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Ana Johana Irias and her husband, Julio, hold their newborn baby, Kimberly.
Updated 10:14 a.m. ET:
A Good Samaritan called the Irias family on Thursday to wish them well and asked if he could donate a television after robbers had burglarized their home of Christmas gifts. Ana Irias was tired and sleep deprived, but she said all was well: Her newborn and her family were safe and together.
Earlier:
A Miami mother is hoping to find solace in her newborn’s cries and coos after all she went through earlier this week: Giving chase to a robber, giving birth prematurely and then being victimized again when thieves stole the family's Christmas gifts.
“I never thought all this could happen to one person,” Ana Johana Irias said Wednesday. “As bad it was, I have to stay strong and focus on what is important in life: My family.”
The woman’s ordeal began New Year’s Eve when she and her 4-year-old daughter, Angelina, were in line at an ATM in Miami. While the two inched their way closer to the automated machine, a teen on a bike reached out and ripped off the necklace around the 26-year-old mother’s neck, Miami police said.
See video, more coverage at NBCMiami.com
Eight months pregnant and furious, Irias ran to her 1996 Toyota Camry with her daughter in tow and gave chase, following the young thug for a block down the street.
“It was dumb, but I wasn’t thinking at the time, and I told my daughter, ‘Mommy has something to do and it’s going to be OK,’” Irias said.
Irias said she lost sight of the thief after he ran off and jumped over a fence, running through nearby houses. He had taken a precious gift given to her from her mother: a gold chain with a turtle charm and a medallion with Our Lady of Guadalupe.
She called police and while she was filing a report, labor pains kicked in.
Officers at the scene knew she needed to get to the hospital fast.
“They were worried about me and wanted me to calm down because I was agitated,” she said.
Irias was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where Kimberly Amparo Suarez arrived hours later and three weeks early – at 12:15 a.m. Jan. 1. The 6-ound, 6-ounce baby girl was one of the first Miami babies born of 2012.
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Kimberly Amparo Suarez was one of the first Miami babies born of 2012.
While the parents tried to celebrate the health of their third child, they knew her cleft palate would require extensive surgery to correct.
"Besides that, they said the baby was healthy,” she said. “I thought what else can happen?”
She had no idea.
While the family was in the hospital, burglars broke through a window and ransacked the one-bedroom apartment where she and her husband, Julio Cesar Suarez, have lived for six years. Her husband discovered their loss when he returned home to fetch clean clothes for his wife.
Iria said the family didn’t have much. She and her husband, who works at an Italian ice cream store, had toiled hard for what they owned. They paid in cash and didn’t have debt. She said she used half of their $500 tax return to help pay for Christmas gifts and paid bills with the rest.
The burglars had taken a 52-inch plasma TV, a computer and Irias’ purse, which she said contained $600 – the family’s rent money.
Perhaps most cruelly, the burglars stole several gifts that had been given to the couple’s children, including 1-year-old Alex.
“Now all that is gone, taken away from us,” she said.
"They took all our gifts from Christmas,” she said. “All this time I was trying to save my money, making sure we were doing the right thing and we still got robbed.”
She fought back tears as she spoke about having to gather new items for her baby, who was brought home to an empty apartment Wednesday evening.
“I’m trying to stay positive, and that is all I can do. I have to stay strong for my daughter, because she is what is important right now.”
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so she didn't have her purse with her at ATM, which had cash in it-so why at ATM, They live in a one bedroom apt with 3 kids, but had a "52 TV. She also managed to save her tax return for 10 months. These people's lives do sound like a dumpster fire but their priorites are skewed. It's probably to much to assume they have health insurance through the ice cream shop.
I'm thinking these people are illegals and using our system to the fullest extent. How is it you can not aford a 2 bedroom apartment but have a 52" TV? Deport these people before they rob us blind.
52 inch TV's don't cost what they use to, and maybe it was a christmas gift, either way it was theirs and not the theives, some people have no soul, and why would you people automatically assume they are illegals?
Well Stormrider-- most racists believe that if the skin is darker than their own, then there is nothing good. And if the name sounds Hispanic, they must be illegals. Pinheads can only generalize; anything else would blow their little minds.
I was thinking along the same lines, I have a substantial income compared to them and I don't have a 52" Plasma TV. They live in a 1 bedroom apartment with three kids? Why not have your purse with you when you're driving your car to the ATM, wouldn't you need your wallet?
The whole time I was reading that it sounded like a disguised plea for the public to rally and provide them with presents and money and attention...even threw in the religious medallion part to garner the support of the faithful...all the while saying her focus was on her family...then why even be in the news telling people what you had and what was stolen and what your struggles are?
This story didn't touch me at all, maybe it was the way it was written because I'm usually the first one in line to help someone in need.
Sometimes buying a one time purchase like a television is cheaper than adding an additional 2 to 3 hundred dollars a month on a bigger apartment. I agree that the article is strangely written, I have read most of the posts from this story and find that while some people question the article, most people are being personally insulting to the family. We don't know anything about their situation, and telling someone that they should quit having children and work on paying for a bigger apartment is placing judgement, even if that is not the intent. There is no evidence that they were the folks who called the press and told them about the situation they were in. Maybe the Social Workers at the hospital got wind of it and decided to reach out to the press to get them some assistance. No one has to help them financially or emotionally, but questioning their integrity as parents or as people, or as humans, is not okay in any context.
Strange situation, to be sure.
USUALLY when that many bad things happen to someone, that close together they either have a stalker (e.g. the guy who grabbed the necklace and whoever burglarized the apartment could have been connected) or else the person themself had a part in some of it.
I agree with the other posters who say this is weird. Why would a guy riding past an ATM grab a necklace that only contained a charm and a religious medal and then run away, when he could easily wait for somebody withdrawing cash from the ATM?Why wouldn't someone going to the ATM have her purse or at least her wallet?If she already had $600 in cash in her purse why would she be going to the ATM at all-why didn't she get all the cash she needed the first time?Why hadn't she already had her husband get her purse from home and bring it to the hospital before the apartment break-in? Wouldn't she need ID to complete the admission process?
Granted, this couple probably could use a little financial help to get the baby's cleft palate repaired, but if they owned a 52-inch plasma TV, a computer,had the cash on hand to pay the rent and had more funds in the bank, and had bought a lot of Christmas presents, it doesn't sound like they're destitute.
I hope none of this is bogus, because they will have a lot better luck getting people to help them with the baby's medical bills if their story checks out.
Perhaps she didn't take her purse to the bank because she didn't want to walk around with that much cash on her. She still could have had her wallet with her at the bank though. She could have had the $600 in a bank envelope or something.
There were not enough details given to say what happened step by step and where was what at what time when this all went down.
just because you use an ATM doesn't mean that you're trying to get cash. She could have been depositing cash that she had on hand. She could have left her purse at home, and taken a wallet to town with her, so she didn't have to carry so much cash. And the 52 inch tv? Doesn't mean they went out and bought a new one for full price. You can get them used for next to nothing if you play your cards right. If i was in their low-income situation, I would much rather have a smaller apartment, and more money available for me to use each month, than have to fork out an additional couple hundred dollars every month to pay for a bigger place. When you have very little money, you try to save as much as possible... Don't just assume that they are illegals, or that they must be trying to scam us into giving them free @!$%#. You guys are pathetic!
Is no luck the same as bad luck? These people are barely scraping by but trying to have nice things, it's the American way but society makes it harder for that to be possible for some folks, (mostly minorities) and that's why she was robbed, more poor people trying to have nice things or maybe drugs but it is the American way all around.
It's not legal to have that many people crammed into a one bedroom apartment. Fire codes, anyone? Only in America can those living in "poverty" possess a 52" tv. What a country. And before anyone gets on me for the "oh, they worked hard to have that" bs, you cannot tell me that they totally support themselves on an ice cream parlor salary (i.e. insurance, food, rent, utilities, etc.) Taxpayers are picking up the tab for most of their needs, guaranteed.
You're forgetting they already got their income tax check. Since when does that happen in December? Please don't tell me they saved it for Xmas while living in squalor.
I totally agree with what lph68046 said. This sounds like a real sob-story in order to get "FREE" Christmas presents, money, rent paid etc! I call B.S.!!! Really, a 52 inch Plasma television? They are most likely on Welfare and I mean the whole ride. Get a real job lady!
A family member could have given them the TV, however the whole story is pretty strange.
Please. During black friday I saw some 55" inch plasma TVs go as low as $300. Maybe that's what the family decided to get for Christmas last year. Maybe they won it in a raffle or a radio contest. ? What this tells me is that this poor family has learned how to budget way more effectively than you, if you think a large TV is some unattainable, uber expensive item. You're probably posting your snide, racist comments from a 15 year old computer on dial up while enjoying your black-and-white 13" TV.
Heidi, that is so spot on! Yeah, I bet they deformed the kid in utero to have a cleft palate to play up the sob story as well, right?. You know nothing other than the few details msnbc bothered to give you and here you are telling us how it "most likely" is for this family. Lose the 1016091, your handle should Heidi the fortune telling bimbo
if she had a imcome tax check return with her...means that they work and pay taxes stupid. maybe you are in a better position and don't understand waht a poor family have to do to take care of their children...you are a stonehard heart...and nobody is asking for your help....so if your comments are to hide your desires of not helping... do not comment .
This poor unfortunate woman. It seems really sad that they have tried so hard to get stuff that they need or would like (just because someone doesn't make 90K a year doesn't mean that they need to be stuck with a 1950's television.) I really hope that she can recoup some of this some way.
What a nasty bunch of people here. Nothing could make you nice or happy!
Totally nasty and judgemental group tonight; must not of gotten a visit from santa, some people just wish and hope that everyone is as nasty, mean and miseable as they are!!!!!
Ditto. The Newsvine has been attracting some very low and mean people. It's too bad that they have nothing better to do with their time than to attack others.
On another note, I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but we should all be on our guards. Stories like this are going to become more prevalent in the coming days. Home invasions, robberies, murders, rampant crime are becoming more and more frequent. It's starting to get scary out there. Please, everyone, be careful and vigilant.
Wasn't there an article recently about how unemployment is still low, but crimes are down?
Yes, at Christmas time there are a lot of thefts because there are a lot of new items in people's homes.
That's just how it is every year.
About the not taking her purse, I do that all the time. If I am only going to a bank or some short errand, I leave my purse at home and just take what I need. Sometimes I even carry those things in my bra...
Stop thinking everyone that looks different is on welfare. Paranoia is bad for your health and other people's health too. Spreading hate is wrong.
Indeed, what's with all the nasty people lately? It seems disappointing to see someone suffer and some jacktard show up and completely rub it in the faces of the people suffering.
My thoughts exactly, even...
No fun being robbed (I can sure attest to that) but to then kick them while they're down? Despicable. Maybe paying with cash is alien to you all, or living in a cramped apartment. But apparently they work and earn a living, and I didn't see one word in this story saying they are on welfare.
I believe in karma...these folks will be blessed, and the scumbags will get theirs, sooner or later.
Remember the book, "Carrie"? Unfortunately, she was based on two real-life girls. One of them wore the same dress every day, until it was threadbare, and then at Christmas time she got a pretty, new outfit. Her classmates were catty to her, and didn't stop their emotional abuse until the new outfit looked as ratty as the old one. Stephan King told about it in his book, "On Writing," and was ashamed when he looked back, that he was in the same crowd as all the rest. He also found out that she died of suicide years later. The other girl wasn't treated much better, and also died in early adulthood.
How does this relate to the story? The couple could have gotten the television as a gift, or by winning a prize by calling in at a radio show, or at a second hand shop, or a Black Friday special at Wal-Mart.
That people save money and buy something nice for themselves once in a long doesn't protect them from the jealous, the ugly-spirited and the mean who don't do the same for themselves, or who think that they are protecting themselves and society from "uppity" people.
I rather like your analogy.
Some very judgemental people on here. Poor people can own things too: ) Big screens are getting cheaper and cheaper. Do you even know anyone that does not own a TV? Do you expect them to live in a 3 bedroom house. They rent what they can afford. Sounds like they budget and save and pay cash for what they have. Likely someone in their neighborhood noticed. And yes it is also possible that they are receiving assistance. A lot of people these days are. While there are always some that take advantage of the system, many folks are just getting a temporary hand in hard times. We did not have a lot growing up, and sometimes things were a little crowded ( and we had a TV too). I know some people on assistance ( and no , I am not one of them) and they are trying to get work, get more schooling and support thier families in hard times. Overnight, their jobs disappear. You do NOT get a lot of $$ for food stamps. no where near what I spend on my family a month to eat well, even clipping coupons. no one that needs it is living well on assistance. You have to be pretty broke to get assistance. Cut this poor family some slack. Early baby that will need surgeries for a cleft, always heartbreaking when your baby is born anything but perfect. Robbed at Christmas. Tell me that you would not want someone to help you... or at the very least .. care.
I have a hard time believing people that are struggling have a 52" plasma tv! You have to be kidding. I bet they each have an iphone and a lot of toys that I don't have and I make a pretty decent living. the difference in me and them is that I live within my means. Do they need help? probably. They need help in learning how to make good financial choices.
I find it hard to believe you know how to use a computer mcrich. Someone with that small of an IQ tends to just drool and play with balls of yarn while they pee their pants.
I don't expect someone who can't afford a bigger apartment to have another baby that they don't have room for. They should be using their extra money on birth control instead of gold jewelry and a plasma TV.
It that sounds harsh I'm sorry...but I have seen with my own eyes cases like this over and over (even in my own family) where someone cries poverty yet throws what money they do have at the wrong things...which leaves them in poverty.
If they are this poor and destitute they have no business having a third child.
That's true K,and I agree with the saying "If you can't feed them don't breed them, but not all pregnancies are intentional, even when birth control was being used.
Also people who don't have enough funds for everything that they need shouldn't be prohibited from accepting nice things that their family members want to give them.
(Sigh) Not enough information is given to tell here.They might or might not have really had a 52" plasma TV.
It would be interesting to know whether any witnesses backed the story about what she reports happened at the ATM.It would also be interesting to know whether or not the baby's cleft palate had been detected on a prenatal ultrasound or whether the parents were completely caught off guard by it.
Let me tell you a story K. .
There was a woman who was fairly young, in her 20's. She already had one child and was living in a small 2 bedroom apartment. Her husband had a decent job working in shipping, but it wasn't a fantastic living. Enough to get insurance, enough to put food on the table, not necessarily enough to buy superbly nice things. But they had electronics, had nice things to play with and even sometimes went on weekend vacations to the beach with their son. Things that cost hard earned money.
This woman one day found out her IUD failed. Hard. She was pregnant. She wasn't necessarily ready for pregnancy, but there it was. Financially they weren't ready for another child, but it was a miracle all the same to them. It wasn't anyones fault that said contraceptive device failed, it's just how things go.
Now they had two kids and a low income. They made do. They picked up a nice TV with a tax return they got and even a DVD player.
Does that make them horrible people?
I never once said they were horrible people. I'm sorry you chose to put words into my mouth.
It's the America half&half wants to see.
Wow - there sure are some misanthropes posting here :D
On a serious note, one has to really be a horrible human being to pile on on these poor folk. Why the hell would you resent somebody having a 52" TV? Get it on credit and you can have one for less than $50 a month. Get a floor model and it's cheaper yet. Get it used and you're talking a couple hundred bucks. Might've even been a present. Hell, perhaps precisely b/c life sucks so much they want something to take their mind off that reality, and getting lost in a big boob tube is one heckuva way to do it.
Point is, why would *any* semi normal and functional person get steamed about what kind of TV another person has in his or her living room? What's it to you?
Like I said, misanthropes - they get a kick out of the misery of others, and so want everybody to be effing miserable.
A two bedroom apartment would be much better than paying on a 52" TV
Confussed it's really not your business how they chose to live or what they chose to value!
It's not about having the TV...it's about having four people in a one bedroom apartment with a 52" plasma TV and then having a 3rd child!!! If, like you suggest, they bought the TV on credit and pay $50 a month --- they could have afforded birth control and not brought a third child into their already strained life.
It's just a weirdly written story that leaves a lot of people feeling like it's being beefed up to get the public to donate money etc. to this family. The facts just don't add up to a real "family in need" situation. There are lots of other families out there whose stories and situations seem much more believable than this one.
Even birth control is not 100% effective... They could have been using it. You don't know. So don't assume. I know someone personally that got pregnant despite being on birth control for years.
If K Snider is so worried about the living conditions...why hasn't she offered to get them a new apartment. It's obvious this upsets her greatly. Since she hasn't stopped harping about it.
Maybe you should read my comments in their entirety instead of picking out individual pieces of it to change the context.
Sounds like it might be time to move from Miami.
This story if true is worthy of video. I'd like to see if they even know how to speak English. I'd also like to see a follow up story with a home visit included in the video.
I'd like to see if your parents were actually human or if they were just something that crawled out from under rock.
Applause to Charlie7834! I second that!
While I don't know whether or not the story is legit, please explain how it makes any difference what language they speak.
Because if they don't speak English, clearly they should be robbed. Just remember the next time something awful like this happens to you: You deserved it, because you're racist.
Confused, are your parents related to each other by blood? Cause that was the most inbred idiotic thing I've seen here so far.
Of course they don't mention that they're both illegal immigrants and now will live for decades off of the welfare benefits that their anchor baby receives, and they spend.
They'll keep popping out the future criminals, and live for decades off of the benefits.
They're not coming here to work any longer, they're coming here to rip off the system and to live for free by being baby-hatcheries.
What a bunch of self-righteous, bitter dirtbags posting here! What's kind of funny is that the losers questioning the 52" TV must be so broke they don't realize that those things go for a couple hundred bucks these days!! Its like having a 13" back in the day. What losers these judgmental stooges are! I especially love the guy who tried to name himself "Confused", but MISSPELLED it "Confussed", and HE'S questioning whether they speak English!!! Hey Confussed-578043, why don't you learn to SPELL ENGLISH! He's typical of every negative jerk posting here.
And the moron who mentioned fire codes is a complete idiot. If not, please post the fire code which supports your contention. Idiot.
Okay, Hammer.The rest of us will strive to be less bitter and we'll model our behavior after you.LOL
Ok so no one has even thought about the fact she put her KIDS LIVES in DANGER!! She had her 4 yr old in a car chasing down the bad guy, what would she done if she caught him? If he had hurt her or killed her, he would have gotten that girl. What about the baby she made premature? And there was a third? Where was that one at? I am sorry all that happened, I hope she learns from it and thinks of her kids first next time. At least until they can take care of themselves. Where they are from and where they got that nice stuff has NOTHING to do with any of it.
I wondered where the 3rd child was at, too. For me, if the story is true, it's definitely sad...but it just doesn't add up for me. Sounds like a sympathy grab with the focus being on material gain.
For all the people who are making comments about those of us who aren't buying into this story: This isn't about kicking people while they are down. It's about a story written in such a way that it makes the reader feel like this isn't a sad story...but a scam for the family to get free stuff. The facts they mention in the story make it seem fake...so, for me, I'm questioning the validity of the story over all.
did you ever stop to consider that the third child could have been with their dad?
3 babies so far... I'd like to know how much of those hospital bills that they have paid.
ZERO.
How much have they received in benefits: $50,000+
How much have they paid in taxes?
ZERO
When someone gets a tax refund, as it clearly states in the article she's been saving for a long time, it's because they filed a tax return. How do you know if they've received benefits and how much? Have you seen their financial information? Maybe it was you that robbed them, since you seem to have so much info about them. Since you're posting hateful, moronic comments to a thread at 1:30 A.M., one can safely assume that you have no meaningful semblance of a life and lash out because of your inferiority complex.
maybe you don't know that the husband of that woman.has a job...believe it or not some small companies have better insurance plans for their workers than big companie...so maybe the hospital fees are completely covered with their insurance. and you don't have to worry about...maybe you are not even working..maybe you are in welfare and are jealous and worry about your check..this goes for summer 4089363
I'm so sorry to see some comments from such uncaring people!
You are so willing to believe that they are not what they seem to be, that you won't even allow that maybe they are EXACTLY what they seem to be, a hard working couple whose year did not start the way they deserved.
My heart goes out to them, and I hope their baby does well, and that they have a better future ahead of them.
Have some compassion, people, it could have been you.
It takes a real dick to steal Christmas presents.
Here is the link for the phone list for the hospital in Miami where this Mom gave birth.
If you are one of the people who does actually care about what happens to this family, I'm sure if you call one of the numbers you can find out if a fund has been set up. I haven't called yet since I'm on the West Coast, but I do plan on doing so in the morning and if I find out any information I will post it back here.
I am SICK of the kind of people who bitch and moan and live their lives in such a judgemental way. I have had a very rough couple of years lately and if it were not for the kindness of others I'm not sure how myself and my children would have gotten through it all. I plan on paying this forward.
Thanks.
Considering the fact that where I live a 52" Plasma costs AT LEAST $1500, I have a very hard time believing this story. If its true I do feel bad but it wouldn't be the first time people lied to get ahead in life. Why not spend that money on a bigger apartment for you and your kids? If it was a gift why wouldn't the person give them the money to help them upgrade their living situation? I wouldn't ask for a TV if I was living in a one room apartment with what was it three kids? That is insane. There are just too many weird things going on in this story for it to be 100% real. Nobody else saw this supposed thief stealing her necklace? She said they were standing in a long line, there had to be at least one person who saw it and they never mentioned anyone reporting any such thing. Its sad what people will make up to get a few free presents, when millions of Americans probably didn't even eat dinner on Christmas.
Yes! Exactly. We aren't "bitching" about the people...we're simply saying this story is too far-fetched to believe it's 100% true.
In a "long line at the ATM," I wonder if anyone else ran after the alleged thief.
There should be footage if it happened in front of the ATM - not sure why they aren't releasing those pictures.
CrazyToast, I found a 60" brand new for sale at Walmart for under $900. If they are selling that high in your area, you are getting ripped off.
No said they bought it new or even if they tv was the newest model. They could be like me and have the same large tv for over 10 years. Mine works fine, but if it was reported stolen you would assume it was new. *rolls eyes* It doesn't matter what they own if they paid for it. It was their property and it was stolen. Shame on you all for your small minded ways.
1500 dollars for a plasma? What? You can pick one up for under a grand.
That and a larger apartment costs more money. MONTHLY. So if you say figuratively an apartment costs 900 for a one bedroom (I'm going off by my towns rental rates), a two bedroom can cost around 1200 to 1500 a month on up. It just depends.
Nobody has made any mention of how they go the TV not that it's any of our business. You people obsess over the weirdest things.
ok... the place you live tv's are very expensive...if I'am smart anough I can get one for third of wath yo paid. the point is...the tv cost wathever ammount...only once...upgrading the aparment..will cost maybe 200. bucks a month.. for years...you got it now stupid?
Certainly seems like "peace on Earth, good will toward men" only lasts 24 hours in this country, way to go America!
Well, Lady, Give me an address and you will have more baby clothes and toys than you can handle. And they are all for girls, too. Including your 4 year old.
This seems to be a "thing" in America. Rob cheat and steal.
So, the message that everybody posting "illegal" and "52 inch plasma" comments is that these people don't matter because they may be illegal or aren't raising their kids in a bigger apartment that's up to your standards? They maybe get foodstamps or something, so it's ok to rob them? If you don't live in a fortress, you'll get robbed too. Why is it your business what kind of tv they have or how big their apartment is? Maybe after the baby was born, they planned to move to a bigger place. They wouldn't be able to do that now. Notice how I threw a possibility out there, without trying to act like it's gospel. Why do they live in such a small apartment? Because they have no debt, pay cash for everything, and obviously live within their means. Maybe you're being so hateful because you have a $50,000 credit card bill, or you have a small tv. Either way, get over yourselves. Karma's a bitch, so I'd step carefully if I were you. Have a nice day!
I don't have any debt. I live within my means. The point of my comments isn't putting the people down for anything - it's about the story not seeming believable the way that it's written.
The tidbits of information don't all mesh together into a believable story. Blame it on the writer - either for poor writing or failing to confirm all the facts - either way...the story doesn't come off as believable and instead of endearing a lot of us to the family and it's struggles it leaves us feeling like someone is stretching the story to get attention and for their own material gain.
K. Snider - I've read many of your posts and not responded to them on many articles. I find it hard for you to find anyone as they seem unless they are just like you. It's a shame really that you are that narrow minded and feel the need to call people things without knowing the truth.
Then when someone calls you on your actions, you claim you didn't mean it the way it came out or make excuses for your bigotry. I am ashamed of people like you.
Yes, some people do scam others. But I doubt it happens as often as you claim. I am sorry if you feel members of your family should suffer forever for being poor. They shouldn't have anything nice, just because you feel they shouldn't. I am ashamed of you.
People have to make their own mistakes and nothing in the article said they were getting any kind of assistance. That is a leap taken by people without hearts and minds in the gutter.
I might seem harsh, but no more harsh than your statements and other people posting just like you.
In turn, I can say it's a shame that you aren't more wary...you will be one of the many that would be taken in by people who try to scam their way through life. Since I have witnessed scammers first hand I will take my own experiences as my guide and not an ideological hope that everyone is as honest and hard working as I am - or others who expect people to try to make it on their own.
For the record, I was a single mother at 19 years old. I lived in either a studio apartment or 1 bedroom unit until my daughter was in 3rd grade. I did not get welfare, I did not get child support. We did not have a television set or a stereo. I drove a car that cost $200.. I did what I had to do to feed, clothe and shelter my daughter and I. I didn't have gold jewelry. Often I would have to call in sick on Thursday because I didn't have enough gas in my car to make it to work on Friday (payday) if I went on Thursday. So, I know first hand about being poor and I have empathy for people who are truly poor and struggling.
As for my sister, she has always sat on her butt and taken hand outs from anyone and everyone until she wore out her welcome and then she moved on to the next "victim" to scam. She would get a good job and work hard right up until her insurance benefits and sick pay would kick in, then she would be sick all the time. When a company would finally get rid of her she would collect unemployment and "say" she was trying to find a job but miraculously could only find one the very week she would receive her last check. Not just once...countless times over the past 25 years. She and her husband took turns pulling this scam. Now both of their children and living the same lifestyle. So, if you REALLY want to judge me on how I feel about my family members who are poor - because they are too lazy not to be --- I think you should look at yourself in the mirror before you preach to me about judging. You obviously have no experience with people like this.
No need for you to be rude or call people narrow minded for asking the questions that go beyond what is on the surface of a poorly written article that leaves more than just one person scratching their head.
A few things troubling here.1..why is this even an issue? She was in her legal rights and honestly her responsibility to protect her child and herself.2 although i have no remorse for either it bothers me this idiot can and is going to be charged for this guys death.Really? I mean sheesh charge him with attempted burglary but murder? He had nothing to do with this.Common sense people.3..She made the comment if it wasnt for her baby shed have not done this? Really? So defending your life isnt worth it? Her mind set is kind of strange to me.Im glad her and her baby are ok and she defended herself well but this shouldnt have even been news in my eyes.She did what she needed to do.She exercised her GOD given responsibility to protect her baby and her own life,Case closed
Wrong article Dennis-2813844,
and for all of you people stating that she was probably illegal, most people who are in America illegally don't usually go to the police to report a crime. Just saying...