23-year-old Sharena Bess is being charged with felony child abuse after wrapping her newborn in a towel, placing him in a book bag and stuffing him in the trunk of her car.
Three words: Safe Haven Law.
Every year too many unwanted newborns die unnecessarily when they can just be dropped off at a nearby hospital. […]
In a move that would never be described as “money”, Jacob Calero and wife Michelle De La Vega took a trip to Vegas, leaving their puppies with her mother - and their two young kids by themselves.
Joshua, 9, and Jacob, 5 - did I mention that Jacob is autistic? - were left to fend […]
Remember the last story we reported out of Africa? Involving a family with HIV and an ax, it wasn’t exactly what you’d call uplifting. So I’m pleased that this Parent Behaving Badly story out of Ghana actually has an uplifting ending. 18-year-old Sophia Adoo didn’t fully realize she was pregnant until she went to relieve […]
As far as I can tell, Britain doesn’t have “safe haven” laws that allow a mom to drop off a baby at a safe spot without legal consequences. There’s been a roaring debate about such laws here in the states, with some arguing that they dissuade young women from getting pre-natal care. That debate might […]
Cleveland, Ohio
Rosemary Stokes Busch, 23, gave her two-year-old daughter, Savannah Stokes, to 60-year-old Nicholas Stokes (who is allegedly related to Savannah’s father) after Stokes (Nicholas, not Savannah) gave Stokes Busch $2000 (which Stokes Busch said was back child support due to her from Savannah’s father, who is not Nicholas Stokes). Are you following? […]
I almost - ALMOST - feel bad for these two. They didn’t leave the kid in a ditch or on a park bench. They actually handed the kid off to someone - ok, two total strangers at the drugstore next to their apartment building - but still. It could’ve been worse.
Now, perhaps Daniel’s Law […]
List of things to leave on my boyfriend’s doorstep:
–old love letters
–his letterman jacket
–the cute stuffed alligator he won for me at the county fair
–pet rock
–the old smelly sneakers he left under my bed thinking I wouldn’t notice them.
–any mix tapes that have Depeche Mode songs on them
–our baby
Tags: Abandonment, baby, Death, delaware, Greenwood, julie+bailey, mother, […]
Hey, dude, I was driving along Sunday night when I saw these people. I stopped the car and started chasing them into the woods. And then I chased them some more. I got really lost and got my butt out of the woods. And then I got home.
And then I […]
To clarify: by “alone”, I don’t mean mean “in the den watching The Wiggles while Mommy and Daddy play backgammon in the breakfast nook”. This is more along the lines of “on a freezing cold sidewalk in the middle of the night inhaling exhaust fumes”. Elias and Felicia Dominguez have been charged with abusing of […]
Wendy Renard, 35, plead guilty to leaving her four young children alone in a cold house for two days in December 2003. She was sentenced to 20 days in jail and two years of probation Thursday. I can only hope that the jail operator has the same philosophy about heating rooms that she […]
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