Those were the sounds Sasha Glenn heard as she was folding laundry, when she went to investigate, what she found was inexcusable.
Glenn testified Wednesday during a hearing against her boyfriend that she seen him, Derris Smith, holding her 18-month old son by his pajama top. The child had drywall stuck to his head, and a wooden door was cracked. Smith is accused of swinging the child against a wall after getting mad about toilet training the child.
The child later died as a result of his injuries, and Smith who was 17 at the time, has been charged with murder. He will be tried as an adult.
My first thought is, she told him the boy had had enough? WTF? I'm thinking my first comments would be- get the hell out of here, and I'd be calling the police. I sure as heck wouldn't be letting him get his hands on my child again in order to continue the abuse. My second thought is, well there's not a punishment cruel enough to pay back Smith for what he has done.
Glenn testified Wednesday during a hearing against her boyfriend that she seen him, Derris Smith, holding her 18-month old son by his pajama top. The child had drywall stuck to his head, and a wooden door was cracked. Smith is accused of swinging the child against a wall after getting mad about toilet training the child.
"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.
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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.
The child later died as a result of his injuries, and Smith who was 17 at the time, has been charged with murder. He will be tried as an adult.
My first thought is, she told him the boy had had enough? WTF? I'm thinking my first comments would be- get the hell out of here, and I'd be calling the police. I sure as heck wouldn't be letting him get his hands on my child again in order to continue the abuse. My second thought is, well there's not a punishment cruel enough to pay back Smith for what he has done.