Family Mourning Death of Toddler

By Diana Lucio Reporter

Family and friends of the child killed in an apartment fire are lashing out against the child's mother. Family Mourning Death of Toddler

Published: Sun, April 20, 2008 - 10:17 pm Last Updated: Sun, April 20, 2008 - 10:40 pm

Diana Lucio

Brandon Gurley's ex-wife Jessica says there is no excuse for what happened to 3-year-old Christian Foster, after authorities say a fire at the Orleans Place Apartments, claimed the child's life. "There's not reason for it at all...I'm very disgusted with her, "Said Jessica Gurley. That's how Gurley feels about the child's mother Elizabeth Foster. Investigators say Foster left her 3-year-old son Christian at the apartment alone, while locked in a bedroom. "It's not fair that a 3-year-old lost their life because his mother's a bad parent,"Said Amanda Stapleton, a close friend of Brandon. Police say while Brandon Gurley wasn't home, his actions also resulted in the child's death. Jessica says she loved Christian like her own son Connor. "I still look at him as my step son and that's Connor's brother and he's not gonna know what to think of this and I don't know what I'm gonna tell him, "Said Jessica Gurley.
Brandon and Elizabeth were both arrested Friday on manslaughter charges. Brandon Gurley remains behind bars at Metro Jail. Both Foster and Gurley are scheduled to be in court tomorrow morning. We tried but were not able to get in contact with Foster's family to talk about this story tonight.

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Madcap Says:

Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 2:27 am

Maybe no one should have kids then. That would significantly cut down on tragedy and negligence. As long as human factor is involved, there will be tragedy and negligence.

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southfan1981 Says:

Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 1:38 am

Mercy.

It’s difficult to maintain a cool head and look at all sides of this tragedy. When parents are negligent, they need to be prosecuted. Every parent who has allowed their child to ride un-restrained in a vehicle knows they made a choice that could have resulted in a fatal injury. You expose your child to smoke, you are negligent. You drink a little too much, you are negligent. I know you can’t think of what you might do if your child becomes ill in the middle of the night you decide to tie one on. The list goes on and on. Many of us are lucky nothing happened when we turned our heads for a moment, left a sleeping child in a car while paying for gas, had our attention on the cell phone instead of the bathroom where a toddler could easitly fall into the toilet, etc.

Mercy and justice.

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