Missing Boy

On Thursday February 4, 2010, a man named Eddie Salazar reported that two men beat him unconscious and abducted his eight-month-old son. An Amber Alert announcement showed up on headlines, text and flashing billboards to help find this little boy named Eddie Salazar Jr. The Carthage Police acted quickly and kept the father in a questioning room to further the investigation. A friend who works with the mother decided to go back to work, which come to find out many rumors started in the Joplin, Webb City and Carthage area. The mother had announced to friends that her husband was a drug dealer and that two men broke into their house and stabbed him. Although, the Police Department announced that the report was a false statement and he is now on a $100,000 bail bond. On Saturday February 6, a boy found in Spring River near Carthage, MO lodged behind a tree and fits the description: Mexican and 20lbs. The autopsy will determine the cause of death.

In a parents point of view it boggles my mind that a person would do this to his or her own child. How can someone have the nerve and rage to hurt a little human being who is learning to communicate? I think that if the father could not get the child to calm down then he should have called the mother to come home and soothe him to sleep then go back to work. In addition, if he had given the boy shaken baby syndrome he could have called 911 or dropped him off at the hospital in Carthage. Then the boy would still be alive and foster parents are available in the area that can provide a better life. I understand that at times it is stressful when a child is crying, teething, hungry, bellyaches and just uncomfortable but it takes patience. If a parent is having problems then they need to reach out to a friend or relative to ask for support or a few hours to get away. I would also recommend a place here in Joplin called Hour Kids charging $5 an hour and the child needs their immunization up to date. The atmosphere is welcoming and it is full of toys but the parent has to provide food because they have no kitchen. This is located on 4th Street near Rangeline behind the Subway in little outlet.

I then ask myself what is wrong with the American Society. Do people not understand the sixth commandment “You shall not commit murder” is it that hard? I think this is many of the reasons why I crawl myself into my daughters bed at night just to keep her extra safe. It is not hard to enjoy being a parent… PATIENCE and LOVE is all you NEED!