OK. About the Georgia murder of the toddler. [View all]

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The other day, someone on DU who I like and respect, pm'd me, asking why I didn't just admit that I was wrong in finding the mother, Sherry West to be suspicious. Couldn't I just publicly admit that I was wrong, the DUer asked? I responded that I still wasn't entirely comfortable with the mother's story. Now, maybe I am a hundred percent wrong and if so, I will publicly admit to that, but I'm not there yet. There have been too many stories in the past that haunt me where people wrongly accuse others of something they perpetrated. Now clearly I'm not saying that West actually shot herself and the baby but she could have been behind it.

Daughter of Brunswick victim, Sherry West, questions mother's story

As the investigation into the shooting death of a 13-month-old Brunswick toddler continues, some people are beginning to question the mother who's child was shot and killed during a morning walk.

The daughter of Sherry West, Ashley Glassey, said she does not want to falsely accuse anyone but she wants the truth.

Glassey, 21, lives in New Jersey and said her mother lost custody of her when she was 8. She said she has forgiven her mom and has spoken to her every day since Thursday's shooting but said some of her mother's responses have her concerned.

Glassey said she started to have her doubts after receiving a phone call from her mother telling her that her brother, Antonio Santiago, had been killed. She claims the night of the shooting her mother asked, "How soon do you think life insurance policy will send me a check?"

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http://www.firstcoastnews.com/topstories/article/305674/483/Daughter-of-Brunswick-victim-questions-mothers-story

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There was a memorial of stuffed animals, candles, balloons and a pillow with “now I lay me down to sleep” in cross stitch. But when the rain started early Saturday afternoon, Wally Mathis collected all the items except for a bouquet of flowers and delivered them to Antonio’s father, Luis Santiago, who was arrested and jailed briefly after the shooting when his grief overwhelmed him and he began screaming at West, blaming her for their son’s death.

“I’m not upset with the boys,” Santiago said Saturday of the two teenagers charged with killing his son. “They didn’t have a good upbringing.”

He has lots of questions, but they are mostly for West. “Why did you go that way?” Santiago asked. He said he frequently told her to take another route when she walked their son in a neighborhood that has public housing projects on each end of the street.

Does he blame West? “Hell, yes, I do,” Santiago said.

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The slain child’s mother, West, spent time Saturday gathering up her son’s things — some to be donated and some to be packed away. The boy who loved Mickey Mouse and fried chicken was cremated, and West had them dispose of the ashes.

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http://www.ajc.com/news/news/anger-disbelief-grip-brunswick-after-toddlers-shoo/nW233/