act of God and that he would become a stronger person because of it.
His words shocked the people inside the Montgomery County Common Pleas courtroom, including Judge Barbara Gorman who sentenced Muntzing to five years in prison for his crime.
"For whatever reason, good will come from this and [my family and I] will persevere," Muntzing said in his short statement. "I will wipe dust from my sandals ... because life goes on."
Judge Gorman scolded Muntzing, telling him that he should have apologized and accepted full responsibility for his behavior. Muntzing pleaded guilty Oct. 1 to one count of attempted felonious assault and two counts of contaminating a substance for human consumption as part of a plea bargain with prosecutors. He agreed to give up his medical license and never practice medicine again in the United States.
"I would have to say that was one of the most bizarre statements I've ever heard," Judge Gorman told Muntzing. "I personally think you are a disgrace to your profession. This is all your doing. You have to take responsibility for that."
After the sentencing, Prosecutor Mathias Heck said Muntzing showed no remorse.
"The guy is incredibly pompous and simply disgusting with his comments," Mr. Heck said.
But Muntzing's attorney, Tony Communale, said he believed Muntzing apologized. Mr. Communale admitted, though, that he couldn't "discern" what his client's statement meant.
"I think he was saying essentially that he was sorry in his own words and in his own way," he said.
Muntzing admitted spiking Ms. Baker's drinks with Cytotec, a stomach treatment drug that can trigger miscarriages. Ms. Baker said she became pregnant with Muntzing's child in May 2000. Five months later, she had a 28-week stillborn baby she named Makayla.
The county coroner's office said the cause of the miscarriage could not be determined.
Muntzing, a 1995 graduate of Ohio University's College of Osteopathic Medicine, was a medical resident in Dayton, where he concentrated on head and neck surgery. He opened an ear, nose, and throat practice in Lima last year.
Ms. Baker spoke at length in court yesterday, telling the story of a whirlwind romance with Muntzing, a man who told her he loved her and wanted to marry her. He moved in with her after only a month.
But Ms. Baker said Muntzing was seeing her and his current wife, Tammy, whom he was engaged to, at the time. At one point, Ms. Baker said she confronted the two and they told her she should get an abortion.
On another occasion, Ms. Baker said she heard the two allegedly talking about the pregnancy, and Muntzing said "he would take care of it."
That led Ms. Baker to suspect that she was being drugged, and she called police. He was arrested in August 2000, after police observed the doctor, via a pinhole video camera, tamper with Ms. Baker's drink in her kitchen.
Mrs. Muntzing, 38, is charged with helping carry out the plan and could face up to two years in prison. She is expected to enter a plea on Wednesday in Judge Gorman's courtroom, said Kim Melnick, an assistant county prosecutor.
Ms. Baker said her heart still aches for her daughter, who would have turned 1 tomorrow. She said her only comfort is knowing that Muntzing will be judged by God one day.
"I feel no punishment is harsh enough for Maynard, who has shown little regard for life," Ms. Baker said.
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