7-Year-Old Suspected In Beating Death Of Baby Sister

WNBC Television ^ | 6/2/2005 | Puppage

[Puppage]

TAMPA, Fla. -- In an attack that's rattled even veteran detectives, police in Florida said a 7-year-old boy has confessed to beating his baby sister to death.

Investigators said the boy was jealous of the attention the infant was getting and upset by her crying. They said the boy beat the baby with his fists, feet and a two-by-four.

The attack occurred in Tampa, while the boy was visiting his father.

Police said the father and his girlfriend were outside with neighbors when the boy came out and told them the baby was "bleeding." They said the seven-month-old had a bloody nose, and wasn't breathing. The parents rushed the baby to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

A spokesman said detectives noted they'd never seen someone so young "show so much violence and so little remorse."

[EDINVA]

stormyseas, I'm glad your daughter is doing well under what have to be very trying circumstances for her and for you. We have always had young womenin our society who were in that situation .. my problem is that now it is THE thing to do. In the 2 examples I cited, there is now the son of a dead Marine who may or may not get the benefits
to which he's entitled, and there is probably zero chance his mother will get the benefits she would have had if they married before he shipped out. And in the case of Steve Nash and the celebrity elites, there is no reason not to marry. They have 'committed' long-term relationships, they have money, they are not kids. They are choosing this situation not only for themselves but for their kids and I just think it's very unfair. My concern isn't the individual person here and there, it's the critical mass in our society.

[ET(end tyranny)]

There is NO deterrent for murders under 14, they KNOW they will not get the death penalty.

[Nathan Zachary]

"I don't understand how these men and women can bring children into the world and not make a commitment, to each other for that child's benefit, through marriage. What am I missing?"

Divorce is too easy for starters. Rather than work on problems, people just walk away. Lack of spiritual and moral guidance.
Everyone wants to get married in a church in God's presence, but no one wants to follow God's advise. Lack of commitment. Alcohol abuse, drug abuse.

It gets worse with each passing generation because fewer and fewer people are brought up with any sort of spiritual and moral guidance. Perhaps there should be a mandatory marriage school that must be completed before people get married. The church (Catholic) used to make you go to mandatory marriage school, so maybe some secular form of that should be made mandatory. Human relation class in high school?

[Howlin]

Yesterday he pulled all the leaves off of a birch tree I had just planted.

I'd have demanded a new tree.

[ET(end tyranny)]

Yesterday he pulled all the leaves off of a birch tree I had just planted.

I'd have demanded a new tree.

He should start taking pictures and even better use a cam corder. And each time get the destruction on film and file complaints. The parents of the obnoxious child will eventually have to pay costs which will probably end the destruction.

[Howlin]

Good thinking!

[ET(end tyranny)]

Think of all the things we now see because of so many people having cam corders. We don't have to worry about the government being the eye in the sky or the town with cameras on every corner, because many many homes have cam corders! In my opinion it is wrong but now adays, downright foolish to do anything to someone else's property. lol

[Nathan Zachary]

I can't see how capital punishment could be considered for a 7 year old either. I just can't imagine it.
I doubt anything other than foster care and counseling will given to him, but it won't be the last we hear of him either.
He is damaged psychologically now,(and probably leading up to this point) and will probably end up committing suicide, or in prison later on in life. At this point, I blame his parents, both of them for creating the little monster. I'm not saying that divorced parents or single parents are all bad either,I know plenty of single parents who are excellent parents, but obviously this particular pair are not.

[sodpoodle]

FReepers come here to share reactions and look for answers. It's almost like coming home from work and venting to your family members. We often say stark, shocking things - out of anger and helplessness. Then someone will accuse someone else of being "judgemental" as if questioning behavior is taboo. We should criticize parents for not creating a stable environment for their children, because ultimately we will be forced to support and or live with these misfits.

Are we uninformed how adult sexual predators and murderers spent their childhood?
sp

[Clemenza]

Forget it Jake, its FLORIDA!

[Luna]

I cannot comprehend how a child can commit such a heinous act. I put the blame on the parents, not the child. Children are sponges. They soak up what they see and hear. It seems that more and more children are raising themselves, because their parents won't do it. And this is the result. Children are learning all the wrong things.

[LADY J]

I heard on local radio that the boy's mother had him enrolled in a Karate class and he got too aggressive - so she enrolled him in one that is less aggressive.

They did not say if he was enrolled at the time that he killed his little step-sister.

[B4Ranch]

You would need to post pictures also!

[ET(end tyranny)]

I meant toask before. Are those phone numbers legitimate?

[B4Ranch]

Move before he becomes a teenager!

[B4Ranch]

Two weeks! Wow, 33 years, congratulations and a quick prayer for 33 more.

[processing please hold]

Two weeks! Wow, 33 years, congratulations and a quick prayer for 33 more.

Thank you, and please send any and all prayers to my husband...he needs them for coping with me. :-)

[B4Ranch]

If they weren't why would I post them? Of course they are.

[stormyseas]

I talked to this man in the Ellis Unit, he is on death row, a guilty man. He was scheduled to be executed August 1999, his new wife fought for him, she got a third appeal. If he would not have seen this appeal he would have never found G-d. What if we take their lives a day too soon? Now we are talking about a child here. Genesis 9:6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. This scripture clearly says man,(I know that man means male, however, are we completely sure, do we want to take that chance?) so I am not so sure G-d would want a boy to be put to his death. What I am saying about then on to the elderly. When we believe that a life is worthless and non salvageable all life becomes useless, if it can not immediately and positively contribute to society. As we have seen with abortion and mercy killings as you have stated. I believe mercy killing is murder, even if the person wants it, they can carry the burden of suicide. But the person who assist should be under the same punishment, as all others that commit murder, correct? For life and death in this matter should be left alone, we do not know what affects we will have in the future for our elderly or our sick. As I said when human life becomes non-salvageable we are all doomed, and we lack faith.

[stormyseas]

He might not even receive that if you want to know the truth, once ordered a lot of judges lose track through child welfare and down the line. It might not have been both parents, but you are right something had to seriously effect this boy and make him this angry. Each time this happens it is a different issue, with different facts, that makes it hard to for see it before it happens. By the time we are completely educated, it seems we might be too late.