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Parents Behaving Badly

July 29th, 2007

Brandi Morgan Leaves One-Year-Old Out in the Rain for 10 Hours

In Pittsburgh, Brandi Morgan, 25 left her one-year-old daughter stapped in her car seat inside a car with the windows and sun roof open during a violent storm that scared the crap out of most adults. The baby was left outside for about 10 hours wearing only a diaper. Passerbys found her covered with leaves, […]

By Former Blogger -- 55 comments

May 26th, 2007

Martha and Jose Franco Arrested for Torturing Four-Year-Old Autistic Son

In South Dos Palos, California, Martha Franco, 42 and her husband Jose were arrested for abusing their four-year-old autistic son and beating him into a coma. The mother is charged with attempted murder, child endangerment, corporal injury and battery with serious injury.
Police say the boy’s injuries are horrific and believe he was abused over the course of four weeks. […]

By Former Blogger -- 15 comments

March 2nd, 2007

UPDATE: Foster mother guilty of murdering her 3-year old developmentally disabled boy

A few quick updates on the case reported earlier…
Liz Carrol has been convicted and is expected to serve at least 54 years in prison.
Donna Trevino, the birth mother has said she is happy with the verdict and sentence.
Trevino has also filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Liz and David Carrol as well as the agency […]

By joelnet -- 3 comments

February 22nd, 2007

Foster mother guilty of murdering her 3-year old developmentally disabled boy

30 year old foster mother, Liz Carroll, made plans to leave her 3-year old developmentally disabled boy alone, while she attends an out of state weekend family reunion with her husband David and their live-in companion Amy Baker. In a seriously major lapse of judgment they decided it best to wrap him in a […]

By joelnet -- 30 comments

February 1st, 2007

Amanda Hamm Update: Mom Gets Light Sentence

Amanda Hamm, convicted of standing back while her boyfriend drowned her children in a car, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. As readers on a previous thread have noted, this means that she could walk out of jail in a year or two, once time served is taken into account. Justice? Um…not quite. Hamm […]

By admin -- 4 comments

January 24th, 2007

Stephanie Ann Helton Lets Her Infant Guzzle a Brewski

Thanks to Sinthyia for the heads-up on yet another story of parents doling out the alcohol to minors. And when I say “minor”, I mean MINOR. 21-year old Stephanie Ann Helton of Phil Campbell, Alabama was busted by the authori-tays when police (for reasons unspecified) were called to perform a “welfare check” on the three […]

By admin -- 6 comments

December 28th, 2006

Brandi and Edwina Naholnik Leave Brandi’s Children Home Alone to Burn

Being a bad parent is hard, yo! When you choose to neglect your kids, it forces you to make all kinds of difficult choices. Let’s say - strictly as a hypothetical, mind you - that you and your daughter decided to leave her kids home overnight and part of the next morning, so that you […]

By admin -- 2 comments

December 27th, 2006

Jamie Marie Rosen Accused of Sipping Vodka from Water Bottle while Driving with Kids

Now where have we heard this one before? Oh right - it slightly mirrors the case of Sarah Smith, whose boyfriend Ryan Delaroche was hitting booze from a water bottle while driving. In that case, Smith unintentionally poisoned her baby when she used Ryan’s “water” to mix her daughter’s bottle.
In that case, the fault clearly […]

By admin -- 2 comments

December 13th, 2006

Gardenia Johansson Leaves Kid in Car - But Takes Dog with Her!

Okay. Here it is, today’s story by popular demand. Folks are already searching for this like mad, and reader SuperSnark sent it to me an hour or so ago in a link. What is “it”, you may ask? Why, it is the story of Gardenia Johansson of Scottsdale, Arizona, who was arrested after she tried […]

By admin -- 20 comments

December 2nd, 2006

Heather Heck Accused of Leaving Baby in Car for Weekend While She Partied

Thanks to Trench for the heads-up on this story on CrimeRant about Heather Heck. The 23-year-old Loraine, Ohio woman really, really wanted a nice weekend out with her boyfriend. But, alas, she couldn’t find anyone to babysit./ So she did the only logical thing: wrapped her six-week-old child up in a bed sheet (and a […]

By admin -- 76 comments