06-14-2011, 11:48 AM
OH. MY. GOD.
this bitch has 5 children!
he smashed his newborn's head with a cinder block! she allowed it! how do you do that??
Scranton Times-Tribune
Christopher T. Fitzpatrick made his plans clear to his pregnant girlfriend as her contractions began during a trip to the supermarket, state police say.
"Have this (expletive) baby," Mr. Fitzpatrick allegedly told Jennifer A. Barrise on May 28. "I just want to get rid of it. I gotta do what I gotta do."
Troopers allege that Mr. Fitzpatrick murdered his newborn child later that day by twice dropping a cinder block on the baby, then buried her body behind a Lake Ariel lawn-care business where he worked.
Criminal complaints filed against the pair paint a detailed picture of the day the young couple's daughter entered the world and violently met her death.
State police charged Ms. Barrise, 28, and Mr. Fitzpatrick, 20, both of the Hideout, Lake Ariel, with criminal homicide and concealing the death of child on Friday, the same day authorities discovered the infant's bones buried behind M n' D Lawn Care at 1178 Hamlin Highway. Mr. Fitzpatrick also faces an abuse-of-corpse charge.
Police say Ms. Barrise told them that she, Mr. Fitzpatrick and his 11-year-old sister traveled by car together to a grocery store on May 28. While in the store, Ms. Barrise started to have contractions. It was then Mr. Fitzpatrick told her he wanted to get rid of the child.
"What do you want to do, kill it?" she asked, apparently drawing no response from Mr. Fitzpatrick, police said.
According to the complaint, the couple returned to the car, which would not start. While they were waiting for help, Mr. Fitzpatrick told his girlfriend to "hurry up and have this baby, I want to get rid of it."
She again asked if he was going to kill it, the affidavit says. He remained silent.
Ms. Barrise soon gave birth to the baby inside the vehicle, and it landed on the floor. No one touched the crying child.
Police say Mr. Fitzpatrick eventually headed back to their home in The Hideout community, dropping off his sister and girlfriend. Later that day he took the newborn to the lawn care business and smashed it to death.
Wayne County Coroner Carol Lienert has ruled the death as homicide, caused by massive head trauma, based on a recent forensic examination by her office in conjunction with state police.
Mr. Fitzpatrick allegedly showed state police where the baby was buried underneath the cinder block in a wooded area behind the business. State police Trooper Patrick Zirpoli found the infant's bones under the block.
Ruth DiPalma, the owner of M n' D Lawn Care, said Mr. Fitzpatrick starting working there in April.
"This was not the person we hired," she said. "It's a different person. He was completely clean. His driver's license was clean. We had no reason not to hire a man with no previous problems.
"I can't tell you how horrified and completely devastated we are. We had absolutely no idea," she told The Times-Tribune.
Family confession
The next day, May 29, at a family gathering at Gold Key Estates community in Pike County Mr. Fitzpatrick's sister told their mother and father, Scott and Michelle Fitzpatrick, that "Jennifer had given birth to a baby inside the car," according to the criminal complaint.
They pressed Mr. Fitzpatrick, in which he replied he had dropped the baby off at a hospital for safe haven.
Later, he allegedly told his uncle, Justin Fitzpatrick, that he buried the baby in the woods near where he works.
State police described one possible motive in arrest papers: The couple could not keep the baby because they could not afford to take care of it.
The couple apparently had a one-year old boy together, state police said.
Efforts to reach relatives of Mr. Fitzpatrick and Ms. Barrise were unsuccessful Monday.
N.J. history emerges
Details about Ms. Barrise's life have emerged from other sources, however.
She was wanted by the Sussex County, N.J. Sheriff's Department on a domestic relations warrant, arrest papers show. While a department spokesman could not provide specific details Monday, the agency's web site shows the warrant was issued in March for a failure to obey a family court order, with the offense listed as non-support.
Lauren Kidd, a press secretary with the New Jersey Department of Children and Families, could not provide any details about Ms. Barrise.
"Confidentiality laws prohibit us from commenting on specific cases or even saying if we are involved with a family," she said.
Justine Presher, a Sussex County resident who said she was a friend of Ms. Barrise and her family, said she understood Ms. Barrise suddenly left Franklin, N.J. in May with Mr. Fitzpatrick after he got a job.
"They left everything in the apartment and just packed up and left for Pennsylvania," Ms. Presher, 27, said.
She understood Ms. Barrise had five children, and some or all of them may have been born outside of a hospital setting.
Mr. Fitzpatrick and Ms. Barrise have a 1-year-old child together, the affidavit said.
Wayne County District Attorney Michael Lehutsky confirmed Ms. Barrise had other children, but could not say how many.
"I am not sure about the other children or the precise nature of the warrant," Mr. Lehutsky said. "We are trying to assemble these details."
this bitch has 5 children!
he smashed his newborn's head with a cinder block! she allowed it! how do you do that??
Scranton Times-Tribune
Christopher T. Fitzpatrick made his plans clear to his pregnant girlfriend as her contractions began during a trip to the supermarket, state police say.
"Have this (expletive) baby," Mr. Fitzpatrick allegedly told Jennifer A. Barrise on May 28. "I just want to get rid of it. I gotta do what I gotta do."
Troopers allege that Mr. Fitzpatrick murdered his newborn child later that day by twice dropping a cinder block on the baby, then buried her body behind a Lake Ariel lawn-care business where he worked.
Criminal complaints filed against the pair paint a detailed picture of the day the young couple's daughter entered the world and violently met her death.
State police charged Ms. Barrise, 28, and Mr. Fitzpatrick, 20, both of the Hideout, Lake Ariel, with criminal homicide and concealing the death of child on Friday, the same day authorities discovered the infant's bones buried behind M n' D Lawn Care at 1178 Hamlin Highway. Mr. Fitzpatrick also faces an abuse-of-corpse charge.
Police say Ms. Barrise told them that she, Mr. Fitzpatrick and his 11-year-old sister traveled by car together to a grocery store on May 28. While in the store, Ms. Barrise started to have contractions. It was then Mr. Fitzpatrick told her he wanted to get rid of the child.
"What do you want to do, kill it?" she asked, apparently drawing no response from Mr. Fitzpatrick, police said.
According to the complaint, the couple returned to the car, which would not start. While they were waiting for help, Mr. Fitzpatrick told his girlfriend to "hurry up and have this baby, I want to get rid of it."
She again asked if he was going to kill it, the affidavit says. He remained silent.
Ms. Barrise soon gave birth to the baby inside the vehicle, and it landed on the floor. No one touched the crying child.
Police say Mr. Fitzpatrick eventually headed back to their home in The Hideout community, dropping off his sister and girlfriend. Later that day he took the newborn to the lawn care business and smashed it to death.
Wayne County Coroner Carol Lienert has ruled the death as homicide, caused by massive head trauma, based on a recent forensic examination by her office in conjunction with state police.
Mr. Fitzpatrick allegedly showed state police where the baby was buried underneath the cinder block in a wooded area behind the business. State police Trooper Patrick Zirpoli found the infant's bones under the block.
Ruth DiPalma, the owner of M n' D Lawn Care, said Mr. Fitzpatrick starting working there in April.
"This was not the person we hired," she said. "It's a different person. He was completely clean. His driver's license was clean. We had no reason not to hire a man with no previous problems.
"I can't tell you how horrified and completely devastated we are. We had absolutely no idea," she told The Times-Tribune.
Family confession
The next day, May 29, at a family gathering at Gold Key Estates community in Pike County Mr. Fitzpatrick's sister told their mother and father, Scott and Michelle Fitzpatrick, that "Jennifer had given birth to a baby inside the car," according to the criminal complaint.
They pressed Mr. Fitzpatrick, in which he replied he had dropped the baby off at a hospital for safe haven.
Later, he allegedly told his uncle, Justin Fitzpatrick, that he buried the baby in the woods near where he works.
State police described one possible motive in arrest papers: The couple could not keep the baby because they could not afford to take care of it.
The couple apparently had a one-year old boy together, state police said.
Efforts to reach relatives of Mr. Fitzpatrick and Ms. Barrise were unsuccessful Monday.
N.J. history emerges
Details about Ms. Barrise's life have emerged from other sources, however.
She was wanted by the Sussex County, N.J. Sheriff's Department on a domestic relations warrant, arrest papers show. While a department spokesman could not provide specific details Monday, the agency's web site shows the warrant was issued in March for a failure to obey a family court order, with the offense listed as non-support.
Lauren Kidd, a press secretary with the New Jersey Department of Children and Families, could not provide any details about Ms. Barrise.
"Confidentiality laws prohibit us from commenting on specific cases or even saying if we are involved with a family," she said.
Justine Presher, a Sussex County resident who said she was a friend of Ms. Barrise and her family, said she understood Ms. Barrise suddenly left Franklin, N.J. in May with Mr. Fitzpatrick after he got a job.
"They left everything in the apartment and just packed up and left for Pennsylvania," Ms. Presher, 27, said.
She understood Ms. Barrise had five children, and some or all of them may have been born outside of a hospital setting.
Mr. Fitzpatrick and Ms. Barrise have a 1-year-old child together, the affidavit said.
Wayne County District Attorney Michael Lehutsky confirmed Ms. Barrise had other children, but could not say how many.
"I am not sure about the other children or the precise nature of the warrant," Mr. Lehutsky said. "We are trying to assemble these details."