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Published at 4:50 a.m.: Police have charged a 14-year-old boy as an adult with first-degree murder in the death of his 7-month-old sister.
Johnathan Aguiluc, 14, of White Oak, Md., is being held without bond in the death of Larissa Yanes.
Investigators in Montgomery County say that the girl's mother, 39-year-old Gloria Yanes, left her apartment in the 11600 block of Lockwood Drive at 10:30 p.m. Thursday to go to work, leaving Aguiluc to watch Larissa.
During the evening, detectives say that Aguiluc beat Larissa, which caused her to cry. The teen then said he covered Larissa's nose and mouth with his hands until she stopped crying and placed the baby in her car seat.
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Gloria Yanes returned to the apartment at around 5:30 a.m. Friday. Around half an hour later, she attempted to wake Larissa up to feed her.
When Larissa did not respond, her mother called the police and fire/rescue. Larissa Yanes was taken to Holy Cross Hospital, where she was pronounced dead of her injuries shortly before 7 a.m.
Aguiluc is scheduled to appear in court for a bond review on Monday.
By NBCWashington.com
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NBC News, please turn off comments for tragedies like this. The judgmental, cruel comments are about to start...
Agreed, @redmoth!
How truly horrible that this has happened to this family.My heart just breaks for this mother and what has happened to her. Doing what so many mothers do all the time, in trusting her son to care for his sister while she went to work. Only he has made some terrible choices and instead caused his sister's death.I can't imagine what that mother must be feeling. Not only the shock of losing her baby, but her son being the killer, has to be overwhelming and devastating. One tender life lost, another young life and future thrown away, and this woman's world shattered.
I pray she will get all the loving support and strength possible from family and friends. To help her get through the nightmare ahead. To help her cope, and be there for her son, now charged with first degree murder as an adult. I hope people are understanding towards her, and his youth. Even as she must do what no parent should ever have to do,in burying her baby. Then somehow move forward, one day at a time.
Windbag song --it's not necessary to re-write the entire story nor troll every new story to add your wearisome book-long commentaries.
Why ?? A baby has been killed by a monster and you feel sorry for the monster ??? Justice must be served no matter the age, And this killer must pay with his life and you want the comments shut off? He beat his little sister to death and you want the comments shut off, I can see that no one but a few care about the little girl that has died at the hands of this monster. RIP little one
This is what the vine is for. If you do not like it, then don't comment yourself.
It feels good to let out your feelings on here and don't forget our 1st Amendment and how we have the right to excersise it...
Take a chill pill and have a nice day....
RIP Larissa..................................
"The judgmental, cruel comments" seem pretty warranted to me. As far as the family seeing them, they should probably not come here to read them because people are going to speak their minds.
what is wrong with all of you? i am a single mother of three boys ages 21,16,11 i struggled my whole life waitressing 11 to 7 in the morning! people this is why the world is today people commenting on events that they know absolutely nothing about leave it alone. my god I would be devestated if that was me.....How would you feel if something like that happened in your family.....you wouldnt be so quick to judge WOULD YOU!!!!!!!
Children learn this behavior. I wonder if the parents were child abusers. Poor darling, RIP.
Hey lets tell MSNBC to turn off the comments, but comment anyways. I bet all you nay commenter's are all reading what our thoughts are. Just deal with it. It's tragic for sure. But some people actually have interesting things to say about these horrible situations. And I for one am all about learning from people that have been through such abuse and reading their ideas on how we can help to stop it.
What a horror for the mother of these two children. She has lost both of them.
It's too much for a 14 yr old to care for a 7 month old. The mom must be retarded.
So what sort of reality makes a 14 year old think this the norm.
Why turn off the comments? The best way to figure out who you do not want to listen to is to let them speak.
I prefer to hear people out whether I like what they say or not. Silencing them is unlikely to change their opinion.
Which means that all of the positive comments would be blocked also. It's pretty sad that people only want to hear about positive things. If tyou know there are going to be so many negative comments why do you come to the blog?
Sally in Chicago - that is ridiculous!! I don't know about you, but I started babysitting when I was 13. I would watch up to 3 kids while their folks went out for the evening. I watched kids as young as 6 months and as old as 7 years. I would love to know how old you expect your babysitters to be?
Wow, Annie. How arrogant of you. You criticize Winder for writing a comment in a comment you wrote. One could say how wearisome it is for you to post nasty comments, too. Did you notice this is a comment area? We have no police here to count words and let you choose who may post. Seems to me your post is pretty similar to trolling, actually, and that Winder posted reasonable statements. If you don't want to read posts feel free to click.
This is awful, and if he was 14 he was two years older than many kids who babysit. What an awful situation...we don't know them or what happened and why, but how awful:(
No don't censor the american public because redmoth can't handle it. These conversations add to the learning experience of the american public. The discussions need to happen. People don't always show it clearly when they learn, but they still learn.
Couldn't agree more, Annie.
Insightful commentary is one thing. Comments that smack of a bad Hallmark card is another.
A 14 year old is not emotionally equipped to be a surrogate parent during the night to a needy, crying, helpless 7 month old...i don't condone his actions, merely stating a FACT.
key...that depends on the 14-year-old. Some take better care of the babies than the mother does (and let's not forget all the 14-year-old mothers, not that I'd advocate that).
This boy sounds disturbed. The typical child his age doesn't beat and kill a baby even if it is crying all night.
May I ask who you're even referring to?! I mean, I read the posts before yours and yours comes from out in left field dude,or dudette, whatever.....
You say, "what is wrong with all of you".
If you ask me, being a single mother sure as hell is a lot of pressure on you. Good luck with that.
Democrats in congress need to outlaw fists.
Michael Young
This is a site where we can openly express our views on current topics and/or stories. If you are not for the freedom to express yourself, than that is your right. I would question why you would be reading the comments if this story offended you so badly. If you are new to this site, and are upset by the posting that goes on here, maybe it is not the site for you. That is fine, open debate is not for everyone. Having said that we are no lesser than you because we choose to discuss world events, so do not JUDGE us...
You chose to and you got paid for it. I'll bet the last thing this boy wanted to do was babysit his sister. It doesn't excuse his behaviour but where do we start holding mothers in these situations accountable for not recognizing the emotional limitations of their own children?
I am deeply saddened by the death of the baby girl; and I am very sorry for the grief of the mother.
And as harsh as it sounds, the best thing for the boy is to put him to death. Locking him up for fifteen or twenty years with hardened criminals where he will be abused in ways none of you can imagine, then turned out on the streets to be a predator on society where he will be shot down by law enforcement in the commission of a future crime... his life is already over and nothing but hell on earth awaits him.
redmouth, You want to live in a country where people dont have freedom of speech fine. Pack your bags. Here we have the 1st amendment that GUARANTEES our FREEDOM OF SPEECH. You dont have to read these comments that your speaking of.
14 is not too young to care for a 7mth old. I was babysitting over night for people in my church when I was 12yrs old. It depends on the maturity level of the 12 - 14yr olds. My oldest daughter was mature enought to babysit at 14. However I do not let my current 14yr old watch all 3 of her younger siblings at the same time. It isn't because she isn't mature enough, it's because 3 kids close in age are a handful. Every circumstance and child is different. I feel for this family and their loss.
If they turn of the comments; how else would you know that I saved a bundle by switching to Geico?
So what charges are being brought against the mother?
Redmoth- ever heard of freedom of speech?
We have that right you know- at least until the libs try to pry that from our fingers as well.
I am questionning why the mother should be charged? She was trying to provide for her family. I started babysitting at the age of 12. It became a full time job for me over the summer and holiday months for a family of 4. I leave my youngest with my 14 year old all the time during non-school days for the past year. I think this boy couldn't handle the pressure and took it out on his baby sister. I'm sure if he has a heart at all is feeling very very remorseful. But there isn't enough information in this article that states that he is or isn't and if there are any other difficulties at home. If this is learned behavior, maybe this is why there isn't a father in the home? We are too quick to judge and shouldn't make that assessment until we have further information. But right now, this poor mother has lost her babies and is more than likely beyond devastated.
For all you babysitters: Taking care of a child/children for extra income is not the same thing as being completely responsible for younger siblings. I don't think this kid asked for the opportunity to be adult-responsible for an infant during his mother's working life.
I believe in bad seeds, and I also believe that we are doping our kids unmercifully. I would be interested in knowing if this boy was on some sort of prescription medication.
Harsh? Nah. More like criminally insane.
You just advocated for the execution of a 14 year old! Do the Iranians even execute 14 year olds?
WOW!
yes they do
When we start holding *welfare reform* accountable for forcing mothers to do exactly what the program was not designed to do....get a job whilst neglecting the job they already have, which the federal gov't initially acknowledged at the time the *Mother's Benefit* program was invented in the late 1930s. It used to be that if you had a child & were widowed, divorced, or abandoned by that child's father, your most important job was to raise that child to adulthood.
When the MB program was changed to AFDC in the mid-1960s, the federal gov't determined that it was only *worthwhile* for a mother to raise her child until it achieved school-age. Back then, that was 1st gr/age 6, as few public schls had Pre-Ks or even Ks, & the ones that did mostly had half-day programs (why Head Start was invented, to fill that eductional need for very young children whose mothers could not afford private schls or nursery schls).
When AFDC took a radical departure to TANF in 1996, it slashed the work requirement to the bone. If your child was older than 6 wks, you got a *real* job (90 days max to find one) or were assigned a *workfare* job (if 90 days was not enough time to find a real job). If you were pregnant & did not have a job upon applying for TANF, you started looking the day that child turned 6 wks old. If you did have a job but were applying for Medicaid, you worked until you were in labor & you went back when your employer said so, whether it was 6 wks or not.
There is no more going to college under TANF as there was under AFDC. Not allowed. Any vocational program allowed is for crappy-paying jobs like HCAs. The msg sent is your children are not important & you will dump them anywhere & get your lazy ass working.
Women cannot get day care *voucher assistance* if they earn *too much money*. Can't have em sittin' fat & sassy, now.
But day care is horrifically expensive (I know 15 yrs ago a child in day care for 8 hrs per day, 5 days per wk, cost $150, or $600/mo, so I can imagine how much that has gone up) & can eat up an entire paycheck & then some, & it can be difficult to get to w/o transportation & restricted hrs (most are only open 6am-6pm, M-F, no wkends, no extended evening hrs, no late nite or 24 hr centers).
That leaves women w/ the choice of family or friends to take care of their young children, & makes latchkey kids & primary babysitters out of schl-aged ones.
CPS ignores it b/c that would mean the mothers would have to quit working, & collect TANF whilst trying to find a new job w/ more *suitable* hrs, in order to not be convicted of *neglect*. They could care less if a 9 yo is looking after younger schl-aged siblings b4 & after schl & maybe even cooking supper, or a 7 yo is left home alone all night & has to get themselves off to schl so Mom can work graveyard shift, or if a 13 yo (too old for day care) has to let themselves in after schl & be there alone, possibly getting into trouble, until Mom gets in from work hrs later....or if a young teen ends up w/ no life b/c Mom presented them w/ a baby sibling who has to be watched whilst Mom is working 2nd shift or erratic hrs or on the wkend or maybe even a 2nd job to make ends meet.
Fathers are always off the hook & mothers are always left holding the baby. Reagan never trashed *welfare kings*, did he? AFDC gave rise to the single mother b/c women were penalized for getting married. At least under MB, it was recognized what a stepchild was to a man if a woman remarried, & she could still get a stipend for her deceased or ex-husband's child.
Now women are penalized under TANF for holding the baby as well, as there are no support services forthcoming for the most part. Having bus tokens thrown at them doesn't help w/ how most municipalities have drastically cut back on hrs running, & having a day care voucher when the bus isn't going to get you there in time for dropoff or pickup b4 or after work isn't helpful in the least. Very few ppl have set hrs & work 9-5, esp in crappy low-paying jobs that women in need get forced into taking, or else.
So children end up spending a lg portion of their lives under the care of ppl who aren't qualified in the least to care for them. Even some day care centers are utter crap (I worked for one over the summer w/ their schl-aged grp once, & was appalled at what happened when the parents weren't around....park the kids in front of a video whilst the min-wage workers ignored them, mainly).
But hey, we can't have our tax dollars going to feed em for the ones that shouldn't breed em, can we? Isn't America great? Our last priority is always the children (except when they want to trot them out for rhetoric's sake). Cut teachers, cut education funding, cut student loans, cut day care staff, cut support services, cut Medicaid, cut birth control access, cut SNAP, cut TANF....but don't let anybody have an abortion....yep, we're definitely all about the future in the good ol' US of A. Get off your lazy ass & work, & just leave your kids anywhere, who cares? If they die, they die, goody, we can close your SNAP case now, parasite, until the next time you spread your legs & expect us to pay for it.
The sad part is, I bet some ppl commenting here are thinking exactly what I said in that last paragraph, nodding their heads & not recognizing the sarcasm.
Poor mom; losing both her kids!
@ scar tissue 1.34,
Funny how what you described is the rise of the right wing in politics. Any THING is more important than people, and god forbid they have to pinch an extra penny to enable a neighbor or stranger to have a decent life. But if you want to wage a war or buy bombs or design the next Buck Rogers weapon millions or billions of $$$$ will be found for you. Pennies begrudged FOR a decent life, billions wasted FOR another way to kill. Some fellow Americans and most politicians simply make me want to puke.
Merlin, cry me a river.
How sad. Yes redmoth, I agree, turn off the comments.
i say cover his mouth till he just about passes out, beat him to feel pain, that way he knows what he put his little sis thru.
Culture of violence. If you don't like what someone is doing, beat them, or, even better, shoot them. In this case he beat her, then suffocated her.
My question is: Where is the father(s) of these two children? I am guessing it is a different man for each since they have different last names. Here is a solution: Quit having children you cannot support or have a responsible adult watch after. Quit having children out of wedlock. It's not right and not fair to the child.
Hey Democrats, we need a ban on fists.
Sad deal. Everyone loses in this case. Too bad we cant vote to turn off commenting on selected articles as nothing positive will come of this one.
For those who don't like the comments, don't read them. I see things here all the time that I don't agree with, but I never report anything unless it's outright advertising spam. Our liberties are being narrowed on a daily basis as it is; we need more liberty, not less.
Moving on to the actual topic, this is a tragedy. A loss of innocent life always is. For those who say that a 14-year-old is too young to take care of a younger sibling, I would disagree in principle. A 14-year-old is "old enough" to be left unsupervised with a child by the laws of virtually every state in our nation. Heck, in 2 years he'd be legally of age to get a driver's license. In 4 years he'd be old enough to enlist in the military, vote, etc. We aren't talking about a baby watching a baby here. But of course it should also depend on the willingness of any caregiver to look after a child. Somehow I don't think this kid was willing, and I'm not being sarcastic.
Other news outlets have reported more than this story does, although not much. A quote from Captain Starks of the Montgomery County Police in another article is as follows: “In Maryland, it is permissible to have a 14-year-old watch a younger sibling under normal circumstances, but there are some details I can’t release as this investigation goes on".
No way of knowing what those details are, obviously. But if there was a bad history here, one can only wonder what the mother was thinking when she left a 7-month-old baby with this kid to begin with.
SallyAnn and Johnathan
So you are saying that we should "regulate" our posts, and/or the ability to post on said subject? Or that the media should "censor" certain material that is offensive to some? I typically do not call people out, but seriously? This is a discussion website, and you do not have the right to block stories or posts because they make you uncomfortable. For either one of you to even suggest that is extremely hypocritical, and you know it. I'm sure the two of you have posted on something that made someone else uncomfortable, but did the other party involved ask MSNBC to shut the story down? Grow up.
Idiots in Washington D C could care less about the murders in America, all they care about is how much of our tax dollars can they spend. Stupid people just will not understand that guns are not the problem, it is society's becoming totally immune to evil. Mental illness is rampant in America but the government continues to ignore it. A child kills their sibling, a father kills his family and then himself and on and on, idiots do you really believe the absence of a gun would have prevented this horror. People are killing others, evil is the rule of the day and will continue, it is the end of the age as the Bible says and evil will continue to get worse. America has lost its protection from God, he plainly states he will not be mocked, and when this country turned from Him by removing prayer from the classroom and started murdering his babies and imbraced the evil of homosexuality the decay started and there is no return, too much damage has been done. Deny all you want but your disbelief is just what satan wants, he is lord of this world now and unless you are a believer and if your belief in Jesus is not real then he owns you, you are his to do what he wills. There is a verse in the Word that tells of how wide the road to hell is and there will be many that goes down that road and how narrow the road to heaven and how few there will be that goes down that road. But go ahead and live your life each day by rebeling against your creator you may escape satans touch while on earth but after death there is the judgement and from that there is no escape.
SallyAnn-4595694
How sad. Yes redmoth, I agree, turn off the comments.
You agree with redmoth, yet you were compelled to post, hypocrisy at its best.
Jerry - I think you need to calm down. From the beginning, human beings have fought each other for dominance, territory, partners, etc., just like the rest of the animal kingdom. Why should it be different now? We're all hard wired that way - don't think Satan has anything to do with it. To say mental illness is rampant in the USA, I think you need to step back and consider the planet. However, I don't believe it is just mental illness that is causing all of the shootings, beatings of the innocents.
Little black monster no doubt.
How sad and tragic. Where was the father in all this??
" My question is: Where is the father(s) of these two children? I am guessing it is a different man for each since they have different last names. Here is a solution: Quit having children you cannot support or have a responsible adult watch after. Quit having children out of wedlock. It's not right and not fair to the child. "
Apparently there is MORE to this article than reported: J. Aguiluc's sister L. Yanes.
Where is the father ? Prison ?
What IS the percentage of households with SINGLE PARENTS ?
Someone said "people should not have kids they can't afford"! What a "revolutionary suggestion! With the teabag republicrap INTERVENTION in every law imaginable that would "allow" a woman to CONTROL WHEN AND IF SHE HAS A CHILD now they want WOMEN to regulate when and how to have sex. 2 hours of commercials everyday on TV of a "man's ability to be "ready" whenever he may have the chance for sex, YET NO MENTION OF A WOMAN'S ABILITY TO CONCEIVE OR NOT. Why is this? Now this teenager faces a terrible situation, the responsibility of taking care of a child CONCEIVED WITH SEX from someone that needed physical companionship yet probably to poor to afford contraception, and needing to support her family with a job that I am sure you would want to do all night. SHE WAS TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR HER CHILDREN, she was obliged to carry them to term and go through the pain of childbirth only to have the MISERABLE MAN THAT SUPPLIED THE SPERM FOR THESE CHILDREN TO DECIDED TO LEAVE THEM. Every "Christian" should be ashamed of this situation because they contributed to it, now we have a lost life AFTER CHILDBIRTH, AND A LOST LIFE OF A TEENAGER cut short by the mental anguish of a crying baby that he had nothing to do with. THIS IS TRULY A TERRIBLE THING, BUT IT IS PREVENTABLE IN THE FUTURE. Women should REFUSE SEX until a man provides complete financial assurance for "whatever" may happen from the sex THE MAN WANTS TO HAVE. I wish I were a lawyer, I would draw up an iron clad agreement that any woman could carry that would stipulate exactly what the man should be responsible for IF a child is the result of the mating. I am sure things would change if this were done.
I love how you can never comment on celebrity news, but they have no issues leaving the comments page up for this.
That is because the news media is part of the problem in this Country, no accountability.
Wayne Ladouche would probably say, it's a shame the 14 year old didn't have a gun, so the murder could have been done with less suffering to the infant.
Shame on MSNBC, for missing a great opportunity to capitalize on a senseless murder. The headline should have read, "Fourteen-year-old bashes his seven-month-old sister's head in with the butt of a Bushmaster AR-15." That's how you push an agenda.
Ray4ausa.... man you made a lot of assumptions. Can I play "Speculation without a shred of evidence" too? Because it sounds like fun (making stuff up always is).
My speculation is that Ms. Yanes was married to the father of the 14 year old boy. Then, she had an affair with the man who fathered the 7-month old. Her husband was willing to forgive her, but she already fell in love with the new man, so she left her husband.
Now, her son has to take care of his half-sister because of his mom's indiscretions. As a 14 year old, he misses his father and blames the new baby for the destruction of his once stable family. He can't handle the stress and feels it's not his responsibility. So he acts out.
My comments, like yours, are pure speculation and have no basis in fact. But at least I'm not blaming TV advertisements or attempting to shame every Christian along the way.
Wait until the facts come out before you blame the 14-year old's father.
It amazing how people are using this article to bash single mom or divorced women. Just because there is no mention of a father, the woman must be a slut who had two kids almost 14 years apart. There must be some perfect people in this world or on this site. If the article had mentioned these family's race as being black, the comments would have been much harsh.
ray4ausa,
Actually all these fatherless children came after the libs' war on poverty. Giving single women welfare if the husband wasnt around made it so families didnt have to plan. When only 25% of black children were born to unwed women, we thought it was a national concern. Now 70% of black children are born to unwed mothers, and we say nothing of it now because it was the liberal policies that caused this. And I know these children are not black but 53% of hispanic children are now born to unwed mothers. This boy probably had no male authority figure in his life, and the group most likely to commit crimes are boys born without a father. Its a sad situation that will only get better once liberals admit their failure in the war on poverty.
I agree, turn off the comments.
See my post above. Seems hypocrisy is the word today.
did i misinterpret this , a child was left to babysit a baby all night? I raised 5 children & that was yrs ago , even back then we would never have left our children without an adult at nite. What if there had been a fire or an intruder. Ive seen adult parents nerves get frazzled after a long tiring day & a child crying kept them awake into the early hours of the morn. This mother had children & then pushed her responsibility on a child . How many nites did he have to babysit & go to school tired ? He was forced to carry a responsibility he wasnt ready for. The mother should be charged before the child.
stimulatingsolutions,Outstanding comments and I agree with you.
So stimulatinsolutions, did you never use a teen to babysit during the day or evening? Do fires and intruders only present problems in the middle of the night?
Who says a babysitter has to sit up all night and go to school tired the next day? Parents don't do that -- they respond if there's crying, but a baby who sleeps all night long doesn't have to be "watched" all night long. Is that what you did while raising five children -- sit up all night every night WATCHING them? HA HA HA
We know nothing about this case yet. Yes, we have questions, but only an ignoramus forms a judgmental conclusion in the absence of facts.
It could have been self defense.
Joe, you are a moran.
Idiot.
What is a 'moran'? Is it Irish?
A moran is a kind of couch that they make in Australia
To all those who read Joe's blogs and comments. He is irreverant and an imbicile. Just another racist young punk kid
Seriously? Turn off the comments? So we can simply hide from the truth? Sure, there are going to be some untoward comments and some judgements, but we all have free will to take what we want from it, and leave the rest, Yes?
So let's just bury our little heads with that innocent little child and cry out 'tragedy' with meaningless perfunctory emptiness and move on with our day.
No, let the comments rain down in hope that there will be more words of wisdom and support than ugly ones. And maybe, just maybe there will be a positive influence for change on someone, somewhere.
Not saying I agree with turning off the comments, but you really give these people on the vine a lot more credit than they have proven is due.
Inspiration on the vine...may I ask if you've been hit in the head with any blunt objects recently?
The people who want Newsvine to turn off the comments instead of just not looking at them are the same ones who want the government to "bring order" to our lives.
Why is it every time I am on here recently someone is trying to take my rights away from me? Now we cannot comment on a murder? But we can allow 2,000+ posts regarding "Death takes no vacation, tons of gun related deaths last month?" But those posts are acceptable? This site is for discussion, not censorship.
Words of wisdom? LOL ok.
The kid was 14. Some kids do babysit but go through courses to teach them how to do it. Probably not a requirement but it should be. I doubt he had been to such a class since this was family. Some adults cant handle the stress/pressure and do this same thing.
You cant prevent trajedies from occurring but you can do your best to try and prevent them. Gonna have your kid watch the younger ones, make him./her go to a babysitting class and pass. Gonna leave your kid off at a daycare, make sure they went to a babysitting class and passed. Thats about what you can do. Get references make calls, etc.
Words of wisdom, lol.
Breccia
Sounds like some posters don't like the ugly truth. The nastiness on the vine is what displays the real America behind the veil of PCness. Do we want to be like China, where the perception is all flowers and rainbows, yet behind the red curtain you'll find the real China and all its ugliness.
Babysitting Classes??? Seriously? Parenting Classes , Maybe!
Comments are one thing - when the trolls get out there to be as insulting, mean, disrespectful, bullying, name calling, etc, etc, etc, that's when the situation gets out of hand. To comment just to stoke some fire because they're bored today is pretty lame.
How many parents you know have to leave their kids with a babysitter to go work or even a night out? Well who knows you may not know anyone but there are tons. As a parent I would never leave my kids alone to babysit each other but legally I could have. Parenting classes for what? My 10 yr old can go to a babysitting class and legally watch other kids and be paid.
Like I said, there are no winners in this. Just prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
Breccia - What "truth" has ever been offered up in the comments section? Opinions - and tons of them, sure...but TRUTH? eh, hardly.
and seriously folks, please stop embarrassing yourself by screaming about your right to free speech.
NBC closing an article to comments doesnt infringe on your rights, it just limits your ability to infect other people with your half-thought out opinions. You can still speak as freely as you like, NBC just isnt going to provide you the free vehicle by which to spew them.
If anyone ever doubted that human beings are inherently ugly - just come to these comments sections, and all doubts will disappear.
These comment sections can be whatever you want it to be, but we almost always make them ugly...and it's ALWAYS A CHOICE.
This site is for propaganda...they should call it Pravda.
How truly horrible that this has happened to this family.My heart just breaks for this mother and what has happened to her. Doing what so many mothers do all the time, in trusting her son to care for his sister while she went to work. Only he has made some terrible choices and instead caused his sister's death.I can't imagine what that mother must be feeling. Not only the shock of losing her baby, but her son being the killer, has to be overwhelming and devastating. One tender life lost, another young life and future thrown away, and this woman's world shattered.
I pray she will get all the loving support and strength possible from family and friends. To help her get through the nightmare ahead. To help her cope, and be there for her son, now charged with first degree murder as an adult. I hope people are understanding towards her, and his youth. Even as she must do what no parent should ever have to do,in burying her baby. Then somehow move forward, one day at a time
I thought the topic was " 14 year old boy kills 7 month old sister " not " let's see who can post the most insulting comments. " let's not get off track here people.
He's a novel thought Observing2, IF you don't like a comment, move on to one that you do and IGNORE the one you just read..Just because you don't like it or get something from it{either positively, or negatively} doesn't mean someone else wont..So WHO decides what we are "allowed" to see and comment on here? Maybe some people here find what you just wrote "offensive" ...Should we have your comments collapsed?That's exactly what is wrong with society today..We ALL have to be "Politically correct" in EVERYTHING we say or do, for fear that the censor police will come running..One day, we wont have to make that judgement call..We will be TOLD what to think and write..
The mother is paying a much higher price than the cost of a baby sitter.
You have to wonder if he was mentally disturbed or how bad his own childhood might have been to drive him to this. I read where the 12 year old (in Florida) who raped his 5 yr old (half) brother and murdered a two yr old (half) brother, had spent his entire life being abused (and neglected) before he lashed out....Children learn what they live!
Here's more info from NBC4 Washington:
The father of a baby girl whose brother has been charged in her death is grieving the loss. The baby's father -- who only wanted to be identified as Mr. Sanchez -- said he last saw his daughter the day before she died, never thinking it would be the last time he held her. But on Saturday, when he arrived at her mother's home, police met him by the door and told him that 7-month-old Larissa Yanes had died.
Investigators say that the children's mother, Gloria Yanes, 39, left their apartment in the 11600 block of Lockwood Drive at 10:30 p.m. Thursday to go to work, leaving the boy to watch Larissa and their 3-year-old sister. By law in Maryland, a child can babysit upon reaching the age of 12.
Detectives said that during the evening, the boy beat Larissa with his hands, elbows and a belt, which caused her to cry. The teen told police he then covered Larissa's nose and mouth with his hands until she stopped crying, and placed her in a car seat.
OK, so...
It seems that the father was involved on some level.
Mom was working a 3rd shift job.
The 14 yr old boy was left to watch two siblings: the 7 month old and a 3 yr old.
In Maryland where this happened children may babysit once they reach age 12.
The beating was severe. The boy beat the infant using his hands, his elbows, and a belt.
And from the NY Daily News:
Some wounds on Larissa's body were determined to be postmortem insect bites.
"This particular apartment was infested with bugs," said Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy in court. "The bugs attacked this child after she died."
Now, Child Services is investigating the living conditions of Yanes' home and whether Aguiluc was a victim of abuse, according to WJLA-TV. If he was an abuse victim, the charges against him could be amended, and he would be tried as a juvenile.
Pray they charge him as a Juvenile. Mom had access to State paid childcare. Yes hard to find. Worth it? Always. This child was left probably without his agreement to watch two children that would be a handful for most adults. He was told "you must" and he did. He obviously had no training and was not mature enough for the task at hand. Just a kid, still young enough to be playing with toy cars trading baseball cards. Remember being 14 ? He will have to live with his horror forever. Baby girl is back with Jesus, spared the life of her siblings. Her 3 yr old sister already knew not to cry. Mom? Mom was the adult and she is the responsible party. Dad didn't care enough to be more than a drop by Dad. Foster Parent 26 years. THE CHILDREN ARE CHILDREN.
If the girl was going to grow up in the same (or worse) environment which produced the 14 year old, the baby is better off. Nature knows what it is doing.
You, Bob Hamilton, are an ass.
Bob,
That is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever read. If it's in human nature for humans to write what they think during a serious tragedy, then Nature "doesn't" know what it's doing considering how it taught you to think.
Nature does know what it's doing. But this clearly wasn't an act of nature.
A fourteen year old boy........
It is hard to believe the violence in the world. We are just lucky that "boy" will be in custody for the next 7 years. But then, he will be on the street and this time with a gun and a gang.
Are you sure this kid's name isn't Damien? He is evil.
Charging him as an adult is stupidly vindictive. He is a child with a child's undeveloped brain a signature characteristic of which is a lowered inability to grasp consequences. Why try him as something he is not...what point will it possibly serve?
Culheath I suppose I agree in principal with you, I don't think he should be "charged as an adult", I simply think he should be "hanged by the neck until dead" at the earliest time convient!!
And I think you need to reassess your facile, knee jerk responses to tragedy since they really just serve to reflect the same violence you are pretending to abhor in the boy.
If by the age of fourteen this young man has no better judgement than to do what this article states he is responsible for, then he should simply be eliminated from the gene pool. That is not a "knee jerk reaction" or a pretension of my feelings, that is simply an assurance that he will never commit such an act again. End of story.
It is hard and frustrating for an adult to take care of a baby at times....it is not fair that a child at 14 is left with the responsibility of a baby all night long. THe 14 year old should have been in bed himself... with school etc... not up taking care of a baby. And we all know how many times a baby can wake up.
I am not making excuses for him... I am just saying there shoudl be an adult there taking care and watching over the children... not two children left alone all night to fend for themselves
What can be done with a 14 year old who killed a helpless infant? Is he a psychopath? I think everyone has had mean thoughts, even at that age. Something is missing in him that can ever instilled. Sometimes there is just no hope and that is what makes stories like this so tragic.
Just your story...not the story.
I see little difference between your call for violence as a solution and the boy's.
Neither of you seem to have the capacity to think things through...at least the 14 yr old has a child under-developed brain as an excuse. What's yours, we wonder.
"Underdeveloped"? Does the 14-year-old in this story have some sort of learning disability not mentioned in the article?
By the age of 14, the average kid knows right from wrong, and while they are still prone to get into mischief, they are old enough to understand the difference between mischief and Murder.
As for all the people complaining that 14 is too young to babysit, I am wondering who your parents hired to babysit you when you were little? I'm betting they hired teens between the ages of 14-15 to babysit you, because that's one of many ways that teens earn spending money before they are of legal working age.
You give teenagers (and children in general) far too little credit for their abilities to comprehend.
And you seem to know nothing about child development or their brains. It's easy to assume that teenagers are just smaller adults, but they are not. They are literally perceiving a different world.
Try this for starters: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/
Sadly, there are some parents who have to work 3rd shift jobs, 2nd shift jobs and are alone, only having older children to rely on. I'm sure if she could, the mom would hire a more responsible babysitter than having the 14 yr old step in.
There's a lot wrong with this tragedy. But it starts with the parents.
stephen & ct , either you 2 have never raised kids or your wives did all the raising while u were gone/work/with your friends , it can be stressfull , especially when its night & youve been awake all day , lack of sleep & childcare responsibilities are a strain on adults, especially when its day after day & NEVER should be forced on a child.Sounds to me like this mother was expecting this child to fill in where the father should have.
cullheath -
I absolutely agree with you, teens brains arent fully developed. It's not a matter of "time" but a matter of: information, experience, time and putting it all together.
There are plenty of adults who've done exactly as this kid has done, with probably the same "under-developed" brain...time alone wont develop your brain.
So what you're REALLY saying is, 14 is too young to know these very basic things:
DONT HIT A BABY
DONT BEAT A BABY
DONT SMOTHER A BABY'S MOUTH AND NOSE
now, help me understand why you think this specific child (unlike so many other 14 year olds) couldnt quite "put it all together" as most other kids would be able to?
Remember, all other 14 year olds brains are under-developed too...but they magically know these are things you just shouldnt, ever ever ever do.
How are they so damn magically smart, and this kid...well, just wasnt?
I am not a Maryland lawyer, but in some jurisdictions if you charge a crime to a juvenile, you have little or no chance of holding them beyond their attainment of majority status.
However this shakes out, the mother isn't going to have babysitter issues, is she?
We are all victims of the choices we make in life, as well as the random.
"We are all victims of the choices we make in life, as well as the random."
Huh? Seriously, stop playing the victim and start taking responsibility for yourself. Passing blame such as your comment is what's wrong here. You people make me sick, it's always something or someone else's fault, never the person making the decision.
You are wrong. Time alone does indeed cause various stages of maturation of the brain, just as time alone does lead a body to sexual maturity.
No, that is what YOU are saying.
culheath
FYI,...
When saying (or insinuating) that a person is wrong, we understand what you mean but by simply saying that they're "incorrect", (in place of "wrong") is a little easier on friendship and kind words...
And not so forthcoming. :-)
Later!
Creek-Dog,
Euphemisms? Seriously? ... lol
I agree with culhealth. A 14 years old's brain is not the same as a 20 year old's. No matter what you want to believe, that is the truth. They are still developing.
EXACTLY!! It is very hard to parent a baby at night sometimes. And I can't imagine this is the first time this 14 year old has had to do it. For how many months of the 7 months has this 14 year old been responsible for caring for his baby sister ALL night long? If you have ever cared for a young child that wakes multiple times a night for a year? or more? It is very mentally hard and frustrating and NOT the responsibility of a 14 YEAR OLD CHILD! Hands down, the mother should be charged with neglect of BOTH of her children.
infinate choices existed here: the mother could and should have had a number to be reached at any time of the night if the older son had a problem or if there was an emergency with the baby. the mother should have had an emergeny back up person in her life to help or be called upon. whether this person be from a church, resource center or single parent support group, there needed to be someone the teenager could have called. the older son could and should have called the mother, back up person, 911 or police if he was unable to care for the baby and was so frustrated that he was thinking of hitting the infant. im sure the older son has had a history of being left with the infant, and has been hitting the infant over time in an attempt to quiet her. this time, he went too far and killed the infant. can you imagine the life of this poor baby girl? left night after night with a brother who beats her? every 14 year old person knows NOT to hit a baby. EVERY 14 year old knows NOT to smother a baby. when you cut off a childs air passages, it will kick, try to scream and gasp for life. you would have to be a psychopath to not feel horror at the infants struggle for life and not stop.
i am equally disturbed that the mother did not check on the baby for a half hour after she got home when the child was not sleeping in her bed, but was strapped into her car seat. i would never leave my baby overnight in this situation. the mother needs to be tried for the death of her infant and the infant needs to be checked for prior injury or beatings at the hands of her brother.
yes times are hard all over, but you can get a job at a child care center day shift and TAKE YOUR INFANT WITH YOU TO WORK. this is what many single mothers with small children do to save on child care and be able to work at the same time. to be away from her infant so many nights is negligant, to work a job where her son is at school during the day and doesnt see her and then she goes to work at night and he doenst see her is negligant. to sleep during the day when you have a seven month old who is active and awake and the son is at school is negligant. this mother did not have to have a third shift job. it placed BOTH her children at terrible risk, and ruined both her lives.
So if the "average "brain of a 14 year old is not fully developed enough to baby sit kids without doing them physical harm, then shouldnt the state take ALL babies from teanage mothers for their own safety?
And to Culheath,..The court system will take yur view of things and convict him till he turns 18, wipe his record clean and then once again turn him loose on society..And when they do and he KILLS again, then who is to blame for that? The next victim?
This will be a very unpopular thing to say - and obviously my heart breaks for the Mom -but clearly a woman who has so little money or support (i.e. no husband) that she has to work in the middle of the night - should not be having children!
There is something seriously wrong with our culture that we have gotten away from some simple guidelines: Get a job, get a husband, THEN have children.
Totally agree with Culheath. Everyone is very quick to judge, but how many people remember what it is like to sit up all night with your own screaming child, let alone your sibling, when you are still just a kid yourself.
Everyone is quick to label this kid a monster who needs to be removed from the gene pool - but how would you fair with a screaming infant in a rodent infested apartment with a toddler in tow? I'm not a teenager and I'm a parent and I don't like my own chances in those conditions.
For everyone who claims a teens brain should know better - If teens have such great judgement, why are they not allowed to drive till they're 18 or drink till they're 21? Why is car insurance for males over 25 so much cheaper?? because their judgement is still developing and younger brains are too impulsive. A 14-15 year old baby sitter who watches a kid for two hours on a Sat night is not the same as 10.30pm to 5.30am everyday; that is a ridiculous ask of a teenager and an unreasonable amount of responsibility to ask. I'm sure if you asked a normal 14 yo on a normal day what not to do they could answer you, but late at night, when seriously impaired, there is a vast difference.
This tragedy is a failure of judgement on many levels - the teen, the mother, any teachers who should have been monitoring the teen, the father who showed up in the morning and any other adult who was aware of the situation. Unfortunately the kid is going to wear all of their failures for the rest of his life.
According to the news article posted by the commenter here, the boy was also left responsible for a 3 year old sister... The 3 year old was too much responsibility...let alone a 7 month old...
This is not a case of Darwinism, as you seem to imply, but a mindless murder by a monstrous youth, who knew full well what he was doing, and chose to continue slowly killing the baby until the act was complete. He will probably get some kind of slap on the wrist due to his age, and released to live amongst the general public by the time he is 18. Trust me, he will continue to perform similar acts for the remainder of his life, which should not be too long, because someone else he offended or injured will come back and put a couple in the back of his ear. Meanwhile, an innocent baby girl still lays dead, robbed of any and all future she may have had, having done nothing to warrant being murdered, because her "brother" became annoyed at the sounds of her cries AFTER he beat her. Your "analysis" of this situation is as devoid of logic as it is of compassion, and you should probably seek help for your wretched view of humanity.
What would you call a youth who suffocates his baby sister? A victim of poor choices? Misguided?
Nobody knows all the fact about anything whatsoever, but I know enough of them to draw a conclusion.
I wasn't guessing. The fact is that this punk killed his defenseless sister because she annoyed him.
I don't care who you trust, and doubt you trust anybody anyway.
Why don't you spend some part of your day trying not to be such a twat? Is that too much to ask?
Mymom, the boy is being charged as an adult so he will not be released at age 18.
This is such a tragedy. Obviously, the boy has some mental issues, normal teens do not do this, no matter how angry they become.
Independant (interesting fail on spelling). Your icon definitely suggests a few things. So, what you are suggesting is this child be put in a facility for a little while, then released as a rehabilitated individual, right? Oh, and I bet you just think, "No, no spanking is evil, it's the devil." and "Telling a child you are disappointed in them" is also evil.
You're whats wrong with our youth today.
Independant: I think you're qualified for the Troll of the Day award. Just keep on posting crappy opinions. I do have a question, though. Earlier, you had cited "opare" - was this supposed to be Oprah or an au pair? Just wondering.
You frighten me. You don't even consider the life of this boy. Even his peers don't consider him a teenager until 16. What would I call a youth who suffocates his sister? Suicidal. Odds are I'm correct.
Was his reaction to sleep deprivation and stress acceptable? No. Was it acceptable for his Mother to put this on him? No. Hell, maybe he volunteered. Maybe he wanted to be a MAN and take care of his Mama. Maybe just maybe this boy did everything he could without complaint until his young mind snapped?
We need to ban "assault weapons." Oh, wait. He used his hands!
WAKE UP AMERICA
Well, his target was one single infant. I suppose if he'd wanted to kill many infants and get in and out quickly, he would have looked to use a weapon that's perfect for that purpose, huh?
Let us know when he executes a mass killing using only his hands.
Jim jones used Kool-Aid!
...and a group of armed men who said they would shoot those who refused the kool-aid.
No compassion, you all are some sick motherfuc$ers.
Jim jones used Kool-Aid!
Jim Jones was a cult leader of people with very feeble minds, kind of like Christian fundamentalists.
He is a little friggin monster!!! Old enough to have known better! Who in the hell beats a 7-month old????
Too many.
But we don't know how extensive the reported "beating" was, from the article it appears that the baby died from suffocation, not the beating.
Culheath, what difference does 'how extensive the reported beating was' make? He beat the child and then suffocated her for crying from the beating. I'm curious as to what point you were trying to make with that comment.
blackamish, please check the infant deaths attributed to child abuse in your area. Sadly it's available information.
Interesting comments and views today. We live in a harsh world my friends.
GM StonePipe
Yes, the comments are always interesting and run the gamut from sincere sorrow down to cold, cruel statements that the poster must truly believe. It is a sad commentary when no compassion is found from some on this truly horrific act by the 14 y.o.
GM Jack, glad to see you are finally up. :) Story aside-I hate this one-comments from a different perspective from a persons life experiences, walking in their shoes so to speak, for me is the highlight of my day. Which tells you something about how exiting my life really is. (sigh)Top of the day and have a great one.
Think about what you're posting, your comments show indisputable proof of your (lack of) character. Poor baby... please pray for the grieving mother. How many of you bitch and moan about welfare mothers? This woman was trying to financially support her family. The lack of compassion displayed on these boards by many posters is sickening.
Of course we don't know her situation, but if she went and had kids when she could not provide a proper stable home for them, then this is partly her fault.
@glimmmerr..not quite sure what prayer is going to do for her..I understand the childcare issues for single working moms, I've been there...my kids are adults now but at no point would I ever let my 14 year old baby sit..kids at that age are just not mature enough..it was the mom's job to find reliable child care..and she failed to do that..
Ok Yank, then where's the deadbeat dad anyway that he's not helping watch the baby? It's all fun and games to attack a mother trying to support her kids but I don't see too many comments about the sperm donor being a responsible parent. Wonder how many of the male critics posting comments on here regarding single mothers have kids they don't support? How many he-whores have no idea how many kids they've fathered (and that includes ALL the guys here, regardless of race). Thank God my ex was as excellent and responsible a father as he was a not so great husband.
Heaven, maybe prayer could help her survive this nightmare? Hopefully she has a good support network of people who genuinely care about her.
Someone had made a comment about why didn't she get an adult to watch the baby overnight... she may have trusted her son more than some of the adults she knew or could be the adults weren't willing or wanted more money than she could afford to pay. She also may not have known people she trusted to watch her kids... I relocated to a city in a different state in order to support my daughters and was very cautious about who I trusted around my kids. People, you don't know the story but give the woman some credit for taking a job that probably wasn't very desirable with a truly rotten shift requirement; someone tried to imply she was working as a stripper ... how do you know she wasn't working at a convenience store?
My sisters and I all started babysitting at age 11 (and yes, an infant cousin, and for numerous other families) and we never had any children on our watch get hurt.
Some of you are so incredibly cruel and only want to judge others so you can feel better about your nasty little selves.
Since it isn't in the story let me add a possible wrench here....people ar emaking assumption mom is a single parent by choice, kids out of wedlock, deadbeat father. Ever think of the point she may be a widow and didn't have a choice?
Many issues we are not privy to here..I imagine the story will unfold more later on.
My mind, too, jumped to some judgmental assumptions about the lack of a father home with the children that night.
However, we don't know their circumstances. For example, the father could be serving in the military.
Glimmmerr. I must address your reply "
A: Heaven, maybe prayer could help her survive this nightmare? Hopefully she has a good support network of people who genuinely care about her.
B: Someone had made a comment about why didn't she get an adult to watch the baby overnight... she may have trusted her son more than some of the adults she knew or could be the adults weren't willing or wanted more money than she could afford to pay.
A: Cancels out B: Bottom line is childcare for her infant and Toddler was Mom's responsibility. NOT 14 year olds.
Lynn 3765 & Cal-Chi, The article states Dad/Sperm Donor, a Mr Sanchez showed up the next morning. Mom is not a widow or serviceman's wife. No assumptions are being made except that we can expect no more out of many men.
The child should be executed. It's time we put an end to this. I guarantee you he will never do society or the world any good.
Brutal, you say? Doesn't one of the other comments you posted blame the mother for this tragedy even though she's lost TWO children and was not involved in the crime? You sound fairly brutal yourself. The boy was charged as an adult, which means prosecutors likely believe he had full understanding of his actions and that they can prove it. He's the one responsible for murder, not the mother who was working (most likely to support her two children). Yeah, we don't know the other facts of the story, but you yourself also seem to be making a LOT of assumptions. And you know what they say about ASSumptions.
Independent Wanker is a troll, and a pretty poor one at that. This is a natural consequence of his being a complete idiot, and he will not be dissuaded.
It doesn't necessary mean anything like that at all. Prosecutors make calls all the time with little more than public appeasement and career advancement in mind.
We stopped executing children in this country, and hopefully that practice will NEVER return.
For those children we have already executed, like George Junius Stinney and Willie Francis, our reputation as a "civil" nation is as tarnished as other nations who have followed this practice.
This is one of the most unforgiveable sins that can ever be committed by any society, and is one that will guarantee a future of turbulence and unrest for many generations.
Kitty1985
Brutal, you say? Doesn't one of the other comments you posted blame the mother for this tragedy even though she's lost TWO children and was not involved in the crime?
Seriously? She was not involved in the crime? Who raised this 14 yr old? Who taught him how to handle stress? Who chose to saddle him with the care of a seven month old infant? How long had he been losing sleep caring for her child? If a 14 yr old boy fathers a child is it immediately assumed he is Father material? According to the news spots every time I see a new article about a 12-15 yr old Father he is deemed to young to be a Father. The boy goes to school all day just as if it were his employment, comes home does his homework , has dinner and has maybe an hour for himself before he is solely responsible for an infant and a toddler until morning. Thank God for the weekends! Unless of course Mom has plans with the boyfriend or needs to do laundry or shopping.
That's the way this world is.
Teens babysit for siblings while parents work. This is nothing new and what families do across the country. This mother worked the night shift most likely getting the baby ready for bed and tucked in for the night so the teen has little to do. It didn't work out that way. But nothing we don't hear about over and over again by fathers or boyfriends beating children to death.
Many fourteen year olds are quite capable of not killing a child, even one who misbehaves. In fact, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that most children don't kill others, regardless of age. At fourteen I'd been doing paid babysitting for more than two years because I had the maturity level to handle a crying child without getting frustrated. This mother obviously believed her son was capable of watching the baby (and since the baby was 7 months old, there's a very good chance he'd watched her before with no problems). She didn't do anything wrong in leaving him in charge of the baby and yet most of your comments here are in the line of "he's a young and stupid kid and shouldn't have been in charge and/or it's the fact that he's a latchkey kid that caused this so it's the mother's fault."
I have the feeling that Indy Wanker is trying to cover up or rationalize some misdeeds in his past, given his ardent defense of the scummy little punk murderer, as well as his strident criticism of the mother. Wonder what he might have done as a youth that he feels such a need to do so? But then, he is just a pissy little troll.
Carol O and Kitty - Well said.
The insanity continues. The steady decline of society and the human race in general goes on unabated.
It so odd back in the day's of Howdy Dowdy, Captain Kangaroo, Leave it to Beaver, Father Knows Best, My Three Sons,The Donna Reed Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show and I Love Lucy you never heard of things like this.
Just because you didn't hear about them doesn't mean they didn't happen. The worst school massacre in the US was in 1927, for example.
You listed comedies, but the melodramas--Alfred Hitchcock, Perry Mason, Gunsmoke, et al.-- explored the dark side of human nature. It just seemed cleaner with bloodless deaths and polite comedy relief.
Yes but we still did not have the violence and gore in high definition that we have today, we had crime but it did not seem to be the epidemic of bloodshed that we have today, especially with children. We don't have the culture of civility that we had after World War II, instead of moving forward we seem to be moving backwards to the days of slave labor, child labor, unsafe working conditions, products and pollution so that a select few can make massive profits while the majority suffer.
Very true, Homesick. School shootings have been occurring since the 1700s. I never saw anything about school shootings until I researched it myself. Why doesn't the news report that? Oh wait... they use media to push their propaganda..
This is modern day America. One big circus. People don't know what to do with that anger. A14 year old kills people on s video game sees nothing wrong with it. We can't discipline anymore.
That poor boy was likely overwhelmed and sleep deprived from covering who knows how many nights alone with an infant. Maybe mom should have considered how the baby would be taken care of while she worked before she decided to make one.
mom of two what if one of yours killed the other sibling at your home then we could bash you like your doing this poor woman ? PITFUL remarks from you.................
At 7mths old, the majority of babies are sleeping through the night unless they are sick..... Just saying because I have a bit of experience in this area.
Midwest mom, are you a stay at home mom?
Why Silver? The Mother MUST take some responsibility for this. She was the adult.
We don't know a lot of details behind the case. Were drugs/alcohol or a history of mental illness present? Was it premeditated or happened on the spur of the moment? My basic question is were there ANY warning signs prior to this event that would warrant the 14 year old NOT be allowed to watch his sister.
Right now I'm leaning tword putting a bullet in the kids head ASAP but until I get some more information I'm going to hold judgement.
Mother, son & daughter all have different last names. That should tell you something about personal responsibility.
I think you have hit on something there. This kid probably had little supervision growing up and his mom may have (I say may, we don't know) had too much responsibility dumped on him at too young an age.
Think about the fact that his mom left him alone to go to work at 10:30 at night....he is 14!!! She certainly bears responsibility for this crime, she went and had a baby when she could not properly provide for her.
Gloria Yanes. Larissa Yanes. Looks like the mother and daughter have the same last name to me. Usually names that are spelled the same are the same, or do you have a different criteria? Considering the age difference in the children, it is not unreasonable to think the mother may have remarried at some point, nor is it unreasonable to think she may be widowed from her second husband (the father of the daughter). But that doesn't fit your pre-concieved notions, does it?
Enough.... ENOUGH! Are you patting yourself on the back for that rattling rampage? Names the same or not. She was irresponsible.
I have a friend who has remarried and has a son with her new husband. They share the same last name like the mother in this news story. Her last name differs, however, from her oldest son whose father is her ex. She was 26 when she had her first son, got divorced a few years later, and then had her second son at 42 with her second husband. She's an excellent mother and occasionally, when her husband traveled for business, would leave her older son with the baby while she worked. They live in a nice neighborhood and her two boys are healthy and happy.
Is it so difficult for any of you to conceive that this just might be a similar situation to the woman in question here? You who make assumptions about peoples' names are ridiculous. That tells you nothing. But it speaks volumes about you.
Babysitting at 14 is one thing, but leaving a14 year old in charge of an infant and alone overnight is another. Nowhere is a husband or partner mentioned which leads you to believe that there isn't one. Children have become so disposable.
Hmm an out of womb abortion. Whats the difference ? torn and sucked out from the inside or beat on the outside ?
Stupid post, What a idiot!
It's so true it hurts aye ?
It hurts to be an idiot you mean?
@ Hrrmm
Were you dropped on your head repeatedly as a baby? Did you eat lead paint chips? That would explain your lack of humanity and mental disability.
The 14 year old was probably nicer then an Abortion doctor
Idiot
Suck it up butter cups this is the Liberal world we now live in no morals no care or worry as long as it feels right.
and he will be out soon killing more people because you Libs want to give him a second chance at murder
Then why is it that the more liberal states have less unwed mothers????? Talk about morals.....
Hrrmm,
What an idiotic statement! It takes more than just the "libs" to enact legal punishments in the various legislatures. If the "libs" do push something thru that you republiconmen object to then apparently you are bigger pussies than you accuse the libs of being. Shame on you for letting those little widdle libbies take charge and spank you- and free Satan's minions from under your very nose too!
homesick yank,
Puritans ALWAYS have a higher unwed mother rate- that is why it pisses them off so bad. It exposes their hypocrisy through their naturally horny kids.