FL - Trenton Giachetti, 5 mos, drowned in bathtub, Ormond Beach, 6 April 2009

[Bobbisangel]

What a darling chubby little baby boy. I wonder if this mom was high and decided to give the baby a bath...put him in the tub and then left the room for some reason and forgot to go back? That little guy didn't get into the bathtub by himself. She must have put him in and forgot about him.

 

[Chicogirl36]

Just a theory about how it could have been accidental, and please bear with me since this is a true story that happened to me and my son over 10 years ago.

I was an apt. manager for a large complex and lived across the lot from my office. My son was 4 months, and my daughter was 3. I had a 17 yr old babysit, and would come over and check them on lunch and breaks.I had a strict rule for NO BATHS, but to call me if they got too dirty to wipe up.

The day "it" happened, I had started my morning normal, and while leaving to my office, I mentioned how excited I was that Alex had his first "big boy bath" in the tub with his sister in one of those rings that suction to the bottom.She told me later that she thought it was ok since he 'graduated' to the big tub. Evidently, the sitter forgot to gather towels before, and left to get them. In that time, my oldest got out, my baby's bath ring came un-suctioned, and he went face first in the water for 1-3 minutes. Needless to say, I got a phone call phantically yelling "HE'S BLUE!!"

I can still remember running as if I was floating and got to him in time. Thank God I knew infant CPR, but the young girl was ignorant to the fact that you NEVER leave a baby unattended. I called 911 and after a night in the hospital, he is fine 10 years later.

The reason i decided to share this is that maybe it WAS an accident. LE is usually gung-ho on prosecuting a baby death, let alone one with a drug-addicted mom.I am in NO WAY condoning what happened to Trenton, just trying to make some sense of why they ruled it an accident.

RIP Trenton Giachetti :blowkiss::blowkiss:. You are loved. :angel:

 

[Lovejac]

WOW, chicogirl! What a terrifying thing! Thank God it turned out the way it did.

 

[zadari]

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That is very scary to know.Who said she was forced to be a mother? I guess she was forced by the same person to be a drug addict. thats what she is.

Just a theory about how it could have been accidental, and please bear with me since this is a true story that happened to me and my son over 10 years ago.

I was an apt. manager for a large complex and lived across the lot from my office. My son was 4 months, and my daughter was 3. I had a 17 yr old babysit, and would come over and check them on lunch and breaks.I had a strict rule for NO BATHS, but to call me if they got too dirty to wipe up.

The day "it" happened, I had started my morning normal, and while leaving to my office, I mentioned how excited I was that Alex had his first "big boy bath" in the tub with his sister in one of those rings that suction to the bottom.She told me later that she thought it was ok since he 'graduated' to the big tub. Evidently, the sitter forgot to gather towels before, and left to get them. In that time, my oldest got out, my baby's bath ring came un-suctioned, and he went face first in the water for 1-3 minutes. Needless to say, I got a phone call phantically yelling "HE'S BLUE!!"

I can still remember running as if I was floating and got to him in time. Thank God I knew infant CPR, but the young girl was ignorant to the fact that you NEVER leave a baby unattended. I called 911 and after a night in the hospital, he is fine 10 years later.

The reason i decided to share this is that maybe it WAS an accident. LE is usually gung-ho on prosecuting a baby death, let alone one with a drug-addicted mom.I am in NO WAY condoning what happened to Trenton, just trying to make some sense of why they ruled it an accident.

RIP Trenton Giachetti :blowkiss::blowkiss:. You are loved. :angel:

omg!! thank god your baby is fine and 10 years old now im sorry you went through that and yes many accidents do happen ... i just hope that is what it was and not something intentional or from her being doped up ..you werent doped up you were working and left your baby in the care of a sitter .. and im sure the sitter felt horrible for what happened :blowkiss:

 

[maconrich]

Two articles:
Mother arrested in drowning of 4-month-old boy


"A Volusia County mother, who sheriff's officials say told family members she hated her 4-month-old, was arrested on a warrant Friday night in New York for the boy's bathtub drowning death.
Christal Giachetti, 30, is charged with aggravated manslaughter in the death of her son Trenton Giachetti. The baby died the morning of April 6.
Though Trenton's death was ruled an accident by the medical examiner, friends and family members interviewed by investigators said the mother remarked about three weeks before Trenton's death "that she sometimes felt like putting the baby in the tub, turning on the water and leaving," said Gary Davidson, Volusia County sheriff's spokesman.


A cousin said Giachetti had told her that the mother couldn't handle the baby and hated him, Davidson said."


More at link:

http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/breakingnews/baby050909.htm

and:

Mom's arrest in infant's death no surprise to neighbors

"ORMOND BEACH -- Neighbors on Avenue H near Ormond Beach weren't surprised the mother whose 4-month-old drowned in the bathtub was arrested. Christal Giachetti, 30, who was arrested in New York on Friday, is charged with aggravated manslaughter in the April 6 death of her son Trenton Giachetti and is being held on $150,000 bail in Norwich, N.Y. It could be several weeks before she is brought back to Volusia County, depending on whether she waives extradition or fights it, Volusia County sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said.
Friends and family members told sheriff's investigators the mother told them in the weeks before the baby's death she hated her infant son and "sometimes felt like putting the baby in the tub, turning on the water and leaving," Davidson said."

Much more at link:
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/EastVolusia/evlHEAD03051009.htm

 

[Lovejac]

THANK YOU, Maconrich, for this article. I have been thinking about this case and couldn't find any updates.

Her SIL and brother wanted Trenton!!!!

 

[Lovejac]

Bumping her MySpace.

http://www.myspace.com/christal5

PRAY FOR MY BABY Trying to get situated in my new home. I Love you Trenton and Kevin

 

[Bobbisangel]

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That is very scary to know.Who said she was forced to be a mother? I guess she was forced by the same person to be a drug addict. thats what she is.

Doesn't this gal have a little girl about 3 yrs that is being raised by a relative or did I dream that????

 

[Lovejac]

Doesn't this gal have a little girl about 3 yrs that is being raised by a relative or did I dream that????

I haven't heard that. I believe she only has 2 boys......well HAD 2 boys. Trenton & Kevin

 

[maconrich]

Doesn't this gal have a little girl about 3 yrs that is being raised by a relative or did I dream that????

I *think* one of the first articles mentioned another baby being in the home at the time, so maybe that's what you're remembering? Was the child of one of the friends who were there, but I'm not finding where I even saw it so I could be totally wrong.

 

[maconrich]

Sad.


"In his statements to sheriff's detectives, Kevin Giachetti said he had not "liked" his mother since she began abusing drugs "two or three years ago," the report states. He said Christal Giachetti left him alone with Trenton three to five times a week and he always knew when she was doing drugs because she would lock herself in her bedroom "as many as five times a day."
The youngster told investigators, "I miss my little brother."



more at link:

http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Headlines/frtHEAD01051609.htm

 

[Chicogirl36]

Sad.


"In his statements to sheriff's detectives, Kevin Giachetti said he had not "liked" his mother since she began abusing drugs "two or three years ago," the report states. He said Christal Giachetti left him alone with Trenton three to five times a week and he always knew when she was doing drugs because she would lock herself in her bedroom "as many as five times a day."
The youngster told investigators, "I miss my little brother."



more at link:

http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Headlines/frtHEAD01051609.htm

OMG maconrich, TY for posting this:

Quoted from above clip



"She killed my little brother because she was all messed up on pills." Those words were uttered by the 13-year-old son of the woman now accused of letting her baby drown in a bathtub in early April, according to a Volusia County Sheriff's Office report released this week.

By her own admission to sheriff's investigators, Christal Giachetti said she did not want the infant.

Though Christal Giachetti gave police varying accounts of what happened, the arrest report shows she finally admitted to starting a bath for the baby, placing him inside the bathtub, then taking off to another bathroom in the house because she claimed she had diarrhea.



Ya know what, Ive read enough of that article to make me ill for the month! TMI on the last paragraph~ She should have had her butt in the same restroom where her baby lay DEAD~!~!~

Her older son is forever scarred with the memory of his mom being a pill head and killing his baby brother. And btw, wonder WHY her hubby isnt the BIO dad of the new baby? hmmmmmmm???

I take back any empathy I had for her thinking that it really was an accident- What a conniving beeeyotch. I cant believe they are only charging her with manslaughter. Looks like her hubby knows the system. Sounds like he might be sending the welcome wagon to the women's prison to say HELLo. :furious::furious:

 

[ziggy]

Why does adoption not figure in as a viable option if you don't feel you can handle another child? I can't understand when there are so many people that would love to adopt a baby.

Drug addiction is devastating. Do any of you watch that Intervention show? Wow. It's riveting and discouraging since most people relapse even with wonderful and lengthy treatment.

Druggies lie. Too bad there was no intervention sooner.

 

[maconrich]

I'll side with Kevin over Giachetti's parents...


"DAYTONA BEACH -- The parents of the woman charged in the bathtub drowning of her infant said Tuesday the suspect's 13-year-old son spoke badly about his mother to Volusia County sheriff's investigators only because he was angry about his baby brother's death.

Kevin Giachetti told sheriff's detectives in April his mother Christal Giachetti had killed his baby brother Trenton because she was "messed up on pills," an arrest report states.

But at the 30-year-old mother's first appearance hearing Tuesday at the Volusia County Branch Jail, the suspect's mother and stepfather -- Lorretta and Robert Owens -- said 4-month-old Trenton's death was an accident and Christal Giachetti was a good parent who had single-handedly raised Kevin.

"Kevin is a good boy and he's just angry because his brother died," Robert Owens said. "A lot of people are feeding him negative information."


more at link:

http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/EastVolusia/evlEAST03052009.htm

 

[southcitymom]

I'll side with Kevin over Giachetti's parents...


"DAYTONA BEACH -- The parents of the woman charged in the bathtub drowning of her infant said Tuesday the suspect's 13-year-old son spoke badly about his mother to Volusia County sheriff's investigators only because he was angry about his baby brother's death.

Kevin Giachetti told sheriff's detectives in April his mother Christal Giachetti had killed his baby brother Trenton because she was "messed up on pills," an arrest report states.

But at the 30-year-old mother's first appearance hearing Tuesday at the Volusia County Branch Jail, the suspect's mother and stepfather -- Lorretta and Robert Owens -- said 4-month-old Trenton's death was an accident and Christal Giachetti was a good parent who had single-handedly raised Kevin.

"Kevin is a good boy and he's just angry because his brother died," Robert Owens said. "A lot of people are feeding him negative information."


more at link:

http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/EastVolusia/evlEAST03052009.htm

From maconrish's link:

"At first, Giachetti blamed her closest friend Amanda Budgen for the drowning. But later, according to the arrest report, she admitted she had put the baby in the bathtub and walked away to use the other bathroom in her mobile home. She then said she went back to sleep and forgot Trenton was in the water."

Also, the article says the woman's son AND her ex-husband talked about the Mom's addiction to narcotic pills.

I have a huge amount of empathy for sleep deprived Moms and for people addicted to narcotics. That said, it seems obvious to me that this woman's negligence led to her child's death. I don't think there's enough information to say she planned this and did it with forethought, though obviously she was struggling on a number of levels. What a very sad story. My deepest prayers for her and for all of the family.

 

[southcitymom]

Many mothers I've spoken with had thoughts of "deep sixing" the kiddies at one point or another, those who were honest enough to talk about their feelings. Having negative feeling about your children isn't a crime - acting on it is where the problems come in.

I could be wrong, but I don't think a single mother gets through it all without a fantasy or two about how nice it would be to NOT be raising kids. Maybe I'm wrong, but certainly all my close mommy friends have had these feelings.

That's different, of course, from wanting to kill your kids, IMHO.

 

[southcitymom]

Many mothers I've spoken with had thoughts of "deep sixing" the kiddies at one point or another, those who were honest enough to talk about their feelings. Having negative feeling about your children isn't a crime - acting on it is where the problems come in.

I could be wrong, but I don't think a single mother gets through it all without a fantasy or two about how nice it would be to NOT be raising kids. Maybe I'm wrong, but certainly all my close mommy friends have had these feelings.

That's different, of course, from truly wanting to kill your kids, IMHO. I can't count the number of times I've told a girlfriend or a spouse that I was going to sell mine on Ebay - cheap!

 

[southcitymom]

Bolding mine.

You're very fortunate to have someone who will help you, who will listen to your feeling without being judgmental. Not all parents have that luxury, and luxury it is because most people will come across as properly shocked that there is a mother in this world who gets stressed and cannot cope at any given point. I think this is where I'm really coming from. If there was more help and less judgment, one-upmanship, if you will, this would be a better world and less children would be hurt/killed. But, alas, there are too many people needing to put others down in order to make themselves feel better. If the day ever comes when truth and honesty can be respected this might be a better, safer world.

But, this is only my opinion.

Agreed, agreed!

 

[ScorpRising]

My Mom told me when my son was just born that if I ever had a day I felt I was losing control I should call her. She said that there are going to be times that I needed a break and no one would fault me for it. I always remembered that and respected her so much for telling me up front. I've taken advantage of the break as necessary.

 

[MissieMt]

I won't get into an abortion debate-it's a surefire way to get in trouble, imo.
Some of the comments here make me want to cry. As long as there are people defending child killers there will be child killing.
I am not a perfect mother, I'll be the first to admit that. The only support system I have is my husband. The closest relatives live 600 miles away and it has always been like that, except for 10 mos. after the hurricane. I can say with absolute, 100% certainty that I have never thought of "deep sixing my kiddies" Just typing that makes me want to vomit.
People have options-and though many of them are debatable they are considered legal in most states. There is absolutely no excuse to kill a child. And when someone decides to kill a child I will not pat them on the head and tell them it's okay. I will vent my opinions how I see fit as long as they are within the guidelines of the TOS, and I will not attack others for doing the same.