The child was beaten to death.

Ummmm ... what does the woman's weight have to do with it?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,408609,00.html

A slew of other headlines were similar.

Apparently her weight has a lot to do with the fact she doesn't fit through the door for them to place her into custody. So yes, it does have to do with it.

What I don't understand is why the mother would be charged for leaving her child with her sister? I leave my child with my sister, when he was younger, and I take all three of her kids all the time! And I take my best friends six children quite often!

The only thing I can think is that the woman had prior abuse history? I don't know.

No kidding! That really makes me . And the worst part of it is that it actually takes away from the tragedy at hand, that a child lost their life. Instead they focus more on the suspect's ability to fit through her door.

What does the womans weight have to do with it? Really? Really?!
Yeah, she violently killed a little 2 year old by bashing it on the head, yet is at home... why? because she is to obese to leave her bed. She cant be held in custody... why? becuase she requires so much medical attention and may die from lack of it that it would cost too much to do so. And how will she be in the court room when they try her? How will she serve her time for her heinous crime? From bed?
Her weight may not have a whole lot to do with the crime itself, although I wonder how she could use such force(for someone who weighs 1000 lbs that is alot of physical exertion) or even be able to keep a two year old close enough to her to KILL him.
The stories are not calling her chunky or tubby, they are simply stating the first thing anyone would notice, she weighs more than 99% of the world. It is a fact that she is morbidly obese.
What is completly twisted is that this may save her life. However she is incarcerated the system will not tolerate the massive amounts of food it requires to maintain 1000 pounds.
If I violently killed my 2 year old nephew I would be in jail.

I suppose they could indict the mother because she left the child in the care a person unable to properly care for a two-year old. Aside from the issue of abuse, the woman is supposedly bed-ridden, and definitely unable to fit through the door - what would she have been able to do in the case of a fire, or more mundanely how could she have prevented the child from getting into things that could harm him? Leaving a two-year old with an invalid isn't any smarter than leaving them completely alone.

While it's sad that the association is being made witht the woman's weight, it's the way the media is. If there's anything unusual about the person, it will be added in the headlines. Not too many years ago, it would have been acceptable to say "black woman charged in toddler's death). It's unfortunate, but it would have probably happened similarly if she was blind, deaf, a siamese twin, had three eyes, was 7 feet tall....

Anything that makes the case memorable, if they can get away with it, is going to make it into the headlines.

Perhaps sooner or later they'll also associate being obese or overweight with have psychotic tendencies? It seems that today, like kaplods mentioned, the media just like to wag fingers at those with any differences.

A jail may not be able to accomodate her, but there probably is a prison that can. There are facilities that are equipped to deal with severe medical needs in prison, though it's doubtful that they would feed her enough to sustain 1000 lbs, she would be put on a medically supervised diet, I would think. However, county jails wouldn't be equipped to deal with her (she wouldn't fit in the bunks which are usually bolted to the wall).

It does make me wonder whether the mother struck the child before leaving the child with the bed-ridden aunt. Not that a bed-ridden super morbidly obese person couldn't cause a fatal blow to a 2 year old (pushing him forcefully from the bed could do it). But, I'm wondering whether both are being charged, to see if one testifies against the other? Or whether there was another adult in the home (one or the other's boyfriend) who also could have done it.

It's a very bizarre case, and I'm thinking there could be alot more to the story. Or it could be exactly as it seems.

There is a difference between the color of your skin, "blind, deaf, siamese twin, three eyes, seven feet tall..." and 1000 pounds. One is how you are created and the other is what you create for yourself, what you choose, how you are an active participant in your own life and thus, attention to it.

[QUOTE=Loriann7;2328316]Apparently her weight has a lot to do with the fact she doesn't fit through the door for them to place her into custody. So yes, it does have to do with it. /QUOTE]

Well, that's a side story. It's not the murder. I meant the headlines, as if her obesity was the direct cause of the murder, or just even more tantalizing and important than the murder of a child. It's bleepin' in all the *headlines*.

Even if their whole story were just about a morbidly obese person arrested for any reason that the jail couldn't handle, it would very likely just be playing on sensationalism, rather than be an actual thoughtful story about an issue.

I get really sickened when I hear anything about child abuse, especially when it results in the permanent injury or death of the child. Just horrible.

But, I'm trying to figure out how, if she's totally bedridden and in such dire health, she got the strength to beat the child? - I mean, if she intentionally lay on him or something it's a different story (and would then make her wieght an issue). There a lot of things that aren't quite making sense to me so I think the article must be leaving out a lot of details (or I didn't read carefully and missed it).

I mean, honestly, (this is not meant to be smarta**, but may come out sounding that way so apologies in advance) how did she catch him? I know some pretty young and athletic people who have a hard time catching their quick little 2 year olds when the toddlers are being, well, 2 year olds. Again, I think something has been left out of the story.

... wondering the rate of blind people caused from improper care and neglect due to diabetes vs. morbidly obese people, say 500 pounds or over... too much off track thinking for me... lol
Her massive body is a massive issue because it simply is that! Im wondering too just how she did it? 1000 pounds is alot of weight.
And I often wonder, why is it so wrong to state the obvious?

In this case, I think it's because the article is almost making the woman's size the focal point of the article rather than the fact that a 2 year old child was murdered.

Well, it worked.

I doubt it's much different to the media whether a person "caused their state of being" or not, nor whether it has a direct bearing on the crime - it's all about making the headline that catches people's attention.

OK, I agree that the headline did make it out that her weight was the issue of the murder, and did take the focus off the child, sadly so.

As to the women "catching" the two year old, think about it. I know when I see all my nephews and neices, especially at two, they can't wait to give Aunt Lori a hug hello, and sometimes they want to hug you and be next to you. Perhaps the young one just wanted to be near his aunt, but she didn't want to be bothered so pushed him away? Or slapped him away?

Just because the woman is so huge doesn't mean she can't lift her arm, and even in a forceful manner!

As to her being locked up? Let's watch and see... do we see them cutting the roof off, hoisting her out onto a flat bed and carrying her to her new "home?" opcorn: