Baby Killed In Microwave

@worldwise1 (14885)
United States
July 19, 2007 11:15pm CST
Several months ago it came to light that a young mother had been arrested locally for placing her infant in a microwave oven. She denied this adamantly. With her trial beginning, she now admits that she was so drunk the night this happened that she can't remember anything. The reporter said they will probably seek the death penalty in this case. My problem is this; she has two older children. Will justice be served if they put her to death? I have seen many cases where the mother killed their baby and did not get the death penalty.
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@Calais (10893)
• Australia
20 Jul 07
WTF !!!! Firstly if she has children what on earth is she doing that drunk that she cannot remember anything...I really dont know what should happen to her, but I bet those kids would be safer without her.
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@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
20 Jul 07
What you say is undeniably true, Calais, but by all accounts she had been a good mother to her two older sons until this happened. I'm wondering how they will manage to convict her if she cannot remember anything as she says.
@Calais (10893)
• Australia
20 Jul 07
I really dont know ???? I just hope that those kids stay safe...
@cefaz_21 (2596)
• Philippines
20 Jul 07
oh my!..I'm speechless..I wish she never became mom in the first place. I just couldn't think about it. I'm here,praying and crying to the Lord to have ven one baby and then I hear news like this..It's heart crushing. What will the government do to other children? where is the father? I think they need help, even the mom needs help.
@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
20 Jul 07
I agree, cefaz. There might be some hope for her through counseling. Anyway, this is something she will have to live with for the rest of her life. Everyone said that she was a good mother to the two older children.
• United States
20 Jul 07
Oh my, I haven't heard this story. I don't care what her condition was, she should be severely punished! She had no right to be drunk while the children were under her care. I say stick it to her hard! Children are being tortured and it needs to stop. My thoughts and prayers are with her other child. Can you imagine what affect this will have on that poor innocent child? I just don't know what else to say other than it makes me ill.
@stmartin (157)
• Macedonia
20 Jul 07
Absolutely, I agree with you. She had no right to be drank while the children are under age and under her care. She is absolutely responsible, no matter of her condition. She doesn't deserve second chance.
• United States
20 Jul 07
This is horrible, is this the case that happened in Galveston, Texas? We had one similar there, but it was the father that put the child in the microwave but not before he had done several other harmful things to the child, seems he could not get the poor baby to stop crying, imagine that, such idiots raising children these days. I think the Mother should get JAIL time and her other children would be blessed to be far away from any Mother like that.
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• United States
21 Jul 07
Oh, that is not good, I was hoping you were referring to the one that happened here, I can't imagine this going on to many other times. The one here the little baby lived, can you believe what that poor child is going to have to live with for the rest of it's life?? Things like this truly sadden me.
@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
21 Jul 07
No, texas, this happened right in my hometown in Ohio. It is even sadder to know that there has been more than one such case. People cannot possibly sink much further than some already have.
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• India
20 Jul 07
oh my ..... this is horrendous . i wonder , how could she even do that . com on , even if she was drunk , she couldnt be that stupid to put her baby carefully in a microwave . there were so many other mistakes that she could have possibly done like even hurting her other children or even different things , like even hurting her own self . i feel that she has done such a crime on purpose . the reasons being several to even supporting her family from further expenditure on the child . or any thing else . which is very clueless . but its a pitty what she has done . all what i think is that she would gain no respect from anyone else . even more from her own children . what does her husband have to say about this . thanks for posting this worlwise
@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
21 Jul 07
I believe that her other two boys were several years older, benny, and there had been no incidents of abuse. To my knowledge, I don't think the father has been mentioned, but I will be keeping up with this case.
@fab315 (1231)
• Philippines
20 Jul 07
To be able to do horrible things like that u must be a mad-crazy person! If you're a mother you always protect your kids and won't even let anybody hurt them. And a mother doing that to her child? its heartbreaking. Where's her husband anyway? Why let his wife get drunk and hold the baby? That's being irresponsible. They should punish her of what's done. Justice should be serve and being drunk,not remembering what happened is not a good excuse. And as to her other kids, they should put them some place safe, like the grandparents or any institution that provides shelther for children. And i personally think that the other kids should undergo some therapy especially if they know about the tragic event. It will cause them trauma.
@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
20 Jul 07
Like in many of these tragic cases, fab, I doubt that there was even a father anywhere around. This is a horrible crime and I intend to follow this case very closely. I'm sure the two other children are in protective custody although there was never any sign of abuse directed toward them.
• United States
20 Jul 07
That is so sad to hear about. Kids don't ask to be brought into this world. The least we can do when we have kids is to take great care of them. The mom shouldn't have been drinking in the first place. She has kids and to drink to the point of being so drunk you can't remember anything is negligent on her part. If she wanted to drink she should have gotten a sitter for the kids. I personally believe that when you have kids, you shouldn't drink around them. to many awful things can happen. Unfortunately in this case the worst happened. A baby lost it's life. And two other children will probably lose their mother. It saddens me to hear of such things. My heart goes out to those kids and to the baby that lost it's life.
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@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
20 Jul 07
That is so horrible. I can't believe anyone could get so drunk to not know that you put your baby in the microwave. Maybe they are sending a message that they will not put up with these terrible crimes. I do feel for her other two children, but she does not deserve them either.
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
20 Jul 07
Well I don't think that is an excuse at all as far as I am concerned no Mother with a Baby should get that drunk I mean how can someone drunk or not put their Baby in the Microwave I do not believe her to be honest As for the other 2 Children I can't see her being aloud to keep them anyway as for the Sentence well she would deserve it but I think they should put her in Jail for many years and let her suffer that way, remembering what she did
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@phon4u (2215)
• Laos
20 Jul 07
What a sad story!I hope she would not have done such a worse thing in her life again. How cruel she was! Why did she do like that?
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@meljessxena (2315)
• Australia
20 Jul 07
What the.... how could someone possible be so cruel and disgusting, especially a mother, no matter how drunk you are. it annoys me when people like her can have kids and treat them so badly.
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@pitstop (13802)
• Australia
20 Jul 07
Ouch! That sounds terrible. What happened to the father of the baby. Where is he. Is he in his right senses. I think the mother is not fit enough to bring up the other children unless she goes through some serious rehab. If she does that she can look after the other kids. Else they will do better with a guardian and if possible the father.
• Indonesia
20 Jul 07
Thats so horrible. I ever heard this kinda case happened in my country but not by the parent. Its by the babysitter. We can just hope that the justice will be done as fair as they can. Hope she got the punishment she deserved.
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• Ecuador
21 Jul 07
well she needs a psycho therapy and for kids better be take care of
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@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
21 Jul 07
Just out of curiousity...do you have a link to this story? The reason I ask is becuase I remember some yrs back (back in the 80s I believe) when a story circulated about a woman in NYC who was so high on PCP she baked her infant in the oven...it is an Urban Legend though...If you have a link I'd love to check it out...
@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
12 Oct 08
I think this is an urban legend like the dog in the microwave, which I always thought was true, until I saw it on "Urban Legends" on the Discovery Channel At least I hope it's false. If it's not false, I think that the woman might be disturbed, hoe could she not be and do that and that must be taken into account.
@andrejuly84 (1047)
• Romania
24 Jul 07
oh,this very,very terrible,hard to imagine but unfortunately things like this happend.she can't be call mother but the other children will suffer a lot by loting hher because they love her.it's very difficult to give the best solution as a judge very,very difficult.i really don't know what would be better for the kids
@xiuluoelly (1224)
• China
21 Jul 07
Oh my,I don't believe that this is too cruel, and if a person got drunk, to make such a terrible thing, this is really very frightening and too sad..
@Pizza4u (45)
• United States
21 Jul 07
That is totally bogus. This is one of the reasons why I support abortion! She will plead temporary insanity.
@Stegunot (30)
• Norway
11 Aug 07
I dont no what 2 say really i am in shock how can u do some thing like that i think she should be locked up 4 life and the other children should be kept safe were is the dad of the children