AADEN BATISTA - 2 yo (2010)/ Convicted: Mother's BF; Jason Padgett - Palm Bay FL

Palm Bay FL ---- A man with a violent criminal past has
been charged in the murder of his girlfriend's 2-year-old son.Jason
Padgett, 28, is being held on $3 million bond at the Brevard County
Jail after he was arrested Sunday morning.



Palm Bay police said he was smoking marijuana while watching 2-year-old
Aaden Batista Wednesday night.

When his girlfriend came home from work, she found the child
unresponsive, and rushed him to the hospital.

He died the next morning.

Padgett reportedly told police Aaden fell and hit his head
while he was giving him a bath.A preliminary autopsy report shows Aaden was
severely shaken or hit, and witnesses say they saw Padgett punch the boy
over the past three weeks.There was also evidence of possible
sexual abuse.Palm Bay's police chief says Padgett should have
never been released from jail for his past crimes, which include child
abuse, domestic violence and armed robbery.

If the mother knew about his record she should be charged too. These mothers who leave their children with their horrible boyfriends need to know they will be held responsible too IMO.

Head injuries that claimed the life of a 2-year-old child last week had
force consistent with an automobile crash and not a fall in the
bathroom, the medical examiner's office reported.
An autopsy also said Aaden Batista could have survived the severe
brain injuries if he had received immediate attention."This child was severely beaten. This individual, for
whatever reason, did not seem to think he needed medical attention,
despite admitting that the child was unresponsive," said Yvonne
Martinez, spokeswoman for the Palm Bay Police Department."Instead, he went
upstairs to his friend's (home) to play Xbox."On Monday, 28-year-old Jason Padgett remained under
observation at the Brevard County Detention Center after being arrested
Sunday. He was held on a $3 million bond at the jail on charges of
premeditated murder, sexual battery, child neglect and aggravated child
abuse, records show.Padgett
was described as the toddler's mother's boyfriend and not the father of
the child.He
told detectives he bathed the boy before putting him to bed for the
night, and the child fell off toilet and hit his head on the floor,
officials said. Police also said there were injuries that led to the
sexual battery charge.Padgett's
mother, Gayle Padgett of Palm Bay, said she hadn't spoken
to him Monday and couldn't believe he committed the crime."He's my son," she
said. "He's a good person. I don't believe he did it. He has three other
sons."Neighbors,
however, told police they had seen and heard Padgett abuse Aaden,
including punching his head and slapping his throat, according to police
reports.Witnesses
said they heard Padgett scream at the boy that he was "worthless" and
that he would "never amount to anything," officials said.Medical staff at Holmes
Regional Medical Center in Melbourne contacted Palm Bay Police on
Wednesday, shortly after the boy was carried into the hospital by his
mother. The toddler was transported to Arnold Palmer Hospital for
Children in Orlando, where he died Thursday.Police said Whitney Flowers, the child's mother,
works in the medical field. Reports said she left Aaden in Padgett's
care Wednesday at his apartment in the 6600 block of Pinewood Drive
while she went to her job.Flowers returned home about 11:30 p.m. and found Aaden
and screamed for Padgett, who was in another room playing video games,
officials said. Both went to the hospital with the child, who never
regained consciousness.Martinez
said Padgett's criminal history includes convictions for armed robbery
and grand theft and arrests for domestic violence, child abuse,
aggravated battery, drugs and other offenses.

A 28-year-old Palm Bay man suspected of causing the
brain injuries that led to the death of his girlfriend’s 2-year-old child is
under special observation today at the Brevard County Detention Center.
Jason Padgett remains
held on a $3 million bond at the jail on charges of premeditated murder, child
neglect and aggravated child abuse.


Padgett was arrested early Sunday after an autopsy determined
that toddler Aaden Batista of Palm Bay suffered a number of brain hemorrhages
stemming from either blunt-force trauma or being severely shaken.

On Wednesday, Palm Bay
detectives opened a child abuse investigation after the 2-year-old arrived at
Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne. The toddler was transported to
Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando, where he died Thursday
afternoon.

In addition to his
injuries, police spokeswoman Yvonne Martinez said there was also evidence of
possible sexual abuse.

The police
investigation revealed that Whitney Flowers, the child's mother, left Aaden with
Padgett on Wednesday night while she went to work, reports show. Witnesses told
detectives that Padgett smoked marijuana while watching the boy at his apartment
in the 6600 block of Pinewood Drive, Martinez said.

Flowers returned home
about 11:30 p.m., found Aaden unresponsive and took him to the hospital. Padgett
allegedly told detectives he bathed the boy before putting him to bed for the
night, and the child fell off the toilet and hit his head on the floor.

Martinez said witnesses
saw Padgett punch the boy in the face and head, among other physical abuses,
during the past three weeks.

"What this man did to
this innocent child is unforgivable," Police Chief Bill Berger stated in a press
release, "No child should ever have to go through what this little boy endured
before his death."

Detectives with the
Special Victims Unit and the Game Over Task Force arrested Padgett shortly
before 1 a.m. at a home on Belvedere Road Northwest, where he had been staying
with a friend since the death occurred.

His criminal history
includes convictions for armed robbery and grand theft and arrests for domestic
violence, child abuse, aggravated battery, drugs and other offenses, Martinez
said.

Detectives called what 2-year-old Aaden Batista suffered at the hands
of his mother's boyfriend nothing less than torture.
There were likely blows to the head with a fist or a hard object and
verbal abuse, and there was possibly violent shaking that rendered the
boy known to family members as "Pumpkin" and "Chubba" unresponsive for
hours before dying from his injuries at Arnold Palmer Hospital in
Orlando, reports show.But
nearly as stunning to Palm Bay detectives was the discovery that others
witnessed abuse weeks prior to the slaying. According to police,
witnesses have reported seeing Aaden being dragged by the shirt across a
parking lot, while others heard the mother's boyfriend screaming to the
toddler that he was "worthless."No one called police -- not even to anonymously report
the allegations."There's
no good answer as to why. It's just a tragedy," said Palm Bay Police
Detective Greg Guillete.Police
charged 28-year-old Jason Padgett with first-degree murder and
aggravated child abuse in connection with Aaden's April 8 death. Padgett
remained in the Brevard County Detention Center in Sharpes on Friday.
Bond is set at $3 million.The homicide -- the third slaying of a child in
Brevard County in less than a year -- also comes during National Child
Abuse Awareness Month. President Barack Obama issued a proclamation
noting the month as a way of creating awareness of the need for
families, neighbors and authorities to protect young abuse victims.Assistant State
Attorney Julia Lynch, Brevard's top prosecutor for child abuse and sex
crimes, says society and the law continue to evolve in abuse cases,
putting the onus on anyone suspecting a problem to report it to police."Clearly, if anyone
suspects something, they should call. What's at stake is the life and
welfare of a child," Lynch said. "If you see something in public, then
you can imagine what might be happening behind closed doors to that
child."Police
said neighbors feared Padgett and described him as a volatile presence
at the Pines Apartment complex. He moved there shortly after getting out
of state prison in August 2008 on grand theft charges.
"Witnesses were afraid of him. He went after people and he's gotten into
fights with people across the street from where he lived," Guillete
said, adding that Padgett may have had some links to the Latin Kings
gang.
Just hours after Aaden was rushed to the hospital for treatment,
neighbors told police they saw Padgett get violent with the toddler --
once punching him in the head and face and, on another occasion,
slapping the boy in the throat and head with an open hand, reports show.One neighbor told
detectives Aaden was once riding a scooter near the apartment doorway
when Padgett confronted the boy, saying, 'what the . . . do you think
you're doing?' and then pulled the scooter away, reports show.The neighbor then said
Padgett struck the boy with the scooter, an incident that was never
reported to police."One
guy approached Jason and Jason just said, 'You want to fight?' He was
out of control," Guillette said, adding some residents feared
retaliation.On
April 7, detectives were called to Holmes Regional Medical Center to
investigate a report of possible child abuse. Aaden was unconscious and
doctors pointed to a number of unusual injuries.Padgett, who was caring for the child, told
detectives the child fell and hit his head on the floor and became
unresponsive before being put to bed.When Whitney Flower, the mother, came home from work,
she found the boy still in bed as Padgett played video games.Aaden died the next day
at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and Women.Police also said there were injuries to his
genitalia, prompting a sexual battery charge against Padgett.The death left Aaden's
father, Jeffrey Batista, devastated. Friends said the Melbourne man kept
photos of his son and proudly showed them off."He's been to my home with Aaden. You would see him
in the mall and he would start to tell you, 'Oh yea, he's walking
today,' or 'He's got his first tooth," said Lordes Mullane, a family
friend of Batista's.Thursday,
the family held a prayer service for Aaden. Some mourners wore T-shirts
with Aaden's picture."What
I don't understand is, pardon my language, how in the hell can people
allow something like this to happen?" Mullane said. "I just can't fathom
it."

Aadens Law
A Voice For The Children”

Hello my name is Jeffrey Batista I have recently been faced with a tragedy that has changed my life dramatically. You may have learned about my cause and what sparked it, but if you have not let me give you some insight. I father a child out of wedlock May 2, 2008, and a little over a year later I had to leave the mother due to excessive drinking, partying and drug use. Soon after leaving I realized that getting custody of my child was not going to be an easy task. I also learned the mother of my child starting dating and soon living with a man that had an extensive criminal past. Jason Lee Padgett is his name and you can look his record up at the Brevard Clerk of Courts. Knowing she was seeing this man I took the necessary precautions I went to a lawyer and new what I had to do just to establish my rights as the father, which I think is wrong on so many levels. Why is it that I have to establish rights when I was the one who signed my name on his birth certificate, I was the one paying child support, and I was that father who was there from birth until my son was taken from me. I soon called DCF on the mother cause I new of what was going on. DCF went into the house the next day during the day, when I told them that would be the wrong time to go. I told DCF to make a visit at night when a lot more illegal activity was going on. Well they went during the day. At the same time they gave Both Whitney Elizabeth Flower and Jason Lee Padgett 24 hours to take a drug test far too much time to get cleaned up and come up with a game plan. They also new of Jason Lee Padgett’s extensive criminal history and did nothing to protect the child. Less then 2 weeks later Jason Lee Padgett murdered my son. That is why I am starting this Petition; parents who have children out of wedlock should have equal rights to the children, Parents should also be able to get involved in the other parents life if it means protecting their children’s life and the public should also be able to get involved with out having to worry about their safety. Either way millions of children everyday are abused verbally and physically. Some children even murdered when it could have been easily avoided. Let me tell you one thing “my son would be alive today if DCF would have taken a better look into the mother and who she was bringing around the child. In any case a criminal history with domestic violence should prove someone unfit to raise children let alone children that are not theirs. In all its time to take a stand for the little voices that can’t be heard, its time to make a difference, and its time to take a stand to a system that doesn’t work. Mostly let’s protect our children and the voices of the future. Stand with me and let’s stop horrible people from abusing our children physically, mentally, and verbally.

Sites to my son’s story:

http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/floridatoday/access/2008938311.html?FMT=ABS&date=Apr+13%2C+2010

http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/floridatoday/access/2012194861.html?FMT=ABS&date=Apr+18%2C+2010

http://aadenleebatista.com/blog/

www.aadenleebatista.com

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/aadens-law.html

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Aadens Law:

1.Both parents should have equal rights and equal custody (known as time sharing in Stare of Florida) to their children even if the child was conceived out of wedlock.
2.Parents spouse cannot be alone with the child if they have history of child molestation, domestic violence, or a criminal background that can negatively affect the child. Supervised visits will be given to the parent of the spouse with a history of child molestation, domestic, violence, and drug abuse.
3.If a Parent or adult in the community has proof that a child is in danger that person should have the right to pull the child away from the parent and make a phone call that can help protect the child, and should be protected by the law when they make a phone call to proper authorities

This is all a little broad so if there are any law makers that can help me with this please contacts me.

Jeffrey Batista
321 505 0113
smarfone101@yahoo

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Palm Bay man found guilty of killing girlfriend's two-year-old son

6:23 PM, Mar. 19, 2013

A Palm Bay man was found guilty of killing his girlfriend's two-year-old son.

Jason Padgett, 31, was convicted of third-degree murder, aggravated child abuse and child abuse. He is scheduled to go before a judge in May to receive his sentence. He faces up to 50 years in prison, according to Assistant State Attorney Julia Lynch. "It's absolutely tragic," Lynch said. "This was the loss of a little 23-month old that did not have to happen at all. The child would be turning five this year. Every year has been difficult for this family, knowing this case has been out there."

Read more: http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20130319/CRIME/130319025/Palm-Bay-man-found-guilty-killing-girlfriend-s-two-year-old-son