A Case of Justice

Can you BELIEVE this!!!! That families have to go through!!! This from the Oklahoma City News Channel 4 JOLEEN CHANEY REPORTING: BUFFALO -- For years the family of an Oklahoma toddler has been searching for answers as to how their child died after they left him with a babysitter. There was enough oxycodone in the one year old boy's body to kill an adult, but how it got there and why no one has been held accountable is one step closer to being solved. "We know the child died of an overdose of a synthetic opiate, something like oxycodone or hydrocodone, but we don't know how it got into the child's system and that's what we're trying to figure out," OSBI spokesperson Jessica Brown said. Garrett Rice's mother is convinced she knows who is responsible for her son's death. "I still believe she knows what happened," Casey Atkins said. NewsChannel Four first told you when this case was re-opened just a few months ago after Garrett died of a drug overdose while in the care of his babysitter Sharon Rowley. Since then we have learned the police chief who was handling the case has hit a road-block. After 6 years of investigations no one has been charged for the young child's death - even though some officials say there is enough evidence to charge Rowley. I do think she is responsible, and I think there's enough evidence there to prosecute her," Former Buffalo Police Chief Jeremy Murrell said. Garrett's parents believe it will take more than evidence to convince prosecutors. "The DA I don't feel like he's taken the case seriously at all," Atkins said. After we last told you about this case, it has gained national attention where for the first time Atkins confronted the babysitter she says killed her child. "That's a lot of anger, hate and aggression toward one person," Atkins said. "I lashed out. I was very angry." On a television talk show Rowley failed a lie detector test and admitted she smoked marijuana in the child's presence, but claims she is innocent. "I wasn't high until after he was asleep," she said. "I did not kill him. I'm not the one." Even though there is evidence she may be the one, it is still an open case Garrett's family says they may never be able to close. "If it saves one baby, and changes one person's mind than I'm happy," Atkins said. "I would love a conviction, but I may never get it." The OSBI has turned over all their evidence to the Harper County District Attorney who declined to comment on this case. Authorities are waiting for the Medical Examiner's office to change Garrett's cause of death from unknown to a homicide.

A Case of Justice

Maybe Faith should have been living in New Hampshire. This from the New Hampshire Union Leader: NASHUA – A babysitter has been arrested and charged with reckless conduct after an 18-month-old female child in her care apparently overdosed on prescription medication.Police said they arrested Esther Ngari, 20, of 136 West Pearl St. Apt. 3, at approximately 12:30 a.m. yesterday after the child ingested an unknown amount of the seizure medication Carbamazepine while in Ngari's apartment Thursday afternoon.Lt. Jeffrey Bukunt said that the child's father left the child and her six-month-old sister at Ngari's apartment on Thursday shortly before 2:30 p.m. The children's father did not personally know Ngari but was a friend of her roommate.Sometime that afternoon, Bukunt said, Ngari left the two children alone in her bedroom while they napped. Following the nap, Ngari noticed that the 18-month-old couldn't stay awake and called their father to pick them up. The children's father came over and picked them up at approximately 6:15 p.m. After the children left, Ngari went into her bedroom where she noticed that her bottle of medication which she normally kept on her nightstand was on the floor with several pills spilled out, Bukunt said. Some of the pills were wet and discolored, which is consistent with having been in someone's mouth. When the children arrived at home, the 18-month-old began vomiting and was unresponsive, Bukunt said. She was then taken to Southern New Hampshire Medical Center and then med-flighted to Boston Children's Hospital where she was listed in serious condition. Ngari told police she normally kept her prescription bottle on her nightstand with the lid unsecured because she has trouble opening it when it is sealed, court documents state. Ngari was arraigned in Nashua District Court yesterday on one felony count of reckless conduct for leaving the bottle of medication within reach of the child with its lid unsecured and one misdemeanor count of endangering the welfare of a child for not notifying the child's father that she may have ingested the medication, court documents state. Ngari was ordered held on $50,000 cash or surety bail and a condition of her bail states that she must also turn her passport over to the Nashua Police Department, court documents state. Ngari has lived in Nashua for only two weeks, Bukunt said. She previously lived in Virginia for five months, having moved there from her home country of Kenya to attend college. A case status and probable cause hearing is scheduled for June 20.

DA's office today

What I have a really hard time with is waiting. But the explanation that was given to me today on why I have to wait make sence. I see now they are taking this case seriously and don't want E.W. or her lawyer to have any evidence prior to arrest. That way they can charge her with everything at once. I think that had to do with all the people that have called and emailed the DA. I have made it clear that if I have to file a grievance against someone, I will take it as far as it needs to go to have E.W. arrested. The fact that people believe that E.W. is a victim and I am just trying to blame someone for Mckenzie's death is insult to injury. It makes me fight harder when I hear things like H1N1 or any lie constructed by E.W. I then push harder, I call more people and I won't stand down.

So I gave them everything needed, being totally honest I watched their faces sadden by the deceit and maliciousness that was involved by E.W. and the pain she put Mckenzie through. They heard my little girl and her cry from the heavens. They finally heard that she didn't have to die and there is only one person that caused her death. THEY HEARD!!!!

It brought me peace for a minute. However, don't think that I will slow down on my fight for justice. Oh no, in fact I am going to push harder. Even thinking about posting the findings for abuse on shops bulletins in Rifle, so they know they have a child killer among them. And I will make sure that 9 news follows through with their interview. I will make sure that everyone knows that behind that sweet pathetic smile of hers, that there is a viscous killer with no regards for what she did and she is likely to do it again. She deserves to go to prison and face all those Mothers in there. Face them and tell them that she killed a 6 year old. The moment that she is taken to be transferred to prison will be the day that I rest. Until then, I won't stop. I won't until she pays for what she did to my daughter and this family.