Posted on 03/21/2008 8:43:42 PM PDT by RouxStir
LA JOYA, Texas (AP) -- A 2-year-old boy who died with a fractured skull might have been accidentally crushed by a morbidly obese relative, authorities say. Investigators believe that the woman fell on the child, who was pronounced dead Tuesday, said Bobby Contreras, Hidalgo County justice of the peace. "It didn't look like there was any foul play from what I saw," he said. An autopsy was scheduled, with the cause of death to be announced Monday. Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño, who called the death "suspicious," said he would wait for an announcement on the cause before deciding whether to file charges. The child was believed to have been dropped off by his mother to spend the day with the bedridden relative, The McAllen Monitor reported Friday.
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Sometimes I’m afraid I’m going to sit on my cat.
How fat do you have to be to not know if you just crushed a kid?
“The child was believed to have been dropped off by his mother to spend the day with the bedridden relative.....”
Heelllllloooooo “bedridden relative”, “Morbidly Obese”
The child was spending the day with a person that hadn’t a tinker’s chance in “H” of taking care of the child!!???
Does not compute.
Poor little fella. My heart just breaks over this. So sad.
why is the first thought in my head “food stamps” ?
Wow!
“why is the first thought in my head “food stamps” ?”
That thought popped to mind with me as well...I just didn’t want to say anything and risk being labeled as a racist, AKA: typical white man.
Another death due to obesity. Maybe the gun grabbers should switch to outlawing obesity and confiscating Twinkies.
Sad..
mortally obese.
I think stingrays are their next target.
Bedridden yet fell on the child?
wait a minute, what does it have to do with race? I am just thinking that the most morbidly obese are victims of public assistance. And besides, more white people are on welfare than blacks, right? (please disregard any percentages). So we both are vindicated here.
I think the leftists are already heavily involved in banning certain foods.
Maybe if your child is a mime?
Guns don’t kill people, stingrays and Twinkies do.
I agree with you. The demeanor and state of mind of the woman who was caring for him at the scene would be interesting to know. But the fact that authorities used the word suspicious tells me they have information not contained in this article.
Death-by-ass incidents were up 47% in 2007, ya know.
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