Tabitha Rich's Son Has a Colostomy Bag

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Tabitha Rich’s Son Has a Colostomy Bag

November 4, 2008 by Lizard

Filed under: Beating, Burning, Child Abuse, Crime, Sexual Abuse, Sodomy

Tabitha Rich at dreamindemon.com

Waynesville, NC – A whole lot of horrible gets written about here at the Demon, and sometimes the horrible borders on unimaginable. In such cases, I’ve seen posters say they wished they hadn’t read the story. This may be one that falls into that category. If you don’t feel like you can click that “Read more” link, just hold little Zachary Rich in your thoughts. Because of what his mother did to him, little Zachary now has a colostomy bag.

Tabitha Rich is 21, and her son Zachary is 2 1/2. Let me restate that for any readers who may be slow on the uptake: Zachary Rich has not yet made it to 3 years old. On Tuesday, OctoberOctober reviews 23rd, Mamma Rich took her toddler to a hospital and subsequently was arrested for felony child abuse charges. See, doctors determined it was unlikely that the boy had managed to give himself second and third degree burns to his buttocks and scrotum. No, it appears that Rich had dunked her baby in boiling water.

I honestly don’t get these “put child in boiling water” stories. I can’t think of any medical condition or behavioral issue that shows the remotest possibility of being helped by bringing any part of a child into contact with boiling water. Maybe she thought the boiling water would dislodge whatever it was that she had shoved into her son’s rectum.

Yes, you read that right, I am sorry to say. Tabitha Rich put something (we do not, at this point, know what) into her baby’s rectum days before the boiling incident. Whatever it was, it required surgical intervention to be removed, and little Zachary had to have a colostomy bag* inserted.

And were this not enough, in the days leading up to the child’s burning, she beat him — bruising his head and giving him a black eye — and also burned the bottom of his foot with a cigarette.

Sadly, the Department of Social Services was called to the Rich home just a couple of days before Tabitha Rich began her campaign of torture. Someone reported seeing bruises on Zachary, but Rich claimed that he had fallen off his tricycle, and apparently the case worker found this plausible.

Zachary remains in the pediatric intensive care unit; his cunt of a mother is in jail on a $110,000 bond. She faces five felony counts, the most recent of which were filed this past Thursday.

*More properly termed an “ostomy pouching system.”

Over in the forums, we see where So Jaded gets her name.

Tags: abusive mother, Beating, Burning, Child Abuse, North Carolina, Sexual Abuse, Tabitha Rich, Waynesville

Comments

tutkill

What a joke of a sentence. urghhhh.

RowensBones

25- to 39-month sentence on each, to run consecutively?!! That's all she got!!! Un-freaking-believe-able!!!
Let's translate that for you all:
4 yrs 2 months to 6 yrs 6 months
which ACTUALLY means
2 ys 1 month with good-time behavior up to a maximum of 3 yrs 3 months!
WTF!!! Something really screwed up with this, even if she did maximum time, it's not enough, not nearly enough.
Poor child, and no real justice either. Bless you baby boy...You deserved so much better, let's hope you get it from now on!

sugarglider

Multiple media outlets reported Tuesday that Tabitha Rich pleaded guilty to two felony counts of inflicting serious injury to her then-33-month-old son. She received a 25- to 39-month sentence on each, to run consecutively.

That's IT?!?!

Her boyfriend was charged last month with assault and a first-degree sex offense.

The plot thickens. This story isn't over. And, unfortunately for this poor baby boy, it will never be over. But thanks for the updates.

DeDi

According to our local news media she has been sentenced - but it sure is a light sentence for the harm she inflicted on that poor child.

WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A 22-year-old North Carolina woman who put her toddler in boiling water and burned his foot with a cigarette has been sentenced to prison.

Multiple media outlets reported Tuesday that Tabitha Rich pleaded guilty to two felony counts of inflicting serious injury to her then-33-month-old son. She received a 25- to 39-month sentence on each, to run consecutively.

Prosecutors said Rich put her son in a pan of boiling water in October 2008 as punishment because he was constipated. He was treated for third-degree burns on his bottom. The child also had other injuries and a cigarette burn on his left foot.

Rich was ordered to have no contact with her son and to receive parenting training.

Her boyfriend was charged last month with assault and a first-degree sex offense.

Anybody able to find the name of the boyfriend who has been charged in this case as well.

eracsurfer

This goes to trial on Monday. I am hoping that Zachary is healing and has found the happiness and love that every child deserves.

I tried to find an update on his condition, but could find nothing.

I'm happy to see that the charges on this monster were not increased to murder. It tells me that he was strong enough to pull through this.

This bitch needs to have her intestines pulled out slowly and shoved down her throat.

PLEASE let me be on her jury. It's all I want for Christmas. I promise to be a good boy all year!

RowensBones

I started reading Dreamin Demon a few days ago... nightmarish story by horror-fucking story, day by day, working my way backward, finally couldn't hold back any longer.

ROT IN HELL YOU FUCKING BITCH!!!!
You will never know the pain you have permanently inflicted on that poor child - YOUR child!!!!

I will never, CAN'T ever understand what kind of screwed up, piece of twisted crap, could do that to any child, let alone their own child.

I re-iterate:
ROT IN HELL YOU FUCKING BITCH!!!!

There I feel better, Thank you Demon

auddie

Hope the update headline of this story is "CUNT FOUND TORTURED IN CELL CLINGING TO LIFE" (Don't want the bitch to die too quickly - revive her ass for another round.)

sugarglider

Oh, god. She burned him with a cigarette. She shoved something inside him. And she is a stupid worthless waste of skin. Lady, I hate ya.

Zibarro aka Kryssa

Childrens Services can be a joke. If anyone is a canidate to have their kids remove it is a person I know. She has 6 and 7 year old girls that smoke cigarettes. Not just tried them or snuck one here and there, they ARE smokers. Mom leaves them in the care of her 15 year old nephew and his wannabe thug friends overnights more often than not while she parties all night. Rather than get on her nephew for having these kids smoking and cursing she thinks the kids are old enough to make their own choices about smoking at 6 and 7. The kids have no respect or manners for anything or anyone because theyâ€™ve never been taught ANYTHING at home exept how to lie for mommy. The real issue is that theyâ€™ve had lice for 5 years, they donâ€™t remember not having it, many other people friends and relatives have taken it upon themselves to clean their hair but mom wonâ€™t follow up, or clean their house and they will have it again within a week. I could go on and on the ways those poor kids are neglected, I would think the Lice for 5 years would be enough to warrant child neglect charges, but i guess not. In the past year CPS has been called for them 4 times that I know of, by heighbors and even by the apartment rental office because they started a fire in a bedroom because the girls were making toast in a toaster on their bed, and they caught them sneaking into the pool afterhours after they banned them from it because of the lice. All 4 times CPS came out, because there was food in the cupboards, which was just lucky timing for the mom, and no signs of physical abuse, all they do is give her a lice treatment kit and a packet of city sponsered activities for kids in the area to help keep them out of trouble. Ask her to please, at least take care of the Lice, and they leave.

I would think that if you could possibly get some of this behavior on video tape, it might help. Too often "parents" know when CPS is coming and get the worst things in order - till CPS leaves - then it's right back to the same behavior. CPS can't take kids without actually witnessing some form of abuse or having clear-cut proof that it's occurred. It's one thing that these children are smoking - it's another to prove the mother is condoning it. Photos or video of them doing it in her presence could be helpful.

The lice thing makes me think of poor Rowan. Treated time and time again for head lice -- but needing to be treated for a different kind -- hence its constant re-occurrence.

Please don't give up on helping those kids.

mipmop

OMG we read stuff everyday,but boy this takes the cake... a whore like this should be put to death instantly,i feel sorry for the baby,,

saltwatergirl

Selfish fucking bitch

bluescot

It sounds like the baby reminded her of the father of her baby, in which she hated and everytime she looked him it reminded her the hurtful feeling she felt when he left her ass... which is no surprise to me.

There are people that would love to have a child and can't have any...

OnyxRayne

My...fucking...God...
I can't even think of any words to describe this bitch...
Hope the little boy recovers soon!

pms.247

Wow! What a sad life this little guy has had so far. All of you have already stated what I was thinking as I read about it. I just keep thinking about the horrible crying/screaming which must have been coming out of him. If she didn't want her son, why not give him up for adoption? I don't get it, but thankfully, those of us on DD never will understand this kind of scum.

mommyto3luckyme

What a horrible bitch! The same should be done to her.
I hope he is okay physically when he heals and is with someone who loves him. Poor kid.

I have a friend who works for DSS and it seems they take kids from home they shouldn't and leave them in homes where they are abused and should be removed. She has seen a child taken over things like a spider in the yard and a mother who left her child in the car to return a book to the library. (1 minute maybe)

McQuest

I will ask this question? When the Hell does Childrens Services come in and REMOVE the child???? What does it take???? I certainly first of all PRAY for the little ones recovery to be fast and most certainly very affective and that he goes to NO ONE IN THAT FAMILY and gets placed with a loving mom and dadâ€¦.. NO MORE ABUSE TO HIM EVERThis is a horrific story and a very unimaginable one at thatâ€¦. HONESTLY SHE NEEDS TO DIE BUT WE KNOW THAT SHE WILL GO TO JAIL AND GET THE MAX FOR THIS TYPE OF ABUSE CRIME AND IF SHE EVER GETS OUT, SHE SHOULD BE VIGILANTED ON HER OR MAYBE SHE WILL DIE IN PRISON, OH WELL,LISTEN UP TO ALL YOU WASTE OF SPACE MOM AND DADS AND BABYSITTERS AND CARETAKERS AND SO FORTHâ€¦IF YOU FEEL THE NEED TO BEAT SOMETHING, DONâ€™T ABUSE YOUR CHILD, WALK AWAY WALK AWAY AND LEAVE THE SITUATION OR CALL SOMEONE TO COME OVER AND HELP KNOCK ON DOORS, BUT THAT WOULD BE SENSIBLE THINKING AND RATIONAL WHERE WE KNOW THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT ANY OF THAT, SO IN SAYING THAT â€¦SHE NEEDS TO DIE

I will ask this question? When the Hell does Childrens Services come in and REMOVE the child???? What does it take????

Childrens Services can be a joke. If anyone is a canidate to have their kids remove it is a person I know. She has 6 and 7 year old girls that smoke cigarettes. Not just tried them or snuck one here and there, they ARE smokers. Mom leaves them in the care of her 15 year old nephew and his wannabe thug friends overnights more often than not while she parties all night. Rather than get on her nephew for having these kids smoking and cursing she thinks the kids are old enough to make their own choices about smoking at 6 and 7. The kids have no respect or manners for anything or anyone because they've never been taught ANYTHING at home exept how to lie for mommy. The real issue is that they've had lice for 5 years, they don't remember not having it, many other people friends and relatives have taken it upon themselves to clean their hair but mom won't follow up, or clean their house and they will have it again within a week. I could go on and on the ways those poor kids are neglected, I would think the Lice for 5 years would be enough to warrant child neglect charges, but i guess not. In the past year CPS has been called for them 4 times that I know of, by heighbors and even by the apartment rental office because they started a fire in a bedroom because the girls were making toast in a toaster on their bed, and they caught them sneaking into the pool afterhours after they banned them from it because of the lice. All 4 times CPS came out, because there was food in the cupboards, which was just lucky timing for the mom, and no signs of physical abuse, all they do is give her a lice treatment kit and a packet of city sponsered activities for kids in the area to help keep them out of trouble. Ask her to please, at least take care of the Lice, and they leave.

nadine

I will ask this question? When the Hell does Childrens Services come in and REMOVE the child???? What does it take???? I certainly first of all PRAY for the little ones recovery to be fast and most certainly very affective and that he goes to NO ONE IN THAT FAMILY and gets placed with a loving mom and dad..... NO MORE ABUSE TO HIM EVER
This is a horrific story and a very unimaginable one at that.... HONESTLY SHE NEEDS TO DIE BUT WE KNOW THAT SHE WILL GO TO JAIL AND GET THE MAX FOR THIS TYPE OF ABUSE CRIME AND IF SHE EVER GETS OUT, SHE SHOULD BE VIGILANTED ON HER OR MAYBE SHE WILL DIE IN PRISON, OH WELL,
LISTEN UP TO ALL YOU WASTE OF SPACE MOM AND DADS AND BABYSITTERS AND CARETAKERS AND SO FORTH...
IF YOU FEEL THE NEED TO BEAT SOMETHING, DON'T ABUSE YOUR CHILD, WALK AWAY WALK AWAY AND LEAVE THE SITUATION OR CALL SOMEONE TO COME OVER AND HELP KNOCK ON DOORS, BUT THAT WOULD BE SENSIBLE THINKING AND RATIONAL WHERE WE KNOW THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT ANY OF THAT, SO IN SAYING THAT ...SHE NEEDS TO DIE

Taz

Between the 17th and the 19th she beat her son causing a black eye, bruises on his forehead, scratches on his cheek and burn blisters ( more than one ) on the bottom of one foot and hand that appear to be cigarette burns. Ohh and lets not forget the Anal rape of some kind that tears a hole in his colon. That leads to a dip in boiling water. That was either additional torture or some drug crazed attemt to stop the anal bleeding. Hmm I wonder if the mother is doing drugs?

Social workers two years ago had a report of drug abuse in the home.
The agency got its first report on Nov. 2, 2006, ( Baby 6 months old ? Real Father living in home ? ) and took more information about â€œsubstance abuse around and involving the child â€ two months later. DSS also got a third report about drug abuse at the home on March 19, 2007 but couldnâ€™t substantiate it. ( Crack or meth ? )

The child is still in the pediatric intensive care unit at Mission Hospitals, â€œHe is healing well they are hoping, at the least, on the colostomy bag it will be six months,â€ Zachary did not have to go to a burn center or have skin grafts for his burns. Surgeons at Mission have also repaired a tear in the childâ€™s colon, which authorities are also investigating.

Tabitha Rich has a court hearing set for Nov. 5.

AussieMum

That is horrendous!! What the hell goes through a mothers mind to do this to a poor little defenseless child??? Thank god, I just don't get it. I think it would be more of a worry if I understood.

April

Apparently the colostomy bag is temporary. I imagine it was inserted to let the boyâ€™s rectum heal.

The colostomy bag may be temporary but the emmotional damage will not be so temporary.

What??? No myspage page?? That can't be right...

I hope this alien eyed cunt gets fisted, non-stop, in her rectum, by a big butchy broad with a helluva sexual appetite for child abusers.

rmiles

Christ. What a douchebag.

lonisoy

May she burn in hell ...and may the angels forever more protect little Zachary.......

gypsy_soul

Now for his loving mommyâ€¦ Off yourself; save the taxpayers the expense of feeding, clothing, and sheltering you. Of course, after your first week of Gen-Pop; you may want death anyhow. *snicker*

Just when you think you have read and heard it all, out from yet another rock slithers something that can't possibly be classed as a human. I have read "true crime" books and such for 30 odd years and at some point you become a bit desensitized to some of it. With children however , the horror and disgust never changes.

I agree with Wolf_of_Mars , slap her in the Gen Pop, with those big Brunhildas who have children of their own. Maybe with any luck , she could find herself impaled on the end of a broomstick. She seriously needs to have that smug look slapped off her face.

Prayers for baby Zachary , that he finds the love and attention he so dearly deserves. And that his scars , physically and emotionally heal and he can be the happy little guy he was meant to be.

kaseyj79

OMG this story makes me sick! My 6 year old son was born needing a colostomy, and just had it reversed at age 4. Once he became aware of it he was so self conscious even at 3 about having a bag. I hope so badly that one day this poor child may be able to have a reversal like my son did. I am praying for this poor baby that he is able to pull through and find the love of a family just like he deserves.

sayitisntso

This woman does not even deserve to breathe the same air her child breathes. Lock her ass up and throw away this key. She is indeed a monster, and not human.

CassieMomma

I just scrolled down on the home page and saw her picture and it got me angry all over again. Urgghh :{

Stella

i think what they need to do is dump all these freaks of nature on a deserted island somehere and let them carry these acts out on each other,just like they used to when australia became a penal colony dump the worst of the worst and let them have a go at each other saves money on the taxpayers side and only they will be able to think of things horrible enough to surprise each other
I think this is a wonderful idea. I would amend it to add we put them them there immediately upon being charged and before bail can be posted.

Lizard

Apparently the colostomy bag is temporary. I imagine it was inserted to let the boy's rectum heal.

nadine

Honestly, I am so saddened by this horrific story and for the baby PLEASE DEAR GOD let him overcome this and be okay and go to a loving home, in which I JUST MAY GO AND ADOPT THIS LITTLE FELLA AND SHOW HIM LOVE THAT HE DESERVES THE RIGHT WAY///
for the BITCH::::: just only one word for you:::: DIE

Wolf_of_Mars

Poor child! This baby is in for a world of permanent torture. The problems with the colostomy bag are going to be bad enough... Next thing this kid's going to have to deal with is the other kids. Anyone remember their fellow schoolchildren? Cruel.
Now for his loving mommy... Off yourself; save the taxpayers the expense of feeding, clothing, and sheltering you. Of course, after your first week of Gen-Pop; you may want death anyhow. *snicker*

whispers_wing

What the hell â€¦ After this story I am seriously thinking of going on the road with a gun and doing away with all these miserable pieces of shit..Justice in the legal form cannot deal with these sadistic assholes the way that I want to..

i think what they need to do is dump all these freaks of nature on a deserted island somehere and let them carry these acts out on each other,just like they used to when australia became a penal colony dump the worst of the worst and let them have a go at each other saves money on the taxpayers side and only they will be able to think of things horrible enough to surprise each other

cinny123

How horrible!
My dad had colon cancer, and had to have a colostomy bag.
I can't imagine a child having to have one!

2 boys mom in NC

This is the kind of bitch that I could rip out her jugular veins and tie them behind her head! What a dispicable cunt...yes...CUNT! Walking, talking, waste of air, taking up space, CUNT!!!!!

Scooter

My BF has been cutting wood how about a large log shoved up her rectum, seems fair donâ€™t ya think. Also lets really have some fun and fill the bath tub with some boiling h20 mixed with a little battery acid and shove this bitch down in it and hold her there sounds like a blast. Anyone want to join me?

I am with you! My heart goes out to the little guy. I just can't understand why anyone wants to hurt our children!

Thee_Neighbors

fucking MONSTER!

buggysmommy

Wow! It just get sicker and sicker every day. WTF?!!! I am speechless. God willing, the miracles of modern medicine can repair his damage as he gets older-

the damage to her should be 10 fold. Nothing like walking around with a colostomy bag in general pop-EVIL BITCH!

gm OF 10

What the hell ... After this story I am seriously thinking of going on the road with a gun and doing away with all these miserable pieces of shit..Justice in the legal form cannot deal with these sadistic assholes the way that I want to..

Zachary, please get well and go to a loving family who will cherish you as you should be loved.. (only kidding about the road trip, but I am so PISSED!!

CassieMomma

What a fucking stupid, dumb, bitch whore!

That poor little guy, hopefullyl the medical world has enough procedures/treatments to help him. Hopefully he can rest some now......

gusg81

Burn in hell Tabitha Rich, you ugly piece of shit.

silvahalo

Unfuck'nbelievealble! what a sadistic bitch! I want to so badly to wipe that pissy look of her face. I can't imagine what this poor child's waking hours and nights have been like...a total nightmare!

What the hell is she so angry about that she would take her rage out on her 2yr. old? he certainly couldn't have done anything to deserve this treatment.
I can't wait for her incarceration...the inmates are going to love torturing this despicable creature!

Little Zachary, so sorry you had no one to turn to no one to defend you.
Kisses...heal and be happy little one.

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