Edited by Jan Barrett - BNN Editor

RIP Beautiful Rubie Boland you will always be remebered

This is in my backyard too. I grew up in Vicksburg, MS. I am now the Executive Director of the Brain Injury Assn. of MS and hear about such horror stories too many times. To think that this one is so close just makes it worse. I hope that is does get national attention. Where does the case stand? Is it set for trial yet? He should have the same thing happen to him. “An eye for an eye” as the saying goes.

Let me know what Jan says. She is a guardian angel of all of those little ones in Heaven.

You will receive a response that says thank you and they will look into it…follow up on that after a reasonable amount of time (four to six weeks, unless their response gives an actual timeline.

There is strength in numbers and many voices are louder than one; if a number of representatives receive letters asking for change, they will take notice.

Laws must be drafted and enforced that hold parents responsible for putting their kids in harm’s way. There are far too many cases where mothers allow known sex offenders, domestic abusers, or otherwise violent persons around their children. And when something happens, the mother (or father, foster parent, grandmother, aunt, etc.) is not likely to be held responsible. This must change!

People with children need to know that they may be charged with a felony if they do not do exercise a reasonable amount of caution to keep the children out of the hands of dangerous persons.

IT SEEMS THAT YOU HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE IN HOW THIS LAW/LEGISLATION WORKS. I’M NOT KNOWLEDGABLE IN THIS FIELD, (writing to legislature, etc..)but I do it anyway, just want to make sure I’m going about it the right way.

Premeditation does not always mean planned in advance. A crime can be premeditated in the heat of the moment.

There are, of course, incidents where a parent has no reason to suspect a caregiver would do anything but protect their child. In this particular case, Rubie’s mom may be an innocent victim; my original post did not say she should have known, it said IF she should have known…

I will again be writing to my legislators on the issue of children’s rights. However, to make a difference, many people will have to write letters demanding laws that protect children. Such laws have to be nationwide. At minimum, anyone convicted of intentionally harming a child should automatically receive a mandatory prison term without possibility of parole.

Lack of space in prisons is no excuse. Probation and Parole should be allowed for non-violent offenders; anyone who kills or sexually abuses a child should never get out.

So another little one gone,awful,trama.Yet he i doupt will get what they want him to get.The laws have to be changed to fit these crimes.Anyone who beats,rapes,an murders a child should be taken from society,any form of harm such as to do when a child dies from it.Should face the death chamber.MOP.

Every day its another innocent child falling prey to the sick people,an im mean sick type of meaness,not insane.Its meaness that causes a person to harm a baby,not insanity.(PLAN OLD MEANESS)

Rubies maternal grandmother lived right next door to Mom and boyfriend. Unfortunatley, she is physically unable to care for her grandaughter, who is also her namesake, sadly.

Mom felt secure knowing her daughter was right next door to Grandma everytime she would have to leave Rubie to go to work.

So, think about it this way: there are people out there who are really good at hiding their true colors…until they “snap”. Rubie’s Dad Scott stated he couldn’t even begin to blame Helen, how was she expected to know this would happen? Everyone has said Helen Teal is a wonderful Mommy, and is not the type to ever put her daughter in any type of doubtful situation. (also, Dad lived too far away to reasonably babysit while Mom worked everyday, and Dad also worked everyday.)
Yes, there are many cases in which both parents/boyfriend/stepdad are involved, as in so many recent cases we have seen. THIS WAS NOT ONE OF THEM.

How many mothers before they leave to go to work say “I’m going to work now, be back soon, and oh, one more thing, please make sure you don’t kill my daughter when I’m at work.”

THE FOCUS OF THESE CRIMES SHOULD BE *ONLY* ON THE MONSTERS WHO KILL THESE BABIES.

Hindsight makes it easy to make accusations or judgements unless we are thoroughly educated on the facts.

Rubie’s Daddy needs and wants our voices and help in attaining Justice for his little Angel. He is attacking this head on, and he’s ready to make a difference. Let’s help him, maybe this will be the one THAT FINALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

Interesting there is no comment to be found anywhere by the mother? If she knew this guy only briefly, or knew him long enough to have seen his true colors and left her daughter with him anyway, she should be charged with Child Endangerment, imo.

National Exposure and continued DEMAND FOR JUSTICE will be the only way their small voices will be heard from Heaven.

This callous and inhumane behavior MUST BE STOPPED.

WE ARE THE ONES WHO CAN STOP THIS MADNESS.

WE HAVE THE POWER TO STOP THESE TRAGEDIES BY SENDING THE MESSAGE TO THESE MONSTERS THAT IT WILL NOT AT ALL BE TOLERATED…petition your courts, write letters to your judges, (I know one of our judges in St.Tammany Parish personally: he said letters people write to him really DO make a difference.