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Mother Charged With Homicide After Her Four Children Die In A Fire

April 25, 2012 at 7:57 am by admin

RAYNE, La. - Police have charged 26-year-old Shaqueta McDade with homicide after her four children died in a mobile home fire Saturday night.

According to 26-year-old Shaqueta McDade’s neighbors, she had a bad habit of leaving her five young children home alone. One neighbor described finding McDade’s 2-year-old wandering the streets at midnight last month and calling police.

Another neighbor said that McDade’s left her kids alone inside their mobile home last Friday night, prompting them to call police as well. The kids were removed from the home, but returned to McDade the next day. That night, McDade once again left her children home alone.

This time the end result would be far more tragic than a simple call to police and yet another opportunity for McDade to leave her kids unsupervised. That night, a fire broke out in the living room of the home and soon the entire trailer was engulfed in flames.

Neighbors tried to get McDade’s children out of the trailer, but were driven back from the intense heat. Jamari McDade, 8; Amous Mouton Jr., 7; LaShay McDade, 5, and Brian Steiner, 2, would all perish in the fire.

On Sunday, McDade was charged with four counts of negligent homicide after police determined McDade had left the children inside the home unattended.

Fortunately for McDade’s eldest son, and maybe unfortunately for his younger siblings, he was staying with relatives on the night of the fire.

Tags: Child Neglect, Crime, fire, Louisiana, Shaqueta McDade

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CT

Shaqueta- when will the name madness stop?
Zazen

Only when her breeding years are past her. We can only hope that four friggin’ counts of negligent homicide might keep her in jail past that.
CT

One can only hope.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1583177828 Billi Love Thomas

The charges were upgraded to 2nd degree murder.
DangerousKindOfSnark

Birth-control is practically free at Planned Parenthood and they will give you, for free, bags of condoms you ignorant whore bitch.
Sam

So now because one c*nt couldn’t figure out how to use birth control and / or a babysitting service, those neighbours and the surviving brother are going to be tormented for life – wondering what if. Stupid bitch.
Sam

Oh, and what the fuck is up with those brows so far up her forehead that you can’t really even call them eyebrows anymore?
http://www.facebook.com/ericagieras Erica Gieras

What about the 5th child? Where was that one?
http://truecrimereport.com iLLusionS

I am glad she faces these charges. It isn’t like the dumb bitch hadn’t just been “warned” about leaving those children alone…(as if anyone should have to TELL a mother not to leave all those children that young alone).She was cruising for a bruising here. And by the look on her face, she could not give a fuck less!!!! Unreal…They would have had to hold me up to take a mugshot after four of my children had perished in a fire that COULD have probably been avoided if she had just stayed her crusty ugly ass home.
DangerousKindOfSnark

I know, if I was a neighbor I would constantly feel guilty for not just bring the kids to my house while she was out.
Zazen

But then she wouldn’t have gotten all those awesome checks from the state to help her party longer.
Sam

Last sentence of the article: “Fortunately for McDade’s eldest son, and maybe unfortunately for his
younger siblings, he was staying with relatives on the night of the
fire.”
http://www.facebook.com/HamsterNinjaofDOOM Alecia Hendricks

It seems like they weren’t the “I knew something was wrong but did nothing” neighbors either, they tried. Wonder if she even gave a shit.
JGo555

Her name in Puerto Rican Spanish is Beach Sandal misspelled. “Chancleta”… that’s what my mom used to spank me with, a “chancleta”. I understand why now.

What a fucking selfish bitch. I hope all the children had one daddy, but if they didn’t & it was like 5 kids & they all paid child support, I HOPE THEY ALL AT LEAST SUE HER FUCKING ASS FOR PAIN AND SUFFERING and drive her to commit suicide. And I believe suicide should NOT be a sin nor is it a selfish thing to do, and others do believe these as truths, but I so will hope that in her case it makes it a sin and her fucking ass goes to hell to burn for eternity so she can forever feel what those babies went through.

And while I feel so sorry for the oldest baby that’s alive, I think his life will be better without his “egg donor” in it. I have NO SYMPATHY for people that can’t seem to stop the partying/ having fun after having children & not getting proper & safe child care for them. Especially if it’s to do drugs/drink.

I will only take this back if she had tried her damnest to get childcare so she could go work & keep her babies fed.

Ooh & this is another example that other races live in trailers, not only white trash.
http://www.facebook.com/HamsterNinjaofDOOM Alecia Hendricks

I really hope the smoke got them before the fire.
http://www.facebook.com/HamsterNinjaofDOOM Alecia Hendricks

I really hope the smoke got them before the fire.
JGo555

It’s call a receeding hairline that’s running away from her head & face & has found itself in “the middle”.
http://truecrimereport.com iLLusionS

And E.T.’s eyes aren’t as far apart as this bitch!
neenaP

Why were the children returned to her so quickly? The police and cps failed here.
sugarpie

grrrrrrrr
LeaveMeBe

The breeder above is a total waste of skin and air. BUT, why did she keep getting her kids returned to her? I don’t blame the neighbors at all, it seems they did everything they could and I cannot imagine the heartache they are going through. Other people, besides their momster, need to pay for what happened to these children.
Zazen

She’s what happens when a baby with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome grows up.
OutOfBubbleGum

” I hope all the children had one daddy, but if they didn’t & it was like 5 kids & they all paid child support,”

“Jamari McDade, 8; Amous Mouton Jr., 7; LaShay McDade, 5, and Brian Steiner, 2″

Two share her last name (incest?). Two have completely different last names.

Finding their fathers should be relatively easy. You just have to look for any man in Rayne, La who chewed his right arm off trying to get out of bed from waking up next to this.
http://truecrimereport.com iLLusionS

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome sucks. But that made me laugh, thank you!
http://twitter.com/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

That’s exactly what I was about to type.
http://twitter.com/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

I don’t fault the neighbors either, they called and called and did what they were supposed to do. The system failed those children, IMO.
Zazen

Actually this kinda answers @CTCT:disqus’s question above about the naming madness. See? Shaqueta’s mother was obviously drunk off her gourd when she named her. We can only hope her mother is past her breeding years for the madness to truly be over.
Zazen

It’s really very likely they shared her last name because she couldn’t be bothered to find out the names of her next two pay upgrades’ fathers.
VXIII

Now that is a face that should not be allowed to go out day or night. No amount of spackle, makeup or drunkeness can fix that.
tdavid6

Apparently at least three different men had their beer goggles on and saw something different.
newstarshipsmell ™

Sounds more like Mom failed here to me.
Shelby Burns

Shaqueta…26….5 kids…DOES NOT COMPUTE
Shelby Burns

She looks like a Dunmer from Morrowind.
Califboy

2 tits, 1 heart beat and a hole, that’s what they saw.
GGMon

You don’t have a relative or baby sitter, or shit…even ask a neighbor as a favor????
DangerousKindOfSnark

Does there have to be a heart beat?
Califboy

My son has a employee that is 48 that got his girlfriend pregnant when he and she were 16, who is now his wife,
their daughter got pregnant when she was 16,
the daughter now 16 is pregnant, the employee will be a great grand dad this year when he turns 49.
And of course everyone except “grandpa” stays at home collects you guessed it “welfare” even the son in-law who also lives with them, this is white trash at its best.
Pyncky

This article has to be bogus! There is no way any man would screw this Ant-faced Alien once, let alone over five times. I have heard about a face only a mother could love, but with THAT face even the Pope’s momma would scream Abortion, please.
JohnQknowitall

Where was the fifth child? Walking the streets?

So selfish – what was she thinking. Pathetic and sad.
Pyncky

I’m so glad they are white. It disproves the stereotype that it’s just black people that do that. Trash comes in all colors, genders, sexual orientations and religions.
JohnQknowitall

People who leave there children at home alone probably don’t have good relationships with people who might help – period. My guess is that she left her friends and relatives completely drained.

I can see one child being born and a lesson learned. She is just completely irresponsible.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_7N6KYE5OZO7WNUYTTYEDVWOINE Marysa Nieves

Are you trying to be funny???
Califboy

optional, but no decaying dammit.
Califboy

Say it like you mean it next time, no sugar coating….:)
Califboy

Sounds like a fruitie drink on a cruise line, excuse me sir, “Would you like a refill on your Shaqueta”
DangerousKindOfSnark

Yikes. Sounds like a charming family.
newstarshipsmell ™

Well… if she had no heart beat… nah, I’ve cracked enough zombie jokes lately. And four kids died here, gotta draw the line somewhere.
scud420

no, I’m pretty sure mom had been failing for quite a while. CPS failed to protect them after it had been obvious for that whole time.
Pyncky

No. I was being serious. I have heard racist comments before (not on here) that the problem with welfare is that it pays low income black people to keep churning out babies that they can’t afford to take care of and do not really want. They just want the check.

My point was that it is not a black problem, that while people do it as well. My own half-sister has not worked a day since she was 17. Food Stamps, welfare, medicare and social security disability. She has a grown son she is collecting disability on for mental problems. The kid wanted to work… maybe as a greeter at Wal-Mart or something, but she won’t allow it because it might mess up her check.

So, no I was not trying to be funny. I was just glad the example given was a white family. Sorry if I offended you in some way. That was not my intent.
kimbev69

I agree why were the kids returned the next day after a two yr old was wondering alone outside
kimbev69

Umm they are not white
neenaP

They knew she failed as a parent if her 2 year old was in the street and no one was home! That is why CPS is there to step in when a parent is unable to protect their child. Point blank if the children had been in the care of a better home, even if temporarily while the mother gets some help for whatever her issues are, they would be alive.
Pyncky

I wasn’t talking about the woman in the article. I was talking about
the family that Califboy was talking about. He called them “White
Trash” so I assume they are white.
megaflytron

Looks like Christmas will be cheaper this year!
megaflytron

Staying with relatives…

“NUMBER FIVE IS ALIVE!!!”

I know it is in poor taste, but I simply couldn’t resist.
melliain

WTF??? The children were taken from her because she would leave them alone, then FRIGGIN RETURNED TO HER THE NEXT DAY???? Again WTF???? Children services should be held responsible for their deaths as well if they give them back to her so she can abandon them again and they die. >:O
FrikkenFrak

She still has a kid left? Count down to when CPS returns the kid back to her…..three, two, one! BINGO!
kimbev69

Lol
DangerousKindOfSnark

What is… draw the line?
Sam

Usually around the body, no?
DangerousKindOfSnark

Come on Starship, nothing is sacred, join Sam and I on the bad girl bench.
Sam

Somehow i get the feeling you won’t have to say that twice…
sam1211

This reminds me, I had a friend who had a friend who had a daughter and named her Crush-E-Duh (not how its spelled) I think that by far is the oddest name Ive heard a black woman name her kid. OH and where she got the name idea from, well when she was pregnant with her daughter she was always snackin on crushed Ice LOL
sam1211

I just don’t understand CPS sometimes, of course I’m not seeing everything from their side But……2 yr old wondering around at midnight, Gosh I have a 3 yr old boy that just freaks me out and pisses me off. From all Ive read on this woman there were ENOUGH reports and evidence for kids to be taken away and Longer than a day -_-
newstarshipsmell ™

Can I be a bench warmer and sit on the bench with you while keeping my mouth shut? It hurts my feelings when strangers online call me disturbed and excremental… :’(
RydoLarsson

SLUT!!! and apart from that she has a huge forehead
malq

I am sure she didnt think this was going to be a problem losing 4 kids.

She can always have 4 more.
malq

It’s a cultural thang.
Itisjustme29

When are we going to have mandatory sterilization? Oh, wait. I forgot we have to respec their f… rights.
meanhippy

CPS & Police talked to Grandmother/Mom… stated there was a miscommunication who was supervising the kids. Released kids back to mother, who went to the club (at least 30 mins away) the very.same.night. Even people in her neighborhood were saying if they would have known they were alone again, they’d have brought the children to their homes.Only realized they were in there when they heard the kids screaming. ( La resident: its been on our local stations)
Zazen

And that’s where everyone on D’D makes dismissive wanking motions, because all the excuses in the world won’t bring back those poor kids. Thanks for the info though.
Castille

And this is where Grandmother lives in guilt every day she has left for covering for her half-wit, FAS daughter to CPS.
meanhippy

Just stating what was reported. Not making excuses for her, I think it’s a shame for those babies. One would think after CPS gets involved you’d straighten up a bit. Same Day. No remorse. It’s really heartbreaking.
Disc0rdia

That makes me so sick deep inside, to know those kids were screaming, aware they were burning alive. Damn that selfish cunt straight to hell.
Disc0rdia

Why do i find humor in this despite the sadness? I need therapy or something…