Some people in Lacey Spears' life described her as a caring and nurturing mother but others saw darker signs. Photos migrated from Classic Myspace on 2/23/2014 5:21:15 AM. He is, however, challenging Dabbs-Anderson's credibility. Police have questionedat least one of those nurses. I acknowledge that I have read and accept the Terms of Use The focus of the probe is Spears, who police suspect may have fed potentially life-threatening amounts of salt to her son in a case of Munchausen by proxy, a psychiatric disorder that leads a parent to sicken a child to seek sympathy or attention. It wasn't OK," said Hunt, who began making other arrangements for JonJon's care. We based it off your Twitter details. A friend saw one MySpace photo and asked Autumn Hunt, JonJon's mother, if the boy in Spears' photo was Hunt's son. It was a relationship that worked for both parties: Hunt wanted a sitter she could trust; Lacey wanted to spend as much time as she could with the curly-headed blond boy. Part 2: Two fathers; one real, one imagined. ". The mother, 27, documented her son . Garnett Spears spent much of his in hospital beds. Read it on lohud.com. Pick one that's 25 characters or less and includes a letter. Those services would be offered by a third party, he said, citing one such group, Parents & Children Together. If you don't see it, don't forget to check your spam folder. But you can pick one that's 25 characters or less and includes a letter. MySpace and a blog and her . You have to be very sly and if you don't have concrete proof these people will take their child and go somewhere else and Doctor shop there. If we find matches from your Facebook friends, we'll connect you to them right away. Some saw her as a great mom, attentive and caring. I made her stop and got him out. In 2012, she moved Garnett north, to the secluded Fellowship Community in Chestnut Ridge, N.Y., saying she hoped the close-to-the-earth living would be the answer to the boy's chronic health issues. Garnett had been hospitalized many times throughout his young life. When people told her how cute he was, and asked if he was her child, Spears said yes. Please enter the account owner's birth date here. He was born Feb. We based it off your Twitter details. That's where many of the photos with JonJon were taken. We'll email instructions on how to reset your password. In one, titled "A Mother's Love Is Unexplainable," she kisses the boy. We loaded your account with your Twitter details. Garnett seemed like a normal, healthy boy to many in the Chestnut Ridge enclave. She worked at Kid's Club day-care center until it closed in 2008, then moved on to Child Care Network in Decatur. ", "It was just a little off-putting to have her do that. "I didn't think the feeding tube was necessary because when he was with me he ate formula or baby food or food. You may already know people on Myspace. I acknowledge that I have read and accept the Terms of Use Ex: myspace.com/. "That's the only reason I was friends with her, because I thought I could teach her how to mother Garnett, what to do for him, and how to love him and take care of him.". Dabbs-Anderson said she jumped on Lacey, grabbed Garnett and briefly took him from the home. Agreement and consent to the Privacy Policy and Video Privacy Policy. She'd often open the place at 5:30 a.m. and still be happy to fill in for others and close up around 6 p.m. Spears would spend weekdays with JonJon at day care and frequently take him home with her after work and keep him some weekends, putting him to bed in a crib that she had a neighbor assemble. "I found it odd. I see John Glatt has written a book on it. She was like jealous.". "Bad, terrible ear infections. Don't have a Myspace account yet? "But it just didn't sink in or whatever, and she kept telling different nurses that he was throwing up. And my mom was like, 'Just let it go, let it go.' If we find matches from the people you follow on Twitter, we'll connect you to them right away. No worries, joining is easy. Just happened on a documentary about all this on YouTube today. To Burnham, it seemed like Spears was trying to take her place in her son's life. Help us with just a few more questions. Her takeaway, which she shared with investigators: Lacey herself sometimes put her child at risk. On it, she chronicled hospital stays and the loss of her soulmate, Garnett's daddy, Blake. When Chris Hill heard from a friend that Garnett was dying, he reached out to Lacey Spears in the only way he knew how: He sent her a Facebook friend request. Let your Facebook friends know youre on Myspace with an update. "It is extremely unfortunate that a mere passerby in my client's life would take this opportunity to interject herself in this situation, while my client and her family are still in the early stages of grieving the very sudden and unexpected loss of Garnett. This is your profile URL. 19. Answer: A. "They felt the need to call to give us a heads-up," he said, declining to speculate as to how such a dire-sounding call might not result in a report of some kind. Subsequent post: Lacey Spears update. Use this to log in to your account, receive notifications and get handy updates from us. Please try again. But Lacey and JonJon spent so much time together that people believed Lacey was his mother, a belief Lacey did little to correct, and actively sought to promote, said friends. The latest music videos, short movies, tv shows, funny and extreme videos. Photos; Connections. She wrote a blog, "Garnett's Journey," subtitled "Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it." Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. "So she was giving me rides back and forth (to Calhoun) My momma loved her. Use this to log in to your account, receive notifications and get handy updates from us. But I just minded my own business.". It was a brief idyll for a happy child. When she moved out of her parents' home after high school, Lacey didn't go far; she and her sister rented a two-bedroom place a few hundred yards away, in the Cedar Key Apartments. If we find matches from the people you follow on Twitter, we'll connect you to them right away. "They wanted to see if he had the same symptoms without Lacey," she recalled. Dabbs-Anderson, too, took an interest in Lacey and Garnett outside the hospital. "And on weekends when she had him, if I decided to stay out of town Sunday night, she'd say, 'Fine, I can take him to work with me.' Spears case has red flags seen in Munchausen by proxy, second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter, convicted March 2, 2015, of second-degree murder, Nyack Hospital to Westchester Medical Center, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. convicted March 2, 2015, of second-degree murder, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. "When Jonathon was born, people I didn't even know were coming to the hospital and to the house to see me. I would be like, 'If he's sick, just bring him home.' In late January, Garnett was transported from Nyack Hospital to Westchester Medical Center. In 2010, she gave up her license, she said for medical reasons after she underwent brain surgery but records cite the voluntary surrender as being tied to a disciplinary action. Your search did not return any results. She was telling people that it was her son. Need help? Enter your email or username. . "In a comment under the picture, someone wrote, 'He's so cute, is he yours?' Name. 2023 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. Imprint Publisher. Lacey Spears was first and foremost a mom, doting to the point of obsession over her blond, blue-eyed son, Garnett, in sickness and in health. The little blond boy beams in dozens of photos on Lacey Spears' MySpace page: in the bath, at the park, sitting on the counter with a bright red pacifier in his mouth. Hitting < pauses the slideshow and goes back. I heard this anonymous friend of hers being interviewed the woman wanted anonymity and her voice distorted because she admitted she had seen Lacy giving Garnet cold baths and then briefly drowning him, holding him underwater for a punishment and the woman said she just took Garnet away for several hours to help Lacy calm down rather than reporting her. Lacey Spears was first and foremost a mom, doting to the point of obsession over her blond, blue-eyed . Years later, Garnett would also suffer chronic ear infections, prompting some emergency room nurses to question whether Spears was causing them. The normal range is 140 for infants. 14.' She considered it a momentary loss of temper and didn't report the incident. Garnett also would repeatedly suffer ear infections so severe he would end up in the hospital. A Westchester County jury found the woman, Lacey Spears of Scottsville, Ky., guilty of second-degree murder in the death last year of 5-year-old Garnett Spears. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. Lacey Spears was first and foremost a mom, doting to the point of obsession over her blond, blue-eyed son, Garnett, in sickness and in health. ", The bathtub factored into another incident, one that Lacey herself reported online, last October, according to her Facebook friend Kathy Hunt, who read it on a now-closed account called "Happy Hippie Momma.". If New York has a Starbucks on every corner, every Decatur corner seems to have a church. Dieser Artikel wurde entwickelt, um den Bedrfnissen unserer Kunden entsprechend zu werden und bietet eine Vielzahl von neuen Funktionen. Stream music on Myspace, a place where people come to connect, discover, and share. After he turned 2, there was no longer any issue with ear problems.". We explore how a woman whose existence centered on her only child became the focus of a police probe into whether her son was poisoned. Before long, Spears made herself indispensable, stepping in to help out with Camryn and never asking for pay or any of the things required to care for a baby. Ex: myspace.com/. We just thought they needed to be involved. Final Thoughts. But he wasn't. They reunited when both started attending classes at Calhoun Community College in late 2006. Having a child made you the center of attention for a short period of time. Spears has denied doing anything to harm her son, and her lawyer, David Sachs, has declined to comment. They followed on Facebook as Lacey moved in 2010 from her hometown Decatur, Ala., to Clearwater, Fla., where she and "G" as he was known lived with Lacey's grandmother for a brief, idyllic time. Sachs, Lacey's lawyer, took issue with Dabbs-Anderson's account, and its timing. The prosecution pushed for the maximum sentence of 25 years to life for the death of Spears's son, Garnett. Let your Facebook friends know youre on Myspace with an update. "And on weekends when she had him, if I decided to stay out of town Sunday night, she'd say, 'Fine, I can take him to work with me.' Lacey Spears's son, whom she called "Garnett the Great" and "my little prince . The last part of your Myspace URL. And Lacey replied, 'Yes, he is. She was in the hospital with her son for months before they could put together enough evidence to arrest her. We've emailed you instructions on how to reset your password. When Chris Hill heard from a friend that Garnett was dying, he reached out to Lacey Spears in the only way he knew how: He sent her a Facebook friend request. Lacey Spears. A part of the People / Entertainment Weekly Network. MOMsentenced in 6-year-olddaughter's drug overdosedeath, MYSTERY: New clues emerge in slaying of socialite Lois Colley, ROBERT DURST: Tracking real estate scion, murder suspect across America, SHERRI OROFINO DEATH:Convicted cop and murder suspect works for state, PODCAST: Sex, murder, poison and prophets in Ossining. I was like 17 years old with a baby, trying to be with the daddy, living at home with my mom. I acknowledge that I have read and accept the Terms of Use In one, Lacey raises her shirt so JonJon can kiss her pregnant belly, titled "JonJon loves Baby Garnett." Fmr. You may already know people on Myspace. And she just texted back and said, 'Oh my, my life, my world, my baby.' This helps us keep people, musicians and brands searchable on Myspace. Agreement and consent to the Privacy Policy and Video Privacy Policy. "He developed a hole in his ear drum. Lacey had even picked out a name for her second: Hammack thinks it was Granite. And someone came up to me and said, 'Oh, you're watching Lacey's baby.' Need help? I think it was anybody that needed help, she would offer. It's a strange way for a father to seek news about his son. Doctors found extreme levels of sodium in the boy's system. Police later seized the bag, which sources say contained a high concentration of sodium. A source familiar with the investigation said Dabbs-Anderson could be an important witness should Lacey be arrested and face trial. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, Press J to jump to the feed. A Friday. "To Lacey, Christy ought to be home with her baby.". Lacey Spears. . Connect me to Facebook friends and artists on Myspace ? "She would take him home with her from day care," Hunt said. This is your profile URL. He died Jan. 23. The youngest of three children born to Terry and Tina Spears, Lacey was born Oct. 16, 1987, and was raised in a single-story ranch home. This woman was diagnosed with Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. Stream music on Myspace, a place where people come to connect, discover, and share. The (Westchester County, N.Y.) Journal News spent nine days in Alabama and Florida talking with people who know Spears, trying to unravel the mystery of what happened to Garnett. . A baby is going to do that. Let your followers know you're on Myspace with a Tweet. UPDATE: Lacey Spears convicted March 2, 2015, of second-degree murder in son Garnett's death. Help us with just a few more questions. Spears doted on Jonathon, filled MySpace albums with photos of him, with captions that read "My World My Everything" and "He Completes Me." That boy is not her son. Trying to trace this lady, I never found her. Ugg the fact that I'm a widow with kids made this even worse to read.The police tracked down the man whom she claimed was "daddy Blake" and not only was he still alive but he said he wasn't Garnet's father." "If you needed a ride, somebody to cover your shift, she'd do it for you.". I was like, 'That's not Lacey's baby. If we find matches from your Facebook friends, we'll connect you to them right away. Before Jonathon, there was Camryn Clark, Christy Burnham's son, who Spears watched when she was just out of high school, in the fall of 2006. In the first year of his short life, Lacey told friends on social media, Garnett was in the hospital 23 times, once for five weeks. She shared photos of Garnett up until his death. Need help? Someone should have got to this BEFORE it happened for over a year. Lacey Spears (laclyn)'s profile on Myspace, the place where people come to connect, discover, and share. D. The Wedding Date. Spears and Hunt spent plenty of time together, too. Using the child's 'illnesses' to self-aggrandize herself, Lacey Spears' actions directly lead to her son's tortured death.". "She told everybody that was her son," Vaughn said. Pick one that's hard-to-crack, only known by you, and at least 6 characters long. On it, she chronicled hospital stays and the loss of her soulmate, Garnett's daddy, Blake. Lacey Spears told anyone who would listen that her son suffered from Crohn's and Celiac disease, high fevers, seizures, as well as a slew of other conditions. We'll email instructions on how to reset your password. Her online circle cried with her at news of another hospitalization, rejoiced with her as they saw the sickly boy grow, offered prayers and support. Your search did not return any results. You may be prompted by your browser for permission. Part 3: Red flags, in and out of the hospital. Lacey Spears and her son Garnett settle in to life at the Fellowship, where Lacey spoke frequently about her sickly son's medical history. Getting in is easy. She got him diapers, wipes, a car seat, outfits and a crib. If we find matches from your Facebook friends, we'll connect you to them right away. 2023 www.lohud.com. Pick one that's 25 characters or less and includes a letter. Photo of Lacey Spears and son Garnett Spears. That boy is not her son. The photos are titled "My World My Everything" and "He Completes Me." People believed what they saw and were told, in person and online, Vaughn said. Twitter, MySpace and a blog. '", "She was crying, telling me not to take Camryn away from her.". She probably wouldn't have been caught if she wasn't so addicted to Facebook and Myspace. The defense team, which had previously urged the court to put emotions aside,argued that there were no first-account witnesses or clear motives. PACT, which offers parenting classes, would neither confirm nor deny providing services to Lacey. In the years that followed, Lacey Spears told friends and even the slightest acquaintances that her "soul mate and Garnett's Daddy" was a police officer named Blake who died in a car accident. Inset: Facebook, Main: Douglas Healey. Amy Castano had a romantic moment with her boyfriend Aaron Evans as they reunited at Sydney Airport on Monday.. Autumn Hunt, who trusted her son Jonathon to Lacey's care, also remembers Lacey frequently bringing Garnett to the hospital with ear infections and digestive problems. Lacey Speer loudmouth1984. Hitting > pauses the slideshow and goes forward. Camryn had frequent and severe ear infections when Lacey was watching him, Burnham said, echoing the experience Hunt reported. 'If he's sick, I'll come get him,' I'd say. And I'm not sure I think it was sadism. Shawna Lynch, 30, of Decatur, has known Lacey for seven years, both as a friend and as a fellow mother whose children would attend a day-care center where Lacey worked. One time, he was hungry so I went to McDonald's and got him a Happy Meal. I think some recent cases in the news will draw more attention to this illness and that way more people will be aware of it if they see it. Use one of your social networks or start fresh with an email address. Riley Vaughn, an on-air personality on the "Mojo Radio Show" in Athens, Ala., got to know Lacey in Decatur in the way people do in a small town. Her 5-year-old son's death . Photos migrated from Classic Myspace on 2/23/2014 5:21:15 AM Comment Share. It's a strange way for a father to seek news about his son. Garnett would spend overnights at the home Dabbs-Anderson shared with her mother. But you can pick one that's 25 characters or less and includes a letter. Just before Superstorm Sandy, mother and son moved north to Chestnut Ridge and the Sunbridge Institute, known as the Fellowship. To see past stories in the series, go to lohud.com. "His ears would actually leak pus," Hunt said of Jonathon. Lacey Spears' father and sister embrace after the guilty verdict was read in court on March 2, 2015, in White Plains, N.Y. (credit: Marla Diamond/WCBS 880) . Name. The Story Of . Facebook, twitter and MySpace. She appeared to be a normal person, there didn't seem to be anything wrong with her, she even worked as a nanny . In 2014, when he was nearly six-years-old, Garnett Spears passed away due to a sudden illness. Just start typing to find music. UPDATE:Lacey Spears convicted March 2, 2015, of second-degree murder in son Garnett's death. It was revoked for a year after Dabbs-Anderson said she made a serious mistake by helping a friend fill a falsified prescription for painkillers. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. You can always edit this or any other info in settings after joining. Need help? Burnham and Spears met in elementary school but went to different high schools. 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