Another Baby Left With Boyfriend Tragedy

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15 Feb 2007 05:11 PM

It is another verse of the same song that seems to be playing everywhere. The twenty year old mother of a fourteen month old little girl went to work and left the child with her twenty-one year old boy friend who lived with them. When she came back to the couple's apartment from her job, she discovered that the child was unconscious. She summoned help in the apartment complex and someone administered CPR to the child. It was too late.

The child was dead when they arrived at a local hospital. Upon examining the baby, medical personnel noticed unusual swelling and contusions on her face and body. It did not take long to determine that the child did not die of natural causes. It has been ruled that she died from receiving severe blows to her body.

The man has been charged with murder and the woman has been charged with filing a report that was false. Apparently, her account of what happened prior to the child's death was inaccurate. Authorities have stated that more serious charges may be filed against the mother.

What kind of man would administer a beating to a baby? What kind of woman thinks that having a man around is more important than her child's safety? What kind of woman would make false statements to get the man who murdered her child out of trouble?

This case disturbs me for reasons beyond the obvious. This occurred in the small town that I live in. We are close to Houston, but the community definitely has a small town atmosphere. I drive by the apartment complex where these events occurred several times a day. When I read about crimes like this one, I always assume that it happened in a crime-ridden, drug-infested area of an inner city. This horrible event happened very close to home.

I spent one summer while I was in law school working in a prison. I know what I am about to say as a fact. Most of the men who are in prison suffered physical abuse during their childhood. Child beaters are not well thought of among the population. If the young man is convicted, he will have a very rough stay in the penitentiary.

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Hava Lyon (1545) 15 Feb 2007 07:16 PM

Ed, that is so tough. It's hard when something hits home like that. I too live in a small town, and this past year when a girl at the local high school was killed by her classmates, it really hit this town hard, because we aren't supposed to have things like that happen to us, KWIM?

Thanks for the blog. And PS, you're right about how the jail time is going to be rough for the boyfriend. I don't have a whole lot of pity for him though.....

:-(

Havs

Fatherofeight (2475) 15 Feb 2007 07:49 PM

Thanks for the comment, Havs. I guess the reality is that this kind of behavior has become a part of our society to the point that it is happening everywhere with all kinds of people.

rsbg (501) 15 Feb 2007 09:22 PM

and a rough stay he deserves!!!! that poor baby....

Fatherofeight (2475) 16 Feb 2007 12:32 PM

amen

PATTI (580) 20 Feb 2007 12:04 PM

Dear Ed, nothing that I can think of is a bad enough punishment for this guy. There's got to be a way to deter people from abusing children and certainly a way to keep people from re offending. PATTi

Fatherofeight (2475) 21 Feb 2007 07:23 PM

Believe when I say that his time in prison will be hard time.