Police: Obese relative may have crushed boy

[Mugu]

LA JOYA, Texas (AP) -- A 2-year-old boy who died with a fractured skull might have been accidentally crushed by a morbidly obese relative, authorities say.

Investigators believe that the woman fell on the child, who was pronounced dead Tuesday, said Bobby Contreras, Hidalgo County justice of the peace.

"It didn't look like there was any foul play from what I saw," he said.

An autopsy was scheduled, with the cause of death to be announced Monday.


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http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/21/toddler.crushed.ap/index.html

[sakabatou]

1. O.o

[lligrd]

2. Dropped Off By His Mother With The Bedridden Relative

Chit like this wouldn't happen if we had free child care like a civilized country.

[Arugula Latte]

3. Exactly. nt

[lligrd]

4. Actually, The Fact That The Bedridden Relative

had no one to help her/him but a two year old also speaks volumes about our country.

[Arugula Latte]

5. Yep....Old? Very Young? Sick? Bedridden? Disabled?

Too bad. Get out of the way of the class warfare economy steamroller and Wall Street profits.

[lligrd]

6. And Blame Their Able Relatives Who Had To Go To Work

to support them if something happens. SICKO.

[orangerevolution]

7. Free Child Care

Civilized country...where is the sarcasm thingy?

Would you want to leave your kid(s) with the best that money could buy in this civilized society?

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. Oh how sad

:cry: