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PHILADELPHIA MOM ADMITTED SUFFOCATING HER 2 CHILDREN IN FLORIDA, POLICE SAY
ABC News ^ | 06/06/2016 | ABC news

Posted on 06/09/2016 11:15:52 AM PDT by NativeSon

MIRAMAR, Fla. (WPVI) -- A 40-year-old Philadelphia woman has been charged with murder in the apparent suffocation deaths of her 7-month-old son and 3-year-old daughter during a visit to South Florida.

It happened Wednesday afternoon in Miramar, a suburb of Fort Lauderdale.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: children; mother; murder
Her name is Ariel. Ariel and her brother were in foster care and my brother and his wife wanted to adopt her.

Not too long ago, she was sitting on my lap, taking pictures of us , wearing a smile that could light up the world.

1 posted on 06/09/2016 11:15:52 AM PDT by NativeSon
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To: NativeSon

Are you referring to the little girl? So sad, both cute kids.


2 posted on 06/09/2016 11:19:54 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: NativeSon

OMG I am SO very sorry to hear this. This is terrible.

Our next door neighbors just got 2 foster children, a brother and sister. He’s almost 2, and she’s almost 3. They are just precious.

Blessings to those who take in foster children.

Why were these kids back with their mother?


3 posted on 06/09/2016 11:20:15 AM PDT by NEMDF
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My little brother called a little while ago and told me what happened. The DHS took the kids from foster care and gave them back to their mother because the ‘father’ showed up.


4 posted on 06/09/2016 11:23:57 AM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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I’m so sorry.

It looks like she really touched your heart.

I’m sure you touched hers, too.


5 posted on 06/09/2016 11:26:07 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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St Leo is the baby boy. Ariel & I spent some time together at family events; I couldn’t get enough of her. She was so cute, dressed as a little bee and ‘trick or treating’ with my wife & daughter, my brother’s family and half the kids in the neighborhood.


6 posted on 06/09/2016 11:28:23 AM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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She self-identified as an abortionist.

I know it’s not funny.


7 posted on 06/09/2016 11:29:04 AM PDT by Ketill Frostbeard ("Go not a step from your door unarmed, travel armed for war, you may at any time need a spear." ODIN)
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I’m so sorry for your loss. Do you know why the mother would do this?


8 posted on 06/09/2016 11:31:32 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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I don't know, my brother said that he can't even blame her, she had to be so sick.

I barely knew little Ariel, for my Brother & his family, I can't imagine

9 posted on 06/09/2016 11:34:40 AM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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WOW I am so sorry. Seems like a judge or formal process should have been involved in determining what requirements should be for the parents to regain custody.

My deepest sympathy to you and all of the family. This is SO sad.

My niece and her husband just completed the adoption of a little girl, who is now 3. They had her as foster parents since birth, but there were many steps in the process, including they had to wait a year before the judge would revoke the parental rights, other details with which I am not familiar.


10 posted on 06/09/2016 11:36:18 AM PDT by NEMDF
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My guess is that the defense attorney will go for postpartum depression.

Women who kill their kids generally end up better off than the men that do it.


11 posted on 06/09/2016 11:55:32 AM PDT by PAR35
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Wow, I am so sorry for your family’s loss. I hope they continue to reach out to foster children. God Bless them for trying to help. I’m sure these precious ones are cradled in His hands now.

DHS needs to reconsider their policies on family reunification and allow loving functional families to adopt these precious children.


12 posted on 06/09/2016 12:04:29 PM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
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Prayers for you and your brother...


13 posted on 06/09/2016 12:15:47 PM PDT by GOPJ ("DHS Quietly Moving, Releasing Vanloads of Illegal Aliens Away from Border"-where's ABC, CBS, CNN???)
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Prayers for your brother and everyone involved.


14 posted on 06/09/2016 12:24:29 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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Oh, my God! That is absolutely horrifying! God be with you, and Christ with all his consolations! I can’t imagine something so terrible.


15 posted on 06/09/2016 12:26:04 PM PDT by dangus
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I am so sorry, prayers for your family.


16 posted on 06/09/2016 12:53:32 PM PDT by kalee
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Ozero’s America. She could be his daughter.


17 posted on 06/09/2016 12:55:00 PM PDT by bytesmith
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Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers.

I really want for there to be a Heaven for these innocent children.

18 posted on 06/10/2016 10:03:32 AM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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