I debated whether or not I should spread the word of a horrible crime .. does me posting about it continue the horror? I don’t know. But I can tell you this, when I read the story of a young innocent baby boy dying in a hospital in Jermyn PA, I teared up.. I will tell you why in a second..
We know this: 10-month-old Silas was brutally beaten by his mother’s boyfriend. Charges have been filed against Eddie Widdick ..Baby Silas had brain injuries, a rib fracture, and hemorrhages in both eyes.. he had bruises on his head and torso.. Widdick is now in in a jail in Lackawanna County on $150,000 bail.
Child crimes have always happened—I get that..
But my inquisitive mind read the comments on the Citizens VOICE newspaper page.. one commenter mentioned that Widdick’s Facebook page was still active.. It is. I poured through some recent history as the page was not yet deleted and information was not set to private.. While I certainly will not post the photos, but a number of posts actually had baby Silas in them.. There are comments on that post saying RIP and “you sick F*&” to Widdick.. So many images of the baby were beautiful.. But Widdick, the charged man, eventually beat this child to death days after many of the pictures were taken, prosecutors say..
There is something very macabre about what I did.. In a sense, I feel I peeled back an onion, but when I did it was rotten to the core.. I feel very guilty about seeing these photos. First off, they are someone else’s private collection—though on Facebook so often people don’t realize how much private stuff just gets put out there for all to see, including this.. And secondly, obviously, the innocence of any child is so clear, especially when a horrible crime happens to him or her. This baby is no different.
I just want to forget I read this headline.. I want to forget I saw those Facebook images.. I just want to eliminate the sadness from my brain.
I don’t think I can..
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