GUILTY FL - Chance Walsh, 7 wks, North Port, 7 Oct 2015 #2

[Curiosum]

Thanks for finding that, Ontario Mom! So Chance weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces at birth and 7 pounds at 7 weeks. It's been a long time since I had a newborn but that seems to be on the light side even considering a possible weight loss right after birth. Shouldn't he have been gaining around 5 - 7 ounces a week?

After they regain their birth weight (usually around 7-10 days of life), healthy term babies should gain about 30g (or one ounce) a day during this period.

 

[bessie]

I think the article said duane was found on the floor between the playpen and the door
He was not breathing.

I think you're right -- he was between the door and the playpen, not the wall as I said earlier. I remember now because I thought, why wouldn't they at least lay him in the playpen. Like passionflower said, most moms would have held the baby in their arms.

 

[Eileen730]

In her WritersNetwork bio, she said she'd been incarcerated for a long time, which is how she discovered her love of writing. But looking at her Sarasota offense dates (just at a glance), I don't see any "long time" where she would have been incarcerated (and therefore not getting any new charges).

rumor here!!!
It is said he Mom kept her locked in her room that's where she started writing!

 

[AmyPond]

Where are you all reading about deformed ribs? Link?

 

[Eileen730]

I think you're right -- he was between the door and the playpen, not the wall as I said earlier. I remember now because I thought, why wouldn't they at least lay him in the playpen. Like passionflower said, most moms would have held the baby in their arms.

She said the baby was in bed with them at one time.
Why the little one was on the floor puzzles me!

 

[ILikeToBendPages]

She said the baby was in bed with them at one time.
Why the little one was on the floor puzzles me!

Did they say they did CPR for the little guy? That would of been one reason for him to be the floor.

 

[bessie]

She said the baby was in bed with them at one time.
Why the little one was on the floor puzzles me!

And that was the child she supposedly loved. :tsktsk:

 

[CookieM]

She said the baby was in bed with them at one time.
Why the little one was on the floor puzzles me!

Yes, this news report from the time around Duane's death does say they were all in bed together.

http://www.mysuncoast.com/news/loca...cle_9b80c38a-be65-11e3-87f4-0017a43b2370.html

"According to a North Port Police Department report, the parents told authorities that the child, Duane Walsh, had not been feeling well that morning and threw up the formula he was given around 8 a.m. The parents then said all three went to sleep in the parent's bed and awoke to find that Duane was not breathing."

 

[bessie]

Did they say they did CPR for the little guy? That would of been one reason for him to be the floor.

The article didn't mention CPR.

Yes, this news report from the time around Duane's death does say they were all in bed together.

http://www.mysuncoast.com/news/loca...cle_9b80c38a-be65-11e3-87f4-0017a43b2370.html

"According to a North Port Police Department report, the parents told authorities that the child, Duane Walsh, had not been feeling well that morning and threw up the formula he was given around 8 a.m. The parents then said all three went to sleep in the parent's bed and awoke to find that Duane was not breathing."

That might be true, but by the time paramedics arrived, he'd been moved to the floor.

 

[passionflower]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/10/parents-kill-children-fbi-data/15280259/
BBM
The vast majority of child victims – three out of four – are under 5. More than a third of all victims are under a year old.
Nearly half of all victims died from physical beatings or other injuries at a parent's hands.
Fathers are more likely to kill. Men killed six out 10 children, most often beating or shooting them. Fathers were at fault in 75% of cases when children were shot to death by a parent and in 64% of cases when a child was beaten. "Violence is a masculine pursuit," says Jack Levin, a Northeastern University criminologist.
When mothers kill, they are far more likely to kill victims under the age of 1 than children of any other age. Nearly 40% of all children killed by their mothers were less than a year old.

OT but thought this was interesting

 

[CookieM]

Here's the article about the deformed ribs.
http://www.fox5dc.com/news/national/34354128-story

"According to North Port Police criminal investigative records, the couple's son, Duane Walsh, died suddenly in April 2014. Police reports indicate that Walsh and Bury told investigators Duane was fussy and had thrown up a bottle. They went to sleep with the two-week-old and awoke to find him not movingThe Medical Examiner ruled Duane's death natural and attributed it to a kidney infection. Despite the autopsy that showed the child had deformed ribs, the ME noted it did not appear to be trauma related."

 

[CookieM]

The article didn't mention CPR.

That might be true, but by the time paramedics arrived, he'd been moved to the floor.

YES! I agree with you and I read that article too! For the life of me I can't find it, but I'm trying to gather what I can that's relevant to what we are talking about. It's driving me crazy because I KNOW I read that too (about him being on the floor and having blood coming from his nose.)

 

[bluesneakers]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/10/parents-kill-children-fbi-data/15280259/
BBM
The vast majority of child victims – three out of four – are under 5. More than a third of all victims are under a year old.
Nearly half of all victims died from physical beatings or other injuries at a parent's hands.
Fathers are more likely to kill. Men killed six out 10 children, most often beating or shooting them. Fathers were at fault in 75% of cases when children were shot to death by a parent and in 64% of cases when a child was beaten. "Violence is a masculine pursuit," says Jack Levin, a Northeastern University criminologist.
When mothers kill, they are far more likely to kill victims under the age of 1 than children of any other age. Nearly 40% of all children killed by their mothers were less than a year old.

OT but thought this was interesting

I wonder what happens to those numbers if you take out the murders that involve a mother who has PPD/P. That to me would explain why the victims are most often under the age of 1 when the mother is the killer.


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[bessie]

Here it is. It's part of a five page article in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune dated October 17-18, 2015. Worth a read. The baby was face up, not face down, on the floor.
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According to interviews, police records and investigatory documents:

Early that afternoon, Duane's parents called 911 and reported that he was unresponsive.

A North Port paramedic found Duane in his parents' bedroom, lying face up on the ground between the playpen and the door. His heart was not beating.

Duane was pale with dark colored patches on his skin. Blood was coming from his nostrils.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Bury told paramedics that Duane had been vomiting earlier that week and that morning. She took Duane to a doctor, she said, but was told his condition was normal.

She, Walsh and Duane took a nap in their bed sometime after feeding Duane at 8 a.m. They woke up around 1 p.m. and found the baby unresponsive.

As police escorted the couple from the home, Bury was reported as saying “I killed my baby.”

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20151018/article/151019687?p=2&tc=pg

 

[Hoosgirl]

Thanks for finding that Bessie, as hard as it is to read.

I wonder what the dark patches on his skin were?

 

[ILikeToBendPages]

YES! I agree with you and I read that article too! For the life of me I can't find it, but I'm trying to gather what I can that's relevant to what we are talking about. It's driving me crazy because I KNOW I read that too (about him being on the floor and having blood coming from his nose.)

I wonder if one of them threw him out bed and on the floor. If they claimed one of them rolled over him and he smothered to death, they wouldn't of gotten in much trouble. Terrible accident, but you'd have him in your arms at least. Did anyone ever say if he had any rigor when found? That could at least have a time of how long he'd been dead.

These poor little boys. You just shake your head and keep asking why.

 

[bessie]

Thanks for finding that Bessie, as hard as it is to read.

I wonder what the dark patches on his skin were?

I'm not sure, but I thought it might refer to livor mortis, assuming the baby was deceased for hours while they slept.

 

[bessie]

Here's a little more from that same article:


Sarasota County's chief medical examiner, Dr. Russell Vega, later determined Duane died a natural death.

Vega said it was the only time in his nearly 20-year-long career that his office had handled an infant who died of an acute kidney infection. But, he stressed, the cause of death was natural.

“Both the autopsy and the background investigation, were not very different than most other infant deaths we see,” he said. “It didn't raise any red flags for me. It was just an unusual finding.”

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20151018/article/151019687?p=2&tc=pg&tc=ar

 

[MissUnderstood]

True that but No one ever pleads guilty!

Lol I know! But imagine if just once scum like this did something for their child in death that they never did in life!


MOO!!

 

[Rayemonde]

Did they say they did CPR for the little guy? That would of been one reason for him to be the floor.

Very good point.