"IF YOU DON'T REPOST THIS YOU HAVE NO HEART" - from the MySpace version of the story Since December of this past year, an email and MySpace bulletin has been floating around, telling the tale of London Marie Sherwood, an infant who died in the hospital after having fallen victim to abuse. While it is sad to hear of a child or any living creature meeting such a fate, the email paints the mother as a victim as well, and makes us wish to feel sympathy for her as well. I almost felt sorry for the mother. Almost. Having received the story through MySpace, which is notorious for spreading rumors amongst the naive and gullible, I set out to find any facts on the case that I could. While some information is unclear and unavailable in doing a simple Internet search, and even a database search, bits and pieces are available. Approximately three weeks before the childs death, Jessica Sherwood, age 20, visited Joshua Schaak, 22, at his home, and handed their daughter over to him, and left, not to return into the picture until the day she pulled London from life-support. Joshua was informed by his family, with whom he was living with, that the child was his responsibility, and that none of them would assist in the care for London. Joshua cared for the child without assistance from anyone, not even his most recent girlfriend. It has been reported that Joshua had gotten aggravated with the child on December 2, 2007, and had shaken the child, and caused London's head to strike a wall and bathtub. From the information I have found, it remain unclear as to how London sustained other injuries, which possibly pre-date Joshua's care. Jessica has not been named as a perpetrator of any abuse toward London, though she remains in court--she made an appearance today, coincidently. One blogger who has been following the story reports that Jessica was present for a plea hearing in reference to a charge filed against her in November. Details of that charge are limited to the description of a Class-B Felony. The ADA asked for the court to reschedule the plea hearing to another date, which coincides with another hearing against Jessica--charges of possession and paraphernalia--which is scheduled for April 11th. I must agree with that blogger in saying that, while we may not know if Jessica had any involvement in prior abuse, we are now seeing information which isn't painting Jessica in any brighter shades. I am saddened to hear that a child died at the hands of a "parent," but I'm not going to weep for Jessica, even though she and others have attempted to portray her as a victim. For more information on the death of London Marie Sherwood, and the ongoing saga of Jessica L. Sherwood, please follow the links below: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/sherwood.asp[1] http://wcco.com/crime/charged.reckless.homicide.2.606558.html[2] http://faeriekat.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/results-of-jessica-sherwood-plea-hearing-re-disorderly-conduct-today/[3] http://faeriekat.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/jessica-sherwood-and-the-disorderly-conduct-charge/[4] http://faeriekat.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/results-of-jessica-sherwood-court-appearance-today/[5] http://faeriekat.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/jessica-sherwood-speaks-up/[6] http://www.startribune.com/local/12340686.html[7] http://www.rivertowns.net/daily/nrn/c080121/#s080121a[8] http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/18/london-sherwood-got-shafted/[9] http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=316336532[10] ...and, as always, if I managed to piss ya off, or made ya think, feel free to comment!
1: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/sherwood.asp
7: http://www.startribune.com/local/12340686.html
8: https://web.archive.org/web/20080907103252/http://www.rivertowns.net/daily/nrn/c080121/
9: http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/18/london-sherwood-got-shafted/
10: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=316336532
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I completely agree!!
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