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Babysitter Tortured Staten Island Boy Who Died, Prosecutors Say
New York Times ^ | February 24, 2016 | RICK ROJAS and REBECCA WHITE

Posted on 02/25/2016 7:03:35 AM PST by ConservativeStatement

A babysitter charged with murdering a 16-month-old boy whose family lived in the same Staten Island building subjected him to hours of physical and sexual abuse while he was left in her care over the weekend, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

The babysitter, Gloria Fields, made her first appearance in Criminal Court on Wednesday, where a prosecutor outlined accusations of torture that led to outbursts of sobbing and screaming from the child’s relatives and others packed into the courtroom.

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KEYWORDS: babysitter; fields; newyork
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To: ConservativeStatement
torture that led to outbursts of sobbing and screaming from the child...

Maybe our babysitter was hopped up on Bath Salts at the time.

21 posted on 02/25/2016 8:07:15 AM PST by bkopto
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To: envisio

You would not be going to prison-Just handle the situation discreetly and leave no evidence.


22 posted on 02/25/2016 8:13:47 AM PST by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: envisio

Sometimes I wonder what I would do if I had terminal cancer and six months to live.


23 posted on 02/25/2016 8:19:49 AM PST by TheThirdRuffian (RINOS like Romney, McCain, Trump, and Rubio are sure losers. No more!)
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To: TheThirdRuffian

I wonder if this is one of those cases showing that she was possibly brutalized as a child. When that happens, there is a RAGE developed within them that makes them lash out.

She is a very dangerous person; emotionally damaged.


24 posted on 02/25/2016 9:16:55 AM PST by CyberAnt ("Peace Through Strength")
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