Rosemary Kunz Is A Wicked Stepmother
October 24, 2008 by impqueen
Fort Myers, FL – Rosemary Kunz is almost deadly. Oh, she’s pretty enough. But under that appealing exterior is a monster. Kunz, 23, is facing multiple child abuse charges for torturing her two-year-old stepson. According to investigators, Kunz not only admitted the abuse, but said she was “addicted” to abusing the child, and “liked to hear him cry”. Â
The toddler, whose name is not being released, was taken to an emergency room on SundaySunday reviews
after he lost consciousness. When Rosemary Kunz yelled at the child and hit him to wake him up, he didn’t respond. At that point, Kunz apparently realized that the most recent beating had gone too far.
Within minutes of his arrival at the local ER, the child was airlifted to All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg. The child has severe head injuries and was listed in critical but stable condition on Thursday. A relative says that he had opened his eyes on Wednesday and was beginning to respond to family – four days after his latest beating. The child’s long term prognosis, however, is unclear given the severity of his brain injuries. The rest of his body is covered in bite marks and bruises.
Detective Rob Smith, an investigator with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office Child Abuse Investigations Unit, told WINK News that Kunz admitted to abusing the toddler.
“She actually admitted she was addicted to abusing this child which was a first for me,” said Detective Smith. “She admitted to pushing him down, she admitted to pushing him into walls, floors, kicking his feet from underneath him. She admitted she bit him.”
Detective Smith says that Kunz told police that her husband, Shane Lewis, worked long hours and had no idea what was happening to his little boy. According to Smith, “[Rosemary] would have [the boy] in long sleeve pj’s, long pants to cover up the bite marks on his arm.”
Kunz told investigators that Lewis was totally clueless about the abuse because she told him that the little boy fell down a lot. She just didn’t mention that he fell because she pushed him, or tripped him, or kicked him. And since Lewis worked 14 hour days, Kunz said, he didn’t see the kids that much.
DCF investigators aren’t so sure, and have removed two other children, ages 5 and 1, from the home. It appears that the five and one year olds are Kunz’s children and were not abused. The 2-year-old victim is Shane Lewis’ child. Lewis was not arrested, but is being investigated for failure to report and child neglect. DCF believes that given the boy’s injuries, Lewis had to know something was wrong.
Kunz’s nickname for her tiny victim? “Boo-boo Boy”.  Yep. I hope she has lots of time in prison earning her own nickname.
Rosemary Kunz is in the Lee County Jail on $250,000 bond. She is charged with child abuse, and more charges are pending. She is scheduled to be arraigned NovemberNovember reviews 12. I hope her toddler stepson is still alive then.
Lucy is covering this case in our forums.
7:32 am on October 24th, 2008
This kind of person, is the worst. Taking your frustrations in life out on someone. Even worse when it’s a baby. She enjoyed doing it also. What kind of person would list that in their “good times” log. Do me a favor Rosemary jump off a bridge. I hope it feels good when you land.
Wondering where the Bio-Mother is?
7:42 am on October 24th, 2008
I can’t be the only one who read her name as Rose Kuntz, can I?
7:57 am on October 24th, 2008
PURE EVIL!
8:02 am on October 24th, 2008
bring back the stockades and beat this bitch with clubs. addiction does not justify the actions. i just dont understand why these bastards do things like this. tell the other inmates to shank her once for me.
8:07 am on October 24th, 2008
Dunno why these particular stories hit home for me, probably being a single Dad and all when my kid was 2-years-old I assume. But reading this makes my blood boil. Had I been this guy, and found out what she had been doing, she would have been shitting her own teeth in short order.
8:21 am on October 24th, 2008
I was thinking the same thing…
WTF, it is one thing for a parent or care giver to snap and do something horrible to a child, most times they even feel guilt over what they did, but for this bitch to enjoy it, to hurt this child for the sole purpose of entertainment is just sickening.
8:22 am on October 24th, 2008
What a monster. How can you look at a child and see abuse, not love. I can’t believe the things she did, I really feel like I’m going to be sick. My daughter’s birthday is coming up next week and she might just get an extra present.
8:27 am on October 24th, 2008
wtf is wrong with her. she was addicted to hurting a poor 2 year old defenseless young’n i truely hope he makes it through this. “what dont kill you only makes you stronger” my prayers are with this child.
8:43 am on October 24th, 2008
Sounds a bit like myself. Kinda helps me dealing with this, to give my children extra love when I read this shit all day… I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND……….
8:46 am on October 24th, 2008
No, you’re not! I am so furious right now i’m now i’m shaking.
She enjoyed it? I can’t even comment right now…………….
8:52 am on October 24th, 2008
What a fucking cunt!
And I’m sorry but how did the boys father NOT know? The kid was always wearing long sleeves…in Florida….in the heat….and he didn’t suspect ANYTHING?!!!! Really?
Ugh my ex is with some dumb broad who told me on several occasions she didn’t want kids because she was abused an knew she would do the same(she’s a nut job)….and he wonders why I won’t let him near his daughter! This is why…..
9:05 am on October 24th, 2008
Well we all know that she needs to die quickly, i would love myself to beat her to her death and do everyone a favor, for the dad, BULLSHIT he knew about it, don’t tell me he did not know, i will NEVER EVER EVER believe that story, my best friends husband works long hours but he would notice something with the child, TAKE HIMOUT TOO
that child needs a loving mom and dad and I will pray for his recovery and for him to get OUT of the existing family and hope to god someone will adopt the little fella, maybe i will
Also you stated he opened up his eyes while family members were there, I am not understanding something?? First? Where the fuck was the family members for him while he was being tortured????? NO ONE NOTICED what is up with that,
they all have tons and tons of EXCUSES
HONESTLY I WOULD LOVE TO PULL THE TRIGGER ON HER
9:11 am on October 24th, 2008
Big Bertha is waiting for you dumb cunt. She is going to enjoy kicking your ass in prison. How could you enjoy beating and biting a little baby? Im a step mom and you make good step moms like me look like garbage. You give the name evil step mother meaning. As for dad your a piece of shit. Your a lying sack of crap. Didnt know my ass.
9:14 am on October 24th, 2008
What a Bitch.
I think I would enjoy hearing and making her cry just for the fun of it.
Let me kick your fucking legs from under you a few dozen times you useless piece of shit.
9:19 am on October 24th, 2008
This is so fucking disgusting.. my grandson is 2… OMG I am so sick about this I can’t even speak…….
9:24 am on October 24th, 2008
Every once in awhile, I will come across a story that will stick with me. This is one of them.
I can’t even begin to express the anger I feel when I think about what she put that child through….for her fuckin amusement. I can think of 1,000 different ways in which to torture her….for my amusement. Knowing that she will be sitting in prison, alive, healthy and unbroken, just doesn’t satisfy me.
And…someone needs to buy daddy some glasses. Fucker must be blind.
9:26 am on October 24th, 2008
Who really knows all that the poor child endured. This article actually sickened me. It seemed she enjoyed hurting him. She is one sick woman, who should never be around children (hers or others) for her lifetime.
9:31 am on October 24th, 2008
That poor little boy. I hope he is young enough to overcome this and his memory will not hold on to the nightmare that he has had to endure. Poor little guy.
9:39 am on October 24th, 2008
Trish, please make sure when you do that, her face smashes into a brick wall filled with railroad spikes set about an inch apart ok? Thanks……..
9:45 am on October 24th, 2008
He will need major help and therapy to overcome this, he will likely have issues forever because of the abuse which was most likely emotional as well as physical. Monstrous bitches like Kuntz here are responsible for continuing the cycle for generations. I hope she doesn’t get bailed out and never sees the light of day again and gets more than what’s coming to her from the other inmates. Too disgusting to comprehend….
9:53 am on October 24th, 2008
Well my Friday morning just went to shit after reading that
Fucking bitch…I hope you get thrown in front of a bus, ran over my a semi, stuck in a trash compactor, have birds peck your eyeballs out and live through it all…then the prison ladies can have their way with you.
I am very very much hoping that little guy recovers.
9:56 am on October 24th, 2008
Last night my daughter was a little tired and cranky. She got upset for whatever reason and started crying, she looked up at me and ran to me, she buried her face in my neck and cried until I could make it better. It really broke my heart that she was even upset as she was, but I could never imagine causing her pain or not being able to console her when needed.
10:02 am on October 24th, 2008
Let me at her! LET ME AT HER!!
10:12 am on October 24th, 2008
well i asked my hubby about this because i know he used to work 14 hour days… he said that he never would have known either, he came home, went to bed, saw the kids for three seconds and went back to work and on the weekends he just spent his time playing with the children… since he missed out during the week… so with that said i really hope he didn’t know because those children need love from their parent right now…
i did too.. poor kid
10:12 am on October 24th, 2008
I can’t stop crying and I’m FULL of OUTRAGE! I just got back from walking my kids to school when I read this! As I watched them walk a few steps in front of me, I thought about how precious they are and full of life, they were literally bouncing with delight to walk to school in the crispy air this morning. They are so very precious, my precious gifts from above, that I have this enormous responsibility to care for them, and in return I get the grandest reward, of moments like this morning, seeing their innocent little red cheeks smiling and skipping and hopping and giggling and embracing all that the world has to offer. Yes, ALL OF THAT just in the few moments it takes to walk to school.
Then I get home and read THIS?? I want this wretched monster to PAY!!
10:27 am on October 24th, 2008
See, the thing I love about Peeper is that she’s creative.
11:15 am on October 24th, 2008
She sorta reminds me of Jennifer Jason Leigh in her younger days.
OK people, lets remember that the first thing to a cure is admitting your addiction.
Just seeing if everyone’s awake here.
Fuck It. I want to see what the bitches in prison do to this monster! I like Peeper’s idea.
11:23 am on October 24th, 2008
In all fairness, I can honestly say that I wouldn’t be up for kicking the legs out from under this deranged bitch… Unless, of course, her head was in a noose and I have my Pinata Stick (or spiked club) at the ready. She is one of the most evil, unrepentant, miserable wastes-of-skin I’ve heard of yet.
11:34 am on October 24th, 2008
I think her nickname in prison should be cunts,cunts and more kuntz/// She’ll get her fair share there, Big Bertha should be ready for her by now.. Too bad she won’t have long sleeves to cover her lacerations and bruises.. Maybe they’ll nick an artery and she’ll bleed to death before any help arrives.. I’ll be the boo hoo baby then.. POS
11:41 am on October 24th, 2008
What a bitch! I hope she’s suffering by then at the hands of other inmates who enjoy slowly & sadistically torturing her.
11:50 am on October 24th, 2008
I have told my husband numerous times, that should we ever not work out, I might be a lonely person for the rest of my childrens adolescent lives. There is no way that it would be feasible for me to introduce anyone into my daughters life and expect them to love her. Not in today’s society. The Brady Bunch days are long gone. And let’s face it ladies, those good men we have right now-are not easy to come by any more. Gentlemen, this Biotch is a clear example that the good women like us- are not available any longer either.
I could almost believe that the father didn’t know-if he is working 14 hour days, he would hardly see his child. He would hardly see anyone. My husband drives an hour and 45 min to and from every day. He leaves at 5 in the morning and generally doesn’t get home until 7 or 8. Has about an hour to 2 hours to play with our daughter- I bet that little boy was loving the weekends when his Daddy was off work-it was probably like having two days off from work for him. Poor little thing…
Bottom line is – fucking love your children the right way- take time out of a 14 hour day dude-and see about your son. Shit, my daughter goes to well respected day care provider-Dr’s and Lawyers take their kids there-but guess what I do every day-I check my child from head to toe. I make sure that every inch of her looks just as it did when I left her there. I watch her mannerisms and attitude-and I particlularly watch how she acts around people who work in the daycare (her daughter and 2 sons help her) I’m gonna know if somehting isn’t right with my child! Thanks Dreamin Demon, for if not for reading all of these dreadful stories daily, I might not be as agressive. No one can truly be trusted 100% becasue when you let your guard down like that-something will come of it. As a society, the majority of us have to work in order to give our children a good life and for those of us who don’t have to work-God love you! I hope to one day not have to either.
Fuck that-I would be killin me a daycare Bitch-if anything happens to my child. And if I were this father, I would choke the life out of that Bitch until her eyes exploded. But not before I would let my 2 year old bite the shit out of her repeatedly, among other things…Crazy Bitch!
12:48 pm on October 24th, 2008
believe me they make sure the cell doors dont close for some strange reason,and she will get hers because thats the lowest of the scum bucket in any jail or prison,,i did a placement in a jail while getting my nursing and believe me these child and elder abusers all seem to get the cells with the wonkly doors that malfunction!!so theres justice even if it doesnt come from the courts
12:50 pm on October 24th, 2008
im sorry i meant to say SOME justice,,never be enough for what they do
1:05 pm on October 24th, 2008
Sounds like she’s already starting to lay out her defense of “not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect” or some such shit like that.
I love you Morbid
1:06 pm on October 24th, 2008
I hate to break it to you, but those “Brady Bunch” days never actually existed. It’s an easy myth to perpetuate, since crime data records didn’t exist until about ‘72, but since that year, the statistics speak very clearly. Compared to 30 years ago, violent crime is MUCH lower, including infanticide. As a society, we are better people today than we ever have been, despite what the media feeds you.
Educate yourself so you can quit being unnecessarily paranoid. People like you are inadvertantly killing Halloween for children.
1:11 pm on October 24th, 2008
Just makes me mad knowing that the poor, lil guy was being singled out for torture like that. I’m sure he was very aware that the other 2 kids weren’t getting the same amount of “attention†as he was. I still think of 2 year olds as babies. Babies who need to be loved and protected…especially from bullying bitches who get off on tripping and biting little kids. Ok, so Dad was working a lot of hours and the baby’s birth mama was where?
1:15 pm on October 24th, 2008
Wow, where do I begin? “good women like us are not available any longer, either?” For real? Of course good women like us are available! There are some right on this very site. And loads more besides. The fact of the matter is, MOST people do not hurt children, regardless of whether those children are theirs biologically, by adoption, by living situation, or just by babysitting. Seriously. Most adults do not knowingly harm children.
And if my husband were gone tomorrow, I would grieve. I would struggle. But chances are good that at some point — if I was exceedingly lucky — I’d meet another awesome man who made my heart go pitter-pat, and I’d partner up with him. Of course, I’d be careful. Of course, the introduction and trust with my kids would move slowly. But why on earth would I deny myself an adult relationship? I’m a rational, intelligent being who is capable of assessing the needs of my children, and ensuring their protection, WHILE creating a relationship for myself.
I don’t believe that complete, 100% sacrifice “for the sake of the children” is a positive influence or role model at all. I believe that it encourages spoiled, entitled children who think that mommy’s entire existence as a human being is tied up with being their mommy. And that’s not healthy or productive for anyone involved.
/rant.
1:28 pm on October 24th, 2008
That’s kinda shitty Athena…
What does my necessity to make sure my child is well have anything to do with Halloween being killed? She will trick or treat with all the other children, etc. I see nothing wrong with making sure my child is well-and I have education-thank you very much. I am not “people like you”-I am a mother who chooses to be aware of my child’s surroundings and what she is exposed to. I guess if more parents were, then there wouldn’t be a multitude of horrific news stories everyday for you and I to read about on DD.
My reference to the “Brady Bunch” was simply a visual to elaborate on the fact that it’s not that easy to marry anyone after having existing children and trust them.
I generally appreciate your offerings of stats and stuff-but your attack is uncalled for. I gather you don’t have children-one day you will and when you do-you might be a little more unecessarily paranoid.
1:37 pm on October 24th, 2008
This woman is a real – life fairy tale wicked stepmother. The kind that eats the heart of their stepchild. Addicted to torturing the child, indeed, what a load of crap. Why doesn’t she just say she’s a sadist, likes to hurt small living things. And since she hated having to take care of and assign resources to a child that was not of her own blood, was just tickled to death to rid herself of the burden and have a little fun at the same time? What a horror story. I wonder for the safety of her own blood kin if she hadn’t had a stepchild to torture? The dad sounds like something of a loser to me. More fairy tale stuff, reminds me of Hansel and Gretel’s dad. She LOOKS evil. Pretty, but evil, like Snow White’s stepmom…
1:38 pm on October 24th, 2008
My daughter is 10 months old-young- a freshie still. I don’ think that I would deny myself an adult relationship-I guess i am jsut saying that I wouldn’t just get involved with someone and move them into her life straight away-and I gather no one else here would either…
2:14 pm on October 24th, 2008
You make an outrageous assertion (that you would deny yourself another relationship) based on a lie (that there are fewer good people in the world), but you’re suprised that it’s not well-received?
What’s shitty is that children across America are being stunted by parents who buy into media hype without looking into it themselves. If you were to sacrifice relationships for “the children’s sake”, you could very well impair their ability to create healthy relationships of their own. What’s truly ironic is that you justify this potantially damaging behavior by suggesting you’d actually be protecting them.
Paranoia is very contageous and damaging, you know, which is why I’m particularly intolerant of it when it’s unfounded, and is a battle I’m constantly fighting, given the nature of this site. If you were here to read some of the things parents write as a result of these stories (”I don’t let my child play in her own yard without my supervision,” or “I don’t allow my 13 year old son to go to the park a block away alone,”), perhaps you’d be more sympathetic to what you perceive to be an “attack”.
I stand by my “people like you” statement. People who feel as though it’s necessary to relegate themselves to celibacy to protect their children (perhaps you didn’t realize how extreme it sounded when you posted?) are not so different from those who refuse to allow their children out for fear of razor blades in the candy. You’re simply wielding a different brand of insanity.
Oh, and, FYI – Not everyone, or even most people, lose their ability to reason upon having children.
2:26 pm on October 24th, 2008
Halloween was fucked up for a few years in Houston when I was a kid because of this fear. Thing was, a kid in Pasadena died after eating cyanide-laced Pixy Stix…but it was his dad that did it to get $20,000 life insurance.
There’s a good discussion of pins/needles and razorblades in Halloween treats at snopes.com: http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/needles.htm
2:38 pm on October 24th, 2008
I agree with you, Athena. Well-said.
2:39 pm on October 24th, 2008
Im a step mommy whos step girls lives with her full time. My husband often works twentyfour and even thirty six hour shifts. He would notice if anything was amiss with his girls or our son. There are good step mommies and Daddies out there. *waves* im proof right here. So is my hubby. But sadly not all children get the blessing that my girls have.
Him and I both had children when we met. I had a little girl and he had three little girls. I later found out that when I was doing a back ground check on him before letting him meet my daughter, that he was doing the same for me. Its pretty easy to look up the court records of a person by using just their name and age.
2:42 pm on October 24th, 2008
Gotta go with Athena on this one as well…but then again, we have discussed this subject at length many times. It was one of my biggest concerns with this site, and why we address it in our About Us section. The world IS NOT GETTING WORSE.
This site just focuses on the minority of people who do these things. In the grand scheme of things, when compared with all of us who live our lives without punching, fucking or killing children…they are a small blip on the radar.
2:48 pm on October 24th, 2008
I am far from paranoid…but see it as you wish. I have a right to my thoughts and opinion just as you and everyone else does. However they may come out or be interpreted. I apologize for your misunderstanding or misconstruing my intentions in regards to the post…
As for the Halloween thing-it is hardly my style to cause a riot over checking Halloween candy incessantly or anything of that nature. There is nothing that would stop my child from playing in her own yard unsupervised or going around the corner at 13. My need to make sure she is ok now is so that she will make it to 13. I guess if I had serious issues to the degree that I was so “Paranoid” then I would have quit my job like some insane person and not let anyone near my child ever.
3:20 pm on October 24th, 2008
That was a very nice response Morbid. Thanks. I get what Athena and everyone else is saying- and I don’t disagree. Cripes, it was a hypothetical. My husband isn’t going anywhere, by divorce or otherwise, God willing. But reading the things I do about boyfirends, and new spouses, it inclines me to make the declaration that I may be alone.
Wrong use of words. I may never marry again-maybe that is better.
However, I am far from paranoid and my child won’t be deprived of anything or any freedoms to be a kid. That would be cruel to force her into a box essentially. I have known women like that-so Iunderstand what you are saying Athena.
Jesus,I just really come on here to see and read about everyone here bashing these hideous people that do what they do. I have learned new words that make perfect sense to me-like “fucktard” and “asshat” those are great words and suitable. Sorry I pissed you all off peoples…
3:25 pm on October 24th, 2008
That’s great! It is easy enough to do – I am a Background Invesitgator- and it’s easy to acces most county records and websites. For the most part, the majority of criminal happenings are public record. Unless they are sealed which usually applies to minor.
Congrats to you – after reading this story, it’snice to hear from a good stepmommy!
3:27 pm on October 24th, 2008
I don’t mean to pick on you, here, Buggy, but I miscontrued nothing. You, apparently, misstated your position in your first post. I say this because this:
” I might be a lonely person for the rest of my childrens adolescent lives. There is no way that it would be feasible for me to introduce anyone into my daughters life and expect them to love her. Not in today’s society.”
…looks absolutely nothing like:
“My daughter is 10 months old-young- a freshie still. I don’ think that I would deny myself an adult relationship-I guess i am jsut saying that I wouldn’t just get involved with someone and move them into her life straight away…”
The first statement was extreme and irrational. The second statement was perfectly reasonable. Night and day.
As for the Halloween thing – I only used that because Halloween’s decline is perhaps the most clear illustration of unfounded parental anxiety negatively affecting society. But there are other examples. Did you know that college students are having nervous breakdowns at an unprecedented rate? Or that parents’ increasing restriction of unsupervised play is resulting in declines in the development of judgment, creativity and risk-taking in children, which is translating badly into adulthood?
That’s just is – no one version of unfounded paranoia is better or worse than the next, necessarily. They all have their different effects on children.
P.S. No one’s pissed off. I’m just a little hypersensitive, is all. You’re lucky that you won’t have to make that decision you used in your initial example – but there are parents out there, some who read this very site, who are looking to justify their own paranoia. Statements like the one you initially made, although hypothetical, lend credence to their paranoia (hence my statement about it being contageous), causing them to place their children in restrictive glass cages. So I take every opportunity I can to give parents a reason to feel a little better about the world around them.
Thanks for clarifying your opinion.
3:30 pm on October 24th, 2008
Double u tee eff??? I have huge issues with the cunt beating and flat out tormenting the poor baby – But biting?? Really??? And hard enough to leave bite marks!! That is some evil shit. They should lock her in a cell with a rabid pitbull. See how she likes it when she is on the receiving end of some bite marks. Fucking whore.
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