View Full Version : No Charges against woman who left child in hot car for SECOND TIME and child died!


Ireneparalegal
09-06-2007, 06:49 PM
A 40-year-old mother will not face charges after she accidentally left her 2-year-old daughter locked in a sweltering car for almost 8 hours.

The child was discovered by the woman's co-workers who called 911 as they tried in vain to revive the little girl.

The temperature that day was close to 100 degrees. Inside the car, it was so hot, the baby's skin was covered in blisters.

The tragedy has caused heartbreak and outrage in the close-knit suburb outside Cincinnati, because prosecutors have decided not to press charges against the mom.

It turns out this isn't the first time the woman, Brenda Slaby, has allegedly left her child unattended in her car. Just the day before her daughter Cecelia died, cops checked out a complaint that the child was left in the car while the mom picked up her older daughter from school.

But local prosecutor Don White says Brenda Slaby simply made a mistake. "If I have nothing more than negligence, I have no crime. And people are having a hard time understanding that," he explained.

She was picking up donuts at a bakery for a staff meeting, then drove to work, parks his car and walks into the school building, without realizing she was leaving her child asleep in the back seat.

Zoneboy
09-06-2007, 06:56 PM
I'll bet she didn't forget to get the damn donuts out of the car. :mad:

GARFIELDKOOL
09-06-2007, 06:59 PM
She's not going to even get community service? Damn, she didn't even get slapped on the wrist.

Mikado
09-06-2007, 07:36 PM
WT.........................pluck????????
Since WHEN isnt this a crime??????? Negligence leading to a childs death is a criminal offense everywhere ELSE; what kind of laws do they HAVE in that state?????????? Just the other day, i was on one of my long walks, and there was a family picnicing in the park, but, their baby ( 18 months old at the most ) was sleepingin the car, in his/her car seat, yes the windows were down but, even that isnt completely safe with the car sitting stationary, out in the hot sun..........PEOPLE JUST DONT THINK! :mad:

Ireneparalegal
09-06-2007, 08:01 PM
I'll bet she didn't forget to get the damn donuts out of the car. :mad:
Touche!

The news showed a videotape of her getting the donuts down from her car at her workplace. What I don't get is how she didn't realize her child was in the backseat of the SUV while she retrieved the donuts. It appears she removed the donuts from the BACKSEAT! I wish I could see that videotape again. :confused:

And the fact that she left her child THE DAY BEFORE IN HER CAR IN THE HEAT AND WAS CAUGHT AND A POLICE REPORT WAS DONE, AND STILL! SHE LEFT HER CHILD AGAIN THE NEXT DAY FOR 8 HOURS!:mad: Something tells me maybe, just maybe she did this on purpose. Perhaps she didn't want to be burdened being a parent? :mad: :mad: :mad:

coffield3
09-06-2007, 08:09 PM
Things are getting way out of hand now!! thats really upset me! :mad: :mad: :(

*ClassicPinUp*
09-06-2007, 08:38 PM
I am so sick of this "I forgot my baby was in the car" bullsh*t. How the hell do you forget your BABY is in the car!
I can't believe this monster isn't being charged! Maybe if action had been taken the FIRST TIME this innocent little baby wouldn't be dead.
Gee, I hope those in charge can sleep at night :mad: :mad: :mad:

Ireneparalegal
09-06-2007, 08:51 PM
I am so sick of this "I forgot my baby was in the car" bullsh*t. How the hell do you forget your BABY is in the car!
I can't believe this monster isn't being charged! Maybe if action had been taken the FIRST TIME this innocent little baby wouldn't be dead.
Gee, I hope those in charge can sleep at night :mad: :mad: :mad:
Well said.

catlover79
09-06-2007, 10:17 PM
I have plenty of words I'd like to say, but this is a family board. The only thing I'll say is: :angryfire

Hollow
09-07-2007, 12:29 AM
stupid bitch.

Mikado
09-07-2007, 12:48 AM
thats what...5 of these stories in the last 2 months? :mad:

catlover79
09-07-2007, 12:52 AM
Horrible. :angryfire

dawsongirl
09-07-2007, 01:07 AM
Perhaps we should make forgetting certain things a crime. Like humans.


Forgetting your keys, gotcha. I'm forgettful a lot. But I can't say that I've ever been so "distracted" that I forgot a kid. I'm in charge of well over 100 kids at a time every day, and gee, I still mamage to remember if I left one of them somewhere.

coffield3
09-07-2007, 03:36 AM
Shocking!:mad:

80sTrivia
09-07-2007, 05:54 AM
How can you forget that you've left your child in a car? It makes absolutely no sense at all, and this woman should be charged with some sort of crime, accident or not.

waichingliu81
09-07-2007, 06:19 AM
A 40-year-old mother will not face charges after she accidentally left her 2-year-old daughter locked in a sweltering car for almost 8 hours.

The child was discovered by the woman's co-workers who called 911 as they tried in vain to revive the little girl.

The temperature that day was close to 100 degrees. Inside the car, it was so hot, the baby's skin was covered in blisters.

The tragedy has caused heartbreak and outrage in the close-knit suburb outside Cincinnati, because prosecutors have decided not to press charges against the mom.

It turns out this isn't the first time the woman, Brenda Slaby, has allegedly left her child unattended in her car. Just the day before her daughter Cecelia died, cops checked out a complaint that the child was left in the car while the mom picked up her older daughter from school.

But local prosecutor Don White says Brenda Slaby simply made a mistake. "If I have nothing more than negligence, I have no crime. And people are having a hard time understanding that," he explained.

She was picking up donuts at a bakery for a staff meeting, then drove to work, parks his car and walks into the school building, without realizing she was leaving her child asleep in the back seat.

:mad: this woman doesn't deserve children, in fact, child protection services should take her other kids away from her and put them in a foster home where they will not be treated in the same way that this woman has done

Corolla
09-07-2007, 09:27 AM
I'll bet she didn't forget to get the damn donuts out of the car. :mad:
Haha, you got that right.

80s_Fan
09-07-2007, 11:22 AM
I will never understand how people can forget their kid in a car.
Anybody who does this is heartless among other things.
I don't feel any sympathy and/or pity for them. They shouldn't have kids.

dakert
09-07-2007, 01:01 PM
Good thing she didnt leave a dog in the car--:rolleyes:

Mikado
09-07-2007, 01:14 PM
Good thing she didnt leave a dog in the car--:rolleyes:
Yeah, really......bet that prosecutor would get off his lazy ought-to-be-fired @$$, if THAT were the case! :mad:

tanquant
09-07-2007, 02:18 PM
Again I ask How can you forget that you left your child in the car? I mean you go in the house, store ect. and it never even dawns on you hey where's my child? Asleep or not don't these people look in the backseat when their locking the door or getting their pocketbook out? There is no possible way that you cannot see a child in the car or even remember that their there! :mad:

Ireneparalegal
09-07-2007, 02:22 PM
Being the parent of three children (two adults and one five year old) I can tell you there is NO WAY I have ever been so tired, so hungry, so overworked, so sick, etc. that I ever forgot I had my children in my presence. How can you forget? I tell you, I believe this woman did this DELIBERATELY. I wish I can find the link that shows the video of her removing the donuts from her car and yet, she can't see her child back there?? There is no way she could have NOT SEEN HER CHILD BACK THERE.

Chocoholic
09-07-2007, 03:04 PM
Good thing she didnt leave a dog in the car--:rolleyes:

Yeah, you can get away with harming, neglecting, or even killing a child, but Heaven forbid you should neglect, harm, or kill an animal... :rolleyes: It saddens me when people put the lives and rights of animals before humans.

This idiot shoud be locked away for a long time and the prosecutor in charge of this case needs to be unemployed. There is NO EXCUSE, NONE, NADA!!! for leaving a child unattended in a vehicle, either delibrately or accidentally. The penalties for this are nowhere near harsh enough.

Zoneboy
09-07-2007, 03:19 PM
Good thing she didnt leave a dog in the car--:rolleyes:

Link (http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0907georgiacopdog07-on.html)

ACWORTH, Ga. - Authorities are investigating the death of a K-9 unit police dog who apparently died of heat stroke after being left inside a patrol car.

The dog died Monday after its handler got distracted while switching electronic equipment from one patrol car to another, Acworth Police spokesman Capt. Wayne Dennard said.

The officer, a 13-year veteran of the department, was called inside the police station and returned to the patrol car later to find the dog dead. Dennard said he did not know how long the dog was in the car.

Police did not release the name of the officer, a lieutenant who had worked with one other dog in his 10 years as a dog handler.

The police dog was a 6-year-old Belgian Malinois named Marco. The dog was trained to detect narcotics and track missing people.

The officer has been placed on paid leave while police investigate the death.

"He is grieving," Dennard said.

The officer had not been charged and the investigation will determine what happened, Dennard said.

Earlier this week, Chandler, Ariz., police Sgt. Tom Lovejoy was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty in the August death of a police dog who was left in his patrol car for more than 12 hours. An investigation found that the dog - a 5-year-old Belgian Malinois named Bandit - was in Lovejoy's patrol car from about 9 a.m. to shortly after 10 p.m. on Aug. 11. During that time, the investigation found, the officer ran errands, napped and ate out with his wife.

freshprinceofLA
09-07-2007, 04:43 PM
That's so f**** dumb. The woman who left the kid in the car should have her face shoved into a hot stove now she'll know how it feels :mad:

Ireneparalegal
09-07-2007, 05:24 PM
Mother left her child more than TWO TIMES IN THE CAR ALONE!!!!!!!!

Here is more to the story:

Last Update: 9/06 9:39 am


Union Township police investigation urged charge of child endangering against toddler's mother.

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Documents released by Union Township police Wednesday show that two-year-old Cecilia Slaby had been left unattended in family vehicles numerous times before she died in her mother's hot car behind Glen Este Middle School August 23.

That information was contained in a 38-page report sent to Clermont County Prosecutor Don White, who on Tuesday said he would not prosecute Brenda Slaby, the child's mother, in the case.

White said it was a tragic accident, not a crime.

In the report, police recommended filing a charge of child endangering against Slaby for the heat-related death of her daughter Cecilia.

That would have required a legal standard of recklessness, which White said wasn't met by any of the evidence considered in the case.

According to the police report, the three incidents occurred at The Compass School on Waterstone Boulevard in Deerfield Township, Warren County. The Slaby's older daughter is enrolled there as a student. Two were this past winter and the third was on August 21.

A parent at the school, Karen Clary, told police that in the winter of 2007, she saw a baby alone in a car outside the school when she dropped off one of her children. She told police that a short time later, a man came out of the school, got in the car and drove away.

A week later, Clary reported the same baby alone in the same car. The parents turned out to be the Slabys.

Debbie Wolf was School Director at the time, and according to the police report, spoke to Brenda Slaby, telling her that her child should never be left in a car alone.

Wolf noted in a written statement to police that Slaby apologized and there was no other occurrence.

Two other incidents happened in the two days immediately before Cecilia's death, according to the police report.

On August 21, a teacher at the school, Tara Phillips, told police that Slaby came to pick her daughter up at 5:10 p.m. She allegedly told the child to hurry up, "because the baby was in the car."

When officers questioned Phillips about how long Cecilia was in the car, she replied, "approximately two minutes." The next day, Brenda Slaby came to the school at 3:05 p.m. and her daughter asked her to watch her part in a play.

"Mom stayed and they both left at 3:15 p.m.," Phillips noted. "Mom didn't go outside to check on the baby."

Those instances prompted School Director Laura Carr to put an article in the newsletter entitled, "Parking Lot Reminders."

It contained the words, "It remains a safety precaution that no child is left alone either in the school or in the car."

Investigators also talked to a number of Slaby's colleagues at Glen Este Middle School.

None of them said that they ever saw their assistant principal leave her children unattended. In fact, they said she often brought them into the school building with her if they were in her care.

The Union Township Police material also contained a statement from Anne Hoffman, who was the regular babysitter for Cecilia.

She told investigators that she had expected Slaby to drop off Cecilia between 6:45 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 23.

When Slaby didn't show up, Hoffman said, "I didn't call to see where she was because a couple of times Gary [Brenda's husband] kept her [Cecilia] home with him and they didn't call to tell me until later."

In her statement to police, Hoffman described Cecilia as the type of child who was usually asleep upon arrival at her house and didn't wake up until around 10:00 a.m.

"I know Brenda was stressed because of all the prep work for the first day of school," Hoffman said in her statement. "She has always been there to pick up both girls and I have never had any problems with Brenda at all."

Hoffman added that she cleans the Slaby house every other Saturday.

The investigation report went into great detail about Brenda Slaby's activities on August 23.

According to the report, she left her Symmes Township house around 6:30 a.m. and headed toward Union Township with Cecilia in a child restraint seat.

As she turned onto State Route 32 toward Batavia, police say Slaby intended to exit at Eastgate Boulevard and head to Hoffman's house.

"Brenda Slaby admitted she thought it was too early to drop her daughter at the sitter's house," wrote Officer Geremy Grooms. "She changed into the left lane and drove to Busken Bakery on Old State Route 74 at Glen Este-Withamsville Road."

The narrative continued with the words, "Brenda Slaby admitted to investigators that she never thought of the child from the point where she changed lanes at Eastgate Boulevard."

According to the investigative report, Slaby picked up eight-dozen donuts at Bueken, paid $59.22 for them with a credit card, and then headed to the Middle School.

A security camera at the school showed Slaby backing her SUV up to the school and unloading the donuts from the rear hatch, just a few feet from where Cecilia was in the back seat on the driver's side of the vehicle.

In fact, the surveillance video indicates she passed by Cecilia more than half-a-dozen times before parking and entering the school around 7:00 a.m.

Both Prosecutor White and Brenda Slaby's attorney, Scott Croswell, agreed that the facts in the case did not warrant a criminal charge.

The emotional case has produced widely varying opinions on whether Slaby should be prosecuted.

White said Tuesday that half the callers said Slaby should be charged and the other half said she'd suffered enough through the loss of her daughter.

Ireneparalegal
09-07-2007, 05:28 PM
IF YOU CLICK ON THE VIDEO IN THIS LINK YOU CAN SEE THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO AND THE REPORTER NOTING HOW SHE WAS IN AND OUT OF HER CAR SEVERAL TIMES AND IGNORING HER CHILD: Just click where it says 9news video report...

http://www.wcpo.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=bdaedd71-ae0d-412a-9db4-46ad09e2094f

Mikado
09-07-2007, 05:38 PM
Mother left her child more than TWO TIMES IN THE CAR ALONE!!!!!!!!

Here is more to the story:

Last Update: 9/06 9:39 am


Union Township police investigation urged charge of child endangering against toddler's mother.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Documents released by Union Township police Wednesday show that two-year-old Cecilia Slaby had been left unattended in family vehicles numerous times before she died in her mother's hot car behind Glen Este Middle School August 23.

That information was contained in a 38-page report sent to Clermont County Prosecutor Don White, who on Tuesday said he would not prosecute Brenda Slaby, the child's mother, in the case.

White said it was a tragic accident, not a crime.

In the report, police recommended filing a charge of child endangering against Slaby for the heat-related death of her daughter Cecilia.

That would have required a legal standard of recklessness, which White said wasn't met by any of the evidence considered in the case.

According to the police report, the three incidents occurred at The Compass School on Waterstone Boulevard in Deerfield Township, Warren County. The Slaby's older daughter is enrolled there as a student. Two were this past winter and the third was on August 21.

A parent at the school, Karen Clary, told police that in the winter of 2007, she saw a baby alone in a car outside the school when she dropped off one of her children. She told police that a short time later, a man came out of the school, got in the car and drove away.

A week later, Clary reported the same baby alone in the same car. The parents turned out to be the Slabys.

Debbie Wolf was School Director at the time, and according to the police report, spoke to Brenda Slaby, telling her that her child should never be left in a car alone.

Wolf noted in a written statement to police that Slaby apologized and there was no other occurrence.

Two other incidents happened in the two days immediately before Cecilia's death, according to the police report.

On August 21, a teacher at the school, Tara Phillips, told police that Slaby came to pick her daughter up at 5:10 p.m. She allegedly told the child to hurry up, "because the baby was in the car."

When officers questioned Phillips about how long Cecilia was in the car, she replied, "approximately two minutes." The next day, Brenda Slaby came to the school at 3:05 p.m. and her daughter asked her to watch her part in a play.

"Mom stayed and they both left at 3:15 p.m.," Phillips noted. "Mom didn't go outside to check on the baby."

Those instances prompted School Director Laura Carr to put an article in the newsletter entitled, "Parking Lot Reminders."

It contained the words, "It remains a safety precaution that no child is left alone either in the school or in the car."

Investigators also talked to a number of Slaby's colleagues at Glen Este Middle School.

None of them said that they ever saw their assistant principal leave her children unattended. In fact, they said she often brought them into the school building with her if they were in her care.

The Union Township Police material also contained a statement from Anne Hoffman, who was the regular babysitter for Cecilia.

She told investigators that she had expected Slaby to drop off Cecilia between 6:45 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 23.

When Slaby didn't show up, Hoffman said, "I didn't call to see where she was because a couple of times Gary [Brenda's husband] kept her [Cecilia] home with him and they didn't call to tell me until later."

In her statement to police, Hoffman described Cecilia as the type of child who was usually asleep upon arrival at her house and didn't wake up until around 10:00 a.m.

"I know Brenda was stressed because of all the prep work for the first day of school," Hoffman said in her statement. "She has always been there to pick up both girls and I have never had any problems with Brenda at all."

Hoffman added that she cleans the Slaby house every other Saturday.

The investigation report went into great detail about Brenda Slaby's activities on August 23.

According to the report, she left her Symmes Township house around 6:30 a.m. and headed toward Union Township with Cecilia in a child restraint seat.

As she turned onto State Route 32 toward Batavia, police say Slaby intended to exit at Eastgate Boulevard and head to Hoffman's house.

"Brenda Slaby admitted she thought it was too early to drop her daughter at the sitter's house," wrote Officer Geremy Grooms. "She changed into the left lane and drove to Busken Bakery on Old State Route 74 at Glen Este-Withamsville Road."

The narrative continued with the words, "Brenda Slaby admitted to investigators that she never thought of the child from the point where she changed lanes at Eastgate Boulevard."

According to the investigative report, Slaby picked up eight-dozen donuts at Bueken, paid $59.22 for them with a credit card, and then headed to the Middle School.

A security camera at the school showed Slaby backing her SUV up to the school and unloading the donuts from the rear hatch, just a few feet from where Cecilia was in the back seat on the driver's side of the vehicle.

In fact, the surveillance video indicates she passed by Cecilia more than half-a-dozen times before parking and entering the school around 7:00 a.m.

Both Prosecutor White and Brenda Slaby's attorney, Scott Croswell, agreed that the facts in the case did not warrant a criminal charge.

The emotional case has produced widely varying opinions on whether Slaby should be prosecuted.

White said Tuesday that half the callers said Slaby should be charged and the other half said she'd suffered enough through the loss of her daughter.
This was NO accident........PROSECUTE HER (people in that town should be calling for prosecutor Don White's HEAD on a platter!):mad:

Zoneboy
09-07-2007, 06:00 PM
This was NO accident........PROSECUTE HER (people in that town should be calling for prosecutor Don White's HEAD on a platter!):mad:

This guy must be related to the Prosecutor in charge of the Duke Lacrosse team case. :rolleyes:

*ClassicPinUp*
09-07-2007, 06:05 PM
I can't believe what I'm reading! What hell is wrong with these people! Something must be done..this child's murder is just being pushed aside. :mad: :mad: :mad:

A security camera at the school showed Slaby backing her SUV up to the school and unloading the donuts from the rear hatch, just a few feet from where Cecilia was in the back seat on the driver's side of the vehicle.

In fact, the surveillance video indicates she passed by Cecilia more than half-a-dozen times before parking and entering the school around 7:00 a.m.

Both Prosecutor White and Brenda Slaby's attorney, Scott Croswell, agreed that the facts in the case did not warrant a criminal charge.

White said Tuesday that half the callers said Slaby should be charged and the other half said she'd suffered enough through the loss of her daughter.<<< Ha, what a joke. She's suffered enough? How about switching places with Cecilia. Something tells me she was the one who suffered.

Ireneparalegal
09-07-2007, 06:36 PM
I can't believe what I'm reading! What hell is wrong with these people! Something must be done..this child's murder is just being pushed aside. :mad: :mad: :mad:

A security camera at the school showed Slaby backing her SUV up to the school and unloading the donuts from the rear hatch, just a few feet from where Cecilia was in the back seat on the driver's side of the vehicle.

In fact, the surveillance video indicates she passed by Cecilia more than half-a-dozen times before parking and entering the school around 7:00 a.m.

Both Prosecutor White and Brenda Slaby's attorney, Scott Croswell, agreed that the facts in the case did not warrant a criminal charge.

White said Tuesday that half the callers said Slaby should be charged and the other half said she'd suffered enough through the loss of her daughter.<<< Ha, what a joke. She's suffered enough? How about switching places with Cecilia. Something tells me she was the one who suffered.

YOU SAID IT!!!!
I know if that crime had been committed here ALL HELL WOULD BREAK LOOSE. :mad: What is wrong with this prosecutor/county???? Surely they can see what we see and we aren't even there!

I am telling you...either she is the most stupid person on this planet or she knew damn well what she was doing. She already had been told THREE TIMES BEFORE ABT LEAVING HER CHILD IN THE CAR ALONE...surely that is neglect and the fact that she was warned THE DAY BEFORE should warrant at least a felony child abuse charge. She seriously didn't ever believe her child was ever in harm's way :rolleyes: or she was hoping to get rid of this child and allow her child to die in the worst way possible.

dawsongirl
09-08-2007, 12:09 AM
Where's a good lynch mob when you need one? Though they may have a pretty full schedule lately.

Hollow
09-08-2007, 12:43 AM
White said it was a tragic accident, not a crime.
yeah, not her fault she left her child in a deadly situation and ignored her. OOPSIEZ! accidentz happen. :crazy: :lol: :happyface :wave:

retrochick9
09-08-2007, 11:24 AM
EXACTLY!!! unbelievable!!! :angryfire How can she not be in jail? She must know someone or is owed a favor, it doesn't make sense!!!

Ireneparalegal
09-08-2007, 07:10 PM
Where's a good lynch mob when you need one? Though they may have a pretty full schedule lately.
I know, how many stupid parent stories have we read this week alone? :crazy:

Chelsea
09-08-2007, 09:02 PM
Criminal negligence, you ****ing idiot. That's what you charger her with, if you can't find a way to make something harder stick. Seriously, did this idiot graduate from the University of Kegstands law school or something?

Dynomite
09-08-2007, 10:12 PM
Criminal negligence, you ****ing idiot. That's what you charger her with, if you can't find a way to make something harder stick. Seriously, did this idiot graduate from the University of Kegstands law school or something?

The prosecutor is a clueless, bureaucratic addlebrain, Seth! If I were him, I wouldn't give a rat's ass how badly she suffered over this incident-I would've thrown the book at her and charged her with leaving that poor child in that car seat in that hot van. Sure, she'll say she forgot, but guess what, and I'll quote my friend, Nancy, after I explained to her about a barbecue I planned, but no one showed up for because my guests forgot when the event was scheduled, even though I notified them ahead of time through the mail- being forgetful is not a very good excuse for being either negligent or irresponsible. That lady was warned twice about leaving her daughter in her van, so she definitely cannot use "I forgot" as an excuse for leaving her daughter in that hot van. I have no sympathy at all for irresponsible people such as this lady. Personally, I'm all about holding people fully accountable for their misconduct. This lady needs to legally be held accountable for her negligent actions. I don't like politics, but I can't stand people that let fools off the hook for this kind of misconduct or any kind for that matter. This prosecutor needs to be voted out, because if this happened in my neck of the woods, with our prosecutors, no excuse in the world would ever get this lady off the hook. You're right, Seth, this is an absolute abomination.

Chelsea
09-08-2007, 10:18 PM
I'm reasonably confident the idiotic prosecutor could make a murder charge stick if he tried - there has to be something more to this story

Janice
09-08-2007, 11:18 PM
I don't see murder as an option, but negligent homicide, or some sort of manslaughter. It's insane that she's skating on this. It seems to happen all the time. It's happened in Massachusetts a few times, and the parents always get away with it.

Ireneparalegal
09-08-2007, 11:57 PM
I don't see murder as an option, but negligent homicide, or some sort of manslaughter. It's insane that she's skating on this. It seems to happen all the time. It's happened in Massachusetts a few times, and the parents always get away with it.
You are right Janice. Murder is not an option. Certainly not first degree, that would have to mean she planned this. As you can read my previous posts I kinda have that awful feeling, I mean, she was warned THREE TIMES. Imagine how many times she did this and wasn't CAUGHT? :confused: Is it a possibility she felt if she left her child to die in the car, she could get away with murder because she could use the "I forgot" excuse. It seems so many in this country have used it and gotten away with it, so it does seem plausible that some sicko could use this as a defense to purposely killing their child.

However, I can't see her getting off so easy for this if she DIDN'T PURPOSELY DO THIS. The plain simple fact is that she left a child in a car numerous times ALONE. There is a police report from the previous day. Certainly for that there is a history of neglect and some sort of child abuse. I don't know the laws in her state, but certainly some charge should be fitting for this.

schoolmom
09-11-2007, 12:13 PM
Well said.


You would be surprised at some people. For many years, I worked in a
clothing store. One day, one of my co-workers found a little boy wandering
around the store, crying, wanting his mommy. They took him to the customer
service desk, and managed to get him to tell them his name. The customer
service rep made several announcements on the PA system, still nobody
showed up. Then, we were just about to call the police, when a car pulled
up front, and a woman came rushing inside. Of course, she was this little
boy's mother. She had driven home after leaving our store, COMPLETELY
forgetting about her little boy.

Ireneparalegal
09-11-2007, 03:39 PM
You would be surprised at some people. For many years, I worked in a
clothing store. One day, one of my co-workers found a little boy wandering
around the store, crying, wanting his mommy. They took him to the customer
service desk, and managed to get him to tell them his name. The customer
service rep made several announcements on the PA system, still nobody
showed up. Then, we were just about to call the police, when a car pulled
up front, and a woman came rushing inside. Of course, she was this little
boy's mother. She had driven home after leaving our store, COMPLETELY
forgetting about her little boy.
:eek: :mad:

FactoryGirl
09-11-2007, 04:34 PM
EXACTLY!!! unbelievable!!! :angryfire How can she not be in jail? She must know someone or is owed a favor, it doesn't make sense!!!

I'm pretty sure this woman would have got charged if she was lower class and lived in the projects or a trailer home or even if this woman was a man.

I can't believe this wasn't the first time and yet, she's 100% free of charges. What is wrong with the justice system?

*ClassicPinUp*
09-11-2007, 07:04 PM
What is wrong with the justice system?

There isn't enough space on this board to answer that one.

Since those in charge have failed this little girl (and us) yet again..I say let the public decide what this "mothers" (if one could call her that) fate should be! :mad: Eh, if only.

Ireneparalegal
09-11-2007, 10:34 PM
I just heard on the news that a determination will be reached next week on whether this woman, who is currently a principal of a school, should be allowed to keep her job. She has been on administrative leave since this crime took place. I don't call it a tragedy...IT IS A CRIME.

Mikado
09-11-2007, 10:57 PM
I just heard on the news that a determination will be reached next week on whether this woman, who is currently a principal of a school, should be allowed to keep her job. She has been on administrative leave since this crime took place. I don't call it a tragedy...IT IS A CRIME.
i dont have any children but, if i did, *I* wouldnt want HER in charge of them, she cant even take care of her OWN kids.....FIRE HER! :mad:

Hollow
09-11-2007, 11:09 PM
I just heard on the news that a determination will be reached next week on whether this woman, who is currently a principal of a school, should be allowed to keep her job. She has been on administrative leave since this crime took place. I don't call it a tragedy...IT IS A CRIME.
the incident is probably going to hurt her reputation at the school enough, she might as well just find another job.

Ireneparalegal
09-11-2007, 11:13 PM
You have to remember though, a good majority of the people are ON HER SIDE. It seems the town is divided, with half wanting her head on a platter and the other half feeling sorry for her. :mad:

Mikado
09-11-2007, 11:25 PM
:eek:

Hollow
09-11-2007, 11:57 PM
You have to remember though, a good majority of the people are ON HER SIDE. It seems the town is divided, with half wanting her head on a platter and the other half feeling sorry for her. :mad:
ah, that's true. such a shame that people don't believe in the idea of responsibility.

Mr. Television
09-11-2007, 11:59 PM
All you have to do is say you're sorry anymore...no matter what you do and no matter if you really are sorry...and a certain segment of the public will forgive you.