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| Baby Lisa Irwin, missing for over a month. |
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.
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| Sky Metalawala and his mother, Julia Biryukova |
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 2nd 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.
It's unfortunate for these infants. I don't believe government should be involved in what would be considered right or wrong parenting. It would be trying to answer the nature vs. nurture question. However, when parents are negligent in reporting a missing child, it should be considered a crime. There are already Amber Alerts and child safety laws in place to protect children. Just because a "by the definition" crime has not occurred, does not mean parents/adults should be allowed to be left free. There is too much of a lack of personal responsibility where people will try to "blame the system" when it is really up to individuals to make wise choices. A suggestion to force responsibility on parents is if there were laws that would penalize negligent parents who may receive subsidies and assistance. Many parents are not fulfilling basic parental duties such as maintaining their children's health or education. If there are consequences for not parenting, when many rely on a system to do the parenting for them, will it prevent many from becoming parents in the first place, or at its best--become better parents?
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