If a mother breaks a baby's leg and then waits a week to get medical attention

[cali]

what the fuck idiot thinks its OK to return the child to the mother after only 2 months?

And now the baby is dead, killed by the stepfather.

Dozens of parents and concerned citizens gathered outside the office of the Vermont Department for Children and Families in Rutland Monday. They want answers from the child protection agency after two-year-old Dezirae Sheldon was allegedly murdered by her stepfather, 31-year-old Dennis Duby.

"The signs were there. Pay attention to them. This little one could have been alive," said Lindsay Miller, who took part in the protest.

Those signs include a child abuse investigation last year into Dezirae's mother -- Sandra Eastman. In July she was convicted of breaking the baby's leg and then waiting at least a week to seek medical care. A full body scan revealed older injuries too. Eastman never went to prison for the crime. Instead she was placed on probation. Family members tell WCAX News that 2.5 months later, she got her daughter back. A decision they say that cost the toddler her life.

"I just opened the door and I look at Dezirae and her whole face was bruised. And I looked at Sandy and said what happened? And she said Dennis dropped her into the pack and play. And I said that's not from a pack and play fall. Her whole face is bruised," said Michelle Brown, a family friend.

Brown claims they begged the court and DCF to terminate Eastman's parental rights, but say their allegations of abuse were ignored. "I said she's going to kill her... She is going to die. I said I'm never going to see her again. I know it. I knew it in my heart this was going to happen. But nobody listened," said Lisa Eastman, Dezirae's aunt.

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http://www.wcax.com/story/24809987/protest-target-dcf-handling-of

[msanthrope]

1. She's a child molester, too. She shouldn't have been out of jail. nt

[cali]

2. and that.

really disgraceful fuck up.

[KinMd]

3. I'd put the boyfriend in Gen Pop when he's goes to prison..

see how tough he is then

[HappyMe]

4. Major fuck up by the DCF.

That poor baby.

[pipi_k]

5. And this is

the type of case that I would cite to anyone who insists that people have an absolute "right" to have children...or as many of them as they want, because it's "none of my business how many kids someone wants to have".

That attitude stinks just as badly as the "Pro Life" love for the rights of the fetus. Until the fetus is born, that is. Then, who gives a shit...

Only on this side, it's all about a person's right to have as many kids as they can pump out. So they do. Or they only have a couple, but the parents are so damaged they shouldn't even be trusted to raise a goldfish. And nobody seems to give a shit until a kid ends up horribly abused...or dead. Then we're all horrified and disgusted.

So there's another little kid dead at the hands of people who were supposed to protect her. If I were a judge in this case, I would demand that they both undergo mandatory sterilization if given a prison sentence that would release them before they were too old to propagate again.

[get the red out]

6. I'm with you on all that

This baby was literally tortured to death. When Bush and Cheney wanted to torture people so badly they had to send them to other countries. But hey, here's your defenseless baby, keep on beating the hell out of her until she dies.

[enlightenment]

7. Exactly.

And thank you for saying it.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

8. thank you for this. I wasn't depressed enough today

this was just the elixir to send those pesky positive vibes packing.