Jacksonville mom who shook baby for interrupting computer game pleads to murder

The Florida Times-Union ^ | October 27, 2010 | David Hunt

[the_devils_advocate_666]

A Jacksonville mother charged with shaking her baby to death has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

Alexandra V. Tobias, 22, was arrested after the January death of 3-month-old Dylan Lee Edmondson. She told investigators she became angry because the baby was crying while she was playing a computer game called Farmville on the Facebook social-networking website.

[the_devils_advocate_666]

Facebook is evil...

[MrB]

Where’s the father? /SARC

Gotta love the “lazy eye”...

[SeaHawkFan]

Farmville kills babies.

[homegroan]

If you have trouble concentrating when playing Farmville, you shouldn’t be allowed to have children.

The Good Lord will take care of that baby in Heaven.

[struggle]

I have a three month old, and sometimes I get angry when she cries, BUT FOR THE GOOD LORD’S SAKE WHAT WAS SHE THINKING?

[big black dog]

Tobias told investigators that she shook the baby, smoked a cigarette to compose herself and then shook him again.

WTF?

[jimfree]

So sad. I’ve blocked Farmville and a number of other game updates on Facebook.

[the_devils_advocate_666]

My guess is she was stoned and drunk at the time.

[achilles2000]

Exactly. Stoned. The death penalty for her tomorrow would be justice. Instead, she will serve some time, and then go back to being a slut/druggie.

[Mercat]

I was hooked on Farmville for a while. I gave it up for Lent this year and never went back. I figured out how to block postings from friends who use it. I do stay on Facebook because I can see what my kids and their cousins are doing. I also have a few sites I connect to like the local no kill animal shelter, the Lawrence Christmas parade, the local Shakespeare Festival. Facebook is like a cup or a closet. Its pretty much what you fill it up with.

[LibWhacker]

"Everything grows in Farmville."

[MrB]

I figured out how to block postings from friends who use it.

please do share

[oh8eleven]

Gotta love the “lazy eye”...
Here's a peek at another great "mother" - "Mom Purposely Pulled Tot Into Traffic as Punishment"

[TexasFreeper2009]

that’s a MAN baby!

;)

[Dawgreg]

Awww, lets give this poor girl a break. We just can’t be interrupted whilst playing our computer games. At 3 months, that baby should have already known how to get his own bottle and change his own diaper.....don’t cha know??? (sarcasm off)....I’d hang this little wench myself if I could. Rest in Jesus arms precious little one.:(

[TxAg1981]

We have feral youth growing up among us.
They are totally self-absorbed from years of gov't entities (schools) appealing to their self-esteem.
There is no self-responsibility and they throw away their spawn just like they throw away other aspects of their future.
It is a dance of madness that we are watching. Once these feral animals destroy their future, they will come for their past...you and I.

Sorry to be so dramatic but that's how I see it playing out.

[jimfree]

I figured out how to block postings from friends who use it.

please do share

For any of the game updates if you move your cursor to the right of the post a choice appears to block either the game update or block the person. Give it a try.

[reagan_fanatic]

Isn't that Geraldine honey?

[Mouton]

“Once these feral animals destroy their future, they will come for their past...you and I.”

Yup, they are called the entitled generation and their numbers are growing quickly.

[MrB]

Thanks - have to try it on something besides a mobile device. I don’t think that’s available in the slimmed down app.