Posted on 07/31/2007 6:36:54 PM PDT by aomagrat
HANAHAN, S.C. (AP) — Two small children who had been left in a hot car while their mother was at work were later found dead, their bodies in trash bags under an apartment sink, authorities said Tuesday.
Autopsies were scheduled Tuesday to determine the causes of death of 1-year-old girl Triniti Campbell and 4-year-old Shawn Campbell Jr., Berkeley County Deputy Coroner George Oliver said.
The children's mother, Sametta Heyward, 27, had taken them to work Monday in downtown Charleston and left them in her car all day as the temperature outside rose to 88 degrees, Oliver said.
Officers investigating a report of a disturbance at Heyward's apartment Monday night and found her crying and yelling, "'Oh, my babies,"' according to an incident report.
A man holding Heyward told officers "the kids were in trash bags and under the cabinet." The police report said Heyward tried to bite and kick the officers, had to be restrained, and was taken to a hospital because medics thought she could be having seizures.
"She stated she wanted to die and asked officers to kill her," the report said.
Hanahan Police Chief Don Wilcox said investigators have not been able to talk to the woman because she was advised by an attorney not to say anything.
"We're trying to run down the timeline, as well as get any physical evidence, so we can determine exactly what took place," Wilcox said.
Neighbor Brandon Coving said he saw Heyward and the children on Sunday. "They were running around, and she had a big smile on her face, and it seemed like a regular day," he said.
Coving lived about eight doors down from Heyward on the second floor of The Willows, a two-story apartment complex with cranberry red doors. There are 44 units at the complex, which resembles a motel.
Apartment manager Ricky Dyson said the 252 square-foot apartment had a queen bed, a small bathroom and an efficiency kitchen.
He said Heyward moved there in May and said she wasn't going to stay long and was looking for another place.
"She was just a regular working girl out there making a living," Dyson said.
Yellow police tape was put up along the door to Heyward's apartment, but there were no officers around at midday Tuesday. A small white teddy bear had been placed outside the apartment.
Hanahan is about 15 miles north of Charleston.
If it were a “clinic sink” rather than an “apartment sink,” it would not have been illegal.
I’m guessing these cases are more like post birth abortions.
“Went to your site, it doesn’t have jack about this story and it was a waste of time.”
It’s not *my* site, by the way.
The site is:
http://scoop.epluribusmedia.org/story/2007/7/31/153411/700
And the information is after the “fold”.
GEEEEZ!!
“The most rational solution is probably this: children ought to be taken out of custody of single working mothers earning less than a living wage, and put in foster homes or given to adoption agencies.”
To people like you, there’s no problem which can’t be solved by gov’t.
Your solution is ridiculous. FR has been overrun by nanny-staters like you.
I think this is some of that "new direction" stuff that the 'RATS were pimping prior to the last election.
“Well, if the father leaves, what do you suggest should be done?”
Well, they could do what my mom did; she worked three jobs to afford a babysitter. Of course, that would require something like personal responsibility, so it’s probably not really possible.
Stick around? After the free sex?
Why?
“When dad leaves - terrible things happen.”
No disputing that.
But what makes you believe that there was anything other than an anonymous sperm donor in this situation?
Single moms often occur because women get pregnant out of wedlock (which seems to be increasingly socially acceptable).
Many times it has nothing to do with a father not sticking around: they don’t even know who the father is.
Well, it's the same situation if you're making a moderately high income. I don't qualify for ANY government handouts, and I sure as hell can't afford "private child care." That's why my wife and I raise our children. It's much easier to do with a partner, a hard-won bit of wisdom casually discarded by the modern progressive ethos.
“The most rational solution is probably this: children ought to be taken out of custody of single working mothers earning less than a living wage, and put in foster homes or given to adoption agencies.”
“To people like you, there’s no problem which can’t be solved by gov’t.”
Adoption is a government solution? How? Last time I checked, private couples adopt, not the government.
is there no end to man’s inhumanity toward children?
“That’s why my wife and I raise our children. It’s much easier to do with a partner, a hard-won bit of wisdom casually discarded by the modern progressive ethos.”
What should those women who have been divorced or widowed do? Any thoughts about this?
Ignore him, he’s a troll.
This is the gubmint solution part:
children ought to be taken out of custody of single working mothers
Who did you think would do the “taking”? David Bowie?
My grandma was divorced and raised 3 kids on her own, during the depression, in Alabama, when it was MUCH harder than it is today for a woman to make a living. Somehow she managed without neglecting or abusing her kids. Get a grip, buddy.
What should they do? How the hell should I know? Make do the best they can, I guess. Count on family or friends. join a church and contribute to a church community? What they would get in return would astound them.
Is YOUR only solution to run to the government?
The culture of abortion rears its ugly head (again)...
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