KC mom admits she was drunk when her baby vanished

[joeybee12]

The mother of a baby who she says was taken from her Kansas City home in the dead of night admitted Monday that she was drunk when the girl disappeared but maintained she did nothing to harm her child.

In a tearful interview on NBC's "Today" show, Deborah Bradley said she believes she will be arrested in the disappearance of Lisa Irwin, who was 10 months old when she was reported missing in the early hours of Oct. 4.

Bradley said she had bought boxed wine and consumed "enough to be drunk" that night, but denied she did anything to hurt Lisa.

"No, no... I don't think alcohol changes a person enough to do something like that," she said.

The mother also changed a key point in her story: She initially told authorities she last checked on Lisa at 10:30 p.m., but she told NBC she actually last saw Lisa when she put her to bed at 6:40 p.m. She gave no explanation for the modified times.

http://news.yahoo.com/kc-mom-admits-she-drunk-her-baby-vanished-120530469.html

[seabeyond]

1. ok, i dont believe anything this woman says now. i know NO baby that goes down for the night at 6:40

her story no longer makes sense....

[BanzaiBonnie]

6. Lots of babies I know go down for the night before 7pm

That doesn't mean I believe or disbelieve what she's reported thus far. Just sayin'.

[seabeyond]

11. .

[alcibiades_mystery]

9. My daughter used to go down between 6:30 and 7 when she was ten months old

My son did, also. First three or four months I'd agree with you. By ten months it is completely possible to have trained a baby for a 7 pm bed time.

That said, the story is bogus.

[seabeyond]

12. .

[AngryAmish]

32. I put my eight month old down at 6:35 last night

He got up at 5:45 am. Best night sleep for him ever!

He goes down that early all the time. the getting up early is the problem.

[Number23]

38. lol You are so funny seabeyond

My babies both went down by that time. My five year old goes to bed at 7:30!

They know that mama don't play and they go down without a fuss. :)

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. This is just so sad.

I figured she was wasted, but I didn't wanna jump to conclusions. :(

[Zoeisright]

3. Most of the time the parents are responsible when children are killed or

disappear. Sad fact, but it's true.

[Blue_Tires]

4. As I originally predicted, this is shaping up to be

a stressed, overworked, probably inebriated mother unintentionally killing her baby and covering it up on the fears of being seen as a 'bad mother'

[Lance_Boyle]

8. Looks more like a drunk mother

getting some kicks with the guy with whom she bought the box o' wine while her husband (the missing child's father) is overseas on duty.

Overworked? Stressed? Found the time to cheat on daddy *and* kill the daughter. I'd say that warrants some stress. Hope she rots in the cell where she ends up.

[lonestarnot]

16. Husband not overseas.

[SomethingFishy]

18. According to the family the "guy" with the wine was her brother...

I wouldn't convict her just yet.

[proud2BlibKansan]

23. That was her brother

And her husband isn't overseas.

[Skittles]

41. she's cheating - with her brother?

[mentalsolstice]

43. Box of wine guy is her younger brother. n/t

[Number23]

42. Did you see this? Apparently Yahoo! has already tried and convicted the mother

http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20111012/us_ac/10190283_missing_baby_lisa_irwin__inconsistencies_piling_up&site=Mainstream%20Magazine

Things are not looking good for the mother.

[Critters2]

44. Where's Nancy Grace? nt

[TwilightGardener]

5. Well, it's shaping up to be what it looked like.

[d_r]

7. I haven't been following this very closely

but wasn't there "another man" buying the box of wine with her? Any account of who he was or if he was in the house?

[pintobean]

10. TV news said it was her brother at the store.

He took her to the store because she doesn't drive.

[d_r]

20. thanks for the catch-up

[pintobean]

13. Latest from tv - FBI with dogs at the home

of the mom's parents.

[hlthe2b]

14. I have an unfortunate feeling that those who tried so hard to give her benefit of the doubt....

those in the community who fought hard back at police suggestions that the parents were less than fully cooperative, may be headed towards a painful realization. I always hate it when it turns out that way because there will always be occasions where that benefit of the doubt is warranted. Without it from the community, innocent parents facing the worst possible event in their lives, will have pain on top of pain heaped upon them. But, in this case, it is increasingly looking like parental involvement. Truly sad....

[JI7]

15. how did she admit it ?

[lonestarnot]

17. They only showed a small part of her talking to the baby when the baby was cooing.

My ears were laid back from that point forward.

[SomethingFishy]

19. This looks pretty bad...

However I'm not ready to go all Nancy Grace on her just yet...

[Taverner]

21. Just because she was drunk doesn't mean she caused the kid's death

Correlation does not equal causation

[Blue_Tires]

29. But I can't see any reason she would care to openly admit it

unless it was relevant to the events of that night...

I thought at first she might be trying to 'ease the blow' of heavier revelations in the near future...

[Odin2005]

22. Proof that there are some people who should not be allowed to reproduce.

Poor kid! :cry:

[proud2BlibKansan]

24. So mothers who drink shouldn't be allowed to have kids??

Is that what you're saying?

[Union Scribe]

37. people who drink to blackout while caring for children probably should stop one. nt

[DianeK]

25. Wow...

Everyone seriously needs to take a breath...we really don't know very much about this case yet. Way too soon to convict anyone. Might be wise to wait and see how this story fleshes out. Put away the pitchforks for now

[TwilightGardener]

28. I don't think we're convicting anyone. But when the official story changes, and the new details

are a little disturbing, it's not a good sign.

[Puregonzo1188]

26. So what? She was drunk. What's the big deal? Lots of people drink. Sometimes they get drunk. Even

parents of young children, who are like everyone else just human. It doesn't make them bad people. And it certainly doesn't make them murderers.

Drinking boxed wine while your child is asleep does not equate with killing your child. I am sure many more parents than would admit it have had something to drink after their child as in bed.

Give this poor woman a break.

[Gin]

27. who was baby sitting while she went out to get the booze?

[Liberal_in_LA]

30. do they have more kids that could have been babysitting?

[Gin]

31. I think she has 2 others but they are not teens...I think they are

young but not babies.

[Puregonzo1188]

33. Oh. Did not even think of that problem.

Still-- if true that's a separate issue than drinking boxed wine, which seems to be what she's being crucified for.

[in_cog_ni_to]

34. The article said she HAD BOUGHT wine. It was probably already in the house.

She didn't say she left to go get the wine.

[Gin]

39. I thought the video from the store of her and the guy buying wine

was the same day...a found receipt was the tip...then the store video filled in the blanks.

[RebelOne]

35. Yes, so what, she was drunk.

At least she was not out driving on the road with her child while drinking.

[JVS]

36. Boxed Wine, aka Mothers' Ruin.

When will this madness end?

[etherealtruth]

40. ... and?

Plenty of people drink ... become inebriated ... even mothers ...even good mothers.

I have only been peripherally aware of this sad story ... but I'm not sure that the fact that a parent got liquored up while her children slept as proof of anything.