Football Hits Pregnant Teen, Baby Dies

SpriteZero

SpriteZero

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Pregnant 15 yo hit by football ...lost baby.

She is pregnant and 15?
A lot more this story than being reported!!

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A 15-year-old boy threw a football at a pregnant teen's stomach twice, causing the baby to be born prematurely and die hours later, authorities said.

The boy threw the football at his friend, also 15, while they were at a Boys & Girls Club playground last month, according to a Broward County sheriff's report. A medical examiner ruled the death a homicide, and state prosecutors are reviewing the case to determine whether to file charges. The boy is not in custody.

Maria Schneider, assistant state attorney in charge of the Juvenile Division, said it was not an easy decision.

"When somebody shoots somebody in the head, it's very easy to say they wanted to kill the person. We're looking at a situation that's not that cut and dry. We need to look at all of the facts involved," Schneider told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

Schneider said she is reviewing statements and records and will likely make a decision on charges in January. She said she will consider the boy's age, intentions and state of mind when she decides whether he should be charged. Neither teen was identified in the report.

Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Joshua Perper said the death was not an accident.

"You don't have to be a brain surgeon to know that if you hit a woman who is pregnant in the belly, that you can cause an abortion," he told the paper.

Schneider and Perper did not immediately return phone messages left Friday at their offices by The Associated Press.

According to the report, the boy had questioned the girl two weeks before the confrontation on why her stomach was "sticking out." She said she was pregnant and was expecting to give to birth in a few months, the report said.

After being hit Nov. 21, she was brought to Plantation General Hospital, the report said. She told the doctor she was pregnant and having pains in her stomach due to being struck in the stomach, the report said.

The next day, she gave birth prematurely as a result of being hit, the report said. Later that morning, the baby was pronounced dead.

The report does not say how far along the girl was in her pregnancy. The sheriff's office does not explain why the girl did not report the incident until Nov. 30. The medical examiner's office ruled the death a homicide on Dec. 1.

Frank Till, CEO of the Broward Boys & Girls Clubs, declined comment.
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theArtistFormerlyKnownAs

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well lets see, according to the report...

"it doesn't take a brain surgeon to know that if you hit a woman on the stomach (who is pregnant) she can have a premature birth."


well obviously this kid wasn't the brightest if he had to ask her why her stomach was "sticking out"....i mean, honestly...was he retarded or something? I'm being totally serious..because who would honestly ask a question like that? it just sounds like how someone who is mentally flawed.

and i mean, is the girl REALLY sad that she had the equivalent of a miscarriage? She was 15 for christ's sake, 15 year olds should not be having babies.
 
LordStanley

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Sounds like the kid has a good arm.

He'd make a great addition to the Ravens. Sign him up!
 
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godsbutterfly

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I would imagine a football thrown with force would hit your stomach a good wallop and it says he did it twice. It doesn't say how pregnant she was - only that he could see her stomach sticking out. Of all the ways I could imagine losing a baby I never would have thought of this.
 
bcp

bcp

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AndyMarquisLIVE said:
A football killed the baby?

We should ban footballs! They're deadly! :burning:
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footballs dont kill babies, people kill babies.

we have a constitutional right to have a football.
Im not sure about assault foot balls, or fully automatic footballs, but the single pass and the semi auto footballs certainly are of no danger in the hands of a responsible citizen.

whats next? banning condoms because the kill billions of babies every year?
 
godsbutterfly

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Nobody is saying how pregnant she was but if the Judge is considering charging this boy with homicide it's possible that "mass of tissue" could have been capable of surviving outside of the womb had it not been injured by two wallops from a football.
 
PsyOps

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pcjohnnyb said:
well lets see, according to the report...
well obviously this kid wasn't the brightest if he had to ask her why her stomach was "sticking out"....i mean, honestly...was he retarded or something? I'm being totally serious..because who would honestly ask a question like that? it just sounds like how someone who is mentally flawed.
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Calling people “retarded” is just plain juvenile. Did it ever occur to you that this boy might just be mentally disabled?
 
kalmd

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According to the report, the boy had questioned the girl two weeks before the confrontation on why her stomach was "sticking out." She said she was pregnant and was expecting to give to birth in a few months, the report said.
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I'd assume she was around 7 months.
 
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PsyOps said:
Calling people “retarded” is just plain juvenile. Did it ever occur to you that this boy might just be mentally disabled?
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Don't be talking about all of my red karma givers...:smack: :lmao:
 
ImnoMensa

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I dont mean to sound cruel, but if she was hit twice and ,didnt report the incident I would say she was as guilty of murder as the boy.


Its pretty obvious they werent in a scrimmage, you dont hit someone in the stomach twice unless you get some encouragement and co-operation. Why is the boy the only one being thought of as a killer. I know , its all the mans fault , every time, but this is carrying it a bit far.
 
godsbutterfly

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ImnoMensa said:
I dont mean to sound cruel, but if she was hit twice and ,didnt report the incident I would say she was as guilty of murder as the boy.


Its pretty obvious they werent in a scrimmage, you dont hit someone in the stomach twice unless you get some encouragement and co-operation. Why is the boy the only one being thought of as a killer. I know , its all the mans fault , every time, but this is carrying it a bit far.
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I was thinking about it and the article said they were friends and it does sound like the boy is mentally slow. I wonder if he threw the ball at her stomach because he felt jealous/didn't want the baby to take away her attention or something and she didn't report it at first because she didn't want him to get in trouble?
 
Lenny

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ImnoMensa said:
That excuse might work for the first hit, but when you get hit twice it would appear you wanted to get hit
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Naw, you are correct. She was in on it and for the obvious reason. She got what she wanted for the outcome, no more pregnancy.
 
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