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

Tallon

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...

SteelyDanJalapeno

That's so sad, poor kid.

RIP

silverspoon

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

Kojak

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:

Latchy

That is one fcuked up , excuse of a mother .

Bazzy

Well he wont do it again ...

Bazzy

Well he wont do it again ...

Ghost Train

Game Over!

madmammy

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

Latchy

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 .

Son Of A Vidic

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.

Android 666

Bazzy wrote: »

Well he wont do it again ...

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

cruiser178

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

bonerm

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

Poor Uncle Tom

First time an article has made me physically sick...

MistyCheese

Bazzy wrote: »

Well he wont do it again ...

Bazzy wrote: »

Well he wont do it again ...

Did you double post that on purpose?

pragmatic1

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

krudler

MistyCheese wrote: »

Did you double post that on purpose?

yes, to be extra cuntish

Paparazzo

bonerm wrote: »

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

We can all wish

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

phill106

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.

AudreyHepburn

Horrific!

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

mystique150

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.

AudreyHepburn

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.

stovelid

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

mystique150

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...

--Kaiser--

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

Abi

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.

MagicMarker

--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.

Craebear

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

Wolfe Tone

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

Poor kid, RIP.

greenybaby

things like this make me cry i couldn't imagine battering my child no matter what they done, yes a slap on the bum is no harm but jesus anything harder is not acceptable

poor little thing, R.I.P

Bazzy

MistyCheese wrote: »

Bazzy wrote: »

Well he wont do it again ...

Bazzy wrote: »

Well he wont do it again ...

Did you double post that on purpose?

No the website was going slow I may have hit it twice in error.

The comment was made in a humorous manner same as Ryan dunns crash etc after hours is not the place for human rights it's supposed to be a laugh

I don't condone the behaviour but jokes are cracked about every subject including people dying and being tortured

You could fall over Joe fritzel jokes so could people please get off their high horses an go post somewhere else more serious if your easily upset

Ellis Dee

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

Lets all show disgust at her violent act and wish acts of gratuitous violence on her. That´'s how this works right?

Poor kid, RIP.

Indeed, I fully agree. An inadequate person who lost her way in life and did a terrible thing. There but for --- :rolleyes:

But at least she has given a lot of joy to all the sickos on here who are probably getting off on imagining the cruel and unusual punishment they would like to inflict on her. As if that would bring the unfortunate child back, or prevent future occurrences of mindless cruelty like this.

Some of the comments on here remind me of the stories I read in the papers when they still had hanging in the UK and mobs of ghoulish people used to gather outside the prison early that morning waiting for the bell to chime and the poster to be stuck up outside. Some came carrying small children in their arms, "to show them the difference between right and wrong".

I wonder how many of those who express such self-rightness indignation at this crime and wallow in pleasure at the thought of the punishment they would like to inflict on that wretch would howl almost as loudly at the thought of more funding being provided for preventive work to alleviate social deprivation and the many evil ways in which its symptoms manifests themselves.:rolleyes:

Soups123

I'm sure breaking the tele wasnt what caused her to kill em, has to much deeper mother issues, scary stuff poor child.

amacachi

A woman killed a kid? Obviously she was depressed/stressed/insert some other excuse. Bitch shouldn't see the light of day again.

Android 666

Bazzy wrote: »

No the website was going slow I may have hit it twice in error.

The comment was made in a humorous manner same as Ryan dunns crash etc after hours is not the place for human rights it's supposed to be a laugh

I don't condone the behaviour but jokes are cracked about every subject including people dying and being tortured

You could fall over Joe fritzel jokes so could people please get off their high horses an go post somewhere else more serious if your easily upset

I've made inappropriate jokes all my life and will continue to do so but I gotta say even for me there's a line you don't cross and for me this is one of those cases.

Review the case:
A child is beaten so badly he gets a lacerated pancreas and intestine. He is left in constant agony for 5 days until he dies from an infection from his injuries.

Really think a sh¡tty one liner is the way to go there?

im invisible

Well, she told him to use the safety strap...

cruiser178

Bazzy wrote: »

No the website was going slow I may have hit it twice in error.

The comment was made in a humorous manner same as Ryan dunns crash etc after hours is not the place for human rights it's supposed to be a laugh

I don't condone the behaviour but jokes are cracked about every subject including people dying and being tortured

You could fall over Joe fritzel jokes so could people please get off their high horses an go post somewhere else more serious if your easily upset

Joe fritzel is an old deranged man, god only knows what went through that mans head. The op is about a small defenceless little boy who was in a terrible amount of pain for 5 days and then died because of injuries his mother gave to him.
Ah is no place or any where else on this site for that matter to be making immature jokes (thanks prostituting)about a kid whose life was curly taken from him.

RachaelVO

Poor kid! That's truly very tragic on so many levels. A mother realises that the child she brought up is capable of such a thing. A young mother has destroyed her life, she will probably be (rightfully so) in prison for the rest of her life. Then there is the poor little mite, imagine suffering like that for 5 days. Afraid of the pain and afraid of the one person who is supposed to take care of him. That story is a heartbreaker all round!

iamwhoiam

Bazzy wrote: »

No the website was going slow I may have hit it twice in error.

The comment was made in a humorous manner same as Ryan dunns crash etc after hours is not the place for human rights it's supposed to be a laugh

I don't condone the behaviour but jokes are cracked about every subject including people dying and being tortured

You could fall over Joe fritzel jokes so could people please get off their high horses an go post somewhere else more serious if your easily upset

Sometimes it crosses a line and its very sad that you dont see that . A little child who suffered agony is involved .really if you cant see that I feel for you .There are jokes and there are jokes and this sure isnt the place for one .

seeing that article beside tall's grinning avatar...

Bazzy

Android 666 wrote: »

Bazzy wrote: »

No the website was going slow I may have hit it twice in error.

The comment was made in a humorous manner same as Ryan dunns crash etc after hours is not the place for human rights it's supposed to be a laugh

I don't condone the behaviour but jokes are cracked about every subject including people dying and being tortured

You could fall over Joe fritzel jokes so could people please get off their high horses an go post somewhere else more serious if your easily upset

I've made inappropriate jokes all my life and will continue to do so but I gotta say even for me there's a line you don't cross and for me this is one of those cases.

Review the case:
A child is beaten so badly he gets a lacerated pancreas and intestine. He is left in constant agony for 5 days until he dies from an infection from his injuries.

Really think a sh¡tty one liner is the way to go there?

How is it any different to a Ryan Dunn or Joe fritzel or madeline mc cann one liner ? All have suffered ?

Your line is obviously a different place to mine if you don't like what I said ignore it and move on

cruiser178

bluewolf wrote: »

seeing that article beside tall's grinning avatar...

Im sure he didn't realise it at the time but ya, i did take a double take at that.

Bazzy

cruiser178 wrote: »

Bazzy wrote: »

No the website was going slow I may have hit it twice in error.

The comment was made in a humorous manner same as Ryan dunns crash etc after hours is not the place for human rights it's supposed to be a laugh

I don't condone the behaviour but jokes are cracked about every subject including people dying and being tortured

You could fall over Joe fritzel jokes so could people please get off their high horses an go post somewhere else more serious if your easily upset

Joe fritzel is an old deranged man, god only knows what went through that mans head. The op is about a small defenceless little boy who was in a terrible amount of pain for 5 days and then died because of injuries his mother gave to him.
Ah is no place or any where else on this site for that matter to be making immature jokes (thanks prostituting)about a kid whose life was curly taken from him.

What went through the heads of the children he locked up and raped his own siblings ??

greenybaby

The ones that make jokes obviously don't have kids of their own and if by chance they do, i feel sorry for them, crack a one liner at their funeral would ya??

it's AH big swinging mickey, just a fricking name of a board, so that gives you the right to make jokes about an innocent child getting killed in such a violent manner, cop on to yourselves

mackg

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

Horrific!

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

Not fit to be a parent? I think that might be the biggest understatement ever. I mean you hear stories and think people deserve to have their kids taken off them, I hear this and think I hope she lives to be 102 and suffers for every second of it.

Bazzy

greenybaby wrote: »

The ones that make jokes obviously don't have kids of their own and if by chance they do, i feel sorry for them, crack a one liner at their funeral would ya??

it's AH big swinging mickey, just a fricking name of a board, so that gives you the right to make jokes about an innocent child getting killed in such a violent manner, cop on to yourselves

I've cracked jokes at plenty of funerals and I do have children.

greenybaby

Bazzy wrote: »

I've cracked jokes at plenty of funerals and I do have children.

If you read my post again i asked would you crack a joke at your own childs funeral, and judging by your previous posts i'd say you would and all

Bazzy

greenybaby wrote: »

The ones that make jokes obviously don't have kids of their own and if by chance they do, i feel sorry for them, crack a one liner at their funeral would ya??

it's AH big swinging mickey, just a fricking name of a board, so that gives you the right to make jokes about an innocent child getting killed in such a violent manner, cop on to yourselves

Don't go to nein11

Am going to bow out of this thread don't want to upset the high horse brigade

Free speech !

cruiser178

Bazzy wrote: »

I've cracked jokes at plenty of funerals and I do have children.

shovel for bazzy