Alexis Garrelts & Kaedyn Drake Planned Baby In High School,Now Accused Of Abuse

[Whisper]

Drake custody trial begins
May 19 2010

The Dalles Wahtonka High School sweethearts Kaedyn Drake, 17, and Alexis Garrelts, 18, dreamt of an idyllic life together — marriage, their own place and a beautiful baby they deliberately planned, a police detective testified Tuesday in Wasco County Circuit Court.
“Alexis told me she took off her birth control patch, and Kaedyn was there with her when she did it,” said Det. Scott Sudaisar, a criminal investigator with the Oregon State Police’s major crimes unit. “Kaedyn didn’t use a condom – they planned to get pregnant.”
But soon after Jan. 4, when their son was born, the dream began to unravel, Sudaisar testified during the first day of a two-day dependency trial to determine custody of the infant, whose name is being withheld per The Chronicle’s policy of protecting the identities of victims in abuse cases.
“Alexis said Kaedyn became withdrawn and that she and her mother would really go at it with each other,” the detective said. “She said it was difficult for her because her plans and hopes for a family were falling apart.”
Wasco County Deputy District Attorney Leslie Wolf called Sudaisar and three other witnesses to the stand Tuesday to support her petition to keep the child in the protective custody of the state Department of Human Services. Her case, before Circuit Court Presiding Judge Paul Crowley, will wrap up today, followed by opposing case presentations.
Custody is at issue because Kaedyn Drake, 17, is accused of causing a series of injuries to his son. Those include 11 broken ribs, multiple bruises to the arms, legs and forehead, bleeding in the eyes and mouth, a torn upper frenulum [tissue attaching the lip to the gums] and a brain injury. He is charged with three counts of first-degree assault, three counts of first-degree criminal mistreatment, criminal nonsupport and strangulation. Drake, who appeared in court Tuesday dressed in casual street clothes instead of the prison attire he wore at the last pretrial hearing, is being held on $250,000 bail at NORCOR regional jail. His trial date is not yet set.
Garrelts, represented by attorney Karen Ostrye, is opposing Wolf’s petition and seeking custody of the child for herself. Robert Raschio, attorney for Drake, said Tuesday his client is also denying the petition and is suggesting custody be given to Drake’s mother Brandy Drake, a corrections sergeant who is divorced from Kaedyn Drake’s father Charles Drake.
Brandy Drake, who is scheduled to testify today, is herself expecting another child, she said during a break in the proceedings.
Sudaisar, continuing his testimony Tuesday, said that Kaedyn Drake agreed to show police what happened with his son in a video re-enactment aired in court Tuesday.
In the video, shot in the garage at OSP’s Portland area headquarters in Milwaukie, Drake showed police that he squeezed the child hard to his chest to try to make him stop crying, and that he turned the baby over and slapped him on the back to discharge vomit from the baby’s mouth. Drake also demonstrated to police in the video that he pressed down hard on the infant’s chest to wrap him in a swaddling blanket.
“I used way too much force,” he said on the video.
Sudaisar also said that Drake during interviews admitted to wrapping a burp cloth around his fingers and putting the cloth in his son’s mouth to clear out vomit. That action might have torn the child’s frenulum and caused him to stop breathing, creating burst blood vessels in his eyes.
Thomas Valvano, a pediatrician at Doernbecher Childrens Hospital at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, also took the stand Tuesday as a witness for Wolf. Valvano, who examined the Drake infant on Feb. 19 after the child was transferred to Doernbecher from his primary health care provider, physician’s assistant Laura McWilliam in The Dalles, is medical director of Doernbecher’s child abuse program.
McWilliam recommended the transfer in light of the infant’s elevated liver enzymes, as seen, Valvano said, in the reports from the child’s Feb. 18 visit to the emergency room of Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles. MCMC staff sent the child home after the ER visit on Feb. 18, Valvano said.
The baby stayed at Doernbecher for several days, allowing Valvano to perform numerous tests to rule out potential blood or bone diseases that could have caused the child injuries.
On Tuesday, Valvano testified that all the tests were normal. He said he believes the injuries were caused by abuse.
“This kind of bruising of a 6-week-old infant is highly suspicious,” Valvano told the court. “Children that young can’t do anything on their own, so something like that has to be done to them.”
He said the 11 broken ribs could not have been caused by normal patting on the back or by an adult rolling accidentally onto the child in bed.
“For these ribs to break like this, there has to be both anterior and posterior compression, so that the spinal column acts as a fulcrum and the ribs are bent and snap at the fulcrum.”
Similarly, Valvano said the broken blood vessels in the infant’s eyes could not have been caused by excessive vomiting, crying or coughing in a child that young.
“The only other possibilities are suffocation or trauma to the eyes, or choking,” he said.
[...]
Bryant said he questioned the couple separately about the child’s injuries and about the stresses they were feeling at home. Drake and Garrelts and the baby were staying with Garrelts’ mother, Sandra Smiggs, and Garrelts’ sister Sarah in an apartment complex on the east side of The Dalles.
He said it was clear from the questioning that Drake did not get along with Smiggs and that, by the same token, Garrelts did not get along with Brandy Drake.
“They said there was a lot of stress in the family,” Bryant said.
Bryant also said he administered a lie-detector test to Kaedyn Drake.
Wolf’s last witness, Oregon State Police Det. Mark Christopher Banks, also of the major crimes unit, described the results of a search warrant he executed at Smiggs’ apartment on Feb. 21. He said he and other police found “diapers, dishes, blankets and garbage” strewn through the living room and “games and movies on the floor.”
Banks, who is based in Pendleton and who is lead investigator in the Drake case, said he found groceries and garbage littering the kitchen table, and the bedrooms full of “debris everywhere.” In the bathroom, he found “cats and a horrendous odor.”
Banks said there were no bugs or rats in the apartment, but “it was cluttered and dirty and there was an odor.”
[...]

http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/ne...19-10-02.shtml

[cubby]

Since we as a society can't stop this kind of teenage stupidity, which is having a idyllic idea of having a baby and living happily ever after, we need to make it a required course in middle school and continuing into high school, real life experiences in dealing with babies, every year, starting about 6th or 7th. changing diapers, burping, crying,and feeding, babies aren't known for being cooperative by doing all these things themselves.

Since making contraception available has not really helped in keeping teenage births down, I think a little real life experience in babies would help. Well it will help all except little Sue and little Bobby whose parents know that their children would never do such things.

Poor babies these children had no idea that a baby was so much work, they just thought they could love the baby and the baby would love them back and all would be hunky dorry. Sheesh!!!!

[Laurenthian]

Comprehensive sex education programs have been cited as a factor in reducing the teen birth rate, but I agree with cubby. Taking care of a baby is more taxing than taking care of a puppy.

I've known a few teen parents and they all handled adversity well--finishing school, taking care of their kid(s), putting their families first. These two idiots were obviously in some sort of fantasy world.

I just hope the kid recovers as fully as possible and has a better life than his bio-units could provide.

[Athena]

Since we as a society can't stop this kind of teenage stupidity, which is having a idyllic idea of having a baby and living happily ever after, we need to make it a required course in middle school and continuing into high school, real life experiences in dealing with babies, every year, starting about 6th or 7th. changing diapers, burping, crying,and feeding, babies aren't known for being cooperative by doing all these things themselves.

Since making contraception available has not really helped in keeping teenage births down, I think a little real life experience in babies would help. Well it will help all except little Sue and little Bobby whose parents know that their children would never do such things.

Poor babies these children had no idea that a baby was so much work, they just thought they could love the baby and the baby would love them back and all would be hunky dorry. Sheesh!!!!

Teenage pregnancy has been dropping steadily since 1991 (with a slight increase in 2006, but that appears to be an anomaly), so I'm not sure why you think making contraception more available has been inconsequential. The problem, I might posit, is that contraception isn't widely enough available, especially in conservative states where teen pregnancy tends to be higher.

I do agree, however, that a little dash of reality wouldn't hurt for most teens. In a lot of Home Ec classes, they use those baby dolls that cry and need changing and feeding and things like that. Maybe expanding that beyond Home Ec would be a good start.

[cubby]

I bow to your extensive knowledge of statistics. But I still believe that a little bit of realistic life experience will teach more than the wide availability of contraceptives. Some, I know, can't be helped by anything, since they already know all there is to know, but some who have unrealistic ideas of mother or fatherhood, could be helped by showing them it takes more than just loving a baby to keep them alive.

Last night I was just ranting about the idiocy of this pair of KIDS in this article, they wouldn't be in this except they thought they knew what they were doing by having a baby, when they really knew nothing at all.

[Tundratot]

Yeah, this girl was on birth control and went off it. Which shows it wasn't a lack of availability in this case.

The problem here was Drake's unrealistic notions of what pregnancy and family life would be. I don't know why it is that young girls think that a baby will be the most wonderful thing ever, especially since many seem to see it as a refuge from their own messed up family life. (Huh?!) They seem to think a baby will be easy, that it will be unconditional love (well, maybe for a while), that life will be roses and candy -- except that they have to support their baby, get a job, clean the house and the baby, find babysitters, etc.

Then these romantic notions are confronted with angry parents who are not happy to have an irresponsible kid throw a baby on top of their already mountainous load of burdens. So the parent tells the kid that the baby is his/her responsibility and maybe even sticks to it. Now the kid can't do all their accustomed things as easily as before: school, parties, video games, mall crawling, even chores. And if the parent has said "you need to support the baby", too, a job comes into the picture.

Well this isn't fun and romantic anymore. Baby is a burden. A burden with needs of its own. It can't be put away in a closet or drawer because we're tired of it. Impulse control isn't high with some of these kids, slamming and hitting things isn't unusual, and who gets hurt? Baby, the object of disaffection.

Maybe these situations happened less in another earlier time, when families were large, babies and young children ubiquitous, and responsibility for babies was spread around to elder children. Maybe young women then saw that responsibility for babies was a lot of work and diligence. But I know for a fact that teenage pregnancy is nothing new, so maybe then the problem was availability of birth control, but it is all mindset now.

If birth control is not readily available, these kids can still get it. Hell, they get alcohol and drugs when they want it. They get sex when they want it, too. Many times I think kids are more afraid to admit they set out to do it -- premeditated sex. They don't want the lost virginity or pregnancy to be the result of premeditated sex. If they use or obtain birth control, that is a flag that the sex was planned. Better to say, in the disingenuous way of youth, "it just happened" than to say "oh, I defied your edicts outright and got some condoms and had sex, so there." That's not the case with this story, though.

[Laurenthian]

I believe we are all basically in agreement:
1. If you have sex, have protected sex.
2. Do not have a child if you cannot support the child emotionally/financially/etc.
3. The Drake baby's life was fucked from conception.
4. Teenagers need to understand everything involved in caring for an infant.
5. Adoption is a viable option. Abortion is a viable option. Infantacide is frowned upon in our species.

The more I think about the mother, the angrier I become. The father did the actual abusing, but she brought a child into this world to fix her own fucking problems. These kids don't need sex ed: these kids need sterilization.

[Just my luck sucks]

I've caught a show on cable a couple of times it's called "16 and Pregnant" it seemed to me that all the kids on that show lived in a Cinderella world. I also came away with the feeling that a number of those kids "planned" their pregnancies. So sad for so many of those little ones.

[TwiztidAngel]

Kaedyn Drake, 17, and Alexis Garrelts, 18,

just want to point out, this female was a legal adult...this isn't a 15/16 yr old we're dealing with...the male on the other hand was 17...

i was 17 and my son's dad was 16...i too had set out to get pregnant (yes, stupid, i know)
i was going to take full responsibility for my child...i didnt expect anything from his father...i never broke my baby, or let his father break him either...just had to say that

[Laurenthian]

i was going to take full responsibility for my child...i didnt expect anything from his father...i never broke my baby, or let his father break him either...just had to say that

Maybe the difference was that you wanted to be a parent, you didn't want a kid.

There is a huge difference between people who want to be parents and people who want children. Heck, I want children. I adore children--fun, entertaining creatures. But I know that I am personally not ready to be a mom.

Good on you, Twiztid. You put your kids first.

[MC30]

idk? i waited till i was 25 and even then i was scared as shit. having a kid is a big deal..
she is 6 now, and i still don't feel like im the kinda parent i should be...i was living in the whole 'wait until life is perfect, then have a kid'. still waiting for that perfect part.

[Whisper]

Court to decide infant’s fate
Judge says state must step in
Wasco County Circuit Court will decide the future custody of an infant injured by his teenaged father, a judge ruled Friday.
“The parents planned the birth of this baby, and it was an extremely bad plan,” said Presiding Circuit Court Judge Paul Crowley, referring to the 4½-month-old son of Kaedyn Drake, 17, and Alexis Garrelts, 19. “They have demonstrated an inability to be capable parents.” Crowley, speaking at the end of a three-day custody trial at the Wasco County Courthouse, said he will make a decision at a hearing at 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 28, as to whether to keep the child under protective custody of the state Department of Human Services, where the baby is now. He could also decide to return the child to Garrelts, who is seeking custody, although the judge’s statements Friday appeared to suggest he is not leaning in that direction.
“The physical condition of their home alone is enough for DHS to intervene,” Crowley said, referring to photos taken Feb. 21 by police at Garrelts’ mother’s apartment on the east side of The Dalles. At the time, Garrelts shared the apartment with her then-boyfriend Drake, her mother Sandra Smiggs, sister Sarah, 16, and the baby, born Jan. 4. Garrelts said on the witness stand Thursday that she has since broken off all contact with Drake and that she has no interest in resuming any kind of relationship with him.
[...]
Drake, held since March 3 at NORCOR regional jail, is accused of causing multiple injuries to the child. Those include 11 broken ribs, bruises on the back, arms, legs and face, a brain injury, bleeding from both eyes and mouth and a torn frenulum [tissue attaching lip to gums].
A trial date has not yet been set for Drake, who is charged with multiple counts of assault, criminal mistreatment, criminal non-support and strangulation.
After the judge’s ruling Friday, Garrelts’ attorney Karen Ostrye said the custody status of the baby was subject to change. “This is not a permanent situation, so I will continue to seek that [the infant] be returned home to his mother,” Ostrye said.
Deputy District Attorney Leslie Wolf, who is seeking to have the child stay in DHS protective custody, said “the state was pleased” at Crowley’s ruling.
“The judge established that the child will be in the jurisdiction of the court and remains in protective custody of the state,” Wolf said. “The state prevailed in every allegation.”
[...]
She said in her closing arguments that although Garrelts might have been concerned about the baby’s bruises and bleeding in his eyes and mouth, she ignored the urgency of the situation by delaying a visit to the hospital emergency room and by failing to inform medical personnel of the full extent of the injuries.
“When I first heard the report about the red spot in the baby’s eye on Jan. 24, I certainly didn’t envision the horrible red area that covered almost half of his eye and that grew and got bigger between Feb. 1 and Feb. 16,” Wolf said. “She knew how to go to the ER and she didn’t do it.”
[...]
“She knew he was suffering, and she knew about the injuries, and she knew he was depressed, but she still allowed him to take care of the baby,” Wolf said. Ostrye, in her closing arguments, challenged Wolf’s allegations.
“If [Garrelts] were trying to protect Kaedyn or herself, why would she have provided the doctor with all the information that she had,” Ostrye said, referring to a Feb. 20 interview Garrelts had with pediatrician Thomas Valvano, M.D., at Doernbecher Childrens Hospital in Portland. Valvano, medical director of the hospital’s child abuse program, testified Tuesday that the baby’s injuries were “highly suspicious” and that they pointed to abuse.
[...]
“He showed zero emotion,” Ostrye said. “Do you think Alexis Garrelts should have seen enough emotion in him to think he would abuse her child?”
Ostrye told the judge it was a “sad case, a scary case, but I believe Alexis is capable of taking care of [her son],” she said. “The abuser has admitted the abuse and the abuser is gone from the home.”
But Crowley said in his ruling it was “clear that the mom was aware Kaedyn was rough with the baby; it’s not clear of the extent of her awareness of what he was doing,” he said.
“But she should have been more aware of the child’s physical state,” Crowley said. “She could have gotten him into the ER sooner.”
Earlier Friday, Smiggs testified that she tried her best to help with her daughter’s newborn and to keep the apartment in order.
[...]
“You only have pictures of one day,” she said.
Smiggs said she suffers from chronic fibromyalgia, tremors, arthritis, depression and bi-polar disorder, and that she takes various medications for those conditions.
“Is it true you thought about what medications to take when you were taking care of [the baby]?” Ostrye said on direct examination.
“Yes,” Smiggs replied.
[...]
However, she said her grandson’s bruises were not the same as those identified in her training – such as burns, for example.
“I didn’t make a report because there were no injuries I was trained to report,” she said under cross-examination by Wolf.
“You knew Kaedyn was depressed, yet you left [the baby] with him?” Wolf said.
“Alexis is the mother of the baby,” Smiggs replied. “It was her decision.”

http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/ne...23-10-02.shtml

[Nell]

She said in her closing arguments that although Garrelts might have been concerned about the baby’s bruises and bleeding in his eyes and mouth, she ignored the urgency of the situation by delaying a visit to the hospital emergency room and by failing to inform medical personnel of the full extent of the injuries.
“When I first heard the report about the red spot in the baby’s eye on Jan. 24, I certainly didn’t envision the horrible red area that covered almost half of his eye and that grew and got bigger between Feb. 1 and Feb. 16,” Wolf said. “She knew how to go to the ER and she didn’t do it.”

However, she said her grandson’s bruises were not the same as those identified in her training – such as burns, for example.
“I didn’t make a report because there were no injuries I was trained to report,” she said under cross-examination by Wolf.
“You knew Kaedyn was depressed, yet you left [the baby] with him?” Wolf said.
“Alexis is the mother of the baby,” Smiggs replied. “It was her decision.”

Everyone in this house knew what was going on but didn't want to make it their problem. I am sorry but if anyone of my kids has a baby as a teen i am going to make sure they are taking care of it properly. Tough love and not helping is one thing, looking the other way as your grandchild is abused because "those little morons shouldn't have done this" is another. Fail all the fuck the way around. I hope the kid is placed somewhere better.

And I am not gonna even argue the arguement about whether teens are good parents or not except to say that at 19 I had my first and while i didn't suck i wasn't the best either. I have A LOT more patience with my last that was born when i was 31. It is just biology that you have more patience, skills and can handle a baby better at an older age than as a teen. Sorry to offend.

And also i had my 17 year old sister in the labor room while i gave birth without meds. I screamed, cryed, begged to go home. I had a large amount of stitches, the baby had problems, she saw how hard it was to raise a baby by myself. Everyday she saw me struggle and she still got knocked up 7 months later. So sometimes i think that kids will do what they want to regardless. I remember being a teen and thinking I knew fucking everything.

[Whisper]

Teen mom pleads guilty
Garrelts will serve 40 days

The Dalles teen mom pleaded guilty today to missing cues that her former boyfriend was abusing their infant son — a lapse that led to her failure to take any action to stop it.
“I’ve learned a lot in the last few months,” Alexis Garrelts told Wasco County Circuit Court Presiding Judge Paul Crowley, pleading guilty to second-degree child neglect. “I do know now that there were signs I could have picked up on.”
Under terms of a plea agreement with Wasco County Deputy District Attorney Leslie Wolf, Garrelts, 19, will serve 40 days in custody at the NORCOR regional jail.
Wolf told the judge the jail term “represents the same amount of time [Garrelts] allowed her baby to be tortured.” That referred to the period between the infant’s Jan. 4 birth date and Feb. 19, when doctors at a Portland hospital diagnosed the baby with multiple injuries.
Those included 11 broken ribs, bruises on the arms, legs, face and chest, a brain injury, and bleeding from the eyes and mouth, the doctors said.
“Failure to act can be as harmful to a child as participating in active abuse,” Crowley said in accepting Garrelts’ plea. He dismissed a second charge of second-degree criminal mistreatment.
Garrelts’s plea deal also calls for her to serve 24 months’ probation and pay about $600 in fines. She will be allowed to leave jail to visit with her son for three two-hour sessions per week at The Dalles office of the state Department of Human Services.
Crowley also approved a request from Garrelts’ attorney Karen Ostrye to delay the start of the jail term for up to two weeks to allow Garrelts time to secure housing for when she is released. Ostrye also told the judge she was in contact with Garrelts’ employers at a The Dalles movie theater to see if they would hold her job for her until she gets out of jail.
[...]
Crowley said the court’s ultimate plan was to reunite Garrelts with her son, whose name is being withheld in line with The Chronicle’s policy to protect the identity of victims of abuse. A separate but related juvenile custody proceeding calls for ongoing protective care of the child by the state DHS until Garrelts is determined to be qualified to care for him.
“You guys screwed up really big time,” Crowley told Garrelts. “Hopefully your child will heal, and hopefully you can put this behind you — you have a lot of life ahead of you.”
Garrelts’ former boyfriend, 17-year-old Kaedyn Drake of The Dalles, pleaded guilty May 28 to injuring the baby and is serving a jail sentence of 70 months. Crowley ordered Garrelts to have no contact with Drake. She previously testified at trial she has renounced the relationship and that she had no interest in resuming a connection with him.
Garrelts’ mother, Sandra Kay Smiggs, will be arraigned Aug. 23 on charges of first-degree criminal mistreatment, second-degree child neglect and failure to report child abuse. Garrelts, Drake and their son lived in Smiggs’ apartment in The Dalles during the time the abuse occurred.

http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/ne...30-10-02.shtml

[Tundratot]

Inadequate.

[hisgirl]

I know both of these people. And the trust me, the father is not the only person that needs to be blamed. He had so much stress, and he was very depressed, while the mom was off goofy around, with other guys, partying, and not going back to her job. Kaedyn was working to have money so they could afford things for the baby, he was working so much he quit going to school on a regular basis so he could get more hours. soon before the baby was born he lost his job, and was stressed about finding another one, because aleksis wasn't working either. aleksis, kaedyn, and their baby were living in a two bedroom apartment with aleksis' mom, and her sister. where the court declared the house was unlivable, and not suit safe or sanitary for children...the sister got removed from the home too, along with the baby. Kaedyn was under stress, had no idea what to do with a baby, and was left in charge of taking care of him 24/7, with depression..you have to be an idiot to not see how bad of an idea that was..and to not notice all the bruises on the baby. He got 5 1/2 years...aleksis got 40 days...she clames to not have notices the bruises all over the babys body, from him being handled too roughly. She didnt take him to the hospital concerned about any of the babys symptoms..and she still isn't making any effort to try and get her child back...she's partying more than ever. not really fair I dont think. and aleksis' mother should have surved time too! she was a manditory reporter, and reported nothing. shes also a mother of two, and should have realized something was wrong. The very small amount of time the baby wasnt left in the care of kaedyn, it was left with her mother...how do we know she didnt cause any of the bruising?
"It takes a village to raise a child" I'm a ferm believer in this statement...this village failed to be there for them.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

I know both of these people. And the trust me, the father is not the only person that needs to be blamed. He had so much stress, and he was very depressed, while the mom was off goofy around, with other guys, partying, and not going back to her job. Kaedyn was working to have money so they could afford things for the baby, he was working so much he quit going to school on a regular basis so he could get more hours. soon before the baby was born he lost his job, and was stressed about finding another one, because aleksis wasn't working either. aleksis, kaedyn, and their baby were living in a two bedroom apartment with aleksis' mom, and her sister. where the court declared the house was unlivable, and not suit safe or sanitary for children...the sister got removed from the home too, along with the baby. Kaedyn was under stress, had no idea what to do with a baby, and was left in charge of taking care of him 24/7, with depression..you have to be an idiot to not see how bad of an idea that was..and to not notice all the bruises on the baby. He got 5 1/2 years...aleksis got 40 days...she clames to not have notices the bruises all over the babys body, from him being handled too roughly. She didnt take him to the hospital concerned about any of the babys symptoms..and she still isn't making any effort to try and get her child back...she's partying more than ever. not really fair I dont think. and aleksis' mother should have surved time too! she was a manditory reporter, and reported nothing. shes also a mother of two, and should have realized something was wrong. The very small amount of time the baby wasnt left in the care of kaedyn, it was left with her mother...how do we know she didnt cause any of the bruising?
"It takes a village to raise a child" I'm a ferm believer in this statement...this village failed to be there for them.

I don't care how stressed, depressed, or overworked he got or if the babymomma is hosing the whole football team in front of him. NO EXCUSE for abusing a child. I'm glad I don't live in your village. There seems to be no shortage of idiots.

Kaedyn Drake and Alexis Garrelts pleaded guilty. Her mother was also charged. What ya bitchin' about?

[walkingeagle]

I may be off course here, but are we smelling the next baby mamma here?

[FknKraze]

I may be off course here, but are we smelling the next baby mamma here?

"his girl" i am thinking yep

[Valasca]

Ah, shut the hell up, hisgirl.
If someone had to be an idiot not to notice the bruises, then YOU noticed them. Unless you're an idiot.
Since I am sure you DID notice them, why in hell didn't you call dcf? Because you are likely his new girlfriend.
If he's done it to this baby, he'll do it to another the next time he becomes all stressed, poor boy.

[MinorAbrasions]

I know both of these people. And the trust me, the father is not the only person that needs to be blamed. He had so much stress, and he was very depressed, while the mom was off goofy around, with other guys, partying, and not going back to her job. Kaedyn was working to have money so they could afford things for the baby, he was working so much he quit going to school on a regular basis so he could get more hours. soon before the baby was born he lost his job, and was stressed about finding another one, because aleksis wasn't working either. aleksis, kaedyn, and their baby were living in a two bedroom apartment with aleksis' mom, and her sister. where the court declared the house was unlivable, and not suit safe or sanitary for children...the sister got removed from the home too, along with the baby. Kaedyn was under stress, had no idea what to do with a baby, and was left in charge of taking care of him 24/7, with depression..you have to be an idiot to not see how bad of an idea that was..and to not notice all the bruises on the baby. He got 5 1/2 years...aleksis got 40 days...she clames to not have notices the bruises all over the babys body, from him being handled too roughly. She didnt take him to the hospital concerned about any of the babys symptoms..and she still isn't making any effort to try and get her child back...she's partying more than ever. not really fair I dont think. and aleksis' mother should have surved time too! she was a manditory reporter, and reported nothing. shes also a mother of two, and should have realized something was wrong. The very small amount of time the baby wasnt left in the care of kaedyn, it was left with her mother...how do we know she didnt cause any of the bruising?
"It takes a village to raise a child" I'm a ferm believer in this statement...this village failed to be there for them.

I'm sorry, all I heard out of that was "Aleksis made him do it."

[TheMeaningOfItAll]

I know both of these people. And the trust me, the father is not the only person that needs to be blamed. He had so much stress, and he was very depressed, while the mom was off goofy around, with other guys, partying, and not going back to her job. Kaedyn was working to have money so they could afford things for the baby, he was working so much he quit going to school on a regular basis so he could get more hours. soon before the baby was born he lost his job, and was stressed about finding another one, because aleksis wasn't working either. aleksis, kaedyn, and their baby were living in a two bedroom apartment with aleksis' mom, and her sister. where the court declared the house was unlivable, and not suit safe or sanitary for children...the sister got removed from the home too, along with the baby. Kaedyn was under stress, had no idea what to do with a baby, and was left in charge of taking care of him 24/7, with depression..you have to be an idiot to not see how bad of an idea that was..and to not notice all the bruises on the baby. He got 5 1/2 years...aleksis got 40 days...she clames to not have notices the bruises all over the babys body, from him being handled too roughly. She didnt take him to the hospital concerned about any of the babys symptoms..and she still isn't making any effort to try and get her child back...she's partying more than ever. not really fair I dont think. and aleksis' mother should have surved time too! she was a manditory reporter, and reported nothing. shes also a mother of two, and should have realized something was wrong. The very small amount of time the baby wasnt left in the care of kaedyn, it was left with her mother...how do we know she didnt cause any of the bruising?
"It takes a village to raise a child" I'm a ferm believer in this statement...this village failed to be there for them.

You know what? I'll tell you what's not fair. What's not fair is being an innocent child, who didn't ask to be brought into this world, who is abused by people who are supposed to do everything in their power to PROTECT babies from harm. I don't give a flying fig about the "fairness" you whine about. There are hundreds of thousands of people who have lost their jobs in this economy. I'm sure they are depressed about their financial situation. Most of them don't abuse innocent children as a result. One would think that if he was in charge of the baby 24/7, he'd have a stronger, more loving bond with the child. But, no. He is an abuser. All your excuses don't change the fact that Kaedyn is a baby-beating asshole who has small-wits like you defending him by blaming other people. Good luck with your new boyfriend.

[badfish76]

There is no excuse for beating a baby. NONE.

Nice try, hisgirl, but you aren't going to win any hearts and minds here. Unless you wanna set his dick on fire and push him off a cliff. That's about what he deserves.

[carolinablue]

Kaedyn was under stress, had no idea what to do with a baby, and was left in charge of taking care of him 24/7, with depression..y

damn if I'm not tired of apologists for baby-beaters. So you're his new poke? Sounds like it. You think it's ok to hook up with a guy in prison for beating the shit out of a baby? I don't give a tin shit how stressed out, depressed and/or flat ass broke he was; I also don't care if baby mama is a cheap ho, he beat the baby. Lots of young parents are stressed out, broke, sleep deprived and scared to death of the new responsibility...very few of them take it out on the baby. He took his anger and depression out on the person he regarded as responsible for his unhappiness. He felt trapped, he couldn't stand it, he beat his baby.

Please, for the sake of future generations, go have yourself sterilized; your choice in boyfriends is fucking tragic.

[ImmortalOne]

I know both of these people. And the trust me, the father is not the only person that needs to be blamed. He had so much stress, and he was very depressed, while the mom was off goofy around, with other guys, partying, and not going back to her job. Kaedyn was working to have money so they could afford things for the baby, he was working so much he quit going to school on a regular basis so he could get more hours. soon before the baby was born he lost his job, and was stressed about finding another one, because aleksis wasn't working either. aleksis, kaedyn, and their baby were living in a two bedroom apartment with aleksis' mom, and her sister. where the court declared the house was unlivable, and not suit safe or sanitary for children...the sister got removed from the home too, along with the baby. Kaedyn was under stress, had no idea what to do with a baby, and was left in charge of taking care of him 24/7, with depression..you have to be an idiot to not see how bad of an idea that was..and to not notice all the bruises on the baby. He got 5 1/2 years...aleksis got 40 days...she clames to not have notices the bruises all over the babys body, from him being handled too roughly. She didnt take him to the hospital concerned about any of the babys symptoms..and she still isn't making any effort to try and get her child back...she's partying more than ever. not really fair I dont think. and aleksis' mother should have surved time too! she was a manditory reporter, and reported nothing. shes also a mother of two, and should have realized something was wrong. The very small amount of time the baby wasnt left in the care of kaedyn, it was left with her mother...how do we know she didnt cause any of the bruising?
"It takes a village to raise a child" I'm a ferm believer in this statement...this village failed to be there for them.

I was a teen mom, stressed and overworked and depressed oh and unable to support myself - my daughter didn't end up with 11 broken ribs.
I was unemployed and stressed for the last 17 months, and my new baby was never hospitalized for being hurt.

So guess its a failure of everyone involved to not do what they should have - not taken it out on the baby.
Its such a shame they only get 40 days I had hoped for the death penalty.

[walkingeagle]

There is no excuse for beating a baby. NONE.

Nice try, hisgirl, but you aren't going to win any hearts and minds here. Unless you wanna set his dick on fire and push him off a cliff. That's about what he deserves.

I like your version of the death penalty there!

[Valasca]

I've been thinking about this...
Hisgirl isn't Drake's girl. If she is, do you think she'll wait the 4-5 1/2 years for him? Not likely.
She'll find someone else to abuse her/the baby/animals soon enough.

[Dneilz]

I know both of these people. And the trust me, the father is not the only person that needs to be blamed. He had so much stress, and he was very depressed, while the mom was off goofy around, with other guys, partying, and not going back to her job. Kaedyn was working to have money so they could afford things for the baby, he was working so much he quit going to school on a regular basis so he could get more hours. soon before the baby was born he lost his job, and was stressed about finding another one, because aleksis wasn't working either. aleksis, kaedyn, and their baby were living in a two bedroom apartment with aleksis' mom, and her sister. where the court declared the house was unlivable, and not suit safe or sanitary for children...the sister got removed from the home too, along with the baby. Kaedyn was under stress, had no idea what to do with a baby, and was left in charge of taking care of him 24/7, with depression..you have to be an idiot to not see how bad of an idea that was..and to not notice all the bruises on the baby. He got 5 1/2 years...aleksis got 40 days...she clames to not have notices the bruises all over the babys body, from him being handled too roughly. She didnt take him to the hospital concerned about any of the babys symptoms..and she still isn't making any effort to try and get her child back...she's partying more than ever. not really fair I dont think. and aleksis' mother should have surved time too! she was a manditory reporter, and reported nothing. shes also a mother of two, and should have realized something was wrong. The very small amount of time the baby wasnt left in the care of kaedyn, it was left with her mother...how do we know she didnt cause any of the bruising?
"It takes a village to raise a child" I'm a ferm believer in this statement...this village failed to be there for them.

"It takes a village to raise a child" I'm a ferm believer in this statement...this village failed to be there for them.

Obviously not only to raise a child, but to teach how to spell and punctuate.

[Jerri Blank]

it was left with her mother

Well that about sums up your feelings about the baby right there. Take your loser lovin shit else where

[Robynne]

I know both of these people. And the trust me, the father is not the only person that needs to be blamed. He had so much stress, and he was very depressed, while the mom was off goofy around, with other guys, partying, and not going back to her job. Kaedyn was working to have money so they could afford things for the baby, he was working so much he quit going to school on a regular basis so he could get more hours. soon before the baby was born he lost his job, and was stressed about finding another one, because aleksis wasn't working either. aleksis, kaedyn, and their baby were living in a two bedroom apartment with aleksis' mom, and her sister. where the court declared the house was unlivable, and not suit safe or sanitary for children...the sister got removed from the home too, along with the baby. Kaedyn was under stress, had no idea what to do with a baby, and was left in charge of taking care of him 24/7, with depression..you have to be an idiot to not see how bad of an idea that was..and to not notice all the bruises on the baby. He got 5 1/2 years...aleksis got 40 days...she clames to not have notices the bruises all over the babys body, from him being handled too roughly. She didnt take him to the hospital concerned about any of the babys symptoms..and she still isn't making any effort to try and get her child back...she's partying more than ever. not really fair I dont think. and aleksis' mother should have surved time too! she was a manditory reporter, and reported nothing. shes also a mother of two, and should have realized something was wrong. The very small amount of time the baby wasnt left in the care of kaedyn, it was left with her mother...how do we know she didnt cause any of the bruising?
"It takes a village to raise a child" I'm a ferm believer in this statement...this village failed to be there for them.

First off you little baby-beater loving whore. I think you need to learn how to spell. Are you an adult? If you are then our school system really sucks.
Secondly, I don't care if the mother was out banging the whole town, she wasn't the one who was taking care of the child. Kaedyn was. He is the father of this little angel, and he should have loved him and cared for him more than anything. Not beat on him. I had my first child at 17, found out her father was cheating on me, and was raising her all on my own. Of course, I was living with my mother and little sister also. I couldn't afford a crib, diapers, clothes, etc. I looked for help. Churches, government agencies, etc. I never once let myself think to hurt her. She is my responsibility, she needs love and affection. Not bruises and broken bones. I was depressed from the time I was 12 and still feel it sometimes, but never have I hurt my children. And I have 4 of them. My husband pays the bills, and I tend to the children. Children are a gift, anyone who has children should consider themselves lucky. Some really wonderful people can't have kids. And then you have people who hurt them because they don't have control of themselves. I hope he never has anymore children. If you give him one, we will see you on here next. Mark my words...