Sunday, September 6, 2009

Adorable Brianna to Abused Brianna


For me, babies are one of the cutest creature that God has created and most of us are once a baby before we turn to be like ourselves now. When I look at her picture she looked so cute and adorable and I wish that I can kiss on her cheek. Brianna would be 7 this year and we probably have a chance to talk to her but she no longer can celebrate her birthday for she has left this world to be with our Father in heaven when she was just six months old.

I've heard so many cases of child abuse but for me this is the most brutal child abuse ever in history. When we were a kid and our sibling hit us we will cry because of the pain right? Imagine how much pain that Brianna had to bear as there were bruises from the top of her head all throughout her body all the way to the big toe on her right foot. Besides, she had bite marks on her face, cheek, torso and everywhere and she was just SIX MONTHS OLD during that time. This baby who did not even know what sex means was raped. This is not done by a nanny, not by an abductor and not even by a stranger but by her very own blood and flesh. She was abused by her mother, father and uncle. Through investigations, the police found out that the night before Brianna died, her father and uncle threw her to the ceiling and let her slam to the ground. Then, they had raped her time and time again. The bite marks were caused by her mother.

It was an ugly truth to know that she's been physically abused for a long time as the investigators discovered that there were old and new bite marks and skull fractures. I wonder if her parents do even love and showed their affection to her. Probably, Brianna's grandmother and uncle could have make a change if they reported this earlier or tried to stop it. I don't hate Brianna's family for doing this to her but I pray to God that they will change and start learn to love children. I pray that they will have breakthrough and be changed. I want them to know the wonderful feeling of LOVE. Let us pray for them.

Brianna's father, mother and uncle were faced a maximum of 18 years in prison as they were convicted for committing intentional child abuse resulting in death. The members of the public were not satisfied with the punishment and one of them State Sen. Mary Jane Garcia had tried three years to make the crime punishable by a life sentence. As for Brianna's grandmother and uncle they were sentenced to 30 days in jail for not reporting the abuse. Detective Wright felt that Brianna's parents are very young and they were actually struggling by themselves. Thus, young parents actually need to have proper education and proper support systems.

Baby Brianna is now locked up in a cage built around her grave by her family to keep the community who loved her so much out. According to the news report the grave is mess, unkempt and full of thrash. There's also a cherub with a finger raised to her lips and some believe it's message. For me, the message is very clear and shows the real attitude of her family. The cage that had been built by her family will not stop people from visiting her grave and show their love towards her as people still visit her grave and leave flowers. They even built another marker outside the caged grave. No one will ever forget Brianna because her case was an eye opener for members of the public, detectives, social workers and prosecutors.

When Detective Wright and his team were working on Brianna's case they never found pictures of Brianna in her home, not even a single image of her playing, smiling or laughing. Wright really wanted to know what she looked like when she was alone. He is the one who took the picture of Brianna as you can see below and he took that before they started the autopsy and her face was was lying on a white sheet. He decided to edit the photo so that he knows what she supposed to look like. I know all of you agreed that she's adorable and cute.

THE CUTE BABY BRIANNA

THE ABUSED BRIANNA

I was facebooking just now and I found out that many of friends watched the video entitled Baby Brianna. I was curious to know what makes this baby so special. Then I searched for the video on youtube and this is what I watched. So, I've decided to post an entry about Brianna. My tears fell down as I watched the video.

Baby Brianna

A reminder to all of us that even Jesus loves children so much.

Psalm 127:3-5 (New International Version)

3 Sons are a heritage from the LORD,
children a reward from him.

4 Like arrows in the hands of a warrior
are sons born in one's youth.

5 Blessed is the man
whose quiver is full of them.
They will not be put to shame
when they contend with their enemies in the gate.










2 comments:

Miss Ruepit said...

So sad........pelik kan ada org mcm tu d dunia ni.

IvY said...

yeah they r so weird