Geoffrey Hutson said the tub did it

[Dakota Valkyrie]

http://i38.tinypic.com/1054dnd.jpgThe father of 7-week-old Avery Hutson, Geoffrey Scott Hutson, 41, has been arrested and charged with cruelty toward a child causing great bodily harm.

The girl's father called 911 Friday to report his daughter was injured because he dropped her in the bathtub. Doctors determined her injuries were inconsistent with being dropped, and police were notified.

Hutson told detectives at first he was caring for his twin infants while his wife slept in another room and he gave his daughter a bath to calm her because she wouldn't stop crying.

Hutson told police as he picked her up and reached for a towel, she slipped from his arms and fell, hitting her head against the side of the tub.

Detectives said they confronted Hutson with the extent of his daughter's injuries and he changed his story. Hutson - who is 5 feet, 11 inches tall and weighs 240 pounds - said "he 'lost it' because she would not stop crying".

Then, Hutson said, he picked up his daughter and squeezed her midsection with his hand and held her against his shoulder.

Hutson said he hit his daughter on the head two to three more times and struck her on the back several times because she wouldn't stop crying. Hutson said he put his hand over her mouth until she stopped crying and squirming and then he laid her in her crib.

When she began crying again, he picked her up and twice threw his daughter against the iron headboard of the master bed.

Hutson also stated that while he lifted his daughter above his head, she struck a fan blade with the side of her head.

He said the abuse took place in a period of about four hours.

Avery is doing better, her mother said today. Laura Hutson said the infant in breathing on her own.http://www.news-press.com/article/20081205/CRIME/81205081/1003/ACC

How can these people think that falling in a tub would cause all those injuries?

[blue_zombie]

What a fucking asshole. He didn't deserve to be the "father" (and I'm using that term VERY loosely here) to twin babies. Someone needs to put him through a fan!

[DarkPrincess]

What a piece of shit. Just run his ass through a wood chipper and save the tax payers some money.

[Lynntoast]

OMG And the mother was sleeping in another room and didn't hear any of this? Why wouldn't he just go wake her up? I don't understand, I really don't. How can you bring a beautiful baby into the world and then do something like this? My heart breaks, I just don't get it. :crying:

[silvahalo68]

You know he says he lost it, I say he fuck'n never had it. He didn't lose it and strike his child he kept beating her time and time again. Anyone with a fraction of sensibilities would have stopped after the first assault and realized the horror of their actions, but he just kept going on with more assaults on this poor baby.

I don't know how the mother slept threw 4 hours with out waking up...I wake up every time my baby is crying and if she'd been crying like little Avery must have, I would have jumped out of bed to check on her....I'm just saying I find that odd, maybe its just me.

Asswipe will never live this one down. I hope he gets his due in jail and then some. Otherwise, I'll have to go take him down myself.


Sweet Avery, heal completely and be happy.

[Peeperann]

Silvahalo, i'll go with you to help bring him down. Piece of shit bastard!!!

Wait, they said twins right? Has anyone check the other baby out?? This just doesn't sound the first time he's done this.

And yeah, if I heard my baby crying i'd be out bed in an instant, what the hell is up with that mother?

[maryhaze]

What a piece of shit. Just run his ass through a wood chipper and save the tax payers some money.

mine's free. running slow though due to the cold. oh well,

[thatsmallgrl]

OMG And the mother was sleeping in another room and didn't hear any of this? Why wouldn't he just go wake her up? I don't understand, I really don't. How can you bring a beautiful baby into the world and then do something like this? My heart breaks, I just don't get it. :crying:

Sounds an awful lot to me like, the mother just wanted to sleep. Ignore it and it will go away eventually. If that is the case then she is just as much a piece of shit as he is.. I hate people.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

I hate people.
I don't know what they are but they sure aren't people. I'm a people so I should know.



Humming to self: I'm a people, you're a people, wouldn't they like to be a people too!

[Tazzzz]

SAY WHAT ???. Geezus, that shows you how stupid this AssHat is trying to say Avery got hurt in the tub. When are they ever going to learn. What kind of tard gives a 7 week old a bath because there crying ???? How about changing her diaper or giving her a bottle or I know how about just holding her in a loving way?? gently rocking her.

For 4 damn hours he abused this poor baby , Fuckwit, how about waking up Mom if you couldn't handle it or the 18 year old son. Geezus just put her down and walk the fuck away. But NOooo you just keep beating and beating. I am actually starting to be thankful my father just smothered me with a pillow and didn't whoop my ass like this turd.

Laura Hutson traveled to St. Petersburg on Saturday to be with her daughter, leaving Avery's twin brother in the care of her 18-year-old son.?????

The girl's injuries were so extensive she needed a blood transfusion before being airlifted to the St. Petersburg hospital, the report said.

Hutson's wife said she doesn't understand her husband's actions.

Offender ID: 565757
Offender Name: GEOFFREY SCOTT HUTSON
Date of Birth: 03/16/1967
Age: 41
Custody Status: In Custody
Location of Offender: LEE COUNTY JAIL
Race: White
Gender: Male


"They're good children. I don't have any problem with them, but apparently he does," Laura Hutson said

[Castille]

Sounds an awful lot to me like, the mother just wanted to sleep. Ignore it and it will go away eventually. If that is the case then she is just as much a piece of shit as he is.. I hate people.

I don't think that's fair. People don't just want sleep, they need it. It's not some selfish preoccupation - they aren't safe nor sane without it. And I imagine she's not getting very much of it with twins. She trusted her husband - who the hell doesn't? If I leave my fussy baby with my husband to get some sleep, I don't run out to check when the baby cries, I assume that he's got it covered and the baby is safe and cared for, crying or not. I also assume that if there is a problem or it becomes overwhelming, he will come get me. The idea of being betrayed in this way, and having your infant injured by your trusted partner and their father is... terrifying. That's the part where people suck. But man, at age 41 and over 4 hours - I can't imagine this guy shows mature restraint in all the other areas in his life. Apparently people in his life didn't think that would extend all the way to harming a newborn while other people were in the house though.

[Morticia]

Squeeze the midsection? Bang the head? How exactly is this going to help the child stop crying?

What a douche.

[Tazzzz]

Yah, that mom, part of the story was vague. It almost sounds to me that she was exhausted from doing most of the baby stuff along with most of the regular house stuff. They said she was in another part of the house in a different room.

My understanding is Shit for brains daddy was in the master room with the twins or at least one of them. I would guess one, because from my experience you have one baby crying, pretty soon you have 2 screaming. So the 18 year old must have been watching the other one. Or both twins would be in the hospital. This is all guessing though from what I read. I could be wrong, But I do know Mommy wasn't any were close to were daddy was.

But don't let me stop anyone from bashing mommy. I wasnt there I dont know what happened. I am not going to judge anyone about it.


Hutson said he struck his daughter on the left side of her head 4 to 5 times with his open hand on the master bed," Grau reported.

Hutson said he hit his daughter on the head two to three more times and struck her on the back several times because she wouldn't stop crying, the report said. Hutson said he put his hand over her mouth until she stopped crying and squirming and then he laid her in her crib.

Hutson said he also threw his daughter into her crib two to three times and her head struck the side rails and a portable night light inside the bed, the report said.

Hutson's wife said she doesn't understand her husband's actions.

[thatsmallgrl]

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When she began crying again, he picked her up and twice threw his daughter against the iron headboard of the master bed

That's the only reason I said that. Cause he said he threw the child again the frame of the master bed. I didn't mean any offense. I would think that if the mother was in the bed and sleeping, she would've heard that and stopped it. I'm sure taking care of twins could be very trying. However, the whole tirade went on for four hours. I would think at some point the mother would've noticed. The baby's crying would've gotten louder. And there's a difference between crying because the baby is hungry than the baby is in pain. Sorry.... That's my take on it.

[crickett]

mine's free. running slow though due to the cold. oh well,


I'm o.k. with running him through the woodchipper slowly. Gives him more time to stop and smell the roses during the journey (or is that stop and smell the sausage?)

[Castille]

And there's a difference between crying because the baby is hungry than the baby is in pain.

I think that's generally true. But 7 weeks is a prime age for colic, wherein the baby screams and screams as if in pain. It's also cold and flu season, and a baby with an ear infection does the same thing. And heck, my youngest will still scream as if you dropped him on his head when you simply put him down when he wished you hadn't. But he's always been a bit of a shrieker. I have to actually have my eyes on him to be able to tell whether another child has only snatched a toy from him, or whacked him in the head with it.

[Tazzzz]

I think that's generally true. But 7 weeks is a prime age for colic, wherein the baby screams and screams as if in pain. It's also cold and flu season, and a baby with an ear infection does the same thing. And heck, my youngest will still scream as if you dropped him on his head when you simply put him down when he wished you hadn't. But he's always been a bit of a shrieker. I have to actually have my eyes on him to be able to tell whether another child has only snatched a toy from him, or whacked him in the head with it.

I raised my daughter by myself, not sure what I would had done if she was like that. I was pretty blessed and she was a pretty quite child, she never even spoke much till she was 4. then she started talking and never shut up after that.

[Castille]

I raised my daughter by myself, not sure what I would had done if she was like that. I was pretty blessed and she was a pretty quite child, she never even spoke much till she was 4. then she started talking and never shut up after that.

My daughter didn't prepare me for this one. She had a lower pitched voice, was pretty flexible and cried little. My son reaches an ear splitting sonic pitch that can make a whole room full of people's eyes go wide, a volume that can leave me deafened with my ears ringing, and has a temperment that had him literally throwing himself to the ground with shrieks of anger and frustration when crossed by 6 months old. My daughter would nurse and rock to sleep as an infant. My son would cry whether you nursed, rocked, or let him be, and she was the one with GERD. He'd cry twice as loud if you dared trying to sing to him when he was crying, and 3 times louder if you tried walking away. My sister even seriously suggested investing in ear protection when, joking, I suggested that I was going to have occupational hearing loss from spending my days with my son, lol. But oddly enough, it all becomes normal and you adjust to it. I call my son Mr. Shrieky, and see the humor in it when he can appall hundreds of air travelers at once by being wickedly audible throughout an entire airport concourse, heh. I bet you'd have done fine even if your daughter had been of a more challenging disposition too. You just might also be concerned about occupational hearing loss...

[nurseronda]

Mother reports beaten Cape Coral baby improving. Girl suffered skull fracture, other injuries.

http://www.news-press.com/article/20081207/NEWS0101/812070408/1075

[Tazzzz]

Geoffrey Hutson is either going to plead guilty or no contest this monday.


A 42-year-old Cape Coral man charged with fracturing his infant daughter’s skull is scheduled to accept responsibility for the charge Monday.

Geoffrey Hutson is charged with aggravated child abuse, a first-degree felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison.

According to court records, Hutson is scheduled to be in court at 1:30 p.m. Monday, when he will either plead guilty or no contest.

On Dec. 5, Cape Coral police responded to the Academy Boulevard home where Avery, 7 weeks old at the time, was injured. Hutson called police and initially told officers he picked up the baby and as he reached for a towel, she slipped from his arms and fell, hitting her head against the side of the tub. Later, Hutson told police that he “lost it” because his daughter wouldn't stop crying.

He told detectives he struck his daughter on the left side of her head four to five times with his open hand, picked her up and squeezed her, hit her in the head, held his hand over her mouth and lifted her to the ceiling fan, which struck her head.

http://www.news-press.com/article/20090423/SS08/90423078/1003/ACC

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[AlwaysInFlyoverCountry]

A 42-year-old Cape Coral man charged with fracturing his infant daughter’s skull is scheduled to accept responsibility for the charge Monday.

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According to court records, Hutson is scheduled to be in court at 1:30 p.m. Monday, when he will either plead guilty or no contest.

I do wish reporters would learn something about the way the world works.

"Guilty" is acceptance of responsibility.

"No Contest" is an admission that the State has enough evidence for a conviction; however, it is explicitly not an acceptance of responsibility in that the accused neither admits or denies committing the act. For that matter its kissing cousin, the "Alford plea", is not either, in that it is an assertion of innocence while conceding the state has evidence to convict.

"Accept responsibility". Pfui. Only if he pleads "Guilty".

--Al

[Unamused Cat]

Update: Guilty, 10 years Bah!

In court Monday, Hutson made a request - to keep several photos of his daughter. Every defendant receives the evidence provided by the state, so Hutson should have the photos.

"I just want to see the pictures of what I did," he said. "To help myself heal."

http://www.news-press.com/article/20090428/SS08/904280353/1003/ACC

[OMalley]

[In court Monday, Hutson made a request - to keep several photos of his daughter. Every defendant receives the evidence provided by the state, so Hutson should have the photos.
"I just want to see the pictures of what I did," he said. "To help myself heal."]

I don't know...THAT sounds kinda screwed up. I can understand wanting pics of his daughter, but he wants the ones that show the harm he inflicted??? To help himself heal?

And btw, buddy, I for one do not give a SHIT about YOU healing. I hope you never heal and that the cries of your poor injured child haunt you for the rest of your miserable life.

[ineedanap]

It's a wonder that poor kid didn't die. I hope she has no lasting effects from what her "daddy" did to her. Poor girl.

[El Supremo]

[In court Monday, Hutson made a request - to keep several photos of his daughter. Every defendant receives the evidence provided by the state, so Hutson should have the photos.
"I just want to see the pictures of what I did," he said. "To help myself heal."]

I don't know...THAT sounds kinda screwed up. I can understand wanting pics of his daughter, but he wants the ones that show the harm he inflicted??? To help himself heal?

It's possible that he feels enough guilt over this to want to intentionally punish himself by being constantly reminded of the harm he inflicted on his daughter.

I have often thought that this may not be such a bad idea for ANY person convicted of similar crimes. Have the interior of their cells plastered wall-to-wall with autopsy pics, photos of the victim (both healthy and damaged), etc. Spending time in a tiny room for years and years is something of a punishment, but I think it would be even more satisfying to the rest of us if the guilty party was perpetually forced to acknowledge the permanent damage they did to the victim and to this world.

Realistically though... it would never work. It'd either be seen as "cruel and unusual" by the system, or the perp would quickly become desensitized to it, or it wouldn't faze them at all, in some cases.

[Castille]

I do wish reporters would learn something about the way the world works.

"Guilty" is acceptance of responsibility.

"No Contest" is an admission that the State has enough evidence for a conviction; however, it is explicitly not an acceptance of responsibility in that the accused neither admits or denies committing the act. For that matter its kissing cousin, the "Alford plea", is not either, in that it is an assertion of innocence while conceding the state has evidence to convict.

"Accept responsibility". Pfui. Only if he pleads "Guilty".

--Al


It would seem he pled guilty. Guilt and remorse or part of the plea deal? Hard to say.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Realistically though... it would never work. It'd either be seen as "cruel and unusual" by the system, or the perp would quickly become desensitized to it, or it wouldn't faze them at all, in some cases.
I know this is bizarre, but I would be concerned about them spending years alone in a cell jacking off with such things around and developing a weird fetish. But if that was happening, I have a couple sons that probably would have developed a thing for rolls of toilet paper, soap, towels, or other bathroom items.

Just one of the stupid things that pops into my head - of little or no value.