Teen Mom Charged With Choking Her Newborn To Death

This sort of story scares the shit out of me. My kids are still young and it makes me think — what the fuck I’m going to be dealing with by the time they become teenagers. When I was 14, I hadn’t even kissed a boy yet let alone fuck one. Damn it, this just makes me feel sick.

My daughter had a baby at 17. She came to me right away and told me she was pregnant and although I wasn’t happy about it , I supported her and love my Grandson. Why are these kids scared to tell anyone?

Also, she doesn’t from the picture look to be a particularly large girl. How was she able to hide a full-term pregnancy, let alone with a baby as big as 9 lbs 5? I’m 6’3” and my boys were 9lbs 8 and 9lbs 1 – but i looked like a whale waddling about on her back flippers.

My daughter was 9lbs exactly at 37 weeks. I’m a heavy set woman and it was still obvious I was pregnant! No way a petite 14yo girl could hide that. Someone was in complete denial and turned the other cheek!

I know exactly what I would do. Raise the child myself until my daughter graduates high school, college and then gets a job. I will not allow anything to get in the way of their future success including trying to raise a child when they are still children themselves.

If my son gets a girl pregnant I will offer to raise the child while she attends college as well.

14 or not — there is something fundamentally going wrong with her and her family. I was 15 when I had my first child (I know I know, I wasn’t abused nor did I come from a terrible family, I had a hot boyfriend and it was the early 90s). I was afraid to tell my mom but we were going to counselling so she helped me tell her. I went to the doctor the entire time, had her in a hospital, and now 17 years later she is a senior in high school, already touring college campuses. Being young doesn’t always equate terrible mother. I wonder if she wasn’t pregnant by someone who would go to jail for having sex with her so they covered it up?

This article gives a little more information on this story: http://www2.tbo.com/news/news/2012/sep/28/7/polk-girl-14-charged-in-strangulation-death-of-new-ar-516071/
Cassidy is 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs about 100 pounds.

When I found out I was pregnant 2 days before my 17th birthday the first thing I did was started crying and said I wanted my mom >.>

I knew she’d be mad and disappointed but I don’t think hiding it and choking the baby to death ever crossed my mind.

From another article “She cited two home pregnancy tests that showed no positive result.
Deputies said the mother allowed the girl to take the tests alone and in
private to protect her privacy.” And some family members said that the mother was in denial about her child being pregnant.

Ya think? What a dipshit.When my daughter was 17 I knew she was pregnant before she did. We stood behind her and supported whatever choice she made and ultimately, she had the most beautiful little girl who went to live with her forever family two days after birth. People need to wake up and stop being angry at their kids and be supportive. Does it suck when your kid gets pregnant? Yes. But being a supportive parent will equal a kid who doesnt kill her baby at birth.

I have read some true stories where women were in such denial of their pregnancy that somehow their bodies didn’t show as a normal pregnant body would, and in that way no-one around them really noticed them being pregnant either. So it is possible not to show.

You know you’ve been here too long when you read an article and all you really want to know is what her bloody shoe size is if she was able to hide ALL THAT in a single shoe box.

Right? And wasn’t she scared of stabbing herself in the process? Not to mention the pain of pushing something that size out. Towards the end of the birth of my littlest i was about to *literally* squeeze more drugs out of the anaesthesist.

My daughter got stuck and the student dr. twisted her head and caused her to have Erb’s Palsy. The way to avoid this is to actually break the babies collar bone. Bones heal, nerves don’t! Then I almost bled out. I can’t imagine what could have happened if I was alone!

There are plenty of people who would KILL for a healthy baby boy (and we occasionally read about them here). Both the girl and the parents should be charged in this case. How someone could look at a helpless child to whom she had just given birth and beat and strangle it to death is beyond me. That girl needs serious mental help. And why such animosity to an innocent newborn child? Why not sneak it out of the house and to a hospital or fire department? And who fathered the baby? Might the violence of the newborn’s death be a reflection of trauma visited upon his young mother at his conception?

Jeffrey the giraffe called, he wants his neck back.

I don’t know. It’s possible that killing the baby was the thing that numbed her system, rather than a lack of emotion being the thing that led to the murder.

I was 27 when I got pregnant and was scared as hell for awhile, despite having an incredibly positive and supporting husband and excited family and friends. I can’t imagine what that level of fear, combined with unsupportive people in my life, would have done to me as a 14-year-old.

But, maybe that’s just me hoping for the best.

Yeah, we should. And it should be the same “height” we set for nearly everything else adult. 18. Had she not done what she did, she would likely be considered a victim. When a child is great, we don’t give them adult privileges early, so when a child is bad – even this bad – it makes no sense to give them adult punishments early.

My younger sister at 16 was 6 months pregnant before anyone knew. We shared a bed and I had no idea, but i left for college around what I guess was the 4 month mark. But my step mother figured it out, even though my sister was sort of fat anyways.

I agree. I suffered from severe depression at a particularly hard time in my life and I very rarely cried. My family eventually intervened, not due to me speaking up, but due to my lack of affect. It frightened my parents that I had a “blank look” in my eyes at pretty much all times. I knew I was profoundly depressed but I never realized how obvious it was in my demeanor. I was in my early 30s. I can’t imagine how something like this would manifest itself in a child of 14.

this story is a gift to all of the cry babies down there who gave me shit for stating my opinion; that is ANY LITTLE GIRL THAT GIVES BIRTH THIS YOUNG SHOULD BE PSYCHOLOGICALLY EVALUATED FIRST BEFORE THE BABY IS HANDED OVER TO HER!!!!

Kids shouldn’t be having kids, period.

And just when, pray tell, were they going to psychologically evaluate her? In her parents’ bathroom?

Neonaticide (killing a child less than a month old) is overwhelmingly committed by single, teenage mothers who’ve concealed their pregnancies, so authorities aren’t aware to intervene. So, in effect, you’re punishing those who’ve done right by their child (inform adults of their pregnancy/received prenatal care) and you still won’t catch the vast majority of crimes like this girl’s.

And who are you to assume their commode doesn’t hold a degree in child psychology? Quit being prejudiced against toilets.

Well we all remember how hard it was to pass that IQ Test that Disqus requires for registration…

There is a book called “after” that talks about this type of situation. It is a novel, but based on real events, and I think the author is a psychologist. The girl they wrote about was like that too because she was in shock, but it was the shock of the birth itself that triggered the killing. It is such a sad situation, for everyone involved

*waves back*

Hey stud muffin!

Wow. Just fucking wow.

Protip: Salad tongs are a much better DIY baby extractor than scissors.

I feel so sorry for you. I cannot imagine what you must have been through to make you the way you are. This wasn’t just about a little girl not wanting a baby, although with YOURSELF taking up all of your vision, I can see how you missed it.

Nah, all she said was “Ow” – when the scissors sliced up her deadweight container on the inside.

made that baby with her= rape* fixed it for you

It is better to be thought of as a fool than to open your mouth and remove all . doubt ,

I did the same with my daughter. I noticed that she had changed the way she was walking and I told her I thought that she may be pregnant. Sure enough 7 months later we had a beautiful new grandaughter. I agree it sucks for the mother to have such a responsibility at such a tender age but if the family rallies around her and gives her unconditional love then the end result can be a positive and life affirming experience for all concerned. I love my granddaugter and am happy to report that my daughter is a very well adjusted mother.

This is just awful……and she looks much younger than 14.

I had just thought about that myself. Maybe she killed this baby to show her hatred towards the child rapist who fathered him. That’s a good point for the court to think about.

I heard The Dollar Store stocks a rather affordable store brand Vacuum Extraction attachment.

What kind of parents don’t know their child is pregnant? And seeing as it sounds like it came from a suspect source I would guess that she didn’t feel like she would be supported. I also guess that her problems run a lot deeper than this situation. Before calling a child a moron, you might want to ask yourself WHY she did what she did?

Come on, leave her alone. She gets more down votes then me and I need to know someone else here gets more than me for my fragile ego — and it sort of takes the pressure off of me to be such a fucking dickhead all of the time. She is giving me a run for my money, that one,

Now that’s dedication.

awwww!!!!!!!!!! boo hooo, you stay crying and gettng all emotional for these stupid ass kids that make mistakes that should’ve been avoided. i feel sorry for YOU when you kids grow up to be drug dealers and teen whores because you, just like this girls mom, wont see the warning signs. you’ll be too busy on DD, crying over kids you dont know

I know my post wont matter so much in opinions of her family but..

I understand thsi girls fear. I was 17 when I was carrying a baby and I hid it all the way until the day I was giving birth. Did I mention is was my mothers birthday? 5.4pound Suprise!
I wore lose clothing, and I didnt show. I was already heavy. And I guess when youre mother sees you everyday, they dont notice the weight gain.

Mom wasnt happy but supportive when the time came. I can only imagine how scared a 14yo would be.

I know life’s full of disappointments, but not everyone’s life is as fucked up and empty as yours! Keep sounding all bitter and dried up, because you’re making me laugh.

Your response was a ridiculous as mine. Which was my point anyway.

BTW child support isn’t given by the government. Are you saying that because I am single mother that I don’t deserve child support from my ex spouse? I met all the criteria you stated for “being ready to have kids” and I still ended up a single parent of two.

I bet we all wish we could have had the perfect “Ozzie/Harriet, Leave it to Beaver (insert some other fake life tv show here), upbringing that you had. Must have been so awesome for you to have such involved caring parents, who put you and your needs first. Maybe you should teach a class or run for office. Get the word out on the “right way” to do things.

LMB will correct me if I’m wrong (I’m probably wrong, I usually am) but I’m fairly certain her kids are all graduated from HS already (having safely navigated their teenaged years without becoming D’D stories.)

As others have pointed out, the mother’s cluelessness and the daughter’s savage actions against her unwanted child hint that there may have been some sort of abuse, possibly incestuous, that led to the pregnancy. So I’d hold off judging the kid too harshly.

Wait, are you talking about Shar or LMB? Because I was teasing LMB here.

I love LMB in a lesbo way so I only think of her in glowing terms – I was talking about the other poster – the one who will make her parents your GF or something like that I recall.

The difference between men and women is women can choose to get pregnant and they have to choice to make you a father even when you’re not ready. You always hear “deadbeat dad”, but never about women who get pregnant on purpose or prevent their dads from seeing their kids.

Also, my life was far from perfect. My parents weren’t “there” — they thought raising a kid was just putting a house over their head and giving them food — and my sister got pregnant when she was 17 and got booted out of the house because she was raising Hell with everyone.

My uncle was married 20 something years with my aunt and guess what he did? Got up and left with a 25 year old FAT GIRL (WTF?) when he had 4 kids (1 @ 19, 1 @ 20, 1 @ 5, and 1 @ 3). He’s a scum bag in my books.

I’m glad someone does–I was feeling especially vulnerable and bitchy right there. Thanks for reinforcing my negative behavior, CT. I’ll be sure to keep it up now <3

LOL yeah, blame her parents because SHE murdered her child. Makes sense. Don’t worry everyone, this is in Florida, they love baby killers. She’ll get off easy.

So if/when your kids get knocked up, you’ll take care of their mess for them, just because they’re so young?? Wow, and to think at 14 I actually took responsibility for my own actions. I must be a rarity.

So, if she was working like an adult, taking care of younger siblings like an adult and managing the bills like an adult, would you favor giving her a driver’s license and a voter’s registration card?

Kids can do lots of things adults can do. It doesn’t make them adults. The juvenile system was created for a very good reason.

You didn’t answer the question.

I don’t feel more sympathy for her than I do her victim. But the fact of the matter is that the victim is gone, now. She is still around and needs to be dealt with.

You should read up on neonaticide. The vast majority of these young mothers who kill their newborns show no signs of psychopathy. The most likely scenario is that fear and a lack of support were the motivating factors in this murder, not blood lust like you suggest. That means, with counseling, support and removal from the bad environment, she is exceedingly unlikely do to something like this again.

Let’s look at the reality of the situation. Even if charged as an adult, she’s not going to get life in prison. In fact, I’d wager she serves less than 10 years. I’d rather she be in a program that will make her less likely to re-offend (as are offered in juvenile facilities) rather than more likely to re-offend (which is the case for juveniles sentenced as adults – they tend to re-offend sooner and more often than those dealt with in juvenile court).

Yes, because that’s what a good parent does, you don’t look at your child and tell them to deal with it when it’s something that big. Accidents happen, and no matter how pissed you are the well being of your child should come before your shitty you made your mess now lie in it approach.

I can’t imagine cutting my kid off and leaving them to sink or swim when I can help them, if they’re out cracked out robbing people and refuse help, it would hurt but I would cut them off, but for this? You’re goddamn right I’ll be there for them, a kid thinking their parent will respond like you say they should is exactly what leads to a 14 year old giving birth alone and choking her baby to death.

You can’t apply what you did and how you reacted to everyone else. You did it entirely alone at 14? No outside help at all? No support from the state or anyone? You worked and earned enough to pay all your bills and medical expenses completely and totally alone at 14?

LOL! Probably.

You glow “blackish or reddish-brown in colour, without prominent markings.”

Hey now! I love you too, and I loved you FIRST!

My heart broke for her baby, too. Fortunately, my heart is big enough to encompass the child that gave birth to a child also. Having the mind of a rational and well balanced adult helps me see beyond the immediate tragedy to the overall tragedy. It’s come with life experience and wisdom.

I had that same problem, but it was in my late teens. Horrible and sad things would be likely to make me bust out laughing at someone else’s misfortune. I never cried, I didn’t care if the world burned and I was the one lighting the fuse. It was really exceptionally deep depression. Now that I’m older I can’t even be around some of the things that were part of my life then (like certain songs) without feeling the horror of that blackness creeping up on me. I worried people back then and I worried myself. Gone unchecked who knows where I would be now.

Lucky you. I’m on double secret probation around here!

I’m not depressed; didn’t have a life of abuse… I’m just emotionally muted. “Stoic”, as I prefer to call it. If people judged my guilt or frame of mind on my appearance or emotional reaction (lack thereof, really), I’d be guilty as sin and sociopathic as fuck, when in reality, both are only occasionally true.

If my child got pregnant and gave the baby up for adoption would you say the adoptive parents were “taking care of their mess”?

God, I hate stupidity like that. I had really low self-esteem growing up, and apparently as a result, would not make eye contact with adults when speaking to them. So whenever I was in trouble, they assumed that I was being dishonest about whatever had happened, since the other kid(s) generally had no problem looking the teacher straight in the eye and lying through their teeth.

I do feel bad for Cassidy. She probably doesn’t truly understand the weight of what she’s done right now, which is perhaps why she looks slightly smug and uncaring in her photo. I think it’s going to take a long time for the weight and guilt of this to set in.

In Florida minors can’t get abortions without parental notification and even if they could I doubt she had the $300-$500 that it costs, which is likely why she remained pregnancy when it’s fairly clear she didn’t want the baby. Unfortunately you can only hide the lie so long and most teens who hide it — and I’ve talked to quite a few who are — don’t give much thought to what to do with the baby once it’s born. It’s all just about the moment at hand and keeping the pregnancy hidden one more day. If they’re not willfully ignoring than it’s sometimes like the idea of the baby being born and being there is almost too much for them to wrap their heads around, perhaps because they’re dealing with so much constant stress and fear keeping the pregnancy hidden to deal with yet more about what to do months down the line with a baby. Then when the baby is born there’s a panic. Yes, they’ve had ten months to plan for it but it doesn’t matter how much time you have to do something if you don’t actually *do* it. Suddenly there’s a baby that can’t be quietly hidden under a sweatshirt or in a bedroom and of course the baby is spluttering and crying as newborn babies do and so they invariably end up strangling it because that immediately stops the noise that would reveal them.

It’s just a snowball effect. One small and fairly harmless mistake in and of itself (not revealing a pregnancy while still pregnant) that becomes a huge problem as it snowballs until something like this happens. Adults murder other adults all the time to keep up a lie, is it really so hard to believe a teen would? Or could?

I just tell them to pour some Natty Light in the test cup. It’s basically the same.

I read in another article that she was a softball player. im same height as her and am 5months pregnant and ucan tell i say ALOT OF ADULTS KNEW she was pregnant. fucking scissores??!!!! That is a very broken person was she trying to cut herself to get the baby out?? i also wonder do u think if baby was a girl she would have murdered her? ive been wondering that since i first read this artice and the whole i didnt want to dissapoint my parents BS well i think u still did u murdered the baby u hide not just had a baby when u were to young. i hope she gets the help she needs but i hope she is tried as an adult. i was sexually active at 14 i knew i could get pregnant and i damn well knew better then to murder it when i gave birth. No matter what the reason for why she did this it was still wrong and at 14 she is old enough to know this then she hides it in her room???WTF IS WRONG WITH TEENAGERS??

Its not child neglect for not saying anything about their daughter being pregnant. C’mon! She KILLED her BABY with forethought and malice. Period. This child should be tried as an adult. There were too many different options available to her upon delivery. Safe Child Havens??? Hospitals??? To quote Nancy Grace, had this been a BOY that did this, the attorneys would be all ready to prosecute as an adult. Get real. Stop having sympathy for a baby killer. Wish I lived in Fla. so I could be on the jury.

I agree!!!!!

Fuck u I live in Florida we gas em out in the chamber

She most likely had an accomplice I have a PhD in criminology from osu

She needs mental help use your head she is fucked in the head. If she gets pysch assistance she can heal

I know how you feel my son is 13 I caught him having sex with his gf. I walked in him fucking her cunt and ass. I was angry. I told him to use condoms and he did does I’m proud of him for making the right choicr

On a second glance, Australia doesn’t currently have safe haven laws. There are stories though on the news of babies being left at churches and hospitals, and the police will appeal to the public to find the mother. This should be changed, as the mother obviously didn’t want the baby but didn’t believe in abortion or her spouse left her and she couldn’t raise the baby alone.

It IS child neglect to ignore the fact that your 14 year old daughter is pregnant, and you can take that to the bank. They didn’t gewt her proper medical attention and if she had died then her parents probably would h ave been brought up on charges of neglect. So put that in your pipe and smoke it. And frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn what Nancy Grace would have said. That bitch is a bigger attention whore than Kim Kardashian. Don’t tell me to get real, I am very real and as I have stated, my actions match up with my words in my every day life. I’m entitled to my opinion just as you are entitled to yours. And unless you are a psychologist or a psychiatrist who has interviewd this child, you don’t know what her state of mind was at the time she killed her baby. At least I have experience and training in dealing with adolescents and how their brains work to base my assumptions and opinions on. And just an FYI, this probably won’t go before a jury, it will be plead out, so no jury duty for you even if you were in Florida. FACT: This girl is a child and there is more to this than her killing her baby, and if you can’t see that then you being loose in public is scarier to me than she could ever be.

Well isn’t that precious?

This statement explains a lot. Sonofabitch, I just spit tea all over my computer. Fuck.

yup. That’s me…loose in public. A killer is a killer, is a killer. She needs to have consequences for her actions. Just because a person has crappy parents that don’t give a damn doesn’t mean you can do whatever and use that as an excuse. If she needs mental help, then by all means, get her the help she needs. FACT: She killed her baby. Actions=Consequence. I was a teen mom and I hid my pregnancy. Never ONCE thought of killing my baby. So put that in YOUR pipe and smoke it. Oh and have a great day.

AMEN!!!!! Tell it!!

So, you started an argument with me based on something you made up in your head? I never once said she didn’t deserve consequences. Why the fuck do you people (assumers) think that having empathy means absolution of everything else? Learn not only to read but to comprehend WTF you’re reading.

What did I make up in my head? And I didn’t start an argument with you. I simply stated my opinion. And for the record, as far as you saying you never once said she didn’t deserve consequences, you’ve all but said “poor child, blame the parents” or did I imagine that? Why do people (with a degree) think they know everything and only their opinions matter? Talk about egos…. oh and I do read and comprehend quite well, just so you’re not confused.

Don’t put words in my mouth. You’re free to have an opinion, you just so happened to state it in response to mine, so I took it as you were aiming it at me and my opinion. If you don’t want to debate it and you easily get all butt-hurt, maybe you should state it independently next time instead of piggy-backing. Now, I’m done because I don’t like to be ugly to people, it doesn’t make me feel good. If you don’t like that about me, then carry on, I can take it but won’t engage you anymore. LMB, over and out.

You told her to “get real”. If that’s not singling someone out, I’m not really sure what is.

That aside, I did want to mention that a killer is NOT a killer is NOT a killer. That’s precisely why America has juvenile vs. adult courts and different degrees of murder. A serial killer is far different than the woman who kills her husband because of an affair, for example.

I’m curious what your opinion is on the question I posed to others who support charging her as an adult: Do teens who work and pay bills and help care for their younger siblings deserve adult privileges? Should they get a voter registration card and the right to buy smokes?

Ah, well, thanks for taking my semi-clever jab and lowering it firmly into the gutter. To each their own, I guess.

Agreed. I’ve always been against mandatory parental notification for abortions. It’s great and dandy if you’re one of a few parent/teen combos who have a good relationship but for the many who’d sooner gnaw their arm off than talk to their parents or cannot look to their parent(s) for support, then you’re completely screwed. Your parent(s) can pretty much ruin your entire life or end it (pregnancy is still dangerous, especially as a teen) with whatever they decide, even if it’s against your own personal beliefs or desires.

That makes three affirmed stalkers, I like to think of them as my overly-dedicated fanclub….

Booooo. Thanks for the update, Dakota.

Thank you for the update. This sad case just got even sadder.

I call BS!!! She was sexually active, she knew about and hid her pregnancy, tried to cut the baby out with scissors then after delivery while that child was looking for the loving touch of his mother she coldly choked the life out of him . She then bathed him and disposed of him. 14 isnt that young now days!

Mom: Teen didn’t know she was pregnant

The mother of a 14-year-old girl charged with killing her newborn son said Wednesday neither she nor her daughter knew the girl was pregnant.

“I know she had a period every month and she did not gain a lot of weight,” Teresa Goodson said.

Donna Goodson, the girl’s paternal grandmother, said Cassidy Goodson told her after the baby’s death that, “If I knew I was pregnant, it would have been different.”
[...]

Read more: http://www.newschief.com/article/20121007/NEWS/210075044

I get being a young teen mom. I get the fear of telling your parents. I get feeling so alone in the world with this huge overwhelming problem. I get it. It’s to be expected.

But the whole choking the baby thing is fuckin nuts.

Just because I think a murderer should be punished as such, I’m irrational and ill-balanced? lmfao, great logic.

It’s actually pretty simple, especially if she was already in a sitting position.

Oh God….please let this bitch burn in hell!!!!!!

Why keep it in your room?? Obviously not sentimental value. There’s a slingblade joke in here somewhere..

The only point Nancy Grace has is being a complete beotch. That goes beyond bitch.

How did he fuck her cunt and ass simultaneously and how long were you watching? Oh right you’re from Florida. You probably taped him doing it never mind.

LOLOLOLOLOL! Yep. When all else fails and you have nothing better to say, resort to being a grammar Nazi. Yes, you are.

Im sorry but how did or could she have done that on her own i and everyone knows how labor feels and the mother never noticed is complete bs yes she should be charged as an adult she knew. exactly what she was doing at 14 you are well aware of your actions and what right from wrong is

this brings tears to me that baby hope she gts hurt rotten in their you devil

No. Because I can tell you my 11 year old would know better, and have compassion NOT TO, choke a newborn to death.