Teen kills child over potty training

Linzyhop · 07-19-2007, 01:48 PM

Ohio Teen Accused of Killing Child Because He Was Angry Over Toilet Training

Thursday , July 19, 2007

CINCINNATI —
A judge ruled that a teenager will be tried as an adult for the death of an 18-month old boy he is accused of repeatedly swinging against a wall because he was frustrated with the child's toilet training. Derris Smith, 18, the live-in boyfriend of the child's mother, has been charged with murder. He was 17 on June 27, when authorities say he delivered the beating that led to Malakai Glenn's death four days later.
The boy's mother, 20-year-old Sasha Glenn, testified Wednesday that the impact of the child hitting the wall left drywall stuck to his head and cracked a wooden door.
"When I picked him up he put his arms around me," Glenn said. "He was staring at me for a minute with big eyes, then he went limp." The child never regained consciousness and died after being hospitalized at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
Following the Wednesday hearing, Hamilton County Juvenile Court Judge Thomas Lipps said Smith should be tried as adult. The case will now go to a grand jury.
During the court hearing, Smith and his parents, who sat by their son, also cried.
Glenn said she was folding laundry when she heard a "boom, a thump" and found Smith gripping the front of the toddler's pajama top. She said she took her son to the bathroom to wash the drywall off his head and that Smith told the boy "he needed to start listening."
When Glenn said the boy had had enough, Smith told her, "Don't tell me what to do," she testified. "He picked him up and hit his head on the wall" before dropping him on the bed.
Smith is being held in the Hamilton County Juvenile Detention Center on $500,000 bond.

jesus christ. the world we live in....

IminWonderland · 07-19-2007, 01:53 PM

He should burn.

18 month olds are usually not even close to ready to potty train so that makes his move especially useless.

Stylerod · 07-19-2007, 02:00 PM

Please don't makes posts about dead children. Nothing affects me like that. When I read shit like that a very unhealthy rage builds inside me and I get a bit more emotional then I should.

WickedLou9 · 07-19-2007, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by Stylerod

Please don't makes posts about dead children. Nothing affects me like that. When I read shit like that a very unhealthy rage builds inside me and I get a bit more emotional then I should.

When I hear stories like this I think about my baby girl and I swear to god if someone did this to my daughter, I would kill them with my bare hands without a second thought. They would have to pry me off of his dead body.

WickedLou9 · 07-19-2007, 02:19 PM

I hope he gets put to death. No, scratch that. I hope he goes to federal prison and gets put in the general population. I hope that he gets gang raped every day for the rest of his pathetic waste of a life. There is no punishment good enough for this kinda stuff. There just isn't.

IminWonderland · 07-19-2007, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by WickedLou9

I hope he gets put to death. No, scratch that. I hope he goes to federal prison and gets put in the general population. I hope that he gets gang raped every day for the rest of his pathetic waste of a life. There is no punishment good enough for this kinda stuff. There just isn't.

well, we aren't as creative as the Romans.

Scrum · 07-19-2007, 04:25 PM

There isn't a punishment harsh enough for that asshole.

And potty training an 18 month old?