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Murdered Child's Grandfather Wants Justice

Murdered Child's Grandfather Wants Justice - Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 4:00PM EST

KUNKLETOWN - It's a case of murder and violence eight years in the making. Wednesday the court chose a jury for a man who is accused of killing one of his children and brutally beating another.

It took just about four hours to choose the jury that will decide McKinley Warren's fate. The East Stroudsburg man could face life in prison if convicted.

Eyewitness News reporter Laurie Monteforte has been following the case for years. She has this exclusive interview with the murdered child's grandfather.

Arthur Bock loves to spend time with his grandchildren. But there is one he will never hug again. "I think about the poor child. The life she could have had. I pray for her all the time," he said.

Someone murdered Jessica Bock eight years ago. She was two and a half years old. "It's been tearing me apart ever since. I cry a lot."

Police say Jessica's father McKinley Warren killed her. Testimony in his murder trial begins next week. "Thank God it's here. It's been tearing me apart," said Bock.

When Jessica died in 2000, Warren told officers the toddler fell out of a car. Doctors said it looked like abuse. But police didn't have enough evidence to arrest anyone until seven years later. "It just ate inside of me," said Bock.

Then in 2007 a neighbor reported McKinley was abusing a child. Police charged him with beating his three year old son Isaiah. His wife Cindy was accused of allowing the abuse to happen.

Bock said, "Cindy is no better than he is in my opinion. She had a chance to stop him even if she took a beating."

To get out of some trouble Cindy agreed to testify against her husband in the murder and abuse cases. Arthur has no doub a jury will convict McKinley Warren.

"I would like to see him put in the electric chair and I press the button," said Bock.

Bock says this all needs to end soon, for Jessica's sake. "I think she'll rest in peace when he has his justice," he explained.

And when he plays with his eleven living grandchildren, he thinks about the life that could have been. "I just miss her - very dearly," he said.

Testimony in the trial begins Monday.