Gregory, TX – A Gregory woman has been arrested and charged with capital murder after the death of her 4-year-old child on Tuesday.
According to Gregory Police Chief Tony Cano, 26-year old Tawana Shanta Roberson was arrested yesterday following the death of her child at a Driscoll Children’s Hospital.
Cano says a Gregory PD officer was called to the North Shore Emergency Room at 4:57 p.m. on Feb. 19 after being informed that CPR was being performed on a child.
ER personnel told the officer that Roberson brought the child into the ER because he was sick. Medical staff recognized the severity of the situation and took the child into the ER’s trauma room and immediately began CPR.
Cano says the child was stabilized at the ER and transported to Driscoll Children’s Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
Gregory Police and Texas Rangers arrested Roberson, and she was taken to the San Patricio County Jail in Sinton where her bond has been set at $400,000.
Cano said the reason Roberson is being charged with capital murder is because the child was under the age of 10.
“There was some suspicious circumstances in there,” Cano said. “He had numerous injuries to his body, bruises and marks. The child was very underweight.”
Child Protective Services has taken the Roberson’s seven other children into custody and all have been placed in foster care. Cano says all of the children were examined and appeared to be okay.
Cano says Gregory Police, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services and the Texas Rangers are investigating the case.
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So this child is UNDER weight? With 8 children doesn’t she get food stamps? Good grief lady. 8 FUCKING kids!! How? Why? Is birth control and condoms banned in her state? Having that many children and being unable to provide for them is a crime in itself. That’s negligence.
Was she just popping out these babies and collecting child support checks? For ALL of the surviving kids to end up in foster care means that not one of her baby daddies nor their family decided to step forward and assist with these kids. That’s so sad. She’ll never be able to prove that shes able to provide for them financially. Imagine her in court. The types of documents she’d be required to furnish to prove her stability and ability to raise these kids without public assistance would be impossible.
Are you done or are you finished?
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“Shut up,” she argued.
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Keep it up. I don’t have TO DEFEND MYSELF WITH MY WORDS. I said it and I meant it. Will you stop?
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Again, your only defense is to silence someone.
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You want to be silenced permanently? Cause I’m totally headed there. I’m NOT deleting this blog. I’m not changing it. So stop sending Me these dumb ass messages. You’ve made your point. You hate this blog.
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Nope, I’m good. I’ll say what I want and you’ll take it. Am I doing this right? Interesting that you keep going back to , I’ll say what I want but your only response to being called out on your ignorance and cruelty is “shut up.”
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Oh shut up. They’ll hear and read worse from others. I’m putting it mildly.
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The fact that you know these little kids will read your words some day, the same as if you said them to their face, calling them her “8 fucking kids” and you don’t even care about causing them pain and shame that isn’t theirs to bear, says a lot about you. Please consider deleting your post. It is long forgotten to your readers and to anyone else except for those close to the situation who feel real pain from what you wrote.
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Nope I’m good. I’ll say what I want And you’ll take it.
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It is unfortunate that you feel the need to place judgment on a person that you have never met. Just to clarify, she does have family, and many them have offered to step up and take the children. Your statements show how little you know about Child Services. There are steps and processes that a person must go through to obtain a child in foster care. Furthermore, you really shouldn’t believe everything you read or hear in the news. The reality is that everyone knows the news only tells half the story. So before you decide to have a post about somebody else’s business, maybe you should get your facts straight.
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I didn’t post false information. I went back and read this story and my comments because I forgot About it. There’s nothing wrong with what was said. I posed questions. Basic questions. Does she have 8 baby daddies? Is she on food stamps? Can she support her children financially? Come on now. Let’s be honest. She clearly has some issue And needs some HELP.
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Again, I was simply trying to let you know you had posted false information with your comments. Stuff that might be confusing or hurtful to real, actual people, precious children, who will undoubtedly Google their mom some day and come up with this site as one of the few pieces of legacy they have. A normal, kind, human reaction would perhaps be to edit out the parts you don’t know to be true, such as their parentage or why she had many children, not to just say “I can say what I want no matter if it’s true or not.” Truth matters to most people; it’s good for your readers to know your stance on it, though. Good day.
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WHAT is this story about? A mom who was neglectful and her child is dead right? But you’re coming on my site talking shit to me? Lol yeah I’m the bad guy. And NO THIS BLOG WING BE GONE. You should be proud of yourself for stepping up to help with her children instead of harassing me about my opinion.
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You can say what you want, but I was letting you know you’re just being inaccurate and spreading false information with baseless speculation in your comments on the article. The truth is bad enough, and her actions did not require you to spread false information on the internet for her kids to find later. Hopefully this blog will just be gone by then. There are real people out there behind these stories you are snarking on.
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Interesting argument, considering you had literally just to me to “shut up.”
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Or… I’m going to say what I want. It’s NOT my responsibility for her behavior. If she doesn’t want her kids to read bad media about her, maybe she should’ve been a better mother.
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I’m literally holding her sick baby right now. I’m telling you the things you are guessing and assuming are inaccurate and add nothing of value but could be hurtful to the little ones affected by this. If you don’t know what you’re talking about maybe don’t talk.
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Oh shut up
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This is an awful case. A lot of your commentary and speculation is inaccurate, though. Be mindful her kids will most likely see your words some day when they Google their mom.
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