Lakeville mom pleads guilty; tot drowned while she surfed Web

A Lakeville woman who went shopping for shoes on the Internet while her 11-month-old daughter drowned pleaded guilty today to two counts of manslaughter.

[Big Laker]

This is as tragic as the hunter who shot his son. Should we ban computers or bathtubs?

How about we just outlaw stupidity instead. Anyone who has an IQ under 130, you're out of here.

[Sarah]

Obviously there's something wrong with this woman. You don't put a one year old in a bathtub and then leave it for ANY amount of time.

Did she think the two year old would be able to handle anything that happened?

[sweetwhysper]

I haven't read the article about the man that shot his son, but I did see the headline saying they are charging him because they found weed in his vehicle and he had been drinking...

[Wow]

How about birth control in the water until you pass the test that sez you deserve to reproduce? Haha

[Paulie]

Big Laker, the hunter who blasted his kid was both drinking and high when he did so. So I don't think this is an apples-to-apples comparison. She's obviously in need of some mental health care herself so in that sense it's a tragedy that she can't take care of her kids.

At least she admitted her faults and pled guilty. But being sorry won't be enough to bring her daughter back. I predict a light sentence with a long rehab stint.

[Notta Copper]

This is a worthless prosecution. The woman already feels terrible and will live with this the rest of her life.

There is no purpose served by this prosecution. We have too many power hungry prosecutors. We should eliminate prosecutorial immunity.

[sweetwhysper]

The poor poor little girl!!! My daughter was 4 before I would leave the bathroom while she bathed, and 6 before I stopped checking on her. She's 10 now and if I don't hear movement within 5 minutes I am checking on her...I can't believe how absent minded parents are!!! in this story, I believe the 10 year old...

[JCT]

It is so sad.

It's one thing to pop in and out of the bathroom while the child is bathing ...totally different to be on a different floor, just listening! Why didn't she at least have the 10 year old bathe the children? I also believe the 10 year old's story.

If the neighbors thought she was a little questionable, I'm sure she is ...

[Minnesota Mark]

Notta Copper wrote:

This is a worthless prosecution. The woman already feels terrible and will live with this the rest of her life.
There is no purpose served by this prosecution.

So all you have to do is pull the Clinton Defense by claiming to feel the other persons pain. BS the other person in this case is dead. Society demands punishment. You can't bring the baby back but you might stop some other person from websurfing while their children drown. Maybe you might know someone who does this sort of behavior and can tell them the story of this mom's pain and punishment so that they stop the bad parenting. So if I drink then drive then kill as long as I feel really terrible I don't get punished. BS I go to Stillwater and not for daycamp.

[Jillian]

I can't believe the amount of people on here that say "oh, poor woman" "she must have mental issues". If this happened in St Paul or Mpls you would all be talking about how the minorities, or to quote the real winners on here "coloreds" don't know how to raise kids because thier all on drugs or some other BS. The woman was shopping rather then watching her kids, she was being selfish and her kid died because of it. I'm sure she does feel awful, she is probably missing a lot of sales because of this. As for her other kids, they will be destroyed, they lost a sibling and a mother (if she can be called that). She deserves to be punished for this.

[CLB]

sweetwhysper wrote:

The poor poor little girl!!! My daughter was 4 before I would leave the bathroom while she bathed, and 6 before I stopped checking on her. She's 10 now and if I don't hear movement within 5 minutes I am checking on her...I can't believe how absent minded parents are!!! in this story, I believe the 10 year old...

My daughter is 5 and I still don't leave her alone, not for 5 seconds!

[hamboner]

wow
couldnt surf when the kids were in bed or asleep wazzup with that

[sweetwhysper]

Jillian wrote:

I can't believe the amount of people on here that say "oh, poor woman" "she must have mental issues". If this happened in St Paul or Mpls you would all be talking about how the minorities, or to quote the real winners on here "coloreds" don't know how to raise kids because thier all on drugs or some other BS. The woman was shopping rather then watching her kids, she was being selfish and her kid died because of it. I'm sure she does feel awful, she is probably missing a lot of sales because of this. As for her other kids, they will be destroyed, they lost a sibling and a mother (if she can be called that). She deserves to be punished for this.

Well said. I hope she gets punished to the full extent of the law. I don't care that she feels remorse, her child died because shoes were more important. Her stupidity cost her lil girl her life.

[Tami]

Wow wrote:

How about birth control in the water until you pass the test that sez you deserve to reproduce? Haha

anyone that spells "says" as "sez" - should be drinking the water you speak of.

[Sue]

Minnesota Mark wrote:

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So all you have to do is pull the Clinton Defense by claiming to feel the other persons pain. BS the other person in this case is dead. Society demands punishment. You can't bring the baby back but you might stop some other person from websurfing while their children drown. Maybe you might know someone who does this sort of behavior and can tell them the story of this mom's pain and punishment so that they stop the bad parenting. So if I drink then drive
hen kill as long as I feel really terrible I don't get punished. BS I go to Stillwater and not for daycamp.

Really - what does Clinton have to do with this? Get over it. And who said society demands punishment? You a society of 1.

[hamboner911]

whats this more stupidity wheres your hea at lady

[Alt to Consistency]

How many children need to suffer and die because of all the mothers that kill them.

When will we as a culture accept that too many womyn are self centered human beings that need to have a male in the family, to balance the destructive nature of the Mothers greed, with the willingness to sacrifice by the male.

I see a TV show in this story

Not Deadbeat Dads
.......But
Dead Kids Moms

[Max]

I'm very curious to hear more about the "mental issues" her neighbors mentioned. I think the emphasis on her shoe-shopping is a little sensationalistic; she could have been looking at any website and this still would have had the same outcome. Sad story.

[sick and tired]

Jillian wrote:

I can't believe the amount of people on here that say "oh, poor woman" "she must have mental issues"....

You must not remember the initial story that described the mom's serious mental health issues. She apparently spent a lot of her time "shopping" for things she couldn't afford and had shoeboxes full of items she had cut out of ads and intended to buy. There was evidence of her mental health issues before this incident.

[JCT]

sick and tired wrote:

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You must not remember the initial story that described the mom's serious mental health issues. She apparently spent a lot of her time "shopping" for things she couldn't afford and had shoeboxes full of items she had cut out of ads and intended to buy. There was evidence of her mental health issues before this incident.

and having more babies that she couldn't responsibly raise!!