She was mad that her long time friend had grown tired of her behavior, her drinking and her lack of paying rent. So when 23 year old Natalie Rodriguez was told to move out of the apartment, she did the most unthinkable thing- she murdered her friends 9 month old child.
Natalie Rodriguez herself was a mother, she had a 4 year old son of her own. She should have been able to imagine the heartbreak that her actions would bring, she should have known that killing a child was no way to settle a dispute over a apartment.
Giselle Miranda had taken in Rodriguez and her son after Rodiguez had lost her job a month prior to the murder and been kicked out of her families home. She had attempted to do what any real friend would do, to help someone they loved that was in need.
Rodriquez and her defense team opted to blame her atrocious on her drinking and mental illness, because after all that seems to be the "in" thing to do.
I don't care how drunk you are... there is no justification for slashing the throat of anyone, let alone a innocent 9 month old child. She had a child of her own, how can anyone let alone a parent become so enraged about an apartment that they come to the conclusion that the best way to handle it is to kill a little child?
People do horrifying things, we all know that. But some behavior is more monstrous than most of us can even begin to understand. I guess we'll just have to rest assured that Rodriquez will have plenty of time to think over her demented actions- as she plead guilty to the murder and was sentenced to life in prison.
Categories: murders
Woman pleads guilty to baby's murder - Crime & Punishment - MSNBC.com
Natalie Rodriguez herself was a mother, she had a 4 year old son of her own. She should have been able to imagine the heartbreak that her actions would bring, she should have known that killing a child was no way to settle a dispute over a apartment.
Giselle Miranda had taken in Rodriguez and her son after Rodiguez had lost her job a month prior to the murder and been kicked out of her families home. She had attempted to do what any real friend would do, to help someone they loved that was in need.
But Rodriguez drank, was belligerent and did not pay rent. The Miranda family told her to move out. Her deadline was the day she killed the baby.
Rodriguez said she silently lifted Xavier out of his crib in the middle of the night, picked up a knife from the kitchen, placed him face down in a snowbank in a neighbor’s driveway, and slashed his throat. She then hid the body under a trash can in the driveway.
Rodriquez and her defense team opted to blame her atrocious on her drinking and mental illness, because after all that seems to be the "in" thing to do.
I don't care how drunk you are... there is no justification for slashing the throat of anyone, let alone a innocent 9 month old child. She had a child of her own, how can anyone let alone a parent become so enraged about an apartment that they come to the conclusion that the best way to handle it is to kill a little child?
People do horrifying things, we all know that. But some behavior is more monstrous than most of us can even begin to understand. I guess we'll just have to rest assured that Rodriquez will have plenty of time to think over her demented actions- as she plead guilty to the murder and was sentenced to life in prison.
Categories: murders
Woman pleads guilty to baby's murder - Crime & Punishment - MSNBC.com
Comments
it must have been heart wrentching posting this .
hopefully other parents will read this and think twice before allowing someone to move in with them and their family .
my thoughts and prayers to the family .
There was nobody else in the apartment! I kid you not. The towel was trying to jump out the window!
I wanted to kill that roommate. But, I didn't. Even when I was drunk.
Some people are just plain cracked...
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