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Mother killed five-year-old son 'for breaking TV when he was playing Nintendo Wii'

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  • 21-06-2011 3:07pm
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    Tallon
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    A mother has admitted to brutally killing her five-year-old son after he broke her television set when he was playing Nintendo Wii.

    Kim Crawford, 21, told police she beat her son Jamar Johnson 'harder than I have ever hit him' before leaving him to suffer in pain for almost a week at their Bronx apartment before calling for help.

    She watched Jamar, who had suffered severe internal injuries, vomit and listened to him complain of terrible pain for five days but refused to take him to hospital for fear of arrest.

    She admitted to police that she 'hit Jamar twice in the back and twice in the stomach,' according to the New York Daily News.

    Five days later, after complaining of constant pain, she 'held Jamar's hand and it was cold' on Friday night, police said. 'He wasn't moving.'

    She told officers she had not reported the horrific injuries because she was 'worried they'd see the bruises and I'd get in trouble.'

    'Whether or not she did it on purpose doesn't matter, because my beautiful grandson is gone and he's not coming back.

    'It's a tragedy. It's inexcusable.'

    Grandmother, Betsy Johnson

    Jamar died at Montefiore Medical Center late on Friday of an infection from a lacerated pancreas and intestine.

    Miss Crawford has since been charged with murder and manslaughter and is currently being held without bond.

    She has previous arrests for drugs and assault and a history of domestic incidents with Jamal's father, according to police.

    Authorities were called nine times since 2006 for domestic incidents involving the couple and Miss Crawford had an open warrant for violating probation when she was arrested.

    'I can't believe this,' Jamar's father told the Daily News.

    His grandmother, Betsy Johnson, added: 'Whether or not she did it on purpose doesn't matter, because my beautiful grandson is gone and he's not coming back.

    'It's a tragedy. It's inexcusable.'

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2006269/Mother-killed-year-old-son-breaking-TV-playing-Nintendo-Wii.html#ixzz1Pv4Hgekn

    Holy crap :eek:

    Terrible thing...


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    SteelyDanJalapeno
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    That's so sad, poor kid.

    RIP


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    silverspoon
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    Good Jesus! That's an awful tragedy. The poor little boy, five days in torture...:mad::(


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    Kojak
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    That's absolutly terrible.

    She was more concerned about her own image/protection (i.e. not getting arrested) that she let her son suffer in pain and eventually die. Bítch :mad:


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    Latchy
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    That is one fcuked up , excuse of a mother .


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    Bazzy
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    Well he wont do it again ...


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    Bazzy
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    Well he wont do it again ...


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    Ghost Train
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    Game Over!


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    madmammy
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    i hope she gets the same torture x10....theres no excuse for doing that to any child


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    Latchy
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    Hard to imagine that she was worried about being done for child abuse that she didn't get him the care and attention he needed yet had she done so, the child would most likley be still alive and she would have had less serious charge against her than what she sure as hell will face now .


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    Son Of A Vidic
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    Granny should be allowed to beat that evil bítch senseless with a baseball bat. Then let her feel what it's like to die slowly.


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    Android 666
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    Bazzy wrote: »
    Well he wont do it again ...

    Jesus. I've told bad jokes in my time but that is absolutely shameful…


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    cruiser178
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    Ive a lump in my throat after reading that, rip the poor kid.


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    bonerm
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    Watch out Jamie Redknapp. Harry's got a temper too.


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    Poor Uncle Tom
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    First time an article has made me physically sick...


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    MistyCheese
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    Bazzy wrote: »
    Well he wont do it again ...
    Bazzy wrote: »
    Well he wont do it again ...

    Did you double post that on purpose?


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    pragmatic1
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    Poor kid. Why do some people have children in the first place.


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    krudler
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    MistyCheese wrote: »
    Did you double post that on purpose?

    yes, to be extra cuntish


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    Paparazzo
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    bonerm wrote: »
    Watch out Jamie Redknapp. Harry's got a temper too.

    We can all wish


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    [Deleted User]
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    That's one of the most upsetting things I've read in a while. The poor little thing.


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    phill106
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    Latchy wrote: »
    That is one fcuked up , excuse of a mother .

    She is no mother, she just gave birth to the kid. No one who could do that could ever be called a mother.


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    AudreyHepburn
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    Horrific!

    Some people aren't fit to be parents....I mean why bother having children if you are going to abuse them?


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    mystique150
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    No excusing what she did, but she is young, only 21 and obviously is a lone parent as nobody came to the house in the five days while the kid was dying! Why did nobody come to check that he wasn't in school? Where was his dad? She could have been mentally ill for all we know and not getting any support. It's very sad for all involved.


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    AudreyHepburn
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    mystique150 wrote: »
    No excusing what she did, but she is young, only 21 and obviously is a lone parent as nobody came to the house in the five days while the kid was dying! Why did nobody come to check that he wasn't in school? Where was his dad? She could have been mentally ill for all we know and not getting any support. It's very sad for all involved.

    Her age, mental health, status and the presence or not of her child's father are no excuse for what she did.

    You may not mean to but it does sound as if you are giving her excuses tbh.


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    stovelid
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    Reading stuff like this always kinda ruins my day. The poor fucking mite. :(


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    mystique150
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    AudreyHepburn wrote: »
    Her age, mental health, status and the presence or not of her child's father are no excuse for what she did.

    You may not mean to but it does sound as if you are giving her excuses tbh.

    I'm not excusing what she did, it is absolutely horrendous. I find it so bad, that I think the woman had something very wrong with her as nobody of a sound mind could have left the child die like that. I'm just trying to imagine what would have brought to her to something so insane. I don't think anyone can be that evil without being crazy and I'm sure there had to have been warnings before, which makes me mad that nobody checked on her or the kids for five days! It's easy for us to say people like that shouldn't have kids, but they do and this is the type of existence they have. It just makes you wonder how screwed up the lives of so many kids are...


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    --Kaiser--
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    Fvcking monster. Unfortunately New York doesn't have the death penalty


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    Abi
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    mystique150 wrote: »
    No excusing what she did, but she is young, only 21 and obviously is a lone parent as nobody came to the house in the five days while the kid was dying! Why did nobody come to check that he wasn't in school? Where was his dad? She could have been mentally ill for all we know and not getting any support. It's very sad for all involved.

    No but about it, or excuses for what she did. Most parents would agree that a child can try your patience, and in the heat of the moment say something or smack a child. If he broke the TV he should have been grounded and banned from his games and whatever privileges he had, not KILLED. She beat her own son so badly, it eventually led to his death - she had FIVE days to do the right thing, but she didn't. She consciously decided to conseal his injuries to save her own ass. That is as cruel, evil, and selfish as you can get.
    She has previous arrests for drug s and assault and a history of domestic incidents with Jamal's father, according to police.
    She chose her life path, and the above ^ is what she subjected herself and son to.

    Im not being unsympathetic, I understand lone parents do find it harder to get by, particularly so if the father or mother is no use or absent. But they don't ask to be brought into the world, every child has the right to a happy, safe environment. She had an uncontrolable temper that cost her son his life.


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    MagicMarker
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    --Kaiser-- wrote: »
    Fvcking monster. Unfortunately New York doesn't have the death penalty

    Why deprive her of her inevitable lifelong tourment? She'll probably commit suicide in jail anyway.


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    Craebear
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    Some people cannot be allowed to have children, simple as that.


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    Wolfe Tone
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    Lets all show disgust at her violent act and wish acts of gratuitous violence on her. Thats how this works right?

    Poor kid, RIP.


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