Lacey Spears, it seems, is a Mom Who Uses Social Media. Pick one that's hard-to-crack, only known by you, and at least 6 characters long. Help us with just a few more questions. She wouldn't tell me.". Burnham eventually had tubes put in Camryn's ears to help reduce the infections. He ate it all.". State -- she kept friends updated on her son's frequent hospitalizations with photos and musings on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and a blog. I just thought that she was just overwhelmed.". The trial lasted 14 days with emotions running high, with the prosecution arguingthat Spears forcefully injected lethal doses of salt into her sons body via feeding tube. Pool photo by Joe Larese. He ate with us, whatever we had for dinner. Press ESC to exit. It was a brief idyll for a happy child. If New York has a Starbucks on every corner, every Decatur corner seems to have a church. If we find matches from the people you follow on Twitter, we'll connect you to them right away. 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. People; Songs; Albums; Videos; Photos; Articles . Hammack, while working alongside Lacey at day care, said Lacey had Garnett and was already talking about wanting a second child. Pick one that's 25 characters or less and includes a letter. Lacey Spears (laclyn)'s profile on Myspace, the place where people come to connect, discover, and share. . Lacey also said that the child often had a high fever, suffered from seizures and had digestive problems. Ask your questions in advance by tweeting at us: @lohud. That Monday, I finally got back in touch with her, and I was like, 'Bring me my child now!' SPACEBAR resumes the slideshow. It was agonizing. In one, Lacey raises her shirt so JonJon can kiss her pregnant belly, titled "JonJon loves Baby Garnett." In late January, Garnett was transported from Nyack Hospital to Westchester Medical Center. Lacey Spears was jailed for 20 years for putting toxic levels of sodium in her 5-year-old son's feeding bags. Dabbs-Anderson said Spears "had a fit" when she saw him eating the Happy Meal, not approving of fast food. The nurses showed Lacey how to feed Garnett, to go slowly, to hold him upright. Hitting > pauses the slideshow and goes forward. . In one, titled "A Mother's Love Is Unexplainable," she kisses the boy. You can throw in numbers, dots and dashes, too. You can always edit this or any other info in settings after joining. C. In her shoes. Just realized Lacey Spears "mommy" blog is still Up And she's lying about being a widow on it too. "His ears would actually leak pus," Hunt said of Jonathon. Garnett seemed like a normal, healthy boy to many in the Chestnut Ridge enclave. Numbers, dots and dashes are ok, too. But it is definitely a mental illness that needs to be treated before it gets to the point where children suffer. That boy is not her son. After he turned 2, there was no longer any issue with ear problems.". That very well could have been the case with her and Jonathon, and her and G.". 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. And Hunt let her know that she had gone too far, prompting a tearful apology from Spears. "I went to her momma's house, nobody was there. This is your profile URL. "He developed a hole in his ear drum. If Lacey is charged, it would be one of the first such trials in the age of social media, a tool that gave Lacey a broad and eager audience for her parenting travails: She was a fixture on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. 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. cayden with his little cousins he's going to be such a good big brother!! Which movie based on Frances Mayes' memoir of the same name was released in 2003? Just before Superstorm Sandy, mother and son moved . She had lived there since 2012. "She would take him home with her from day care," Hunt said. She was just a friend that kept my child sometimes. Since Garnett was a baby, Spears took to social media sitesFacebook, Twitter, MySpace and a personal blog to share updates on his heath, which led tothe nicknamemommy blogger across the Internet. It wasn't until after Garnett's death that Hunt heard that Lacey years earlier took JonJon to Parkview Baptist Church, posing as his mom, and received charity baby supplies. We based it off your Twitter details. Twitter, MySpace and a blog. It's a strange way for a father to seek news about his son. Use Facebook, Twitter or your email to sign in. Browse and comment on Lacey Spears's photos on Myspace, a place where people come to connect, discover, and share. Part 5: 'Garnett the Great journeyed onward'. But you can pick one that's 25 characters or less and includes a letter. "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. You can always edit this or any other info in settings after joining. There's really almost no information on it out there just he mentions it in Cleaning Out My Closet which could have been just for a line but then I read his mother's autobiography and she actually admits the diagnosis but denies it's accuracy and then biographies about him sometimes mention that Nate (Nathan) his half brother was taken by CPS and Eminem mentions that in songs and also mentions being fed medicine in songs although like his song Brain Damage, My Mom they are both based on truth but drastically exaggerated for comedy. A feeding tube was later inserted in his abdomen, allowing doctors, nurses and Lacey to administer nutrients because, she said, he'd go days without eating and couldn't keep food down. Pick one that's hard-to-crack, only known by you, and at least 6 characters long. Spears and Hunt spent plenty of time together, too. 14.' Garnett seemed like a normal, healthy boy to many in the Chestnut Ridge enclave. Police are aware of both boys' medical conditions and are looking into it. And I think she was desperate," she said. Most people use their real name. This was a year or so before Lacey posted the MySpace photos claiming to be Jon Jon's mother, a development that prompted Autumn Hunt to . One is that JonJon would routinely get severe ear infections during the year-plus period Lacey was his caretaker, and stopped getting them shortly after. "To get him back, I would have to say, 'I have something to do,' or 'can I have my child back?' Enter your email or username. If we find matches from your Facebook friends, we'll connect you to them right away. The 5-year-old Chestnut Ridge, N.Y., boy's death is being investigated by police. Let your followers know you're on Myspace with a Tweet. Read it on lohud.com. When she was in high school, Lacey did what her brother, Daniel, sister, Rebecca, and mother had done: She worked at Jack's burger place, where she was a cashier alongside Autumn Hunt. We'll email instructions on how to reset your password. There's just one problem with this maternal picture: It isn't true. I acknowledge that I have read and accept the Terms of Use 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." "I had Camryn when I was 17, a mixed-race baby," Burnham said. He died Jan. 23. 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. There's just one problem with this maternal picture: It isn't true. Hunt recalls Lacey being upset once when the hospital held Garnett overnight and wouldn't let her stay over. We based it off your Facebook details. Need help? You may already know people on Myspace. There's just one problem with this maternal picture: It isn't true. Not to DHR. She was telling people that it was her son. Getting in is easy. The defense team, which had previously urged the court to put emotions aside,argued that there were no first-account witnesses or clear motives. The facts show that she injected her son a blond boy she'd previously dubbed "Garnett the Great" with excessive amounts of sodium through his stomach tube. The prosecution, which deemed Spearsacalculating child killer,argued that Spears documented false health updates. I got him dressed and I took him with me.". Part 2: Two fathers; one real, one imagined. I believed all that and donated a bunch of toys and clothes to her for Garnett, because I felt bad for her.". She was convicted in 2015 . If we find matches from your Facebook friends, we'll connect you to them right away. As Garnett lay dying in Westchester Medical Center, Spears phoned a friend at the Fellowship and asked her to get rid of one of the bags she used to feed Garnett through a tube in his abdomen. Decatur's not that big of a town.". "And he would eat with us. 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. Myspace, and a personal blog called 'Garnett's Journey', still . She kept telling medical staff that the boy wouldn't eat, and asked them to surgically implant a feeding tube that would allow her to feed him without him having to swallow, she said. Pick one that's hard-to-crack, only known by you, and at least 6 characters long. Getting in is easy. "She would take him home with her from day care," Hunt said. Lacey Spears was born and raised in Decatur, Alabama, where she lived until she gave birth to Garnett and became a single mother. Learn more about how to retrieve an existing account. She also had to pay a fine and attend drug rehab. A source familiar with the investigation said Dabbs-Anderson could be an important witness should Lacey be arrested and face trial. Use this to log in to your account, receive notifications and get handy updates from us. Kathy Hammack, who worked with Spears at both centers, said she was great with children, routinely caring for five babies at a time. 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. Drop music and videos into the areas below. Read our five-part series, "Losing Garnett the Great," a Journal News/lohud report that follows the life of Lacey Spears from Alabama to Florida to Rockland's Fellowship Community where her well-documented devotion to Garnett ends in his unexplained death. New Year's Eve 200? Just strange. garnettsjourney.blogspot. But it wasn't a simple, spontaneous crime of passion, or rage. Alex Case, 31, was groomed and sexually abused by Collingwood Magpies superfan Jeffrey 'Joffa' Corfe in his home in Coburg, in Melbourne's north, on January 29, 2005. . Use one of your social networks or start fresh with an email address. 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. Select the types of content you would like to see. 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. 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." That's the love of my life. Name. Just before Superstorm Sandy, mother and son moved north to Chestnut Ridge and the Sunbridge Institute, known as the Fellowship. The mother, 27, documented her son . This was a year or so before Lacey posted the MySpace photos claiming to be Jon Jon's mother, a development that prompted Autumn Hunt to pull away from her free babysitting deal with the then-20-year-old. This helps us keep people, musicians and brands searchable on Myspace. Let your Facebook friends know youre on Myspace with an update. Before she gave birth to Garnett Spears on Dec. 3, 2008 whose death has brought second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter charges against Spears there was Autumn Hunt's son, Jonathon Strain, a boy Lacey Spears watched at day care and sometimes on weekends. Although the comments on that blog are a strange mix of people yelling at her that she is evil and TONS of fake spam messages telling her her blog was so helpful and amazing and then posting their spam. What Dabbs-Anderson saw at the hospital made her question Lacey's fitness as a mother. "In many respects your crime is unfathomable in its cruelty," acting state Supreme Court Justice Robert Neary told Spears. This is your profile URL. Enter your email or username. Lacey Spears and son Garnett move to Florida, but the happier times didn't last. Decatur Morgan Hospital (the new owner of Decatur General Hospital) declined to comment on the case, citing patient confidentiality under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. 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. Hes going on my list to read up on and thank you for sharing that. He died Jan. 23. The toddler in the photos is Jonathon Strain, the boy Spears called "JonJon," whom she watched for nearly two years before Garnett was born in December 2008. . Spears, an Alabama native, was living with her son in Chestnut Ridge, New York, when . I see John Glatt has written a book on it. We were both posting pictures of the same baby. Photos migrated from Classic Myspace on 2/23/2014 5:21:15 AM Comment Share. He died Jan. 23. He was born Feb. Drop music and videos into the areas below. Classic - Cayden By Lacey Spears (136135770) on Myspace convicted March 2, 2015, of second-degree murder, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. . The mom was so good at convincing everyone (and moving her around a lot so people didn't catch on) that everybody in the family even believed her. Please enter the account owner's birth date here. 19. We based it off your Facebook details. Lacey Spears, 26, of Scottsville, . READ MORE Amazon Launches Fire Phone. Some people in Lacey Spears' life described her as a caring and nurturing mother but others saw darker signs. Hitting > pauses the slideshow and goes forward. Garnett Spears spent much of his in hospital beds. . 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