Parents of the Year (You dont wanna read this)

[Bornthrilla]

Update: Mother charged after infant found at N.C. A&T
Friday, December 4, 2009
By Ryan Seals
Staff Writer

GREENSBORO — Police have also charged the father of a child abandoned Thursday night on the N.C. A&T campus.

Lashawn Murray, 25, of Greensboro, was charged with misdemeanor child abuse, N.C. A&T police said late Friday afternoon. Murray, a graduate student at N.C. A&T, has been released from the Guilford County jail, said university police Chief Glenn Newell.

The child’s mother, 23-year-old Tekia Caprice Ritter of 703 Sharing Terrace, was also charged with misdemeanor child abuse, Newell said.

Further charges are possible, Newell said.

The 11-week-old baby girl was found about 9:15 p.m. Thursday night in the parking lot of Webb Hall. Newell said Ritter met Murray on campus to give him the child for the night. When Murray refused to take the child, Ritter left the infant in her car seat atop Murray's car, Newell said.

Newell said Ritter placed the child seat in the parking lot and left. He later called 911 to report that a baby had been left in the lot, Newell said.

Read more:

www.news-record.com/content/2009/12/04/article/mother_charged_after_infant_found_abandoned_on_nc_ats_campus

[Bornthrilla]

Seriously, how does that seem like a good idea?

[oleschoolaggie]

dayum, you're right. i'm sorry i read it, its heartbreaking. i feel for the baby and the parents should be procecuted...

[Bornthrilla]

LOL. I tried to warn you.

[Bornthrilla]

I've heard of walking away from your responsibilities ... but this takes the cake.

[oleschoolaggie]

obviously, the parents are very young. but there's no excuse for leaving a baby alone on top of a car, i don't care how young you are. it was very irresponsible and the parents should be harshly punished to make them understand how serious something like that is. it seems to me the crime should be a felony instead of a misdemeanor...

[Aggie77]

How did the mother get custody again after the first incident? I know Child Protective Service is understaffed, but this just a day away from a tragedy.

[Deleted]

Oh why did he knock this chick up? What makes it worse is that he is a Grad Student. HE SHOULD be smarter than this.