Baby drowned while mother checked Facebook

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A US woman could face nearly 50 years behind bars after her baby drowned in the bath while she was checking her Facebook account in the next room.

Colorado woman Shannon Johnson, 34, left her 13-month-old son Joseph alone in the bathtub to log on to the social networking site on September 20 last year, CNN reported.

Johnson had left the water in the tub a little higher than usual, but considered it to be safe, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by Denver's KMGH-TV and published today.

After going several minutes without hearing any sounds from the bath, Johnson checked the room to find her baby slumped over.

The infant was rushed to hospital but later died of anoxic brain injury, cardiac arrest and drowning, an autopsy showed.

Johnson reportedly told police that Joseph was an independent baby who wanted to be left alone.

"She also said she knew what it was like to be told no, she didn't want her baby to be told no and didn't want him to be known as a mama's boy," the affidavit read.
Johnson has been charged with child abuse and recklessly causing death.

If found guilty, she could face between 16 and 48 years behind bars.
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Source: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8199622/baby-drowned-while-mother-checked-facebook

Johnson reportedly told police that Joseph was an independent baby who wanted to be left alone.

"She also said she knew what it was like to be told no, she didn't want her baby to be told no and didn't want him to be known as a mama's boy," the affidavit read.
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WTF? An independent baby? Is she fucking high? You don't leave your 13 month old baby or any young child in a full bathtub alone while you waddle off to check your stupid facebook account so you can send pokes to people you don't know and grow fake fruit etc. How is that more important that ensuring your child is safe?

She is so dumb saying that she didn't want him to be known as a mama's boy. Up until a certain age you have to take care of your child in certain ways because they can't do things themselves.

Watching your baby while he has a bath does not make him a mama's boy. :rage:

Smart move you crazy bitch. Now he's dead.
 
Ahh yes, "independent baby". So you momentarily neglect your parental duties at that particular point culminating in this tragic and needless death and pass off this stupid excuse. Who's ever heard of an "independent baby"? It's good to know that common sense is universally in all of us. The point of closely monitoring and looking after very young children is that they are dependent and vulnerable people - more than practically anyone else perhaps - and they need to be looked after because of the fact that they're infants.

I don't know, "child abuse" isn't really how I would describe this at all semantics-wise. She hasn't exactly assaulted the baby, it's more like neglect and just a case of a total lapse in judgement. I hope she really kicks herself for this while serving her sentence and learn the lesson that there is no excuse in going off to update her wall and poke randomers when there's a vulnerable young child in a deep bath.
 
The addiction to social networking has just gone too far when you can't even perform a simple task like giving a child a bath without running off to update your status. And saying that he's an independent baby and you didn't want to tell your child no isn't going to get you off the hook. It's just completely irresponsible parenting.

I agree though, I would class it more as neglect; the recklessly causing death part is true though.
 
Oh... Jesus. That is godawful. I'm not gonna say how long I think she should get behind bars, because if she has an ounce of sanity, this is gonna haunt her for a long, long time. Probably for the rest of her life, really.

That poor baby. And all because his mother had the lack of judgement to leave her child unattended in a bathtub. It's just... stupid. So, so stupid. :ffs:
 
Why the hell isn't she pleading guilty? If the woman has any dignity for herself and her late child she would plead guilty and serve the time.

I do think that the finger can be pointed rather quickly in many infanticide cases (usually cot death) but this is negligence beyond ridiculousness.
 
Is there facebook in prison??
Guess she'll learn her lesson there when she can't post pictures, comment walls, and stalk.

But really, I feel sorry for a child coming into a world so stupid.
 
Just over a year..? i can safely say Ive walked out of the bathroom when ellie was that age, I dare any parent to say they haven't. Wandered off into the bedroom to get clean clothes etc, it happens, you keep an ear out and pop your head round the door to make sure all is fine.

Anyway, thats that part over, theres no way Id be bathing a baby that age and pissing off to facebook, that can wait. It's just foolish

If it's child abuse, then tbh, a lot of us could could be potental ...er.. brains not workign today but you get my drift. negligence, sure, but child abuse? Nah. Its like that whole stink in the media about Britney spears having her kid on her knee as the car she was in drove off. Sure the manner in which she did it was irresponsible, but people react like its never happened before and should never be done. Folk do it all the time

She was irresponsible and negligent and paid the ultimate price

People like to prete4nd they are perfect and would never EVER leave a baby unattended ever. We're all human - shit happens. Fucking hell, you just need to GO for a shit sometimes.
 


I really wonder whats wrong with the world today. I'm sorry but there is no thing as an "independant baby" thats why we call them babies in the first place...they are young, curious, and they need someone to WATCH THEM. It really only takes about a minute for them to get themselves into real trouble.

The whole facebook thing is just baffling. I just got rid of mine a couple of weeks ago, but I'm just baffled at how into it people are. I knew people who let everyone know what they are cooking, where they are going, and what they are doing every hour or so. Some of the things I heard people share on there were absolutely ridiculous... Its become an addiction for many, many people.

The woman in this story had an obvious addiction to facebook, one that caused her to place the priority of facebook over her own child. The whole point of being a parent is to be the brains for your child and shelter them while they are young...because they don't know any better.

I'm grieved for the baby and the mother. The baby for the life that was never lived...and the mother for her stupidity. She may be trying to shake it off giving excuses like "he was an independant baby" and "I don't want him to be a momma's boy" ...but she will eventually realize that excuses and self-reasonings will never bring him back.
 
:holyshit:I somehow hope this woman gets some form of punishment. It was Negligent behavior, and should not go unpunished. A life was taken.. and maybe, if she would've waited to check her stupid Facebook, this situation would not have happened.
Personally, Jail time would be nice for her. I don't feel much pity for her, sure she lost her child, but it was still her own doing if you look at it closely.
 
'Independant baby', 'knows what its like to be told no', 'didn't want it to grow up to be a mama's boy"? ITS 16 MONTHS OLD!!!

Bitch is going to burn in hell
 
What kind of moron leaves a 13 month old child in a bath tub unattended! God stories like this make me angry!

I hope she gets arrested for this and faces the jail time!
 
It's unsettling when "survival of the fittest" still manages to manifest in ways like this, despite the fact that we're not all living in caves anymore. It just goes to show how complacent people are, you think "Oh, it's in a safe house in a safe bathtub under my care, nothing's going to happen" and then boom. Stupid catches up to you, there's no way around it, but it's a shame when innocent lives are lost in the process. However these are also the types of people who shouldn't be having babies in the first place.

And another thing--don't most people have Facebook on their phones in this day and age anyway? If she'd brought her phone in the bathroom and did it right next to the child, then at least she would be right there. And if she didn't have one, then she knew it would take "several minutes" for her to be out of the bathroom to do it, and she is obviously guilty and will be charged.
 
I hate people who get addicted to facebook, mostly because....its not going anywhere, you can leave the comp, do something, come back and its still there, exactly the same as it was before you left.... what an idiot!
 
The little faith I have in humanity is slowly dying with all these articles coming in. Is facebook really at the top of her priority list? REALLY? I bet 500 of her "friends" are people she has never met before. And that poor child never got to know what life was.

And people wonder why I get pissed when I finish reading the news. Sersly.
 
Obviously you can't watch them every minute and they need their own independence from time to time, but there are boundaries. You're not going to let you child find out what glass tastes like for example. This was one of those cases.

What's done is done though, I can't help but feel for the woman who not only has to come to terms with her son's passing, but will also have to live with the stigma for the rest of her life.
 
Some people today just dont know what the hell their doing, never heard of an independent baby before? guess I must have missed that class back when I was in school. Shows how much brains she has leaving her baby in the tub, what conversation,status do you really have to post that badly that can't wait while your child is trying to get clean. especially that young, and she's how old!!!!! Yeah I feel bad for that baby, It sucks she had to be born from that.

I say she shouldnt go to jail, just tie her up and throw in the river, shove her under the water and let her sit their until she faces the same death, then she can repent for it in the next life.
 
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