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Three words: Safe Haven Law.

Every year too many unwanted newborns die unnecessarily when they can just be dropped off at a nearby hospital. Most states provide full anonymity as well. You can just walk in, drop off your newborn and go back to your life… all without killing your baby!

Yet, like this this case, there are still too many parents who do not exercise this right and will be serving jail time because of it.

What I find baffling about this case is it almost seems like she knew about the safe haven laws. After stowing her baby in the trunk she drove to a health care center where she was inspected. She told them she left her baby in a box at a hospital when they asked where her baby was. LIE

So now she’s gonna be serving some time, which could have all been avoided if she had just known about the Safe Haven Law… spread the word.

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Events like this should serve as a big wake up call to yourself, “Hey… Maybe it’s time to stop drinking!” Well, not to Erin.

After the funeral she was to (of course) report back to jail, instead drove straight to the closest bar to throw back a few.

I’m sure it’s gotta be hard attending your sons funeral, especially when you are responsible for his death, but show your son some respect and stop drinking!

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They were accidentally discovered by a neighbor who installed a CCTV baby monitor to watch his newborn. Instead of seeing his newborn, he was connected to his neighbors live torture feed.

The torture was coordinated by “The Doctor”, leader of the Grail Movement cult which has over 10,000 members.

Mom is claiming she was brainwashed by Barbora Skrlova who kind of reminds me of bat boy.

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The father went to pickup his wife at a bar, though she refused to leave.

Frustrated, he went out with a friend to drinking as well, leaving their 4 kids at home alone.

Their four kids, ages 1, 3, 3 and 4 were left home alone for 10 hours with no food or supervision.

Two of the kids were spotted walking along the highway by a good samaritan. He called the police and stayed with the boys until the police arrived.

The father is now facing charges of child abuse. The mother is not being charged since she was unaware the children were left home alone. The kids are with Child Protective Services.

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If this isn’t bad enough, she kept the kids like prisoners in in her Port St. Lucie, Florida home. Leekin admitted to restraining the kids to their beds with plastic ties and beating them. She also did not send them to school or bother feeding them much. All the children were found nearly starved to death, and had never received medical care.

 A surveillance system let Leekin keep watch over the children via closed-circuit TV monitors. She would also lock the kids in a passageway to hide them from unexpected visitors. The children said she would threaten to shoot them or cut off their heads if they made noise.

The children are now 16 to 28, nine are who in foster or group homes. Another one lives on his own in Florida.

Leekin is facing federal mail and wire fraud charges. She must give back all the money and could get up to eight years in prison. That’s the least of her worries. Leekin is also suspected of killing one of the kids, a boy named Shane Graham, and disposing of the body.

I’m blown away that the abuse and fraud went on for 20 years and affected so many children. How did she manage to get away with this for so long?

(Thanks to reader Rebecca for sending a link to this story.)

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James is accused of ongoing physical abuse including hitting her daughter with a belt and tying her hands to bedposts with scarves. When emergency crews responded to Michal James’ 911 call, they found that the little girl was already dead and covered in bruises.

The coroner’s office ruled the toddler’s death a homicide. The corner’s report stated that Patricia died from neglect (she was very underweight), abuse and asphyxiation.

At the time of the toddler’s death, James was eight months pregnant. She also had a five-year-old son and seven-year-old daughter living at home with her. No mention of the dad (or dads) is given.

James’s mother, who also lives in the home, said she would often tell her daughter not to hit the kids. Grandma told police she did not hear any of the abuse happening. (Not unusual. If she’s like many older folks, she may have hearing problems, and she said she had a fan, an a/c unit, and the TV on.)

James has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, simple assault, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment and endangering the welfare of a child.

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Legendre has joint custody of his son along with his ex-wife. After spending time with his father, the child went home to his mom. He told her and police that his dad beat him because of a bad grade in school.  He also said dad pushed him into a table and beat him with a belt.

Now my husband and I get mad at our eight-year-old when he does poorly at school. To punish him, we send him to his room, make him do extra homework, and don’t allow him to watch TV. You know, something any reasonable parent would do.

Instead Legendre, beat his kid and left welts and bruises all over his body.

Kudos to the mom for believing her child, calling the child abuse hotline, and getting police involved ASAP. The boy has received medical attention and been interviewed by a doctor and police. Child Protective Services and the Kids House are also investigating.  Legendre is due in court on July 1st. 

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I wanted to point out an error to you on a recent posting on Parents Behaving Badly.  This is regarding the Katherine Bunnell case in RI.  She did not act alone, she acted in concert w/her scumbag boyfriend.  You said in the post that he “called 911 immediately”.  He did not.  Also, he is the one who threw the child into the wall, probably inflicting the fatal blows.  His cousin is the one who called 911.  I just thought you might want to correct the post. 

So I went back to the original story I found in the Norwich Bulletin which said that Delestre’s cousin (Delestre is Bunnell’s boyfriend) said she hung up the phone after he called 911.

I honestly thought that the he referenced was the boyfriend and not the cousin, which was a mistake on my part. In fact, Delestre is awaiting trial for the murder of the little boy according to the article that Jane referenced.

At the trial, T.J.’s babysitter, Kayla Roderick, testified that Bunnell beat the child then Delestre hurled him across the living room. Delestre’s cousin, Jose A. Santiago, also testified and said he was the one who called 911 and tried to perform CPR on T.J.

Two seemingly credible witnesses mean that both Bunnell and her boyfriend will be put away for a long time. Bunnell has been found guilty of second-degree murder, which carries a sentence of 10 years to life in prison, with parole eligibility after 20 years. She was also found guilty of murder conspiracy, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years.

Thanks Jane, for the correction and update.

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Seems that Bunnell beat her three-year-old nephew to death after she came home from a night of drinking with her live-in boyfriend, Gilbert Delestre. You see she was a little mad to find that he spilled yogurt and milk in living room and made a mess.

She was so pissed that she dragged the little boy out of his bed, pulled him him down the stairs, and hit him so hard that he repeatedly toppled over and slammed his head on the flour. Finally, Bunnell poured milk on his head and threw him six feet across the room. T.J. was left left slumped against a wall, whimpering and struggling to breathe.

Delestre immediately called 911 for help. Bunnell hung up the phone then tried to stop him from resuscitating the boy after he stopped breathing. Later she blamed her boyfriend for inflicting the injuries.

An autopsy revealed that T.J. had a broken leg, brain damage and multiple blunt force injuries. Poor kid. According to the Rhode Island attorney general, it was the most brutal beating he’d ever seen in his professional experience.

Bunnell faces 10 years to life in prison. I hope she gets it.

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