Pacifier taped to 4mon olds face

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Police: Baby dies after pacifier taped to face


03:56 PM MST on Friday, November 16, 2007


By ROB PIERCY / KING 5 News


Bonnie Desmond appeared in court Tuesday, charged with first-degree manslaughter.

LAKE STEVENS, Wash, - A mother is charged in the death of her infant son for allegedly taping a pacifier to the child's mouth.
Bonnie Desmond, just a month shy of her 20th birthday, could spend the next eight and a half years in prison for what happened Monday inside her apartment.
Police say Desmond called 911 at 11:30 a.m. Monday, saying her four-month-old son was unconscious and not breathing. When police and paramedics arrived, they found the boy dead.
At first, it looked like a case of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), but then police say Desmond made a stunning confession. She had taped the boy's pacifier to his mouth to keep it from falling out.
The medical examiner has finished an autopsy on the boy, but has not said exactly how he died.
Carlos Villavicencio, a pediatric doctor, says he has never heard of a case where a child's pacifier was taped to its mouth, but says that it is very dangerous.
"As with any other structure that would be around the baby's mouth or face, there is the danger of suffocation," said Villavicencio.
Desmond is now charged with first-degree manslaughter.
Desmond's fiancé and father of the child walked out of court weeping. Mark Roe, who is prosecuting the case, says he's seen more than his fair share of crimes against children and they never get any easier.
"Most of us have probably faced the issue of babies crying in the middle of the night, I would guess that most of us have taken different and more responsible courses of dealing with it," said Roe.
Bail for Desmond was set at $500,000


There was a video on here too but it didn't copy. When the mother is seeing the judge for the first time to set bail she's not even crying.

[formerposter]

I want to say that I'm shocked but people don't amaze me any more. That woman is a complete idiot and for her to only potentially get 8 years in prison is not enough.

[Angeline]

it hurts me deeply whenever I hear mishap to children due to negligence of parents...

pleassseee....you brought the kid to this world, be responsible!!!

http://allaboutyourchild.com

[Kaytee]

that is sooo disgusting! Makes my stomach hurt. How dare she only get 8 years for destroying that child's life!!

[fallon]

I cannot believe that....OMG, seriously? It amazes me what people come up with

[Kaytee]

well why not, they sell bottles that you strap on!!

[BarbP]

Who would have ever thought somebody would have done such a stupid thing! Never would have thought to warn someone not to do that!

[BarbP]

I just went and did a quick post about this to my blog just in case someone has tried to do this. You would be surprised at how many parents don't use common sense. I figured it was worth the couple of minutes it took me to post about it just on the off chance someone else thought of doing this stupid thing.

[SuperMario]

Actually I am surprised she is getting such a long sentence. I agree she deserves it but sometimes they go easy on the mother.

[jtee]

This is sad. What is hard to know is did she do this out of ignorance, or frustration, or something else. If there is a pattern\history of abuse, then a lengthy jail sentence might be in order, if for no other reason to keep her from abusing other children she might already have, or future children. If it was ignorance\manslaughter, then a long jail sentence is not justice.