John Griffin

Here are the season's best performances by area performers (through Tuesday): 100 Andre Debose, Seminole, 10.63 Keith Pickett, Oak Ridge, 10.65 Chauncy Gaines, Umatilla, 10.71 Derias Brown, South Lake, 10.73 Marcus Wallace, West Orange, 10.76 Tanner...

A Baltimore County prosecutor handling the murder cases against a Rodgers Forge couple charged in the starvation death of their 2-year-old son said yesterday that the abuse inflicted by the parents was "tantamount to torture" and that investigators are...

She joked that before he died, her nearly 3-year-old son weighed less than her infant daughter. She offered no explanation for the blood that police found on the bedroom walls and ceiling or on the bassinet in which the boy often slept -- other than the...

A Baltimore County judge hearing the case of the Rodgers Forge couple charged with murder in the starvation death of their 2-year-old son ruled yesterday that a police search warrant for the family's home was valid. Defense attorneys for John J....

When he died this week, 2-year-old Andrew Patrick Griffin weighed about 13 pounds, roughly the same as the typical 3-month-old. His body was covered with bruises and abrasions, and he appeared malnourished and dehydrated, according to investigators....

A Baltimore County judge is considering tossing out evidence seized by police in the search of the Rodgers Forge home of a couple charged with murder in the starvation death of their 2-year-old son. Attorneys for John J. Griffin and Susan J. Griffin...

Andrew Griffin looked a little skinny but was otherwise fine. Or maybe he wasn't. His mother couldn't be sure. In a videotaped conversation at Baltimore County police headquarters hours after her young son was declared dead in 2007, Susan J. Griffin...

A Towson couple charged with child abuse late last year in the death of their 2-year-old son were indicted yesterday on first-degree murder charges. Murder charges were filed against John J. Griffin and Susan Griffin of Rodgers Forge after a state...

A man whose severely malnourished son, his body marked by bruises and bloody abrasions, was declared dead at a Towson hospital in 2007 became defensive and combative a few hours later when a detective suggested that the boy's death amounted to homicide....

Taking the witness stand to defend himself against charges of abuse and murder in the death of his young son, John J. Griffin said yesterday he had been too busy with work to notice the boy's worsening condition, and that he had not seen any wounds on the...

The boys from Compton practiced all year for this field trip to Beverly Hills. They walked off their charter buses Friday and down the red carpet rolled out for them at Lawry's The Prime Rib. Through the double doors they marveled at the murals and...

A couple accused of beating and starving their son were found guilty yesterday in Baltimore County Circuit Court of second-degree murder and first-degree child abuse. John J. Griffin and Susan J. Griffin, both 39, will be sentenced March 27 for their...