GUILTY SC - Devean, 2, & Ja'van Duley, 18 mos, dead in submerged car, Orangeburg, Aug 2010

[panthera]

Thank you for bringing that article here. Those are the first pictures i've seen of those precious little baby boys. What a shame.

It really is heartbreaking. :cry: And so many people would have loved to give them a good home.

 

[Lovejac]

With pictures of the boys FTA: "Though authorities say that Shaquan Duley confessed to smothering her children with her bare hands before staging the incident, her attorney says she will enter a non-guilty plea today." http://primewriter.com/news-1246-headlines/?p=8950

Aww. I have been looking for pics everywhere. Thank you so much for posting this link.

What cuties. Devean has "old soul eyes". So sad

 

[aspiring drifter]

they look so much alike.

 

[RoseWhite]

I find this story incredibly sad on so many levels. I will never condone or even understand what she did but I do feel very sad for this woman. I cannot imagine the pain, despair or anger that she felt that caused her to kill her own children. I am very saddened that she felt that that was her only way out. She took her children's lives and destroyed her own as well. Maybe she was never given a chance. Maybe she was never taught how to be strong or find her way. Even if she really felt she just 'needed to be free', I'm very sorry that she made the choices she did, or felt that there was no other choice. May her children rest in peace and may her surviving daughter live a good life. I'm sorry for all of it. It is all incredibly sad.

 

[annmarie62]

What a tragic story. Has there been any mention of the FATHER of these boys??
I wonder if this "mother" wanted to "get back" at him as well; wouldn't surprise me.

 

[Starry Night]

RoseWhite-I agree with all you said. And you said it so eloquently. A lot of young people these days are feeling very discouraged and hopeless.

 

[Starry Night]

I really don't like her being called mother...that is too cruel. Give her the benefit of a doubt at least that she has been mentally ill if not all her life-then lately. I will stand firm on that notion. I understand people's anger etc BUT it must take going through a lot of hell to perform such a terrible deed.
Ok-now you can call me a ...I will take the brunt of it for her.

 

[newone]

I really don't like her being called mother...that is too cruel. Give her the benefit of a doubt at least that she has been mentally ill if not all her life-then lately. I will stand firm on that notion. I understand people's anger etc BUT it must take going through a lot of hell to perform such a terrible deed.
Ok-now you can call me a ...I will take the brunt of it for her.

Thanks...it's too easy to jump on her at this time. But for the grace of angels go a lot of us -- a kind word, or offer of help might have made all the difference between this mom 'losing it' or finding what she needed to move forward.

 

[RoseWhite]

I agree. Yes, I am angry that someone could take a life of a child, there is never an "excuse" for that. But I can have enough compassion to see a larger, sadder picture here.

 

[Kimberlyd125]

I can't!!! There were too many other options for her! She is a who used her hands to kill her own precious children.
Mental illness? That won't fly because she knew it was wrong. She tried to cover it up for goodness sake.

Those boys deserved better.

I'm a very compassionate person and would feel great compassion for anybody who struggles to raise their children. But, that compassion comes to a quick stop the minute someone hurts their children then tries to cover it up to save their own arse!

Sorry, but I feel fits perfectly here.

 

[newone]

There's no excuse for killing these babies, I agree. I wish she'd picked any number of more appropriate options like calling CPS, relinquishing her kids to foster care, getting help for herself etc.

 

[aspiring drifter]

it just breaks my heart to see her size coupled with the fact that they fought for their lives. her age and weight versus their own.

 

[panthera]

it just breaks my heart to see her size coupled with the fact that they fought for their lives. her age and weight versus their own.

That's one of the saddest parts ~ they were so small and defenseless against her, their own mother. :cry:

 

[Starry Night]

It's a terrible thing. I hear the voice of reason here.I am just devastated by it. Call me an old-age EMO. I am horrified by her doing that of course.

 

[Lovejac]

What a tragic story. Has there been any mention of the FATHER of these boys??
I wonder if this "mother" wanted to "get back" at him as well; wouldn't surprise me.

annmarie, as far as I know, they don't know who he is yet. At least that is what they announced at the presser yesterday.

Maybe he wasn't in their short little lives.

 

[indicajane]

I'm really confused by the outpouring of sympathy i'm reading for this mother.
I've also followed the Casey Anthony case, where I haven't really seen any sympathy.
Personally, I don't feel anything but disgust and hatred for either of them.

That child had DEFENSIVE wounds. This wasn't a single fit of rage. This was cold and calculated. She murdered TWO children here, and it takes several minutes to kill a person by cutting off their air supply, if I remember correctly from reading about Christina Riggs who committed a similar horrific act (although she apparently used a pillow, not her OWN HANDS) the prosecutor said it took up to five minutes.
Five minutes a child, ten minutes for two, than she strapped them into their car seat and drove them into the water. This was cold. This was calculated. What was her motive?
"She just wanted to get rid of the children, as sad as that may be," said Sheriff Larry Williams. (From: http://arklatexhomepage.com/fulltext/?nxd_id=120665 )

If she hadn't considered that water wasn't in those babies lungs, I can almost promise you..she would have ridden out the "accident" lie as far as that horse would trot. She had planned to try to hide it, and get away with it...she just didn't plan it very well at all.
I don't post very often really, I'm more of a lurker..but it made me sit up and notice when I read multiple posts in this thread stating that the grandmother may be in some way responsible, or that she was desperate and hopeless....no offense, but that makes me livid. That creature committed this vile act, from which, IMHO there is NO redemption EVER because she was selfish. Because she loved herself more than she loved those gifts from God. She deserves to rot in hell. I wish her a lifetime of pain and suffering. Those children didn't ask to be born to a shiftless, worthless mother who didn't care if they had a father, or their own bedroom, or cared enough to work to give them a home and a childhood instead of being used as a pawn in some sort of extended adolescent game. They also didn't be asked to be dragged out of bed to some tawdry motel after (probably) witnessing a loud and raucous fight between their mama and grammy at 1 am, and murdered before dawn....the oldest of the two fighting his mama with his last gasps...wishing someone would save him. Save him from the one person on earth who should move heaven and earth to protect him.

IMHO.

 

[Kimberlyd125]

I totally agree with you Indicajane!

Great post. You should come out of lurkdom more often. IMO

***by the way, nice to meet you***

 

[LadyL]

Shaquan Duley Appears in Court on Charges of Killing Her Children

Orangeburg, SC (WLTX) - Shaquan Duley, an Orangeburg woman accused of killing her two young sons, made her first court apperance Wednesday afternoon before a magistrate.

The judge read Duley the official charges against her.

Shaquan Duley faces two murder charges in the death of her two sons, 18-month-old ***** Duley and 2-year-old ****** Duley.

Members of Shaquan's family were at the hearing.

Her attorney, Carl Grant, told reporters outside the hearing that Shaquan was remorseful, and that she had been speaking with a minister. Grant says she deserves the presumption of innocence, and that all the facts have not been presented.

more at http://www.wltx.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=94504&catid=2

[bbm]
right ok mr. attorney man
does her attorney understand that's a contradiction? ugh

 

[LadyL]

my sympathy is with the vulnerable in society who get abused & murdered

I hope her daughter's life is not now filled with visits to her murderous mother in prison

ugh

 

[Kimberlyd125]

my sympathy is with the vulnerable in society who get abused & murdered

I hope her daughter's life is not now filled with visits to her murderous mother in prison

ugh

I totally agree!