Articles labeled: Shaloh Joseph

Ocnel Joseph and Merlande Alexis, the parents of the baby beaten to death with a baseball bat by her 12-year-old cousin, are asking the courts not to prosecute the boy. We initially thought it was because they were incredibly forgiving on the level of saints, but it turns out Joseph doesn’t think the boy committed the crime:

The baby’s parents, Ocnel Joseph and Merlande Alexis, are asking the Broward County State Attorney’s office to not press charges against the boy, who detectives say confessed to beating his cousin, Shaloh Joseph. The boy was baby-sitting the child at the family’s Lauderhill home on Jan. 4. He said the toddler was crying while he was trying to watch a television show.

“He’s a good child. He loves me. He loved Shaloh and I believe he didn’t do it and his life shouldn’t be put at state,” said Joseph.

McLawrence said the girl’s parents have filed an affidavit with prosecutors seeking leniency for the juvenile.

Guess where this happened? (Perhaps I should only alert readers if violent child abuse and murders are NOT in Florida)

A 12 year old boy who was babysitting a 2 year old beat her to death with a bat after she wouldn’t be quiet so he could watch his show. It’s CLEAR that this boy witnesses violence on such a regular basis that he thought this was the appropriate punishment for a baby just being a baby. Children learn what they see and what they experience.

LAUDERHILL, Fla. — A 12-year-old boy has been charged with beating a toddler to death with a baseball bat.

Detectives said they have a videotaped confession from boy, who was babysitting the 17-month-old girl at a home on Northwest 31st Way in Lauderhill on Friday afternoon.

He told police he beat the baby because she was crying and he was trying to watch television, according to court records.