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  1. 01-09-2009 #1
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    A 19 year old babysitter put a 5 month old infant in the dryer for 3 minutes because the child was interfering with her TV watching.

    This is ed up.

    http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2...ith_killi.html

    Quote Originally Posted by Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune

    A Harvey teen-ager who admitted to detectives that she put a baby in a clothes dryer so she could watch television without disturbance was indicted Thursday on a charge of second-degree murder.

    The Jefferson Parish grand jury also indicted Lon Adams, 59, on a charge of second-degree murder in the death of his father, Leroy Adams, 81, whose skeletal remains were found in a bedroom of Lon Adams' Metairie home in June.

    In the first case, Arielle Smith, 19, is accused of killing Andre Jenkins, 5 months old, on Sept. 11. Smith was watching the infant, his 18-month-old brother, and her 1-year-old son in her home at 512 MacArthur Drive. She was caring for the two brothers for her friend, who was at work, authorities said.

    "She was trying to watch something on television," Assistant District Attorney Amanda Calogero said. "She put the two older kids in a room, and she put the baby in the dryer" and turned it on.

    During the three minutes Andre was in the dryer, he suffered skull fractures and extensive burns, Calogero said. The baby died at the scene, she said.

    Smith initially told detectives that a pot of boiling water fell on the infant, Calogero said. She changed her story to say she hid Andre in the dryer as they played a game of hide-and-seek and that her son must have turned the dryer on.

    Pressed further by detectives, Smith admitted that the children "were rambunctious and interfering with her television show," according to a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office probable-cause affidavit.

    Smith told detectives she removed clothing from the dryer, put the child in it and started the machine. Smith later removed the unresponsive baby, put the clothing back in the dryer and called her boyfriend and the baby's mother before calling authorities, according to the affidavit. Paramedics found the baby on Smith's living room floor with burns on his face, head, arms, legs and feet.

    A judge last month found Smith was mentally competent at the time of the crime and is able to stand trial, court records show.

    Smith's attorney Davidson Ehle declined comment.

    Detectives booked Smith with first-degree murder Sept. 11, a charge that allows the death penalty, but a magistrate judge last year found evidence sufficient to hold her on the lesser charge, records show. If convicted of second-degree murder, Smith would face a mandatory life sentence in prison.

    She is held in the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in lieu of a $500,000 bond set Thursday by Judge Glenn Ansardi of the 24th Judicial District Court.

    In the second case, Adams' indictment was expected after a hearing in the case earlier this week.

    Fearing Adams was trying to flee the state, prosecutors charged him with manslaughter Dec. 29 and returned him to jail. Prosecutors say he is a threat to others. Adams' attorney Joe Raspanti argued this week that his client is not a public danger.

    Judge Conn Regan of the 24th Judicial District is expected to announce Wednesday whether Adams will remain jailed without bond until his trial. No trial date has been set.

    An autopsy found that Leroy Adams died from blunt-force trauma caused by "homicidal violence." A detective testified this week that Adams' hyoid, a bone in his neck, and several ribs were cracked.

    Testimony showed that Adams died during the spring of 2006. Lon Adams told detectives he put his father in his bed, closed the door and never returned. Deputies investigating a missing persons complaint found Leroy Adams' skeleton in the bed June 2 and arrested Adams about four months later.
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  2. 01-09-2009 #2
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    What the ? I mean, honestly... what the ? There are no words for the stupidity of some people. I hope she gets locked up for a long... LOOOONNGGG time.
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    They should put her in a dryer and right before she dies pull her out and tend to her then once she is healed do it again and repeat.
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    I'm still trying to figure out if this is evil, incredibly stupid, or a combination of both.


    Who would even THINK about putting a child in a dryer?


    I can't even imagine the horror that child went through.
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  5. 01-09-2009 #5
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    Say you're the baby's mother or father and you get home before the police arrive, find out what happened, and proceed to kill the babysitter. What kind of sentence would you be looking at? Would an insanity plea hold up?

    Because while I don't anticipate ever letting someone this stupid take care of my baby, I'm pretty sure if anything like this happened I would murder her.
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    That poor baby. That stupid . She can watch 227 in jail now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spurminator
    Say you're the baby's mother or father and you get home before the police arrive, find out what happened, and proceed to kill the babysitter. What kind of sentence would you be looking at? Would an insanity plea hold up?

    Because while I don't anticipate ever letting someone this stupid take care of my baby, I'm pretty sure if anything like this happened I would murder her.


    I'm pretty sure I would flip out and kill that . Who wouldn't have a brief moment of insanity in that situation?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spurminator
    Say you're the baby's mother or father and you get home before the police arrive, find out what happened, and proceed to kill the babysitter. What kind of sentence would you be looking at? Would an insanity plea hold up?

    Because while I don't anticipate ever letting someone this stupid take care of my baby, I'm pretty sure if anything like this happened I would murder her.
    They are probably stupid too.

    I would definately plead insanity. No acting involved.
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    Always set up a hidden baby cam.

    No joke. Even if it is some old nice lady, TRUST NO ONE.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DarrinS
    I'm pretty sure I would flip out and kill that . Who wouldn't have a brief moment of insanity in that situation?
    I'd say a case like that would require a little jury nullification, definitely.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DarrinS
    I'm still trying to figure out if this is evil, incredibly stupid, or a combination of both.


    Who would even THINK about putting a child in a dryer?


    I can't even imagine the horror that child went through.
    i'm trying to find the article of the mother that killed her baby, fried it in the skillet, and fed it to the dog. if i recall she did that 'cause the baby cried too much.
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  12. 01-09-2009 #12
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    My kid is almost 6 and I have never used a babysitter. When we lived away from our family (San Antonio) we did things that she could do with us or stayed home. Did that for 3 years. Now we our in Dallas we go out without her and leave her with my mom/dad or my wifes parents. She might have spent 6-7 nights away from us. And I hated it. Storys like that make me not trust many people. Even family members I don't trust with my daughter. Nothing cynical I just think most people are not responsible enough to take care of a infant or now a 5 year old. Everyday you hear about child abuse,child neglect and/or molestation. There are some mean people out there plus alot of stupid people. A kid in a dryer so she can watch her show. 19 year old. Just wow.
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    i felt so bad after reading that

    I honestly hope they do an eye for an eye stuff to these people. She should be killed with an iron sitting on her face till she dies
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    Stupid
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    Sad story.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spurminator
    Say you're the baby's mother or father and you get home before the police arrive, find out what happened, and proceed to kill the babysitter. What kind of sentence would you be looking at? Would an insanity plea hold up?

    Because while I don't anticipate ever letting someone this stupid take care of my baby, I'm pretty sure if anything like this happened I would murder her.
    I'm pretty sure I would too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DarrinS
    I'm still trying to figure out if this is evil, incredibly stupid, or a combination of both.
    Has to be a combination. If she was just stupid she wouldn't have put the dryer on.

    How the do you rationalize killing a child over getting some quality TV time??!?!? WTF?

    A virus with legs, man, virus with legs
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    upsetting. deep fry the .
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    They call it must see tv for a reason folks!
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  21. 01-13-2009 #21
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    Honest question, whats the point of posting this story?
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    now i'm speechless

    wtf
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  23. 01-13-2009 #23
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    Quote Originally Posted by MannyIsGod
    Honest question, whats the point of posting this story?
    what's the point of the newspaper writing about it
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