My son is my everything!!! In 2014, when he was nearly six-years-old, Garnett Spears passed away due to a sudden illness. Five-year-old Garnett Spears' death has been ruled a homicide, sources familiar with the case told The Journal News, bolstering a criminal investigation that continues to focus on his mother,. Watch Live: Closing arguments underway in double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh, Top McCarthy aide, House Oversight chair each met with Ashli Babbitt's mother, Colon cancer rates rising in younger age group, study finds, Garland testifies before Senate panel amid ongoing special counsel probes, Ex-Georgia star Jalen Carter was racing in deadly crash, arrest warrants allege, Fiery train crash in Greece kills dozens, many of them students. The cause of his death was determined to be the high levels of sodium in his system, having swelled up his brain to the point of no return. Lacey will be 46 years old when she is eligible for parole. Everything seemed normal but almost two days after being admitted, he took a turn for the worse. Defense lawyer Stephen Riebling told the jurors there are no eyewitnesses and no direct evidence that the 27-year-old Spears poisoned her son. Lacey's son, whom she called "Garnett the Great" and "my little prince," was sick again. Garnetts condition improved but the high sodium levels caused his brain to swell. Her legal team insists that Garnetts death was caused by a medical mistake with Nyack Hospital at fault. He was placed on life support. It showed Lacey Spears taking her son to the bathroom with what looked like a white cup containing salt and an attachment that connected to his G Tube. [6] As of January2023[update], she is imprisoned at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women, and eligible for parole no earlier than June 12, 2034. Lacey Spears, a mommy blogger born and raised in Alabama, gave birth to her son Garnett in 2008. I lived for him! He was airlifted that night to Maria Fareri. Life at the Fellowship was going well for Lacey Spears, and for Garnett, who after living there for a year-and-a-half, was thriving. FOLLOW ME : Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thezarav/ #truecrime #truecrimemakeup #makeup EXCLUSIVE: Lanzarote sticks to its guns and insists it WILL limit tourists and move away from relying on Jeremy Clarkson DENIES he has been sacked as Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? Garnett Spears Hospital Video Goes Viral On TikTok The sad case of Garnett Spears in hospital due to his mother Lacey gained much recognition on TikTok following an Investigative Discovery documentary. Marc Feldman of the University of Alabama spoke about the disorder, which is now called Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another (FDIA), and said: Lacey's trial lasted for 14 days and the jury said: Lacey is currently imprisoned at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women in Westchester County, New York. Garnett Spears was airlifted to Westchesters Maria Fareri Childrens Hospital. A couple of women jurors could be seen wiping away tears as the clips were played. I never thought he was sick or anything. Lacey did not testify at any point in her trial. Garrett was flown to Maria Fareri Chidren's Hospital in Valhalla, where he died days later. Garnett-Paul Spears' Death Videos . 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Prosecutors showed jurors video Monday of 5-year-old Garnett Spears retching and twisting on his bed at Nyack Hospital shortly after his mother took him to the bathroom and four days before he died of salt poisoning. And the largest issue we faced was getting him to eat. Through a few posts, Lacey opened up about Garnett having severe ear infections and being unable to eat. Garnett-Paul Thompson Spears (December 3, 2008 - January 23, 2014) [1] was a 5-year-old boy who died at a hospital in suburban Valhalla, New York. Prosecutors have said Garnett was screaming in at least one of the videos, but the footage does not contain audio. The disorder is characterized by parents or caregivers intentionally harming their children in order to get their attention. According to Medline Plus, this is a disorder in which parents or caretakers purposely harm their children to seek attention. The hospital set up a video EEG using a special cap on his head, wired to a machine to monitor his brain activity. Pin . Despite the fact that Garnetts illness became better, the elevated salt levels made his brain expand. It seemed that the boy suffers from all possible diseases, and his mother is a real heroine, whose life turned into a desperate struggle for the life of the child.<br><br>On January 23, 2014, Lacey Spears lost this battle . September 17, 2016 / 8:10 PM Advertisement The videos seen in court show the boy's shocking decline just days before his death , according to the Journal-News. It was a serious and orchestrated series of actions that really shock the conscience.. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. On 23 January 2014, 5-year-old boy Garnett-Paul Thompson Spears died at a hospital in suburban Valhalla, New York. He implored the jurors to 'set aside emotion. Jurors watched video taken January 19, 2014 in which five hospital staffers surround Garrett as he flails around. His sodium levels had been 138, normal. CBS reports that Garnetts health issues started only weeks after he was born and Lacey opened up about his condition in CBS 48 Hours. Telling friends she wanted to leave Alabama, Lacey moved with Garnett to Florida to live with her maternal grandmother, Peggy. Posted: Feb 28, 2023 / 11:27 PM CST. A jury found Spears, 27, guilty of killing her son, Garnett-Paul Spears, by force feeding him sodium through a tube while he was at a Westchester County, New York, hospital in January 2014.. Soon, though, investigators were able to figure out that Garnetts mother, 26-year-old Lacey Spears, was the one who killed him. His condition worsened, and he died on Jan. 23. As per New York Post, the judge did not impose the maximum 25 years to life because he said Lacey suffered from Munchausen by proxy. In January 2014, Garnett passed away. According to Lacey Spears, she still couldnt get Garnett to eat and gain weight. In her only interview, Spears explains to 48 Hours, that Garnetts health issues began just weeks later and he was diagnosed with failure to thrive. At the Bedford Hills state prison for women, Lacey is incarcerated for 20 years. The video shows five-year-old Garnett Spears, who was declared dead after his sodium levels increased abruptly in 2014. However, it was later revealed that Garnett's biological father was a former friend of Lacey's who has denied meeting Garnett. The comments below have been moderated in advance. Garnett-Paul Spears was a five-year-old boy and the subject of Garnett's Journey, a personal blog run by his mother Lacey Spears to chronicle his lifelong battle with chronic illnesses, who mysteriously died as a result of a lethal-level intake of sodium during a hospital visit in June 2014. Lacey Spears made international headlines in January 2015 when she was charged with the "depraved mind" murder of her five-year-old son, Garnett. The day that they came to visit, Garnett was just a bouncing little 2-year-old kid, running around. On Jan. 23, 2014, Garnett Spears was officially declared dead. She lied to Garnett's biological father, Chris Hill,[13] that Garnett was not his son and threatened him to keep distance from her and Garnett. https://thesportsgrail.com/garnett-spears-case-explained-as-hospital-blog-death-video-goes-viral-on-reddit-and-tiktok-after-id-documentary/, In the wake of a recent Investigation Discovery report, the case of Garnett Spears has gained attention on TikTok with his hospital blog video viral. Thank you for all your support and encouragement, it means more than you would ever know. Shortly after Garnett was pronounced brain dead, Lacey Spears was charged with murder on suspicion . Two feeding bags were recovered. Spears, of Scottsville, Kentucky, had documented Garnett's declining health on social media. A video EEG was set up using a special cap on his head, wired to a machine that monitors brain activity. Former NFL Player Glenn Foster Jr. Doctors suspected Lacey Spears poisoned her son with salt and called for a police investigation. The boy's father,. Two months later, the death of Garnett Spears was ruled a homicide by the Westchester Coroner's Office. After an investigative documentary aired on ID this week, the Garnett Spears case started to trend on TikTok and Twitter. In 2008, the mother was referred to mental health services with concerns of Post-Partum Depression and presumed Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, the child fatality report reads. Lacey also said that the child often had a high fever, suffered from seizures and had digestive problems. In New York, Lacey and Garnett lived in a community called The Fellowship for elderly and disabled people. 'He's my entire world, my soul! Then they exacerbated the dehydration by giving him a rapid infusion of IV solution.. Spears, 26, chronicled his last hospital stay on social media,. However, as authorities investigated the case, through CCTV footage,. Death 23 Jan 2014 (aged 5) . These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. Spears, 26, chronicled his last hospital stay on social media, as she had many of his previous illnesses. Keith Mancini, a forensic photographer at the Westchester County forensic lab in Valhalla, testified that he created clips of what he believed to be relevant portions of the more than 40 hours of EEG video. The video was recorded the morning of Jan. 19, 2014, the day prosecutors say Garnett's sodium level spiked after his mother learned he was to be released from the hospital because he wasn't exhibiting seizure activity. Garnett was pronounced dead on Jan. 23, 2014, from high levels of sodium, which led to swelling in his brain. Lacey Spears was born and raised in Decatur, Alabama, where she lived until she gave birth to Garnett and became a single mother. They lived in an alternative and holistic living community called The Fellowship Community, where Spears worked taking care of the elderly and Garnett attended school. She was thus found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to 20 years to life in prison. KODAK BLACK TAKES A DIG AT PNB ROCKS GIRLFRIEND FOLLOWING RAPPERS DEATH, HOW TO CHANGE HOW NOTIFICATIONS SHOW ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN WITH IOS 16, What is soft swinging? Defense attorneys have insisted that there will be no mention of Munchausen by proxy, a disorder in which caretakers secretly harm children to win sympathy. Most of us in the true crime world are familiar with the story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and the murder of her mother Dee Dee. Garnett Spears was only five-years-old when he dies in hospital after years of health struggles and mysterious illnesses. 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