BRANDEN GRUSMAN-BUCKMASTER - 5 yo - (7/2011) Injuries from 8/2006 at 2 months /Charged: Mother Monique Bork and Edward Thompson - Las Vegas NV

by twinkletoes Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:27 pm

Mother and ex-boyfriend 'who
violently shook boy when he was a baby' charged with murder after he
dies from injuries five years later

Monique Bork and Edward Thompson claimed a toy fell on boy's head
Suffered cerebral palsy and blindness from Shaken Baby Syndrome
Investigators originally did not press charges as could not pinpoint abuser
When he died last year, friend saw news coverage and told police Bork claimed Thompson had shaken baby

By Lydia Warren

PUBLISHED: 10:59 EST, 12 July 2012 |

UPDATED: 11:15 EST, 12 July 2012

A
mother and her ex-boyfriend have been charged with murdering her son,
five years after he died from injuries he suffered when they allegedly
violently shook him as a newborn.

Brayden
Grusman-Buckmaster died last year from injuries sustained when he was
two months old and living with his mother, Monique Bork, and her then
boyfriend, Edward M. Thompson, Jr.

He
was taken to Sunrise Trauma Center in Las Vegas, Nevada in August 2006
and doctors found he had injuries consistent with Shaken Baby Syndrome -
and did not think he would survive.

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Arrested:
Monique Bork, left, and her ex-boyfriend Edward M. Thompson Jr., right,
allegedly shook Bork's son when he was just two months old. The boy
suffered severe injuries and later died, aged five

Bork,
now 26, told police after her son was hospitalised that he had not been
acting himself. She said that he had been hit in the head by a falling
toy a few weeks prior.

But
Thompson, now 32, told police that Bork was not telling the truth and
that he had dropped a telephone on the boy's face, the Las Vegas Sun reported.

Brayden
was taken off life-support a week later and placed in hospice care. He
lived with his grandparents for two years and was eventually put into
foster care and adopted.
He
suffered numerous problems as a result of the alleged abuse. He was
blind, had cerebral palsy and relied on a gastronomy tube to feed him.

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Victim:
Brayden died in July 2011 from his injuries. After the alleged abuse,
he was placed in foster care and later adopted. Right, he is pictured
with his adoptive mother Gayle Grusman

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Injuries: The youngster was left with cerebral palsy and was brain damaged. He was also legally blind

When
Brayden died last July, news channels ran segments about his story and a
witness stepped forward to say she had taken the boy to the hospital
with Bork when he was a baby.

She told police that Bork and Thompson had married and bragged how 'now we can't testify against each other'.

But
when their relationship began to crumble, Bork told the woman that
Thompson had shaken the baby, causing his injuries. 'I know he did it,'
she had said. 'I know he did it from day one.'

The
former couple has now been charged with murder and child abuse and
neglect with substantial bodily harm in the death of the boy.

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'Abuse':
A friend of Bork's saw news coverage of the boy's death on TV last year
and stepped forward to tell police Bork had told her Thompson had
shaken the baby

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Struggles: Brayden relied on a gastronomy tube to feed him until his death

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Remembered: Grusman and her partner Tish Buckmaster have marked one year since his death

Thompson
was arrested on Monday and Bork was arrested on Tuesday. Both are being
held in the Clark County Detention Center without bail.

It comes after outcry following Brayden's death that no charges had been brought against his abusers.

Investigators
had originally said they were unable to pinpoint who had carried out
the alleged abuse as there had been four people in the house: Bork,
Thompson and Thompson's mother and brother.

'The
DA won't re-open the case because there's no new evidence as to which
adult it was in the household,' one of the boy's adopted mothers, Gayle
Grusman had told KLAS-TV.

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Adoptive parents: Tish Buckmaster, left, and Gayle Grusman, right, called for justice following their son's death

'Somebody needs to pay for it, somebody killed him,' his other mother, Tish Buckmaster, said.

Despite
his extensive injuries, the women remembered their son as perfect. 'He
was just a very happy child,' Buckmaster said. 'When he declined do fast
it was a shock to us.'

Grusman added: 'I loved his half-crooked Elvis smile. He was our world.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2172619/Mother-boy-5-ex-boyfriend-arrested-shaking-baby.html#ixzz20QcsUOk7

by twinkletoes Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:30 pm

I'm glad he received love during his short life.

What a sad, sad thing to happen to a baby.

by twinkletoes Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:34 pm

Another POS boyfriend. Another POS mother. Another dead baby.

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