Missing Babies Lisa, Sky, and Tyler: Unfit Parents, or Just Bad Luck?

Baby Lisa Irwin, missing for over a month.

By now, the story of missing Baby Lisa has hit all the major news outlets and morning shows, garnering the curiosity and sympathy of Americans.

But just last week, another story broke of a two-year-old boy who went missing from his mother's Acura by the side of the road.

To add insult to injury, yesterday the body of a one-year-old baby boy was found in the woods, just one mile from the home where his mother had put him to bed Monday evening. Are the parents to blame, or were these families hit with tragic bad luck?

Baby Lisa Irwin first went missing on October 3rd, stolen from the crib in her Kansas City home, according to CBS News. Police authorities, the parents, and lawyers have been rallying back and forth on placing blame on the parents.

No solid leads or traces of her whereabouts have been found. The mother was the only person in the house when the alleged abduction took place, but she was unaware that the baby was missing until her husband came home at 4 a.m. that morning. Police have refused to formally accuse the mother.

Baby Lisa is still missing.

Just over a week ago, two-year-old Sky Metalawala's mother left him in the car by the side of the road, according to ABC News. She tells police her car ran out of gas, and she had gone to look for help. According to the police, she did walk to a nearby gas station, but she never bought gas that day.

Sky Metalawala and his mother, Julia Biryukova

She spent some time walking around a nearby wealthy neighborhood, then finally called a friend to drop her off at her car, according to police. That's when she discovered her son was missing.

Police thoroughly investigated the area and the car, even taking it for a test drive. They concluded that there were no mechanical malfunctions, and that there had been more than enough gas in the tank to take Sky's mother to a gas station.

Baby Sky is still missing.

Near St. Louis, Missouri, one-year-old Tyler Dasher’s body was found just hours after he went missing from his home where he lived with his mother and grandmother, according to USA Today. A couple walking their dog found the body about a mile from his home, near a walking path next to the River Des Peres. 

View Larger Map Tyler Dasher's home, near where his body was found

His mother has been brought into custody, and charged with 2^nd degree murder, according to Fox 2 Now. Prosecutor Robert McCulloch said the woman struck the baby when he wouldn't stop crying. 

Baby Tyler is dead.

Partly due to the infamy of the Casey Anthony trial, and the proliferation of baby abductions and deaths in the media, parents and parenting skills are under heightened scrutiny by the public. Were the parents of babies Lisa, Sky, and Tyler unfit parents? At least one will have to stand trial to determine the fact. Did bad luck strike these families? Maybe not the families, but the babies surely encountered some kind of foul play.

Romeo Santos New Album Signing at Best Buy in West L.A.

On a recent evening at Best Buy in West Los Angeles, a long line of fans waited outside to get a chance to meet Romeo Santos, a Bachata singer who's new album Formula Vol. 1 released that morning. This is his first solo album, after being a part of the group Aventura, according to Latinos Unidos.


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Hardly anyone in the store gave the video game Modern Warfare 3, which released on the same day, a second glance as they streamed into the store to get an autograph from the Dominican artist.

Among a mix of blenders and kitchen appliances, Romeo, dressed in a white sweater and seated at a table, signed CDs and gave out hugs. One fan, Yanely, even had a chance to give him a kiss.

The star, on the right, with Usher (photo courtesy of Remolacha)

Dolores, another fan, showed off her freshly minted autograph, while others around her desperately did all they could to get a candid photograph of the Bachata star.

Best Buy employees worked hard to keep the aisles clear of the fans. Blue shirted workers shouted for people to keep moving, but fans just kept coming back for more.

Listen to a song off the new album here:

Romeo Santos Ft Tomatito - Mi Santa by RomeoSantos

Laura Chavez stabs Clyde "Butch" Smith over Monopoly game cheating

Laura Chavez in her Santa Fe County Jail booking photo. (Santa Fe County Jail)

If there ever was an anti-Family Game Night campaign, last Tuesday would have been the ultimate example. In a scene straight out of a Hasbro nightmare, 60-year-old Laura Chavez (right) allegedly attacked her 48-year-old boyfriend Clyde "Butch" Smith after accusing him of cheating during a round of Monopoly, according to ABC News.

It all started when Chavez, Smith, and Chavez's 10-year-old grandson were playing a late night round of the classic board game at her home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. According to The Santa Fe New Mexican, the boy told police Chavez and Smith began fighting when she accused him of cheating. The boy was sent to bed, and that's when the blood shed began, according to The Smoking Gun.