A woman who documented her son’s chronic medical problems on her personal blog was arrested and charged with using salt to murder the boy.
Lacey Spears of Scottsville, Ky., was arrested on charges of second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter, The Journal News reports (via The NY Post).
5-year-old Garnett died of acute sodium poisoning in a Westchester County children’s hospital on Jan. 23, the Journal News reports.
Spears is charged with pouring sodium (salt) into Garnett’s stomach through a feeding tube in a hospital bathroom. She is suspected of poisoning her son with salt on at least 2 occasions.
Police believe the 26-year-old mother suffered from a mental condition known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a disorder that causes parents (mostly moms) to sicken their own children in order to gain sympathy from nurses and doctors.
Computer records show Spears searched online for information about salt poisoning, Assistant District Attorney Doreen Lloyd said in court on Tuesday.
Nurses who spend the most time with patients and families are usually the first to identify a parent with Munchausen syndrome. Once that parent is identified, a note is attached to the patient’s chart alerting other health care personnel to monitor the parent’s interactions with the child.
If the parent is caught in the act of poisoning a child (in extreme cases) a court order may be obtained by the hospital to prevent the parent’s access to the child.
“I’m happy they got her and I do believe that she’s had this problem for years and that he’s been suffering at her hands. I really wish we could have prevented this because there were signs,” former nurse Ginger Dabbs-Anderson told The Journal News.
“Maybe the hospitals should have caught it, maybe her parents should have caught it, maybe those people closest to her should have caught it. She put all over Facebook how wonderful she was. She had us all snowed, she had us all believing she was wonderful. But obviously not,” said Dabbs-Anderson.
Spears documented her son’s life on her personal blog. The then 3-year-old Garnett is seen sucking on a pacifier and wearing pull ups in numerous photos posted on her blog.
sad
SO it wasn’t no Kevorkian, just straight crazy?
Guess we can add mamas to the list of folks who ain’t loyal…..
People are sick! R.I.P little baby finally away from that damn monster!
He’s dead… they waited for him to die before they did anything – this is disgusting DYS is always sticking their noses in where they don’t belong and when they need to take kids they never do until something tragic happnes – this is sooo sad….he was too cute…. albeit too old for a blasted pacifier… I say they feed her azz salt till she dies like her son did – in pain….
She look like a bulldagger.
BISH!
Smdh Hopefully one day folks will realize babies are blessings
Smh
Man, fugg this bish!!
is that justin beiber or her mom?
Salt poisioning is a sad way to die btw. Sandra you a nurse and correct me if I am wrong…but basically you and your organs dehydrate to death. They shrivel up. In particular, the brain
*his mom
She look like a bulldagger.
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Your font my thoughts. So sad
What the Freakn Hail…..
I’m sure she’s gonna be on suicide watch. Her baby daddy, died prolly figured she’d take them both out.
Y’all seen this older movie where this mom takes her daughter out to the woods and she was gonna kill them both on some religious chit. She kills her daughter but then doesn’t have the heart to kill herself, then hates God for not giving her strength. Then she ends up falling in love with a park ranger??
Spears is charged with pouring sodium (salt) into Garnett’s stomach through a feeding tube
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THAT is SOOOOOOOOOO sad to hear! I couldn’t imagine.
I say open her up and sit her in a salt bath with NO water.
mother suffered from a mental condition known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy
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I think my co-worker has this, but she adopted her kids. Her last day is today.
aRoTh says:
Spears is charged with pouring sodium (salt) into Garnett’s stomach through a feeding tube
then throw that bytch in a pool of acid !
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THAT is SOOOOOOOOOO sad to hear! I couldn’t imagine.
I say open her up and sit her in a salt bath with NO water.
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I say take a blade and slice that azz up
this is so sad Jesus…Munchausen is a damn mess and I’m seriously shocked the hospital didnt catch on…my question is how did he end up on the feeding tube to begin with he looked very healthy in the posts even if they were old its just weird
I think my co-worker has this, but she adopted her kids. Her last day is today.
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looking back on it i think my aunt did too
I think my co-worker has this, but she adopted her kids. Her last day is today
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Today is female Family Guy last day?
don’t they all have mental conditions
but if you’re BLACK 
Momma I made it!!! says:
She look like a bulldagger.
BISH!
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@Vdot
The way my last name is set up, we aren’t. HOWEVER, the way LIFE is set up, you may be cousins with or even dated my ex……at some point. LMAOOOOOO
Did you go to that block party on Laconia this past weekend?
my question is how did he end up on the feeding tube to begin
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Mighta been that first batch of salt she gave him. IDK though. How she get him to eat it? this is sad.
Who Dat says:
I think my co-worker has this, but she adopted her kids. Her last day is today
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Today is female Family Guy last day?
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YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She done quit. Got fired (through mail – but disregarded the letter and came in anyway). Re-hired and quit again……….TODAY!
HOWEVER, the way LIFE is set up, you may be cousins with or even dated my ex……at some point. LMAOOOOOO
Did you go to that block party on Laconia this past weekend?
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Am I the only one who is wondering where his father was in all of this?
Am I the only one who is wondering where his father was in all of this?
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was the child a boy or girl..these blog pics have be confused
FOH!!! Bish need to have razor cuts all ova her body then forced to sit in a tub of salt and alcohol until she dies
Salt poisioning is a sad way to die btw. Sandra you a nurse and correct me if I am wrong…but basically you and your organs dehydrate to death. They shrivel up. In particular, the brain
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How could someone do this to a child? Her OWN child? I just can’t wrap my head around it. As parents, our children look to us for protection, not to be monsters. This lady has literally made me sick. Ugly bish.
Blanche Devereaux says:
I think my co-worker has this, but she adopted her kids. Her last day is today.
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looking back on it i think my aunt did too
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Matter of fact, one of my other co-workers came in TODAY, not to say “good riddance” but to say……and these were her EXACT WORDS…
“As much as you STAY at the hospital with your kids, they done damn near named a ward after you and your kids stay broke up, WHY would you let them stand on a 50 gallon trashcan full of water, take a picture and post it on FB?”…
I kept scrolling through SR like so…
Who Dat says:
Salt poisioning is a sad way to die btw. Sandra you a nurse and correct me if I am wrong…but basically you and your organs dehydrate to death. They shrivel up. In particular, the brain
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No. Salt is one of the electrolytes in our blood that regulates the heartbeat. Too much or too little salt changes the electrolyte balance in the blood and you die of a heart attack or seizures. That’s the simple answer.
aRoTh says:
bama_n_jersey says:
Why these yt folks keep having all of these dang safety meetings
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B/c they just fired Bob and he said he’s going to “comeback”.
@Bama, you might be in danger girl.
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n’all…it’s the goverment with all it’s safety mess
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She done quit. Got fired (through mail – but disregarded the letter and came in anyway). Re-hired and quit again……….TODAY!
Yall finally rid of that azz. 
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Why I envision the dude who KEEP showing up at work and NOBODY will tell him he dont work there no mo.
Matter of fact, one of my other co-workers came in TODAY, not to say “good riddance” but to say……and these were her EXACT WORDS…
“As much as you STAY at the hospital with your kids, they done damn near named a ward after you and your kids stay broke up, WHY would you let them stand on a 50 gallon trashcan full of water, take a picture and post it on FB?”…
I kept scrolling through SR like so…
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My daughter has a chronic disease so parents that WANT their kids to be sick make me sooooo mad. Bish I went to the ER 25 times last year and here you are pretending your kids are sick
it pisses my whole life off
No. Salt is one of the electrolytes in our blood that regulates the heartbeat. Too much or too little salt changes the electrolyte balance in the blood and you die of a heart attack or seizures. That’s the simple answer.
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This poor baby. Lord. His mama did a number on him.
THAT ISH is eem worse.
Bish I went to the ER 25 times last year and here you are pretending your kids are sick
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I’m so sorry.
Got fired (through mail – but disregarded the letter and came in anyway). Re-hired and quit again……….TODAY!
No I didn’t get the letter relieving me of my services. What’s our next project?” 
She sounds like a piece of work.
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Who does that? ”
@ Who Dat: When we were kids growing up in Miami we poured table salt on leeches and watched them shrivel up and die.
Who Dat says:
I’m so sorry.
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Thank you it could really be worse so I deal with it the best I know how but stories like this hit me where it hurts.
I say they feed her azz salt till she dies like her son did – in pain….
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Agreed! old devil beast!!!
@Dubb
I didn’t b/c as back and forth as she’s been, yall would think I was lyin. How many times have I said she quit or got fired? LOL
And furthermore…..nobody cares. LOL Just geaux.
@Sandra…we used to pour salt on snails if they were on the porch or trying to get into the house
Bish I went to the ER 25 times last year and here you are pretending your kids are sick
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Awww they had the whole block rocking like the 4th of july and I missed it
Poor baby. Shyt like this boils my blood. Reminds me of that sick bish that was poisoning her own daughter in the movie The Sixth Sense
@Butter
Thing is, they needed her. That’s why they (in my Celie voice) “let huh stay..”. LMAOOOOOO
My daughter has a chronic disease so parents that WANT their kids to be sick make me sooooo mad. Bish I went to the ER 25 times last year and here you are pretending your kids are sick it pisses my whole life off
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Reason she quittin……bish gets a check for them kids! A BIG CHECK! Four FOSTER/ADOPTED kids? On medication WITH “learning disabilities” and psychological problems??!!! #jackpot
Am I the only one who is wondering where his father was in all of this?
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Yes. Because you lack reading comprehension
lol
awwwww Blanche
(you think maybe you wanna sit this one out? you already subject to “hormonal-ality” and this post bout this attention seeking wildebeest bish aint making it no better…)
TI on this interview sounding like he has a crush on Iggy
When we were kids growing up in Miami we poured table salt on leeches and watched them shrivel up and die.
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I poured some on one the other DAY. We get em here BAD in NC when it rain in the summer. I went and got some Sluggo and left it for the yard folks to put out. I can always tell when its time to put out more. I HATE THEM BASTIDS. YECK.
Got fired (through mail – but disregarded the letter and came in anyway). Re-hired and quit again……….TODAY!
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Who does that? ” No I didn’t get the letter relieving me of my services. What’s our next project?” She sounds like a piece of work.
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I’m still stuck back on the “re-hired” part
awwwww Blanche
(you think maybe you wanna sit this one out? you already subject to “hormonal-ality” and this post bout this attention seeking wildebeest bish aint making it no better…)
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I’m already turnt anyway because I cant get off for my OB appt tomorrow
it feels good to go off about something lol
Got fired (through mail – but disregarded the letter and came in anyway). Re-hired and quit again……….TODAY!
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Who Dat says: Salt poisioning is a sad way to die btw. Sandra you a nurse and correct me if I am wrong…but basically you and your organs dehydrate to death. They shrivel up. In particular, the brain
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that’s consistent with what i’m reading from the stories. he constantly begged for water and had headaches. a lot of people seemed to suspect but, again, nobody said or did shyt and now he’s dead. she’s been killing him since he was damn near a newborn.
Yes. Because you lack reading comprehension
lol
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Or maybe I wrote that before reading the comments. FOH
Police believe the 26-year-old mother suffered from a mental condition known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a disorder that causes parents (mostly moms) to sicken their own children in order to gain sympathy from nurses and doctors.
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THESE YT FOLK COME UP WITH A “DISEASE” FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEY KILLERS!!
Chit is ridiculuos. This bytch is a killer. The end. That’s it. Them yts will create a disease faster than a muthaphucka!
This sounds like some Office Space type ish
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Man listen…..
Sitting here in this Outkast ticket struggle again. It’s been saying I have a 1 minute wait for 3 minutes now. Oops it just went up to two minutes. It’ll be 15 before you know it. I won’t mess up my order in line this time.
I’m still stuck back on the “re-hired” part
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Bish showed up on a day they had alot of work/somebody had called out and the powers that be was like welp her big azz here…she gonna do some WORK. Bish you is officially re-HIRED.
Like my mama. Dont be just coming round to holla. Next thing you know your azz in there washing dishes. 19yo was like I gotta stop going to nana house after work.
She made me scrub her shower AND I did a load of towels 
Buttercup says: Am I the only one who is wondering where his father was in all of this?
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they are saying the daddy, blake, is a figment of her imagination who she said died in a car accident.
the real daddy (at least he thinks she is) said she was a friend with benefits and he found out about the lil boy and was trying to get in touch with her but she kept moving around.
Yes. Because you lack reading comprehension lol
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Butter you didn’t do the education
Sandra Rose says: Salt is one of the electrolytes in our blood that regulates the heartbeat. Too much or too little salt changes the electrolyte balance in the blood and you die of a heart attack or seizures. That’s the simple answer.
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he had a lot of seizures too. one hospital put cameras in his room but she was shown taking him to the bathroom where there were no cameras. sick!
Oh well I messed up my place in line again by trying to bring up another window and having problems with it. I tried to navigate away from the site before Explorer refreshed but I was too late. Now it says 15 minutes which it hadn’t gotten up to before. Well hoping they add a 3rd show.
My boss just called to ask me to take a pm meeting for her bc one of her buddies from the city called her and she doesn’t have time to meet with them and show them a few things so she asked me to do it
AIN’T NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT!!!! I was going to go back to my desk… Maybe look at this budget… Maybe consider doing this report… Maybe answer an email 
But now I gotta go back and meet with some more folks today therefore pushing back my maybe work which with further prevent me from being on SR. I ain’t come here to work. She got me messed up 
THESE YT FOLK COME UP WITH A “DISEASE” FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEY KILLERS!!
Chit is ridiculuos. This bytch is a killer. The end. That’s it. Them yts will create a disease faster than a muthaphucka!
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Naw Munch been around for years! I remember watching lifetime movies about it. I couldn’t have been no more than 10? 11?
This chit is real.
Folks fukked up out here.
But yeah she still a killer.
White is right.
I ain’t come here to work. She got me messed up
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@OTB
“Naw Munch been around for years! I remember watching lifetime movies about it. I couldn’t have been no more than 10? 11?
This chit is real. Folks fukked up out here”
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Man, EVERYBODY got something wrong with them. Everybody. I can see now they goin make this woman to be a “victim” that is “suffering through a disease.”
I remember watching lifetime movies about it. I couldn’t have been no more than 10? 11?
This chit is real. Folks fukked up out here.
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I watched them movies too. Judith Light had Munch in one I think.
So she is not a lesbian? Huh. Whod’a thunk it.
She look like a bulldagger.
BISH!
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Bird, I ordered by phone. It was a breeze. I had to pay an extra $2.25 to have them delivered via the mail, but I got them
BISH!
she should have killed herself, with those Count Dracula Teeth
@OTB: this new meeting I have is at 3 pm :wails: I hope they aren’t long winded and don’t ask me a bunch of stuff. I can’t.
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She had them arms propping and pushing those titties up something awful
Nancy says:
I’m still stuck back on the “re-hired” part
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*in a flash*
She quit but would stay on as PRN.
and says to ME “can I speak with you in the hallway..”
She didn’t adhere to the required hours.
They sent her a letter telling her to send in her badge.
Supervisor said a letter was sent.
In walks co-woker.
Supervisor looking at me like
*I forget what was said*
The workday goes on as planned.
Supervisor (with her contained ass) put her on the schedule after the letter was sent. Talking about “I didn’t know I could overturn the letter”.
This was back in Jan. She only works two days a week.
She called in on Monday.
Came in today.
Today is her last.
Supa is on vacay.
#goodriddance
@mis take,
Why were her dogs roamin roundst about the neighborhood with no leash?
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OutsidetheBox says:
THESE YT FOLK COME UP WITH A “DISEASE” FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEY KILLERS!!
Chit is ridiculuos. This bytch is a killer. The end. That’s it. Them yts will create a disease faster than a muthaphucka!
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You’re 100% correct because the other day I’m watching the news and this rich white kid beta a murder rap because they said he had Affluence – yes he was affluent and spoiled so the fact that he drove drunk and killed some folks was ok cause he had Affluenza – WTF……
Man, EVERYBODY got something wrong with them. Everybody. I can see now they goin make this woman to be a “victim” that is “suffering through a disease.”
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I don't think so. We (justice system) knows all about Munch so
she will be punished if they got the evidence all right imo! She is a muncher (:hahaha: ) by proxy…meaning she did it to someone else. So even there is the abuse of a child. Then we add in the murder stuff. Whether or not she meant to kill him, she killed him bc of her psychological disorder.
Bish you is officially re-HIRED.
Like my mama. Dont be just coming round to holla. Next thing you know your azz in there washing dishes. 19yo was like I gotta stop going to nana house after work. She made me scrub her shower AND I did a load of towels
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this fulfills my earnestness quota for the day :crying1:
Okay, I’m done with this TI interview. I don’t hate him after it
I was worried for a minute…
I watched them movies too. Judith Light had Munch in one I think.
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Dubb 
Lifetime should come with warnings.
OTB,
but if this chick does have a serious mental disorder, can’t she get off based on mental defect?
BISH!
she should have killed herself, with those Count Dracula Teeth
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But if she dead she cant get attn. That’s what munchers crave.
This is not funny. I hope they give her life. 
they are saying the daddy, blake, is a figment of her imagination who she said died in a car accident.
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*shudders*
these bishes AND their enablers need fire knocked from their arses! 
(s/o @Bird 
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this sounds eerily similar to the Casey Anthony story about her baby’s father
don’t they all have mental conditions
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OTB,
but if this chick does have a serious mental disorder, can’t she get off based on mental defect?
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Not if she committed the crimes of 2nd degree murder and manslaughter. Do you mean will she not go to prison? She would prolly go to the contained folks prison instead of general population but how could she possibly “get off”? Crazy ppl go to jail all the time.
I rem in those movies the mama went to jail.
Short Wiki read:
Münchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP or MBP) is a term that is used to describe a behaviour pattern in which a caregiver deliberately exaggerates, fabricates, and/or induces physical, psychological, behavioural, and/or mental health problems in those who are in their care.[1] With deception at its core, this behaviour is an elusive, potentially lethal, and frequently misunderstood form of child abuse[2] or medical neglect[3] that has been difficult to define, detect, and confirm.
MSbP has also spawned much heated controversy within the legal and social services communities. In a handful of high-profile cases, mothers who have had multiple children die from sudden infant death syndrome have been declared to have MSbP. Based on MSbP testimony of an expert witness, they were tried for murder, convicted, and imprisoned for several years. In some cases, that testimony was later impeached, resulting in acquittal of those defendants.[4]
TI “It’s Googleable”
THESE YT FOLK COME UP WITH A “DISEASE” FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEY KILLERS!!
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I remember watching lifetime movies about it. I couldn’t have been no more than 10? 11?
This chit is real. Folks fukked up out here.
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I watched them movies too. Judith Light had Munch in one I think.
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I just seen one this weekend “Blueprint for Murder” …old black & white movie. woman killed the lil girl right there in the hospilla and the lil boy was next on the list. they’ve even had a few episodes of those ‘snapped’ genre shows with these same type killins… all yt womens (all them i seent, so far…
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um, thank you, for that synopsis @aRoTh. i think i got it now…
Those titties look like oblong airbags. They look full tho
She looks like a boy and her son looked like a girl. She had quite a few issues
This here…makes me sad and angry at the same time. #somepeoplearereallybroken #someonecomegetthisbitch