Leslie Schuler Failed at Fatherhood
July 2, 2009 by thinkgoat
Worcester, MA This is a story of a father fighting for his right to bond with a son he hadn’t known for seven years. The father, Leslie Schuler, went through the court system a few months ago to obtain proof of paternity through a DNA test. A year prior to that, Leslie petitioned the courts for visitation rights. “I would like a chance to become the child’s father, not just a paycheck once a week.” Admirable. After 7 years of longing for a relationship with the fruit of his loin he got his chance to become more than a supplier of a few dollars a week and got Nathaniel Turner for the summer. So what happened within those few weeks that led to this 7 year-old succumbing to his injuries?
Nathaniel Turner Leslie Schuler
You guessed it. Long lost daddy had a heavy hand when it came to discipline. When the psychological shit didn’t work on Nathaniel, (like stripping the boy of all possessions including a bed) Leslie began using a belt and escalating the abuse each time until he decided to show his big bag of tricks on Father’s Day, when authorities have concluded the worse of the abuse occurred. It is also alleged that Schuler slammed his son’s head so hard into a wall, it dented it. When Schuler and his girlfriend took unconscious Nathaniel to the hospital, doctors reported bruising over most of his body, stomach, neck, head and face. Nathaniel was taken off life support and he died SaturdaySaturday reviews
in Massachusetts.
Leslie Schuler and his live-in girlfriend were arraigned on assault charged immediately following Nathaniel’s death. Tuesday, formal charges of murder were brought against his father.
One of the most horrifying aspects of this case: no court papers stating Leslie Schuler was granted custody during the summer nor visitation rights have ever been found. When Nathaniel’s grandmother (whom he lived with in Alabama) was led to believe there was a ruling she didn’t want to get in the way of the boy’s trip, thinking a court order existed. “She didn’t want to get tied in a big mess with it, so she went along.” Nathaniel’s mother lived close by in Massachusetts and would take care of him on the weekends. It’s further reported Schuler wouldn’t allow her to take him the last few times nor would he let his son out of the house. A maternal cousin stated, “He could have dropped him (off) to us if he couldn’t handle him. He’s only had the kid only a month, and now this happened.”
For a father to go through the court system to try and gain paternal visitation rights, what the fuck snapped in his head after a month, to make him beat this child to death?
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3:16 am on July 2nd, 2009
I also read that Nathaniel’s mother gave legal guardianship to her mother when he was born after suffering from some mental and emotional issues. She and this asswipe had another child together but she lost the daughter in a fire at their home in 2002. Court records show Alicia Turner as having sole custody of her son and even though he lived with his grandmother, her legal guardianship status ran out 4 years ago.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/mas…to_be_removed/
http://www.telegram.com/article/2009…906240410/1116
3:25 am on July 2nd, 2009
Ugh…this story is truly heartbreaking. I can’t even describe the hatred I feel for Schuler for all he has done to that child. It is my understanding that the child led a happy, well-adjusted, and healthy life with his grandmother…he had love. Schuler had no fucking right.
3:33 am on July 2nd, 2009
This makes me just want to scream! Why did he take him if he truly didn’t want him? What a horrible ending to that poor child’s life! Fucking Asshole! Grrr!
4:04 am on July 2nd, 2009
One of the statements I read about Nathaniel- he was planning on going to camp with his church youth group. When he found out he wouldn’t be able to go this summer, he continued to raise money so the other children would have the opportunity. It’s just horrible.
6:05 am on July 2nd, 2009
Why would anyone do such a thing, especially to their own child, as I read story, the child never saw real dad, mom gave custody to her mom???? now a man gets out of prison after 7 years and wants to reunite WHY????? why send a small child to be with someone he does not know/ and on that note? Did they really know Leslie??????????? NO NO NO
Why did they ship him to Leslie’s Home for the Summer, Why would they do that??? Maybe more to story, But non the less, Tragedy story and my heart breaks for that poor poor young boy who was living a normal life, then swept away to dear old dad’s and now DEAD, what the fuck?
Nathaniel sorry you had to endure such abuse and pain until your death, which now you are an angel, for Leslie, MAY HE ROT IN HELL AND DIE A HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE DEATH, YOU PIECE OF FUCKING GARBAGE, ROT IN HELL
8:02 am on July 2nd, 2009
I don’t get it. Why bother? He could have just as easily let the boy stay with his grandmother and asked for visitation. It seems like she would have accommodated. She was already doing a great job. He could have been Disneyland dad and she could have continued doing all the “work.” Idiot.
10:53 am on July 2nd, 2009
this is crazy….. beautiful child, God bless his soul I am not even gonna talk about this…… DrEaMiN DeMoN be having all the good info on every garbage in this planet but I just can’t take it, this is fuckin with me mentally I have killing feelings readin about these types of satan motherfuckers….. than he just standing there OH GOD I wish I can snipe HIM
11:07 am on July 2nd, 2009
He didn’t want to have to keep paying child support. This was an easy way out of it. (so he thought)
The grandma thought that the courts had ordered her to let the boy go with the dad. She didn’t want to get in trouble for not following directive. That’s why she let him go.
It sucks that people can be this heartless!
12:13 pm on July 2nd, 2009
Bingo M3. He didn’t realize that the child support didn’t come close to the real expenses of raising a child, let alone the time or emotional energy.
12:32 pm on July 2nd, 2009
Clearly, dad had macho issues. I’ve heard of men going through family court to gain custody out of spite or just to make a statement. Maybe the girlfriend says one day, “Why don’t you ever see your child?” and, before they know it, he’s compelled to seek custody out of pride or competition. His desire to be a father is a mirage generated by that greed or sense of competition, a desire that dissipates just as soon as the goal of achieving custody is attained.
12:51 pm on July 2nd, 2009
Is that a smile or smerk on his face? POS!
1:44 pm on July 2nd, 2009
What a cute little boy. I don’t even know what to say.
2:10 pm on July 2nd, 2009
My heart broke seeing his beautiful face.
Burn in hell sperm donor, and take you sea cow with you.
10:07 pm on July 2nd, 2009
How completely horrifying. To finally get to see his son, only to toture then kill him? This man is not human.
11:55 am on July 3rd, 2009
I really feel for the child.. but there seems to be a bit of confusion over who had custody of him… i personally would have asked to see the supposed “court order” i mean this guy was gone from the child’s life for the last 7 years..
12:03 am on July 6th, 2009
“Burn in hell sperm donor, and take you sea cow with you.”
Here here. What a gorgeous boy. Far out, I hate this site as much as I love it. Why do I do this to myself?
7:50 pm on July 21st, 2009
Link
10:17 am on August 7th, 2009
A Massachusetts dad accused of viciously beating his 7-year-old son on Father’s Day choked the boy, hit him with a belt and sat on him — all while his fiancee watched, according to newly released court documents.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,537900,00.html?test=latestnews
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