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Originally posted by MTSUGURL
In a lot of cases, I think that women are settling for losers because they're lonely and need adult companionship and are being irresponsible and reckless about who they leave their children with.
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I can think of two such cases in just the past week here in my area. This story is from the January 11 edition of The Baltimore Sun and made me feel ill when I read it initially:
Medical examiner says baby died hours before 911 call
by Annie Linskey
An 18-month-old girl who police say was fatally beaten by the mother's boyfriend in Annapolis had been dead for about 12 hours before she was taken to a hospital, according to the state medical examiner's office.
Gerald E. Parker, 25, of Bens Drive in Annapolis was charged yesterday with first- and second-degree murder and related charges in connection with the death Friday of Azakia Tynadra Mitchell, city police said.
Parker had faced identical charges that were dropped yesterday because of "a procedural issue," said Kristen Riggin, a spokeswoman for the Anne Arundel County state's attorney. Parker was being held, pending a bail review, in the county detention center yesterday.
According to charging documents, Sharmaine Williams, 21, left her baby and her 4-year-old daughter with her boyfriend Friday while she was at work. Parker was not at the apartment when Williams returned at 11 p.m., but he had left a note saying, "I'll be back ... I had to leave for a second."
Aaaaargh! 
- KR
Williams kissed both children goodnight, believing the baby was sleeping, according to the documents. The 4-year-old responded, but the baby did not, according to documents. When Williams awakened the next morning, her boyfriend of three months was not back, according to Williams and police. She tried to wake the baby about 10:30 a.m. and found her cold and blue, according to the documents. Williams called 911, and the child was taken to Anne Arundel Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
The medical examiner's report says the baby had "multiple head injuries, multiple internal trauma injuries and none of the injuries could have been caused accidentally.
"The trauma injuries were so severe that any one of the injuries could have caused death," police said in charging documents.
Records filed with Circuit Court show that Tyrone Mitchell, the baby's father, tried to gain custody of her as recently as four weeks ago. The 4-year-old girl was in the care of protective services yesterday, police said.
