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Mother and Kids Live With 90-Year-Old Corpse on Toilet

Posted by Cole Gamble

Happy Post Mother's Day. Enough with the happy crap, let's get back to the weird, depraved and creepy.

A mother and her two children lived with the bloating corpse of a 90-year-old woman decaying on the toilet of their only bathroom for two months. It gets better. The mother left the corpse their because a religious “superior” told her it would come back to life...


Remember that story about the couple who let their diabetic daughter die because they prayed instead of seeking medical attention? Well, that was a pretty egregious case of neglect but I was willing to admit, the parents were at least doing what, in their very confused minds, was right. In this case, however, this is just straight up hyper-retarded.

The kids, 15 and 12 years of age, are now in foster care. When questioned by the police, the boy said he had plotted to run away from his mothers home. Smart kid, that one.

Of course, maybe the mom was just up for some madcap hyjinks, Weekend At Bernie's Style.

 

Photo: AP 


Comments

 

Cassie said:

Just playing crazy to avoid jail.  She was cashing that old ladys' checks and now she is playing crazy to avoid jail time.  The drugs are sweet at the looney bin and the time is easy compared to county lock up.  They kept her in the john cause it was easier to let her decompose in the bathtub.  I know how rednecks think.  Crafty as rats.

May 12, 2008 7:17 PM
 

Sue said:

Awesome, Cassie! But wow, I hope someone is able to make the kids understand that their mother made them need a lifetime of therapy to help them reconcile that it was all for a few bucks.

May 12, 2008 9:30 PM
 

tiffer said:

I don't know.. that mom just looks crazy to me.

May 12, 2008 10:19 PM
 

Sheri said:

Sounds like she was mentally ill.  Not retarded.  Just wondering when calling someone "retarded" was a nice thing to do.  Sure hope you aren't teaching your kids this, Cole.

Maybe she was in it for the money or maybe she is mentally off balance.  

May 12, 2008 11:19 PM
 

maeby said:

if it was the only toilet in the house, where did they go? and where did they shower?

May 13, 2008 11:25 PM

About Cole Gamble

Cole Gamble is a writer in the environs of Portland, Oregon where he has two children, one he calls “Jillian” and the other he simply refers to as “The Beef.” His revolutionary parenting technique is a three-pronged system consisting of A) wrestling children for fun and profit; B) convincing his daughter she is a robot; and C) resisting the urge to beat up other four-year-olds when they tease his kids. Propagation of aforementioned children was assisted by his wife, Nicole, who is gorgeous but ironically hates being photographed. His writing has appeared in print, on various Internets and been transmitted into the air through the magic of the radio. Currently he is working on an evil self-help book titled Improve Your Life Or Die.

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