While I cannot fathom ever leaving my child in a car, my heart goes out to this mother.  She will have to live with the knowledge that her actions caused the death of her child.

Webmastergirl's comments just show her ingnorance of the whole situation.  There is absolutely NO mention of political or any other conection between this mother and the DA's office!  Have some compassion for this woman. 

Are you kidding me??? This is exactly what is wrong with our children today!! Parents not putting their child first. Yes, I understand the devastation the mom must be feeling, but what about that poor baby? She was given a gift, only to allow that gift to be placed as a last priority. Trust me, many of us have stressful, full lives, even filled with heartache and other issues that occupy our minds, but not once, would I ever, could I ever, did I ever, forget I had a child! That’s exactly what she did…"forgot" she had a child. Someone, please tell me how you FORGET you have a child???If your mind is in the right place, which it should have been on that child, you don’t forget about her. This is terrible. This is, unfortunately, is just another “case” some judge down the road will review when looking at old cases to try another murderer in this situation. Based alone on the fact that if people think they can kill their child by leaving it in a hot car and get away with murder, then the inhumane that think like that now have an escape route. What a joke. That poor baby, strapped in a car seat, dying in the heat. That is in humane, and totally unforgivable. Sad shape our world and a child, a baby, once again, paid the price for the selfish ways of a parent. Pathetic!  :o(

Many of us are trying to determine just where that fine line is between... "While he (Don White) believes Nesselroad-Slaby’s actions were a substantial lapse of due care, White said, they didn’t rise to the level of recklessness."

What exactly "rises" to that level?  Death is a fairly utlimate level, I would say. 

My son is in prison (out of Clermont County) for unintentionally causing harm to his child.  And, by the way, the child is fine.  But Cecilia is NOT fine!  Being a mother AND a grandmother, I have never, ever left a child anywhere, nor have I ever not thought of them in an eight-hour period of time.  Sorry, but to me that unconscionable!!  I worked in the legal field for 15+ years..... and, believe me, I've seen it all.  Money talks, pure and simple. 

But, I also realize she has THE best criminal attorney in this city......so, what does that say?  Mr. Croswell demands a very large retainer.  Not too many of us would have that kind of money. 

All in all, it's a pathetic decision on the prosecutor's part.  I hope he can sleep well at night.

Kit Birkley-Hill, Anderson Township

 

I think we have to be careful on judging someone when we do not know what the next day could bring for us.  I think we need to pray for the family who has lost this child as well as the mother who will suffer terribly for a very, very long time.

It goes to show it's all in who u are and who u know but God don't look at it that way, I don't know how she can lay her head down to sleep,we all know that her baby suffered but not like she will before she leaves this walk of life.

i think she should got to jail like anyone else would if it were you or i we would and if she  can't remember anything why WHY is she on a school borad can't unded stand it put her in jail the next time some one else child maybe gone

Dear God in Heaven...I am SICK. This woman has been given a licence to kill!

What is going on?? Do I need to sue the prosecuters office for the pain and sleepless nights I have had just thinking about this? I do not know this woman ,and I don't care WHO she is or what she does for a living. This is unexcusable! This is a death of a wonderful child, a gift from God and she will have no future, no graduations , no weddings, no college, no steady boyfriend, nothing that life had to offer her. I am sorry but there must be punishment, there must be justice for Cecelia.

I pray for the rest of the family, for they have surely lost. Mr. White what are you going to do when the next poor person does this crime? I guess if I don't like my grandchildren I will just leave them in the car to die, because you have set a presedence, YOU say it is ok to kill. I pray for your soul.

My child is 22 yrs old.  I think about her several times a day everyday.  You are a mother.  Being a mother is PRIORITY to your children.  They are always on your mind.  I would hope that all of the GOOD mothers out there agree that you never forget your children.  Couldn't she have forgotten the doughnuts?????????

It's too bad that it is not against the law to forget that your child is strapped in a sweltering car for 8 hours.  I, for one, call this Child Abuse.  Brenda will have to live with the knowledge that the staff's doughnuts were more important to her that morning than her own toddler was.  I hope that she is charged with Child Negligence and is NEVER, EVER allowed to be in charge of someone else's children again. 

I am the mother of two and a grandmother of 1..I have never forgotten my children in a car or anywhere..I mean HOW do you forget you have a child in your car?? Did she forget she even had a child?? There was a woman that said her kids are the first thing she thinks of in the morning..I agree..I still worry about my son and he no longer lives at home..My kids are the first thing I think of when I get up and the last thing before I go to bed..And now I have a grandson that I think about and worry about..And I don't think I have to worry about him being forgotten in a car..and if I ever did forget my child in the car and something happened to him I would want to go to prison or better yet..do to me what I did to my child..It just makes me sick..I know people say she is suffering enough, I'm sure she is, unless she "accidently" forgot..That can be an excuse for anything now..Oh, I forgot "whatever"..Give me a break..If they aren't going to prosecute then they should at least put her in a state hospital and help her to remember things that are more important than donuts for co-workers..I know some peoples lives are busy and hectic..but if you can't remember the most important thing in your life, something is seriously wrong with you..People need to get their priorities straight..I feel bad for that poor little baby suffering like she did, but maybe she is better off out of this world if she was thought so little of by the person suppose to care for her, no telling what kind of abuse may have been in her future.

The definition of Reckless Homicide is

No person shall recklessly cause the death of another or the unlawful termination of another's pregnancy.

The definition of Reckless is

A person acts recklessly when, with heedless indifference to the consequences, he perversely disregards a known risk that his conduct is likely to cause a certain result or is likely to be of a certain nature.  A person is reckless with respect to circumstances when, with heedless indifference to the consequences, he perversely disregards a known risk that such crcumstances are likely to exist.

YOU MAKE THE CALL.

I think taking my child out of the car before donuts might be a little more important.

 

Good luck Don White, and Scott Croswell with your re-election.  If there is not some crime here, then we don't need the prosecutor's office.  Finally Don White, you went from fame to shame all in the same year.     

Did anyone at Don White's office see the episode of Law & Order where the parents attempted to cover up the euthanasia of their infant by placing it in the back of an SUV and leaving it in the sun for 7 hours? This fictitious couple dosed their infant with codeine-laced cough medicine to render him unconscious while he died. In the TV drama, the infant had an incurable disease which would have resulted in a horrble and inevitable death, but the parents were prevented from legal euthanasia.

Has anyone ordered an autopsy or "tox screen" of Cecilia Slaby or spoken to her pediatrician? Do we know about her health or if she had been dosed with anything?

Why wasn't a two-year-old screaming for one of those doughnuts?

A toddler is not an infant - they don't fall asleep and they definitely don't stay quiet and inconspicuous. They sing, they scream, they bounce out of their car seats. A two-year-old is tall enough so that the top of her head would stick up above the car seat and be seen from any open door.

Something is not right about this story.

Is anyone planning a candlelight vigil? Tell me where and when and I will bring the candles.

 

I guess it was an accident, but as a mother of 4, I can't ever recall being so pre-occupied that I didn't think of my child. It is somewhat understandable that our lives today are way to busy and over scheduled, however when I think about forgetting something on my way to work, it is usually "did I leave the iron on?" or I forgot to give my son his extra money for a field trip; not" Oh, I forgot my child in the car!" I just have a REAL HARD time understanding that; my mothering instincts are still going strong and my children are grown. I am not saying I am perfect, or that Ms. Slaby did it on purpose , but I can't help but wonder how this would have came out if it were a single mom, driving a 1995 Ford, working 2 jobs to make ends meet, living in a different part of town, and making alot less than 78,000.? Can you honestly tell me that she would have been treated the same? In the end, Ms. Slaby is already being punished , every day for the rest of her life, she will live with the results of her forgetfulness, and as a mom, I know that there couldn't be any punishment that would be any worse that the picture in my minds eye everyday of my baby laying dead in that hot automobile. Do you think she has stopped to ask herself, what was so important that day, so much that everything else had to be put on hold, and with all the pictures in her office, not one time did she not look at them and remember her daughter?

I am so sick of hearing the people that agree with the prosecutor not to charge her. They say don’t be too quick to judge, you never know you could make the same mistake, and that she just had so much on her plate that she just simply forgot. But what you have to take into consideration is that when she chose to have a child she took on the responsibility to care for her, to keep her safe, to protect her. But that day she did nothing of that sort. I, have a little girl that is two also, and I can honestly say that I would never forget her in the car for eight hours, because she is my number one priority, and when you have children that’s what they should be, number one. Only God knows if she really forgot her, but if it was not an accident then she will one day be punished more than we could ever do to her on this earth.