This sickens me.  First the deaths, now the judge lowers the bond !
These events happen way to much, and what the hell was so important about a party that drags away the mother.?

i wonder what the fathers of the two boys think of this situation

I DON'T CARE IF SHE WAS GONE FOR A FEW MINUTES, SHE SHOWED NO
RESPONSIBILITY FOR HER CHILDREN.  SHE LEFT TWO INNOCENT LITTLE
KIDS ALONE TO GO PARTY--HOPE SHE ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF THAT
PARTY...MAY SHE HAVE NO PEACE.

This is very sad! She should be behind bars with no bond lowered, she knew what she was doing when she left those babies alone!!! It is a very selfish act! She should of been home instead of partying for the new year especially if she couldnt get a baby sitter her ass should of stayed home and protected those babies. She makes me sick!!!

The State Attorney's, The Judge, everyone involved in this case need to be reveiwed by the voters. We as voter's need to look at the people involve in this case and start voting them out.

THis is so sad!!!! It just further proves that some people are not "fit" to be parents. Was it (this New Year's Celebration) so important that she had to leave her babies? Such a shame! The judge should not of lowered her bond. She needs to "rot" in jail for the poor decision she decided to make....

This is very very sad,you shouldn t never leave kids home alone. This is a wake up call for people who leave there children. But one thing about it those kids don t have to worry anymore .    But there moma do .Im just praying for there family!

I heard the door was locked from the outside, never giving those kids a fighting chance to get out.  She may as well set that fire herself if that part of the story is true.  I hope she gets the maximum sentence! With 2 kids by 2 daddies at home, there's nothing more important than staying home on New Year's.  Hope she enjoyed herself!

I feel for the mother because she learned a hard lesson she might have loved those kids but a few hours of fun turned into a nightmare.She could go to jail but what is going to kill her is what those kids where going threw in that fire and she will never get to see there pretty face again. I pray for her and her family

Ho hum ... and a leave just fell off a tree.

This is just another example of rampant black irresponsibility in Memphis.

How many black kids have been shot, left in hot cars or vans, backed over in their driveways, drowned when they are with 10 blacks in a boat built to hold 4, etc, etc ...???

Call me what you wish ... BUT, you very, very rarely see this kind of stuff happening in the white community. It's not real unusual in the black community.

Sad state of affairs, if you ask me. I hope she gets the book thrown at her.

She should throw herself in the gas chambers just like she left her kids in the gas chambers so she can know how her kids felt gagging to death from smoke inhalation.  I would have missed my own New Years Eve party to protect them and they weren’t even my kids!!!

These poor innocent babies. My heart literally broke when I heard this story, and it still breaks just thinking of not just these precious little angels but EVERY child who is suffering. As a grandfather as far as I am concerned, she ALLOWED those little babies to BURN TO DEATH, this "so-called" mother should FRY, prison is too good for her. These babies are the VICTEMS NOT the mother. LOWERING her BOND? I guess the JUDGE obviously doesn’t care much for kids either. The "mother" is nothing more than a self serving, self centered, uncaring, as well as being irresponsible and should be forced to have a COMPLETE hysterectomy. Considering the attorneys will surely ask for a charge of 2nd degree murder, or maybe even reduce it down to a misdemeanor. I mean, she did not MEAN or INTENTNALLY, or even KNOWINGLY really kill the babies; all she did was leave them alone for hours to go party, I mean she was not even home at the time of the fire resulting in the deaths of her children that she “LOVED so much”. I can HEAR IT now. I hope with each and every breath, she hears the cries of those babies, screaming as they burn to death, “MOMMY.” No wait, that wouldn’t do any good, mommy was too busy partying, getting drunk, and wondering who the next baby daddy is.

Some will learn to stay out of the clubs and be responsible parents.  

The lure of bling bling, balling, VIP etc is going to be the doom of many.

My Comment is to Skinny Bill what about the preacher that left his son in the car and went into the church all day the son died he was white. Then all I see is white kids shooting the schools up thats they thing "SKINNY".Is not a race issuse she was dead wrong but stop making everything a race issue.

Deena V. I really think that there are two sides to the story.  Of course, I do not believe in leaving children alone under no circumstances.  However, this fire could have been caused by something that may have happened electrically in the apartment.  I am praying for the family, and I do not believe that this is a racial situation at all!!!! It could have happened to anyone.  

 
"bill griffin said:

This sickens me.  First the deaths, now the judge lowers the bond !
These events happen way to much, and what the hell was so important about a party that drags away the mother.?"


Bill I see it all the time. People spending their whole check in the clubs. Broke people trying to impress other broke people.

Hundreds of un - fulfilling relationships all sought out in the club. Looking for love in the club.

People who have to be in the club that bad have something wrong with them. People you see in the club especially at 29yrs of age has to have a problem.

It is overwhelming in the urban community. The club owners are getting rich on stupidity.


Babies are neglected and dying because of stupidity. The lure of the hot nightspot.

SMH

Honestly I say let the punishment fit the crime those innocent lives were taken and I couldn't even phathom the feelings they had and the pain they endured before their little lives taken from them.  I wish she could burn and suffer they way that her two children did.  The fact that is there are several people who don't have the chance to have little bundles of joy and she left her's to go out and party???? I don't get the mentality of people like this.  IT doesn't cost that much for a babysitter and obviously she had no regaurd for anyone but herself...

Why is it that a race issue is even brought up in this whole situation?  Just because we live in memphis that makes it a black or white thing???  It is a human issue people of all races, creeds and color are to blame for their desire to do something they shouldn't???  

Skinny Bill we just don't find these things out and hopefully they do not happen that often but we all know they do.  Memphis has enough racial tension so lets not bring any more out with blatent stupidity.

There is no way her bond should have been lowered other than the fact she has to plan their funerals. In my opinion they should haven given her a day pass for that. The other fact is this wasn't the first time she has left those kids alone. She just got caught by death.

Please don't make this a racis thing!She made the biggest mistake of her life.She needs to pay for that.No matter what the courts do to her,she will pay for this mistake for the rest of her life.There's a greater judge to take care of that!

Jones ... it should be noted that you remember that specific incident. You know why??? ... I'll help you. Because it's so very unusual to have that happen in the white community.

Not so in the black community. Hey, how about the Memphis infant death rate, that exceeds many 3rd world nations. Specifically, zip codes 38108 & 38109??? Here again, we have nothing in play, except utter irresponsibility.

Sure there were some crazed white kids who "shot up their schools". Once again, very unusual and isolated incidents.

How about the ~160+ murders in Memphis for 2007. By my recollection, whites committed 2, or perhaps 3, of them. What say you?

I'm very sad that this had to happen to 2 innocent children and there shouldn't be a bond for her.  She should automatically get life in prison with no questions asked.

To Skinny Bill:  Who are you to be judging blacks?!?!?  Have you forgotten what Andrea Yates, Susan Smith, Scott Peterson did to their kids and many, many, many more...  This is something that every and race is doing.  Although I shouldn't comment back to you Skinny Bill because only someone ignorant would say something like that.

Ho hum...another leaf just fell off the tree (Skinny Bill)

LD,

Blatant stupidity????

Do you not have eyes in your head? Do you have difficulty processing information???

The variances in the rates of "unpleasant episodes" are absolutely astounding.

It's about time someone points out the dog turd at the cocktail party. Everyone see it, no one ever states the obvious.

How do you think things will ever change if the problems continue to be ignored.

Example: We have a big crime problem in Memphis. It's certainly not a white crime problem. We have a big problem with underperforming students in Memphis. It's not underperforming white students.

Get the drift???

Who's "judging"???

The verdict's in ...

Stats back up every word I speak. If you don't want to look at the facts, crawl back into your weasel hole.

This is not about what color the person was. y bring up all the crimes that happen in Memphis. This is a new year and i think that what happen in the old year should be left there. The matter now is the two kids that two kids was left in the house by theirself so their mother could go party. It is sad that the kids had to go through this but they are in a better place. Everything is in God hands and he knows best. I think if you not going to give your comment on this matter, you should leave it alone.

Let's put her in a locked apartment and burn her like toast!!!!

Ohhhhhhhhhh ... I see, "friend".

Do you think God should bear some responsibility for her aberrant behavior?

What should His bond be?

yeah, the kids are in a better place, because she certainly wasn't taken care of them.  This mom should never be able to have children again.  The mom is a skank to leave her children at home to go out and party.  She should be placed in a burning building and let her feel the way her children must have felt.  

you are rite, she shouldnt be able to have any more kids. It was wrong for her to leave the kids in the house alone to go out and party. I do think she should be places in a burning house to see how the kids felt. Ok Skinny Bill, first of all you have put everything on black people enough, come now lets not put anythang on God. I said that everythang is in God hand. He is going to take care of the way she did the kids. You to chill out wit your comments and leave thangs alone. I don't think that she should be posted a bond.

Look, this is not a race issue!!!!! What is your problem?  Obviously, you don't know what you are talking about.  The issue is with the children, and it could have happened to anyone.  The big issue is that black people are put on display everytime something happens.  Just because this is a black lady does not mean that things like this does not happen in the white community.  What if this was a white woman?  Would you say the same thing?  You racist pig!!!!!!! You are missing the total point.  The children do not know about color.  Unfortunately you are still a child.  Grow up Skinny Bill

What SkinnyBill said is true. I am a black woman and I completely agree with him. I think the problem is that a non black person wrote the comments. There is a problem with the black community. A lot of people lost their lives so we could have equal opportunities as whites. Alot of of us have disgraced their memory. We are killing each other every day, we are not rasing our kids the way we should. Not all of us  are doing this but there is a large percentage of blacks not doing what they are suppose to be doing to raise their kids. Dont get me wrong whites have there problems too. But we as blacks are still blaming white people for our problems and we should start blaming ourselves.
Our kids are killing each other and they have no remorse for it. Yes there are whites that have done the same thing that woman did. But we as a race need to start trying to find solutions to save our kids and neighborhoods instead of getting upset at a non black person for stating what we already know. If he was black saying what said there would not be any issue. But because he is not black there is an issue and shouldnt be. The truth is the truth. Although the discussion was not about race it was about what this woman did. He still made a valid point.

Thank You!!!!! You are rite this is about the kids. Black people are always put on the spot. Skinny Bill grow up and leave it alone. If you are not going to comment about the kids, don't say nothing at all.

Thank You!!!!! You are rite this is about the kids. Black people are always put on the spot. Skinny Bill grow up and leave it alone. If you are not going to comment about the kids, don't say nothing at all.

Thank You!!!!! You are rite this is about the kids. Black people are always put on the spot. Skinny Bill grow up and leave it alone. If you are not going to comment about the kids, don't say nothing at all.

Thank You!!!!! You are rite this is about the kids. Black people are always put on the spot. Skinny Bill grow up and leave it alone. If you are not going to comment about the kids, don't say nothing at all.

Thank You!!!!! You are rite this is about the kids. Black people are always put on the spot. Skinny Bill grow up and leave it alone. If you are not going to comment about the kids, don't say nothing at all.

Skinny bill u know what u can do meet us at Shoney's on Sycamore View we are going to Protest!!!!!

skinny bill u should just give up on commenting because u know u aint right and the truth is not in you.

Turth. I understand what u said but I watch 48 hours all the time and Memphis is on there but it aint only black, its both. The point is She didnt no reason leaving her two boys in the apartment alone to go out and party for the New Years. What in the club, Nothing but drugs and drinking. She have learning her lesson and she got to live with this for life and pay for it. The subject is about the kids that got left at home and burned up in the apartment. No she shouldnt have any more kids because she didnt take care of the ones she had. Her mother and family took care of them. Its alot of people who want kids can't have them. I was sitting at home for the New Years. I dont party any more,  I would have watch the kids for her to go out and party. This is a sad time for the family and a lesson for anyone who is leaving their kids at home to go to party or do anythang else. Kids doesnt deserve this.

friend---you need to learn how to push a button once---quit being so concerned with skinny bill --by the way this really is not about the kids-they are gone but the mom is here and thats who needs to be punished and talked about and not nicely either. why do we have to worry about being rude to someone so stupid!!!!  

Lets meet Skinny bill so we can Protest

You are rite. She is going to get whats coming to her.

Everyone needs to get off of SkinnyBill's back.  Most of what he said is true.  Memphis used to be a great place to live and raise your family!  Now everyone wants to get out of Memphis.  The crime is bad.  The racial tension is scary.  But be honest, everytime you hear about something, it is black people killing their own or blacks killing whites.  Everyone needs the Lord!!

You are correct Friend. She was wrong for what she did and now she will remember that night for the rest of her life. I dont feel her bond should have been lowered she needs to be in jail. Maybe other people will learn from her mistake. Kids are gift and should be cherished and loved, and she took her gift for granted and now she has not only lost her kids but also her freedom. The sad part is that she may not even get a long jail sentence that part wont be on the news.

Everyone do needs the Lord.

this was a bad judgement call. i have a 15yr old and i have never left her at home alone. they were entirely too young to be left at home and this is not the first time that she has done this. she will suffer for this tragedy for the rest of her life. i am sure that now she is truly sorry. she could have partied at home with her boys. all she thought about was having her fun, well that type of selfish thinking got her a life time of pain. this was something that could have been prevented. where were the kid's dad's when this was happening. if you can't find anyone to keep your kids whilr you go out, that should be a sign that you should have stayed home. i feel sorry for her also because in the end, she is still and will always be thrie mom and she will have to live everyday of her life with the error in judgement that she has made.

Do not turn this into a race issue.  White people have left their children to go out and party too.  The problem is, the Memphis/Shelby County area is predominantly black.  Correct me if I am wrong, but it is over 80% black.  Of course the greater percentage of crimes will be committed by black people.  Are there irresponsible black parents?  Yes, absolutely.  Are there irresponsible white parents?  No doubt.  But the law of averages will always show more blacks than whites committing crimes because there are so many more black people here.  

People like Skinny Bill are not even worth responding to.  Why waste your time?  They contribute nothing constructive.  They only try to make everyone fired up.  If you ignore them, they don't get the desired reaction, and they will go away.  

amazed at the ignorance-this is true.  But he is only saying what everybody else is scared to say.  

@ Sherri.....he doesn't speak for me...or a lot of intelligent, rational people.  I hate the way Memphis has turned out.  I do not like that I need bars on my windows and doors, and an alarm system to feel safe.  I wish it was different.  However, we can't blame just blacks for the condition Memphis is in.  Believe me, I moved here from a predominantly white area where almost all the crime was committed by white people.  It's all about statistics.  

One thing I do believe is that the black population of Memphis needs strong, committed and honest leadership....something that is sorely missing right now.  The churches and parents need to step up and deal with what is happening to the children here.  Memphis will not be fit for any humans to live in before too much longer.  

Why are we so fast to turn everything into a racial issue????? Life and Death does not come in colors!!!! We need to realize that as human beings, we need to change our thought process. Firstly, i pray for the families of the mother and fathers of these precious boys. This hit close to home because i have two little boys the same age as her boys and there is nothing in the world that would make me leave my boys at home unsupervised. Secondly, we need to stop playing the race card, and furthermore stop commenting when someone like Skinny Bill has something to say. In an instant, we've turned a comment colum(for these little boys) into a race war. It is correct to say that there are women, both black and white who do not deserve to be mothers. We hear more about black families because Memphis has more of them, but this is an issue plagued by all races. There is trash, poverty and ingorance in ALL races. So let's please use this time to pray for the families and for the swift justice to this lady(i refuse to call her a mother).

another one of Memphis' finest citizens. Likely the judge was a family member, to some degree.

AMEN@JOE BLACK, parents need to realize once they have children its not about them anymore, yeah its cool to have some time away from your children, but at least put them in the care of responsible adults such as relatives or good friends.

i don't understand the uproar.  children are killed everyday by the hundreds-its called abortion.  These children are just as dead as these 2 boys are.  this women locked hers in an apartment alone-the other women jump up on a table and kill theirs.  talk at any nurses at these abortions-they will tell you of the scare reflex these babies have when they are being killed.  any women who has had a baby will tell you that baby reacts to noise-light-and touch while in utero.  so they feel pain too. but yet we allow these babies to be tortured everyday.  its the women right.  then there's the late abortion-if the baby isn't killed with the saline solution-burns them to death-then they are delivered up to the head and scissors are jammed into the base of the brain to finish the job.  it's murder whether it be alone in an apartment or on an abortion table.  the only difference is the government says one is legalized murder and the other isn't.  BUT THE KIDS ARE JUST AS DEAD.  people are surprised that the judge reduced bond-WHY????.  human life has no meaning anymore.  the most helpless of anyone on this world are being butched everyday and its no big deal  ITS A WOMENS RIGHT.  instead of taking some personal responsibility for herself-she just kills the resulting baby-and its O.K.  besides there will be another party-another man and another aborted baby.  its gotten to be lifes cycle.  sickening isn't it.  

Amazed at the ingorance-you are right.  I have lived here all of my life and have 1 teenager and 1 young adult child.  I am really scared for them as they become parents.  I pray that they will be able to raise them in a safer city.  Back to the main issue, this mother did wrong and it doesn't matter if they are black or white.  

This is crazy. If your children are just visiting you, why would you leave your children?  Besides these were babies. The judge redusing the bond makes it easier to get away with.

amazed, i'm with you, Skinny Bill does not speak for me, nor the millions of upstanding black mothers, fathers and families i know. This is a tradegy that has no boundaries. This lady will regret her decisions for the rest of her life. She needs to, but instead of down trotting her, i will pray for her too. I will also pray for the healing process that we as a community and city needs to go through right now.

If we as people would use the same energy it takes to point fingers at race, to try and make a difference, we all would make Memphis a safer and better place to live and raise families. What this lady did was unspeakable, and she should be punished, but her punishement should be deceided based on her crime and not her color.

I am a strong black woman, who lives in Memphis. I have seen hideous crimes committed by all races and my response is always the same......ingorance has no race, color, creed nor religion.

Once again these precious angels were taken from us. These young men could have been our next leaders. Now we as a community should learn from this and open our hearts, ears and doors to all children. It takes a village to raise a child, so i challange Memphis...not black Memphis or white Memphis, i challange Memphis to come together in 08 and make a difference. We see calling the police as being snitches, but more citizens need to call the police when we see things happen. Keeping quiet and hiding behind computers to make comments, rather true or foul will not change our current state of mind.

Be Blessed!!!!!

Sorry to say I think the only thing this girl will never forget is that she lost her monthly check when those babies died.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe there is a law in Tennessee that says how old a child must be to be left alone - legally. I moved here from Indpls. and was sickened when I watched a neighbor, black woman with 8 kids (different dad's - in prison) leave her children home for DAYS alone. No food and sometimes no electricity. This was in Midtown. Neighbors called Child Services and the caseworker would tip off the mother because they were friends. Nice. So, Memphis now has 9 more criminals in the making! Stop giving them checks and they will stop reproducing!

Sorry, the point of my last post was to say that because there are no LAWS we have to expect people to have common sense! That, my friend, in Memphis is very rare!

SickofMehphis, would it had made a difference if the woman living next to you was white and left her children at home????? Does it matter that they had different fathers????
The issue is they were left at home and it does not matter if the mother was purple, she was acting irresponsible.

I live in a very upscaled community in Memphis, were i am one of the only blacks in my neighborhood and i see white children left at home also. Does this change the way i would handle the situation.......NO!!!!! I will call the authorities on a white mother just as fast as a black or orange mother. Color has nothing to do with it AND IF YOU AND SKINNY BILL ARE SO SICK OF MEMPHIS........I HAVE A SUGGESTION, MOVE.. ps, you may have to move to pluto or mars because last i heard blacks lived in all 50 states and overseas too.

@OUTSPOKEN, wow I seriously didnt know anything about the late abortion procedure, thanks for the information, that needs to be stopped

this is just another example of "GOD's will"
Why blame her? It was all up to GOD. I personally think she should be set free. Why is everyone so uptight about it?

I DID move. I don't live in Memphis! Thank you.

Yes, the fact that she has 8 kids by different men does matter! That's what is wrong with society and your fine city.

I would also call the authorities on a white person.

Did I mention my race? No, I don't think so. I might be a black woman. You don't know. Just because I might be black doesn't mean I can't call a spade a spade!

If you're so proud of your people why don't you live amongst them? Why did you have to state that you live in an upscale area? Who cares. In your upscale area, find me one white family with multiple kids and multiple fathers?

It's funny how Memphis is viewing this situation.  This is a heartbreaking lost.  But who are we to say or Judge what the outcome of this situation should be.  I feel that we often get life so confused.  Life is full of choices; and the choices we make can determine our fate.  Everyone that has made and left a comment acts as if they have never made the wrong choice before. Maybe They would have handled this differently...
I knew Dria, and I pray that she gets the chance to read this.  " Baby girl my heart goes out to your children, YOU and your family.  I know how much you loved your children, because of all things and days you had to take from work in order to care for them.  it is not my place to tell you that you were wrong .  Because i understand that you already know.  My advice to you is pray.  Pray for healing.  Pray for forgiveness.  Know that everything happens for a reason and your angels are with the Almighty God. ( The giver of life and the only one whom can take it away)  Don't worry about what small minded people that can't see pass the darkness( the lost of the angels). They are not your Creator.  Allow the joy of the Lord to be your strenght.  He has the power to forgive and to determine your fate.  Cast all your cares on him because he cares for you.  I am praying for you cause it's not my place to beat down on you.

MARS-as long as the babies head is not delivered its not considered born yet.  so the doctor just simply jams a pair of scissors into the babies brain and its over-then they finish delivering the head.  these are babies that are viable-they could live if delivered in the proper manner.  but - its ok- its the womens right to choose.

@outspoken that is flat out murder, and I cant believe that the government has made that a right,

yes it is flat out murder and it is legal.  sickening isn't it.  Daring to be different-you did your friend no favors but stating that she was WILLING for miss work to TAKE CARE OF HER CHILDREN (?) but apparently not willing to miss the party.  that is not a glowing atribute.  sounds like any excuse for leaving work and nothing will stop the party.  

Matthews 5:1 says Judge yea not

According to the article there is no age limit in the State of Tennessee for which a child came be left unattended.  Question? If there is no age limit why is Aundria Jones' being arrested. Aundria Jones' is charged with two counts of reckless homicide. No where is it written that Aundria Jones'  has been charge with Arson.

I am not judging Aundria Jones' my its a sad day when a "Black Momma" would rather go out and party than to be at home providing comfort and security to our minor children.

It almost not safe for adults to be at home alone during the wee hours of the morning, adults are being robbed and killed it definetly not safe for children

I feel that this is situation that the mother of these children have to live with for the rest of her life.   Whether she remains locked up or not.  So many people in today society want to comment on this situation,  and have left their children home along.
We have so many parent along with other adults want to do what they want to do when they want to.  Often times we don't think about this before we start having children.  The Goverment always want to pass some controlling law.  I feel that their should be a law pass for those expecting parents that they attend a parenting class upon knowledge of the mother and/or father's  become parents.
What I don't understand about the law is there have been cases of parents doing the same thing and no charges was brought forth. To me their is no diffenrents than those who have left there children in a 100 degree or hotter car.
We must be careful how we point fingers!
I'm not taking up for what the mother has done,  as a mother I feel she's going to have a many sleepless and restless nights,  if she don't go crazy first!

What makes us angry, is the fact of what she was doing while she was out, it wouldn’t be as harsh if she was out taking care of business like getting groceries, paying bills, or getting a quick bite to eat for the boys, but she was out only thinking of herself and not anything else. That is what angers people, who knows, she could have been a good mother you know, but she made a mistake that cost her own children lives to be taken away.

So lets stop judging her as a person because of her tragic decision she has made.  And at least she did tell the truth on why she was out, she could have lied and said I just went to the store because some parents would be quick to lie in that situation, but im not justifying her, Im justtrying to see it from a merciful Godly view.

Parents do make mistakes, you had some good parents who raised their children and loved them to death, but one day they make a quick errand in a store or a building and left their child in a car that was over 85 degrees and assumed it would be ok if they just went for a minute, but that one little mistake cost them their child’s life.  Im not a parent but I think I have the right to say to parents do not make choices that would put your children in danger.  

There has been times that I was in the other room on the phone and completely forgot the other child was in the other room but thank God he brought my mind back to me and I went in the other rooom and spent my whole day in their with the child.

Because to err is human, and we all make mistakes even costly ones, but by Jesus Christ grace and mercy, it didn’t cost ourselves or anyone else’s life,

I guess you are right in so many differant ways"Dare 2 b Different", nobody thought to write down everything that they have done wrong in their entire life that could have ended in death, rather it was drinking, sex, drugs, speeding, running a red light, stop sign, adultry, fornicating, or maybe just a joke of pushing someone into the deep end of a pool or lake "AND I DO MEAN EVERYTHING!!!!" We all just have to pray and let God handle this situation. And just for the record Stupid, Ignorant and Irresponsilbilty comes in every race, color and creed from all parts of the world.  I know that it might seem like it, but all the stupid people didn't choose to just migrate to Memphis; I promise you that they are EVERYWHERE!!! NOW THAT IS THE TRUTH:)

You people need to lighten up.
I think she should be released with no bail.
Remember, this is GOD's will. God meant for this to happen for a reason, just like everything else.
Examples are Henrenton being relected, Wharton's son rapping a 13 yr old girl. The father that raped his 11 yr old daughter and got her pregnant. That little child she has in her could be the next saviour.
These two boys have a mission. Only GOD knows the mission.
Release this woman, no bond. Let my people goooooo!!!!

I guess the white race is so perfect according to skinny bill. i guess whites are so damn good and blacks so bad. so skinny bill all white parents are just perfect huh? you sound just like the typical dumb,ignorant, backwoods redneck. have a nice life "perfect whiteboy"

I really feel sorry for her and what she has done. She has to live with this for the rest of her life. I don't understand what makes our young parents do so many careless things. I see so many grandparents providing for their grandchildren.  We need some type of law to make the parents responsible for their own children.

WELL I THINK WHAT EVER SHE GETS SHE DESERVES IT SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE LEFT THEM BABIES ALONE WHITE OR BLACK NO ONE IS PERFECT BUT IF U BRING A CHILD IN TO THIS WORLD THEN U NEED TO ME RESPONSIBLE ENOUGH TO KEEP THEM SAFE AS POSSIBLE AND THINK OF THE CHILDREN FIRST AND NOT YOUR SELF AND NO PARTY IS WORTH A CHILDS LIFE AND AS FOR THE BOND WELL THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN LEFT ALONE AND SHE NEEDS TO BE IN JAIL FOR THE BAD CHOICE SHE MADE THAT COSTED THE KIDS THEIR LIFE.........

Hello "LEON"
Case in point, when you watch the news in Memphis, how often do you hear about white dude did this and white dude did that?
When I watch the news, and I think we may see the same stories, it's always blacks did this and blacks did that.
Don't get me wrong. I don't mean no harm, but the averages are higher on the story being about a black then a white, unless they are talking about the person that got robbed, murdered or attacked etc.
Do a little research and find out what the population is in America. Find out what the ratio is, white, black, latino, asian, etc. Then find out what the population is of the incarrcerated population in America. I think last I heard it was almost 3 million. Find out what the ratio is of them and I think you will be amazed at your findings.

Next you will say that blacks are framed and blacks are raised in poor neighborhoods. Once you achieve 17 yrs old, your destiny is in your hands. Growing up, I started to work when I was 14 yrs old at odd jobs, just to make a buck. I dismiss anyone telling me that you grew up poor. So did I. Still am. But I work 40 hrs a week and pay my taxes.
Now the field is even more uneven due to affirmative action.

According to the news this evening, the "mother" has a prior arrest for shoplifting. Seems she has a history of making bad choices.

Her children weren't living with her. Apparently, the Grandmother was raising the children in Mississippi so they could "go to better schools". According to the news, the children were with the mother for the holidays.

Questions :

1. If the mother is so wonderful, why didn't she move to Mississippi with her children? That is the EXACT reason we moved to Mississippi. We didn't stay in Memphis and send them to live with someone else because of that. Something is rotten in Denmark. Sounds like she wasn't the good mother her friends on here claim she was and perhaps the kids were taken from her.

2. If you only have your kids for the Christmas holiday then why didn't she stay home with them on New Years Eve?

Oh, and, baby daddy #1 is in prison. I believe in Alabama. They cannot locate baby daddy #2.  

Swan-Jiles ... I could be wrong but I suspect the fact that she locked the children inside the apartment with no way to exit has something to do with why she was charged.

No, she thought that she could feed them and bath them and they would be just find until she got home. She was wrong for what she did in the first place, and  why it took her til 4:30 to get home.I'm 36 and i don't stay out that late!!!!!!!!

Okay, let me say this, I know Ms. Jones PERSONALLY.  She is a friend of mine and I can speak to all of you, when I say this was a tragedy.  I have children myself and our children have played together on more than one occasion.  I am not CONDONING what she did in this moment of indecision.  However, I, as a mother, say that my heart goes out to her.  She has lost the only children that she has and she has to endure the ridicule of the community and the media.  For the individuals that are blasting her for what she did, don't be so quick to point fingers.  As I am sure that some of you have left your children to run outside to complete chores, or left your child asleep on the couch while you took baths and etc.  Regardless of the amount of time you left your child unattended, whatever was going to happen was going to happen.  Nothing happens unless it is what God intended.  This is a young mother who made a bad decision and these uneducated, ignorant ass hillbillies who are trying to act like this is a "Black folk epidemic" need to give it a rest.  You should watch more news and less HEE HAW and you will see that this affects all communities and all walks of life.  Stop spreading your ignorance and forcing others who are much more intelligent and sensible to come forth and alert you that your ignorance is showing.........

On another note, I feel like the media is delving into information that is not pertinent to the here and now.  "WHERE IS/ARE THE FATHERS?"  The fact remains that she was a single mother who moved to Memphis to try to better herself and her mother was attempting to help her do so by keeping her children until she could get on her feet.  There are websites talking about her experience with men, her criminal history, etc.........what does that have to do with the fact that she lost her children?  Nothing should tarnish that!!!!  I don't give a damn if she went to the moon on a donkey........what does that have to do with the situation at hand?  Two little boys are dead and a family is left grieving because of one bad decision.  We have all made them in different situations and different circumstances.  We should stop throwing rocks and hiding our hands.  Right now, she is standing naked being ridiculed before the world and she needs our prayers more than anything.  I don't expect the world to condone what she did but ridicule and admonishment will not bring back CJ and Juan.  They are gone and their voids have to be dealt with by the family and friends who loved and knew them.  Stop dragging her through the mud.  I know that she is broken inside and nothing will ever fix that.  Jeanine loved her kids.  She just made a poor choice that cost her everything.  

golly "friend" when the chips are down girl, I hope you got my back. You go girl, and don't you break any nails now, k....
Only other thing I can say is Heeheehee Hawhaha, Heeheeheehee Hawhahahahaw!!!
yuck yuck yuck

What you need to do is try to find a true friend such as myself.  Stop wasting your time throwing dirt on somebody else when you got all them skeletons shaking in your closet.  Get you a friend like me and you will be able to make it when the chips are down.  As far as breaking a nail goes, this ain't ***.....I can break some ass to match it.  Those last two lines that you typed suit you........you jackass!!!!

PRAY,PRAY,PRAY,PRAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I KNOW JANINE AND HER FAMILY AND I KNOW THAT SHE LOVED THOSE BOYS MORE THAN ANYTHING. SO PEOPLE PLEASE DON'T JUDGE HER, BECAUSE SHE HAS A BIG HEART. OF COURSE SHE MADE A BAD CHOICE WITH LEAVING HER CHILDREN AT HOME BY THEMSELVES. DON'T ACT AS IF YOU'RE PERFECT AND DON'T CRITICIZE HER. WE HAVE NO HEAVEN NOR HELL TO PUT HER IN. DO I THINK THE CHOICE WAS DUMB OF COURSE AND I AM NOT GOING TO JUSTIFY FOR HER. BUT THIS WOMAN IS GETTING BEAT ENOUGH. I HAVE NOT EVER LOST A CHILD AND LORD ONLY KNOWS THAT I AM NOT READY FOR THAT. I HAVE HEARD THINGS LIKE SHE NEED TO DIE JUST LIKE HER CHILDREN DID AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT. WE ALL NEED TO PRAY FOR HER INSTEAD OF SAYING WHAT KIND OF PUNISHMENT SHE NEEDS. ALTHOUGH WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT SHE'S  FEELING UNLESS WE HAVE LOST A CHILD. WE ALL DO KNOW THAT SHE WILL PROBABLY NOT BE IN HER RIGHT STATE OF MIND SINCE THIS HAVE COME ABOUT. IF WE CAN ALL COME TOGETHER IN UNITY ANP PRAY THAT THE LORD WOULD LIFT HER UP IN THIS TIME OF MOURNING AND NOT JUDGE HER OR NO ONE ELSE THEN THIS WORLD WOULD BE OKAY. PEOPLE, PLEASE!!! PRAY FOR HER THAT SHE MAY STAY UPLIFTED. THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO TO JUDGE HER, BUT KEEP HER IN OUR PRAYERS.  PRAY THAT SHE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO COMMIT SUICIDE OR SUCCEED IN SUICIDE. PRAY THAT SHE KEEP A SANE MIND. PRAY THAT SHE GIVE HER SELF TO THE LORD. PRAY THAT THE LORD GIVE HER UNDERSTANDING. PRAY THAT THE LORD GIVE HER THE FAITH TO BELIEVE AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE THINGS ON EARTH ARE JUST TEMPORARY AND THEY DO NOT BELONG TO US. PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PLEASE FOR JANINE (AUNDRIA) AND HER FAMILY. GOD BLESS!  THIS WORLD IS SO MESSED UP AND SO JUDGEMENTAL. GOD IS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS A HEAVEN OR HELL TO PUT US IN. AGAIN I FEEL AS IF WE SHOULD PRAY FOR HER AND NOT CALL HER BY NAMES NOR SHOULD WE JUDGE. IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO YOUR FAMILY MEMBER. I KNOW THAT SHE REALLY LOVED THOSE BOYS BUT SHE MADE A TERRIBLY BAD CHOICE THAT ONLY SHE WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. SHE NEED OUR PRAYERS AND OUR CONDOLENCES, WAKE UP PEOPLE. HAVEN'T YOU EVER MADE BAD CHOICES, PERHAPS IT WASN'T THAT BAD, WHICH INDEED IT WAS A VERY BAD CHOICE. BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE ONLY PERFECT PERSON IS THE LORD. GOD BLESS AND I PRAY THAT WHOMEVER HAD NEGATIVE THOUGHTS AND SAYINGS BE DELIVERED AND DO REPENT. I LOVE YOU MEMPHIS AND MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU ALL.

My prayers go out to the mother and her family. She went out had a great time
and now everyday of her life she will remember her mistake. For the rest of her
life on New Years Eve she will relive that night. I think that is the worst sentence
she could receive.

spoken like a true NI66ER, Friend.
I love it, you people got an excuse for EVERYTHING.
If she was such a fine person, she'd have been married to the man she had her little pickinninies with, instead of out sluttin around.
You people make me SICK!!!!
Who'd you learn from, Ophilia Ford? Grow you azz up!!!

PEOPLE LIKE unsubscribe00 I CAN ONLY PRAY FOR, BECAUSE I DON'T ARGUE WITH THE DEVIL. GOD BLESS, BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CHILDREN AND THAT MOTHER THAT NEEDS PRAYER. JUST BECAUSE SHE'S NOT MARRIED TO HER CHILDREN FATHERS DOESN'T MAKE HER A BAD PERSON. I THANK GOD THAT YOU ARE SO PERFECT AND LORD FORBID WHEN YOUR WALLS START TO CRUMBLE DOWN THAT HE KEEP YOU SANE AS WELL. GOD BLESS AND I LOVE YOU AND WILL KEEP PRAYING THAT HE WILL GIVE YOU UNDERSTANDING AS WELL.

you keep your prayers for yourself. I am pretty sure you need them more then I do. I greatly appreciate your efforts, but I don't think I need a 2 faced Judas doing jack for me.
I don't know you and you don't know me so, do yourself a favor, save your time, your prayers and do it on someone that wants something from you and your type.
Also, as for me, I don't puke garbage onto other people until they deserve it.
People like you as well, make me sick. If your so damn holy, you should be someplace other then Memphis, or Earth for that matter.
Adjust your crown of thorns and get bend.
Seems awefully funny that for a town with so many people that are GOD fearing and Holy Rollers, sure is a lot of filth, destruction, crime, and people that couldn't give a rats azz when they cut you off on the road and speed around you just so they can turn at the next intersection even though there is no one behind you.
You people just make me sick, each and every single one of you.....Read the Bible instead of having your preacher interpret it for you. Think for yourself and read newspapers from some place other then Memphis. Get some enlightenment outside of Memphis. There is a whole world outside of Memphis that most of you have no clues about.
I grant you one thing. I am no hillbilly and I am no heathen, but you are. So take that bible of yours that you think your so in tuned with and read it word for word.

I think that 50,000 dollars bond is too low for two children's lives. I belive that it should have been at least  1 million dollars or even higher or how about not even a bond at all. And she needs to be put away for along time.

We all need to stop saying this is a black/white thing.  I am a white woman, age 30.  Pointing fingers and blaming race/marital status/religion is not going to fix anything.  It does not "take a village to raise a child".  It takes parents that care.  TWO parents that care!  Married or not.  The crime rate in Memphis doesn't have a damn thing to do with this.  This is an irresponsible mother who is going to pay for this for the rest of her life and beyond, no matter what her punishment turns out to be here on Earth.  I feel bad for the children, and the family.  I hurt for the mother, but I do not feel sorry for her.  My husband and I have not been able to conceive a child and all I can say is that, if women don't want babies, either be responsible about having sex or don't have sex!  Stop all this carelessness with lives of those innocent children that rely on you for everything!

When I first heard this story I was outraged and very critical of the mother. After careful consideration I now feel like this may not have been the right approach. She and her family need prayer. Did she make a bad deadly decision...yes! Does she know this now...yes! I do understand why the judge lowered her bond b/c she does need to bury her children and whether we believe what she did was right or wrong but those are still her children and deserves to bury them properly even though they didn't deserve to die so soon! I believe that she is going to remember what she has done for the rest of her days so we just just send out our prayers and leave the judging to the HIGHER POWER!!!!!

There is no excuse for this mother, none.  When you become a parent, your life changes forever.  At least until the children are adults. Things that go on in this city and across the country makes me want to scream!  I can't understand why her bond was reduced.  Who is going to speak for the victims?  Why would any judge do such a thing?  The people in public office are a great part of the problem.  Let's work to get them out of office.  I cannot fix what's wrong in the community, but I can ensure that I teach my children from the moment they can understand, to do what is right always, strive to be the best in everything they do, have good character, and good moral values.  I have three children and I am so proud of them.  I as an African American am sickened by the decline of many of our people.  There is no excuse that is acceptable.  I know that racism exists, but it is not the blame for what is going on in our community.  I know nothing about this woman, but many young mothers are neglecting their children and killing them.  

As for Skinny Bill, he may not even be Caucasian.  If so, he may be one of the ones in the minority of whites with the low test scores.  I say that because of his error in grammar, "Ho hum ... and a leave just fell off a tree."  Bill, the word leave should be singular, leaf.  He never said he was Caucasian, people assume that all racist comments come from another race.   Sometimes, our own people are the most racist of all.  And Bill, if you would look up statistics on young, intelligent girls who murder the babies at birth and put them in trash bags, drown them in the bathtub, you'll find that the majority are Caucasian.  I follow statistics too.  Not that there is any excuse for them either.  They may not have been doing it to go out for New Years, but many of them do it, because they don't want to spoil their good girl image and want to continue being active in sports or any other ridiculous excuse.  If you look up statistics on who get abortions, it would also be slanted in favor of Caucasians, which is still murder.  The world has a problem, it's not a black problem nor a white problem, but the root cause is the sin problem.

In conclusion, this article was not about the ills of the African American, but what can be done to pull us out of this downward spiral?  Please start at home, rear your children well,  turn back to the Biblical principle that brought us through racism and jim crowism.   NO EXCUSES!!!

I totally agree with SickofMemphis.  If the goverment stops giving these low life women checks for the kids they have, then i'm pretty sure they'll stop having soo many.  Many of those women i believe have lots of children on purpose for the sake of not having to work.  They know for sure that if they go downtown with a baby on each hip and 5 in tow they are set for life.  Because as long as they have children under the age of 18 they will be well taken care of by the goverment.  That was a very unfortunant thing that happened to those little boys but they are in a better place know, so save your prays for their low life mother.  She needs all the prays she can get.

Yes we should pray for this woman, but this woman must face the consequences of her own actions without leniency because she committed two evil acts, one going out on new years neglecting her children, and two leaving the children unattended and to have them die screaming for help

I am sorry but if she loved her kids so much she should have been able to resist the booze and drugs for the night!!!

well i worked with this young lady and although i thought her appearance was  wierd, I see her actions are even more bizarre. I really feel sorry for her, to think what she is going through. I agree with the person who stated that  the poor in the club trying to impress the poor. and what price do we pay for the bling bling. And mother's, especially single if we invest in our children the way we invest in our men, our looks and our partying the world would be a better place. When all thats gone and the dust settle our children are the greatest investment.

This is a horrible story, why would anyone leave a 4 year old and a 7 year alone?I am a mother of a angel, I lost him at age 7, and even though he knew his name, address, and the 911 call for emer. and my phone number and his dad, never, never would I have ever left him alone. This mother was going thinking of herself and the poor angels died horribly and in alot of pain, crying and screaming and suffering from smoke and the mother should do the same if not worst. The Judge is nuts for lowering her bond, she is going to suffer but not as long as she is out and free and nothing being done to her to face her responisbily of having her precious children smother to dealth by fire. just horrible , I miss my son so terrible and again never never would I have done a thing like this. My prayers are for her though, she has a long journey ahead of head and she should pay for what she did,

I will add this mother and her family in my prayers tonight and as far skinny bill yor are crazy

It's a shame that so many heartless people fill the world. This lady just had the most horrible thing to happen to her. She is deeply paying for the worst mistake in her life and will continue until her end. Every morning, afternoon and night is fill with greif and pain. And you people sound like you did back in the of the KKK. Hang and string her up and watch her die. Your hearts are so harden with hate (I'm sure it has something to do with race). You don't care what type of mother she was or the measures she took to make sure the kids where safe before leaving the house for a few hours. Yes it was an awful mistake, but won't she leave with that forever. That's why judges are judges and you are not. They are trained to see things that hateful people like most of you on this blog can't see. Have some compassion. She need to be making funeral arragements and coping with her lost. It was not done on purpose, but you're asking for her head. Yea, like you never made a bad judgment you just didn't get caught. These things happen like this to white people just as much, but because white people are mostly the ones running the news they chose not to air it. You type of people need to die on out! I'm raising children that I don't want to be exposed to your type of hate.

Tom you are crazy as hell...............If she was a good mother like you are tryin to paint her to be, then her children would not be dead.  Have you been listening to the news or been under a rock??? She didn't have full custody of her own children for a reason.  And the minute she did she let them die. So you do the math, yeah people make mistakes but leavin your 7 and 4 year old children home alone to PARTY!!!!!! is not a mistake.  She made that choice and must live it.  I clearly have no sympathy

Mother of an angel what happened to your child??

MOST OF YOU ARE UNDERCOVER KKK! Hate the black people.  You all are such foolish people with hearts full of hate. Yes, our people have their issues, but guess what, so do YOURS!

You can down us all you want, but if you look at it, while your ancestors build thousands of years worth of foundation for you to reap, Our ancestors has build what black people have today in 2 generations.  

Your hate steams from fear. We started from scratch while your dirty forefathers beat, rape, hanged, killed ours. And you want to walk around like you are good. You were descended from evil. That's why it don't surprise me to see you write such hatred as above.

Yes let the fear ruin you. It's your soul that has to answer.

Wow BlackLady you're crazy too...........lol Clearly this is not about race.  It is about a trifflin mother who left her kids home along and something tragic happened.  I wouldn't care what color she was, i'd still feel the same way.

SweetKiwi,
Your are clearly sad, and unremorseful. Yes, I seen the news but did you read what MsChelleS.R said in the post above. She personally know Aundria not the people who writes the news. That's what's wrong with people of your kind they are so quick to judge by what they hear. You only know so much buy what the media is telling you yet you use that little bit of information to make a decision as harsh lock her up for life. Before convicting someone, learn the truth about them. You are under the rock and is blindsited by what you hear not what you see.

I work with black people everyday and the only wrong I see with them are people like you.

sweetkiwi you wrote:
If the goverment stops giving these low life women checks for the kids they have, then i'm pretty sure they'll stop having soo many.  Many of those women i believe have lots of children on purpose for the sake of not having to work.

Now, who exactly are you referring to? If black people had the same opportunity as you and I, I'm sure they would not need checks. But you can't understand that now can you?

Tom-
   For starters you have no clue what race i am.  I am only listening to the facts.  The media said she stated herself that she went out to party.  I'm not blindsited by the media nor am i under a rock.  I'm goin by what came out of her mouth.

O.K Sweet
What race are you? I'm sure white or your outlook would not be the same. Yes she said she was at a party. Yes, she should have been home. But should she rot in jail or burry her children? Or do she not love her children? Or is she so ghetto that she don't deserve a chance? Or maybe, her race of people always do these kind of things and they must be taught a lesson? Or was she a good mother who made a horrible mistake? Or did she purposely murdered her children? Or do she works hard everyday to make sure they have a roof over their head and food on the table with the help of her mother?

You don't know all of these answers, now do you? So before you watch her suffer more heartbreaking pain after losing her children because you want someone to PAY find out the truth first!
That's all I'm saying!

Look Tom it really dosen't matter what race i am nor what race she is.  The case at hand here is a mother left her children home alone a something tragic happened.  No i don't know all the answers to the questions above.  But what i do know is that everyone must pay for their actions.  Yes i think she should be able to attend the funerals of her small children.  She should not be denied that right. But at that same time she must pay for what she did.  I am looking at the bigger picture, clearly i'm not looking at her race.  For the record race is not my concern in this issue.

Looks like Channel 24 found a similar case from 2006. ... Two black children, left unattended, killed in a fire. In case you numbskulls haven't noticed, the vast majority of these tragedies are caused by irresponsible black parents, or black day care workers.

Sure, you can find very isolated events where irresponsible white parents have contributed to a tragedy. But, I'm sure you will agree they are very few & far between.

Just look at all the problems with the black run day care operations in Memphis ... kids left in vans to die of heat exposure, the traffic accidents caused by chemically impaired black day care van drivers. Look at the couple of times there were reports of black kids being backed over by a black parent backing out of their driveway. Look at the boating deaths last summer ... 12 blacks piled into a boat designed to hold 4 people, and two youngsters drowned.

Look at the infant mortality rates for almost 100% black zip codes in Memphis. The mortality rates in those areas greatly exceed the rates in 3rd world nations.

I won't even get into the outrageous disparities in the crime rates, STD rates, lousy school performance and where the blighted areas of Memphis are located.

Everything I noted indicates a very serious problem with assuming responsibility. Call me what you wish, but facts are facts!

Ignore them, if you choose, but they are still there. Problems very rarely get resolved unless they are identified.

I see the problem & where it is occurring with great frequency. It's called "management by exception". ... Identify the problem & deal with it.

That's not being done ... and, the problems keep intensifying.

Tom--why should we feel for her?   She would probably do it again---people that think like that  really don't feel if she did she would have felt something before locking her kids inside and leaving!!

skinny bill--i totally agree!!!

Why so much negativity??? Now is not the time to judge. Noone is perfect. People make mistakes everyday.  It's just that some mistakes have harder lessons to be learned. My heart and prayers go out to her and her family. To Aundria: You are not alone. I will continue to hold you in my prayers.  

"Why so much negativity??? Now is not the time to judge. Noone is perfect. People make mistakes everyday."

Is this not so very typical of the "cultural attitude" that insures the continuance of depraved behaviors in a community.

Hey sis, you have two dead children because of the "continued" irresponsibility of a "baby mama". She's had two, at least, babies by two different fathers ... and, had her, looks like, 35 y/o mother taking care of them. She gets them for the holidays, and now they are dead because it was more important for her to be out partying than taking care of her kids.

When, in your "revered" opinion, should some change in the community "rituals" take place, eh???

I hope I can demonstrate to you why these, seems to be regular, failures in parental responsibility continue.

Here's clue #1 ... because there is no outrage because of this.

Here's clue #2 ... there is no shame in having multiple babies by different "baby daddies" and not taking care of them.

Here's clue #3 ... irresponsible behaviors are readily accepted by the culture. ... There is no shame!

Look everyone:  It doesn't matter what color a person is, this mother left her children at home alone to go out and party!  She apparently has done this more than once.  She only thinks of herself and herself only.  If she loved thoses babies, then she should have been at home fixing dinner and playing games or watching a movie with them.  Everyone including myself has an opinion on this matter, but what really is sad is that these children will never experience life growing up, graduation, dating, marriage and children.  She took all of this away.  Most importantly, they are with God now and they are in a better place.  God is in control and she and she alone will have to deal with this herself.  

Color is irrelevant.....this woman left her children alone to go party.  It was a selfish, stupid thing to do.  Those children paid with their lives.  However, in all fairness, is there any one person on this blog who can say HONESTLY that they never did one thing in their lives that could have ended in tragedy, but they were lucky or blessed that it didn't?  I know I cannot.....and am very grateful to God that I didn't have to pay for the rest of my life for a foolish mistake.  

Do I believe this woman should be punished?  Absolutely!  Was she stupid, wrong, selfish?  Yes.  More than that, let's remember that we've all made stupid, foolish and selfish mistakes....and were fortunate not to end up like she did.  Pray for her, and her family.  Let's show the best of ourselves instead of all the judgmental, racist crap that's been going on here.  

Skinny Bill you need to get a life and mind your own d**n business!!!!!!! That's why there is so much trouble in the world now, because people like you have nothing to do but stir up mess!!!! So get up, go out, and stop drinking the yager!!!!!

Enough has been said about the situation.  The questions should be:

What can we do to improve our communities?

How do we keep our families togethers?

How can we come together as a human race?

What can I do to make myself a better person?

What can I do to help others.

Each and everyone on this blog should give these questions some serious thought and maybe, just maybe some of you would change the way you think.  Take a good look in the mirror and question the person looking back at you.  Give it a try

Obviously enough has not been said or done about child neglect. How many babies are born in this city to mothers who can't tell you WHO the father is???

How many babies are born to women who didn't graduate from high school and can't get a decent job????

How many fathers don't care they are the father of 5 babies..all different mothers, and have never, and will never, support the child???

How many more babies will have to die before society stops making excuses for why parents don't want to be parents but keep having babies????

Lord have mercy! We are suppose to be speaking up as Memphians, but everyone is arguing. Now that is funny! Be Blessed!

i think everyone should think that this mother has enough too deal with. She has the death of her two sons to deal with.Its no different from whitee people whos always either drowning their kids r just killing them since someone wants to get racists with this in the black community.WHITE PEOPLE either chop up their kids r go on a rampage killing a whole community.

in reference to who posted that racial remark about blacks leaving kids . Well whites leave kids all the time in stores is thats y very little blacks r own the milk carton......... white try to find away to get rid of there kids .I believed this mother loved her kids dearly.u r in my prayers.

I feel that this story is horrible and the mother of these children will suffer even without the help of the court system.  She made a terrible choice, not a mistake, she knew that she was leaving innocent helpless children at home....for what!!!!
You get them for the holiday and instead of inviting your girlfriends with children over and having apple cider, playing games, cooking and then count down for the ball to drop she chose to go out and party with so called friends (because if they were friends they would not have enjoyed themselves knowing that those children were left alone so they could chases after some men at a club.  They had to be man chasing because if it were just about the party, they could have done it at home with the children.  I have been spending New Years eve watching any child available so the mothers and fathers can go out.  They are a blast!  How better to bring in the new year than with sweet innocent children.  You can get a screw all the rest of the year.
As for skin head bill (small letters to match your brain) and the others making this race,  your people are serial killers, trailer park trash, most of the time carnival trash and you can't get much lower than that, or on Jerry Springer acting like cave people.  You don't hear of African Americans with anorexia and bulimea (if I spelled it wrong it's because I'm not stupid enough to throw up my macaroni and cheese).  You have more whites on crystal meth and crack.  So shut your mouth.

every one is talking about the girl what about those angels the lord saw something far more worst up the road and now there angels spread your winds and fly away babies and dont look down on mon

Well first and foremost i think that what she did was wrong but who are you to judge one for their mistakes. My prayers go out to her and the family on this time of brievement, but there is a lesson to be learned from this that when you make stupid decisions crazy things happen. God Bless........................

i don't understand how her choice to leave 2 babies alone and locked in an apartment can be called a "mistake".  a mistake is spilling milk on the floor-dialing the wrong telephone number or locking your keys in your car.  this choice ended 2 childrens lives.  by calling it a "mistake" you just lessen the severity of her choice.  the kids were not important enough or entertaining enough to skip the party and spend time with them.  the fact that her mother had the kids is a clue to her mothering skills. ZIP.  there is no punishment severe enough to make up for her choice to condemn 2 children to death for a party.  i am not so sure that all her crying is over the loss of the kids-its seems she has herself in a legel mess and won't have the freedom to continue to party.  that could be part of the tears.  if the kids were as important to her as they should have been-they wouldn't be dead now.  her choice and their lack of importance to her sealed their fate.  

honesty, i feel bad about the situation and my prays as well as my heart  goes out to the mother and  the family. Truely, the mother is going to suffer over this situation  but, base on the law, mother should get off because there are no law in tn on leave your children at home as well as no proof of her starting the fire. As a mother, I wouldn't  have did it but you just can't speak  for everyone. and people need to stop expressing their judging people and start helping. it easy to express a opinion about a situation but hard to fix situation. As a people, we all need to do better.....not only for ourselves but for our children and community.

People sit and judge each other everyday.  No matter what color you are, we are still going to get judged.  Let's stick to the real issue here, two children are deceased due to a mothe's bad choice.  People should sit and think seriously before they have children.  Are you reallly ready to be a parent?  Don't be too quick to make this choice.  The mother has alot of things to face, the death of her two boys, and sentencing.  Let's leave her alone and just keep her in our prayers. Anyone that does a crime has a consequence to deal with anyway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How very sad. People who don't want to take care of their children, should give them up for adoption. This would be an act of love. Giving your children up, would be much kinder than leaving them alone to burn up, starve, or whatever.
We should pray for this poor woman, surely she feels horrible for what she did.
We should all step up to the plate and help those that we may be neighbors with, or related to, or even friends with someone whom is neglecting their children.
I feel so sorry for those poor children. It doesn't matter if she was white or black, what she did was wrong.

How very sad. People who don't want to take care of their children, should give them up for adoption. This would be an act of love. Giving your children up, would be much kinder than leaving them alone to burn up, starve, or whatever.
We should pray for this poor woman, surely she feels horrible for what she did.
We should all step up to the plate and help those that we may be neighbors with, or related to, or even friends with someone whom is neglecting their children.
I feel so sorry for those poor children. It doesn't matter if she was white or black, what she did was wrong.

She knew in the back of her mind, when she left them alone that somthing could happen to them. The woman is not retarded!! She said F--k it & went out to shake her body and dance the night away!! Well I hope your kids lives were worth the Party Dumba--!!!

I have watched the news stories unfold and have listened to the comments that have been made in the media, as well as read the ones that have been posted on the internet.  I, as a personal friend of Jeanine, would like to say that we are frowning on her for making a judgement call that, unfortunately, cost her everything that she holds dear to her heart.  I know that she loved those boys and the fact that they were with her Mom shows that she was looking out for their best interest also.  The whole world that has been privy to the newscast, has taken to calling her all sorts of names and speaking badly of her.  If you knew her personally you would know that she is a very sweet young lady and she would go out of her way to help anyone in need and would do it willingly.  For those of you who are criticizing her and taking God out of the equation here, you would not be as judgmental if this was a friend or family member of yours that you knew personally.  Yeah, you would be upset BUT you would not so willfully berate that person as you would someone that you don't know......which in this case is Jeanine.  My heart goes out to her and her family.  They loved those children dearly......everyone that they came in contact with fell in love with them.  To not understand what she is going through or to say that she deserves to be locked away for the rest of her life for her decision is not what she needs right now.  Just to further set the record straight, the focus of this whole discussion has jumped from the issue of her and her loss to whether or not she was at the club to screw and where her baby daddy's were in all this and her past criminal history......Who cares?  You can't condemn someone for the rest of their life for what they did in their past and you certainly can't predict their future by it.  This may have been God's way of getting ALL OF OUR ATTENTION.  He might have let this tragedy unfold to speak to all of us......those with negative and positive feedback.  We are clearly still here for a reason.  Whatever happened that night was God's destiny.  Jeanine's choice to go out, the spark from the fire and whatever else unfolds in the aftermath is what God has intended to happen.  So to all the disbelievers, go on and be judgmental until you find yourself standing in your own bright spotlight being ridiculed by the world for something that you would give your own life to fix.  I know that Jeanine would rather have died a 1000 deaths than to arrive home and see those smoldering ashes.  Words cannot express how many tears I have shed for her and in the future will shed with her.  She will never be the same again and anyone who has half a brain and an opinion will know that this mother is grieving.  Everybody wants to condemn her for making a choice to go to the club and do whatever she did but no one is blaming the lady who drowned her kids in the bathtub, one by one, including the one that she had to chase and bring back to the tub.  Her case was labeled as "post partum depression".  But she was not ridiculed as heavily as Jeanine has been, nor was the lady who strapped her kids into their car seats and drove them into the lake and later lied about what happened to them.  Each instance was a choice that these ladies made and the same applies to Jeanine.  She thought she was leaving them in a secure place with directions on what they needed to do.  I am sure many of our mothers have left us home with instructions and we didn't follow them.  But for the grace of God and his mercy, here am I.  So as a community, please stop posting these hateful, hurtful messages on the website, as I am sure there are family members who may be reading this as well as close friends of the family.  Be compassionate and stop trying to act like you were put here to be in judgement of the next person or their life's decisions.  You are responsible for your own actions and yours alone.  Jeanine is dealing with her own demons right now and I plan to show her all the love and support that I can in her time of need.  I, as the mother of 3, cannot attempt to begin to understand her anguish and pain or her mental state.  She needs support and love right now.  Nothing will bring back Christian and Juan.  Only time can hill her wounds.  God be with her.  She will forever be in my prayers.

  how dare people to call themselves passing judgement and crusifying this young lady.do they even know what was going on in her life? most people do things without even thinking of the consequences because they have reached a point of desperation.it is sad to say at the same time most people have lost touch with reality(you are not living in a game)! nothing can comfort the loss of those babies, i mean nothing. but for a community so blind,so sprung on who's who and who's got,in the heart of a corrupt yet shallow society,our hearts should cry out for this family not start pointing fingers. oh yeah i forgot that's how it's done.no doubt she will suffer,but if you take it upon yourself to be the punishers,do you also have the right to pick and choose who gets punished and who don't?all of you no honor,no integrity,self rightess,role playing,mega church going cheating people in memphis.all i can say is, i hear ya!

Are you crazy to justify her behavior by saying she gave them directions? How can you leave instructions for a 4 and 7 year old to follow?? They are children. You are a very simple minded stupid person to believe that you can leave two small kids in a house alone and give them directions and expect for them to follow them. Neighbors have said she has done this many times, how can you condone her behavior and call her a loving mother. She could have taken her kids back to their grandmother instead of leaving alone if she cared or just stayed home But she choose to go downtown and party..

Secondly, whether I know her or not, what she did was just plan wrong. I do not justify another person actions based on whether I know the person or not. Wrong is wrong no matter who does it. Good people do horrible things everyday that still does not change what they did.  So I guess the jail doors should fly open and let all the good people go, because they just messed up. What if your 3 children were in that apartment with her kids and she was supposed to be watching them, would you be so forgiving then???

How can going out to party be a point of desperation? Now if you would have said she had to leave them to go to work or she would have lost her job, then maybe that would justify as a point of desperation more so than going downtown to a club to party.

I don’t know her, don’t care to know her. Her actions were irresponsible and reckless, and if you cannot see this, then you have a problem. Her intent may not have been to leave her kids die, but that was outcome and now she has to live with that. You cannot expect for people to be understanding when a life is lost, especially small children, due another person lack of judgment.

It's not about judging her, it about a decision she mad that cost her kids their life.

I don't care what was going on in her life.....she was their Mother.  She owed them love and protection.  Their needs should have come first.  She CHOSE to let her DESIRES take precidence over their NEEDS.  For that she should be punished!  

Who are we to judge whether or not she's a horrible person and for the things that she has done in her life.  She did make a stupid decision that produced the worse consequence possible.  I do not believe what she did was right, as of matter of fact, I think it was a dumb decision that cost her 2 innocent lives.  However, I dont believe that her intent was to kill her boys.  She is a person who has made a stupid decision just like all of us.   Fortunately, some of us were blessed to not have the horrible consequences as she has earned.  I will pray for her and her family.  I don't think a prison sentence can equal to the guilt that she will have for the rest of her life.  I hope that she becomes stronger and learn from this experience and help to prevent this from happening to other families.  She is in my prayers.

Who are we to judge whether or not she's a horrible person and for the things that she has done in her life.  She did make a stupid decision that produced the worse consequence possible.  I do not believe what she did was right, as of matter of fact, I think it was a dumb decision that cost her 2 innocent lives.  However, I dont believe that her intent was to kill her boys.  She is a person who has made a stupid decision just like all of us.   Fortunately, some of us were blessed to not have the horrible consequences as she has earned.  I will pray for her and her family.  I don't think a prison sentence can equal to the guilt that she will have for the rest of her life.  I hope that she becomes stronger and learn from this experience and help to prevent this from happening to other families.  She is in my prayers.

I understand what you all are saying here.....the point that I am making is that we are all quick to judge people when we are not in their shoes.  All of us have made poor decisions, maybe not in anything so serious, but definitely with consequences.  Had we known the outcome of our poor decisions, we would not have made it.  Like I said, I am not condoning her or what she did but that is what happened and condemning her and passing judgment, calling her this and that is not going to change things.  Had my 3 kids been in there I would be right where she is..........out of my mind with grief.  Maybe you all should think about your kids and how you would feel if the tables were reversed for whatever reason.  Maybe you should think about your kids and where they would be today but for whatever path you chose in life.  None of you know her circumstances but everybody is chomping at the bit to take a shot at her character.  I said that she might have left them home with directions and instructions.  No two kids are the same.  Children are inquisitive and they are full of energy.  Nobody knows the cause of the fire.  But everybody is there pointing fingers.  Yes, we all owe our kids love and protection.  We are not always there when they need us.  Clearly you are misguided in your definition of a loving mother.....you feel that because she made a selfish decision that she loved them any less which is just not true.  But of course all the decisions that we have ever made regarding our kids have come out perfect.  I love my kids and because I know her, I know that she loved them dearly also.  People are judging her based on the decision that she made that night.  Judge her by the life that she lived everyday and not just the bad things that people are only too happy to dig up and talk about.  There were more days to their lives before this terrible tragedy.  So just know that I know for a fact that she loved her kids and she provided for them to the best of her ability, prior to this tragic night.  She made a decision that she will regret for the rest of her life because of the outcome.  Had she come home to her kids intact and healthy and warm, nobody would have anything to say.  But like I said, everybody wants to stand in judgment of somebody else and not look at themselves.  I love my kids and Jeanine loved hers.  That is the bottom line.  I don't care who doesn't like the idea that I uphold the fact that she loved her kids.  I don't have to justify my opinion to anyone and I can't change anyone else's.  As long as this board allows comments to be posted, it's going to go back and forth and everybody is going to want to voice their own personal opinion.  Everybody is saying they would have never made that decision, I can't say that I would have either, BUT put yourself in her shoes now and see how much pain you THINK she might be feeling at this point, while the whole world is glaring down on her.

she is in the position she is in because she made the decision she made.  its no ones fault but her own.  her past (everyones past) does effect the future.  try and get a loan after you file bankruptcy-try and get a job after you've been in prison-try and get a job after you have been fired for misconduct in a past job.-your past actions do follow you.  most leopards do not change their spots.  i don't feel sorry for her.  actions have consequenses-i pity the children.  they got cheated out of a decent family.  two parents that love and guide them to adulthood.  she was a single mother-ok-i can see a single mother 1 time but 2-3-4-8 times NO! with several different fathers?  NO!  those type of women have street names that no child should hear their mother called.  her past track record is not glowing and it appears that she is still on that same track.  only this time 2 kids died a horrible death because of the track she choose to take.  and we're suppose to have sympathy for her.  what's wrong with this picture.  the victims are lost while the one that cost the kids their lives is bathed with sympathy.  she is a poster person for "What you don't want for a Mother"

She should hung just like the good ol days, 2 less thugs to worry about on the streets of memphis, we can name a road after them

lydia-let ask you a question.  if you became pregnant and could not keep the baby and Jeanine afford to raise the baby as her own-would you allow her -with her track record and her past-would you turn your child over to her to raise?  think about it long and hard.  if you say Yes-I think your just covering for your "friend"  because no one with any sense would allow a person like that to be responsible for their childs welfare.

First of all, what Jeanine and I do in our lives as two seperate people is just that......seperate.  Everyone is trying to question my belief in whether or not she was a fit or unfit mother.  I am speaking of the Jeanine that I know.  She's a good person who in a moment of madness made a poor choice.  I would not become pregnant with a child that I couldn't care for.  Let's just say that I did, I would do whatever I needed to do to make sure that my child had the basic necessities that I could provide to the best of my ability.  The issue, again, is not about what I think is right or wrong or what you think is right or wrong.  The issue here is dealing with the pain that is there.  Can any of you, anybody who's blogging on this page, honestly say that you can't imagine the pain that she's going through?  Surely you can.  I am not speaking to the act that's been committed because it's done and nothing will ever bring back those two beautiful boys.  But to sit and say that I don't care about what happens to her because she lost her children is heartless and for those of you who feel that way, there is something wrong with you.  I am speaking to the issue of being childless and not being able to take back what you have done and trying to cope with this void in your life.  Do you honestly think for one minute that had she "thought" she would lose her children that she still would have left them there?  Just because we act on a thought doesn't make it any less painful when the results are dished out.  It was a bad decision.  I know that, you know that, she knows that and so does the whole world.  But everybody under the sun has their own opinion and mine is still that she needs prayer in her time of sorrow.  

I think she should e charged with murder,she should of never left those babies alone, if she had money to go to the that party she should of had money for a babysitter....

the fact is the party was more important then her children.  she would have never left them in that situation if she truely loved them.  the fact that they were with her mother most of the time speaks volumes.  face it - the kids were not important enough to change her life to care for them.  she had other things (such as parties) to attend to.  no one will ever convince me that those kids were the most important people in her life.  if they were mine-i would have scrubbed public toilets with a toothbrush to provide for them.  and parties would not be in my schedule. the party crowd would not have known who i was.  but those kids would have been with me .  the main source of her pain at the moment is the trouble she is in.  the kids could be locked in an apartment or left with her mother-basically she didn't have to deal with them.  this situation can't be locked away and she will have to deal with it.  party time is over.  maybe if her sentence is light enough-she'll be young enough to have a couple more kids and try it all over again.  she doesn't need prayer as much as she needs a good shaking to wake her up to fact that because of her failure as a parent -she killed her children.  that fact is beyond her conception-she would really had to have loved them for that to make a difference to her and if she'd really loved them-she would have never left them with out supervision.  it seems that you really didn't know the true Jeanine.  if you choose to have a child you had better plan to devote 110 percent of your time and energy to that child (they deserve that) and not pawn them off on someone else and only spent a time with them when there is nothing better to do.  if your not ready to make the children you maybe creating the main purpose of your life-keep your legs shut.  certainly she wasnt ready and the kids paid the price .  it rather stinks when a 4 and 7 year old pay the price for your lack of involvement and stupidity.  but that's what happened.  she can cry until the mississippi overflows and i will never believe the tears are for the boys.  it appears that the most important person in her life is HER-so that's who the tears are for HERSELF.  the concern for the boys now (much too late) is for sympathy - maybe it will lighten the sentence if she cries enough.  unbelieveable.

IM A SINGLE MOTHER OF FOUR AND I HAVE MADE SAME BAD CHOICES AND MY LIFE CONCERNING MY KIDS, WE ALL HAVE. I CANT JUDGE HER BECAUSE NO ONE CAN JUDGE , WE ARE NOT THE ONE  TO JUDGE THAT IS THE LORD PLACE MY PRAYERS GO OUT AND MAYBE THIS INCIDENT WILL OPEN UP THE EYES OF OTHER MOTHERS, THAT JUST RUN TO THE STORE OR JUST GO UP THE STREET,THIS WILL MAKE THEM THINK AND SAVE THE LIVES OF THEIR KIDS.

IM A SINGLE MOTHER OF FOUR AND I HAVE MADE SAME BAD CHOICES AND MY LIFE CONCERNING MY KIDS, WE ALL HAVE. I CANT JUDGE HER BECAUSE NO ONE CAN JUDGE , WE ARE NOT THE ONE  TO JUDGE THAT IS THE LORD PLACE MY PRAYERS GO OUT AND MAYBE THIS INCIDENT WILL OPEN UP THE EYES OF OTHER MOTHERS, THAT JUST RUN TO THE STORE OR JUST GO UP THE STREET,THIS WILL MAKE THEM THINK AND SAVE THE LIVES OF THEIR KIDS.

WE SAY SHE SHOULDNT HAVE LEFT THOSE BOYS ALONE .WE ALL NO THAT,BUT THAT HAVE ALREADY HAPPEN AND CANT BE CHANGE. PUT HER IN JAIL, PUT HER TO DEATH WILL NOT BRING THOSE BOYS BACK SHE MADE A BAD CHOICE AND IT CAUSE HER ,HER BABY LIFE I NO IF SHE CAN  TAKE IT ALL BACK SHE WOULD BUT GOD DO NO WRONG ,IT'S  SO SAD THAT ALL THE RESPONSIBILITY ALWAYS ON THE  MOTHER IF WE WONT TIME TO OURSELF OR AN LITTLE REST IF ITS NO BABYSITTER ITS NO WAY ITS HARD BEING A SINGLE MOTHER NOT SAYING SHE WAS NOT WRONG FOR WHAT SHE DID.BUT WHO IS US TO JUDGE THOSE PEOPLE WHO LIVES NEXT DOOR SAID SHE HAVE DID IT ALL THE TIME LOOK AT THE PEOPLE JUST DONT WONT TO GET IN IT COULD HAVE SAVE THER LIVE GETTING INVOLVE CAN SAVE AN LOT OF PEOPLE AND KIDS LIFE

oh my lord!  the best thing you could do for your kids is go back to school.  you chose to have 4 kids w/o the benefit of marriage and then you conplain that its "Hard".  that just flies all over me.  you cheated your children out of a life with 2 parents.  now they live with mother on welfare (of course) with no education and nine chances out of 10 will be in the same situation themselves in the next 10 or so years.  no one forced you to have 4 children.  i can see one uplanned pregnancy but 4.  do you know what causes children?  you have done yourself, the children (most of all) and the community whose supporting you and your children  a total disservice.  god help this country when this latest bunch of uneducated-unmotivated people become of age.  third world -here we come.

situations should not be along racial lines-its should be along educated/uneducated-motivated/unmotived lines.  because no matter what color these uneducated/unmotived people are-they are dragging this country into the sewer.  blacks have their fair share of screw-ups and so do the whites-then there is illegal imigrants in the mix.  it all adds up to-this country is in sorry shape and its getting worse by the day.  there, in time, will not be enough working people to carry this huge mass of deadbeats, crack heads and basically lazy people who just stand in line and wait for their checks.  where do they think these checks come from-santa claus.  like ange-she just waits for the next check-uneducated and unmotivated and of course whining about how hard it is.  lady try working to support your own family and having money taken from your pay check (that you need for your own family)to support some deadbeat that has no motivation to support themselves and their 3-4-5-kids.  then you'll know what hard and totally maddening is.

Outspoken, you are truly the ignorant one here.  All you have done in the last couple of paragraphs is blast single mothers.  Let me tell you something......half of the female population raising children now are single parents, by choice or by force.  For the record, I am a single mother of 3 and I have 2 degrees (Associate and Bachelors) and currently working on my Masters.  I, have by no means, ever received welfare.  Therefore, I am not knocking the mothers who receive it and are struggling to take care of their children.  It seems to me that what you do lack is compassion.   You find fault with everything and everybody.  You think that one comment or one mistake determines the worth of that individual.  Stop trying to act like you never had premarital sex, lusted after someone, stole a dime from your mother's purse, kissed a little boy while no one was looking, cheated on a test or any of the other things that every other normal individual in the United States and all over the world has experienced at some point in their life.  You are complaining about having to support the kids cause the "mamas" are not working.....okay, so do you let the kids starve?  You can't make anybody do anything that they don't want to do.  You are, I guess, trying to use reverse psychology to push somebody out of a rut.  Instead of pushing them out, try lending a hand and pulling them out.  Stop standing over the hole kicking dirt in on them and try pushing it in and helping them stand on it to rise so that they can escape the hole themselves.

Hi I'm a long long time friend of Jeneen and I'm with Lydia jeneen is not a bad person and I know that EVERYBODY have left there kids at home, in a car some where some time or another. When god call us we can not stop that. Jeneen could of been there and the fire could have still happen. We just can't stop our calling when it is our time. And I'm glad that the judge reduced her bond b/c she need to be out to prepare the funeral of her children. And I really think that you all are really being alittle to hard on her. Right now she needs support not ALL of you talking down on her..... Please keep your prayers with her and her family b/c

We have all made mistakes, but this woman CHOSE to party over staying home with two children who were too young to be left home alone.  There are consequences for our actions, good and bad.  This woman does not deserve to just "have to live with her mistake."  Her irresponsibility cost the lives of two innocent children.  She has a debt to pay.  it's time we, as a society, quit playing the "blame game."  By that I mean, it's always someone else's fault.  How about personal responsibility and accountability.  That woman had a choice!  She made it.  What choice did those two little boys have while they were choking on smoke, dying alone and frightened in a burning apartment?  

I agree with Eva. If she had money to go party, she should have had money to get a babysitter. Oh, but that's right, I'm sure she probably just went out with very little money, got her drink on and stiffed the server!

I also agree withh the people who think that these uneducated, unmotivated people simply reproduce for their government check. And it makes me sick. I hate the fact that much of my hard earned paycheck goes to supporting these fatherless future thugs that will be behind bars in a matter of years. And once they are behind bars, who pays for that?!?! It's a horrible cycle! We need to give tax breaks to young women WITHOUT kids. See what happens then!

I have to agree with skinnybill there is a serious problem with the African community in Memphis. I dont want to make it a black or white issue but this kind of thing happens all too often in this city largely among blacks. I am an Afircan American and I say to skinnybill you are right and to others dont ignore the facts! This dumb girl left two children alone to go party. It is clear why the kids were living with their grandmother in MS. This idot should have had supervised visitation!

lydia-to answer some of your questions-NO I never cheated on a test.  I may not have had straight A's in every subject but they were my grades.  I worked hard for my grades and did the best I could-w/o cheating.  NO-i didn't have premarial sex-in my generation it wasn't given away at the drop of a hat.  I waited until marriage and am encouraging my grandchildren to do the same.  NO i never stole money from my mothers purse.  Money was very tight in my family and doing something that low would not have been thought of.  i love a respect my parents (always have and always will) that type of action toward them would not and did not happen.  I must commend you for the fact that you have educated yourself .  It takes guts to pull yourself by your boot straps and make something of your life.  I was a single parent because my ex decided he's rather play with his friends than be a man with responisibility.  I work 2 and 3 jobs to raise and support my child.  Never once asking anything from anybody.  I had him-he was my responsibility-not the governments.  You talk about me keeping people down- no-i will help ANYONE WHO IS TRYING TO HELP THEMSELVES. But when someone sits and does nothing but drain every financial source they can find -continuing to turn out kids they can't afford and have no motivation to educate and instill self worth in these kids-then I'm through.  and i resent my taxes dollars going to these people.  my husband and i are raising 2 of his grandchildren because their parents are just this sort of people.  no we do not give them money-they can continue to live in their drug and alcohol induced worlds w/o our help.  we're trying to give the kids a good life.  we are within 5 years of retirement-the kids are preteens so we have a long ways to go before we get them raised.  we don't ask anyone for financial help-the governement didn't parent these kids and owe us nothing.  if things get tight financially i get a second job for awhile until things loosen up. i am 60 years old-how is it that i can work 60 to 70 hours a week to keep us going and some of these 20 and 30 olds can't get off the couch to get 1 job.  they just sit there and wait the for check to come in..  Because you can't make people work and because you can't stop them from turning kids out in litters-your suggesting that we just go along with a smile on our faces and except it.  NO-it has to stop!!  these deadbeats are begining to out  number the working people.  surely you know that the money they demand from the government is the tax money we pay out-what happens when there aren't enough taxpayers to support these deadbeats.  do we just continue to skip down the yellow brick road believeing that in the end some miracle will save this country. you can't help someone who won't help themselves.  you just keep giving them money and they continue to take it w/o any change in their behavior.  if the government took action and decreased their allotment everytime a child was born to that mother(?) you would soon find that less children would be brought into this world.  you don't reward people for bad decisions.  as far as you calling me ignorant - i would think that someone working on their masters degree would have better manners than that.  just goes to show you.

Way to go outspoken! Every word that you say is true. There is another thing that i want to add. I have no problem with people receiving welfare just to get back on their feet. My mother had to have help from the government when she had a hard time with me and my two sisters. She was a single mother (all 3 of us were by the same man),and worked very hard to raise us. She used her help wisely, and when she didn't need the help, she STOPPED!!  What I can not understand is why some of these people that have fallen on "hard times" get on welfare and stay on it just because it is the easy way to live. I mean, I  go to the grocery store and I get only what I can. It never fails, there is always some grown man/woman perfectly capable of doing some sort of job, with a basket of food piled over the rim. Mind you, it's not healthy food, it's junk! Then, when you think that it couldn't get any worse, the person whips out a EBT card from her designer name bag, and puts the groceries into her Escalade. It angers me because I work very hard to buy only what I can and these people get to sit around and live for free. I think that the government should distribute food to everyone like they do the WIC program for new mothers--tell you exactly what you can get and how many of each you can have. Then lets just see how many people want to stay on welfare. Just a thought though.

this is really, truly ridiculous. That there are some people on this board who are arguing that it was these babies "time" to go. And that god "called them". That is total and complete ***. If there mother had been home where she should have been, and those babies hadn't been left alone while she went out to party and get "her drink on" or whatever, GOD wouldn't have "called" them, as some of you say. She is a piss poor excuse for a mother and doesn't deserve to have her bail lowered. Why? Because she's thier mother and wants to be present when they plant thier ass's? ***. I am a single mother who every once in a blue moon would LOVE to get away from my child and have some adult social interaction. But, would I leave my child unattended to go out and party?? NO! This is stupid that some of you miss everything wrong here and are in support of thier mother. She shouldn't have her bail lowered because "she deserves to be there when they are buried" as her mother said on the news a few days ago. She should rot in jail. Maybe missing something like that would just another nail in the coffin she has made for herself. Dumb broad. Maybe while she sitting in her cold jail cell, she could ask herself, "Man, was it REALLY worth it. I mean, REALLY really worth it??" Nope. Probably not.

amen-something else needs to be said-i work retail and if you watch to gross misuse of food stamps-you'd want to tear your hair out.  everyone should be made to work at least one year in retail just to get perpective on the whole mess.  there are 2 types of shoppers (most of them in their weaves, designer clothes, bags and shoes, cell phone never away from their ear and the escalade out front) they either buy the cheat lunch meats and hot dogs, raman noodles and juices that are 50 percent water and the other 50 percent sugar.  Or there is the high dollar shopper-the lobster, the best steaks and roasts, shrimp etc.  but the kicker is they ALWAYS have cash for the 2 or 3 24 packs of beer and the carton or 2 of cigarettes.  w/o fail they have cash for those items.  anyone on food stamps should be banned from purchasing these items.  if they have cash for these items-they should lose their stamps-period.  then they make their way to the lottery machines and drop another $10.00 to $20.00 on tickets.  ask them to pay for their own groceries or their MLGW bill they don't have to money - they need help paying for these bills.  you can find the money for  things that you want-period.  i had a women bless me out royally because she couldn't use her food stamps for her grooms wedding cake.  i agree with your idea that the government should supply the food for the food stamp program. there should be ware houses that store and hand out these items .  and as i said anyone who has money for beer and cigarettes should be thrown out of the program.  

You can't purchase beer and cigs on food stamps. So, it has been banned....   But i agree. Years ago, I worked at a local kmart that had a grocery section and half the people shouldn't be getting the benefits. You REALLY want to trip out about welfare, go to DHS and watch the people that come and go and what they drive. Its truly insane.

I also worked in retail-that's how I saw how really awful it was. I'm not sure if they still have certain days that the cards are reloaded, but back then, it was only two days a month and I HATED working those days because it made me so mad. Too, as if the people weren't already getting these for FREE, they wanted to nickel and dime every single item if it didn't ring up to what they said it was. I just think the government needs to take a closer look.

i know alcohol and cigerettes are banned-what i am saying is if they can find the money (cash) for these non-essentials then they need to be finding the money to buy their own food.  what they spend in cash each week on this crap could buy the food their families need and it wouldn't be up to us to provide it for them.  as i said people can always find the money for what they want.  if they are resourceful enough to come up with the cash for non-essentials than they should be resourseful enough to find the money for they families food.  

cigereets are close to $50.00 a carton now and 24 packs are about $20.00 depending on the brand.  2 cartons of cigs and 2 24 packs is about $150.00  Shopping carefully and using coupons-you could buy a weeks worth of groceries for a family.   with that money that you use for the non-essentials.  

we have young girls come in each month and buy a pack of gum and cash out the entire EBT card.  you know that money they just got is NOT going for food.  That's party money.  It happens every month.  it just makes you sick.  

wow, I didn't realize it was that bad. i agree with you about the cigs and alcohol. there are three of us in my household and i can spend about 150 on groceries and eat for a while.

you can't cash out the food stamps. they have a program for mothers of children where they give them X amount of dollars a month. they must work to get that money though. its not just government cash for nothing. you also have to have a baby whos father is paying child support through the state. to get the cash isn't easy. but thats called Families First. So, thats a little different. Part of the paycheck they get for thier job.

you can't cash out the food stamps. they have a program for mothers of children where they give them X amount of dollars a month. they must work to get that money though. its not just government cash for nothing. you also have to have a baby whos father is paying child support through the state. to get the cash isn't easy. but thats called Families First. So, thats a little different. Part of the paycheck they get for thier job.

yes you can cash out an EBT card.  yu have a set amount on the card and you can either use the EBT card until the monies on it are used or you can cash out the card and get cash .  then card is empty until the next month when it is reloaded.  but yu can cash out the monies on the card-which is totally stupid-but these girls come in the store and cash out the monies.  this is strictly EBT cards.  it has nothing to do with families first.  the old food stamps you could not get any change over a dollar back in cash but the EBT cards can and are cashed out

you can NOT cash out food stamps. there is a program where you can get cash (families first) but you can NOT go to Kroger and cash out food stamps. Families First, you get the cash out of the EBT card, but its not your food stamps. You can use your card for both things, but its two completely different things on one card. If that was possible, everyone and thier brother would be on food stamps.

    my comments was only my comments based on my opinion.i did not make a comment to result in someone misunderstanding.if you read and analyzed my comments you will understand that the negative comments in which was made are simply the truth.just stop for a moment look around and you will see.if you stop look around and still you can't see. all i can say is i hear ya!

The only solution to this money problem is the fair tax.....The only people tha can not use this system is illegal aliens.

Top Ten Reasons Why Democrats Should Strongly Support the FairTax
 The FairTax meets the entire Democratic tax agenda, starting with progressivity.

Why the FairTax is good for young and low-income families
 The FairTax is the only plan that completely untaxes the poor and also dramatically lowers tax rates on young, low-income families living above the poverty level. And those on fixed incomes for many of the same reasons.

There is no excuse you guys, not trying to defend the mother, but some people just dont know any better. If she had thought for one minute that her children would have burned in that fire she probably  wouldn't have left them. Satan is attacking the minds of alot of people and God does allow some things to happen. This will definately be a wake up call for her. We all need to pray for her as well as the family. She needs help. Satan is why alot of people are on crack today. They knew what it would do to them before they even tried it. So, Satan could have had her thinking that the children would be sleep and that she would be home by the time they woke up. We learn from our mistakes and the poor thing got to live with this for the rest of her life. This may bring her closer to God and it may be God's way of bringing her to him, who know's. Mistakes happen like the man who went in walmart and left his kids in the truck, he didnt think anything would happen. This is a wake up call for him too. We learn from our mistakes and we all have made some in our lives, dont beat up on her losing both of her children was enough torture. I am praying for her and if she ask God to forgive her, he will. So who are we to judge.

Amandamommyof1--Everyone and their brother is on foodstamps--that's the problem here.

amen-you are so right!!!!  the only ones that need to be on EBT/wic rolls are the people who can't support themselves because of a disaility or because they are no longer able to support themselves because of adanced age.  there is no reason a healthy able bodied person can't get a job and take care of themselves.  there should be some sort of program that puts money into an education fund for young people that stay in school-get good grades-don't get into trouble with law-w/o any durg additions or arrests and no teenage pregnanies.  When the young people go on to college  there would already be some money put away for them to continue their education-plus the monies would continue as long as they stayed in college with the same restrictions as there were for H.S.  if they get into trouble - grades suffer etc etc then the money is withdrawn and in taken back to be used for some one that does qualify for the monies. its just a rough idea and needs alot of thinking to make it work,but at least we would be encouraging someone to suceed not paying someone to lay around and reproduce.  surely some kind of program could put in place to get young people on the right path and keep them there. you shouldn't have to pay people to go to school-but if it helps break this current cycle-go for it.  it is stupid to pay people to lay around and reproduce too-but that seems to be what we've been doing for years and years-we need a new way of doing things.  this isn't working.  

   
amen And  outspoken

The Fair Tax could help low income families but the problem here is responsibility.  She should have put the safety of her children first before a good time.

After the burial of her children she should have to face the errors of her mistake.  My heart goes out too her for her lost.  Yet this is no excuse and two young lives are lost because of poor judgment.

We are not talking about this young lady and her children right now. We got off on the subject of food stamps and welfare being a rampant problem. Sorry for any confusion!

If this woman had cared enough about her babies to stay home and not party, they would still be alive.  I am sure she didn't think there would be a fire and her children would die.  However, she chose to go party over the welfare of her kids.  She has lost the right to be out of jail to bury them as far as I am concerned.  Like I said before, we have all made mistakes, but this woman CHOSE to party over staying home with two children who were too young to be left home alone.  There are consequences for our actions, good and bad.  This woman does not deserve to just "have to live with her mistake."  Her irresponsibility cost the lives of two innocent children.  She has a debt to pay.  it's time we, as a society, quit playing the "blame game."  By that I mean, it's always someone else's fault.  How about personal responsibility and accountability.  That woman had a choice!  She made it.  What choice did those two little boys have while they were choking on smoke, dying alone and frightened in a burning apartment?"

 I am back.

I can't believe it, another poor black woman has done kilt her babies. Lets feel sorry for her, you know it be those baby daddy fault. She just need to get a little cracked up so she could really take good care of those baby.......



Hang the black beeeeatch. and light a fire under her.  Fry her like she did those kids.  

Anyone want to see a carck Whore??? Scroll up....

sorry..CRACK whore.  

BARTLETT MAN! welcome back. I figured you gave up trying to talk some sense into people...

True. We changed subjects. This woman should have life in prison with out parole. She should get the death penalty, but that will never happen. So, I will stick with life in prison. : )

I was in Mexico for vacation....I am back.....let the games begin!

This comment is to skinny Bill, we might have problems, but don't ever compare the races. A WHITE minister left his child in a hot car for a metting in the church. A WHITE woman murdered all five of her children in a tub and got off. A WHITE woman microwaved her baby and then called paramedics. A WHITE pair of teens went into a school and released fire because the other children wouldn't be thier friends. A WHITE woman killed her children and then blamed it on a BLACK person. I know my community needs help, but sweep around your own front door. We don't always hear it because ya'll don't want us to. But I know your kind to well, so watch what you say.

This is to the black bloggers. Stop letting these ignorant people disrespect your race. They really don't care because it's just one less of us. Our community is hurting and other communities are making jokes and ya'll are agreeing and putting up with it. This is to let them know. Mrs. Smith don't play that. Don't ever think for one second im not proud to black, so u may joke it up, but please don't think im laughing. None's playing about the disrespect this year.

Kenya, the woman who drowned her children did not get off...she is in a prison mental hospital.  And black pride or white pride has nothing to do with murder.  That was ignorant.  I don't care what color, creed, etc etc the person is who hurts a child or neglects a child.....punish them all.  It's ridiculous to start rattling off statistics about white murderers and black murderers......there is no distinction when it comes to evil...or stupidity!  

@mnshadow53

Its not racial. People just don't seem to get it...  Thanks for having a brain. : )

Thanks Amanda.....it's nice to know someone thinks I have a brain!  :- )  LOL go tell gmoney!  

@MNSHADOW53 I know you need the WIZARD OF OZ aka AMANDAMOMMYOF1 to try and verify that you have a brain but you know what I have to say about that SCARCROW “stop lying!!!!!!”

@Kenyasmith Hey I've got your back so you don't have to go at it alone!!

  gmoney2u said:
@MNSHADOW53 I know you need the WIZARD OF OZ aka AMANDAMOMMYOF1 to try and verify that you have a brain but you know what I have to say about that SCARCROW “stop lying!!!!!!”
January 10, 2008 6:53 AM  
  gmoney2u said:
@Kenyasmith Hey I've got your back so you don't have to go at it alone!!
January 10, 2008 6:55 AM  



Improper sentence structure.

@Bartlettman Hello to all my haters!!!

ready for more spelling lessons??

What does the scarecrow have to do with lying?  Perhaps YOU need the Wizard of Oz!  LOLOL  

Flying monkey.....that explains the spelling errors.

What? Im the wizard of oz now? that doesn't make any sense...

Yep you are, I will have to call you Dorthy from now on!

I'll get you my pretty and your little dog too!


o' we loath the old one (guards chant)

You lames!!! The scarecrow needed a brain in "The Wizard Of Oz" for those of you who are lost!! AmandaMommyof1 think about it  real long and  real hard you'll figure it out I'm sure you will(Like I totally just don't understand!!).

Okay, I will make no further comments on anything gmoney posts.  He is just wasting (not waisting) my time.  

Post from Bartlettman " I am back.

I can't believe it, another poor black woman has done kilt her babies. Lets feel sorry for her, you know it be those baby daddy fault. She just need to get a little cracked up so she could really take good care of those baby.......



Hang the black beeeeatch. and light a fire under her.  Fry her like she did those kids."  
@Bartlettman Now why would you call that woman a "BLACK BEEEEATCH" if you were not the racist person that constantly try to deny you are? See I know what you and the good ol boy network are all about and that's why I'm here DEFENDER OF TRUTH, UP HOLDER OF JUSTICE, AND WHACK ASS LAME CRUSHER!!

OMG I said I wouldn't comment on gmoney anymore, but now he is having delusions of grandeur.  He thinks he is a superhero....defender of the downtrodden.  Perhaps he will next call himself Pope....oh heck gmoney, why not just call yourself God?  

I never said that, you made that up.  I never spout racist comments. I am truly appalled by your comments.

@MNSHADOW53 Hey you need a chill pill to calm you down so take yourself a break take 2 and get back with us!!!@bartlettman I just heard that Bartlett was the only TN city to get ranked on CNN TOP 100 BEST CITY TO LIVE!! That's a positive for the home team!! Maybe the whole area will take notes and all of the surrounding areas will make that list!!  

I never have professed to being a "good ol boy"  You are making that up.

Too bad Bartlett is close to Memphis.  Know what I mean? Get my drift?

To hell with this!!!!! Im gonna go score some crack before my babies wake up.

welcome back bartlett. gmoney you aint got noones back you stupid porch monkey! you and kendra need to get together and rape the welfare system a little more!



and btw i am part of the good ole boy network!

Hatemonger, crawl back under a rock.  With comments like that, you add nothing intelligent to this blog.....and you just show how ignorant and uneducated you really are.  P.S. You are neither good nor a boy, just an ole jackass!  

My heart goes out to the boys and their family but to their mom I hope she rots in hell

@Hatemonger Ithought I could get by without having to CRUSH another wack blogger but I guess not and with that being said "I'd advise you to make the name  GMONEY taste like S@#$$% when you speak it LAME!!!! "Please think before you blog but in your case hatemonger get a toddler to come up wth a blog because I'm pretty positive it'll have more substance than anything a LAME such as yourself could ever come up with!! "Hello to all my haters!" "They know!" "They know!" P.S. I've got your back hatemonger, Yea! On the pavement with my 23's in your mouth!"That's a pair of AIR JORDANS for you slackers who don't know!"

That was rather incoherant money......

money, I have missed you. You never did tell me if you wanted to have dinner with shadow and I.  

THIS IS JUST LIKE THE TYPICAL HOOD RAT MOTHER TO GO PARTY AND LEAVE 2 YOUNG CHILDREN AT THE HOUSE LIKE THEY'RE GROWN. THE JUDGE IS EVEN A DUMBASS FOR LOWERING THE BOND,MAYBE THE JUDGE AND THE STUPID NO GOOD MOM HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON. SHE DESERVES TO BE PUNISHED. I MEAN......IT'S SIMPLE PEOPLE. IF YOU KNOW YOU'RE A CLUB HOPPER/PARTY ANIMAL, JUST SIMPLY KEEP YOUR LEGS CLOSED,TURN AWAY FROM THE D!CK AND DONT HAVE KIDS......THAT SIMPLE! PEOPLE ARE JUST SO DAMN STUPID THESE DAYS

WHITE PEOPLE ARE *** AND DEVILS

Funnel Cake----You are the devil. Quit being a racist.

I would have to agree with outspoken.  I have been in the store, and someone who has a EBT card has approach me, cash for the use of their card.  I always refuse them.  Also, you can make choices of whether or not to have children, if you are not ready for the responsibilites.  Plain and simple, for the new year partying was more important, than her children, without a shadow of doubt.  One thing, she'll never forget for the rest of her life, what a NEW YEAR celebration cost her.  My prayers and thoughts goes out to the family.

This is family, all our prayers goes out heaters, Go to HELL.

I read this story on panache report. She should of left the boys with her mom if she wanted to go and shake her *** in the club and celebrate. Unfit parents I don't understand them at all. She looks very stupid in the pic. Going 2 look dumber behind bars. They need to charge her with murder. That was a situation that could of been prevented. 1 more thing 2 roc, my prayers go out 2 your fam because of those innocent babies not 2 their mother. Believe me baby boy, no one is hating on a careless *** mother like her.(Indpls, In 4 Life)