GUILTY TX - Tylea Moore, 1, Arlington, 6 July 2014 *Arrests*

[Richmond]

Now that the egg donor has been arrested as well....last night I read through her twitter and FB accounts.

On her facebook, someone commented that he use to pick up the boyfriend to go to the gym, and noticed the bruising on the egg donors face, and body, and told him that he needed to stop beating her.

Although I understand why this this term was used, I wish there were a different way to express this sentiment. As someone who was the recipient of a donor's eggs in order to conceive my dear child (after many, many difficult years of trying), I felt slapped in the face somehow to read it in this context. It is an insult to women (egg donors) who go through a tough IVF process to help thousands of other women have the child(ren) they could not have otherwise.

Regardless of the horror that occurred and her participation in it, AB was this child's mother, not an egg donor.

 

[sloane7777]

I must respectfully disagree with those who are suggesting the mother's age might be relevant to her allowing her baby to be beaten to death & helping her boyfriend conceal the crime. This girl's inability to protect her child stems more from a character flaw than her age, IMO.

Teenagers have been having & properly caring for babies for a very long time, and too many older mothers have allowed their sig others to abuse or even kill their children. This is not an age issue, IMO.

I myself was raising two boys by the time I was eighteen years old -- and three babies before I was twenty. This girl gets no free pass from me because of her young age.

There is no excuse for allowing your child to be beaten and helping to cover it up. None. I realize no one was offering her age up as an excuse (more as a way to understand her part in this, I think) but I really strongly feel like her age is 100% irrelevant.

I do think that society's constant devaluation of children has more to do with it than Tylea's mother's age does. I wonder how many memes promoting physical abuse of children that this monster scrolled past on social media?

lease: Please see the link in my sig for memes that promote kindness to children. lease:

JMO

I have to disagree a bit I was 20 with the first and 40 with the second, at 20 my instinct was not nearly as strong as it was at 40, my mother (Constance also ) was 15 when pregnant with me and she did not have a protective bone in her body untill I was much older and we have both said "if I knew then what I know now......" but you may be just totally different , I have a friend like you who was insanly responsible with her kids at that age but she is not the norm among younger moms I have known

 

[sloane7777]

"He didn't mean to do it!" This was after the cat was out of the bag and she had admitted that he had killed her daughter. Which part didn't he mean to do? The stomping, the punching, the biting or assaulting the mother?

I cannot understand her mentality. She was safe from him at this time. He was in gaol and yet she is making excuses for him. She lied when questioned. She had the opportunity to tell LE everything but she tried to cover it up. I have no sympathy for her at all.
In my opinion she chose this aggressive demented maniac over her tiny little daughter and is still choosing him. Let her go down with him. JMOO

I would have taken my child away with me the first time he called her a little demon!!!!! that was a dead give away!!

 

[Constance]

I have to disagree a bit I was 20 with the first and 40 with the second, at 20 my instinct was not nearly as strong as it was at 40, my mother (Constance also ) was 15 when pregnant with me and she did not have a protective bone in her body untill I was much older and we have both said "if I knew then what I know now......" but you may be just totally different , I have a friend like you who was insanly responsible with her kids at that age but she is not the norm among younger moms I have known

Well, I was pretty responsible at that age -- more so than I am now! :floorlaugh: But obviously not responsible enough to practice safe sex, LOL. There's a lot to be said for having a good support system, too. My kids were born into a "traditional" family and both my husband and myself had parents, grandparents, older siblings, aunts, uncles, etc. who were actively involved in our lives. There's no way any of them would have allowed my kids to be hurt. :loveyou:


I agree with those who say that teens shouldn't be having babies, but not because I think they're more likely than older moms to allow their boyfriend to beat & kill the baby. My own personal reason for discouraging it (besides the obvious financial reasons) is that some mental illnesses like schizophrenia don't present until early adulthood. I've witnessed psychosis and the idea of a small child being the lone innocent bystander during a young parent's breakdown makes me shudder.


I just really would hate to see Tylea's mother's participation in this awful crime minimized because of her age. The allowing Tylea to be beaten, the putting Tylea into bed all battered and bruised and then falling asleep and leaving her at the mercy of her attacker, the Walmart trip for tools to bury Tylea's tiny body in an unmarked grave, the not reporting the killing when murderer Joshua Beard was jailed on other charges, the lying when people asked after little Tylea, the defense of Joshua Beard with the "He didn't mean to do it!" when questioned by LE -- these are things that she should be held criminally responsible for, IMO. I hope that her age is not used as reason to be more lenient with her than would be done if she were 25 or 35.


This was a horrific, terribly violent crime, and anyone who could partake in the disposal of their child's battered body and still be able to function and lie to friends & family about the child's whereabouts has much deeper flaws than simple immaturity. JMO.

 

[BRRI]

Although I understand why this this term was used, I wish there were a different way to express this sentiment. As someone who was the recipient of a donor's eggs in order to conceive my dear child (after many, many difficult years of trying), I felt slapped in the face somehow to read it in this context. It is an insult to women (egg donors) who go through a tough IVF process to help thousands of other women have the child(ren) they could not have otherwise.

Regardless of the horror that occurred and her participation in it, AB was this child's mother, not an egg donor.

No, the title of "mother" is earned, not just given because you give birth. Whether you give birth to a child, or adopt a child, the term "mother" is proven by a woman's actions. This girl is most certainly not a mother. A mother does anything and everything to save their child's life, including risking their own life/giving up their own life. This girl did nothing of the sort.

 

[EvilPixie]

I've lurked on here for years and there has never been a story until now that I couldn't read the facts about. The description of what Tylea went through and they just went to bed as if nothing happened? And then to have her wake-up and take more of a beating? I couldn't read past that. My daughter is 18-months. There isn't a bone in my body that wouldn't have waited for him to fall asleep and get the heck out of there. This is no mother.

 

[Richmond]

No, the title of "mother" is earned, not just given because you give birth. Whether you give birth to a child, or adopt a child, the term "mother" is proven by a woman's actions. This girl is most certainly not a mother. A mother does anything and everything to save their child's life, including risking their own life/giving up their own life. This girl did nothing of the sort.

Granted. My issue is with the term egg donor. She is the birth mother or whatever. It's all semantics. Call her the egg donor if you wish. I should have stayed out of this.

If you read the warrant, it sounds like she tried...but not hard enough...there were chances for her to escape with the child. I was not there, I am not her, I don't know what her experience was. As I said, horrific. I am IN NO WAY defending her. I would have killed him the first time he beat my child.

 

[SCHMAE]

I've lurked on here for years and there has never been a story until now that I couldn't read the facts about. The description of what Tylea went through and they just went to bed as if nothing happened? And then to have her wake-up and take more of a beating? I couldn't read past that. My daughter is 18-months. There isn't a bone in my body that wouldn't have waited for him to fall asleep and get the heck out of there. This is no mother.

Shades of Elaina Steinfurth

 

[SCHMAE]

Granted. My issue is with the term egg donor. She is the birth mother or whatever. It's all semantics. Call her the egg donor if you wish. I should have stayed out of this.

If you read the warrant, it sounds like she tried...but not hard enough...there were chances for her to escape with the child. I was not there, I am not her, I don't know what her experience was. As I said, horrific. I am IN NO WAY defending her. I would have killed him the first time he beat my child.

I did not read the SW because I am not 'gut' enough for the details in these cases. I rarely read them and rarely watch interviews, etc. It's bad enough without it and I need to sleep at night. But tell me this , from your post " chances for her to get away''... did the beating take place in increments over several hours and not just one ballistic assault ? tia

 

[BRRI]

It's hard to tell because Alexis lied to police. Originally she said he pushed her around, but then she made him stop and put Tylea to bed. She said when she woke her up she noticed all the bruising. That story doesn't make much sense, it seems to make more sense that it happened in one instance.

 

[Richmond]

I did not read the SW because I am not 'gut' enough for the details in these cases. I rarely read them and rarely watch interviews, etc. It's bad enough without it and I need to sleep at night. But tell me this , from your post " chances for her to get away''... did the beating take place in increments over several hours and not just one ballistic assault ? tia

I don't know how to post with multiple quotes, so I can't include BBRI's response; however I agree that it is hard to tell because she is an unreliable witness. From reading the search warrant it appears that there were periods when JB was asleep when AB would have been able to escape with the baby. We don't know whether she was locked in. From reading social media, it appears that she wasn't allowed to have a phone, so her access to 911 is uncertain. It seems as though the abuse happened incrementally over a period of hours, but hard to know.

What is somewhat clear from reading multiple sources is the incredibly high level of family dysfunction. For AB, at 17, to be in a relationship with this level of abuse without the support to extricate herself before it reached the level of homicide speaks volumes. There are all sorts of trauma-related issues bearing on this case. But the end result is the tragic death of this little girl.

If only we could turn back time.

 

[BRRI]

I still don't understand how Alexis' mom knew of the abuse, posted about it on Instagram, but let her live with the guy? Alexis is 17. She could have done a heck of a lot to get her out of the situation. I'm all for letting kids learn the hard way, make their own mistakes, etc...but it will be a cold day in hell that I let my minor child move in with a (known) abusive boyfriend. I don't care if it takes police, court orders, whatever to get the minor out of the situation, you find a way.

 

[Richmond]

I still don't understand how Alexis' mom knew of the abuse, posted about it on Instagram, but let her live with the guy? Alexis is 17. She could have done a heck of a lot to get her out of the situation. I'm all for letting kids learn the hard way, make their own mistakes, etc...but it will be a cold day in hell that I let my minor child move in with a (known) abusive boyfriend. I don't care if it takes police, court orders, whatever to get the minor out of the situation, you find a way.

I totally agree. I have a girl, my one and only, and I will protect her with my life. I often joke that she is not leaving home until she is 30. (Unless one reads websleuths (or similar), though, I imagine few people think it will reach the level of homicide until after it happens. Sadly. Hindsight and all that.)

 

[DeDee]

Tylea was a gorgeous baby girl with her mother's beautiful features. I want Alexis to see Tylea's face when she looks into the mirror every day that she lives. The lovely Alexis was still a baby herself at the age of fourteen. The marine should have been prosecuted ATT IMHO.

Alexis could have stayed with her dad who loved and adored his dear baby granddaughter, Tylea. Alexis could have attended college and worked part time like most busy people.

July 9 article mentions Tylea's Marine Father's Arrival
http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/07/08/5957387/arlington-police-arrest-mother.html

"In photos, everyone looks well dressed and reasonably well off. The mother can afford braces on her teeth, and gowns and fancy hairdos. The child looks well cared for. This is not a skid row situation."

 

[StrykerMom]

Tylea was a gorgeous baby girl with her mother's beautiful features. I want Alexis to see Tylea's face when she looks into the mirror every day that she lives. The lovely Alexis was still a baby herself at the age of fourteen. The marine should have been prosecuted ATT IMHO.

Alexis could have stayed with her dad who loved and adored his dear baby granddaughter, Tylea. Alexis could have attended college and worked part time like most busy people.

July 9 article mentions Tylea's Marine Father's Arrival
http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/07/08/5957387/arlington-police-arrest-mother.html

"In photos, everyone looks well dressed and reasonably well off. The mother can afford braces on her teeth, and gowns and fancy hairdos. The child looks well cared for. This is not a skid row situation."

Prosecuted for what? 15 and 18 are considered legal in the state of Texas. At least 14 with no more than 3 years age difference.

 

[LolaMoon08]

I have zero sympathy for Alexis. I don't care how young she is. I did read the affidavit and I can only say that she had a chance to get Tylea away from him when she sent him to bed when he was pushing and shoving Tylea. But no... she stayed and then he beat her to death and then she lays with him from 4am-9-9:30am while Tylea , in excruciating pain and dying, is left alone. I wouldn't be shocked if she slept with him during those 5-plus hours.

I have no doubt that the monster abused Alexis. I also don't know why a 17-year-old single mother was living with a 20-year-old criminal and why a 19-month-old baby was allowed to be either. It appears that at least the mother knew Alexis was being abused... why didn't she call police? Was she scared DCF was going to get involved? Well, maybe they should have been involved... and I won't be shocked to find out they were involved.

It appears someone hear even pointed out on her facebook in February (when she got with the monster) that Tylea needed a spanking and was waiting for him to get home so she basically allowed this new boyfriend to discipline Tylea and gave him permission to abuse her. Awesome!

I'm going to sit on my hands now.

R.I.P. Tylea. Fly with the angels little one.

 

[dyannaON]

Poor baby girl. So sad. So heart wrenching. When are these mothers going to stop bringing men they hardly know into their childrens lives. I myself was a single mom to a 5 year old boy when my husband passed away. We had our son at 17 years of age. My son is now almost 19. He has met two boyfriends of mine since his father passed. One is now my fiancé. She had choices. She chose to bring this stranger into their lives. I'm sorry for her if she was abused but as a mother we are protectors. She chose not to protect Tylea. Time for her to put her big girl panties on and face her consequences. RIP sweet angel.


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[JoeFromLB]

a comment on his FB says he has been talking to friends about wanting to kill her for at least a week. hopefully it's considered premeditated.

Fast-track this case to the death penalty.

This is Texas, they know how to get justice done there.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Capital murder trial begins for Arlington man accused of stomping child's stomach

Tylea Moore was an 18-month-old bundle of joy for Alexis Botello in 2014.

But Botello's boyfriend, Joshua Beard, called the toddler a "little demon," according to an arrest warrant.

That warrant was issued in July 2014 just hours after Tylea was beaten and stomped in an Arlington home and then her body, clad in a diaper and wrapped in a blanket, was buried under a bridge near Springtown.

Beard was charged with capital murder, as was Botello, who was 17 at the time. Botello also faces a charge of tampering with evidence.

The trial for Alexis Botello is pending.

http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/arlington/article209105894.html

 

[JerseyGirl]

An Arlington man convicted of beating and stomping an 18-month-old to death has been sentenced to life in prison. Joshua Beard, 24, also received a 20-year sentence for tampering with evidence. The sentences will be served concurrently.

Beard's girlfriend at the time, 20-year-old Alexis Botello of Weatherford, also faces charges in the case. Her trial is pending.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/cri...sentenced-life-fatal-child-stomping-july-2014