Newborn death in Baytown school toilet ruled a homicide:
Reason to Blow Up the World...
BAYTOWN, Texas -- The death of an infant found in a junior high bathroom toilet on April 2 was ruled a homicide by the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office Monday.
Officials said the infant, whose 14-year-old mother was a student at Cedar Bayou Junior High, died after he had toilet paper stuffed down his throat and was submerged in the toilet.
The autopsy also found blunt trauma to the baby's head and neck. The boy's mother told police she never knew she was pregnant until she gave birth at the school.
"What it means is, this young lady knew the child was born alive and took affirmative measures to end its life," said 11 News legal analyst Gerald Treece.
Killing an infant is a capital crime in Texas, but 14-year-olds are too young to be eligible for the death penalty.
The teen has not been charged.
Her lawyer isn't helping her case any...
The attorney representing the girl, Gerald Yoakum, said in a statement that it would be "inappropriate" to comment on the information released by the medical examiner, because the final report is not yet available.
Yoakum contends that the death was an accident and that his client never saw the baby splash into the water.
"I can't believe they want to paint her as a murderer," he said. "The first time that she actually saw her baby was at the funeral home. She is now mourning his death and through counseling learning to accept what happened."
Excuse me Counselor, but what about the toilet paper that was stuffed down the baby's throat. Did it just magically appear there? Did the 'mother' eat toilet paper while she was pregnant? Was the father Mr. Wipple?
I don't buy her story that she didn't know she was pregnant either. If she thought she was having a miscarriage she had to know there was a possibility that she was pregnant.
If you don't want to have kids then keep it in your pants.
One point for submerging the baby, another point for the toilet paper, another point for the blunt force trauma, another point for not taking advantage of the safe haven law, and one last point for having a really scummy lawyer. That's 5.
