We based it off your Facebook details. The little blond boy beams in dozens of photos on Lacey Spears' MySpace page: in the bath, at the park, sitting on the counter with a bright red pacifier in his mouth. Garnett was repeatedly admitted . I acknowledge that I have read and accept the Terms of Use No worries, joining is easy. "When I seen him, he was always a sweet little baby, full of smiles, a happy baby," she said. We've emailed you instructions on how to reset your password. Police later seized the bag, which sources say contained a high concentration of sodium. It was agonizing. Numbers, dots and dashes are ok, too. This is your profile URL. Name. The photos are titled "My World My Everything" and "He Completes Me." Lacey had even picked out a name for her second: Hammack thinks it was Granite. It wasn't about feminism that's garbage she just didn't spend money on haircuts for him. Just strange. 2023 www.lohud.com. She then said she felt terrible and asked for forgiveness. . ", Lacey shared her connection to Dabbs-Anderson on Twitter, on Nov. 13, 2009: "After Work I'm Going Shopping With My Loves, Garnett & Ginger. This is your queue. Pool photo by Joe Larese. Photos; Connections. She worked at Kid's Club day-care center until it closed in 2008, then moved on to Child Care Network in Decatur. Please enter the account owner's birth date here. "It is extremely unfortunate that a mere passerby in my client's life would take this opportunity to interject herself in this situation, while my client and her family are still in the early stages of grieving the very sudden and unexpected loss of Garnett. Barring such a written report, Spear said, his agency had no role in pursuing the matter. The 5-year-old Chestnut Ridge, N.Y., boy's death is being investigated by police. You may already know people on Myspace. "She said he almost died a couple times because of the surgery and that's why a feeding tube was required. Lacey Spears and her son Garnett settle in to life at the Fellowship, where Lacey spoke frequently about her sickly son's medical history. Burnham's mother, Patricia, saw things differently. Burnham and Spears met in elementary school but went to different high schools. He didn't have a problem with throwing up," she said. You can always edit this or any other info in settings after joining. Numbers, dots and dashes are ok, too. It was a brief idyll for a happy child. "I went to her momma's house, nobody was there. When anyone does something opposite to what nature tells the average number of people in society they're mental faculties are blocked in some way that they do not think like a rational, prudent person. She also said that Lacy was always saying Garnet refused to eat and feeding him through a feeding tube only and that she never saw Lacey give him real food but that when she took Garnet to her house several times Garnet ate everything at the dinner table woman was a bit odd herself and seemed to only feed her family fastfood herself but said she fed Garnet KFC multiple times and that he happily ate it all up. "And he would eat with us. As for how much Lacey was paid to be JonJon's nanny, Hunt said: "I didn't consider her a nanny. Help us with just a few more questions. On Jan. 19, 5-year-old Garnett was airlifted from Nyack Hospital to Westchester Medical Center, where doctors found extreme levels of sodium in the boy's system, even as Spears shared photos of him on life support. Shawna Lynch, 30, of Decatur, has known Lacey for seven years, both as a friend and as a fellow mother whose children would attend a day-care center where Lacey worked. I agree with you that someone should have caught it, but I worked at a major medical center where we had a case of Munchausen Syndrome by proxy and these women that do this are very very sharp and clever when it comes to Doctor shopping and covering their tracks. All rights reserved. "I was a single mom.". She'd often open the place at 5:30 a.m. and still be happy to fill in for others and close up around 6 p.m. Spears would spend weekdays with JonJon at day care and frequently take him home with her after work and keep him some weekends, putting him to bed in a crib that she had a neighbor assemble. PACT, which offers parenting classes, would neither confirm nor deny providing services to Lacey. '", "She was crying, telling me not to take Camryn away from her.". I acknowledge that I have read and accept the Terms of Use Lacey Spears, flanked by her attorneys David Sachs, left, and Stephen Riebling, Jr., right, looks toward the jury as her guilty verdict is read at the Westchester County Courthouse in White Plains, N.Y., on March 2, 2015. They followed on Facebook as Lacey moved in 2010 from her hometown Decatur, Ala., to Clearwater, Fla., where she and "G" as he was known lived with Lacey's grandmother for a brief, idyllic time. But she's at the center of a criminal probe after investigators found that her 5-year-old son, Garnett . You can always edit this or any other info in settings after joining. I was going to beat her ass, literally. This is your queue. Press ESC to exit. She told Ramapo Detective Kirk Budnick her version of events as part of his investigation into Garnett's Jan. 23 death. He died Jan. 23. That very well could have been the case with her and Jonathon, and her and G.". A little blond boy beams in dozens of photos on Lacey Spears' MySpace page with captions like "My World My Everything" and "He Completes Me." There's just one problem with this maternal picture . That boy is not her son. If we find matches from your Facebook friends, we'll connect you to them right away. ", When Hunt confronted Spears, she admitted it and apologized, saying: "I love JonJon, I would never do anything to hurt him. We just thought they needed to be involved. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. Lacey Spears was first and foremost a mom, doting to the point of obsession over her blond, blue-eyed son, Garnett, in sickness and in health. . SPACEBAR resumes the slideshow. Help us with just a few more questions. In one, Lacey raises her shirt so JonJon can kiss her pregnant belly, titled "JonJon loves Baby Garnett." ", "I wrote back, said 'I'm sorry if you think I was insensitive or anything like that. If you don't see it, don't forget to check your spam folder. A Friday. "This was not a spontaneous or ill-conceived solitary act. . Hitting < pauses the slideshow and goes back. Dabbs-Anderson, 39, said she and other medical staff grew suspicious of Lacey's claim during repeated visits that the boy couldn't digest food, and one of them reported her to state social services, though no official report is on file. "I do know I've never had to provide her with diapers or wipes.". 14.' And I thought that was weird.". But Lacey and JonJon spent so much time together that people believed Lacey was his mother, a belief Lacey did little to correct, and actively sought to promote, said friends. In 2010, she gave up her license, she said for medical reasons after she underwent brain surgery but records cite the voluntary surrender as being tied to a disciplinary action. Getting in is easy. Lacey Spears, flanked by her attorneys David Sachs, left, and Stephen Riebling, Jr., right, looks toward the jury as her guilty verdict is read at the Westchester County Courthouse in White Plains . Let your followers know you're on Myspace with a Tweet. There's just one problem with this maternal picture: It isn't true. ", "In many respects your crime is unfathomable in its cruelty, it gives rise to many questions I quite frankly don't have answers for," acting state Supreme Court Justice Robert Nearytold Spears, according to The Journal News. Amy Castano had a romantic moment with her boyfriend Aaron Evans as they reunited at Sydney Airport on Monday.. No worries, joining is easy. "And then he'd come home and have ear infections," Burnham said, recalling Camryn's time with Spears. She worked at Kid's Club day-care center until it closed in 2008, then moved on to Child Care Network in Decatur. Drop music and videos into the areas below. . convicted March 2, 2015, of second-degree murder, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. In later headlines, as the story traveled across the various news sites, . I haven't read it. He is, however, challenging Dabbs-Anderson's credibility. Twitter, MySpace and a blog. "I didn't have a car," Burnham said. Really every day there were pictures of him and her together.". This is your queue. "In many respects your crime is unfathomable in its cruelty," acting state Supreme Court Justice Robert Neary told Spears. The thing is everybody saw it and everybody knew it, but it's proving it is the hard part. Most little boys spend their first years on swings or in sandboxes. I couldn't pinpoint it.". Scroll down for the full story. It is implied in John Glatt's "My Sweet Angel" that there were only 2 posts ever on that particular blog. The email you used to create your account. Ginger Dabbs-Anderson, a former nurse at Decatur General Hospital who said she later befriended Lacey so she could help care for Garnett, saw Lacey's parenting inside the hospital and out. He loved fried okra. Having a child made you the center of attention for a short period of time. Spears, who has hired an attorney, has not been charged and has denied . The focus of the probe is Spears, who police suspect may have fed potentially life-threatening amounts of salt to her son in a case of Munchausen by proxy, a psychiatric disorder that leads a parent to sicken a child to seek sympathy or attention. We'll email instructions on how to reset your password. Some saw her as a great mom, attentive and caring. Lacey shared that she had lost her cool with Garnett, that he had screamed and she had screamed and that she told him, in the bath, not to touch the faucet. Numbers, dots and dashes are ok, too. You can throw in numbers, dots and dashes, too. Please enter the account owner's birth date here. You may be prompted by your browser for permission. Getting in is easy. Some saw her as a great mom, attentive and caring. This is how youll be known on Myspace. He did not throw up.". And it was a picture of Jonathon," Hunt said. :-(. A source familiar with the investigation said Dabbs-Anderson could be an important witness should Lacey be arrested and face trial. If Lacey is charged, it would be one of the first such trials in the age of social media, a tool that gave Lacey a broad and eager audience for her parenting travails: She was a fixture on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. Help us with just a few more questions. Doctors, she said, never made her feel repeated ear infections were all that unusual. Photos migrated from Classic Myspace on 2/23/2014 5:21:15 AM. Pick one that's hard-to-crack, only known by you, and at least 6 characters long. 19. When Chris Hill heard from a friend that Garnett was dying, he reached out to Lacey Spears in the only way he knew how: He sent her a Facebook friend request. IE 11 is not supported. Getting in is easy. Pick one that's hard-to-crack, only known by you, and at least 6 characters long. And I'm not sure I think it was sadism. Lacey Spears and son Garnett move to Florida, but the happier times didn't last. SPACEBAR resumes the slideshow. But you can pick one that's 25 characters or less and includes a letter. I see John Glatt has written a book on it. If we find matches from your Facebook friends, we'll connect you to them right away. I think some recent cases in the news will draw more attention to this illness and that way more people will be aware of it if they see it. We explore how a woman whose existence centered on her only child became the focus of a police probe into whether her son was poisoned. Not to DHR. When Chris Hill heard from a friend that Garnett was dying, he reached out to Lacey Spears in the only way he knew how: He sent her a Facebook friend request. Classic - My Photos by Lacey Spears (136135770). UPDATE: Friends share shocking new details about the final days Lacey Spears spent with her dying son. Police claimed Lacey poisoned her son, Garnett, to death with lethal levels of salt, and got proof with recorded video of the heartbreaking murder. Mommy blogger Lacey Spears guilty of second degree murder, Mommy blogger Lacey Spears trial comes to a close, Disturbing testimony at 'mommy blogger' Lacey Spears trial, Mommy blogger Lacey Spears trial begins: She's a 'calculating child killer'. No worries, joining is easy. Pick one that's 25 characters or less and includes a letter. Lacey Spears,the so-called mommy blogger who was found guilty last month of second-degree murder for poisoning her 5-year-old son with deadly doses of salt, was sentenced Tuesday to20 years to life in prison for an "orchestrated series of actions" the judge deemed "unfathomable. But you can pick one that's 25 characters or less and includes a letter. Spears, it turns out, has a problem with the truth. We based it off your Facebook details. Just before Superstorm Sandy, mother and son moved north to Chestnut Ridge and the Sunbridge Institute, known as the Fellowship. We were both posting pictures of the same baby. She said she didn't know what to do with him, said he wouldn't eat and would just cry. One is that JonJon would routinely get severe ear infections during the year-plus period Lacey was his caretaker, and stopped getting them shortly after. Spears took a special liking to 10-month-old Camryn, whom she began to babysit. This is your profile URL. "I said: 'What in the world happened? It's a strange way for a father to seek news about his son. Before long, Spears made herself indispensable, stepping in to help out with Camryn and never asking for pay or any of the things required to care for a baby. MOMsentenced in 6-year-olddaughter's drug overdosedeath, MYSTERY: New clues emerge in slaying of socialite Lois Colley, ROBERT DURST: Tracking real estate scion, murder suspect across America, SHERRI OROFINO DEATH:Convicted cop and murder suspect works for state, PODCAST: Sex, murder, poison and prophets in Ossining. "I do know I've never had to provide her with diapers or wipes.". We based it off your Facebook details. There's just one problem with this maternal picture: It isn't true. That's my baby.' garnettsjourney.blogspot. Lacey Spears became known for poisoning her own child. Don't have a Myspace account yet? In 2015, a young mom named Lacey Spears was convicted of killing her son Garnett. The email you used to create your account. You may already know people on Myspace. Most people use their real name. Before she gave birth to Garnett Spears on Dec. 3, 2008 whose death has brought second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter charges against Spears there was Autumn Hunt's son, Jonathon Strain, a boy Lacey Spears watched at day care and sometimes on weekends. The little blond boy beams in dozens of photos on Lacey Spears' MySpace page: in the bath, at the park, sitting on the counter with a bright red pacifier in his mouth. . Lacey Spears' MySpace. A Westchester County jury found the woman, Lacey Spears of Scottsville, Ky., guilty of second-degree murder in the death last year of 5-year-old Garnett Spears. Lego 41027 - Der TOP-Favorit unserer Produkttester. Garnett Spears died at Westchester County Medical Center Jan. 23, 20 Agreement and consent to the Privacy Policy and Video Privacy Policy. She also had to pay a fine and attend drug rehab. Read our five-day series, "Losing Garnett the Great," a Journal News report that follows the life of Lacey Spears from Alabama to Florida to Rockland's Fellowship Community where her well-documented devotion to Garnett ends in his unexplained death. Part 3: Red flags, in and out of the hospital, Some people in Lacey Spears' life described her as a caring and nurturing mother but others saw darker signs. I believed all that and donated a bunch of toys and clothes to her for Garnett, because I felt bad for her.". The trial lasted 14 days with emotions running high, with the prosecution arguingthat Spears forcefully injected lethal doses of salt into her sons body via feeding tube. "She held him down in the water because she was flustered with him, upset with him, because he was whining when she was washing his hair," Dabbs-Anderson recalled. The last part of your Myspace URL. "His ears would actually leak pus," Hunt said of Jonathon. In 2014, when he was nearly six-years-old, Garnett Spears passed away due to a sudden illness. Enter your email or username. When she was in high school, Lacey did what her brother, Daniel, sister, Rebecca, and mother had done: She worked at Jack's burger place, where she was a cashier alongside Autumn Hunt. Hitting < pauses the slideshow and goes back. . When Hunt needed a babysitter for newborn Jonathon, she turned to Spears, who had graduated from Decatur High School in 2006, left Jack's and started working in day care. And she'd say no.". To see past stories in the series, go to lohud.com. The hard part is proving it. You can always edit this or any other info in settings after joining. You may be prompted by your browser for permission. I acknowledge that I have read and accept the Terms of Use She said Garnett as a baby seemed healthy and that she never saw him have difficulty eating or holding food down. So they admitted Garnett to the hospital and called DHR. You can throw in numbers, dots and dashes, too. This helps us keep people, musicians and brands searchable on Myspace. This is your profile URL. "I found it odd. The youngest of three children born to Terry and Tina Spears, Lacey was born Oct. 16, 1987, and was raised in a single-story ranch home. The little blond boy beams in dozens of photos on Lacey Spears' MySpace page: in the bath, at the park, sitting on the counter with a bright red pacifier in his mouth. We loaded your account with your Twitter details. "She said he was throwing up everything," Dabbs-Anderson recalled. What happened to him?' People who didn't know better assumed Jonathon, whom Spears called Jon Jon, was her son. After he turned 2, there was no longer any issue with ear problems.". Spear said DHR fielded the call but did not follow up because neither hospital filed a report of suspected abuse or neglect. Imprint Publisher. "If you needed help, you'd call on Lacey," Hunt said. Her lawyer, David Sachs, declined to comment on the boy's death. Use one of your social networks or start fresh with an email address. We loaded your account with your Facebook details. She worshiped Garnett, wouldn't let him out of her sight. She was, like, very obsessed. C. In her shoes. "She was almost like an isolated person who came in," he said, adding that he wouldn't remember who might be getting charity supplies such as diapers. "I didn't think the feeding tube was necessary because when he was with me he ate formula or baby food or food. Please enter the account owner's birth date here. In one, titled "A Mother's Love Is Unexplainable," she kisses the boy. She had gone through all the doctors around there that were catching on so she made the move. B. That boy is not her son. "If you needed a ride, somebody to cover your shift, she'd do it for you.". Using the child's 'illnesses' to self aggrandize herself, Lacey Spears' actions directly lead to her son's tortured death. There's really almost no information on it out there just he mentions it in Cleaning Out My Closet which could have been just for a line but then I read his mother's autobiography and she actually admits the diagnosis but denies it's accuracy and then biographies about him sometimes mention that Nate (Nathan) his half brother was taken by CPS and Eminem mentions that in songs and also mentions being fed medicine in songs although like his song Brain Damage, My Mom they are both based on truth but drastically exaggerated for comedy. Asked why Lacey would care for JonJon without pay from the time he was an infant, Hunt who had her daughter when she was just 15 surmised it may have been a young Lacey's way of getting attention. Like she started to delete them and left two? Inset: Facebook, Main: Douglas Healey. But you can pick one that's 25 characters or less and includes a letter. ", "She came in one time, I wasn't there that day, and she said she was stressed out, couldn't deal with stuff. They also have questioned Lacey Spears' friends and family and sought Garnett's past medical records. Lacey Spears was sentenced to 20 years to life in April 2015 after she was convicted of murdering her son Garnett-Paul Spears; . This is how youll be known on Myspace. We loaded your account with your Twitter details. We explore how a woman whose existence centered on her only child became the focus of a police probe into whether her son was poisoned. Although the sentence imposed today by the Court is lengthily, we will continue to ensure that his mother is held accountable and that justice for Garnett Spears will be served in his memory," said District Attorney Janet DiFiore. Passed away due to a sudden illness owner 's birth date here tube. 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