I heard the news today...oh, boy.

So this is a horrible story. But it is a terrific example of how nuts some people are, and the sad news you hear on the news at night. No wonder Amanda doesn't like to watch the news when she comes down to our house. It figures.

Anyway, so on Friday, there was this story on the news about a little boy named Demond that had gone missing. I watched the story and the whole while wondered why the little boy's story was on the news on Friday, and that an Amber alert hadn't been issued, especially if the boy had been missing since Wednesday.

In case you don't know the story, here's what the news story was. This woman makes a 9-1-1 phone call to tell the police that a 4-year-old that is living with her has been taken by a family friend who had been watching the kids. The 4-year-old was a cousin, or a cousin's kid, I'm not sure, that had been living with her for like 6 weeks or something while the father was serving a jail sentence. The mom lived in Chicago, and they didn't mention why the mom didn't have the kid, but whatever. So the news people are interviewing the woman (I belive her name was Carla), and she is fairly calm and saying that she just wants Demond back. He's a fun kid and he talks a lot and he's a good kid.

So, according to Carla, the neighbor friend, whose name is Shawna Williams, was watching the kids while Carla had to leave and when she came back one of Carla's kids came out of the bathroom and when Carla asked where Demond was, the kid said that Shawna took Demond and left.

Now, that's pretty much what the news story was. So, the news reporter says that they will be posting the Amber Alert on Saturday. They said they couldn't do it sooner because they had to make sure that the child had actually been abducted before the alert could be issued. Whatever.

So, Sunday night, in the news, it comes to light that Carla has been arrested in the murder of Demond. The remains of a 4-year-old were found on her property, but the child had been dead prior to the 9-1-1 call on Wednesday. And, here's the kicker: in order to ID the child, they will have to use his dental records because, he was beaten so badly that he was unidentifiable.

If your jaw didn't just drop, then you either already knew the story, or you are a coldhearted person. I can't believe the nerve of this woman. I guess one of the things that tipped off the cops was the fact that there is no Shawna Williams. That was interesting because Carla had a physical description of her, right down to her tattoo, to give the news.

That's just unbelievable. I can't even fathom how someone could beat a child that bad in the first place, let alone have the nerve call the cops and claim that the child has been abducted.

If you have ever been around children, you know that sometimes they get on your last nerve. At least, I know that sometimes they get on my last nerve. Anyway, for as much as they have the ability to get on my last nerve, I would never think of hitting them, when they do, let alone beating them to death. It kills me when I say 'no' to Lukin and he gets the pouty lip. That's just saying a word, I can't imagine what would be wrong inside that you could tolerate the pleading to stop enough to beat a child to death. There is something fundamentally wrong with that woman, and any other person who could beat a child. I can't even imagine. It's horrible.