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rocktivity

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18. She was alone, in charge of a child, a baby, AND a gun,

Reply to Blue_Tires (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 24, 2013, 12:33 AM

Oct 2013

Last edited Thu Oct 24, 2013, 07:24 PM - Edit history (2)

and left them ALL unsupervised to TAKE A NAP???

She's getting off easy with just a charge of child endangerment -- she's guilty of criminally negligent homicide, too!

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Babysitter charged in 5-year-old's death [View all] yesphan Oct 2013 OP

Absolutely horrible. But I'm still trying to figure out after bullwinkle428 Oct 2013 #1

I guess she was one of those live-in au pairs Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #3

"...she was afraid of being in the house alone..." alcibiades_mystery Oct 2013 #15

Scared of WHAT? Demobrat Oct 2013 #17

Sounds more like drug culture stupidity rocktivity Oct 2013 #20

UPDATE 10/29 rocktivity Oct 2013 #22

She was alone, in charge of a child, a baby, AND a gun, rocktivity Oct 2013 #18

Good. It's tragic and criminal, what happened there. NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #2

sad... and strange stillcool Oct 2013 #4

Oh how sad!!!! tblue Oct 2013 #5

If they're insulted... Wait Wut Oct 2013 #9

People who keep guns in a house with small children have poor judgment alcibiades_mystery Oct 2013 #16

Throw the book at her and prosecute her HockeyMom Oct 2013 #6

She lives there. Could be the parent's gun Beaverhausen Oct 2013 #10

What kind of drugs was she on to sleep through a gunshot in the house? moriah Oct 2013 #7

Good question LiberalEsto Oct 2013 #8

lots of weirdness with this story Skittles Oct 2013 #11

Ho-hum. SheilaT Oct 2013 #12

Who takes a nap and leaves two babies alone? This story stinks to high heaven. Happyhippychick Oct 2013 #13

Her story stinks worse than a decomposing skunk. rocktivity Oct 2013 #21

It stinks of marijauna, apparently. rocktivity Oct 2013 #23

Hey, was this the missing AR-15... JimboBillyBubbaBob Oct 2013 #14

Remember everybody, to a child, a gun may look like a fascinating toy truthisfreedom Oct 2013 #19