Andy Gorecki's 1-month-old is on life support

**Dakota Valkyrie** · December 22nd, 2009, 05:16 PM

A convicted sex offender has been charged with shaking his infant son, inflicting injuries that have left the child on life support.

Andy Roy Gorecki, 25, was charged in 5th District Court with child abuse, a second-degree felony. The charge could be amended if Gorecki's son dies as a result of his injuries, said Cedar City Police Sgt. JR Robinson.

"It's an ugly deal," Robinson said.

Police were contacted Friday by the staff at Valley View Medical Center after the infant was brought to the hospital by his grandmother. The woman said that when she found the baby, he was not breathing. The 1-month-old was in Gorecki's care when he was injured, Robinson said.

"From the injuries, the medical specialists say this is an injury typical of shaken baby syndrome," the sergeant said.

The child was flown to Primary Children's Medical Center in critical condition. His prognosis is "not good," Robinson said.

Court records show that Gorecki pleaded guilty in 2006 to forcible sex abuse, a third-degree felony. Robinson said the charge stemmed from the sexual assault of a woman by Gorecki and two other men. Gorecki was also convicted in 2007 of attempted failure to register as a sex offender, a class A misdemeanor, according to court records.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...nfant-son.html

Robinson said the male baby, almost two months old, was airlifted to the hospital from Valley View Medical Center on Saturday after his grandmother took him in for traumatic head injuries.

The baby, who has a twin sister and other siblings, was having trouble breathing and had symptoms often associated with Shaken Baby Syndrome, Robinson said.

He has been on life support since reaching the hospital, Robinson added.

http://www.thespectrum.com/article/2...n+life+support

He did whatever he did and left the baby for someone else to discover? Did he think no one would notice?

Comment there (decipher it for yourself):

you know i took the grandmother up to salt lake police here are accusing him because of his previous record they have nothing better to do adn have to blame someone andy is a very full hearted loving guy his son anthony is 1 year old his twin daughter to the son that got hurt and his son in law that is four have never been hurt the primary childrens hospital said that it was not from shakking the baby and now jessica his wife has dcfs dep of child family services is forcing her to do stuff when she is with her son and there trying to turn her on andy asking what sshe needs to here to not like him anymore he is being WRONGFULLY ACCUSED i am one of the closet friends matter of fact i am like a brother and what there doing to andy is not right and we are going to seek justice for what the cedar city officers and dcfs are doing

If he didn't do it, who did? If his job for the day was to care for the kids, he failed no matter how you look at it.

**Valasca** · December 22nd, 2009, 06:45 PM

LOSER with a capital L.

**nunya** · December 22nd, 2009, 08:15 PM

Let him loose in general pop, I'm sure his room mates will comfort him!! Child abusers should rot in their own blood and guts.

**ImmortalOne** · December 23rd, 2009, 12:29 AM

Okay the child was in his care (The only way he could be 'innocent' is if it was done before the child was left with him which probably points to Mom.) *shakes head* I hate when people defend their family members/friends when its this serious... I mean its good to support them and all but ... really? Innocence?

**Silvahalo** · December 23rd, 2009, 02:14 AM

His prognosis is "not good," Robinson said.

I hope this sweet child makes it and never has to be in the presence of this fucker.

Heal little one completely.

**Valasca** · December 24th, 2009, 03:32 PM

YAY! More hatemail! http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?f...ogId=523220473

you guys have no idea what your doing to this family. your ruining and gossiping about people you don't even know ! jessica the mother and wife is my best friend and your doing nothing but throwing them under the bus. Andy didn't shake his baby!! get your facts right! who are you to be posting this gabage up anyways!?! you have no life i guess i hope you see thru this and he ends up innocent your going to look like an idiot! i personally know andy and he's not a child abuser learn your facts lady then gossip your no nancy grace so stop trying to be it's lame the real story is what will set andy free maybe you should learn it before you talk shit about people you have no knowledge of!!!

and also the way you say decipher it for yourself, just cause kenny isn't the greatest at grammar doesn't mean you have the right to make him out to be a retard or something degradeable for your gratification kenny also didn't say Andy didn't do it he was saying that andy was innocent and didn't hurt his baby on purpose yeah Andy was watching the baby's but accidents happen to everyone but that doesn't make ALL of them guilty does it?? to you maybe but to me. i personally do not believe in judging anyone with out the proper facts and hard evedience the baby is hurt yes but it wasn't intentional andy did not shake his baby i know this for a FACT!! i talk to the mom of the baby tayshon every day you need to get your facts straight

**myra manes** · December 24th, 2009, 07:45 PM

Fucking hick, hillbillies ..
Y'all go back to the farn now ..

**tricia381** · December 24th, 2009, 08:39 PM

wow, that made my head hurt.

poor baby! heal completely and never be left alone with your "dad" again!

**Nell** · December 24th, 2009, 08:43 PM

I left a comment suggesting she use some punctuation. Like periods for instance.

**badfish76** · December 24th, 2009, 08:57 PM

Notice how they ALL say we don't know the REAL story but they also never share these golden facts with us?

It's because we probably have the closest story to the truth that will ever be told and they feel some sick compulsion to defend the indefensible.

**this is going badly** · December 25th, 2009, 04:42 AM

From Myspace:"kenny also didn't say Andy didn't do it he was saying that andy was innocent and didn't hurt his baby on purpose yeah... ...Andy was watching the baby's but accidents happen to everyone ...but that doesn't make ALL of them guilty does it?

I can't even get into the fact that this fucktard is a convicted sexual predator other than to say it might explain his lack of impulse control. Who has kids with a known rapist?

This is a helpless infant. It does not matter if this loser did not intend to cause permanent damage or kill this baby. There are no excuses! He did it and that makes him responsible, and hopefully it also makes him guilty at his upcoming trial. When he is convicted he will have to accept the (natural) consequences for his actions.

**this is going badly** · December 25th, 2009, 10:05 AM

Originally Posted by badfish76

Notice how they ALL say we don't know the REAL story but they also never share these golden facts with us?

It's because we probably have the closest story to the truth that will ever be told and they feel some sick compulsion to defend the indefensible.

I agree.

12/24/2009 an update:

CEDAR CITY - A two-month-old infant is still on life support at Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City after being airlifted from Cedar City over the weekend, said Cedar City Police Sgt. JR Robinson on Tuesday.

The male infant's grandmother took him to Valley View Medical Center on Saturday for traumatic head injuries and breathing trouble that Robinson said are often associated with shaken baby syndrome.

After receiving a call from Valley View on the infant's condition and conducting an initial investigation, Robinson said police arrested the infant's father, Andy Roy Gorecki, 25, 465 N. 800 West, on child abuse charges.

Gorecki was watching the infant, the baby's twin sister and several other children belonging to him and neighbors the Saturday before the grandmother rushed to the hospital, Robinson said.

Robinson added that an officer from CCPD visited with medical personnel on Monday and was told the prognosis is still not good and it is unclear whether the infant could live without life support.

Gorecki has had prior convictions and violated probation, according to arrest records.

He is incarcerated at Iron County Jail on $50,000 bail.

**LestYeBeJudged** · December 25th, 2009, 12:31 PM

I'm thinking the only way you know someone is 100% innocent of a charge - is if you did it yourself. How else can you know?

Oh and it sounds like now their stories are changing from "he didn't do it" to "he didn't do it on purpose." Riiiiight.

**TheDepressor** · December 25th, 2009, 09:38 PM

Yea, I'm really likely to believe that a convicted sex offender is such a great guy. Suuuure! These idiot POS defenders need to have someone slap some serious sense into them. And, I mean that in the most literal way possible. This pisses me off that they are defending him. This poor baby, if he even lives, will probably be in a vegetative state/mentally retarded from the injuries that his convicted sex offender father caused! How the hell can you defend that?!? These people are wasting my friggin oxygen. They all need to tie some heavy plastic bags VERY tightly around their heads! At the very least, they need to NEVER reproduce. We have enough ignorant, stupid dumbasses like them already!

**Roy** · December 26th, 2009, 01:28 AM

What a POS, he should change his middle name also.

**Dakota Valkyrie** · January 5th, 2010, 10:49 PM

A 2-month-old infant who was airlifted to Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City has been put under long-term care status after being on life support for two-and-a-half weeks.

The infant was initially taken to Valley View Medical Center on Dec. 19 for a traumatic head injury, said Cedar City Police Sgt. JR Robinson.

The father of the infant, Andy Roy Gorecki, 25, 465 N. 800 West, was arrested on one count of child abuse and booked into Iron County Jail on $50,000 bail that weekend.

http://www.thespectrum.com/article/2...+alleged+abuse

**Ninja0980** · January 6th, 2010, 01:37 AM

I hate to say it but at this point death would be merciful. This poor baby will be a vegetable until he dies from the injuries infliced on him by his POS father. About the only thing this baby will feel is pain... and nothing much else. Burn in hell Andy.

**Dakota Valkyrie** · October 14th, 2010, 11:19 AM

An infant police say was shaken and critically injured by his father — now a convicted felon — died two weeks ago after several months on life support.
[...]

Police confirmed the infant was Tayshaun Michael Gorecki.

The boy's father, 25-year-old Andy Gorecki, was arrested for investigation of child abuse in December after police say his story about what happened to the child didn't match injuries. Prosecutors later charged him in the 5th District Court with second-degree felony child abuse, which police say would likely be amended to child abuse homicide.

The Cedar City man pleaded not guilty on Feb. 2 during the arraignment and a jury trial was set for Dec. 9 and 10. As of Oct. 13, new charges had not been filed.

Gorecki, who pleaded guilty to third-degree felony forcible sex abuse in 2006, has remained in the Iron County Jail since his arrest in December.

"Personally, I have a hard time relating to people who can do that," Cedar City Police Sgt. J.R. Robinson said. "This doesn't happen often in Cedar City."
[...]

In the Tayshaun Gorecki's obituary, family described the child as an "innocent and graceful gift from God, no one can ever replace."

"His presence brought joy and brightness into our lives! We will miss the warmth and peace Tayshaun brought our way. We will forever love and miss you! May you walk with God! Be sweet," it stated.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...ther-dies.html

**Silvahalo** · October 17th, 2010, 09:17 PM

Tayshaun would have been celebrating his 1st birthday in 10 days....sigh. What a beautiful baby he was.

How is it that this baby was left in the care of a sex offender? stupid much.

Sweetest Tayshaun. I think of you as my boys birthday approaches on the 29th.
You deserved a full life to be loved, cherished and protected by those closest to you.

Your sister Ashauntila will always have a sense of missing a part of her as you were brought into this world together.
Heavens angel...

**Silkprints** · October 18th, 2010, 01:07 PM

I am curious . There are marks oin his face in the picture ...was he being abused all along? At a month old he was too young to be eatting baby food .

**carolinablue** · October 18th, 2010, 02:47 PM

I'm so angry I am almost incoherent. I'll just say, Rot in hell you heartless, selfish baby-killing turd! I wish I could ram your head into a brick wall and then bury you up to your neck in a manure pile, then pour fire ants on your head. Your screams would be sweet music to my ears and I would record every second of your slow and excruciating death. I hate this man so much.

**Silvahalo** · October 18th, 2010, 02:59 PM

Originally Posted by Silkprints

I am curious . There are marks oin his face in the picture ...was he being abused all along? At a month old he was too young to be eatting baby food .

Could be scratches baby did himself but somehow I doubt that. He was precious.

**galadrial** · October 18th, 2010, 03:08 PM

Originally Posted by carolinablue

I'm so angry I am almost incoherent. I'll just say, Rot in hell you heartless, selfish baby-killing turd! I wish I could ram your head into a brick wall and then bury you up to your neck in a manure pile, then pour fire ants on your head. Your screams would be sweet music to my ears and I would record every second of your slow and excruciating death. I hate this man so much.

i couldnt say it any better myself - do you want help? lemme know when ok? rest well baby boy....

**Dakota Valkyrie** · November 16th, 2011, 08:42 AM

A Cedar City man was sentenced to up to 15 years in prison on Tuesday for the death of his infant son.

Andy Roy Gorecki, 27, was sentenced by 5th District Judge G. Michael Westfall after pleading guilty to felony child abuse homicide in the death of his son Tyshaun, who was 2 months old when he was injured on Dec. 18, 2009.
[...]

At Gorecki’s preliminary hearing, Tyshaun’s grandmother, Pearlene Aguilera, said that on the day Tyshaun was injured, she and a friend left the home in Cedar City where she lived with her daughter, who was married to Gorecki, and the couple’s three children. Aguilera said her daughter had a court hearing that day and Gorecki was the only adult at home with the couple’s kids and two other children.

Aguilera said when she returned home, Gorecki entered her room and told her the baby wasn’t breathing. She testified that when she found Tayshaun in his crib, he had bloody foam on his nose and mouth. She accused Gorecki of pretending to show concern, including crying.

Confused and upset, Aguilera said she wrapped the infant in a blanket and drove to the hospital in Cedar City. "I was saying, ‘Lord, bring him back. Take me, but bring him back,’ " Aguilera said during the hearing. Once at the hospital, Tayshaun was white and limp. "I said, ‘My grandson is dead,’ " testified Aguilera.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52...rison.html.csp

Gorecki pleaded guilty to child abuse homicide when previous injuries discovered in the infant did not fully support a homicide charge, said prosecutor Scott Garrett.

During the proceedings, Garrett recounted how the 2-month-old infant's grandmother discovered the child frothing and bleeding from the nose after returning from an errand having left Gorecki as the only adult with the child.

Garrett brought up doctors' reports that the infant died from injuries that correlated with "shaken baby syndrome," including massive hemorrhaging from the face and eyes. Garrett also worked to characterize Gorecki as a "danger to the community."

"This is a man who is not going anywhere in life and is not capable of contributing to society," Garrett said, recounting times when Gorecki failed parole from sex-related charges and a time when he was homeless.

Garrett also pointed out the Gorecki's wife, Jessica Gorecki, had not cooperated with the process and refused to attend any of the court dates and that the infant's grandmother was currently caring for the child's surviving twin.

Gorecki's attorney, Jack Burns, said his client's guilty plea was made as admittance that he accidentally dropped the infant and not from shaking the child.

"This was a tragic accident where (Gorecki) lost his son," said Burns. "(Gorecki) is a victim in this case as well."

Burns also pointed out that Jessica Gorecki has supported her husband and has never believed that he meant to hurt the child.

When Judge Michael Westfall allowed Gorecki to speak, the defendant apologized for what he characterized as the accidental death of the child.

"I'm sorry for all that happened," Gorecki said. "Despite how everyone looks at me, I want everyone to know that it was an accident."

Adult Probation and Parole conducted a pre-sentence investigation and recommended the prison sentence of up to 15 years.

Westfall sentenced Gorecki to the maximum sentence without probation, saying it wasn't the nature of the charges but Gorecki's experience with probation that would keep him in prison.

"I don't like sending young people like you to prison," Westfall told Gorecki. "But the matter is that you simply are not a candidate for parole."

http://www.thespectrum.com/article/2...WS01/111160329

**nopatience** · November 16th, 2011, 09:53 AM

This man is a rapist AND a murderer and was only sentenced to 15 years? WTF?!! And some people wonder why vigilante justice seems more appropriate.

**princessgrandma** · November 16th, 2011, 10:05 AM

So Tayshaun's life was only worth UP TO 15 years. Some justice. And it took all this time to get to this?

As for all the tard defenders that left posts other places, if he didn't do it, why did he plead guilty? For a baby to be hurt that bad in a single incident, there had to be some heavy abuse in a short amount of time. He shook his son to death. He should be shaken to death. I guess we can only hope for some prison justice.

RIP little Tayshaun. May you find the peace in death that you never had in life. Even your mother let you down.