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Post by chunkylover53 on Jan 23, 2009 12:43:44 GMT -5
www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/21/8-year-old_found_living_with_moms_corpse/UPI-95761232555624/ROMULUS, Mich., Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Police say an 8-year-old boy seen wandering around a Romulus, Mich., apartment complex was living with the corpse of his mother, a Hurricane Katrina survivor. The boy, Trinity Tipado, went next door to a liquor store to try to buy food by using an expired credit card and his mother's drivers license, prompting the owner to call police, The Detroit News reported Wednesday. Authorities found Gaynell Tipado, 41, dead inside the apartment. They said she had been dead for 10 days. "I've got three kids. I had the feeling it was something bad," Romulus Liquor Store owner Layth Saco told the newspaper. "He broke down and told me, 'My mom is in a better place now.'" "Some neighbors saw (Trinity) two or three times in the cold, in his pajamas and didn't do anything," neighbor Curtis Michael said. Relatives said Gaynell Tipado and her son moved to Michigan from Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina and losing her husband, the newspaper said. Wayne County officials said they did not suspect foul play in her death. The boy has been placed in foster care, the News said. Wow, talk about creepy.
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Post by biafra on Jan 23, 2009 12:46:56 GMT -5
Poor little guy.
Heartbreaking..hopefully he can find someone to take care of him and help him heal.
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Post by The Booty Disciple on Jan 23, 2009 12:49:31 GMT -5
All too tragic.
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Post by bubbles on Jan 23, 2009 13:02:14 GMT -5
Poor larl fella.
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Post by Magician under the moonlight on Jan 23, 2009 13:03:44 GMT -5
That is sad!
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Post by Mr Ismaeal Naji on Jan 23, 2009 14:05:24 GMT -5
that is so damned sad, id actually donate a couple bucks to the kid if there was a website or something
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Post by bob on Jan 23, 2009 14:08:39 GMT -5
that poor kid
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Post by El Josh Rollins on Jan 23, 2009 14:12:53 GMT -5
Okay, I guess I will be the a-hole here. The mom was dead for ten days, and the kid never called 911? Seriously?
It's a sad story though.
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Post by biafra on Jan 23, 2009 14:14:50 GMT -5
Okay, I guess I will be the a-hole here. The mom was dead for ten days, and the kid never called 911? Seriously? It's a sad story though. ....maybe there was no phone? The kid was probably so ****ed up his mom had died it was hard to function as it was.
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Post by Blindkarevik on Jan 23, 2009 14:24:00 GMT -5
To an eight year old..... if he called somebody, his mom would be taken away forever. As long as she's there... she's there.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Jan 23, 2009 14:46:26 GMT -5
"Some neighbors saw (Trinity) two or three times in the cold, in his pajamas and didn't do anything," neighbor Curtis Michael said. So... isn't "neighbor Curtis Micheal" one of the neighbors who saw the kind in his pajamas in the cold and didn't do anything AS WELL? Since he's a neighbor. And he obviously didn't do anything if the whole thing's just been discovered.
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Jan 23, 2009 15:16:17 GMT -5
There's still life in the old girl yet! ...I'm sorry the situation just reminded me too much of Interview With the Vampire for me not to take advantage of the situation. Really though, that IS outright depressing. I hope they find a good home for the kid...'cause wow, I can't even imagine living with a dead parent.
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Post by Monster Under Your Bed on Jan 23, 2009 15:26:53 GMT -5
Reminds me of Tideland, which made me just as sad. Poor kid.
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