IN IN - Janna Rivera, 3 mos, Indianapolis, 29 May 2015 *J. Fairbanks guilty*

[los2188]

Hahahahaha! Thank you, Los!! I do believe that man's pants may actually ignite! Mr. Baby Killer:

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Hey, I couldn't have said that better myself.

 

[RT51]

This baby's name really hit home for me. My mother had her 4th child in the 60's and being a type I diabetic, meant early C-Section delivery with under developed lungs. She lived for 48 hours. She joined my brother in heaven (her first who was still born). Her name was Janna.

A week before my mother passed away, she was staying with me after the birth of my 2nd child. One of her comments was, she was looking forward to seeing her babies as at that time, they weren't allowed to see them, and some one went into the home and removed all baby things so the mother wouldn't have to see it.

Sorry to get off topic, but this really affected me. My Mom just wanted babies, and had 5 pregnancies with only 2 surviving children. When she passed at age 52, a week later, the thing that comforted me was that she was finally with her babies.

 

[lillybell]

Who places their deceased baby in a dumpster? What a horrible man.
You find your baby dead and wrap her in a blanket and drive around with her for hours, before you put her in a dumpster?
Why didn't he drive her to hospital. Why is he even out of jail. I would make him go and join the searchers who have been searching so hard for HIS baby that HE dumped!

 

[perfectingpink]

Who places their deceased baby in a dumpster? What a horrible man.
You find your baby dead and wrap her in a blanket and drive around with her for hours, before you put her in a dumpster?
Why didn't he drive her to hospital. Why is he even out of jail. I would make him go and join the searchers who have been searching so hard for HIS baby that HE dumped!

I do not understand why he is not in jail either. I would think there would be some charge.

 

[katydid23]

Sadly enough, I have known a few different families who have lost infants to SIDS. Not one of the bereaved parents dumped their babies in the garbage. Having a hard time believing this story....:no:

 

[kimi_SFC]

I just found Janna's thread and I'm heartbroken to read here. I've composed a long post that I'll post in a few.

I just want to thank you all for your dedication to this case. I'm terribly worried and scared for her. Holding onto the glimmer of hope that she will be found.

:candle:


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[kimi_SFC]

Sorry- but as a pediatric critical care nurse, one does not have to be intoxicated to accidentally kill a child while co-sleeping. All you have to be is exhausted - easy enough with a new parent. Sleeping with a 2 year old? Totally different.

It is a 100% preventable cause of infant death. I see it too damned much- and it makes me angry.

American Academy of Pediatrics:
Policy Statement on SIDS and Other Sleep-Related Infant Deaths, Expansion of Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment

http://m.pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2011/10/12/peds.2011-2284.full.pdf
Page 2:

Extensive discussion on co-sleeping & review of co-sleepers:
http://thenightlight.kinja.com/the-best-co-sleeper-1518506463
If you still choose to co-sleep, something like the Arms Reach

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008C2YKWC/?tag=nightlightkinja-20
allows Baby to be next to the bed, not in the bed.

An In-Bed Positioner, like the (The First Years Close and Secure Sleeper).

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00012CHFI/?tag=nightlightkinja-20
is a much less safer option. The editors agree as well. [...]One of our experts, McKenna, isn't fan. He fears the products will create a false sense of security – and that parents could become lax and accidentally roll over baby or cover him with a blanket...Note: They work best in king-sized beds. If you and your bedmate are average-size (or bigger) and sleep in a bed any smaller, it's going to be a tight and probably, uncomfortable, fit. (Keep in mind that overweight parents are discouraged from sleeping in the same bed with an infant.)[...] The full review (one parent with sleeper in Queen sized bed) here:
http://thenightlight.kinja.com/the-best-co-sleeper-1518506463

I realize this is may not be completely on topic. However, sleep safety is all about educating and empowering parents, as meanmaryjean alluded to. IME, as a parent and a HCP in this field, it is such a deeply personal choice. There are few things more heartbreaking than working with a family who have lost a child(ren) with SIDS, believe me.

So, I wanted to take the time to gather as much information as possible on this subject for the readers here. If it helps just one child/family, then we've made a difference in Janna's honor. :twocents:
raying:
:candle: for Janna!



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[slashkiss]

I work for Child Protective Services here in Texas and Safe Sleeping is a HUGE issue we have to stress to the families we work with. What I do find odd though is even when we do see the intoxicated or drugged out parent that was co-sleeping with the child resulting in the death they do not put their babies in the dumpster. They call 911. I have read case after case where the cause of death was SIDS and/or co-sleeping and the parents who called 911 to open the investigation will test positive for Heroin, Cocaine, Meth, etc and yet they still did not think an appropriate reaction to waking up next to their dead child was to place that child in a dumpster. Time after time I read about these parents who were not in the right frame of mind to be caring for anyone or anything yet they seem to be able to call for help when they find their child unconscious. They may be terrible parents but they love their child enough to not through them away like trash. That is something I cannot understand. If it was truly an accident how does a loving, grieving parent place their child in a place with rotting food, feces, and other discarded objects... how does a parent look at their child and think it belongs with the trash?! /angry mama

 

[Jan]

My daughter's 2nd baby died of SIDS at age 3 months. When she found the baby dead in its crib, she ran to the neighbor's with the baby, as my daughter didn't have a phone. The neighbor called 911 and started CPR. The police and ambulance came and the paramedics did CPR and rushed the baby to the hospital where the doctors continued CPR for a long time. It was just too late. The baby was obviously dead before she was even found. My daughter's first reaction was to get help as fast as possible in case the baby could be revived. An autopsy was done almost immediately and the cause of death was SIDS.

 

[kimi_SFC]

((((((((((Jan))))))))))

:floating:
:rose:


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[Jan]

When my daughter's baby died of SIDS, most people were kind and supportive and over 100 people came to Jasmine's funeral. However, there are always a few nosy neighbors who like to gossip and cause trouble and who say very hurtful things. For example, one neighbor told other neighbors that my grandbaby died because her mother covered her with too many blankets and suffocated her. That was absolutely untrue and very hurtful that someone who didn't know what they were talking about would spread lies. There are always a few people who don't care who they hurt or how much. Some people seem to seek attention by telling lies and creating drama where none exists.

 

[FlyerFan28]

Thank you for the documentation on why co-sleeping is not recommended by medical professionals, et. al. In the interest in hearing both sides, do the majority of SIDS cases occur when babies are put to sleep on their backs in cribs?

I am not trying to be argumentative...just looking for both sides of the coin.

95% of my friends co-slept, all children lived. I am sorry to hear the stories of babies lost to SIDS. I would be devastated.

 

[pappa rob]

Thank you for the documentation on why co-sleeping is not recommended by medical professionals, et. al. In the interest in hearing both sides, do the majority of SIDS cases occur when babies are put to sleep on their backs in cribs?

I am not trying to be argumentative...just looking for both sides of the coin.

95% of my friends co-slept, all children lived. I am sorry to hear the stories of babies lost to SIDS. I would be devastated.

No as a matter of fact on their back is the best way to put them to sleep.
Your baby’s risk of SIDS is much higher any time he sleeps on his side or stomach. (A baby placed on his side can roll over on his stomach.) These positions put your baby’s face in the mattress or sleeping area, which can smother him.
http://www.webmd.com/parenting/baby/sleep-naps-12/sids-prevention

 

[cvaldez1975]

this "father" is digusting. if it was SIDS, or rolling onto her (which are TWO DIFFERENT THINGS btw) WHY OH WHY throw her in the trash!?!!!!

 

[MsMarple]

Investigators have chased leads throughout Shelby, Hancock and Marion counties, searching fields, landfills and other undisclosed locations to no avail.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Lt. Richard Riddle said detectives with cadaver dogs combed through a field in Hancock County on Thursday.

They searched the field, near the intersection of 56th Street and Carroll Road, after receiving a tip they deemed credible, Riddle said.

But like the past searches, the detectives learned nothing new, Riddle said.

http://www.indystar.com/story/news/...-searches-baby-janna-turn-new-leads/28543543/

LE searched in Shelby county last week based on something Fairbanks said.

This is so bizarre. Dad claims he put Janna in a dumpster, mom says no, he told her he buried her. I forced myself to watch the video interview. Ugh. It's all about him. This is so reminiscent of Delano Wilson's parents saying they had nothing to hide. Same phony tears.

He said he wrapped Janna in a blanket then "rushed" to his car... and... proceeded to drive around for hours before deciding to throw her away in a dumpster. Yeah, because that's what loving parents do.

http://www.wthr.com/story/29244203/search-for-missing-baby-janna-moves-to-hancock-county-field

"I'm being portrayed as somebody who is a monster," Fairbanks told Eyewitness News Crimebeat reporter Steve Jefferson.
...
"Thinking, somehow miraculously, she was going to come back to life," he said. "And I am already on the record saying what I did. I don't want to repeat it."

Fairbanks is on record saying he put Janna's body in a dumpster at the Maison Gardens apartments where the family used to live. But police never located her body, because of trash collection, and searches at multiple landfills turned up nothing.

"When I did what I did, I really had no idea how complex the disposal system is," he said.

http://www.wthr.com/story/29245422/...ks-out-against-critics-who-call-him-a-monster

WTF?

 

[Michaellan]

We lost my granddaughter, Avary, to SIDS at 2 1/2 months in March 2014. I can assure you that the thought never crossed anybody's mind to wrap her in a blanket and drive around with her...much less to toss our precious baby in a dumpster. I am speechless.

 

[kimi_SFC]

Thank you for the documentation on why co-sleeping is not recommended by medical professionals, et. al. In the interest in hearing both sides, do the majority of SIDS cases occur when babies are put to sleep on their backs in cribs?

I am not trying to be argumentative...just looking for both sides of the coin.

95% of my friends co-slept, all children lived. I am sorry to hear the stories of babies lost to SIDS. I would be devastated.

RBBM,
The American Academy of Pediatrics explains it here:
•About one in five sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) deaths occur while an infant is in the care of someone other than a parent. Many of these deaths occur when babies who are used to sleeping on their backs at home are then placed to sleep on their tummies by another caregiver. We call this “unaccustomed tummy sleeping.”
•Unaccustomed tummy sleeping increases the risk of SIDS. Babies who are used to sleeping on their backs and are placed to sleep on their tummies are 18 times more likely to die from SIDS.
•You can reduce your baby’s risk of dying from SIDS by talking to those who care for your baby, including child care providers, babysitters, family, and friends, about placing your baby to sleep on his back during naps and at night.
https://www.healthychildren.org/Eng...leep/Pages/A-Parents-Guide-to-Safe-Sleep.aspx
The current recommendations are to have babies sleep on their backs (we say "back to sleep") with Baby dressed properly (for warmth) and minimal bedding to reduce the risk of entanglement or suffocation.

This works for most infants. If there is an underlying disease process going on, such as apnea, then sleeping supine (on the back) may not be best. Obstructive Sleep Apnea (signaled by snoring, snorts, etc.) is caused by either a narrowing of the airway. You will see the chest and abdomen moving (work of breathing), as the airflow decreases (hypopnea). In a complete OSA event, no air is moving, but the muscles are. This is usually worse in REM sleep. Even more rare is Central sleep apnea, which occurs when the signal from the brain to breathe does not reach the breathing muscles. The infant will literally hold their breath until the brain awakens them, often with a gasp or snort.

We all have these events intermittently as we sleep. It becomes an issue when it occurs more than 5 times per hour. The nurses in the L&D units observe newborns for these breathing patterns closely. If anything seems suspect, they will attach an oximetry sensor to baby's foot to look for desaturations (loss of Oxygen saturation or SpO2), and start EKG monitoring to check for cardiac decelerations/accelerations. They would document this with the attending pediatrician. The next step is a consult with a sleep specialist (usually sub specializing in pulmonary medicine or neurology) and a sleep study is ordered. The screening test (without EEG) can be done quite easily (but I'll be honest, not all sleep techs prefer to "run babies" because it's a lot of work! I just happen to love it )

I truly hope all babies will have a screening sleep study before they go home from the hospital. It's a dream of mine.

HTH.....


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[forensics_cat]

At this point, I think the "father" is just telling LE the dumpster story to throw them off (this has already been speculated I'm sure.) If that was true, I really feel as if they would have found something- anything- by now. I hope that they somehow find this precious child and give her justice. Details in this story change so frequently and I don't buy any of it...

 

[cvaldez1975]

exactly.

he doesnt want her found. doesnt want the truth out.

At this point, I think the "father" is just telling LE the dumpster story to throw them off (this has already been speculated I'm sure.) If that was true, I really feel as if they would have found something- anything- by now. I hope that they somehow find this precious child and give her justice. Details in this story change so frequently and I don't buy any of it...

 

[luckyseven]

One week later, baby Janna still missing
Published: June 5, 2015, 6:37 pm

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Police said there were no planned organized searches Friday, but they will continue to search based on any credible leads.

Police said they’re confident the baby’s father, Jeff Fairbanks, put the child’s body in a dumpster.

IMPD Lt. Rick Riddle said there are state statutes with requirements on reporting if someone is deceased.

“Any and all potential charges are possible in this case and our detectives are doing their best to determine what charges are appropriate in this incident,” Lt. Riddle said.

As of now, no charges have been filed.