stories like this fill me with blind rage

strength · December 2010

i'm sure you've seen this story. i cannot guarantee that i wouldn't attack these people if i saw them on the street.

romarie · December 2010

I just don't understand what kind of human being can have that little compassion to a BABY. That makes me physically ill to think about how this poor little boy hurt and nothing was done to help him. ;(

MichellePete · December 2010

It made me ill to think of the step father doing all that to the child. However, knowing that they have enought evidence to show that the mom likely knew about it and did nothing makes me sick. That a mom chooses her boyfriend/husband over her child makes me incredibly sad. It was like the little boy in Minneapolis who was hiding in the OVEN to get away from his mom's boyfriend and the mom turned it on to get him out. How desperate do you have to be as a child to hide in the oven? And how sad to be child who cannot communicate with others to tell them what is gonig on?

brifox711 · December 2010

Yeah, I had to stop reading about it yesterday. On kare11 they had a picture of the child at the top of the article....I couldn't handle it. How can people be so stupid? Stupid isn't even bad enough of a word, really.

Lauree1183 · December 2010

I don't understand people that can do this to children. This makes me sick.

huwehotaling · December 2010

I am horrified that they watched his health decline over FOUR days and didn't get help. That is so sad and messed up.

razamataz · December 2010

Not that it in ANY way excuses such inhumane behavior - but she was a child herself. She is 19 now, and the events occurred a year and a half ago - so she was 17ish and her baby was a year and a half old at the time. Thus, she was 15-16 when she - a child herself - became a mother.

Like I said, her age in no way excuses her inaction regarding another human life - but I think her age is a major contributing factor to this story and a strong reason why she did nothing to save her son. She probably was too afraid of getting into trouble, too afraid of her partner and influenced by him, or she simply didn't know any better and didn't realize the severity of the injuries.

Horribly sad story no matter how you look at it.

anitalynn · December 2010

razamataz:

Not that it in ANY way excuses such inhumane behavior - but she was a child herself. She is 19 now, and the events occurred a year and a half ago - so she was 17ish and her baby was a year and a half old at the time. Thus, she was 15-16 when she - a child herself - became a mother.

Like I said, her age in no way excuses her inaction regarding another human life - but I think her age is a major contributing factor to this story and a strong reason why she did nothing to save her son. She probably was too afraid of getting into trouble, too afraid of her partner and influenced by him, or she simply didn't know any better and didn't realize the severity of the injuries.

Horribly sad story no matter how you look at it.

Agreed..

Mrs.Leah.Maria · December 2010

This story has brought me to tears several times in the past year and a half since it was first reported. With the trial occurring while DS was similarly aged, I was a complete mess every time the news mentioned the case.

My breaking point was when Kare11 started showing a picture of the child. That smile. That poor boy. It just kills me to know that not one person acted on his behalf. I just don't understand the depravity of a person who could inflict such harm on a defenseless child.

MelindaMG · December 2010

razamataz:
Not that it in ANY way excuses such inhumane behavior - but she was a child herself. She is 19 now, and the events occurred a year and a half ago - so she was 17ish and her baby was a year and a half old at the time. Thus, she was 15-16 when she - a child herself - became a mother.

Like I said, her age in no way excuses her inaction regarding another human life - but I think her age is a major contributing factor to this story and a strong reason why she did nothing to save her son. She probably was too afraid of getting into trouble, too afraid of her partner and influenced by him, or she simply didn't know any better and didn't realize the severity of the injuries.

Horribly sad story no matter how you look at it.

I understand what you are saying, but I call bullsh*t on this. He had a broken back. That's not something you could overlook.

razamataz · December 2010

MelindaMG:
razamataz:

Not that it in ANY way excuses such inhumane behavior - but she was a child herself. She is 19 now, and the events occurred a year and a half ago - so she was 17ish and her baby was a year and a half old at the time. Thus, she was 15-16 when she - a child herself - became a mother.

Like I said, her age in no way excuses her inaction regarding another human life - but I think her age is a major contributing factor to this story and a strong reason why she did nothing to save her son. She probably was too afraid of getting into trouble, too afraid of her partner and influenced by him, or she simply didn't know any better and didn't realize the severity of the injuries.

Horribly sad story no matter how you look at it.

I understand what you are saying, but I call bullsh*t on this. He had a broken back. That's not something you could overlook.

I would tend to agree but 1) children (ie the mother) can be stupid and easily dig their heads in the sands of denial or overlook the obvious to justify their (in)action and 2) "broken back" can be used to describe all sorts. I've known of people who "broke their back" bike-riding and were able to walk away and get assistance. I think the generic phrase can be used to describe a whole range of back injuries. Certainly most of them are quite serious - especially if left untreated - but I don't know that the danger or severity always is readily apparent.

MichellePete · December 2010

The thing that makes it so hard is that there was a pattern of old injuries. So it wasn't a one time thing. There had to have been a pattern of abuse. And she may have been young, but that was her child. Parents are supposed to be their child's advocate. No one in that home was this child's advocate.

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