Brenda Slaby interviewed on Oprah Today 10-1

[Wonder]

The orginal story was never featured at DD. Most of us are aware who Brenda is and what she did to her Daughter on that 100 degree day. School were closed Aug 23, 2007 all over the tri-state Ohio Kentucky Indiana.

At Glen Este Middle School Students had not yet began the school year it was staff only. Brenda had a habit of leaving her child sit in the car while she made her errands. That morning before arriving at school she stopped for Donuts 8 dozen 4 large boxes that required ... her to park near the door and make two trips inside before moving her car to a regular parking spot.

There were no charges filed but the school district decided not to allow Brenda to continue to work for them but instead pay her full salary while on her contract until summer of 2009.

http://www.wlwt.com/news/17588107/detail.html?rss=cin&psp=news

full story: http://www.wcpo.com/content/specials/2007/slaby/default.aspx

[WhatThe]

Besides the obvious horrible death this baby endured, this is what especially bothers me:

Documents released by Union Township police Wednesday show that two-year-old Cecilia Slaby had been left unattended in family vehicles numerous times before she died in her mother's hot car behind Glen Este Middle School August 23.

http://www.wcpo.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=bdaedd71-ae0d-412a-9db4-46ad09e2094f

[lilbay]

This case i just do not get. How in hell do you go back and forth to a car moving boxes of freekin doughnuts and than back again to park that car and NEVER freekin see that baby in the car
BULLSHIT!
I hope that bytch has nighmares for the rest of her f*cking life. No way she forgot that baby.
now she wants to go make Money off this shit going on TV shows. What next a book? The lecture circuit?

:argh:

[Wonder]

What happen to compassion ?
I see her and her husband are very hurt by what happen to poor baby cecilia
They should be thankful people didn't park outside their house like the Anthony's. It is true the community turned on them. Especially more so after LE announced they wouldn't be any charges filed.

BS>>>>>>>>> Brenda feels like her daughter life was taken for a purpose, so she can set an example for others to take more time? Slow down and Pay attention.

LIES>>>>>>>>> Some of the truth was hidden like the LIE when she mentions about getting used to her husband being the only bread winner. I swear she is getting full pay while she is under her contract with the school district until summer of 2009.

First I heard of... her husband asked her to take the daughter to the sitters because he had a dental appointment. He normally takes the girls, two different day cares. I thought that she didn't work in the summer and that was her first day back - staff only.

SHE DID HAVE TO WALK BY THE WINDOWS SEVERAL TIMES - PLUS THE TRIPS IN AND OUT OF THE BAKERY. So the timing was too early to take Cecelia to the sitters so she thought to go to the bakery then back track to the sitters but after the bakery just drove straight to the door of the school. Her excuse was OUT OF ROUTINE. :sheep:

Brenda claims to be furthering her education to earn her masters to either work with children or adults.

Wasn't that the point they didn't want her working at the school she isn't responsible enough to watch after children?

Yes she did admit she left her baby in the car unattended but those other times she was aware of it.

Still upsetting - Cecilia was a beautiful baby love her smile, love those eyes and precious fat cheeks.

[TheLittleFriend]

This case is fishy.

[Wonder]

Leaving kids in car may be crime

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090305/NEWS0108/903050321

huh you think ?

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COLUMBUS - It could be a crime to leave a young child in a car or truck - even by accident - if a bill introduced by a Clermont County lawmaker wins passage in the General Assembly.


The bill, introduced last week by Sen. Tom Niehaus, stemmed from the death of 2-year-old Cecilia Slaby. Prosecutors determined that her mother accidentally left the girl in a car outside Glen Este Middle School in Union Township on a hot day in August 2007.

A year later, also on a hot August day, 11-month-old Jenna Edwards died after being left in a car by her mother outside Cincinnati Christian University in East Price Hill. That also was an accident, prosecutors found.

If the bill is enacted by the Ohio Senate and House, such a death could result in a first-degree misdemeanor charge against the driver. Punishment could include up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $1,000.

Lesser penalties could apply if a child younger than 5 were injured or simply left unattended while the car wasn't within view of the driver.

"It is a controversial topic," Niehaus said. "I think the discussion was made necessary by the tragic death of these two children. ... We could have testimony as early as next week."

If the bill wins support in the General Assembly, it could become law by June, said Niehaus, an Ohio Township Republican.

"We would like to have this done before the really hot weather comes again," Niehaus said.

The bill was drafted by Clermont County Prosecutor Don White, who said it has the support of the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association. The group has members from all 88 Ohio counties.

White called for such a law in 2007, after the death of Cecilia. He said Wednesday that he would be willing to testify in favor of such a law.

Leaving a child unattended in a car or truck out of view of the driver could result in a minor misdemeanor charge, which could be punishable by a fine of up to $150.

A prosecutor would have to prove the driver acted negligently, White said. Forgetting that a child was in a car could qualify.

"If you just get out of the car and go to the ATM while the car is still in your sight, that wouldn't qualify as negligently leaving the child in a car," White said.

However, if a car with a child in it was out of sight while a driver went into a store or day-care center, that could qualify as a minor misdemeanor even if the youngster was unharmed, White said.

If a child suffered serious physical injury, the adult could be charged with a third-degree misdemeanor, which would be punishable by up to 60 days in jail and a fine of up to $500.

"I don't envision a first-offender going to jail," White said. "What I see is some type of community control/probation sentence that requires the person to either receive education or be involved in making the public aware of the potential problems of leaving kids in cars."

The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that current law allows charges only if someone acted recklessly. That standard applies to someone who disregards a known risk, but it doesn't cover forgetfulness, White said.

He didn't charge Cecilia's mother, Brenda Nesselroad-Slaby of Symmes Township, because she forgot the sleeping child was strapped into a seat in the rear passenger compartment.

"There were so many people out there who felt that Brenda Slaby's conduct should have been prosecuted, but it couldn't have been, based on the law at that time," White said. "This will take care of that."

Slaby's daughter died of heat stroke after being left in a car on a day when the temperature reached 100 degrees outside. Temperatures could have topped 150 degrees in the car, which had its windows up.

The former assistant principal at the school told police she was distracted from her routine of dropping the child off at a baby sitter's house because she stopped to buy doughnuts for teachers.

In the death of Jenna, Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters decided not to charge her mother, Jodie Edwards of Wyoming. She also forgot she hadn't dropped off her child at a baby sitter's before going to work.

"Truly forgetting is a complete defense to a charge that requires proof of reckless conduct," Deters wrote in a guest column in The Enquirer last year.

(at the bottem of the article are some link)

Slaby case
• Photos: Look inside the car

• Read police documents

Edwards case
• Photos: Police investigate baby's death

• Photos: Memorial service for baby


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What still sticks out in my mind was how hot it was that day...
My son starts school mid August and They closed school this day for the high tempertures. That doesn't happen very often - School employees should take better notice to the warnings that were all over the news and radio.

I counted, she walked pass that childs window at least 6 times

[silvahalo68]

Yes, I remember this one....
Had the mother not been so damn concerned about donuts, maybe she would have remembered her baby? This shit is beyond me. How could a mother forget her baby in the car ALL fucking day???? please, tell me. NO way, no fucking way I could do that. I could see getting distracted for 5-10 minutes, but all day??!! "truly forgetting"....what does that mean? Unless you have amnesia or some type of memory disorder, fuck me, I don't buy that. Plus, this mother left her child unattended on many other occasions, she mad it a regular practice to leave her child in the car waiting....

This child cooked in that car, cooked...It wasn't a pretty kind of way to die.

I say fuck her and the bullshit that others say this was just a terrible mistake and she didn't mean it. And you know, that might very well be the case, but she deserves punishment, at the least this was extreme case of negligence... besides the lifetime punishment she is already serving, she shouldn't just walk away with a, "that's alright we get you forgot your precious one"....you don't forget your baby like you forget your keys!...fuck!

So sorry sweet one...kisses little angel.
http://i510.photobucket.com/albums/s341/silvahalo68/Fallen%20angels/cecilia.jpg?t=1236490339

[Peeperann]

Ditto on what Silvahalo said. It's BULLSHIT that she can say she forgot her! I have 6 and I never forgot one of them ever!! She's either stupid or didn't care or she was just too lazy to do anything about it, after all, she had donuts to deliver.

She does deserve punishment. And more than just KNOWING she killed her baby. She should have to prison time as far as i'm concerned.