Posted on 10/21/2017 7:49:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
To punish nine-year-old Dericka Lindsay for supposedly “being out of control,” her 325-pound cousin Veronica Green Posey sat on the child.
For 10 minutes, Posey remained atop Dericka. Even after the child screamed to her nearby parents that she could not breathe, the 64-year-old woman continued to sit on the girl for another two minutes.
After Posey finally relented, Dericka was unresponsive. Posey called 911 and attempted CPR. It didn’t work. Doctors at Baptist Hospital, where the Dericka was rushed, pronounced the girl dead.
Police arrested Posey and charged her with homicide and cruelty to a child.
Officers also arrested Dericka’s mother and father, Grace Jones Smith, 69, and James Edmund Smith, 62. They’re charged with child neglect.
The Florida Department of Children and Families called the death “appalling” and reported that agency had been called to deal with the family over a prior incident, stating: “As the family has a prior interaction with the child welfare system, a thorough quality assurance review will be conducted to review all prior interactions this family has had with the child welfare system.”
Posey is free on $125,000 bond. Grace is free on $75,000 bond. James is still locked up, waiting to secure a $50,000 bond, after which he will also be free.
Found this while perusing the link:
“Not even the child’s grandparents, these are the GREAT grandparents and unable to walk (Hence the wheelchair ramp)”
LOL - yeah, that too...
The mother looks like a man...and the father looks like a guy. Is there some sort of mistake here?
There are some very weird people in this. Poor little girl.
Geez...did you see the other woman??? She has a beard. And her eyebrows have blended in with her hairline. Some serious inbreeding or something going on there.
BLASPHEMY!
You are hereby condemned to a 24/7 diet of NPR until your reeducation is confirmed.
“Grace” definitely does not look like a natural female.
Ummm parents of a 9 year old girl whose parents and cousin were late 60’s near 70...hmmmmmmmm!
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