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Police Say Mom Forced Son to Kill Pet
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Associated Press
January 22, 2010
WARM SRPINGS, Ga. (AP) – A Georgia woman is in jail after police say she forced her son to kill his pet hamster with a hammer as punishment for bad grades.
The sheriff of rural Meriwether County told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thursday that the 12-year-old boy told his teacher about the killing. The teacher reported it to the Division of Family and Child Services, who contacted police.
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The sheriff’s office said she remained in the Meriwether County jail early Friday. It was not immediately known if she had a lawyer.
Meriwether County is located about 90 minutes southwest of Atlanta.
Information from: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, http://www.ajc.com
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Lilly_C
over 3 years ago
1080 Comments
Wow what a horrible parent!!
uncledennis1
over 3 years ago
22260 Comments
Remove the child from this nut case. I hope it does not scar the child and he gets the necessary help to deal with this.
Gombino
over 3 years ago
2660 Comments
Hey Ms. Geter...I have a hammer. Come visit sometime.
JP503
over 3 years ago
7634 Comments
Some people should not be parents.
Jonas
over 3 years ago
38366 Comments
Psycho is right RONRJ26. This poor 12 year old will have to live with this memory for the rest of his life. What if had done something worse than get bad grades. Would she have had him kill one of his siblings or friends?
jepps309
over 3 years ago
498 Comments
That is so messed up...
RONRJ26
over 3 years ago
64 Comments
What a psycho. I can only imagine what that does to a kid.
gumby63857
over 3 years ago
2238 Comments
OMG that's disgusting! How horrible poor kid and poor hamster. That woman is inhuman....God that makes me ill....