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Boy, 11, beaten to death over a 9-hour period [Mom let her abusive boyfriend babysit her child]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | February 13, 2012 | Amy McConnell Schaarsmith

Posted on 02/13/2012 10:19:17 PM PST by grundle

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The mother knew that her boyfriend was an abusive thug who had repeatedly physically abused her child in the past, but she let him babysit her child anyway, and now the child is dead. I'd say that morally, the mother is just as guilty as the person who actually killed the child.
1 posted on 02/13/2012 10:19:27 PM PST by grundle
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The mother knew that her boyfriend was an abusive thug who had repeatedly physically abused her child in the past, but she let him babysit her child anyway, and now the child is dead. I’d say that morally, the mother is just as guilty as the person who actually killed the child.
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Agreed. In these types of cases the mother - if you can call her that - belongs in jail also.

That poor child. Prayers for him and his younger brother that had to witness this horrible event.


2 posted on 02/13/2012 10:21:57 PM PST by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: grundle

The murderer.
3 posted on 02/13/2012 10:26:08 PM PST by youngidiot (Hear Hear!)
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To: leapfrog0202

Accessory to murder.


4 posted on 02/13/2012 10:26:38 PM PST by AnTiw1 (I lived through a mormon hell, I will not live in a country with a mormon president.)
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The saddest thing is that his female parental unit arrived home at 10pm and her son was still breathing. She didn’t call 911 until 11:45 pm at which time the boy was dead.

This child may have been able to be saved had she reacted like a relatively concerned parent.


5 posted on 02/13/2012 10:27:09 PM PST by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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I'm sorry to say this but males have no business babysitting children that are not their own....nature is nature...men and women are different afterall folks...

not that women can't be horrid as well...I just think the stakes are too high to have non biologically attached males around children...

we had a young man of 22 living with and "babysitting" two young boys....well....he killed the mother and the two boys, then shot himself.....but why have this person around?...he had a criminal background and all....

6 posted on 02/13/2012 10:31:06 PM PST by cherry
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OMG!....he’s a monster!


7 posted on 02/13/2012 10:32:19 PM PST by cherry
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I’d like to have one clean head shot.


8 posted on 02/13/2012 10:32:49 PM PST by Tex-Con-Man (T. Coddington Van Voorhees VII 2012 - "Together, I Shall Ride You To Victory")
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To: cherry
I'm sorry to say this but males have no business babysitting children that are not their own....nature is nature...men and women are different afterall folks...

That is the most absurd post of the year. Wow. Shocking.

9 posted on 02/13/2012 10:34:20 PM PST by gunsequalfreedom (Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
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Damn. I thought I was ugly.
10 posted on 02/13/2012 10:34:37 PM PST by AnTiw1 (I lived through a mormon hell, I will not live in a country with a mormon president.)
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To: cherry

Happens a lot with live-in boyfriends for some reason.


12 posted on 02/13/2012 10:38:12 PM PST by youngidiot (Hear Hear!)
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To: leapfrog0202

I noted that too. And he wanted the mother to say the boy had fallen. She phoned a bunch of other people before calling 911. As he laid there naked, dying. Disgusting.


13 posted on 02/13/2012 10:40:24 PM PST by youngidiot (Hear Hear!)
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Good catch. I missed that during the first read. That is absolutely horrible. She was thinking about herself and her boyfriend and didn’t do what was best for her son. Oh my goodness! That poor boy! I wish he could have escaped sometime during those nine hours and gone to authorities. Maybe he was worried about his little brother or thinking he would be in bigger trouble if he ratted them out. Send her horrible butt to prison too. She is no kind of mother. I hope the murderer gets death, but he’ll probably just get prison time. Either way, they never get what they deserve—not on this earth.


14 posted on 02/13/2012 10:40:38 PM PST by beaversmom
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.nature is nature...men and women are different afterall folks..

actually cherry...check out the stats on who kills the kids more often

it will surprise you...and without even taking infanticide into account

http://goodmenproject.com/newsroom/are-mothers-really-more-likely-to-kill-their-children/

but I'm with you really...even though it's not true it feels better thinking women are less likely to kill the kids..

15 posted on 02/13/2012 10:41:44 PM PST by wardaddy (I am a social conservative. My political party left me(again). They can go to hell in a bucket.)
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From this site...which sheds light on bad moms and bad boyfriends

http://fathersforlife.org/articles/report/resptojw.htm

PERPETRATOR RELATIONSHIP [3]

31.5% Female Parent Only
10.7% Male Parent Only *
21.3% Both Parents *
16.3% Female Parent and Other
1.1% Male Parent and Other *
4.5% Family Relative
6.1% Substitute Care Provider(s)
5.7% Other
2.7% Unknown

* “Male parent” in that context most likely is just about anything but a natural father.


16 posted on 02/13/2012 10:43:39 PM PST by wardaddy (I am a social conservative. My political party left me(again). They can go to hell in a bucket.)
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To: Tex-Con-Man

Me too. Though I’d probably shoot him in the neck so he’d have time to contemplate his impending death.


17 posted on 02/13/2012 10:43:39 PM PST by youngidiot (Hear Hear!)
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I'd love to have nine hours and three "sticks" against this piece of trash. Since this is a full grown "man", make it a bat.

This is way too common about mommy's new boyfriend. Granted I know several great guys out there that aren't like this, it's more common than it should be.

18 posted on 02/13/2012 10:44:11 PM PST by Darren McCarty (Rick Santorum in the primary)
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To: cherry

By this idiotic statement you lump all men in with evil men like the one in the article. There are good decent men that would never harm a child. My husband is one of them.


19 posted on 02/13/2012 10:46:18 PM PST by christianhomeschoolmommaof3
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It’s not that he’s mixed race; he’s a black albino. He’s gonna have a lot of fun with the racist prison gangs...


20 posted on 02/13/2012 10:47:25 PM PST by Boogieman
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