Wash. teen charged with drowning newborn in toilet

[Ghost in the Machine]

Wash. teen charged with drowning newborn in toilet
Published: 1/7/09, 9:45 PM EDT
By TIM KLASS

PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) - A 16-year-old girl suspected of drowning an infant boy in a toilet and throwing the body in the trash was charged with murder Wednesday.

Lauryn Louise Last, of Port Angeles, was charged as an adult with first-degree murder in the death of the infant believed to be her son.

The baby's body was found Monday by authorities combing 60 tons of trash at a dump site near Tacoma.

An affidavit filed that day said Last "put her baby face down into a toilet and allowed it to drown for several minutes until it died. Then she threw her son into the trash can outside in a plastic garbage bag."

Prosecutors said Last's father, Ronald Last Jr., 41, was charged Monday with possession of a firearm and possession of methamphetamine, both felonies, and with concealing a birth, a gross misdemeanor. He remained in the Clallam County jail.

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*** Guns, meth & a pregnant teen.. did the Wasilla Hillbillies move to Washington? ***

[flvegan]

1. How horrible.

[thunder rising]

2. First thing is when you have a vulnerable young perp ... charge them as an adult

This kid was raised in a drug house. But must be charged as an adult because his parents are so FUCKED UP.

Rich kids are never charged this way.

[Hippo_Tron]

10. I don't think any juveniles should be tried as adults

If they don't have equal rights, they shouldn't have equal responsibility. Granted drowning babies should get a pretty serious sentence even for juvenile offenders.

[samplegirl]

3. Abstinence Now... always a work in progress!

[Maru Kitteh]

4. Fuck your ignorant attempt at a cheap political "joke" at the end.

Ignorant, ugly, sick. Just like the content of the article.

[Maru Kitteh]

5. ETA - I absollutely draw the line at assholes who mock the murder of a living breathing baby

to make some lame ass political point.

[stillcool]

6. Don't worry..she'll get the death penalty..

[Ghost in the Machine]

7. Go eat a steak and calm down some..

:eyes:

Have you ordered your Hot Sarah Palin Calendar yet??


:hi:

[Maru Kitteh]

8. Go to bed. A murderded baby, drowned by her "mother" in a fucking TOILET is not joke material

for your political entertainment.

[Ghost in the Machine]

9. Your concern has been noted....

:hi:

[Maru Kitteh]

11. I'm glad you're happy with yourself for politicizing infanticide by toiletwater.

Your mom must be so proud.

[meowomon]

13. I Agreed until the eat a steak comment. Not cool.

The hillbilly joke bad taste, but funny. Then you picked on the vegan. Not cool.

[Ghost in the Machine]

17. * I * picked on the vegan?? LMFAO!

I guess it was cool for him to call me an asshole first though, right?

I let the first response slide "Fuck your ignorant attempt" ... but the second time, "assholes who mock", was enough for me.

Me telling him to go eat a steak was wayyyyyyy worse than him calling me an ignorant asshole.. right?

So much faux outrage & so little time that you couldn't bother to follow the posts and see who started first?

:eyes:

[ConsAreLiars]

18. Don't be fooled by the screen name.

That is no vegan. It is wholly wetted by the mass slaughter of Palestinian babies, and yet gets all outraged over this tragedy and now wants to see the totally fucked-over kid who never had half a chance murdered.

[rvablue]

12. The poster who criticized you had a point.....I think the article spoke for itself...

and while I detest and loathe Palin.......frankly, this had nothing to do with that know-nothing.

This story is tragic, in and of itself.

[Crunchy Frog]

14. Was there a father/daughter purity ball involved at some point?

[kiva]

15. So...infanticide followed by an attempt at political humor.

The connection really doesn't work.

[firedupdem]

16. What an awful story. n/t

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

19. i have been following this story, and it is absolutely tragic

and seriously, i hope they dna the baby, I am suspicious of the teen's father.

[democrank]

20. What a horrible crime.

Rest in peace, precious child.

[WVRICK13]

21. Where is Our Humanity?

I would have raised that poor child and I bet lots of others would too. I can't even kill a mouse.

[Le Taz Hot]

22. I'll say it again.

I'm so glad we worked so hard for the right to a variety of birth control and safe, legal abortions. :sarcasm: :wtf: