Felicia Arias was SOOOO wasted - and now her 4-month old is dead

[thehesbomb]

She certainly looks all broken up over her child's untimely demise.

A woman who police suspect of involuntary manslaughter in her infant’s death is being held on $125,000 bail.

Felicia Janel Arias, 19, was reportedly drunk when she put her two-month-old to bed Saturday night, passed out and found him dead the next afternoon.

She is now facing two charges: child neglect resulting in death and involuntary manslaughter, and remains in custody at the Bob Wiley Detention Facility.

According to a press release, Arias told investigators that she believed family members were caring for the child.

But the baby had been dead for several hours when police officers were called to Arias’ residence on Sunday. When they arrived, medical personnel were already at the residence and were attempting to render aid.

Detectives were called to the scene and obtained a search warrant. They collected forensic evidence, and learned that the prior evening, Saturday, there was a birthday party at the home for a 4-year-old sibling to the deceased infant.

During the party, Arias became “extremely intoxicated with alcohol. The infant was put to bed in Arias’ bedroom at approximately 8:00 p.m. and was last seen alive and well at midnight. Due to her intoxication, Arias passed out in her bed at approximately 12:30 a.m.,” the press release states. “It is believed that sometime during the night, Arias moved the infant to another bedroom and placed a pillow on top of him.”

Officers later learned that the infant was not being cared for. The cause of death has not been determined.

Child Welfare Services took custody of Arias’ 4-year-old child.

http://www.recorderonline.com/news/p...slaughter.html

Her MySpace:

http://www.myspace.com/ilovenotso

Nohtso's b-day is 2marrow..its gnna be a big day hes gnna b 4..

[Nell]

A four year old means she had him at 14. 2 kids at 19. Probably wanted to get her party on cause she had them so young. Understandable, but she didn't think to hire a babysitter. I bet she feels like shit now.

[Silvahalo]

I agree Nell, tho I think she feels like shit due to the hangover. Killing her baby...she's just fuckn wasted she'll say. But to even think of that while drunk, much less do it, you have go to be some kind of evil sober.

"Officers later learned that the infant was not being cared for."... so this means no one was caring for baby during the party? i bet family thought baby is her responsibility. I get that i do, but baby lost because of that attitude. Had that been my sister i would have kept baby away from her stupid ass then dealt with her later. But that's just my way.

Rest in peace baby boy. You deserved to be love protected and cherished instead, you got a POS, loathsome, scum -sucking bitch.
For that I am so sorry, so sorry. Life can be so unfair.


EDIT: I HATE woman like this. THEIR Life is the party and that's all that matters.
I would gladly beat the living daylights of this this loser ass, she IS NO MOTHER.

[Southern Sin]

Im a little unclear here, the heading says 4 month and the article says 2 month??

@Silva I'd like a ring side seat to watch you beat the living daylights outta her

[CplPunishment]

Really Really sad.

[KyFyre]

Was she was drinking on her kids birthday? Why would people think its okay to get piss drunk at a kids birthday party? The birthday party was for a 4 year old, NOT the mommy and her friends and the last I checked, the only things 4 year old children need at their birthday parties are cake, ice cream, pizza or hamburgers and lots of shiny new toys and tons of love and affection.

Being a young parent is no excuse for poor decisions. Lots of young women and men have children and they don't get drunk and put a pillow over their infants thus killing them. I have a nephew, he was in a rush to grow up and started having sex early. He was 14 when his daughter was conceived and had just turned 15 when she was born. His baby's mother, was 16 when she had her daughter, she wanted to still be young go to school and go hang with her friends, what did she do? She signed her rights over to her mom and dad until she was more mature to deal with parenting. My nephew? He got a job at 14, 3 1/2 years later he still works, still goes to night school, still is a father to his daughter. He also pays child support and gets her every chance he can to spend time with his child. So no, being young is no excuse for being irresponsible and "get your drink on". If this woman wanted to do that she should have hired a babysitter (preferably an aunt or grandparent - someone at least trustworthy) for overnight to have left the children with them and went and did her thing. Least then the baby would still be alive.

[redsaid]

She's useless. It sounds to me like she was drunk, put the baby down and passed out. Baby cries a couple hours later (like babies are SUPPOSED TO DO whe they need something) and instead of wakin up out of her stooooooper, she puts the baby in another room and smothers him until he quits cryin. So she can pass out again. I've done some stupid things when drunk, but killin a baby single handedly is not one of them. USE-FUCKING-LESS Give that baby to someone who WANTS him. We don't care what you do with YOUR life, we'll totally forget you if you give him up. You can go on your marry ass drunkin' druggin' worthless USELESS life, but let your baby have the love he deserves that you will NEVER *and do not deserve* have in your heart FUCK YOU BITCH.

[CiaraLuna]

My son and my husband share the same birthday. Last year we did a combined party, there was alcohol there. But, being a responsible parent, I did not drink, so my hubby could have some fun on his birthday.

However, I don't know about you all, but when my son was 2 months old, I was more focused on him and his needs than getting drunk or partying. There is nothing wrong with having a drink or two, but for the sake of the small children that are depending on you, don't get completely wasted unless you have made arrangements for someone else to take care of your kids! Duh! It is not that hard.

[Twisted]

Involuntary manslaughter my ass. Even at my drunkest, I wouldn't put a pillow, or any other thing, on top of a sleeping baby. You'd have to be a very special kind of drunk idiot to think that was a good idea.

[Dallas]

Another one who needs her biological pocket sewn shut. Selfish drunken cunt.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Charges have been dropped against a Porterville mother whose baby died Saturday while she was reportedly drunk, Porterville Police Department has announced.

Autopsy results reveal that the 2-month-old Porterville boy died of a pulmonary embolism, leading the Tulare County coroner to rule the death by natural causes, according to a news release.

His mother, Felicia Arias, 19, was released from custody. The Porterville Police Department has dropped the charges of child neglect and manslaughter filed against her because of insuffienct evidence.

The police department had 48 hours to file charges against Arias but missed the deadline to submit them to the Tulare County District Attorney's office. Porterville police will be asking the district attorney to review the case.
[...]

The subsequent autopsy and an examination by a physician revealed no signs of foul play in the boy's death, the police report.

http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/art...natural-causes

Police say they still plan to submit the case to the Tulare County District Attorney's office to see if any other potential crimes were committed.

http://www.kmph.com/Global/story.asp?S=12660281

[redsaid]

OK, does that usually happen in a brand new baby? Really, I don't know...

[Silvahalo]

Well, from what I understand, a pulmonary embolism could be caused by a vitamin K deficiency. Newborns are prone to that deficiency if not treated at birth for it. I know of a woman who's baby almost died from the condition that was caught at 6 weeks.

Tho, I'm not convinced this wasn't caused by neglect, improper feeding. i guess more info yet to come out on this.

So how did the pillow scenario come in to play? i mean, who said that? certainly she didn't confess if the findings were this....

it was believed she did this...ok, who said this, what evidence?

[MC30]

“It is believed that sometime during the night, Arias moved the infant to another bedroom and placed a pillow on top of him.”

Autopsy results reveal that the 2-month-old Porterville boy died of a pulmonary embolism, leading the Tulare County coroner to rule the death by natural causes, according to a news release

omg. i could only imagine being a young mother, having a good time, and then waking up to find my child dead. and then to be arrested for their death. i really don't know what to say.

[Southern Sin]

Look.... the long and short of it is... If she was sober she may have been alert to the baby crying or noticed its distress and may have been able to do something to either prevent the death or take action immediately!!!

“It is believed that sometime during the night, Arias moved the infant to another bedroom and placed a pillow on top of him.”

Well i guess baby was acting up because of the pulmonary embolism so he was moved!!

Mortality rate is put at 26%, so her actions that day put it up to 100%!! She is still to blame IMO, her fault is her lack of reaction...

[CiaraLuna]

I am glad this wasn't murder, but IMO it was still negligent to have a pillow in the crib with a 2 month old. With all the SIDS awareness, and having 2 kids, she surely was informed not to use pillows/heavy blankets/etc with an infant.

[HijabiGirl]

My first suspicion would not be a Vit K deficiency because it's standard practice to inject all babies born in American hospitals with Vit K. (those painful heel shots) But a PE in an infant??? Very weird. PEs can be sometimes hard to figure out in an adult, I saw a patient once who came in short of breath but wasn't complaining of pain or anything. X-rays don't show PEs and you have to do a spirometry test on them to figure it out usually.

Maybe the baby had a recent respiratory infection which can make you more prone to PEs? Something seems very odd about this case but I can't put my finger on it.

[momof3]

Not all PE's exhibit the same signs and symptoms so you can't say for sure it was painful. It seems babies have a high threshold for pain as well. I know all of my girls have bonked themselves in the head with a toy or bottle. It sounds and looks like it hurt but no crying no tears so who knows. When I was a baby my mom used cloth diapers and she had silver diaper pens with my name and B-date on them. Apparently she stuck it literally through my skin and didn't realize it until she changed my diaper an hour or so later. She said she was mortified and cried but I never made a peep. As for the passing out drunk...that wasn't a very good call but I can't chastise a mother who has lost a baby due to natural causes. I am sure the mother is in her own private hell and will punish herself far worse then I ever could.

[sgr1966]

My first suspicion would not be a Vit K deficiency because it's standard practice to inject all babies born in American hospitals with Vit K. (those painful heel shots) But a PE in an infant??? Very weird. PEs can be sometimes hard to figure out in an adult, I saw a patient once who came in short of breath but wasn't complaining of pain or anything. X-rays don't show PEs and you have to do a spirometry test on them to figure it out usually.

Maybe the baby had a recent respiratory infection which can make you more prone to PEs? Something seems very odd about this case but I can't put my finger on it.

heel shots????i know they take blood from their feet for testing but i dont think they get shots in the feet.please, if someone knows for a fact babies get shots in their feet, please let us know.

[this is going badly]

They collected forensic evidence, and learned that the prior evening, Saturday, there was a birthday party at the home for a 4-year-old sibling to the deceased infant. During the party, Arias became “extremely" intoxicated with alcohol.

I might be out of touch here but is alcohol usually served at a four year old's birthday party? My kids were pretty happy with a magician or pony rides so it never occured to me to offer mixed drinks.

This woman is still an irresponsible idiot. Even if she is only 19 she chose to pop out two kids, by doing so she made the commitment to (at least) stay sober enough to take care of them properly. Sorry, but I feel this way, reguardless of the cause of death.

And I am seriously suspicious of an infant having a spontanious PE, much less dying from one.

[this is going badly]

heel shots????i know they take blood from their feet for testing but i dont think they get shots in the feet.please, if someone knows for a fact babies get shots in their feet, please let us know.

The heel cuts are to rule out PKU and rare disorder but serious that can be prevent by diet.

Vit K speeds up blood clotting and occures sponaniously between the 5-7 day of life. Vit K shots (or oral solution in some countries) has been routienly given in the first world since the 1960's. The injectin is given in the thigh.

A parent can request that it not be done, just like we can with antibiotic eye drops or the swab to prevent thrush.

One of our kids was a 28 week preemie and he got a vit K injection, but had a significant brain bleed anyway. I signed a release for my other kids born in the hospital as I think the risk of a brain bleed is low in a full term baby whit normal birth weight.

There is a link between breast feeding and Vit K deficiency I just wanted to avoid the injection and I did give my babies the oral Vit K at home that we purchaed from a european pharmacy.