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Mother Charged When Son, Left In Car Trunk, Dies
channel3000.com ^ | 05/23/05

Posted on 05/24/2005 11:59:54 AM PDT by iwannaknow07

Deputies Say Woman Left Boy In Car Trunk For Hours

ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- An Asheville woman is charged in the death of her 8-year-old son after allegedly leaving him in the trunk of her car while she went to work.

The Jackson County Sheriff's Office and Asheville police arrested Michelle Gibson Sunday after her son Devon was found dead in her car.

Capt. Steve Lillard said investigators believe Gibson, 36, left Devon Gibson in the trunk of the car while she went to work at the Mountain Trace Nursing Home in Sylva, N.C.

After getting off work Sunday, Lillard said Gibson told a co-worker what happened, but then drove to her apartment in Asheville, where she was arrested.

A cause of death for the boy has not been determined, but heat is believed to be a factor in his death.

Gibson was charged with voluntary manslaughter, second-degree murder and two counts of child abuse.

Her bond was set at $100,000.


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1 posted on 05/24/2005 11:59:55 AM PDT by iwannaknow07
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hmm from the headline i thought the mother died. Got excited for a second.
2 posted on 05/24/2005 12:03:02 PM PDT by tfecw (Vote Democrat, It's easier than working)
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To: iwannaknow07

Bullet-to-the-brain is the only sane response to this.


3 posted on 05/24/2005 12:03:06 PM PDT by samtheman
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To: iwannaknow07

What was she thinking? Is she capable of thought?

4 posted on 05/24/2005 12:03:15 PM PDT by konaice
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To: iwannaknow07

Why do people like this have breathing privileges?!?!


5 posted on 05/24/2005 12:03:48 PM PDT by raivyn (ATTENTION: My /sarcasm is broken - please don't take ANYTHING I say personally!)
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To: konaice

A good candidate for permanent sterilization.


6 posted on 05/24/2005 12:04:18 PM PDT by Palladin (No Korans were abused in the making of this post.)
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To: iwannaknow07

She works/worked in a nursing home too. Great, just great.


7 posted on 05/24/2005 12:04:55 PM PDT by najida (Free Republic's Own Crazy Cat Lady)
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And she works in a nursing home....


8 posted on 05/24/2005 12:05:35 PM PDT by sarasota
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9 posted on 05/24/2005 12:05:42 PM PDT by samtheman
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How does she forget he's in there?

How does she justify putting him in there in the first place?


Good Lord!


10 posted on 05/24/2005 12:08:02 PM PDT by Petronski (A champion of dance, my moves will put you in a trance, and I never leave the disco alone.)
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To: tfecw
hmm from the headline i thought the mother died. Got excited for a second. I too dispair at headline writers, and their ignorance of the purpose of the comma and the proper construction of a sentence.

Another stupid construct in the story is this one:

After getting off work Sunday, Lillard said Gibson told a co-worker what happened, but then drove to her apartment in Asheville, where she was arrested.

This implies she knew the kid was dead before she arrived home.

11 posted on 05/24/2005 12:08:14 PM PDT by konaice
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I don't think I can take any more of these "too stupid to live" parent stories.

Good Lord!


12 posted on 05/24/2005 12:09:56 PM PDT by Mears (Keep the government out of my face!)
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Is it just me or are people getting dumber and dumber? That poor child died a slow and horrible death. This "woman" needs to be permanently removed from society. BTW, where's Dad?
13 posted on 05/24/2005 12:10:04 PM PDT by chapin2500 (Howard Deans eyes are to close together.)
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To: Palladin
A good candidate for permanent sterilization.

Too late it would seem...

14 posted on 05/24/2005 12:10:04 PM PDT by konaice
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To: iwannaknow07

It's Bush's fault. This poor woman could not afford a babysitter for her son while she took a job working for less-than-living wages. /sarc


15 posted on 05/24/2005 12:10:17 PM PDT by RushCrush (Never give in. Never, never, never, never!)
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To: iwannaknow07

Either the death penalty or life in jail, no parole.


16 posted on 05/24/2005 12:10:52 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Alia; Constitution Day

NC ping (for real)


17 posted on 05/24/2005 12:10:55 PM PDT by Tax-chick (I'm a shallow, demagoguic sectarian because it's easier than working for a living.)
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To: tfecw

It's the commas.


19 posted on 05/24/2005 12:11:41 PM PDT by Tax-chick (I'm a shallow, demagoguic sectarian because it's easier than working for a living.)
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Her bond was set at $100,000

WAY too low.

20 posted on 05/24/2005 12:11:41 PM PDT by No Blue States
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