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Judi Lynn

(160,451 posts)
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 02:24 PM Jul 2018

Baby survives 9 hours buried in western Montana woods

Source: Associated Press

Updated 12:49 pm CDT, Monday, July 9, 2018



MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Montana authorities say a 5-month-old infant survived about nine hours being buried under sticks and debris in the woods.

The Missoula County Sheriff's Office says the baby is in good condition at a hospital and calls it a miracle that the child survived the weekend ordeal.

Authorities say they were called about 8 p.m. Saturday about a man threatening people in the Lolo Hot Springs area of western Montana's Lolo National Forest.

Deputies apprehended the man, who indicated that a baby was buried somewhere in the woods.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Baby-survives-9-hours-buried-in-western-Montana-13060349.php





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Baby survives 9 hours buried in western Montana woods (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jul 2018 OP
WTF? Kali Jul 2018 #1
Not sure I want to know more. redwitch Jul 2018 #2
Exactly. Ohiogal Jul 2018 #3
wtf, wtf, wtf heaven05 Jul 2018 #4
I am having difficulty wrapping my head around the kind of viciousness Grammy23 Jul 2018 #5
There is a huge meth problem in Montana LiberalLoner Jul 2018 #6
The photo of him squeezing the finger breaks my heart. yonder Jul 2018 #7
5-month-old baby rescued after being left partially buried on Montana mountain for at least 9 hours Judi Lynn Jul 2018 #8
... Jedi Guy Jul 2018 #9
I am so glad the baby is OK! lunatica Jul 2018 #10
My view on this is different...but this story is still horrifying beyond words.... Stuart G Jul 2018 #11
Crowley Certainly's a Handsome Brute, and His Short, Back-sloping Forehead .... DoctorJoJo Jul 2018 #12

Kali

(55,004 posts)
1. WTF?
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 02:27 PM
Jul 2018

That is not a very informative article! (not blaming you, just commenting on the lack of any background info)

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
5. I am having difficulty wrapping my head around the kind of viciousness
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 03:07 PM
Jul 2018

that invades a man’s mind to make him do such a thing. I get that there is mental illness and that there are people who are just beasts. But damn. A 5 month old baby? Please let someone study this dude so we can get some answers. I know some would be inclined to just execute him or lock him up and throw away the key, but we really need to know WHY he did it so we can try to
prevent another monster from being formed.

yonder

(9,657 posts)
7. The photo of him squeezing the finger breaks my heart.
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 03:27 PM
Jul 2018

He's holding on for dear life, grimy fingers and all, not wanting to let go of his new found comfort.

The other photo, the mug shot. Not so much.

Much peace to the tough little guy and hopes for a strong, steady life in a loving family.

Judi Lynn

(160,451 posts)
8. 5-month-old baby rescued after being left partially buried on Montana mountain for at least 9 hours
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 03:27 PM
Jul 2018

By CASSIDY GARD
Jul 9, 2018, 2:54 PM ET

A 5-month-old infant boy was found partially buried on a mountain after sheriff's deputies heard the faint cry of a baby after an hours-long search, authorities said.

"This was a huge miracle and we are thankful to everyone that came out to search and the people who made the 911 calls,” Brenda Bassett, a sheriff's department spokeswoman in Missoula County, Montana, told ABC News.

The sheriff's office became aware that a baby might be buried somewhere in a mountainous area after they received a call Saturday night about a man acting strangely in the Lolo Hot Springs area, according to a Facebook post by the sheriff's department.

"Upon arrival, deputies discovered the suspect, 32-year-old Francis Carlton Crowley, had left the area and that a 5-month-old who had been left in his care had not been seen for several hours," the sheriff's office said in the post.

More:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/month-baby-rescued-left-partially-buried-montana-mountain/story?id=56457463

Jedi Guy

(3,175 posts)
9. ...
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 03:29 PM
Jul 2018

Between this and the story about the 92-year-old guy getting beaten with a brick, I just don't know what to say anymore other than "What the fuck is wrong with people?"

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
10. I am so glad the baby is OK!
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 03:47 PM
Jul 2018

The authorities responded very well to what seems some vague assertions. It seems there was no real guarantee that the story about the baby was real, but they treated it as if it was.

Great work by the authorities!

Stuart G

(38,414 posts)
11. My view on this is different...but this story is still horrifying beyond words....
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 04:41 PM
Jul 2018

Somewhere...someone said..."Seek and Ye Shall Find".

..no, I don't know where it says that.....or who said that. This place ..."The United States of America," currently has about 330,000,000 people..give or take a million or so...or more...??

Some are very smart, some are very stupid. Some have guns and don't know what to do, some are very careful with their guns and don't hurt anyone and never will. Some are tall, and some are short. We got people with histories from all over the world. It is our way ...(at least it was before Trump)...But if you look around long enough you will find real nut cases. all kinds, all shapes, all backgrounds, all types of nut cases..

We also have wonderful people from all backgrounds, sizes, shapes, and whatever..
If you look far and wide, you find them too.

Most of the nut cases do not hurt anyone but themselves. And they know that and try to get help and survive. Many totally recover and then try to help others who are in need of help...

Some do not recover and continue to just survive.. But a few, are mean, vicious and beyond help. They want to hurt others and do some awful things beyond any imagination...Out of hundreds of millions there will be those too. One example only...........

In 1995 I was coming back from a restaurant with some friends and we turned on the radio, and heard someone had blown up a building and killed many people. Who would blow up a government building on purpose and kill for the sake of killing?. Why?.. Well, it turned out there was someone who did that and he had help from someone else....Where did that person come from? Where did he and the helper get the idea and how did they do it?...That is just one example of a nut case that kills. There are more..but they are very rare..and the good outnumber the bad.

So, here is a positive story about someone who is very good, kind and giving. A fellow who we all know, made an announcement in 2007, that he was going to run for the highest office in the land. An Afro-American fellow, and from Illinois where I live. Now, I liked the fellow, but (still like him a great deal) I never met him. You know, I didn't think he had a chance to win. But he did. He originated and help pass a program that helped people without any health insurance.........and..that program saved countless lives in the United States. So, we got the very best, and we got the very worst....

..................................................................ok....time to hide...

 

DoctorJoJo

(1,134 posts)
12. Crowley Certainly's a Handsome Brute, and His Short, Back-sloping Forehead ....
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 05:49 PM
Jul 2018

... portends a keen intellect. And ladies, I hear he is single!

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