Crystal Conklin Kills Her Two-Year-Old Son - Battered from “Head to Toe”
In Warren, Michigan, Crystal Conklin, 27, is under trial for killing her two-year-old son, Sean Sowards. The dcoctor who testified against her equates the boy’s injuries to torture. The doctor said he was abused his whole life. Sean had three dozen bruises, abrasions and cuts all over his body. He was also blind from being shaken or hit on his head. Also, his big-toe toenails were torn off, his eyelids were red and swollen, and he was undernorished.
Little Sean was was found unresponsive and lying in a pool of vomit. He was taken to the hospital by paramedics, and underwent brain surgery to relieve pressure from swelling. The toddler died two days later from blunt force trauma to the head.
Conklin’s four-year-old daughter, Angel, showed no signs of abuse or lack of nourishment. Only Sean was abused.
Of course Conklin and Sean’s Dad, Michael Sowards, denied abusing the boy. Both said that Sean was clumsy and his sister was physically agressive toward him. Herd also said she had seen scratches on Sean’s face and bruises on his forehead and was told by Conklin or her son that the injuries were inflicted by Sean’s sister.
Sean’s grandmother had reported abuse when he was only four months old, but she was told to mind her own business. Maybe if authorities had paid attention to her, Sean would be alive today.
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19 opinions for Crystal Conklin Kills Her Two-Year-Old Son - Battered from “Head to Toe”
sfdude_2008
Apr 19, 2008 at 1:27 pm
The poor baby! I tried to but couldn’t imagine Crystal standing over him with nothing short of hate and cruelty on her face!!!! I hope that sadistic bitch dies in prison!
rockdoll_71
Apr 19, 2008 at 2:46 pm
I hope that whore is tortured to death in prison. She ripped that baby’s toenails off. That alone should tell you what a sadistic piece of shit she is. OH, I hope she dies.
LicaH
Apr 19, 2008 at 8:44 pm
I feel sick to my stomach what this women did to her child! I could never imagine torturing/beating a child and ripping off his toenails!!! What a mean and cruel person she is. I am so sad for this child’s pain that was brought to him by his mother…someone that gave him life. Poor baby Sean.
lilsmidget440
Apr 20, 2008 at 9:46 am
What a BITCH! I hope she rots in hell and I hope while in prison she is treated to the same abuse….shoot I’d love to spend one day in prison with her…I have a 2 yr old and he will never have to endure any type of torture or pain like that ever in his life…Send the dad to prison too….both of them ROT IN HELL BITCHES!
sfdude_2008
Apr 20, 2008 at 3:26 pm
I hope that hateful bitch gets pooped on by police dogs! She doesn’t deserve to breathe at all!
jaleja
Apr 22, 2008 at 6:39 am
OK, this part really really gets to me. The abuse was bad enough, but this Quote” “My concerns were Sean was being injured in his home,” she said. “I told them my 4-month-old grandson was being spanked by his mother because he wouldn’t stop crying.”
She said she was told that “unless he is seriously injured or dead, they would not investigate.”
“They said parents have a right to discipline their children, and it was none of my business,” she said.”EndQuote
REALLY floors me. How can child protective services MAKE such a statement???? A right to discipline===>>> puh leeze, we’re talking about spanking a 4 MONTH OLD CHILD!!
I am a grandparent, and can only imagine Mrs. Herd’s dispair.
That poor poor little boy.
myers1984
Apr 22, 2008 at 4:07 pm
well i just wanted to post a comment,first of all this beautiful baby boy is with god now,and is begining his life,cause he never had one here.that whole family was screwed up,don’t feel bad for that wana be grandmother because she is just playing the pitty role.she acted totally normal at this babys funeral,which barely had any flowers nothing.that baby was such a beautiful little boy,i had a fundraiser for him and bought him a headstone.not many people go there,i try to bring flowers to him often.just keep him in your prayers and hope that rotten bitch pays for what she did.i have a 2year old and it makes me so sick to even think how a person could do that to any baby let alone her own.and now you got the other to girls in foster care not knowing where there mom dad or brother has gone.its sad and really sick.he was a beautiful baby.if anyone wants to bring him flowers he is buried at resurection,just keep him in your prayers…i love you baby sean….
catsy101
Apr 23, 2008 at 8:41 pm
I have a beautiful two year old boy who is Developmentally Delayed. He is sweet, loving and wonderful.
Thinking about him while reading this nearly made me cry. What was she thinking? How could she do this to her own little boy? And if, (I don’t believe it but IF), he daughter was abusing her son that badly, why didn’t she protect her son and get her daughter help?
It doesn’t make sense. It’s cruel and horrifying. Didn’t she feel anything for her son while she hurt him? When he cried and yelled Mommy? What the hell is wrong with these people?
This poor little boy. How could someone hurt such a small and innocent child? My son is delayed and he cries but I don’t hit him. What in the hell would that solve? I hold him and hug him and love him and sing to him and coo to him, and play with him and love him no matter what.
To this little baby:::
I am so sorry you were hurt so badly. If I could have saved you, if I knew what was going on, I would have saved you in a heartbeat. And even though I have three babies of my own, I would have taken you as my own if I could have. Rest sweet angel, and sit in God’s hands and know that you are safe. I didn’t know you, but you have all of my love.
Mummytotahlia
Apr 28, 2008 at 4:21 am
Poor baby Sean. I wish I could have taken you away and looked after you. But you are in heaven now and nobody can hurt you anymore.
heatherlindsays
Apr 28, 2008 at 12:49 pm
This pisses me off. I just read that she is also 7 1/2 mnths preggo. Bitch is about to have another one. Why on earth do people keep having kids that do not want them?! I hope they take the new baby away from her.
She tortured this poor child and he obviously threw up alot due to the foul smell and vomit on the clothes they said they smelled in the laundry room. Poor child. He was so scared. This just breaks my heart.
I will never understand how someone can hurt their baby. Yes, children cry, and whine, but that is NO excuse. She just had it in for this poor child.
It is not my place to judge her, but she should be locked up for life OR get the death penalty. She is scum and doesn’t deserve to be alive, much less make more babies. We all know she will.
heatherlindsays
Apr 28, 2008 at 12:52 pm
And if you read further you will see that the police found blood on the walls, in the carpet, on the sheets… This baby was brutally abused and no one noticed. How did that happen?!
rockdoll_71
Apr 28, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Some of these reports bother me a lot more than the other stories. This is one of them. Maybe because this sorry bitch tortured him. I don’t know but I know that she will pay for what she’s done- if not in this life, in the next. I really believe that but I sure would love to have a few minutes alone with her. She’s a real POS.
elizabeth
Apr 29, 2008 at 2:31 pm
My comment is to myers1984. I will pray for you “T” that God will help you to control your tongue to keep you from spreading your lies. The only PITY I have is for YOU!
April RJ
Apr 30, 2008 at 8:32 pm
What a worthless whore. Oh, what I would give for 10 minutes alone in a room with her. Ripped out toenails would be the least of her worries. As far as her being preg - Let’s hope they take that child from its first breath and give it to a loving home. While the doc is down there - maybe he could remove her uterus with rusty sergical tools. Stop her before she tortures any more babies.
Seansaunt
May 5, 2008 at 4:24 pm
To Meyers1984….I am only commenting to set the record straight here. I am Sean’s aunt and I was at the funeral home everyday and night as well as the funeral itself. The amount of flowers and people who came to his funeral was overwhelming. I saw you at the funeral home for a very very short time and I know for a a fact that you had nothing to do with Sean’s headstone. Yes, you did have a fundraiser for the headstone but you never donated it, you kept it. The headstone for my nephew was donated, graciously, by someone else. My sister, Sean’s grandmother has been living this hell and she did everything in her power to give Sean a beautiful funeral, which she did. My entire family has been suffering the loss of little Seanny and we are relieved that his killer, his monster of a mother has been put away forever for it. Although it does not bring our little baby angel back to us, it brings us some sense of peace and will help us to all heal from this tragedy and hopefully now we can all begin to piece our lives back together. Elizabeth, my sister, Sean’s grandma….I love you and pray for your peace everyday from all of this. God bless you and I can see the love you have for Sean just when you speak his name. Thank you for being such a wonderful sister, mother, person and most of all a wonderful grandmother. I will also pray for you Myers1984. I can’t imagine why anyone would post such terrible lies after such a tragedy. What could you possibly gain from doing and saying such hateful things? I have pity on you. Rest is sweet peace little Seanny in the arms of God, forever. We all love you and will miss you everyday.
mommysangels2008
May 13, 2008 at 3:12 pm
this comment is to seans aunt and grandmother,first of all this is natasha.i have made a phone call to elizabeth regarding the post myers1984 that was not me also that is not the only post people have been posting horrible things regarding me and this situation there was a myspace heading which had my phone number saying i was pregnant by mike.which i had to contact myspace to get removed,i just want you to know i feel for all of you i would never say anything bad about you or your family you have been threw hell already losing a grandchild.i’m not sure who is posting this negative and sick things,i’m assuming someone in the conklin family since i have been told what a bad person i am for continuing my friendship with mike.i have talkjed to mike about these postings weeks ago before i even becam aware of this one…this is a horrible situation and i pray justice is served for babyseans sake.he’s in my prayers…an to seans aunt no disrespect intended i am not sure who you were informed by about his headstone,but you may have been misinformed.i did have a fundraiser for him and a lady did call me from one of my flyers saying she wanted to help call around to see if we could get one dontaed,cause her daughter had lost a child,and we did do that and she found a place and had me contact them with the whole situation and the cemetary name and i then contacted matt conklin cause his name was on the plot,and i contacted mike,so yes i did get the headstone donated along with the help of a lady.and as for the money i raised after discussing it with mike it was donated to the cematary they gave me a name and number of another person who had lost a child and did not have a headstone.i would not keep it that would be immoral.and i was at the funeral home and the burial…so i’m not sure if you were just venting out at me cause you thought i said something negative about your sister.which is understandable…but please don’t make me out to be the bad guy i’m not..i just tryed to help…i have 2 boys of my own and i thankgod for them everyday.i would never intend to hurt someone who has went through such a horrible loss.as for crystal i hope she rots,she is a horrible monster.if you would like to contact me my email is mommysangel1984@yahoo.com the only time i ever used myers 1984 is when i had a aol when i was like 16….so not sure how that came up.also if anyone can tell me how to flag that post to get it removed please let me know….we all love you baby sean….
sees4
May 22, 2008 at 5:04 am
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/16354385/detail.html
phoenix74
Jul 9, 2008 at 11:50 am
I can’t get this story or this boy’s face out of my mind. I’ve cried myself to sleep a few nights over him. I don’t know why this one, out of all the stories here, is getting me so bad. Maybe it’s because I have a one year old little boy with big blue eyes myself. Maybe it’s because I’m pregnant again. Who knows. But this sweet child’s story makes me hug my own sweet boy that much closer at night. I wish I could have saved him. I wish I could save them all.
adrianna032
Aug 5, 2008 at 6:14 am
This petition is in honor of my sweet and innocent nephew Sean Michael Sowards. Sean never made it to his 3rd birthday. He was tortured by, and eventually murdered by his own mother, Crystal Conklin. Please sign and send this link to all.
Please go to the Care2 Petition site (link below) to sign
Sean’s Voice Male/Child Abuse Awareness Petition.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/a-new-perspective-the-unacknowledged-abuse-survivors
Thank you SO much.
We need to do something to STOP child abuse! Please help us by signing this petition.
Sean’s voice will be heard!
Adrianna
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