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Post by eebud on Jun 28, 2014 16:04:56 GMT
When I heard about the dad going to his car at lunch, I had a feeling this was not going to be an accident. With the latest news that shows he strapped the child in his car seat a half mile earlier and this was his normal routine, I will be very surprised if this turns out to be an accident. Poor child.  ? |
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Post by georgiapea on Jun 28, 2014 16:06:23 GMT
I'm upset that Home Depot is paying the father while he sits in jail and paid for the funeral service. That feels to me like aiding and abetting a crime. He always had the little boy in the Home Depot provided day care so getting him out of his car seat when arriving at work was routine. At the end of his day he would have routinely gone by the day care to pick up his son. He would have covered his tracks better if he'd done that and had his faked concern begin there.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2014 16:12:32 GMT
It is sickening. To think over 1,000 people signed a petition online to protest the fact that he was charged with murder. When this first happened, yes, many people signed a petition to protest the charges. However, this was before any evidence came to light. Now that it is known what he searched for on his computer at work, I'm pretty sure each and every person that protested the charges feels differently now.
Public support for him here in metro Atlanta has dried up...as it should.
I'm pretty sure the child's funeral is today. (in AL IIRC)
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Post by pynke on Jun 28, 2014 16:12:46 GMT
I will never understand why parents kill their own children. So very sad
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2014 16:14:32 GMT
I'm upset that Home Depot is paying the father while he sits in jail and paid for the funeral service. That feels to me like aiding and abetting a crime. He always had the little boy in the Home Depot provided day care so getting him out of his car seat when arriving at work was routine. At the end of his day he would have routinely gone by the day care to pick up his son. He would have covered his tracks better if he'd done that and had his faked concern begin there. To me, Home Depot paying for the funeral has more to do with a mother who just lost her child and making sure that the poor child has a service. |
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Post by winogirl on Jun 28, 2014 16:18:20 GMT
I'm upset that Home Depot is paying the father while he sits in jail and paid for the funeral service. That feels to me like aiding and abetting a crime. He always had the little boy in the Home Depot provided day care so getting him out of his car seat when arriving at work was routine. At the end of his day he would have routinely gone by the day care to pick up his son. He would have covered his tracks better if he'd done that and had his faked concern begin there. Home Depot is paying for the funeral but the father is not getting paid...he is on unpaid administrative leave.
I didn't realize Home Depot was the day care provider. So he forgot to drop his son off AND forgot to pick him up before driving home? Amazing what people think they can get away with. I agree with those who said he should be put in a hot car all day.
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Post by MsKnit on Jun 28, 2014 16:20:36 GMT
I was listening to CNN on Sirius radio and I cannot remember but it was an investigator who reports on HLN and it was discussed that the father went to the vehicle at lunch and then again when he left work and drove the vehicle to another location. This is so gruesome but the investigator said the smell would be so bad when he opened the car door that there was no way he could not have known and the "discovery" was staged. I've heard very little about this case. Bare minimum, really. But, I did hear about him going to the car midday & such. Anyway, I wondered if there would be a smell. A dead animal on the road smells terrible after a few days. So, it seemed logical to think that a dead body in a hot car would get bad, quick. |
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Post by fiddlesticks on Jun 28, 2014 16:22:21 GMT
I can't read it. I feel sick just thinking of it. I haven't heard about it until now. I read a story in People magazine while waiting at an appt and am still not recovered from reading that. When it involves a child...I just can't fathom. This. I clicked on the article to read and then I just couldn't. It is unimaginable. |
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Post by maureen on Jun 28, 2014 16:22:33 GMT
I'm upset that Home Depot is paying the father while he sits in jail and paid for the funeral service. That feels to me like aiding and abetting a crime. I think that Home Depot paying for the funeral is respectful to the boy and has very little to do with the father. |
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Post by cherrie on Jun 28, 2014 16:23:40 GMT
In my home town many years ago a man killed his wife and 3 children because he wanted a different lifestyle and didn't believe in divorce! Who knows the sick reasoning behind this horrible crime...maybe we will hear from the mother someday as to what she thinks. Prison is too good for this monster!!
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Post by songbird on Jun 28, 2014 16:24:00 GMT
Unfathomable! I think the onsite daycare will do him in really. I cannot really imagine forgetting to drop off AND pick up your child from a daycare (that is in the same place where you worked) in the same day when it's part of your daily routine. That poor baby.  |
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Post by RosieKat on Jun 28, 2014 16:26:11 GMT
I hope what I'm about to say makes some kind of sense.
If he felt the child had to die, why couldn't he at least have done it "humanely?" The whole thing is sick and evil, and I guess that's my answer right there...
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Post by rumplesnat on Jun 28, 2014 16:31:43 GMT
I can't even wrap my head around what a horrible way that had to have been to die. My husband and I were just running errands this morning. It's about 80° out and we weren't in any store for more than 15 minutes. Getting back into the car while waiting just a few moments for the air conditioning to kick back in was horrendous. I'm disgusted.
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Post by disneypal on Jun 28, 2014 16:35:10 GMT
This story is local to me and I have been closely following it. A friend of mine works with the dad at Home Depot.
The dad usually takes his son to Home Depot's day care so it was a usual routine for him. He stopped at Chick-fil-a for breakfast, put his son in the rear-facing car seat and got in the car. When you leave Chick-fil-a you turn one left for the daycare and right for the office. A few moments after he put his child in the car, he got in the car, and turned right and went to the office (only 1/2 mile away). At lunch, he went to his car and put something in the car. When he left work, he didn't head to the daycare as if to pick up his son, he took a different path and pulled into a shopping center, then got his son out, was screaming and crying and trying to revived his son, he kept say "What have I done?, What have I done?" and people nearby were of course very upset at this and called 9-1-1. Witnesses said that he was inconsolable.
They arrested him almost immediately, I am not sure why they were immediately suspicious but my guess would be that it was because he didn't head to the daycare when he left work but instead headed a different way.
Like many others, I thought it was a horrible accident at first, and couldn't believe he was charged with murder but as more and more comes to light (including the fact that he had done internet searches about how long does it take for a pet to die in a hot car and how long does it take for a child to die a hot car, etc). They search his office and home but I think whatever they found at the office was the most important factor in his arrest.
The funeral is today 1:00 Central Time in Tuscaloosa, AL. Home Depot is paying for the funeral (this is not uncommon for them, they are very good about helping their employees with things like this. They are an amazing company to work for). They are not paying the dad.
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Post by kristi on Jun 28, 2014 16:46:39 GMT
How awful for the child.
We hear every year about people forgetting kids in their cars.
I will wait to see what evidence comes out but if the above a facts are true about his internet searches & he did it on purpose, I would think he will get what he deserves in prison. His poor wife.
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Post by georgiapea on Jun 28, 2014 16:57:23 GMT
I'm sorry, I misread the article as it being paid leave.
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Post by huskergal on Jun 28, 2014 17:17:48 GMT
WTF is wrong with people that they would do this to a child. I can't even think of vile enough words to describe that monster.
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Post by theshyone on Jun 28, 2014 17:26:06 GMT
Horrible story. There was a csi show about using a hit car to murder a toddler, I wonder if he got the depraved idea from that.
Home Depot paying for funeral is great.
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Post by lucyg on Jun 28, 2014 17:57:28 GMT
It is sickening. To think over 1,000 people signed a petition online to protest the fact that he was charged with murder. When this first happened, yes, many people signed a petition to protest the charges. However, this was before any evidence came to light. Now that it is known what he searched for on his computer at work, I'm pretty sure each and every person that protested the charges feels differently now.
Public support for him here in metro Atlanta has dried up...as it should.
I'm pretty sure the child's funeral is today. (in AL IIRC)
I don't believe in charging parents who honestly forgot their child in the car with murder. It's an accident just like accidentally backing over your small child who was standing behind the car is an accident. Do we charge parents for that, too? Everyone knows it was a horrible accident.
OTOH, this case now appears to be planned quite deliberately. So fry him, as far as I am concerned. |
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Post by my2apps2 on Jun 28, 2014 18:01:32 GMT
Disgusting. I cannot fathom how a person, let alone a PARENT, can do this to a child. Just makes me sick. |
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Post by Miss Lerins Momma on Jun 28, 2014 18:02:22 GMT
I was listening to CNN on Sirius radio and I cannot remember but it was an investigator who reports on HLN and it was discussed that the father went to the vehicle at lunch and then again when he left work and drove the vehicle to another location. This is so gruesome but the investigator said the smell would be so bad when he opened the car door that there was no way he could not have known and the "discovery" was staged. If that's the case, that is beyond awful. Like he drove his car around with his dead baby strapped in the back?? I can't even image. That poor baby. |
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Post by melanell on Jun 28, 2014 18:03:10 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2014 18:42:27 GMT
It's too bad that the day care didn't have a policy of calling parents when their child doesn't show up to daycare. I know it's not a law, but some day care providers will call to find out where the kid is
I hope that sometime soon, more places that provide child care would have some sort of policy in place where if a kid is more than 30 minutes late, a phone call is made to contact at least one of the parents to ensure that everyone knows exactly where the child is.
When the story first broke, I was one of the people that felt so sorry for this poor man. (although I never signed a petition) I thought to myself how "easy" it would be and what a tragic accident and that no punishment would suit his crime of a mistake because he'll have to live with his mistake the rest of his life.
However, as more things come out, my opinion of him has changed and the only person I feel sorry for is the child. (someone asked about his age...I think he was 22 months old)
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Post by scrappinmama on Jun 28, 2014 18:45:42 GMT
That poor baby! If it's true, that dad is a POS monster.
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Post by lovemybabes on Jun 28, 2014 18:50:57 GMT
This totally made my heart break. I just can't imagine anyone doing this. |
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Post by disneypal on Jun 28, 2014 18:53:42 GMT
How close is the day care to the corporate offices? Close enough that a day care worker could have said "Hey, we missed your kid today!" if they had seen him walking down a hall way? Idk, I have never worked in an environment with on site daycare so I don't know how often you would see daycare workers throughout your day. It's too bad that the day care didn't have a policy of calling parents when their child doesn't show up to daycare. I know it's not a law, but some day care providers will call to find out where the kid is. The whole thing is sad. RIP poor baby. It is close but it is a separate building. The Daycare Center alone is 40,000 sq feet and that holds about 275 kids. The Corp Office has over 8,000 employees. It is a BIG operation. They have something like 20 classrooms. You are right, the whole thing is sad - poor little boy. |
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Post by hop2 on Jun 28, 2014 18:56:20 GMT
He's a POS if it's true. I wonder how the mom is coping-I can't imagine going through something like this.
Poor woman. If he really did that in purpose then there's not a thing she could do to him that I would find any fault with. Who does shit like that? I can't wrap my brain around it. |
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Post by lovetodigi on Jun 28, 2014 18:59:46 GMT
It is sickening. To think over 1,000 people signed a petition online to protest the fact that he was charged with murder. That was before more information came out. They have since removed the petition. Even the police, at first, said that it was a tragic mistake. Then they found more information that resulted in him being charged. It is sickening that anyone could do that to any child, most especially, their own flesh and blood. The news was on this morning as we were getting ready to leave and I heard something mentioned about anti-freeze. It sounded like they were saying that he maybe gave the baby anti-freeze. I don't know if they were guessing or reporting. They should have that report in soon. I will try to catch the news again tonight and see if it is mentioned again. |
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Post by ~Sherri~ on Jun 28, 2014 19:29:47 GMT
I will never understand why parents kill their own children. So very sad I agree with this 100%!!!! I want to do everything possible to PROTECT my two DD's and grandchildren. I feel bad when I have to put the grandkids into the car and it is hot from being closed up. I make sure to open the doors and let the hot air escape. I can not imagine that I "knowingly" left my child in a hot car to die. I hope that he is found guilty, that his punishment will be death by hot car. Or turned loose in the general population at a federal prison.
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Post by pixelated on Jun 28, 2014 19:32:21 GMT
How terrible. |
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