Bagbys point finger at Canada (maybe South Park is RIGHT! alert)

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | September 4, 2003 | Richard Gazarik

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In a voice marked by both sadness and outrage, the father of a murdered Latrobe physician castigated Canada's court system for allowing a suspected killer to regain custody of his 13-month-old grandson. David Bagby, a former California resident who now lives in St. John's, Newfoundland, was the father of the late Dr. Andrew Bagby, 28, and the grandfather of Zachary Bagby.

The toddler was drowned last month by his mother, Dr. Shirley Turner, before she took her own life.

"Shirley Turner bears 100 percent responsibility for the murder of our son, Andrew," David Bagby said. "We believe that the legal system helped her kill our grandson, Zachary."

He and his wife, Kathleen, spoke publicly about the tragedies for the first time Wednesday at a press conference in St. John's. They said they have been silent since their son's November 2001 death to preserve a relationship with their grandson, whose mother was pregnant with him when she allegedly killed his father.

In a five-page statement, the couple indict both Turner and the legal system. They questioned how Canadian judges could allow an alleged killer to remain free and take care of a baby.

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Read the statement by the Bagby's at the end of the story. The agony shows in their words, but so does the dignity.

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They should have grabbed the baby and run like hell. I must remember to do that if I am ever unlucky enough to be in such a situation.

They should now SUE SUE SUE, anyone and everyone, jointly and severably, institutionally and individually, right up to the Queen of England, and duke it out from there.

It won't make anything better for them, but it might scare the hell out of some of the shrinks.