Both Abusers Should Get Life!

 

No child should have to suffer what Kaiden Garner did. He was only three years-old when he died from a beating allegedly administered by his father's girlfriend. The father, Blake Townsend, received a life sentence for Child Abuse. Now Townsend's girlfriend has been convicted of Felony Murder. Her sentencing is to be next month, and obviously a life sentence is expected in her case as well.

Both Townsend and his girlfriend Yalrick Pride will be eligible for parole. We don't see that happening for 20 or 30 years, if then. That falls under the category of "not justice," but at least it shows that we as a society are still able to do the right thing.

There is one other thing that we can do to remember Kaiden. This group has been established in his memory:

The Kaiden Garner Project: Child Abuse Prevention Awareness

Let's do all we can to make sure this type of abuse never happens in the Shoals again.

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