Posted on 02/08/2011 2:04:37 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
(Reuters) - A Pittsburgh woman was sentenced to two years probation on Tuesday for accidentally sitting on and smothering her infant granddaughter, authorities said.
Elane Springs, 50, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of children in the death of 1-month-old Tyjahe Springs on September 17, 2008.
Springs said she had been using a pillow to keep the baby from falling off the couch while she did housework, according to court documents.
When she grew tired from housework, she sat down on the couch for several hours before getting up and realizing she had been sitting on the baby, the documents said.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Left the baby on the couch! Came back and sat down without checking on said baby! Sat down and noticed a problem three hours later!
Seems to me that animals like her don’t fare well in the grand scheme of survival over time. However, people like this may cause me to overdose on brain bleach before my time. Aaughhh!
Didn’t move from the couch for three+ hours.
Hmmmmmmn.
Ms. Springs appeared in court today in an elegant black hat and a yellow skirt-suit.
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How very odd to comment on her fashion sense. That reporter must be an idiot.
An innocent little baby died. Do you really think your joke is appropriate?
An innocent little baby died. Do you really think your joke is appropriate?
But, you busted someone's chops for your mistake.
To quote an un-named genius.."what education level did the writer have?? NONE?"
Someone requested the pic. I had it. And that baby was murdered. No one “accidentally” sits on a child for 2 hours. The little ones is in the arms of God, being loved.
This is just nuts.
Couldn’t she feel it underneath her?
It was bound to have wiggled a bit. Crazy.
She had to be mentally impaired.
Notice on the video how she was grinning real big and laughing on her way to court?
If that was a whitey, she’d never get out of jail.
Uh it says she went to sit down next to the baby...well dag she didn’t realize she wasn’t next to it, but on it?
Something not right about this article...and then pats the baby down and puts a t shirt on it and then puts it in a car seat, AFTER KNOWING IT WAS DEAD AND NOT CALLING 911...
I bet if you or I tried that we wouldn’t get away with it...but this is the age of Obama after all, and I’m sure Eric Holder has her best interests at heart..
And doesn’t it strike anyone else as odd, they describe her ‘elegant’ dress ...cmon!
I can't change what happened, so relax. We joke about lots of things around here, and it doesn't mean we're not sympathetic toward those who may have been hurt.
Another case where baby’s life is worth nothing!
READ THIS PART: She left a phone message for her son asking him to tell his sister, the baby's mother, that the baby was dead. About four hours after Springs got up from the couch, her son and the baby's mother arrived and called 911, according to a criminal complaint filed by police.
Read the whole article at the link.
My 'take' on this is that the baby was the child of BROTHER and SISTER, and Mom thought she was doing them a FAVOR by killing the child.
Since the 'parents' didn't even show up until 4 hours later, it seems they weren't too concerned about it.
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