Father buries sons who starved to death

BREMERTON – The father of two small children who were found starved to death struggled to compose himself as he stared at his sons’ small white caskets.

Prosecutors say their mother lay drunk in bed as the boys were dying.

Christopher Bone and about 100 other family and friends attended a funeral service Tuesday at First Church of the Nazarene for 6-week-old Raiden and 16-month-old Justice Robinson.

The boys’ caskets were surrounded by flowers, two candles and photos of the children.

The two were found dead Nov. 14 in an apartment in Kent. A third brother, Phoenix, 2, was discovered emaciated and scrounging for food.

Their mother, Marie G. Robinson, 36, was passed out and surrounded by more than 300 empty beer cans. She has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder and one count of second-degree reckless endangerment.

Bone, 32, of Bremerton, was released Nov. 14 from the Kitsap County Jail after being held for failed court appearances. He went with his mother that day to Robinson’s apartment, but got no response. He told officers that he had been trying unsuccessfully to contact Robinson for 10 days by telephone.

Bone did not speak during the ceremony.

A statement prepared by the family said: “We are very thankful to our church family and the community for your prayers and support. We trust God to help us in dealing with our grief and sadness. We would appreciate your sensitivity and understanding as we go about the process of laying our boys to rest.”

Pastor Scott Shaw wept during the service, and told those outraged by the deaths to channel their anger toward helping other families.

“It’s easy to point a finger at ourselves or at others,” Shaw said.

Some have accused the state Department of Social and Health Services and Kitsap County Child Protective Services of failing to intervene on behalf of the children despite at least 10 reports accusing Robinson of neglect.