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Katherine Jennings Jailed After 2013 Co-sleeping Death Of Suffocated Infant, 2nd One To Die That Way

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Katherine Anne Jennings, 33, is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of her 8-month-old son, Luke Stephen Phillips.​
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North Carolina mother has been jailed for the suspicious death of her 8-month-old baby last year.

Katherine Anne Jennings told investigators she fell asleep on the couch with Luke Stephen Phillips face up in her arms, but he never woke up
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The medical examiner determined “co-sleeping” was a contributing factor in Luke’s death, but considered it an accident.

Investigators have not elaborated on what led to Jennings’ charge of involuntary manslaughter, but say other parents in similar cases show a dangerous pattern of behavior.
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was arrested Monday night at her Charlotte home.

The 33-year-old mother has a history of alcohol offenses. In Georgia, she has been pulled over for driving under the influence and in 2007, Jennings passed out at the wheel of a running vehicle
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It’s not unusual for a child to die while sleeping with their parents,
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American Academy of Pediatrics says sharing a bed with an infant puts them at risk for sleep-related deaths such as sudden infant death syndrome.

These type of deaths do not typically turn into criminal charges. However, this is the second of Jennings’ children to die this way.

Jennings, who has a 4-year-old daughter, lost her second baby in 2012 after he was suffocated. She fell asleep with her 4-month-old named James Robert Phillips at their Oak Island home
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The death was cited as an accident, but it was later changed to undetermined, the newspaper wrote. It’s not known why Jennings was not charged in connection to James’ death.

Her ex-husband was not home during the death of either child because he was on-duty for the Coast Guard.
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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...led-death-suffocated-infant-article-1.1910878
 
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One would think that if you lost one baby "co-sleeping" that you would be especially careful with the next one... have to wonder if she fell asleep with the kid or "fell asleep" under the influence of something...
 
LoKi4778 said:
One would think that if you lost one baby "co-sleeping" that you would be especially careful with the next one... have to wonder if she fell asleep with the kid or "fell asleep" under the influence of something...
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yep Im thinking she was drinking
 
Katherine Anne Jennings, the mother of two babies who died under mysterious circumstances in 2012 and 2013, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the second baby’s death.
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jennings told investigators she had been sleeping with the babies just before they died. Co-sleeping with parents often contributes to baby deaths, but criminal charges are rare.
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transported to the jail in coastal Brunswick County, where the two babies died.

Brunswick County Assistant District Attorney Lee Bollinger said his office has never before filed charges against a parent who was co-sleeping when a baby died.

Bollinger would not say what specifically prompted Jennings’ arrest.
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Under North Carolina law, involuntary manslaughter is a felony related to an unintentional killing. If convicted, Jennings could face 10 to 59 months in prison
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Jennings, 33, was in jail Tuesday on a $50,000 bond.

The first baby, James Robert Phillips, was 4 months old when he died in June 2012. A medical examiner found that he had suffocated while sleeping with Jennings in the home they shared in Oak Island
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The second baby, 8-month-old Luke Stephen Phillips, was sleeping with his mother on the couch on Dec. 13, 2013, when he was found unresponsive, according to a medical examiner’s report. Jennings told authorities the baby had been face up in her arms before he died.
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Studies show a majority of parents sleep with their babies at least some of the time. Supporters say co-sleeping helps babies rest better, leads to more emotional stability and is done safely in other cultures.
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the American Academy of Pediatrics warns that parents should not sleep with their babies because it can lead to suffocation. They recommend parents put babies to sleep on their backs, alone in a crib, with no blankets, pillows or other objects.
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Records suggest Jennings has a history of alcohol abuse. She has been charged at least four times with driving under the influence in Georgia, where she grew up. In one 2007 case, Jennings was asleep behind the wheel of a car that was in gear with the engine running, according to a report by the Savannah police department. The records don’t indicate whether the car was moving. Jennings later pleaded guilty to the DUI charge.

Jennings and her husband, Seth Phillips, lived with their children in Oak Island for about two years. The couple, who recently divorced, have a 4-year-old daughter who lives with Phillips in Tennessee. Jennings recently moved to Charlotte.
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http://www.charlotteobserver.com/20...infants-death.html#.U_UgSGM0e3N#storylink=cpy
 
We co-slept with ours, but we bought a co-sleeper for next to the bed... I'm about 25 minutes from Oak Island and I remember my wife telling me about the first kid in 2012... she's really involved in the baby scene down here (breastfeeding peer counselor, la leche league, Cape Fear Mothers of Twins Club) so anytime something like this happens locally I get to hear about it...
 
I never co-slept, mainly because I sleep so light I would have never got any rest, the few times I did try it, I was up all night watching them, so I folded up the legs on an old school basinette and set right next to the bed, just the right heighth and I didn't have to worry about them. But you can bet your bottom dollar that if I'd ever had a baby just lose their breath while in the bed with me, it would have never happened again. She should be charged with something beyond an accident. Some people just sleep too heavy to have a baby in the bed with them and when you know it can happen and happen to YOU, then you take steps to prevent it. I think she was probably drinking too, so that just makes it even worse.

***GOOD, she was charged with involuntary manslaughter!
 
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I didnt co sleep either until Casey was about 1
he was 3 months early and was in my room anyways beside my bed
but once he was bigger because I was working so many hours and he was a early riser and Heaven was like me and would sleep until noon
when he woke up at 5 or 6 am I would bring him into my bed and he would sleep until 8 if I was lucky
 
I coslept with mine for the first three months in a twin bed. She freaked if she was away from me. I don't think I ever went to sleep 100% that whole time. I was too scared of squishing her. Mind you I wasn't drinking or anything then... I was too scared to even take a Tylenol in case I didn't wake up if she needed something. She went into her own crib at three months, started sleeping through the night and I slept for about a week except for making bottles and changing diapers.
 
Hmmmm...I just have to wonder if this was really related to co-sleeping...perhaps she didn't have an affinity for little boys...or perhaps didn't want to deal with a baby with no help with ex away on duty. One death I can except as co-sleeping accident...not two. Any mother who lost a child that way...would be paranoid as hell and refuse to sleep with the child again out of fear alone that it would happen again...and listen to the crying...I know I would have.
 
I co-slept with both of my kids. My five year old finally got the boot when he was about three, he had the weirdest habit of putting his feet down the back of my underwear. . . he also had to be rubbing me. My arm, my face, my back, he just had to know I was there. It got to where I couldn't sleep anymore, so he had to go.

I'm still sleeping with my 11 month old. Mainly because he still nurses, and it's just so much easier to roll over and let him eat than to have to get up and get him out of bed and get situated and blah blah. But, I can't move while I'm sleeping, I have to wake up to readjust or get comfy. So, I trust myself.

I think that if co-sleeping had affected my oldest in a bad way, then I sure as HELL wouldn't have done it with my second.
 
I slept with both my kids, I was single with my son, and with my daughter when she was newborn I woke up each and everytime my husband moved (I have since been kicked out of the bed completely)..at 8 months old I wasn't worried at all anymore. This bitch was drunk I would bet my last dollar on it, and co sleep or not her dumb ass would have screwed up somehow someway anyway.
 
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Hmmmm...I just have to wonder if this was really related to co-sleeping...perhaps she didn't have an affinity for little boys...or perhaps didn't want to deal with a baby with no help with ex away on duty. One death I can except as co-sleeping accident...not two. Any mother who lost a child that way...would be paranoid as hell and refuse to sleep with the child again out of fear alone that it would happen again...and listen to the crying...I know I would have.
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I thought the same thing when I read the article. The little girl is ok but the 2 boys died. Sounds mighty fishy to me. :shrug:
 
The drunk passed out on top of her kids. I don't buy for a minute that an 8 month old rolled next to mom or a blanket and simply suffocated, yes it happens, no it doesn't happen twice.
 
I slept with all 3 of my kids 90% of the time. The other 10% was because I didn't feel well and was taking medication. 0 kids have died.
If you want to drink, get a sitter for the entire night or let baby stay with family, out of the home. Poor little babies. :(
 
Im just saying i have co slept so many times and all mine are alive n on nights when i was exhausted n new that i might roll on them i set a barrier in my bed but the first time i killed a baby by co.sleeping there would be no way in hell id do it again thats like sticking my hand in a fire n saying ouch oh ill do it agan dumbass should be punished once is a mistake more then that your being dumb
 
melanie said:
I'm just saying, I have co slept so many times and all mine are alive. On nights when i was exhausted and knew that I might roll on them, I set a barrier in my bed. but The first time, I killed a baby by co-sleeping, there would be no way in hell, I'd do it again. That's like sticking my hand in a fire and saying, "ouch" . Oh, I'll do it again. Dumbass should be punished . Once is a mistake, more than that, you're being dumb.
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Throw stones.. both kids slept in my bed, with me, for a long, long, time. From birth til they outgrew it. I loved every minute. They did too. It was comforting for them. It was bonding time for all of us. Made nursing a breeze.
But I am going to agree with everyone here, that she was under the influence of something. Its not like she was 400 lbs and the kid got sucked in a fold.
Btw..wtf is that you have nothing in a crib? No blankies? What? In winter what does a parent do?
 
beans said:
Throw stones.. both kids slept in my bed, with me, for a long, long, time. From birth til they outgrew it. I loved every minute. They did too. It was comforting for them. It was bonding time for all of us. Made nursing a breeze.
But I am going to agree with everyone here, that she was under the influence of something. Its not like she was 400 lbs and the kid got sucked in a fold.
Btw..wtf is that you have nothing in a crib? No blankies? What? In winter what does a parent do?
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Sleep sacks they are great. Place baby in footed pj. Insert baby into sleep sack and zip. The baby has a blanket they can never kick off.
 
beans said:
Throw stones.. both kids slept in my bed, with me, for a long, long, time. From birth til they outgrew it. I loved every minute. They did too. It was comforting for them. It was bonding time for all of us. Made nursing a breeze.
But I am going to agree with everyone here, that she was under the influence of something. Its not like she was 400 lbs and the kid got sucked in a fold.
Btw..wtf is that you have nothing in a crib? No blankies? What? In winter what does a parent do?
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I'm with you. My babies slept in my bed if they didn't feel well. My oldest grandbaby slept in my bed forever. LOL They are all still alive.
 
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Katherine Anne Jennings, the mother of two babies who died under mysterious circumstances in 2012 and 2013, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the second baby’s death.
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Perhaps they should reopen the 2012 case and examine it with a new lens.

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The couple, who recently divorced, have a 4-year-old daughter who lives with Phillips in Tennessee.
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That is probably the only reason the child is still alive.
 
Katherine Anne Jennings, the mother of two babies who died under questionable circumstances in 2012 and 2013, has been sentenced to five years of probation after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the second baby’s death.

In each case, Jennings told investigators she had been sleeping with her infant sons just before they died. Co-sleeping with parents often contributes to baby deaths. But criminal charges are rare.

Records suggest Jennings, 35, had a history of alcohol abuse, and investigators believe that may also have played a role in the babies’ deaths.

When Superior Court Judge Richard Brown asked Jennings if she pleaded guilty – and was in fact guilty – of involuntary manslaughter in the death of 8-month-old Luke Stephen Phillips, she had trouble answering, prosecutor Lee Bollinger said. After consulting with her lawyer, she eventually managed to answer “yes” to both questions, Bollinger said.
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http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article82224872.html
 
I find it interesting that her two boys both died from co-sleeping and the older girl did not. The boys also got the same obituary.

James Robert Bo Phillips, born February 17, 2012, died June 26, 2012, beloved son of Seth and Katherine Phillips, adored brother of Adeline Anne Phillips.

Luke Stephen Phillips, beloved and happy son of Seth and Katherine Phillips and adored brother of Adeline Anne Phillips, died December 13, 2013.
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I hope she got an IUD inserted.
 
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