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These days, given that I'm married and have three kids, I try to keep my violent nature suppressed. Most of the time, I succeed pretty well, but every once in a while I come across a story that makes me want to dig out the electric carving knife and start slicing off body parts. This, sadly, is one such story.Tammy Smith, a forty-three-year-old mother from West Virginia, got angry at her six-year-old daughter when the girl tripped and fell. Instead of comforting the girl and checking for injuries, Smith decided to use her cigarette to burn the word "Wimp" into her daughter's neck. According to Detective Shawn Allman, "The 'i' was even dotted."
Why she would get upset at her daughter for falling down I can't even imagine. Perhaps the girl, having skinned her knee or banged her arm, began to cry. Maybe she was just scared. Whatever the case, and even if her reaction was more than the injury warranted, there is simply no excuse for hurting the girl further, let alone scarring her for life.
Luckily, a teacher saw the scar and got in touch with social services. The police were called in and the girl was taken into protective custody; she will be placed in foster care. Her mother, meanwhile, has been arrested and faces ten felony charges, including felony child abuse and malicious assault. If convicted, she could be sentenced to a maximum of only seventy-five years in prison.
If you ask me, she would be getting off very lightly with such a sentence. If I were tasked with meting out her punishment, seventy-five years in prison would seem like winning the lottery.
| With enough counseling and education, she could get her daughter back | |
|---|---|
| Yes, under supervision, but she should never be able to regain custody | |
| No, she should be locked up for life and never see anyone, let alone her daughter | |
| The girl shouldn't even have to know where the body is buried. |
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ReaderComments (Page 5 of 7)
11-27-2008 @ 12:35AM
paulk99999 said...Just a sign that the end of days are coming, Satan is trying to gain strength and move man kind from god. The final battle is about to begin
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11-27-2008 @ 12:41AM
Holly said...My heart breaks for this poor baby. I pray to God that this little angel can move past this and go on to live a peaceful life in a home with a loving family who will treat her with love and kindness. As for that beast who calls herself the girl's mother.....she will get what she deserves in prison-especially considering she will most likely be in a women's prison-filled with women who DO love children...
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11-27-2008 @ 12:45AM
Courtney said...To everyone who wants to burn a message into the mother:
Why would you want to lower yourself to this woman's level? It just sends the message to people that its okay to harm someone if they have done something you don't agree with?
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11-27-2008 @ 7:30AM
kathy said...horrible act, ofcourse, what makes a mother do this, every one is horrified, we will never understand, but rather than just make comments on your opinion of her worry about the why, so that it never happens again to any human being, we as nornal people cant understand but we should, naturally as peole we care to nurture our kids but what goes wrong, why do peole do such things, we need to intervene early so that this kind of thing never happens again
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11-27-2008 @ 1:03AM
Gayle Earnhart said...I served my community by becoming a foster parent and I did that for almost 20 years. We adopted every child that was not reunited with their birth families because we didn't want them to be bounced around from home to home. My kids are my blessing in my life and I thank God (almost) every day for every one of them. I am truly sorry for the poor children who are sent back to abusive homes and the ones that are in miserable foster homes as well. More good people should become part of the solution and become foster parents.
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11-27-2008 @ 1:13AM
beebo said...Put a stick of dynamite up the woman's butt and light it with a cigarrete.
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11-27-2008 @ 1:21AM
Paula Mayr said...Thank you, Jodi. I still have nightmares of how I was abused.
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11-27-2008 @ 2:14AM
Badbns said...I just cannot imagine someone doing this to their child. I cannot imagine the pain that poor little girl had to endure. There are some truly sick folks out there and what is scarey is that most of the comments posted here, are just as horrific. I hope everyone will hug their children and be very thankful for that you have, especially for your family.
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11-27-2008 @ 1:31AM
blackambition said...I just don't understand... WHY would ANYBODY do something like th is??? I hope this woman gets a punishment to END ALL PUNISHMENTS!!!!
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11-27-2008 @ 1:34AM
Sandy said...As an adoptive mother of three children who were abused, I can tell you that no abuse is ever forgotten, but time does fade the fear. This little girl's scars will fade, but she will always have the physical reminder of what her mother did and it will be with her forever. She needs our prayers.
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9-19-2009 @ 7:33PM
Nick said...I am 62 years old. When I was a child I would be punished whenever I was "clumsy". If I tripped and fell my dad would pick me up and throw me down again. He would say "Since you must like falling down, do it again."
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11-27-2008 @ 1:39AM
ANNEE said...First, it doesn't matter where the father is. The egg donor (can't bring myself to call her a mother) is fully responsible.
Second. I go with life in prison, after they have used a cigarette to burn the words "child abuser" on her forehead. That should keep her busy in prison.
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11-27-2008 @ 2:10AM
cgriffin79 said...I HAVE TO SAY I AGREE WITH YOU!!! I CANNOT STOMACH CHILD ABUSE OF ANY SORT!!!! I WISH I COULD GIVE THIS LITTLE GIRL A HUG AND TELL HER EVERYTING WILL BE ALRIGHT!!! I HOPE SHES IN GOOD FOSTER CARE. I HAVE TO WONDER THOUGH, WHY COULDNT SOMEONE IN THE FMAILEY TAKE HER INSTEAD OF FOSTER CARE WHERE SHE KNOW NOONE??? THATS TERRIABLE!! I HAVE 3 CHILDREN OF MY OWN, AND I COULDNT IMAGINE HURTING THEM.GOD BLESS THAT LITTLE GIRL!!!AND HOPEFULLY, THIS WILL NOT AFFECT HER MENTALLY IN THE FURTURE. I WILL PRAY FOR HER, AND AS FOR THE MOTHER, I HOPE SHE GETS BEAT EVERYDAY IN JAIL.
11-27-2008 @ 1:44AM
Charlotte said...I can't beleave how people act these day's. They are cruel and cold hearted and just plain EVIL. This woman need to have someone do the same thing to her as she did to her 6 year old daughter. To me people that hurt children intentially should be put to death that way they wouldn't have the chance to hurt anyone else.
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11-27-2008 @ 2:09AM
cgriffin79 said...I THINK DEATH IS TOO GOOD FOR ABUSERS. I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE EVERYDAY IN SOME SORT OF HORRIABLE PAIN, LIKE GETTING WHAT THEY GAVE TO THERE CHILD EVERYDAY.
11-27-2008 @ 1:42AM
melissa said...I have a grandson that is 5 years old and a granddaughter that is 2 years old.....how could any one do such a thing to a child....this makes me sick! I hope this child gets the care and love she deserves.
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11-27-2008 @ 1:43AM
ANNEE said...Dear Courtney,
Maybe if would-be abusers knew that they would get the same punishment as they delivered to a child, they would get their acts together sooner.
I find it shocking that EVERYONE doesn't feel like branding this creep.
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11-27-2008 @ 1:47AM
lita said...Well, if there ever was case that cried out for yanking out someone's uterus, this is it. Not only should she not be allowed to have contact with her child ever again, but should she ever see the light of day outside a prison cell, she should not be allowed to live within1000 feet of children and be banned from association with any minor child, no matter how benign.
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11-27-2008 @ 2:04AM
martina said...I have two 2year olds. they test me ALL the time, it gets hard to be nice all the time but I could NEVER hurt a child, especially in that manner. Both of my babies have been sick for the past 5 days and giving them medicine is a battle, it is like I am beating them and that is to help them feel better, I can't imagine making them cry to hurt them. I hope she can never see her child again, poor little girl
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11-27-2008 @ 2:09AM
Elle said...I wonder why my previous boss who 2 years ago was driving drunk and killed 3 kids is a free man. He had 6 previous DUI's and currently has a valid drivers license?
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