Young mother left two-year-old alone, with no food or drink

Stephanie Davis, a 21-year-old mother in Cumming, GA was charged with cruelty to children and reckless conduct after she left her two-year-old son alone, trapped inside of his room, with no food or drink, in a home filled with garbage.


Deputies responded to the Davis residence on June 22 after a family member had contacted the Sheriff’s Office about the child. The family member had been in touch with Davis when she called from the Roswell Police Department jail where she had been arrested. Davis told the relative that someone was watching her son. The relative told the Sheriff’s Office that she believed the child was alone at the home.


Deputies found the residence locked and no adult at home. Inside of the home, they could see a dog running from one open window to another, barking. As the deputies worked their way around the house, they could hear the cries of a child coming from inside.
A deputy pulled the screen off a window and entered the home, and found the child trapped in his room by a closed door, equipped with a safety device that prevented the child from opening the door.


“The child was dressed in a dirty white t-shift. He had removed his diaper himself and it was on the floor, filled to overflowing with feces. The child had feces on his hands, feet and legs,” according to Sheriff Ted Paxton. The deputy also found what appeared to be bug bites, possibly from fleas, on the legs of the child.


The home was described by deputies on the scene as “filthy. The odor emanating from the inside of the house was a mixture of rotting food, urine and feces.”


Two rooms, one being the room where the child was found, had only a mattress and box springs on the floor. Clothing was thrown on the floors of the bedrooms, bathroom and sofa. Towels and used razors were found on the floor outside of the shower, as well as overflowing trash. In the kitchen, deputies found dirty dishes, rotting food and trash. Outside of the home, on the porch, were over 50 bags filled with garbage. In addition, panes were broken out of some of the windows, including the room where the child was found.


Also inside of the home were two dogs that were taken out of the home by deputies and given water. Both dogs were later transported by Animal Control from the residence after no one could be found to care for them.


The Department of Family and Children’s Services (DEFACS) was contacted and has placed the child in protective custody. The mother remains incarcerated at the Fulton County Jail. 

10-year-old girl kept in closet weighed just 32 pounds

Jacole Prince, a 29-year-old mother of three from Missouri, was arrested  when police found her malnourished ten-year-old daughter living in a closet on June 22nd.

Police and Missouri Children’s Division staff went to the woman’s apartment in Kansas City after receiving an anonymous tip on a child abuse hotline about a child who was not allowed out to eat or use the bathroom.

When they arrived, they noticed a strong smell of urine and found the girl in a small  closet with the door blocked. The girl was standing in her own urine and feces and appeared to have been there for some time. She was wearing a dirty t-shirt in a size 2T.

When the 10-year-old girl was taken to the hospital, she weighed only 32 pounds. She told police that she was not allowed to eat with her family because she “messes herself”, that she was not allowed to play outside but instead played behind the couch, and that her mother would hit her when “[peed] on herself.” She said she had been in the closet, which she referred to as “her room”, for the past two days.

Police say another “failure to thrive” report was made on the girl in 2006, when she was four-years-old.

Prince was charged with assault, child abuse and endangering the welfare of a child. Her boyfriend was also arrested, but he denied knowing that the child was in the closet. Neighbors said that Prince told them she had only two children. Prince’s other two children have been taken into state care.

(info from http://www.imperfectparent.com/)

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Woman admitted dumping newborn in trash

A New York City mother dumped her newborn daughter in a hospital trash can out of fear the new grandmother would learn of the pregnancy.

Dawa Lama, 23, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and faces ten years in prison as part of a plea deal. Lama will be deported to her native Nepal once she finishes her sentence.

Lama left the baby girl unattended in a trash can in the emergency room of Elmhurst Hospital Center on May 10. The child survived on life support for a week.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/dawa-lama-mom-dumped-newborn-trash-pleads-guilty-article-1.1051266#ixzz1ytpURB4I

Mother killed kids by throwing them off 15th-floor balcony

A Russian woman threw her four- and seven-year-old sons out the window from the 15th floor, with both boys dying before an ambulance arrived. She explained that she was “fed up with children," and "decided to get rid of them.”

Neighbors said that quite often Galina Ryabkova complained of a lack of money, Life News reported. However, different reports say that Ryabkova’s husband works in IT in Moscow, and the family has always been considered successful and has never been on social services’ watch list.

“She did complain to neighbors that she and her husband were incompatible, said something about a difficult financial situation. But we saw nothing suspicious,” neighbors say.


(from http://rt.com/)

Dog was a better parent than baby's human parents

Owners of a dog in Ghana feared that their beloved pet had gotten lost or injured when he didn't return home at the end of the day, so they organized a search party to look for him. They looked for the pooch for most of the night -- and got the shock of their lives when they finally located him, because he wasn't alone.

Lying next to him was an abandoned newborn baby who'd been disposed of shortly after his birth.

The infant still had his umbilical cord attached, which had gotten infected while he was left in the woods to die. He likely would have died if this amazing dog hadn't cuddled up next to him all night to keep him warm.

from CafeMom

photo from Perfect Dog Training