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93. The parents were not living together

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 09:40 PM

Mar 2013

The slaying happened around the corner from West's apartment in the city's Old Town historic district. It's a street lined with grand Victorian homes from the late 1800s. Most have been neatly restored by their owners. Others, with faded and flaking paint, have been divided into rental units like the apartment West shared with her son. The slain boy's father, Luis Santiago, lives in a house across the street.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/03/22/3932174/police-ga-infant-killed-while.html#storylink=cpy

The info I read about them not being married was from an article linked in a different forum. I can't find that article or the reference to it now - it may have been deleted as part of a purge in that forum. There was a lot of heated discussion blaming the parents for the death of the child and the moderators there are not at all OK with blaming the victim of a crime.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] PolitFreak Mar 2013 OP

It's extremely clear the woman didn't kill her child. LisaL Mar 2013 #1

Tell it to the daughter! PolitFreak Mar 2013 #2

Yep. I can't think of a better way to COLGATE4 Mar 2013 #11

+ PolitFreak Mar 2013 #3

Oh just get a clue. LisaL Mar 2013 #4

"How soon do you think life insurance policy will send me a check?" PolitFreak Mar 2013 #5

I am not sure this child even had life insurance. LisaL Mar 2013 #6

So, she was asking the question, what, to make conversation? PolitFreak Mar 2013 #8

Oh please. LisaL Mar 2013 #10

Smoking pot... cntrfthrs Mar 2013 #95

Funeral expenses Yo_Mama Mar 2013 #27

It would of been the last thing I would have bought when I was poor. Redford Mar 2013 #47

People get these policies sold to them. Ash_F Mar 2013 #48

Funeral Expenses...EXCEPT sh8896a Mar 2013 #71

oh there are still expenses though azurnoir Mar 2013 #72

Precisely what I asked my father's carrier three days after he passed. LanternWaste Mar 2013 #40

My father died of natural causes. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2013 #41

... slackmaster Mar 2013 #44

"Upstanding White America?" Blue_Tires Mar 2013 #49

Really. What's up with that? Strange comment. n/t Blandocyte Mar 2013 #60

I'm willing to bet it's just someone stirring the pot... octothorpe Mar 2013 #91

Interesting that the tip about the car was anonymous mainer Mar 2013 #19

At the risk of dangerous retaliation to the reporter? alp227 Mar 2013 #85

How about an apology now? premium Mar 2013 #82

IMO the daughter has some issues azurnoir Mar 2013 #7

it could be true that she is not a very good parent and her baby was still killed JI7 Mar 2013 #9

Come on...we have all known people... ReRe Mar 2013 #12

Sorry. I had to stop reading when they used "who's" for "whose." harmonicon Mar 2013 #13

I am a retired copy editor. RebelOne Mar 2013 #15

You must scream a lot, then. randome Mar 2013 #17

It's not just my imagination that the quality has gone downhill rapidly, is it? harmonicon Mar 2013 #18

+ a million Blue_Tires Mar 2013 #50

Brunswick, GA deancr Mar 2013 #14

WOW! I just noticed that npk Mar 2013 #73

Plus some weird grammatical and spelling errors. octothorpe Mar 2013 #92

The woman was on CNN CANDO Mar 2013 #16

I saw her on CNN also and thought the same thing . . . fleur-de-lisa Mar 2013 #53

who has life insurance on a baby? RILib Mar 2013 #20

If indeed she did have a policy on the baby... mainer Mar 2013 #21

Not suspicious at all - LibertyLover Mar 2013 #24

Parents get offers for baby life insurance all the time Maeve Mar 2013 #22

Term insurance doesn't pay for college expenses mainer Mar 2013 #23

Okay, my error--what they sell can be converted to universal life at maturity Maeve Mar 2013 #25

That would be whole life insurance mainer Mar 2013 #26

The point is...some do have insurance on kids Maeve Mar 2013 #28

They are mostly VERY SMALL policies Yo_Mama Mar 2013 #29

We got them, too. Ednahilda Mar 2013 #31

Gerber Life Insurance is big business aimed at people with children csziggy Mar 2013 #38

A lot of people do. My ex-wife bought a policy for her son when he was born. My mom got one... slackmaster Mar 2013 #46

About life insurance on your children mainer Mar 2013 #52

"...the cost of a funeral isn't onerous" - on his planet. Gormy Cuss Mar 2013 #55

Infant funerals/cremation are often covered by charity mainer Mar 2013 #56

I agree they're exploitive but they're lucrative because the pitch works. Gormy Cuss Mar 2013 #59

Try this article Yo_Mama Mar 2013 #30

she could have hired someone. It's been known to happen. cali Mar 2013 #34

So, she hired someone to shoot her and her baby. geek tragedy Mar 2013 #35

hardly unprecedented, honeypie. cali Mar 2013 #42

Okay, name the last time someone was hired to kill a baby geek tragedy Mar 2013 #43

it wouldn't be very smart to hire somebody to commit murder magical thyme Mar 2013 #89

Criminals do incredibly stupid things... Bay Boy Mar 2013 #101

but the more unlikely it is that somebody did something, the more likely that the simpler answer magical thyme Mar 2013 #103

the insurance for burial expenses RILib Mar 2013 #65

Here we go. timdog44 Mar 2013 #32

DU can be a hateful freakshow at times. nt geek tragedy Mar 2013 #36

I have found that out, sadly. nt timdog44 Mar 2013 #37

I'm finding that out daily. 840high Mar 2013 #45

Said it better than I could. Unfortunately some here just like to stir sh*t up. alp227 Mar 2013 #86

Sadly, you say what I was thinking. timdog44 Mar 2013 #90

Hardly... Kelvin Mace Mar 2013 #33

See post #30 csziggy Mar 2013 #39

It does indeed Kelvin Mace Mar 2013 #54

I suspect the mother's family was fractured a long time ago csziggy Mar 2013 #61

This message was self-deleted by its author alp227 Mar 2013 #87

The parents were not living together csziggy Mar 2013 #93

Then the station is wrong. LisaL Mar 2013 #94

I don't want to falsely accuse anyone, but... Union Scribe Mar 2013 #51

I saw the mom on the news, for all Faux pas Mar 2013 #57

This thread is like flypaper for stupidity. nt geek tragedy Mar 2013 #64

Yeah, your contribution confirms it. Faux pas Mar 2013 #75

No, I'm not the one ignorantly blaming the victim of a crime geek tragedy Mar 2013 #76

You're not worth responding to Faux pas Mar 2013 #78

If you have any shame, you'll apologize. geek tragedy Mar 2013 #79

I just came back to this thread (been busy). timdog44 Mar 2013 #104

What did you fucking know? How did you fucking know it? Blandocyte Mar 2013 #58

And how do you know and what did you use, a ouija board? marble falls Mar 2013 #63

I don't think we've heard the complete story yet. There's something about the mom's story that ... marble falls Mar 2013 #62

What precisely doesn't "feel" right? LanternWaste Mar 2013 #68

In the interview I saw her as not sounding right as she talked about "my baby" .... marble falls Mar 2013 #69

�She changed her story she told me the baby was shot first and then she told me she was shot first,� Catherina Mar 2013 #66

We need more witnesses to come forward quickly. These kinds of stories truthisfreedom Mar 2013 #70

Funny how the victim-blaming posse shut themselves up geek tragedy Mar 2013 #88

I would suspect timdog44 Mar 2013 #105

.... DeSwiss Mar 2013 #67

Has the tots Father been in the news? He lived across the street of the Mom & child. Sunlei Mar 2013 #74

I am not sure what news interviews you are watching. LisaL Mar 2013 #77

Dear victim-blamers: Please post your public apologies geek tragedy Mar 2013 #80

Maybe if you'd be gracious enough to accept them mainer Mar 2013 #83

Tired of arguing with you. Let's let this one go. geek tragedy Mar 2013 #84

Maybe as gracious as you? n/t timdog44 Mar 2013 #106

Police have called it a random act of violence. premium Mar 2013 #81

Post removed Post removed Mar 2013 #96

You have a real problem with being proved wrong...don't you? alphafemale Mar 2013 #97

Proved? PolitFreak Mar 2013 #98

Proven: Early reports from investigation differ from those in Susan Smith's case Blandocyte Mar 2013 #99

That your claims that the victim was behind this were false geek tragedy Mar 2013 #100

I cant believe Niceguy1 Mar 2013 #102