Child killer

[IreneM]

this breaks my heart

In Christ

IreneM

Boy, 7, admits killing baby

Police say he beat the infant because he was jealous and to stop her from crying.

By Vickie Chachere

The Associated Press

Posted June 2 2005

TAMPA -- A 7-year-old boy fatally beat his baby half-sister with his fists, feet and a two-by-four because he was jealous of the attention she was receiving and because she wouldn't stop crying, police said Wednesday.

The Hillsborough County State Attorney's Office is trying to decide whether to file charges against the boy in the attack that rattled even veteran homicide detectives.

The unidentified boy was not taken into custody and is living with his mother in Lakeland while prosecutors make their decision. The attack occurred May 22 at the home of the boy's father in Tampa.

Seven-month-old Jayza Laney Simms was dead on arrival at St. Joseph's Hospital, where her parents rushed her. Police declined to release the names of the boy or his parents, who are witnesses.

Tampa police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said detectives began focusing on the boy after witnesses were able to vouch for the parents not having been alone with the baby at the time of the attack. Detectives confronted the boy with the evidence, and a week after his sister died, he confessed to killing her, McElroy said.

"The veteran detectives who worked on this case have never seen a case with someone as young as a 7-year-old show so much violence and so little remorse," McElroy said. "The only explanation he gave is he wanted her to stop crying."

Pam Bondi, a spokeswoman for the Hillsborough County State Attorney's Office, said prosecutors were just beginning to review the case and the complex legal issues that might present themselves in bringing charges against a child.

"This is the first time we have dealt with a 7-year-old accused of such a violent crime," Bondi said.

The boy had been visiting his father, who lived with his girlfriend and their two daughters, police said. A second child was also in the house at the time of the attack but was not harmed.

Police said the adults were outside with neighbors when the boy came to them about midnight and said the baby was bleeding. They found the girl with a bloody nose and said she wasn't breathing.

Initially, the boy told detectives he dropped the baby but later blamed other family members for hurting her before telling them what he had done, McElroy said.

The boy told detectives he had kicked, punched and then hit his half-sister with a two-by-four piece of wood that was found in the home, they said.

The father and his girlfriend told detectives the boy had been jealous of his half-sisters, but not to the point that they were concerned about the girls' safety, police said.

"The only person who was alone with the child was the 7-year-old," McElroy said. "They [the father and his girlfriend] didn't want to believe the 7-year-old had done it."

[Guest Fluffy the Cactus]

This boy was obviously not in a stable household, and this proves what happens when you have a lack of responsible adults as rolemodels in your life. It's truly sad what happened to that little girl, to have a life so very young ripped out from this world. I doubt that the boy will be charged with a crime, and I certainly hope that he is not. A 7 year-old cannot be truly responsible for his actions. Where was an adult in this situation? Why wasn't an adult watching this 2 year-old, ESPECIALLY while it was crying? Why didn't an adult hear what was going on? This sort of thing makes me so mad because parents' rights have been taken away, society accepts and condones a lack of discipline and a lack of parents being involved in their children's lives and... just... I'm not going to say anymore, this makes me so saddened and furious.

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[Imamom]

enough said

[his-servant-too]

Fluffy, you must not be a parent. Most children would be in bed asleep at midnight, it's the one time you feel safe to leave your child for a few minutes and most parents don't do hourly bed checks that late at night. It seems kind of narrow of you to assume that the household was not stable. I raised two boys and more than once I had to separate them from fighting with each other. In my case we sometimes had to let one of our sons cry himself to sleep because he was just not getting what he wanted.

This boy was obviously not in a stable household, and this proves what happens when you have a lack of responsible adults as rolemodels in your life.  It's truly sad what happened to that little girl, to have a life so very young ripped out from this world.  I doubt that the boy will be charged with a crime, and I certainly hope that he is not.  A 7 year-old cannot be truly responsible for his actions.  Where was an adult in this situation?  Why wasn't an adult watching this 2 year-old, ESPECIALLY while it was crying?  Why didn't an adult hear what was going on?  This sort of thing makes me so mad because parents' rights have been taken away, society accepts and condones a lack of discipline and a lack of parents being involved in their children's lives and...  just...  I'm not going to say anymore, this makes me so saddened and furious.

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[Guest Obtuse Monkey]

If the Psychoanalytical model is to be believed, that child's superego has already developed; his personality has already been established.

[IreneM]

what will this childs life be like from here on out.??

What will become of him down the road.

This child needs prayer from now till the Lord comes !!!

So sad to see a child this young committ a murder

In Christ

IreneM

[Guest Fluffy the Cactus]

His-servant-too, I am a parent, and I am very involved in my child's life. This happened because of neglect. There's no way that you can tell me that if an adult was present this would've happened. We never leave our child alone in the house, and I wouldn't leave a two-year-old alone in a house, sleeping or not.

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[yomotalking]

I have to agre with you on this one, Fluffy.

It's so sad.....a SEVEN YEAR OLD!!!!!!

A muderer........

Yomo

[irishcowboy]

this breaks my heart 

In Christ

IreneM

Boy, 7, admits killing baby

Police say he beat the infant because he was jealous and to stop her from crying.

By Vickie Chachere

The Associated Press

Posted June 2 2005

TAMPA -- A 7-year-old boy fatally beat his baby half-sister with his fists, feet and a two-by-four because he was jealous of the attention she was receiving and because she wouldn't stop crying, police said Wednesday.

The Hillsborough County State Attorney's Office is trying to decide whether to file charges against the boy in the attack that rattled even veteran homicide detectives.

The unidentified boy was not taken into custody and is living with his mother in Lakeland while prosecutors make their decision. The attack occurred May 22 at the home of the boy's father in Tampa.

Seven-month-old Jayza Laney Simms was dead on arrival at St. Joseph's Hospital, where her parents rushed her. Police declined to release the names of the boy or his parents, who are witnesses.

Tampa police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said detectives began focusing on the boy after witnesses were able to vouch for the parents not having been alone with the baby at the time of the attack. Detectives confronted the boy with the evidence, and a week after his sister died, he confessed to killing her, McElroy said.

"The veteran detectives who worked on this case have never seen a case with someone as young as a 7-year-old show so much violence and so little remorse," McElroy said. "The only explanation he gave is he wanted her to stop crying."

Pam Bondi, a spokeswoman for the Hillsborough County State Attorney's Office, said prosecutors were just beginning to review the case and the complex legal issues that might present themselves in bringing charges against a child.

"This is the first time we have dealt with a 7-year-old accused of such a violent crime," Bondi said.

The boy had been visiting his father, who lived with his girlfriend and their two daughters, police said. A second child was also in the house at the time of the attack but was not harmed.

Police said the adults were outside with neighbors when the boy came to them about midnight and said the baby was bleeding. They found the girl with a bloody nose and said she wasn't breathing.

Initially, the boy told detectives he dropped the baby but later blamed other family members for hurting her before telling them what he had done, McElroy said.

The boy told detectives he had kicked, punched and then hit his half-sister with a two-by-four piece of wood that was found in the home, they said.

The father and his girlfriend told detectives the boy had been jealous of his half-sisters, but not to the point that they were concerned about the girls' safety, police said.

"The only person who was alone with the child was the 7-year-old," McElroy said. "They [the father and his girlfriend] didn't want to believe the 7-year-old had done it."

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UMMMMMM, SOMETHING WRONG HERE.................

What was the adults doing leaving the children alone?

there was no one in the house at the time the kids were up and about?

15 years ago, I was about taken in to custody when i arrived home and had two children, both of them asleep and the house being locked, I carried one in and laid him in the bed, and then went back to get the second one, and the police were there waiting.....

the parents of these children are the ones responsible for their care, not a 7 year old child.... a 7 year old child should not be left alone with an infant or toddler. a 7 year old should not be left alone anyways......

if the parents were really that close, why didnt anyone hear any crying or screaming?????

there will always be cibling rivalry, especially with steps and halfs.....

mike

[Guest NewPilgrim]

This post was a repeat, please ignore it

Edited June 5, 2005 by NewPilgrim