TYLER GOSS - 2 months -(2009) St. John MO

Suburban St. Louis mom charged in baby's death
(Published July 07, 2009)

ST. JOHN, Mo. — A St. Louis County woman is being held on $200,000 bond in the July 4 suffocation death of her 2-month-old son.
Stacey Johnson was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder and endangering the welfare of a child. Authorities did not know if she had a lawyer.
St. John's police said they responded early Saturday to a call about a child having trouble breathing. Authorities arrived at the house to find the 30-year-old mother distraught and the father trying to revive the infant.
The baby, whose name has not been released, died a short time later at a hospital.
Assistant St. John Police Chief J.R. Morris said the mother admitted putting a pacifier in the crying baby's mouth and wrapping a blanket around his head.
Police said three other children in the home have been placed with relatives.
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mom_from_STL wrote:Suburban St. Louis mom charged in baby's death
(Published July 07, 2009)

ST. JOHN, Mo. — A St. Louis County woman is being held on $200,000 bond in the July 4 suffocation death of her 2-month-old son.
Stacey Johnson was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder and endangering the welfare of a child. Authorities did not know if she had a lawyer.
St. John's police said they responded early Saturday to a call about a child having trouble breathing. Authorities arrived at the house to find the 30-year-old mother distraught and the father trying to revive the infant.
The baby, whose name has not been released, died a short time later at a hospital.
Assistant St. John Police Chief J.R. Morris said the mother admitted putting a pacifier in the crying baby's mouth and wrapping a blanket around his head.
Police said three other children in the home have been placed with relatives.
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Good Lord, does it ever stop.... :( Sorry, just had to comment on the continuous abuse of innocent children...Thanks Mom...Damn these people!

A St. John woman was charged Tuesday in Saturday's smothering death of her 2-month-old son.

Stacey Johnson, 30, of the 2900 block of Endicott Avenue, is charged with
second-degree murder and first-degree endangering the welfare of a
child.

According to St. John Police Captain J.R. Morris, the
mother admitted she had placed a pacifier in the baby's mouth and
wrapped a comforter around his head. She had told the investigators
that the baby had been acting fussy, Morris said.

Johnson is being held under a $200,000 bond at the St. Louis County Jail. Her
other three children, all under 6 years old, have been placed with
relatives, he said.

St. John police responded to a call about
12:30 a.m. Saturday that a child was having trouble breathing. Police
arrived to find Johnson distraught and the father working to
resuscitate the child.

A mother from St. John was arrested
for accidentally suffocating her infant over the Fourth of July
weekend. Now the baby's father is speaking out for the first time about
what happened.Darren Goss wanted to make it clear he is standing
by his girlfriend. He does not believe she meant to kill the baby. He
thinks she was simply tired, confused, and not thinking about the
consequences of her actions.Tyler Goss suffocated Saturday. He
was two and a half months old. Police said it happened at the hands of
his mother, Stacey Johnson. They believe she was trying to keep the
baby's pacifier in his mouth, wrapping a receiving blanket around his
head to keep the binky in place.
"She's falling apart. It's just eating her up bad," said Darren Goss,
Stacey's boyfriend and Tyler's father. He spoke to her Wednesday for
the first time since the incident."Everyone
wants to be like she did this on purpose. And I think her intent was
only to quiet him down. I don't believe she just thought she had one
child too many."Tyler was Stacey's fourth child and on Saturday
he was fussy. Goss said he awakened at their home in St. John to find
his son unconscious and his girlfriend hysterical.He said at
first he was furious about what happened. But now he said that anger
has mellowed to empathy. He simply thinks Johnson didn't comprehend the
potential consequences."I can kinda understand what she was
probably trying to think of," Goss said. "I mean she could have just
woke me up but she was trying to let me sleep and didn't want anybody
else to wake up so just did the best thing she thought, but it just
happened to be the wrong thing."And while Johnson told authorities she had used the blanket around Tyler's head before. Goss said he'd never seen it.Goss
also discussed previous visits by the Division of Children and Family
Services to the home. He said they related more to a child custody
issue within the family than to any actual neglect. He says he keeps
wondering how and if this death could have been prevented."Most
nights I stay up late, why that night did I have to be in bed at a
decent time? And why wasn't I sleeping in the bedroom instead of on the
couch?" he said. "I mean you can 'if' yourself to death but it's not
going to change anything."And what's more, Goss said Tyler had been thriving against the odds. He had been born several weeks premature."He
fought so hard to get into this world. And it seemed just like all that
fighting," Goss said. "He didn't get to stay too long."Darren Goss is now trying to make funeral arrangements for his son and trying to figure out how to pay for them.Stacey Johnson faces charges of second-degree murder and child endangerment. She remains jailed on $200,000 bond.

A St. John, Missouri, mother is accused of murdering her 2-month-old
baby boy by suffocating him with a pacifier and a receiving blanket.
But the baby's grandmother says her daughter is innocent. St. John
police investigators say Stacy Johnson, 30, confessed to what happened
during her third police interview.

Johnson is charged with murder second degree and first degree
endangering the welfare of a child. They say she suffocated her infant
child identified as Tyler Goss by putting a pacifier in his mouth, then
wrapping a receiving blanket around his mouth and nose to try and keep
the pacifier in his mouth.

Police say they responded to Johnson's home on Endicott in the early
morning hours of the Fourth of July after getting a 911 call for an
infant not breathing.

Investigators say Johnson put Tyler down about 7:00 or 7:30 p.m. last
Friday. Then, they say Tyler started to fuss and that's when Johnson
put the pacifier in his mouth and the blanket around his face to try
and keep him quiet.

Police are stunned by what Johnson allegedly did.

The Assistant St. John Police Chief, Captain J.R. Morris, said, "It
played a toll on everybody. It hits very close to home, we all have
children here. You can't fathom doing anything like that, at least I
can't. I've been in the business a long time and I still, it seems
foreign- how do you explain something like that."

But Johnson's mother says her daughter would never hurt her kids. She
calls the charges false. "I'm very shocked that something like that has
been said," said Teresa Johnson.

We asked her what she wanted people to know about her daughter. "That
she was a good mother and she loved her children," replied Johnson.

We're told Tyler was born two to three months premature. Johnson also
has three other children ranging from one to six years old. They are
staying with other family members.

Teresa tells us her daughter had done the same thing with the pacifier and the blanket once before and Tyler was fine.

Johnson is jailed on a $200,000 cash only bond.

Police say state officials had been called to the home several times
over concerns about the other children. But no charges were ever filed.

Woman accused in sons death competent



ksdk-- A north St Louis County woman remains free on bond and returns to court in July after a mental evaluation ruled she is competent to proceed to trial.31 year old Stacey Johnson of St John is charged with second degree murder and child endangerment in connection to the July 2009 death of her 2 month old son. Court documents in the case allege Johnson tied a receiving blanket around the face of the infant; Tyler Goss, to keep the baby's pacifier in his mouth.
Investigators say the blanket actually covered the baby's nose and mouth, causing the child to suffocate. Police were called to the family home on Endicott Avenue after receiving an emergency dispatch of a child having trouble breathing. The baby was transported to an area hospital and pronounced dead a short time after his arrival.
Three other children in the home where the baby lived, were eventually removed and placed with other family members. Johnson is now free on $200,000.00 bail.http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=203180

Stacey Johnson makes plea, gets 9 months jail for infants death
Jun 9, 2011
Clayton, Missouri (KSDK)-- A plea agreement has been announced in the case against a north St. Louis County woman charged in the 2009 death of her infant son.

33 year old Stacey Johnson of St. Ann has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of involuntary manslaughter in the suffocation death of two month old Tyler Goss.

The child died while Johnson was living in nearby St. John and according to police reports, Johnson wrapped a blanket around the baby's face to hold the pacifier in his mouth. Officials said Johnson was trying to keep the baby from crying.

The plea agreement was made after extensive psychiatric evaluations were conducted on Johnson and her three other children were removed from the home.

Johnson was ordered to serve nine months in the county jail for the child's death, plus five years probation on her endangering the welfare of a child conviction. The Honorable Colleen Dolan was presiding over the case.

Under the plea deal, Johnson must continue to receive psychiatric treatment, submit to random urinalysis and obey all directives from the Family Court and the Missouri Division of Family Services.

http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/262381/3/Stacey-Johnson-makes-plea-gets-9-months-jail-for-infants-death

and i suppose all 4 children were the products of immaculate conception? how ignorant can u be to wrap a blanket around a tiny baby's head? damn!