Did Justin Hillerby Kill Blaise Preston Spoerl?
September 18, 2008 by impqueen
UPDATE 9/26/08 – Jennifer Spoerl has been arrested and charged with one count of “unlawful conduct toward a child” in connection with an incident that happened the day before her son Blaise’s murder. On Sunday, September 14, Jennifer and Justin Hillerby took Blaise to the neighborhood pool, where witnesses say the couple argued and drank alcohol while Blaise kept falling into the pool. Several times, the baby had to be rescued by other swimmers. Jennifer Spoerl is out on $20,000 surety bond.
Justin Hillerby and Blaise Preston Spoerl
Summerville, SC – Justin Hillerby’s Myspace page is private now. His mood is set to “scared”. And he just wants to “relax with Jenn until things are done with”. Things like his trial for killing his girlfriend’s 22-month-old son, no doubt. Blaise Preston Spoerl, not quite two years old, was pronounced dead on the morning of Monday, September 15.  His mother, Jennifer Spoerl, discovered her son’s body.
Whatever happened on SundaySunday reviews
night, it was almost certainly not what Justin Hillerby told police. Jennifer Spoerl went out that night and left one-year-old Blaise and his eight-year-old sister with Hillerby, her live-in boyfriend. At some point during the evening, Blaise ended up fatally injured and bleeding. He died alone in his crib sometime that night or the next morning.
On Monday morning, Jennifer Spoerl got home at about 1:40 a.m. She’d been out partying with friends and went to bed. After she got up and got her daughter off to school, Spoerl noticed her son was sleeping in very late. At about 10:45 a.m., she went to check on Blaise and found him unresponsive, cold, stiff, and “covered in blood”. Justin Hillerby called 911:
Operator: Summerville 911.
Caller: Yes, I need an ambulance right away. 402 dovetail drive.
Operator: ok, what’s going on?
Caller: he’s bleeding. His face is bleeding. He’s not moving. He’s hard as rock. He’s fuckin’ dead.
Operator: who is it?
Caller: it’s my step son. He’s two years old. He’s almost two year old. 402 dovetail drive.
Operator: sir, did he fall? Did he fall?
Caller: he’s in his crib. He’s in his crib. He’s got blood all over his face.
Help came, but it was much too late for baby Blaise.
Jennifer Spoerl told investigators that a bruise found on Blaise’s face could have come from a fall at a swimming pool earlier Sunday. Also, she said, Blaise was asthmatic. Maybe that could have done it.
Um, not buying it. “Covered in blood” probably means a massive brain hemorrhage or other trauma, not “oops, the baby fell down hours earlier”. And apparently police didn’t buy it either, because they called Justin Hillerby and asked him to visit the station for a little discussion on Wednesday morning.
During that Q&A session, Hillerby said that Blaise seemed listless and wouldn’t eat on Sunday evening. Hillerby allowed as how he’d tried to feed the toddler with little success, so he just put Blaise to bed and didn’t worry any more about it, figuring the baby was tired.
A roommate of the couple’s, Brandi Mihil, told police that when she and another roommate got back from dinner on Sunday, Blaise was crying in the living room. Mihil said Hillerby had put Blaise “in the corner” for knocking over his beer.
Summerville police arrested Justin Hillerby on Wednesday and charged him with one count of homicide by child abuse. He is being held pending a bond hearing sometime today. The Berkeley County Coroner’s office has not publicly released the autopsy results, saying only that there was “trauma”, which seems kind of obvious.
Blaise’s older sister was taken out of school on Wednesday and placed in emergency protective custody by Berkeley County Department of Social Services.
As always, I’ll update as information comes in.
LizardLizard reviews is talking about this case in our forums.
911 phone call
9:51 am on September 18th, 2008
Im not sure how old they are and how long they have been together but here is another example of NOT to leave your kids with a boyfriend! And let me guess she is defending him because she loves him. UGH Wake up girlfriend! Something happened while you were gone that KILLED your baby!
So sad:(
9:58 am on September 18th, 2008
His myspace should be set to dead…
10:02 am on September 18th, 2008
Oh my God. What a cute little boy- spilled the bastard’s beer huh? I want to kill this fucker….. slowly.
10:43 am on September 18th, 2008
Keep relaxin Jenn, keep relaxin. You too Justin. May as well do it now while you still can. Start relaxing your asshole muscles too, you evil bastard. You’ll need it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10:52 am on September 18th, 2008
Its is just to familiar hearing these stupid females leaving their children with their thug-tough boyfriends while they go out and party…either “trailer” should of stayed home or KEPT HER LEGS SHUT if she wanted to continue to party..WTF is wrong with people!! As for “Bud”…muuaaaaahhhhaaaaa I will let the ghetto police handle your “ass” in jail!!!!
OMG..I need therapy!
11:02 am on September 18th, 2008
Jenn- What the fuck is wrong with you?!
Why on earth are you ‘relaxing’ with the murderous bastard who killed your baby?!
11:04 am on September 18th, 2008
Ah…we can always count on good ole Solange to cheer us up, thanks for that comment because after reading this article I was nearly in tears…and I still am, only now its because Im laughing so hard after reading your comment about relaxing the asshole muscles lol.
11:52 am on September 18th, 2008
What an adorable little boy. Jenn, I hope the penis is worth it. YOu will never see his precious face again. Well…maybe if you go to the funeral. Stupid ass.
11:54 am on September 18th, 2008
Yeah, it should be cause that’s what he’ll be when he’s dropped into GP. And why the fuck is she still with him? I’d have bashed his damned head in by now!!!
12:06 pm on September 18th, 2008
that fu**er’s mood is set to scared? it should read ashamed!!
he should do everyone a favor and lean over and take one for the team!
or lean over for bubba and his buddies first, then do the world a favor and bleed to death from all the anal action i hope he gets!!
if that’s possible.
i can’t imagine how scared that darling little boy was?! : (
12:08 pm on September 18th, 2008
Hi Everyone – Long time reader, first time poster
I had to finally post, I couldn’t keep silent anymore. I just can’t figure out how anyone especially a mother can treat a child like these people do. Why did she not check on him before she went to bed (no one’s perfect, I’ve gone out and haven’t come home in the best shape), but I always have to check on my baby and I still get up in the morning and check on her, etc. Also my husband and I always leave her with an appropriate babysitter and one of us always stays sober just in case and to be honest it’s not like we get a “date” night that often anyway
Seriously what is wrong with people?????? And this isn’t even the worst story this week………
12:25 pm on September 18th, 2008
CassieMom you took the words out of my mouth. Why in heck would she not have at least checked on those kids if nothing mroe than to look in on them?? What Mom does not do that???
Not to mention what bytch lays up with the bastard that killed her kid??
WTF is she on ??
If she is that cool about it maybe she needs some charges too
12:47 pm on September 18th, 2008
He can rot in hell and she can rot with him, she should never get her other child again and may she rot in hell. He is a evil son of a bithc and i don’t know how parents can ever sit by and let things like this happen, We will never understand it because we are not like these evil people we all read about. You know what i was thinking,???? here is a good idea, you know how we take our unwanted pets to the pound either lost or not wanted anymore, how about we open up a “Baby, Child, Pound” and when parents don’t wantthem we will openly take themand then the idiots can go race cars, shoot each other, beat on each other for spilling beer and LEAVE the F>>>> babies alone and the kids alone?? sonds too good tobe true.
honestly my heart breaks everytime i read the dreamin demon it makes you wander of allthe bad bad bad people amungst us in this world.
1:16 pm on September 18th, 2008
I don’t know, that’s crazy. If it was me I would of killed him myself and then you all would of been reading about me…….
4:03 pm on September 18th, 2008
I can already hear her now – “But he loves me and my children. He was a better daddy than there own daddy. He would never lay a hand on my children. You don’t know him. Were you there? Do you know what happened?? Blaise has asthma (oh, wait… She tried that already)!!!” Minus punctuation, spelling and grammar. Probably all caps.
Who wants to guess which excuse shows up first??
4:22 pm on September 18th, 2008
So, now his mood is set to “stressed” and his status is “hates the media”
Aww, hate the media cos they got it right about you, and friends are droppin like flies? Worthless penis.
4:28 pm on September 18th, 2008
UPDATE:
A live-in-boyfriend is accused of kneeing his girlfriend’s 22-month-old son in the head, then throwing him on the ground the day before the child died, an investigator’s affidavit says.
Justin Hillerby, 27, is charged with homicide by child abuse in the death of Blaise Spoerl. The child’s mother woke up Monday to find her son in his crib, covered in blood and lifeless.
Hillerby appeared in Summerville’s municipal court today, where a judge denied his bail. The suspect said little, but did have one question for Chief Municipal Judge Tom Finucan.
“I would like to know if I could go to the funeral on Saturday,” he asked.
“No, sir,” the judge replied, “I don’t think you’ll be bonded by then.”
The hearing began around 10:40 a.m. and lasted a little over 5 minutes. The toddler’s mother attended, but sat quietly and showed no emotion.
The proceeding was largely a formality because a circuit judge must set bail on any charge carrying a possible life sentence. At the outset, the judge informed Hillerby that homicide by child abuse carries a prison term of 20 years to life.
The charging documents detail actions that Hillerby reportedly told police about when they questioned him on Monday:
He described striking the child in the head with his knee and throwing him onto the floor headfirst. When the youngster got on his feet, he wobbled to a seat looking like a “zombie.”
Later, while sitting in a high chair, the child had trouble holding his head up. It was swaying back and forth, as if he had no muscle control.
When Hillerby carried the child from the chair to his room, he struck his head against the bedroom door frame and left the front of the victim’s head against the crib. The child wouldn’t open his eyes while Hillerby was carrying him.
Afterward, Hillerby didn’t seek medical attention for the child or check on him for about 12 hours, the affidavit says.
Police said their investigation continues.
5:34 pm on September 18th, 2008
Great update, Marianne. My GOD. I just don’t understand how a person can be so callous. And to ask if he could go to the funeral?!? If I was the judge, I’d be asking the escorting officers to give his head a good clink against the bars when returning him to his cell.
6:21 pm on September 18th, 2008
I originally read this in the forums and now we have the answers we did not have before. But what was always clear is yet another child is killed by another worthless human being.
So sorry little Blaise that you did not get the love and attention you so deserved…Rest in peace and may the angels keep watch over you.
6:42 pm on September 18th, 2008
OH SHIT!!!!
I so wish i was a Man and could go to spend some time in central lock up Just to whip his damn arse or at least i wish I knew someone I could give some commissary money to so they could beat the living fuck out of him and let him sit in a corner while his brain swells Jeasus the fact that that Stupid freekin bytch is still laying up with that jack ass Irks me so badly i hope someone whips her ass too.
Damn few cases really rile me up anymroe sadly i have grown a thicker skin than i like to admit but Damn damn damn this one irks me That Poor poor baby sitting there while his poor litle brain swelled and losing control of his functions and this stupid fuck just continues to beat him he was likely crying until he lost that ability too DAMN that POS penis
Shit this one irks me knowing No one cared or gave a damn enough to help that baby Poor little thing He did not deserve to go through this Freekin whackadoo bytch I want to lock her in a room and play sounds of babies crying and calling for mom my while showing movies of babies over and over to torment this bytch who pretended to be a mother
6:57 pm on September 18th, 2008
Okay – That is fucking brutal. What a togh guy that beats up a baby. He must feel like He’s the shit. That baby must have been so frightened. I hope Justin is frightened, squeezing his cheeks together, praying to God that it isn’t his cell that Bubba is visiting tonight or that Bubba doesn’t fancy pretty blonde boys. But I think Bubba might…
7:00 pm on September 18th, 2008
Here is his Obit – so sad. Poor baby.
http://www.legacy.com/Charleston/DeathNotices.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=117605823
7:06 pm on September 18th, 2008
Here is more on Justin – He’s got a babymomma that he used to beat up. “I was five months pregnant. He would body slam me. He’s thrown me up against the wall, choked me, lifted me up off my feet,” Georgoulis recalled. It seems that this guy is a prince. Funny thing though… Babymommy claims he beat her up but was SHOCKED to hear he killed Blaise. WTF?? He is a violent asshole. How could you be shocked??
http://www.live5news.com/Global/story.asp?S=9035372
7:08 pm on September 18th, 2008
It’s all in the details….my heart just broke…..and rage erupted.
7:11 pm on September 18th, 2008
Here is another one – Jennifer thinks the cops are trying to “slander” his name. “I trust that everything was done the way I would have done it if I were home,” Jennifer Spoerl said. “I believe the police have been trying to slander his name, my name and my families name. I just want my daughter home safe, so I can continue to live my life peacefully.” Um, right. Did she miss the part where Justin said he kneed the baby in the head?? The cops didn’t tell him to admit it. That was all him. She needs her twat sewn up. No more kids for this dumb bitch.
http://www.wciv.com/news/stories/0908/554546.html
7:20 pm on September 18th, 2008
“I trust that everything was done the way I would have done it if I were home,” Jennifer Spoerl said
OMG! Can I borrow a rusty razor to do surgery on her?
7:57 pm on September 18th, 2008
Great updates, everyone!
Gosh, that poor baby.
I bet everything WAS done just like it would have been done when Jennifer was home. She was out till 2 am getting hammered on a night when her daughter had to get up for school in the morning. She knew her son had suffered a “fall” earlier that day.
Her lack of concern for the feelings of either of her children is appalling.
8:45 pm on September 18th, 2008
http://myspace.com/8489994
That’s Jennifer Spoerl’s Myspace. Guess we know who is taking care of Justin’s Myspace now. Oddly, she seems way more concerned about hating the media than she seems to care about the loss of her baby boy.
9:51 pm on September 18th, 2008
Her beautiful baby boy is dead, and she’s (a) dicking with her MySpace and (b) merely “stressed.” Jesus Christ in a sidecar.
11:23 pm on September 18th, 2008
Yep. Stressed. Not sad. Not suicidal. Not depressed. Not angry at the fucker that killed that beautiful baby. You know, all of those feelings that the rest of us would be feeling. And she hates the media. Not “RIP Blaise”. “See you someday, son – I love you”. What a selfish cunt. I hope the dicking she was getting from this piece of shit was worth it. Justin will be moving to the front of the “fuck me” line in prison. I hear they like bitch boys there. “Jennyfur” needs to make sure she sends him lots of vaseline. It’ll show how much she cares.
11:36 pm on September 18th, 2008
sorry did’nt mean to post twice
11:36 pm on September 18th, 2008
Poor Poor Jennifer! Her sorry ass should be in jail TOO! BTW she has made her myspace page private. Imagine that, and she’s stressed too! You would think that if some sorry (*#)@&@)(& just killed your baby you wouldn’t be spending time updating your myspace and his myspace as well. Guess what she hates the media too. The guest book comments on the obituary for this little guy are just as sad/ridiculous. Someone was telling her to “hold her head high” . Are these people (friends?) as delusional as she was. Wake up people! She should be held just as accountable as his sorry *(!&@. She was out until almost 2:00 am doing who knows what and left her baby home to be killed. and to top it off she thinks that the media is slandering the killer of her baby. PUT HER ASS IN JAIL! There is no telling how many other times her “wonderful” boyfriend has hurt those kids before. I will NEVER believe that this was just a one time thing! I can only hope that her little girl will not live to be subjected to the choices/situations her mother chooses. It will be hard enough on her as it is, to know that her baby brother was murdered and her mother wasn’t even there to help him. We are supposed to protect our children from those that will do them harm…not bring them into our homes.
11:49 pm on September 18th, 2008
Okay – Please check out Justin’s pic on this site. HA!! He will certainly make some inmate very happy!
http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/sep/18/boyfriend_faces_charges54962/
11:56 pm on September 18th, 2008
Video here in case you want to hear Jennifer’s dumbass defend this fuckhead.
http://www.wciv.com/news/stories/0908/554546.html
12:06 am on September 19th, 2008
A comment left in a news article:
I saw these people recenlty at the neighborhood pool with sweet little Blaise. It was sad actually. He was such a sweet boy who deserved so much better. His death should not have happened. He needed to have more attention paid to him and less paid to everyone else having a good time. I hope this will be an eye opener to all the parents out there who neglect to see how much partying around there children can hurt the little ones. It may not always cause death, but children remember these things. You could see that all Blaise wasnted to do was play with his mom and the other adults there..but..yea. I am very glad to see that the authorities are going in the direction that they are. I pray that justice will be served. RIP Blaise.
From a neighbor, in the comments at http://www.charleston.net (see link in post 33)
Seems like the poster wanted to say more….knows more…seeing Blaise at the pool was sad? Apparently the adults with him were partying at the pool that day too…so the adult female (she doesn’t deserve to be called the m word) was drinking ALL day and night….the poster talks about Blaise just wanting to play with his adult female person and implies that didn’t happen.
Apparently on Blaise’s final day on earth, he was seeking his adult female person’s attention and being ignored….I can almost hear him…look! look….look what I can do!…..how pathetic….how sad….all day, wanting attention, craving it….and that night probably begging for attention—-”please someone come, look at me”!….hurting….
son of a bitch…this one sucks….this thread is sucking the breath out of me….
12:13 am on September 19th, 2008
HOW MANY TIMES DOES THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN BEFORE THESE SKANKS REALIZE THAT YOUR RANDOM PENIS OF THE WEEK DOES NOT MAKE A GOOD BABYSITTER?!?!?!?
fucking sad. r.i.p. blaise.
12:13 am on September 19th, 2008
I liked this one -
Posted by James_Crackcorn on September 18, 2008 at 6:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Hillerby may want to shave off his flavor savor – he’s going to be tossing alot of salads in the pen before he’s finally dies by an overdose of shanks to the gut.
I hope the sorry-azz trailer trash momma gets charged as well – from the account of many that know them they are both human debris that don’t deserve kids or to breathe the same air as the rest of us.
I hope they find these two dead in their beds covered with blood one morning…
12:16 am on September 19th, 2008
Here’s a good one. I am starting to see an abusive pattern here –
Posted by summervillechick on September 18, 2008 at 8:21 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I live in Mason’s Park inside Weatherstone. I have numerous times seen this idiot at the pool. He is such a poppas A**, the little boy would want attention and he would throw him in the pool and call him a P*ssy, all while mom sits around watching! WHO DOES THIS?????? I have taken my kids home on several occasions because of the drinking and F-bombs being tossed out by these two winners! My daughter was home sick Monday morning and when I took her out to the doctor the police were there putting crime scene tape up around the house. I knew this couple lived there, and just thought they got busted for drugs. I was so heartbroken to hear a child died! I have lost sleep over this. Should I have done something? Called the authorities? But calling your kids a P*ssy is not a crime. I hope that this 8 year old can be saved. If everyone was passed out until 10:40, did she get up for school on her own??? Walk to the bus alone???? I am just sick about this entire situation and I hope this guy gets what he deserves! The mother should be charged as well. She was on bloging on another site the very next morning!!!! WHY???? She should have been morning her son, not trying to convince us the boy died of “secondary drowning” PLEASE, I am a nurse and that is so rare…although it did cross my mind knowing I have seen him toss the boy in the pool! Where is the biological father to these two kids AND what do Grandma & Grandpa know? They went straight for the little girl at school??? It is all smells bad to me!
12:26 am on September 19th, 2008
Posted by SummervilleResident on September 18, 2008 at 10:02 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Justin is a roofer. His hair isn’t dyed. The two of them went for a pre-arranged meeting with police. He went in, failed his polygraph, told them what happened and what he knew, and he was arrested
12:42 am on September 19th, 2008
And the defenders comment on the news article too……just a sample….wish they would come to DD……
Well, that POS, is my blood, I know him…..I don’t care what you think. I know him better than anyone, this is devistating to our INTIRE family. I do not believe in my heart that this was something that was done intentionally. Thats not the person I know and I have known him for years. He is not the person to take a life wdithout remorse, but how would YOU know that? All I can say to my family is keep your head up and be strong. This to shall pass. I love you all.
And WTF 2 people? Here is the comment….
So be fed up…I don’t blame you, but you have no idea the confusion and the pain we all feel. The person that he has been made out to be is not the person WE as a family know. This is flooring us all. Two people gone in one week. In one WEEK, you loose 2 people your close to. Be outraged. Your anger doesn’t even compare to ALL the emotions we are ALL feeling, both of our families. You think I’m sick for that? Well stand in my shoes and imagine how you would take this all in. Hearing people wish yell and scream for the death of someone you know and care for is another hard pill to swallow. Well, goodnight and happy cross burning
1:07 am on September 19th, 2008
The KKK is going after douch bag child murders now, huh they must be trying to change their image, I don’t trust anybody in sheets…wait I think I’m lost.
7:26 am on September 19th, 2008
This has only begun…and he still needs to tell what really happened. And I don’t think I really want to know what he did to that little angel.
I think that both of them had their hands in this, and they both need to be in jail!!!
8:03 am on September 19th, 2008
I am literally sick to my stomach. Kneed him in the head, slammed his head on a door frame??? And you go to bed??? This mom defending this shit head…what the hell is the matter with her. She sounds like a cstone cold bitch wack job and for ANYONE to defend this creep is just nuts. Bring on the defenders here, I dont care if he is your son, brother, uncle or nephew…He is a sick mfker and there is no confusion here! He admitted to it asswipes! If I were you I would hide or move and momma….you need to bury your head somewhere and figure out how guilty you were of letting this happen!!
10:03 am on September 19th, 2008
Added video from link provided by April.
12:01 pm on September 19th, 2008
Thanks Morbid!
I just cant wrap my head around the fact that there are people defending him. Claiming that he is not the sort of person to do such a thing and he is innocent. Even moreso, I can’t bellieve the baby’s mother is one of those people. HE TOLD THE COPS HE DID IT!!! Are they fucking retarded?? Are they missing the part where he kneed that baby in the head and then told him to “Walk it off” before throwing him in his crib to take his last breaths in pain, alone and in the dark??? He is a monster. A big, fury, yellow one if you judge by the mugshot. Well fuck his big, fury, yellow ass – He should be swingin’ by sundown!
12:37 pm on September 19th, 2008
I know what your saying April. I thought about this poor child again last night laying in his crib by himself that night, so scared. I tear up everytime and again why didn’t his Mom check on him when she got home…..what if???? :`(
12:40 pm on September 19th, 2008
Let’s just kill this bastard and have it over with. It’s the egg donor that I really want a piece of. Someone please get on her “my dumbass friends” list and tell her that we are all just tearing her peen up. Then I want a little native american, back woods, hillbilly bust up on her ass. Dumb bitch. Hell is too good for the both of them.
Poor little baby!
Whew…that feels better. This one made me in need of a little anger management therapy!!!!!!!!
12:44 pm on September 19th, 2008
My prayer is that the Lord in his Infinite Wisdom and Mercy, receive the Soul that was Blaise and give him a second chance at life, in exchange for the one that ended so suddenly!!!
My Prayer is that he will be placed this time, with a Farther that will gather him up in his arms (along with a bunch of bright colored noodles and a dingy) and take him to the pool, play with him and teach him to swim!! Play soccer by day, and share his wisdom by night!
My Prayer is that he will be placed this time, in a Mother’s arm’s that will bathe him and nurture him, teaching, sharing, playing, running, jumping, tickling and having fun with him every day, and every night a story and prayer’s to close the day right!
My Prayer was heartfelt and true, I popped a P.S. in there too!!! – and asked that the Lord in his Infinite Wisdom and Mercy consider you TWO!!!
AMEN
12:45 pm on September 19th, 2008
Another Forum
http://www.topix.com/city/summerville-sc/2008/09/toddler-found-dead-in-summerville/p2#lastPost
1:33 pm on September 19th, 2008
These people are trash. And, I suppose the sun *could* have caused his exaggerated aging, but he looks like he probably did a bunch of drugs. dude looks 40 at the age of 27.
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