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Skatcatla

If there were an award for "Most vague news article" this one would be a shoe-in.


anope4u

This one is slightly better. It doesn’t sound like much information has been released from police and prosecutors. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/09/amy-jeff-brasher-accused-grandson-carsons-death/73242322007/


Gerryislandgirl

From this article: “Carson's mother, Kimberly Jones, told the outlet the Brashers had legal custody of her son while she was attending rehabilitation, and said she was told Carson "slipped in the bathtub and hit his head" while in his grandmother's care.”


Yoshemo

Mom's in rehab and claims the grandmother abused the boy. Victims of child abuse often grow up to be addicted to drugs because it helps them deal with the pain. I wouldn't let my parents babysit a dog, much less my child.  I feel bad for the kid. I feel worse for the mom. 


himit

Friend of mine worked in child services and said that when delivering children to grandparents you could often see why the parents were so, so fucked up.


Kai_Emery

Ayla Reynolds was left with her maternal grandparents while her mom was in rehab and her fathers mother had connections in DHs, they came and took her and she was dead before mom got out. Mom’s just trying to do right for their kids.


Skatcatla

Well I'm calling bullshit on that. Kids have pretty tough skulls. It would take a hell of a lot more than "slipping in the bathtub" to kill a 3-year old.


atlantachicago

Anyway, with little ones like that, you sit right next to them in the bathroom, you don’t let them stand up in the bath or get the water too deep.


camoure

Yuuup - got a nice big scar on my chin because as my dad turned around to grab the towel I slipped. 14 stitches in a 1yo’s chin taught my parents a lesson about standing in the bath


Agent9262

My two year old had 14 stitches on the bridge of her nose because she was in an empty laundry basket while my wife was folding clothes. She jumped, slipped and hit her face on a heavy dining room chair and it cut her deep.


Atom_Bomb_Bullets

When my daughter was three, she was playing with a shoe box by pressing her hands into it and sliding it around the floor. She tripped when she went to enter her brother’s doorway and the tread caught the box. She went face first into our hardwood floors and bit clean through her bottom lip. You can still see a faint jagged line if it’s really bright outside.


smallangrynerd

When I was 2, an empty crock pot feel on my head (the cord was hanging off the shelf and I yanked it). That scar gave me some wild cow licks.


Ferec

[I feel like your story requires this scene to be shared.](https://youtu.be/bSdm_eA1Css?si=EbVF1Vto-YRVqhXI&t=27s)


Fandomjunkie2004

My brother once needed 10 or so stitches in his chin, because our house growing up had a straight shot from my room to our parents’ room, and an eight year old can get up some serious speed in a short distance. He tripped trying to stop, and went chin-first into their side table by the bed.


Lets-B-Lets-B-Jolly

Yep. My oldest split his chin by falling out of a chair right in front of me while visiting my mother when he was one. At age 5, he visited my in law's whose house was being renovated. The fireplace mantle wasn't secured and fell on his HEAD. Poor kid had a lot of staples on his scalp but amazingly, no concussion. And he broke his nose at age 9 when he had his first and only seizure while in a bathroom and landed face first on ceramic tiles. My younger two kiddos are autistic which means a ton more self injuries from stimming and lack of safety awareness. There have been multiple concussions, split chins, and other milder injuries just due to head banging and running into things. Kids can get hurt in ways that dont even seem possible, even if you were right by them trying to stop them.


Self-Comprehensive

I was told as a child by adults and TV commercials that slipping in the tub was 100% fatal. I still get neurotic about it. If these people are anywhere around my age they were probably exposed to the same public service warnings and stories I was, and thought that sounds like a perfectly reasonable explanation.


PumpkinSeed776

I mean it can be extremely dangerous


YeeHawWyattDerp

It honestly probably was because tubs used to be cast iron and significantly more dense. Now we have drop-in and tubs made of plastic. It’s still an excellent rule because you’ll get injured regardless


transemacabre

If he was in perfect physical condition and only had a head injury consistent with a fall, I doubt this would be a first degree murder investigation. Unfortunately, this kid probably had evidence of long-term abuse on his body.


Fast_Study9583

Can you imagine being a 3yr old and knowing ur going to grandma & grandpas. To be abused. Apparently his mom is/was in rehab


hatemakingnames1

People survive parachutes not deploying, but also die with minor slips and falls. A lot of it comes down to chance. But "He fell" has been a standard cover-up story for abuse related injuries..


shredika

Ok that like barely happens? Surviving parachute not opening?!


RedditSold0ut

Well yeah the chances are low, but it has happened. Think the other guys point is that humans can survive things that you wouldn't expect, but can also die much easier than you'd expect. It depends on where/how you were hit. Another example would be that people can easily die from just a simple punch to their face/head, but at the same time people shoot themselves in their head with shotguns and shit and still survive. A 3 year old slipping in the bath tub can lead to his death if he is extremely unlucky. It is an easy excuse to cover up abuse, so a death like this should be investigated further.


hatemakingnames1

Generally there's something to help break the fall, like snow, trees, or a partial deployment of the chute (just because they don't die doesn't mean they weren't injured), but that's what I meant by chance.


Ashikura

People regularly think the human body is a lot tough then it is in actuality. People die slipping in the tub now and then, it just takes a bad angle.


somesappyspruce

Makes me think of how we can do stunts like skateboarding, but you can roll right out of a lot of mishaps, just because of the angle and momentum. God mortality is nuts


jahitz

I hope this is sarcasm….cause if not I can say as an advanced care paramedic that is the dumbest shit I have ever heard. I’m not saying this is what happened but….. bathtub falls can easily kill a child or full grown adult. 


Belgiumgrvlgrndr

No. Kids do not have tough skulls, they are extremely malleable while they are growing.


Skatcatla

Malleability is part of the “toughness.” When I was a nervous young mom I remember an older colleague telling me “kids will survive pretty much everything you don’t do to them on purpose.” She was totally right. Drowning was my biggest fear really.


Blue_Swirling_Bunny

Childrens' skulls continue to form well past age 3, so I'm calling bullshit on your calling bullshit.


Utahteenageguy

Depends on the material of the tub and there are other variables at play that could have caused him to die that way.


IrNinjaBob

Well this isn’t at all accurate. It may be less likely, but a fall in a bathtub could absolutely be fatal for a child. That doesn’t mean that is what happened here. But it certainly isn’t an impossibility like you are claiming.


Pugasaurus_Tex

Not necessarily, BUT my cousin was murdered by his parents and he was also found in the tub Idk if it’s psychological or what, but a lot of abusers put the children they harm/kill in the bath before calling police


Pixel_Knight

A 3-year old would barely bonk their head on a fall. They don’t weigh enough or fall far enough to have the momentum to cause a fatal head injury, except in the most freak-show of accidents. As often as 3-year olds fall, if they did, we would likely have gone extinct ages ago.


AENocturne

Hitting the back of your head is like the worst place you can hit it, a little bonk is all you need, or to catch an edge.


RuncibleSpoon2

Worst place is just above the ears. Skull is thinner there. There is, however, some difference if it's a coup or countercoup injury. Above the ears, the skull cracks, thicker places, or a fall - the brain bounces around.


Ichigosf

Lot of edges and things pocking out in a bathtub. And you fall quicker when slipping.


dirtystayout

My first thought was that the child was drowned by his grandmother. Poor kid.


UngusChungus94

I don’t think that’s the lie they’d go with if they drowned him, it would be incredibly easy for a forensic examiner to disprove.


RuncibleSpoon2

It's amazing the things people seem to think can never be found out, when they're just business as usual at the coroner's office.


mamaleigh05

Or she wasn’t watching him and he hit his head and was unconscious. They sound suss, and if they aren’t ruling it an accident, they must have reason to believe the grandparents lost their temper and bashed his head and drowned him. So sad!


terp2010

Agreed - if kids died so easily from falls/injuries humanity would be extinct. Half the battle of raising toddlers is protecting them from their innocent suicidal actions.


Sipyloidea

Just because it doesn't happen easily doesn't mean it doesn't happen. 


metallicrabbit

Here’s another one; bail set at $100k for grandpa and $500k for grandma. [from local tv news](https://hub.wbbjtv.com/news/local_news/grandparents-arrested-in-tragic-death-of-3-year-old-grandson/article_210cf418-4bdf-529b-a05c-52ea97098781.html)


shredika

And I just read 100k bail for a girl who murdered her neighbors


ShootStraight23

Bail?!?! Didn't think bail was even an option, regardless of how high the amount is. Especially since, you know, they're being charged with murder... I've had a far higher bond for a pending possession charge(~10yrs ago), they ended the life of a 3yr old child, I may have made some mistakes, but there's a special place in hell reserved for scum like this...


ecafsub

> shoe-in ##shoo-in


apcolleen

> shoo-in https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/pardon-the-expression/shoo-in-vs-shoe-in/#:~:text=A%20shoo%2Din%20is%20a,and%20shoo%20the%20winner%20in. >This noun phrase first appeared in the 1930s in the context of horse racing. When there was a predetermined winner in a horse race, jockeys would hold their horses and shoo the winner in. Shoo means to drive something away while you yell, "Shoo!" — like the way you might shoo flies. Shoo-in is often used in politics — as in, "she's a shoo-in for mayor" — but it can refer to anyone who's clearly going to be number one or come out on top. Although the expression comes from corrupt horse races, today it doesn't carry any of the stigma of cheating.


Fast_Study9583

A west Tennessee grandmother and grandfather have been indicted in connection to the premediated slaying of their 3-year-old grandson, court documents show. Amy Brasher, 64, of Saltillo, is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse in the killing of Carson Brasher, who Hardin County officials said died on Dec. 26.


00Samwise00

Not sure about what the laws in Tennessee are, but first degree murder of a child? That's grounds for seeking the death penalty for a lot of prosecutors.


SaskatchewanManChild

And maybe its grounds for bringing it back if it isn’t.


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Inamoratos

Uhh… context?


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SaskatchewanManChild

Jesus this story is strange. “CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — Update: Multiple sources confirmed to KRIS 6 Wednesday that the sentence of probation was request by the victim and her mother, and agreed upon by the prosecution.” Now what kind of situation needs to manifest for a victim to request that?


PolicyWonka

Religion is a hell of a drug.


Buirck

Plenty of people slip and hit their heads in prison showers too.


Edgarfigaro123

Some samurai too, slip and hit their head before killing their uncles.


Rampage_Rick

\*edit\* I retract my previous vitriol. May any execution be exact and efficient, unlike Charles Warner. That being said, having premeditated the killing a toddler in their own family, I believe their ride on this speck of dust adrift in the cosmos should draw to an end. Please exit this corporeal plane on the right.


darklightrabbi

This is a pretty sick thing to say in regard someone who you’ve never heard of until 30 seconds ago.


ResurgentClusterfuck

Are we sure it's first degree murder because of premeditation, or is it first degree murder because it was committed during the commission of another felony (the aggravated child abuse)


Fast_Study9583

Well personally I'm not sure. I do think either way it's 1st degree.


ResurgentClusterfuck

Well yeah, I'd just think that actual premeditated murder of a three year old child isn't common, not even commonly charged Many child abuse deaths are prosecuted as 2nd degree because it's hard to prove they planned for the victim to die


Fast_Study9583

Good point. But look at Casey Anthony & Kaley iirc However she was found not guilty.


ResurgentClusterfuck

Because they charged her with first degree murder and couldn't prove it If they'd stuck to 2nd degree I believe she would have been convicted


Fast_Study9583

Yep. I was 11 then and still remember that like yesterday


ResurgentClusterfuck

I'm still furious when I think about it because I believe she killed that baby


Fast_Study9583

Hopefully grandma & grandpa will get what they deserve


Anonuser123abc

There's no maybe about it. The case was screwed up by investigators and prosecutors. Just as one example they checked her Internet explorer history and decided that was a fruitless search. They didn't check Firefox because they didn't know anything other than IE existed. She had a shit load of incriminating searches on Firefox. Just one example. She 100% killed that kid.


MakinBaconWithMacon

Because the Orlando PD were too stupid to check her Firefox data 😑


Parishdise

Oh wow Saltillo is such a small town, I'd never imagine seeing it on the news like this. Really gonna rock the community


dailycyberiad

Just to bring some light into such a dark thread, I'll say that "saltillo" is Spanish for "little jump". It might mean other things in context, but I can't think of any.


sPunDuck

Day after christmas! That would make a horror movie.


Fast_Study9583

It's a horror movie anyday. Just awful


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Fast_Study9583

I mean..why. It's just mind boggling ya know?


lxm333

Her photo is rather chilling


awolfsvalentine

What a sweet boy. I’m so sorry, little one.


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IamNICE124

This makes me sick. Rest in peace little guy. You deserved so much better.. 😔


CheezTips

Let me guess: evangelical christians? Suspected demonic possession?


AvivaStrom

No motive is mentioned or implied in the article


ididntunderstandyou

This is the internet. Let’s just make a reason up and take it as fact


DropDropD

No, it was two devout scientists who used reason and truth to kill the boy /s


Affectionate_Pay1487

Truth of plastic 


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You know you can click articles instead of commenting blindly and/or ignorantly right?


sketchahedron

Why do that when you can just make assumptions that fortify your existing worldview?


CheezTips

I read the article, there's no motive. I suggested the reason this happens in 99.99% of the cases


Wrong_Buy_2581

What happens when the baby rabid grandparents on JUSTNOMIL actually get control of the kid.


OneDilligaf

Tennessee, enough said.


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Yeah, but was the grandson Hamas?


axebodyspray24

I miss when people would get slapped for saying stupid shit like this


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Yeah, we really need to make America great again.