Lorrie and Thomas Boettger Murder Sixth-Month-Old Son with OTC Meds
While visiting relatives in San Diego, Lorrie Jean Boettger, 38, and Thomas Michael Boettger Sr., 39, woke up and found their baby dying. Six-month-old Thomas Boettger Jr. limbs had turned blue and stopped breathing.
Medical experts found the boy had suffered acute intoxication from an antihistamine and a sleeping aid that his parents had given him because he was “fussy.” They had crushed up Benadryl and Unisom tablets and given them to the baby.
The Boettgers have been extradited from Washington state to San Diego and will stand trial for child abuse and murder. If convicted, they could get 15 years to life in prison.
Now you must be thinking, “Boy these parents are just stupid. They didn’t mean to hurt their child.” I’m not so sure since both had medical backgrounds. Thomas worked as an EMT and Lorrie was a midwife.
Lorrie told police that her husband had given the baby meds regularly to get him to go to sleep. Sounds like he couldn’t be bothered with a fussy baby.
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August 19th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
I don’t make monkeys, I just train them. To smoke meth.
August 18th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Make me.
August 18th, 2010 at 9:28 pm
Shut up
August 18th, 2010 at 9:24 pm
How do you really feel?
August 18th, 2010 at 9:23 pm
My head just fucking exploded!!!!!!!!!! That lying, cocksucking, piece of shit whore better not make ONE RED FUCKING CENT off of that baby’s death.
Lorrie, if you’re reading this you fucking cunt, I will make it my mission in life to make sure this NEVER happens. You murdered your child, lied to the entire world that he died from SIDS, plead guilty to causing his death, come on this board with all you bullshit, admit that you PAID for testimony that didn’t help you AT ALL, and are now trying to make money off it? Oh, I fucking hate you. I really fucking hate you.
August 8th, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Dear Gawd! JJ is gonna shit when she reads that! Thanks for the info!
August 8th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
Hey everyone – I just heard that Lorrie (Boettger? Perensevic? What name is she going by now?) is trying to publish a book with her story. HA! Soon, we'll all be able to read it and marvel!
August 8th, 2010 at 6:28 pm
I guess what I am curious about is what family you think you're going home to? Your kids are terrified of you and restraining orders are probably in place. So…yeah.
April 13th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
Lorri, I hope when you and your scum bucket husband die, you meet your dead son he asks the two of you “Why did you kill me, Mommy and Daddy?” And you have to explain it to him. I sincerely hope you are haunted by nightmares for the rest of your life. You probably won’t be, though, you are just way too happy with yourself.
I don’t need to hear anymore quacking from you, you are a lost cause and a killer.
April 13th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
Wow…who was supposed to pay our legal bills? That was OUR responsibility. So now I’m in the wrong because I paid my own bills?
Wow…
Unreasonableness has reached new heights on this forum.
Peace…and STILL no cussing or name-calling,
Lorrie
April 13th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
I am now done with this piece of shit. If anyone else wants to waste their time with this cunt, be my guest, but I’m done listening to this baby killing whore.
April 13th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
“Yup, I pled guilty in order to GET OUT OF JAIL after a year and a half of incarceration, and I fully believe that you would likely have done the same thing.”
I HIGHLY doubt that any of us a stupid enough to give our children the types of meds you gave your baby. So there will NEVER be a need for us to make that decision. I guess that separates us from the baby killers.
April 13th, 2010 at 11:55 am
Actually I did NOT kill my child, which is the whole point I have been making all along. And I/we (meaning my husband and I) paid for all independent counsel on our case, after selling our house and just about everything else we owned to cover costs. That too, if you look into it, is documented, as every attorney and expert involved in ANY case must be publicly documented.
Once again, it comes down to doing your homework and looking for the facts.
Yup, I pled guilty in order to GET OUT OF JAIL after a year and a half of incarceration, and I fully believe that you would likely have done the same thing.
If you don’t want to admit that you are basing your views on uneducated, lazy lack of documented fact, it’s okay. I understand. The prosecutor’s office makes a regular habit of doing the same, so you are in good company.
Enjoy the day,
Lorrie
April 13th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
There, that’s what I was waiting for your worthless ass to admit to. YOU, the baby-killing-cum-dumpster, paid for the “independent medical examiner”. Independant just means paid for by the defense. Buy some scientific evidence, but obviously that didn’t work, since your cocksucking self PLEAD GUILTY! Now you can get the fuck out, and stay the fuck out. Not a single person wants to hear a word of what you have to say, and since you FINALLY, after many months of this bullshit, admitted what I wanted to hear you say, I won’t do this anymore with your scuzzy ass. You just proved to everyone that this “truthful evidence” was paid for, by you.
Eat a gun, you fugly whore.
April 13th, 2010 at 10:52 am
Lorrie, you killed your child. You killed your child by administering to that child medications not meant for a child in quantities to great for a child. I don’t care what you call it, murder, manslaughter, big fucking accident. You directly caused the death of your child, and, from listening to you on here, just aren’t too worried or upset about it. The only thing you are worried about is whether we call you a murderer or not. All labels aside, you killed your child. And you do not really seem to care much.
April 13th, 2010 at 11:03 am
Well said!!!
April 13th, 2010 at 9:32 am
You admitted to causing the death of your child, so all of your reasoning and excuses mean shit. You can explain your actions until the day you die, which hopefully will be soon, but that doesn’t negate the fact that you caused the death of your child and admitted it in a court of law. Period. You are a baby killer. You killed your baby.
BTW, still waiting for your answer about who paid for the independant medical examiner. But we all know the answer to that one, don’t we, cunt?
April 13th, 2010 at 12:43 am
Yawn.
April 13th, 2010 at 12:30 am
You may call names all you want…notice that I have not done the same.
And to answer a question several posts back, YES I pled guilty to the charge of INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER…not second degree murder as you all seem to be pressing. WHY did I do that? Because I have a family and two other very healthy and thriving children that I wanted to get back to, and the state of California told me that if I just pled guilty to this charge I could GO HOME.
Let’s see…stay in jail? Go home? Stay in jail? Go home? Hmmmmmm…
Using your own terms, WHAT DUMBASS ON THE PLANET WOULD CHOOSE TO STAY IN JAIL IF THEY COULD SIGN A PIECE OF PAPER AND GO HOME TO THEIR FAMILY??????????????????????????????????????
Really now.
Reality sets in after 16 months of tight incarceration.
Contrary to the “justice system”.
None of you were there, none of you know what the hell happened, and none of you have a leg to stand on with your opinions as I have yet to hear that ANYONE actually read any court documents or official statements.
Sucks when you are held accountable to do your homework.
Toodles…and yes, I sleep very well at night because I KNOW THE TRUTH…and so does our sweet son. He knows we loved him because we cradled him in our arms shortly before he passed and we tried to breathe our own breath into his lungs to coax his spirit back…to no avail. Before that we had spent months walking him at night through the streets of our small town, strolling with him at all hours as we tried to get him able to sleep, and cuddled him with his baby fussiness through countless colic bouts and normal irritable moments…we loved him, and he loved us. WE know the truth.
Even if you don’t care to seek out the same truth. That’s up to you, you may remain uneducated if you wish.
Peace…peace…peace…
Lorrie
April 12th, 2010 at 4:50 pm
True, true, but Lorrie? God, that’s just… stupid. Huh, maybe that is pretty fitting, dumbass name for a dumbass cunt.
April 12th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Watch what you say about names! Then your gonna get Kristina up your ass. And watch the “fat” comments – The Sallow Thing will come unglued. But there is one chick (Madison) that loves us. At least someone does. Heeeheeeeee
April 12th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
I saw that! I was all like, awwww, but then I started wondering if she was talking about me or the other jj. I decided she was talking about me since, no offense to the other jj because you’re pretty cool, but I rock!
April 12th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
And it’s not my fault that the fat, ugly baby killer’s dumb ass parents couldn’t spell her name correctly.
April 12th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
But… But…. NAW – fuck it. It’s not like everyone can have a telling name like Demontrell.
April 12th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
I love you guys
April 12th, 2010 at 5:04 pm
WOOT!! That’s 2, jj!
We love you, Cherish!
April 12th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Aw shit, 2!!
April 12th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
How’s the baby?
April 12th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
Hey now… I love you guys too….
April 12th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
Holy shit! That’s 3!! JJ – there are 3. Unless you count the love we have for each other. Then that would make 4.
Deena, I love the hell out of you! Where in the heck have you been??
April 12th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
very busy weekend!!! but i’m back! i couldn’t live without you guys!
April 12th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
I know, because if she simply answers the question, then she’s admitting (which she already did) that she caused the death of her child. Regardless of her reasons, she DID plead guilty and she IS a baby killing, cum guzzling, fat, ugly, lying whore, with a fucked up name and some serious mental health issues.
April 12th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
I DO look at myself in the mirror and know exactly what I am and am not responsible for.
And by the way, ask anyone who knows us and they will tell you that not only did I/WE stay up all night often with Little T, but with my youngest daughter as well when SHE was fussy/colicky.
But then, that would take research into the real facts as well, which it seems no one is willing to do…you seem to prefer basing your opinions on media hype, opinion and speculation.
So be it.
I know the truth, and I’m perfectly okay with that.
Peace,
Lorrie
April 12th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
I soooo don’t want to get into it with you again, so let’s just put all the bullshit to rest with a simple yes or no answer:
Did you plead guilty to causing the death of your child?
April 12th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
She has an excuse for everything! JJ – do your fucking research!! She is NOT GUILTY. At least not according to her. I’m sure her dead child would beg tto deffer.
April 12th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
Oh, I totally agree with you, I just want her to answer that one, simple question. Without the explainations, excuses, snarky-ass comments, just a yes or no.
April 12th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
You know you aren’t gonna get. She has convinced her self that she is NOT GUILTY.
April 12th, 2010 at 11:49 am
Wow. Ok. First of all, I don’t need to do my homework to know that a GOOD mother would not have given their 6 month old child OTC sleeping pills. A good mother would have stayed awake all night trying to comfort the baby. So since you don’t want my respect, you no longer have it. There is nothing you can say, no court docs that any of us can read, that will make us believe that you and your darling husband didn’t have a hand in your son’s death.
You aren’t going to get a pissing match from me – JJ maybe, but not me. You are only here for attention… Attention that you don’t deserve. Go look in the mirror and tell yourself how innocent you are. Obviously you believe it more than anyone else ever will.
April 12th, 2010 at 11:53 am
Hey, didn’t I say I was going to leave this waste of oxygen alone?
April 12th, 2010 at 12:42 pm
I didn’t say that. And I know you’re not. I don’t think the other JJ will either. Go for it.
April 12th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
Duh, the other JJ. *smacks self in head*
April 12th, 2010 at 1:18 pm
heeeeheeeeee! Save the smackin’. I feel that there are better uses in store.
April 12th, 2010 at 12:03 am
Lorrie, I am trying really hard to not get into a pissing match with you here – partly because I think it takes a pair of nads to go against some onf the women posting here, and for that you have earned a tiny bit of my respect. But you have to admit that your baby is dead because you fucked up. C’mon. You know it’s true. Normal mothers don’t even like giving their babies OTC children’s meds and here you were giving your little one all kinds of OTC meds. You have earned all of the harsh words that have been poste4d here and deep down inside… You know it…. you have to.
April 12th, 2010 at 11:20 am
No pissing match intended, but once again I will say this: No, I do NOT have to admit that anyone was harmed because anyone else fucked up, as you say. I will rely on clear evidence instead, which points to the conclusion that medications did NOT harm or cause the death of our son.
No, actually I don’t “know it’s true”, as you sau…because I was in the courtroom and heard the evidence presented in its entirety.
Lastly, no one gave our son “all kinds of meds” as you state here. Once again, the medical experts agreed that medication levels were FEW and LOW, in other words this whole idea that our son was crammed full of a plethora of drugs is blatantly false. However, you would have to be willing to actually read the court records to see that for yourself and as far as I know I’m relatively sure that no one has.
No respect or anything needed as far as my willingness to show up here and respond…as I have said before, this is really not a scary place and none of you are intimidating to me in the slightest. To you it may seem that coming here and talking/writing could be a difficult or frightening experience, but to tell you the truth, considering my experiences over the last 3 1/2 years, writing in this forum is purely non-stressful. Not scary at all, but thatnks anyway.
In closing, I will say it one more time: Do your homework because your comments are obviously based on media hype and lack of the hard facts in our case.
PEACE,
Lorrie
April 11th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
JJ and all,
All you have to do is check at the courthouse in downtown San Diego. Every transcript of every single court event in the entire courthouse is archived, and ALL are public record…which means that all you have to do is ask and a courthouse employee will help you find the case info you are looking for.
Not tough…have at it. There are literally THOUSANDS of printed pages. My paper copies take up several full document boxes. But have fun. I recommend that y9u read it ALL before you form an…um…well, a partially educated opinion. Get ALL the information…then draw your conclusions.
Peace,
Lorrie
April 9th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
And by the way, according to independent medical experts NOT paid by the state of California, we were not responsible for the death of our son. But you would have to go do your homework and read the actual transcripts (free of charge) to see that.
If you want to comment on someone’s guilt or innocence, you should be willing to do the legwork that supplies validity to the data you site. After all, that is the way the law works, right? Yes, it is.
Sucks when you’re wrong, glorious when you’re right.
Anyone here actually want to do their homework? We’ll see.
Peace,
Lorrie…and Thomas Sr.
April 9th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
Feelin’ pretty cocky since you got away with it, don’t you? Don’t have to worry about having to mess with a fussy baby anymore,either, do you? You’ve shut him up for good. Too bad you didn’t try a little non-drug comfort for your baby. Too bad you didn’t get what you deserve.
April 11th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
Too bad you haven’t done your homework already, JJ. No, I don’t feel cocky at all, actually…just CONFIDENT because I know the truth.
Whether YOU know the truth or not matters not one whit to me. I know…God knows…Little T’s Daddy knows…Little T himself knows. That’s enough for us.
If you care enough to read the data and form an EDUCATED opinion rather than one that is ignorant of the facts, then you will see the truth, too. Go you.
Peace,
Lorrie
April 9th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
If you can explain to me how to access these “Public records” on line that will prove to me that you are innocent, I would be happy to “do my homework”. I can find the case number, but not the case detail.
April 12th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
And since I broke my own self-imposed ban on anything having to do with your retched ass, who paid for that independant medical examiner?
April 12th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
“And by the way, according to independent medical experts NOT paid by the state of California, we were not responsible for the death of our son.” My question was who paid the independent medical experts?
April 9th, 2010 at 3:54 pm
Oh COME ON! that’s IT??? You’re kidding, right? After all this writing back and forth, discussing a case you know little to nothing about, you have the source of real information at your doorstep and suddenly everyone bails and stops talking?
You’re kidding me right now, right?
WOW.
Goes to show which side integrity falls on.
Yup…that was BAIT.
Peace,
Lorrie.
Yup, THAT Lorrie.
March 29th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
Like I said…wow.
March 28th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
I just love the colorful language. So respectable and decent. So mature. So absolutely eloquent. So utterly useless.
March 28th, 2010 at 7:48 pm
Kind of like you, baby killer.
March 27th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
Wow…and people here have called ME “violent”. Hmmmmm….
I don’t know who Shanya or her mother are, not familiar with that at all. Since it was referenced here, would anyone feel inclined to tell me?
Peace,
Lorrie
March 27th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
They mean Shaniya, the little girl who’s mommy sold to a pervert who raped her and murdered her. She was only 5 years old.
March 28th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
She is a whore who is responsible for her child’s death, kind of like you.
March 22nd, 2010 at 11:58 am
Wow…. That’s all I can say here.
March 22nd, 2010 at 12:02 pm
Yeah, this bitch makes me a little, shall we say, nuts?
March 22nd, 2010 at 12:32 pm
Understandable. We all get passionate now and then. Imagine what we would all do if Shanya’s mother showed up posting on this site.
I just have to give it to Lorrie. She’s articulate. Most don’t come across as she does.
March 22nd, 2010 at 12:42 pm
That’s about all, aside from a kick to the face, that I’d give that bitch.
March 22nd, 2010 at 11:57 am
Yep, I’m criticizing you. And I have EVERY right to. You don’t like it? Too fucking bad, don’t kill your kid and make excuses for your actions. You think you’re better than me because I use foul language on an internet blog to show how much I loathe you and people like you? Well, my kids are still alive. I didn’t murder a helpless baby, plead guilty and then go whining like the loser you are that nobody knows the whole story. Bitch, shut up. You accomplished what you wanted to. You gave us your version of what happened, and you keep saying we can make our own conclusions about what happened, but when I do, you keep coming back with the same bullshit. Go somewhere and eat a bullet, you stupid whore.
March 22nd, 2010 at 11:17 am
Wow…your command of the dark side of the English language is so impressive.
And you are criticizing ME? You wish for someone’s horrible death, you call foul names, you admittedly hate with an intensity that frightens you…
Perhaps it is YOU who needs a little help.
You may believe whomever and whatever you choose. Remember, I never said it was my mission to change anyone’s mind, I said that I would share the facts and allow each to draw their own conclusions. I have done that…without resorting to calling you foul names or wishing awful things for you.
I wish you well…truly.
Lorrie
March 22nd, 2010 at 11:02 am
Blah, blah, blah. See, you’re forgetting the fact that I did research your case, since I found the fact that you insist your baby died from SIDS so distasteful, for lack of a nicer word, and am still going after the admin of the SIDS site to get your lying bullshit off that site, and I wanted to make sure I had the correct information. Excuse the fuck out of me if I happen to believe law enforcement, DA, the court system over an ADMITTED BABY KILLER. You admitted killing your child. You admitted you did that to get out of jail and move forward. I do not know of a single person who would not only admit to killing their child if they were innocent (and by your own words there was proof of that, but hey, you’re a lying cunt) and be labeled a baby killer for the rest of their life. You took a plea bargin because you were guilty, you knew you were going to be found guilty, and you didn’t want to spend any more time in jail than you already did.
Fuck you and your excuses, I hope for your excruciating death frequently. Every time I think of my beautiful niece, who really did die of SIDS, and remember your fake ass page on a site dedicated to children who died peacefully from natural causes, I wish you dead. I hate you with a passion that worries me. You keep on denying what really happened, slut, and keep living in the fantasy world that you’ll be with your son in another time and place. As a matter of fact, why don’t you do the world a favor and kill yourself? Then you can see if God really does forgive you and let you embrace the child you killed.
March 22nd, 2010 at 9:57 am
I’m not here to argue with you, JJ…you wanted the facts, there they are. If you want the truth so badly, but do not believe me, you are welcome to go and check the official records for yourself. ALL of this is public record, but I have yet to meet a single soul who actually wants the truth seriously enough to check the facts at their source.
You’re absolutely correct about the “reasonable doubt” issue, and yes, you would think that missing evidence would be cause for a mistrial…once you GET to trial in the first place. Do you have any idea how long that can take? I sat in jail with a young woman awaiting her own trial for a totally unrelated case who had been in custody for 47 months…just short of a full four YEARS before her case even came to trial. To be absolutely clear, I really didn’t want to sit there that long just to hope for a mistrial or an aquittal. There is another lady there right now who is approaching the three year mark while awaiting trial. So I pled guilty for no reason? No, I don’t see it that way. I pled guilty and got my life back so that I could move forward. Had I NOT taken the plea, I may well still be sitting in jail awaiting trial. No thank you.
While on the surface your arguments make perfect sense and in a perfect world would be a great comfort to anyone accused of a crime, in the real world today it just doesn’t always work that way. Sadly, the justice system doesn’t always work the way it is supposed to, which is why almost 90% of cases in SD County are settled without going to trial…people are simply not willing to trust a system as flawed as ours and would rather plead guilty to something and get their freedom back that much sooner.
You’re right, God and I know exactly what happened, which is why I have been able to step into the future knowing that my boy is safely in angel’s arms and that I will indeed embrace him again one day.
Boy, the name-calling is amazing. Such vocabulary.
Peace to all,
Lorrie
March 22nd, 2010 at 8:54 am
Wow, now that I’ve heard your side of the story, I’m more convinced than ever that you got away with murder. You lying bitch. I hope that baby haunts you every second, of every day, for the rest of your miserable life. Only you and God knows what really happened, and it makes me all warm and fuzzy inside to know that you will not be spending the afterlife with the little boy you “love” so much.
BTW, a medical examiner saying he can’t with 100% certainty say that the medication caused his death is reasonable doubt and the “misplacement” of vital evidence is grounds for a mistrial. So IF that was the case, your dumbass pled guilty for no reason. But then again, you’re a lying, murdering whore so, whatever.
March 21st, 2010 at 1:56 pm
I DO understand your feelings…please remember that above all, I too am a mother. I lost my only SON. Yes, the pain is horrible, the second-guessing is brutal, and I will live with this for the rest of my life…and beyond.
I respect your views, and am grateful for the opportunity to communicate.
Blessings,
Lorrie
March 20th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
Sorry April, I addressed you specifically because I was responding to something you had specifically written directly to me a few posts back. I meant no offense, just wanted to try to be as clear as possible with my response.
Actually, I did NOT do time for murder, I did time for involuntary manslaughter. The two are quite different from each other, even having totally different charge codes. If you look up those charge codes you see quite a vast difference between the levels of murder and the levels of manslaughter. Not only in the intent and culpability of each separate charge, but also in the sentencing guidelines. The minimum recommended sentence for a murder charge is fifteen years…I served sixteen months.
Yes, I pled guilty to the IM charge in order to secure my almost immediate release. I had been sitting in county jail going through the motions of a slow moving justice system for fifteen months when the DA offered me the plea agreement. If I pled guilty to IM, they got their win and I got to go home. Now, I have heard many people (not just here but in other venues as well) say “No matter what, if I wasn’t guilty I would never plead guilty, I’d fight it to the death”. All I can say is perhaps there are people out there who are stronger or more willing to give up large portions of their life in order to try to prove their point. For me, sixteen months was long enough and I wanted to get out and get back to my family. Not to mention, at the time we were fighting our case San Diego County boasted a 94% conviction rate. Now, are you kidding?? There is no way on earth that forty-seven out of every fifty people charged with a crime of some sort are actually guilty…but they get convicted. Those are the published stats. With twenty-five years in prison on the line, I was more willing to sign a plea and get out of jail than risk losing at trial and go to prison until my sixty-fourth birthday. I told my attorney with a little humor that I would confess to shooting President Kennedy if it would get me out of jail, and I wasn’t even born when he was assassinated. There comes a point where the goal is securing your freedom…even if it means signing a guilty plea.
Yes, it is cut and dry. We wanted out of jail and we signed a plea agreement in order to make that happen. Most people we know have said they would have done the same thing, and people who were standing with us through the whole ordeal were relieved to see us go ahead and sign so we could get out of custody and move forward.
Peace,
Lorrie
March 21st, 2010 at 12:54 am
Lorrie, I believe that the person Hell that you live in must be punishment all by itself. I hope you can understand our outrage of the situation. Read through some of the stories here and tell me that they don’t make you sick. On this end of your story, all we see is a stupid act that resulted in a dead baby. As a mother, I am sorry for your loss. And as a mother, I am disgusted with the choices you made. Sorry, that’s just the way I feel. I do have respect for you posting and telling your story.
March 20th, 2010 at 10:53 am
I will address a few specific points that I have seen here and in a few other places that are simply errors…not necessarily malicious, but incorrect nonetheless.
We did not wake up and find our baby dying, as the first post in this forum states. Little T passed away hours before I found him. We DID do CPR while waiting for the medics to arrive, as we called them immediately…however, our son could not be revived.
Little T was never given adult doses of adult medications, and he was never intentionally given anything that would hurt him. I have heard a few people balk at giving him Zantac for his reflux, but it is actually a very common practice. Doctors have been giving it to infants with acid reflux for a number of years, of course in a smaller dosage than an adult would take.
Antihistamines have now been declared to be absolutely unsafe for not only infants but also young children…this FDA statement was released over a year after our son passed away.
In the court record, the medical examiner stated flatly that No, he could not say with any degree of certainty that medication even caused Little T’s death. He stated that he was making that assumption simply because there was no other cause of death found. Unfortunately, specific red flags that would point to SIDS were ignored and never investigated…and he had several. When we asked that these tests be performed, we were told that it was impossible because the ME’s office had “misplaced” necessary tissue. Medical experts examined the toxicology reports and stated that the levels found would not be considered dangerous, let alone lethal, and that it was unwise to assume they caused Little T’s demise.
We lived for five months under the assumption that SIDS was the cause of death because that is what we were told. That is why we built Little T’s tribute website and listed him on the SIDS memorial website. That is the only information we had, and we believed it.
Specifically to April, your attitude reflects a very sad state of affairs. You know what the media has said/printed about our story, nothing else. I don’t think I have ever spoken to you, nor has Thomas. So your knowledge of our case is one-sided at best. It’s always a good idea to hear all the facts before you decide what to believe…but if you prefer to form a biased opinion based on limited and slanted information, you certainly may. Thank you for allowing me to share, but please don’t give me credit for coming fearlessly into this forum to “face” all of you. I’ve been to some pretty scary places and lived in pretty scary surroundings…this forum is a birthday party with ice cream by comparison, you are really not intimidating in the slightest. This is an email forum, for heaven’s sake.
I’m really not sure what else anyone wants to know, but I will close this for now and let anyone who wants to ask questions.
Specifically to “IHaveKidsToo”: I’m not sure what in the world you want me to do in order to prove who I am. Seems a bit much, I’m really not sure what you would even want.
Regards,
Lorrie
March 20th, 2010 at 11:56 am
Don’t address me specifically. You have no reason to.
Did you or did you not do time for MURDER??
It seems pretty cut and dry to me.
March 7th, 2010 at 2:05 am
I sort of agree with you, except she hasn’t said one word about what “really happened”. I, for one, would have at least a little bit of respect (not much though, sorry, just being honest) for her if she would tell us what her version of what happened instead of just comming here telling us how we’re just ignorant.
March 8th, 2010 at 12:22 am
Meh. She can or not. We already know the story.
March 7th, 2010 at 1:00 am
Lorrie – I like you. You have balls to come here and go up against a bunch of ruthles bitches like us… and we are fucking ruthless. Please, post your “truth” and allow us to form our opinions. As we will respect you posting your “facts”, you will have to respect our right to feel however we feel lregarding this matter. You have to know that it is in love for a child that is no longer here that we all feel the way we do. And we DO love these children. All of them. You have to know that you are going into this – jumping in with both feet – willing to take whatever shit we dish out. But you have my attention. Please – the floor is yours. I’d love to hear what you have to say.
March 6th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
That’s her.
Hey Lorrie, why don’t you just tell us what “really happened”?
March 6th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
The first thing you could do is offer some proof that you’re who you say you are and not just some sick troll trying to entertain herself.