another mother

[HairOfTheDog]

RIP AUSTIN DAVIS -- Steamboat Springs, Colorado


This is Austin Davis. He died last month at 3 years old. RIP.



Austin's home in Steamboat Springs

Austin's mom had left him alone in their cabin at a camp ground (pictured above) with some food, juice, and a video playing. She told police she'd done so about 20 times in the past when she went to work at the local supermarket. This time, she decided to spend the night at a boyfriend's house after work.


When Austin's mother, ^ 24-year-old Megan McKeon , finally returned home after 20 hours, Austin was lying face up on the floor, unresponsive, with his eyes open -- there were no signs of life.


So, Megan called, 22-year-old Tyler Davis ^, Austin's father, in jail. He's in jail for failing to register as a sex offender after being convicted of approaching a slew of 16-year-old girls and offering them money for sex.

911 was called and Austin was taken to the hospital, but it was too late. Autopsy as to the exact cause of death is pending.

Megan originally pleaded guilty to misdemeanor child neglect, which carried a maximum of 42 months. Fortunately, a smart DA decided that wasn't good enough and dropped the neglect charges so prosecutors could up the charges to felony child abuse.

McKeon is being held on $250k bond.

Sources:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/bo...-1.1745501
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...-food.html
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It's too much to imagine little Austin in that cabin, covered with partially eaten food and feces -- according to prosecutors -- fending for himself and then dying all alone.

I hope McKeon spends many years in jail -- at least enough years that she is too old to reproduce again when she's released.

I don't know why there was no CPS investigation / monitoring into the home after Austin's dad was arrested for child related offenses or whether relatives of the couple were aware of what was going on.