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Couple whose daughter died in python attack face court in Florida
NewsCore ^ | July 12, 2011

Posted on 07/11/2011 10:36:39 AM PDT by george76

Charles "Jason" Darnell, 33, and Jaren Ashley Hare, 21, face third-degree murder and manslaughter charges stemming from the 2009 death of their daughter...Prosecutors will allege that "Gypsy," a 260 centimeter albino Burmese python, escaped from its glass tank, slithered down the hall and attacked the child in her crib.

Darnell told detectives he found the snake in the hallway a day before the attack and had placed it back inside its tank and put a quilt on top of it. He also admitted that the snake had gotten out of the tank - which did not have a lock on it - at least five times prior to the incident.

Documents released in January and cited by the Orlando Sentinel claim that the snake had not been fed for a month when the child was attacked.

(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.com.au ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: burmese; burmesepython; childneglect; florida; mommysboyfriend; python; snakes
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1 posted on 07/11/2011 10:36:46 AM PDT by george76
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To: george76

The kid drowned because the dad was having a sexual relationship with the snake.


2 posted on 07/11/2011 10:38:59 AM PDT by Cyman
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To: george76
There is no such thing as a tragic accident any more.


"There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.

"Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Rearden, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with."

"Atlas Shrugged," by Ayn Rand


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3 posted on 07/11/2011 10:41:29 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." - Bertrand de Jouvenel des Ursins)
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To: Cyman
Snakes can easily go for a month without eating.

Seems to me like a tragic accident.

I don't see any reason to charge the parents.

4 posted on 07/11/2011 10:41:29 AM PDT by sargon (I don't like the sound of these "boncentration bamps")
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To: george76

Anyone wanna bet me that the parents are covered with tattoos?


5 posted on 07/11/2011 10:45:49 AM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: sargon

I agree that the snake not eating for a month might not be such a big deal.

However, the fact that it had escaped from its enclosure at least 5 times before and the parents were either too stupid, too lazy or too cheap to put a lock on the enclosure makes me think this “accident” was forseeable and totally preventable. I have no problem with the parents being charged.


6 posted on 07/11/2011 10:47:51 AM PDT by Above My Pay Grade
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To: george76

There's your perp

Must have something to do with Florida.

7 posted on 07/11/2011 10:50:44 AM PDT by trumandogz
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To: sargon

We have a 4-ft. ball python that we’ve had for 7 years. It is completely harmless, but the cage is always secured shut.

To have a large constrictor essentially having free run of the house where there is an infant is insanity. I would think there would be a several possible criminal charges here — at least depraved indifference, negligent homicide, involuntary manslaughter, if not murder.


8 posted on 07/11/2011 10:50:48 AM PDT by Maceman (Obama: As American as nasei goreng)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Having a PYTHON around is an IDIOTIC thing to do.....it’s a tragedy waiting to happen....just like having a Pit Bull!


9 posted on 07/11/2011 10:51:01 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion is the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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Seems ,he is NOT the father of the child,that His “pet” Killed,Disgusting, why did this complete Idiot have something like that worthless but dangerous Snake , around a small child to begin with? these Snake lovers are sick!


10 posted on 07/11/2011 10:53:13 AM PDT by Cheetahcat ( November 4 2008 ,A date that will live in Infamy.)
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"... I don't see any reason to charge the parents."

Sargon, are you just joking or have you taken a blow to the head recently?

11 posted on 07/11/2011 10:53:44 AM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: sargon

I think some snakes can go without there offspring for 31 days


12 posted on 07/11/2011 10:54:36 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom!!! I know i was kidding)
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To: Ann Archy

Having a PYTHON around is an IDIOTIC thing to do.....it’s a tragedy waiting to happen....just like having a Pit Bull!

or a loaded hand gun


13 posted on 07/11/2011 10:55:54 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom!!! I know i was kidding)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

But stupidity is on the rise.


14 posted on 07/11/2011 10:56:03 AM PDT by bgill
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To: trumandogz

I am always amazed at the people who smile in their mugshots? Have they no shame? I would be mortified.


15 posted on 07/11/2011 10:56:25 AM PDT by kalee (The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
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To: Ann Archy

You are wrong.


16 posted on 07/11/2011 11:04:02 AM PDT by RoadGumby (For God so loved the world)
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To: Cheetahcat

Hysteria is unbecoming.


17 posted on 07/11/2011 11:05:35 AM PDT by RoadGumby (For God so loved the world)
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To: The KG9 Kid

This is the same mentality that Casey Anthony jury had. It was just a tragic accident!


18 posted on 07/11/2011 11:07:48 AM PDT by tallyhoe
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To: trumandogz

Dude looks like Private Gomer in “Full Metal Jacket.”


19 posted on 07/11/2011 11:13:37 AM PDT by Ax
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To: bgill
But stupidity is on the rise.

If stupidity were a crime, we'd all be in prison at one point or other.

20 posted on 07/11/2011 11:14:47 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." - Bertrand de Jouvenel des Ursins)
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