Please try again. Spears, who has hired an attorney, has not been charged and has denied . All the medical experts who testified at the trial agreed that salt poisoning was the cause of death;Spears declined to testify. Classic - My Photos Mix Photo. Read our five-part series, "Losing Garnett the Great," a Journal News report that follows the life of Lacey Spears from Alabama to Florida to Rockland's Fellowship Community where her well-documented devotion to Garnett ends in his unexplained death. "When Jonathon was born, people I didn't even know were coming to the hospital and to the house to see me. All rights reserved. On one of dozens of hospital visits, Dabbs-Anderson said, Lacey tried to convince medical staff that Garnett had thrown up by pointing to a wet spot on the hospital sheets that turned out to be water. I would be like, 'If he's sick, just bring him home.' He shared the same information with Westchester investigators. A Friday. I kept him there for two hours, because that's how long it takes to digest. This is your profile URL. She said she didn't know what to do with him, said he wouldn't eat and would just cry. Lacey Spears and son Garnett move to Florida, but the happier times didn't last. No worries, joining is easy. It wasn't about feminism that's garbage she just didn't spend money on haircuts for him. No worries, joining is easy. I don't know how I have never heard of this chick before now but this is one of the saddest stories I have ever had to google. I for one and most Mother's hate the doctor's office but there has to be a reckoning point in the country to stop criminalizing the mentally Ill because they're becoming more that are vs are not and we have to be better humans. Use one of your social networks or start fresh with an email address. "I mean, she was pouring water on his head. Join Journal News/lohud reporters Shawn Cohen and Peter D. Kramer for a behind-the-scenes look at "Losing Garnett the Great." A little blond boy beams in dozens of photos on Lacey Spears' MySpace page with captions like "My World My Everything" and "He Completes Me." Well the comment section is interesting. some people blame feminism for her murdering her son some blame gender dysmorphia (or rather that she made him look like a girl and her like a boy). Several of the emergency-room visits went beyond feeding issues. Lacey Spears continually brought her son into the hospital, claiming that he was sick. Although the comments on that blog are a strange mix of people yelling at her that she is evil and TONS of fake spam messages telling her her blog was so helpful and amazing and then posting their spam. Having a child made you the center of attention for a short period of time. Let me tell you what's happening.' Let your Facebook friends know youre on Myspace with an update. If you don't see it, don't forget to check your spam folder. Enter your email or username. Let your Facebook friends know youre on Myspace with an update. This is your profile URL. People; Songs; Albums; Videos; Photos; Articles . Please enter the account owner's birth date here. Comment Share. Agreement and consent to the Privacy Policy and Video Privacy Policy. Hunt recalls Lacey being upset once when the hospital held Garnett overnight and wouldn't let her stay over. MySpace and a blog and her . Need help? You can throw in numbers, dots and dashes, too. This is how youll be known on Myspace. "He was getting ear infections a lot," said Dabbs-Anderson, who told police investigating Garnett's death about them. "She was almost like an isolated person who came in," he said, adding that he wouldn't remember who might be getting charity supplies such as diapers. When he did, she wrote, she ran the tub full of cold water with him in it and made him take a freezing bath. Classic - Cayden By Lacey Spears (136135770) on Myspace We'll email instructions on how to reset your password. There's just one problem with this maternal picture: It isn't true. Really every day there were pictures of him and her together.". Ex: myspace.com/. "His ears would actually leak pus," Hunt said of Jonathon. In her case it was laxatives she was giving him to make him ill. At least that was one of the things that I knew about, when it's a case like that even the chart is off-limits so only the Personnel directly involved handle it. She'd often open the place at 5:30 a.m. and still be happy to fill in for others and close up around 6 p.m. He ate fried potatoes, mashed potatoes. When the boy, who lived with his mother in the secluded Fellowship Community in Chestnut Ridge, was airlifted from Nyack Hospital to Westchester Medical Center on Jan. 19, doctors found he had extreme levels of sodium in his system. The email you used to create your account. Just before Superstorm Sandy, mother and son moved north to Chestnut Ridge and the Sunbridge Institute, known as the Fellowship. and you can't do anything about it because you can't share the medical information unless the parent allows it and those parents don't allow it because the notes include the suspicions of the doctors. Please enter the account owner's birth date here. Fmr. Part 5: 'Garnett the Great journeyed onward'. In one, Lacey raises her shirt so JonJon can kiss her pregnant belly, titled "JonJon loves Baby Garnett." Lacey Spears,the so-called mommy blogger who was found guilty last month of second-degree murder for poisoning her 5-year-old son with deadly doses of salt, was sentenced Tuesday to20 years to life in prison for an "orchestrated series of actions" the judge deemed "unfathomable. This was a year or so before Lacey posted the MySpace photos claiming to be Jon Jon's mother, a development that prompted Autumn Hunt to pull away from her free babysitting deal with the then-20-year-old. We based it off your Facebook details. Photo of Lacey Spears and son Garnett Spears. She shared photos of Garnett up until his death. . Westchester County Police subsequently launched an investigation. In the last week of his life Lacey blogged of her son's decline as many as 28 times on . Burnham and Spears met in elementary school but went to different high schools. Lacey Spears, 27, at her sentencing on Wednesday in White Plains. "I think she wanted a baby. When people told her how cute he was, and asked if he was her child, Spears said yes. Part 3: Red flags, in and out of the hospital. She then said she felt terrible and asked for forgiveness. He had surgery at 1 month old to correct what Lacey told friends was acid reflux. Note to all criminals: what you post on line can and will be used against you. Numbers, dots and dashes are ok, too. People; Songs; Albums; Videos; Photos; Articles . We based it off your Facebook details. "Being a teen mom, everybody's your friend," Hunt said. "If you needed help, you'd call on Lacey," Hunt said. He did not throw up.". "She told everybody that was her son," Vaughn said. But I was just trying to figure out what happened because I don't understand. And I think she was desperate," she said. Trying to trace this lady, I never found her. Most people use their real name. 'If he's sick, I'll come get him,' I'd say. SOUNDBITE (English) Acting State Supreme Court J. It was a brief idyll for a happy child. And she just texted back and said, 'Oh my, my life, my world, my baby.' Twitter, MySpace and a blog. Asked why Lacey would care for JonJon without pay from the time he was an infant, Hunt who had her daughter when she was just 15 surmised it may have been a young Lacey's way of getting attention. But you can pick one that's 25 characters or less and includes a letter. I think it was anybody that needed help, she would offer. She said Garnett as a baby seemed healthy and that she never saw him have difficulty eating or holding food down. It was a serious and orchestrated series of actions that really shock the conscience.". Name. Using the child's 'illnesses' to self-aggrandize herself, Lacey Spears' actions directly lead to her son's tortured death.". They also have questioned Lacey Spears' friends and family and sought Garnett's past medical records. You can throw in numbers, dots and dashes, too. convicted March 2, 2015, of second-degree murder, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Garnett was repeatedly admitted . Your search did not return any results. We loaded your account with your Facebook details. And Lacey replied, 'Yes, he is. That's the love of my life. And my mom was like, 'Just let it go, let it go.' I love the information I am learning here. According to reports, Lacey felt lonely in the state, so she moved in with her maternal grandmother in Florida for a brief while before relocating to a community called The Fellowship in Chestnut Ridge, New York . "They wanted to see if he had the same symptoms without Lacey," she recalled. Lacey Spears. He died Jan. 23. "We were back and forth to the doctor. The defense team, which had previously urged the court to put emotions aside,argued that there were no first-account witnesses or clear motives. In late January, Garnett was transported from Nyack Hospital to Westchester Medical Center. Sachs, Lacey's lawyer, took issue with Dabbs-Anderson's account, and its timing. Imprint Publisher. Spears case has red flags seen in Munchausen by proxy, second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter, convicted March 2, 2015, of second-degree murder, Nyack Hospital to Westchester Medical Center, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Some people in Lacey Spears' life described her as a caring and nurturing mother but others saw darker signs. This woman was diagnosed with Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. When Chris Hill heard from a friend that Garnett was dying, he reached out to Lacey Spears in the only way he knew how: He sent her a Facebook friend request. Young mother, Lacey Spears turns to the internet desperate for help and advice when her young son, Garnett mysteriously falls ill. MySpace and a blog. November 17, 2021 by Juliane Cunha. Just before Superstorm Sandy, mother and son moved north to Chestnut Ridge and the Sunbridge Institute, known as the Fellowship. The focus of the probe is Spears, who police suspect may have fed potentially life-threatening amounts of salt to her son in a case of Munchausen by proxy, a psychiatric disorder that leads a parent to sicken a child to seek sympathy or attention. Myspace. A source familiar with the investigation said Dabbs-Anderson could be an important witness should Lacey be arrested and face trial. Use this to log in to your account, receive notifications and get handy updates from us. That's the love of my life. Police in Westchester and Rockland counties are investigating whether Lacey fed Garnett life-threatening amounts of salt. Autumn Hunt, who trusted her son Jonathon to Lacey's care, also remembers Lacey frequently bringing Garnett to the hospital with ear infections and digestive problems. In 2012, she moved Garnett north, to Chestnut Ridge's secluded Fellowship Community, saying she hoped the close-to-the-earth living would be the answer to the boy's chronic health issues. Hitting > pauses the slideshow and goes forward. Let your followers know you're on Myspace with a Tweet. It wasn't OK," said Hunt, who began making other arrangements for JonJon's care. Please try again. The email you used to create your account. Poor little boy. "She was almost like an isolated person who came in," he said, adding that he wouldn't remember who might be getting charity supplies such as diapers. If we find matches from your Facebook friends, we'll connect you to them right away. Lacey Spears, 26, of Scottsville, . Use Facebook, Twitter or your email to sign in. Dieser Artikel wurde entwickelt, um den Bedrfnissen unserer Kunden entsprechend zu werden und bietet eine Vielzahl von neuen Funktionen. You may already know people on Myspace. The facts show that she injected her son a blond boy she'd previously dubbed "Garnett the Great" with excessive amounts of sodium through his stomach tube. Garnett didn't look like he was about to die. It would seem innocent and loving, as she'd offer her hand, trying to be like your friend. If we find matches from your Facebook friends, we'll connect you to them right away. Her takeaway, which she shared with investigators: Lacey herself sometimes put her child at risk. Probably left the two that made her look best like all those pictures of him and everything like she's a loving mother. Lacey had even picked out a name for her second: Hammack thinks it was Granite. Lacey Spears, flanked by her attorneys David Sachs, left, and Stephen Riebling, Jr., right, looks toward the jury as her guilty verdict is read at the Westchester County Courthouse in White Plains, N.Y., on March 2, 2015. Getting in is easy. But when she trusted someone to hear her story, they'd often hear a tale that wouldn't bear scrutiny. "She wanted to give Garnett a brother," Hammack said. D. The Wedding Date. If they had been sisters, that would have made Spears Jonathon's aunt. The songs where he mentions it in the lyrics are Cleaning Out My Closet, My Mom and Headlights (all the medicine you fed us and I just wanted you to taste your own.). That very well could have been the case with her and Jonathon, and her and G.". He died Jan. 23. No money was exchanged.". Use Facebook, Twitter or your email to sign in. The toddler in the photos is Jonathon Strain, the boy Lacey Spears called "JonJon," whom she watched for nearly two years before Garnett was born in December 2008. Spears took a special liking to 10-month-old Camryn, whom she began to babysit. I acknowledge that I have read and accept the Terms of Use Those services would be offered by a third party, he said, citing one such group, Parents & Children Together. Drop music and videos into the areas below. "She had like everything Camryn ever needed," Burnham recalled. This helps us keep people, musicians and brands searchable on Myspace. "A lot of people thought we were sisters," Hunt said. 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