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In reply to the discussion: Nancy Grace is just f*ing evil. [View all]KansDem
(28,498 posts)"Parent exercises poor judgment leading to death of child leading to suicide of parent"
I still remember this story from 2001--
Dad Pays for Son's Death With Suicide
A man who was due to report to jail for the death of his 2-year-old son apparently killed himself in the same mountains where the boy wandered off and froze.
Paul Wayment's body was found Wednesday, hours after he was supposed to surrender to begin serving a 30-day sentence. A hunting rifle and pair of binoculars were found at Wayment's side.
Wayment, 38, pleaded no contest Tuesday to negligent homicide for leaving son Gage alone in a pickup truck for 45 minutes while he scouted for deer last October. When Wayment returned, the boy was gone. Gage's frozen body was found five days later, more than a mile from the truck.
"In one brief and monumental moment while Gage slept in the truck, I made the biggest mistake of my life," Wayment said before his sentencing. "If I could change places with my son, I would give up my life in a second."
Wayment apparently shot himself in the head, Summit County sheriff's Detective Robert Berry said.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=92851&page=1
As a parent of two, I can imagine the guilt and sorrow...