Every time I look at one of those pictures of baby Peter Connelly - like this one here – I wonder what his little voice would have sounded like; did he ever giggle or did he just barely manage a tiny smile (like in this photo…) before the reality of his short life set in with the delivery of yet another blow from a nearby fist. Who took these photos of him – who cared enough to bother? we take photos of our children to preserve those very precious moments of their babyhood, their childhood – all those ‘firsts’ and milestones from the day they are born until, well, I am still taking heaps of photo’s of my two eldest grown up sons and cannot see why I would ever stop.
You do it because part of you never wants to let go of that most precious part of them – their childhood. That special time when they had complete and utter faith and confidence in everything you said and did, when they trusted you 100% to never let them down. You do it so that when they are grown up and not calling you everyday, when they are no longer around to ask what’s for dinner each evening and no longer having 100% complete and utter faith and confidence in everything to do and say – that you have a precious and timeless reminder of the times when they did.
Little Peter would have trusted his mother implicitly like all children do, at his murder trial it was said that he was “always wanting cuddles” from a woman who only gave him indifference and a couple of male thugs to live with him where he should have been safe and secure. Even at the height of his agonies he would have only ever wanted his mum…
Today Sharon Shoesmith launched her appeal against her sacking by Haringey Council, still determined to prove ‘it wasn’t her fault’ , still finding justification for the actions of her entire department which oversaw the death of this child. It seems obscene that a woman who was happy to be paid in excess of £133,000.00 a year to ensure that children like Peter were cared for is using the excuse of ‘lack of funds’ to explain why her department failed so dismally to save little Peter. How much money does it cost to pick a child up in your arms and walk out of a house with him…? plenty of money for salaries for pen pushers such as Ms Shoesmith, but none it seems for any real work to be done.
The tragedy is that Peter Connelly will not be the last child to be tormented to death by an unfeeling, unheeding mother – not the last child to be destroyed by a mentally-challenged male that it’s mother has found by the roadside and brought home. And we will hear the same time-worn and feeble excuses that Sharon Shoesmith and councils like Haringey will trot out in their own defence. Nothing they can say will change the fact that Peter was allowed to exist in hell on earth, in conditions that animals in a zoo do not even have to endure. His is a story that cannot be changed because the hard facts, and the actions and non-actions of those adults around him, speak for themselves.
So who took those lovely photo’s of little Peter – and why…? who cared enough to record his sweet little face? there have been enough published to fill a book – one that sadly could have had a different ending, but did not.
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One of best articles ever written about this little boy. I feel the same. Are there any more happy pictures or memories? Any happy stories? That is the pain of this whole thing, that if the 3 things that killed him were all dead, if you sack all those who failed him, if you punish all those who witnessed that suffering and did nothing, it still is not enough. Does not take away that he is dead today after unimaginable suffering. So please, if there are any more happy pictures, any funny stories about this little boy, then please publish them and let us remember him in our prayers that he and others like him will have life somewhere else in another time and place, when smiles like these in the photos above last forever. Rest in peace my angel. I love you.
Thanks for that and I am glad you feel the same way. It is almost unbearable to wonder if this little boy was ever allowed any happy moments at all, nobody not even his biological father has come forth to tell about the Peter that played with his toys and who was only able to escape that hell of a house on the very odd occasion when he had custody access. I fail to see how he never sensed anything wrong at all with the way his son was being treated by his mother…
And not to forget that Peter had siblings, especially the little sister that Stephen Barker raped…I hope they are moving on from all that nightmare – and that they never forget their little brother. Rest assured, Peter will never be forgotten here and anything I come across about him that will keep his memory alive will certainly feature here.
Wendy i read that the father tried to kidnap his son ti=o get him away from this and the mom called the police on him and he had to give him back. There is a video on facebook of this story and it appears to be made by someone that lived with the baby and his family. I am absolutly sick over this and cannot sleep at night now.
How shocking, it seems that the powers that be did everything in their ability to ensure this child did not have a chance in hell of escaping that house of horrors. Too many of these women have too many rights – surely the police would have sided with the father once they saw the conditions this child was living under. It makes you so furious!
I am just so horrified dat little baby peter was all alone, wat kind of mother wud dream off doing dat & i tink d father shud have pushed further 2 get baby peter back, he prob did try his best so i will say im sorry 4 d lose off ur son baby peter but wat i wil say is if dat women ever steps out of prsion she is D**D
I saw the “cause invitation” last evening on Facebook and could not
stop crying! I am deeply saddened by this terrible loss! I cannot
imagine the pain he endured while he was alive! What person could do
that to an innocent child? How dare Tracey allow Steven to touch her
child like that? To raise a hand to a child is absolutely wrong. I
wish someone could have rescued him from his nightmare. Where was his
Grandmother or Father when all of this was going on? I feel sick
knowing he was so helpless and couldn’t tell anyone what was going on.
His death took a major toll on me! I wish I could help all of the
kids who are abused. It sickens me that this goes on in this world of
ours! May Baby Peter finally rest in peace, our sweet little angel.
XO.
Where are these sick people? Someone should beat them as that child
got beat. To horrifying. Go home, grab your babies (no matter what age) and HIG, LOVe KISS and CHRISH their lives for we are lucky to have them to love.
I am still so upset about the death of baby peter, that i have chosen to go on a social work course at university. on hearing of his tragic young life, I a mother of 5 decided to go an access course to social work, I had no qualifications. but i succeeded in to getting into university. I owe all this to baby peter. although the chance to save him is gone I will strive to make a difference to other childrens life. and as for those who go on to read the bad press in the media, and to make the social workers tha folk devils, all i can say is practice what you preach. If you think that you can do a better job than th
Yes go into social work but don’t forget the children are what are important. All it would have taken is one full body scan and someone to really look at that child to see his injuries. Kids don’t normally lose there fingertips accidentially. This is the part that is so horrible for me is all these people were supposely involved and little Peter died so painfully. We need to stop putting family first and put the children first. Why was he not given to the father at the first incidence of abuse in his mother’s care. Why does it seem like so many of these cases happen with a boyfriend
if you want to make a difference go on a social work course. baby peter is my insperation and i hope many who think that they can do a better jod than the socialworkers involved in peters case did, then i say practice what you preach. and do it for baby peter. rest in peace my beautiful sweet baby peter. I LOVE YOU.
I agree with u about making a difference,baby Brianna Lopez is what started mine. I’ve chosen to try to have child abuse laws changed. I’m asking for 5 to 10 years for anyone who dose nt turn it in,end result being death so i will ask u and anyone else. Who reads this i have a on line petition go to http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/silencedangels. Yours Truly A Mother Who Cares Angela Lingle Thank You……
Thanks for that Angela – ‘accessory after the fact’ is what they call it when someone aids and abets a crime and by remaining silent that is what they are doing.
I have signed your petition and wish you luck.
I have 2 boys blonde hair blue eyes and im scared to death for them right now. I saw this story on facebook and I was crying so hard I was shaking by the end of the video, my boys do not live with me rite now I moved to a differant state and I left them with family to finish the school year and there aunt, uncle, (family) and father all agreed that once the school year had ended and my appartment was set they would move back in with me. The following monday after I left there father pressed for custody and told the court I abandond them and that he had no way of contacting me, so the published it in the local paper (while im in onother state) and he was awarded fully custody, no I have to prove that was not true and to make matters worse Im not allowed to see or speak with my children and they are not allowed to say my name or call me mommy because daddy’s new girlfriend will punish them. His family is on my side and she has pretty much cut them out of there lives aswell. the last time I tried to see them they got into a fight and she tried to run him over with her car infront of the boys, thankfully he called the police they did not arrest her but it is on file and I’m going to use that when my day in court comes. I just pray that nothin will happen to my children like what happend to little petter. GOD HELP THE POOR SOUL WHO HURTS MY BABIES. and I understand some of you are wondering why I left in the first place it’s because I sufferd 10 years of abuse at the hands of there father and his mother who had the same problem with his father told me the only way it will stop is if I go far away and take the kids with me.
Dear writer,i will not question your actions but i will pray for ur boys and u. I hope u get them back use any and everything in court,that he and his girlfriend are abusive. But be able to prove everything to,i’ve been trough the courts for custody. I went to my county cps workers for help,and i now have full custody of my children. I have a i line petition to stop child abuse i need help please go to http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/silencedangels good luck.. Yours Truly A Mother Who Cares Angela Lingle U and ur boys will always be in my prayers….
What a beautiful child…….So sad why this happens.
I cannot stop thinking of this poor baby or stop crying since I have heard of his ordeal. I want to hold him and comfort him and make it all better, I have a child that is 17 months and this truly breaks my heart and soul. I find it tragic that the 3 evil people who did this to Peter are enjoying greater protection from the government than Peter ever recieved. THEY are being protected and taken care of. Poor baby Peter suffered unimaginable torture and agony…..but lets be sure not to infringe upon the liberties of these monsters. THINK OF THESE THINGS WHEN YOU VOTE PEOPLE!His evil “mum” should be sterilized so she can never do this to another innocent.
I love you baby Peter. I hope you dont hurt anymore.
My name is Michael Peterson. I told myself that I would not watch this video. I am a father of three, and grandfather of two. I am a tough construction worker guy that holds a license. I am married, and I am the worlds biggest child. I watched the video. I am mad, angry, and completely overwhelmed by this. This boy, this smile, this terror in a childs life has taken me to a new level. I am a man, and men don’t cry. We ball, when nobodys see it. This story, this face, this child, is forever embedded in my mind.
Peter, walk tall. Peter, smile big. Peter, laugh. Peter, let’s play. Peter, draw me a picture. Peter, let’s go for a walk. Peter, let’s play in the dirt. Peter, sing me a song.
Baby Peter, I love you! You are as cool as the other side of the pillow.
rest now, we’ll talk in the morning…………night night
Men and women are definitely wired differently – emotionally and psychologically – but there is absolutely no distinction between a male human heart and a female human heart Mike. And men certainly do cry – that they don’t is as big a myth as it is about all women being born to be mothers. This female proves that there are women who should never consider having children, and there was a time when women like Tracey Connolly would never have bothered going to the trouble of getting pregnant because a) it was not financially viable, and b) Peter would have been taken at birth and adopted out.
In my opinion men can make better parents than women in certain situations – how often do you hear about a man’s GIRLFRIEND beating his child to death…? men seem to have their priorities in a different order when they become single dads. They tend to put their kids first and new partners second.
I often wonder how this child would have turned out he not been killed – or rescued – what kind of man would he have turned out to be…? looking at the way he was treated probably a man that was unable to cry even if he wanted to seeing as all his tears would have been shed long ago.
Wendy,
I often think the same thoughts.
Dear sweet Mike,u have put one of the biggest smiles on my face… It’s so nice to hear a man thats not afraid to show the sincere heart of a human being. U can help me make a difference in child abuse please go to http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/silencedangels be Peters voice no more shall there crys go unheard thank u. Yours Truly A Mother Who Cares Angela Lingle
Okay, got that off my chest, now, here’s what I wanna do………..
As I kiss the sweet head of my baby a put him to sleep. I wonder why Peter could not have been cared about and loved in the same way. Did he ever feel caring and love? What when on in his little head when he lay agonizing in the dark? Why didnt anyone, the doctors or social workers care about this boy? What were his days like? Did he shuffle around on his own between being hurt? Did his siblings play with him? Did his mother ever give him any affection? When I see the pictures of his sweet little face, I see uncertainty, as if he doesnt know if he should or can smile or not. He wants to smile. He is an angel. There is no anger, no meanness. This poor baby never understood what was happening to him. I understand your comments. This boy, his face, his story are part of me now and though never one to be religious, I have to believe that there is a God and a Heaven. The thought that Peter is not being loved in the arms of angels is unbearable.
Dear Angela ur baby is living proof that there is a God,u are the daughter of a king done ever forget that he loves u and all of us… Yours Truly A Mother Who Cares Angela Lingle
do you think that the death sentance should be brought back in England, for people that do this to innocent children?
All children are innocent regardless
In answer to your question – definitely. But I doubt that in this case the death penalty would have been handed down due to the fact that none were directly charged with Peter’s actual death. Neither the mother would say that the boyfriend dealt the fatal blow (as was the word of Jason Owen’s teenaged girlfriend that night) and the boyfriend, Stephen Barker, denied everything. So there was not a conviction of murder recorded – but the fact is that little boy did not die on his own, injuries and death were inflicted on him.
I would welcome seeing such people swinging from the end of a rope but how we feel as individuals and how we act as a society are two seperate things; it was a fact that conviction rates were less when the death penalty existed in the UK and no doubt juries again – given how PC and human-rights aware people are now – would be even less likely to convict a person if they knew it would result in a hanging or such. Personally I feel, with child abductions and murders, I think locking the killer in a room with the parents for 30 minutes would suffice and then put what’s left of them in prison. Easy to do – they will surely cop the same from fellow prisoners anyway !
What better way to channel your grief than on the person who caused it…?
Death penalty? yes – for child killers for they are the worst.
Dear Wendy i do agree with u but at the same time i don’t want to play God… As much as i would like to give them a very slow and painful death,i’m trying to be a better person then that… Like the story of baby Brianna Lopez who died at the hands of those who should have keep her safe. I can only hope that my attempted to change child abuse laws prevails…. So i will ask for your help in doing this please go to http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/silencedangels that is my website be one of the silenced voices thank u… Yours Truly A Mother Who Cares Angela Lingle
The death penalty does a service to the public in that it A) Rids society of dangerous, evil people and the burden of paying for them and B) it provides decent people with a much needed sense of justice. I am from the states and though our system differs from yours, many principles are the same. Unfortunately, it is quite costly to carry out the death penalty, appeals are expensive. Studies show that the death penalty doesnt deter crime. Am I still in favor of it? You bet. Some people, like Steven Barker, should not be allowed to live, pure and simple. His inhumane actions exclude him from the rights and liberties of humane beings. Peter was a beautiful, sweet, innocent baby. Loving couples pray for a baby like that! And as far as the fellow prisoners go, I dont know about England but I work in the penal system in the U.S and these Protective Custody creeps are protected like the Queen. Jailhouse justice is not as frequent as one would like. Barker is most likely lounging around watching tv and stuffing his monstrous face on the pound of the taxpayer. Would be worth an inquiry?
My heart breaks at the thought of Peter and the tragedy of his little life…the only thing I would enjoy more than the execution of Barker is to rock that sweet baby, sweep the hair from his brow and gently sing “everything is alright now angel”
It would be nice if the money that went to the legal rights of these criminals and the estimated $60,000 a year that went to housing them and keeping them “safe” could go to go to at risk children instead! Maybe then the shameless Shoesmith would have one less excuse for why she is so incompetent.
I was deeply saddened by this horrible incident. I grew up in a home that was abusive (not nearly to the degree of poor little Peter) but I often asked myself “why does my Mom let this happen?” and it is one of the things I struggled with for years before being able to resolve it with help. I made a CHOICE when I was a child never to hurt my children if I had any. I have 2 beautiful children (11 and 14 yrs old) and the best husband on the planet and have never had an incling to even hurt them in any way. The thing is, it’s a choice. I know abuse if painful in many ways but there’s a way out. Obviously Peter’s Mom did not grow up in a safe/caring environment but to allow someone to hurt/torture her child like that I’ll NEVER understand no matter how she felt about herself or her life. I’d harm anyone who tried to do anything like that to my child…or LEAVE. She’s as responsible as the person who did all that damage, in my opinion. He is an absolute coward and will have many questions to answer to after this life…so will Peter’s mother. I am so thankful that little Peter will never have to suffer again. He is in a good place now…peaceful and happy. He doesn’t have to grow up in that abuse and doesn’t have to endure it anymore. It’s a disgusting shame that he wasn’t more protected. I know by law, the police probably had NO choice but to force Peter’s father to return him to his mother but how could this not have sent off more red flags and set in motion an action to get that poor little person out of his hell? I just don’t understand how this could have happened. The social worker is not fit to work in that field. We are foster parents ourselves and have encountered some very lax, uncaring workers and I had to fight tooth and nail for one our foster children to get the required help she needed, no help from her worker. She denied everything we stated and brushed things off and you just wonder how they can be allowed to work in a career that is so sensitive and need people who are able to see these needs. Anyway, I could go on and on. My prayers are with Peter and all the innocent children who currently suffer…I wish we could snatch them all away from their hells and protect them.
My sweet Autumn i’m right there with u lets go get are babies,my heart gose out to all of them… I have dreams at night of rocking my many angel babies. Cradling there tiny fragile bodies,while singing to them lullabies of love…. One day i will but when my babies are done rocking there babies. My children think that i’m there HERO but they are really my HEROS… Please help me put a stop to this ugly thing called child abuse,go to my website at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/silencedangels thank u…. Yours Truly A Mother Who Cares Angela Lingle
Oh my goodness Mary, your last comment of rocking Peter and sweeping his hair from his face while singing to him made me cry. I bet he NEVER ever experienced that loving gesture but longed for it every second of his life. I am a religious person and the only thing that consoles me in his case is that a loving Father in Heaven will be rocking him and sweeping his hair from his face while singing “everything is alright now angel”…I hope you don’t mind me quoting you.
I’m sorry, I keep writing but I just thought of what a priviledge it was for me to be able to sing to my babies. I remember taking them out of their beds at night while they slept and sitting in their rocking chair and singing songs to them quietly while they continued to sleep. What a blessing it is to have the gift of motherhood. How horribly sad but BRAVE of little Peter to endure such a sad short life on this earth but thankfully it was just that…short for his sake. I feel that is a blessing in this tragedy. I can NOT imagine a year and a bit of that kind of abuse let alone a life time.
Oh Autumn, wouldnt it be a joy to be able to comfort and love that baby! I think of how his little heart longed for love and I cry. I congratulate you on overcoming the adversity of an abusive childhood and I applaud you for being a foster parent. Peter’s short life has affected me unbelievably and I would like to do something for abused children in his memory. Fostering is a tremendous gift to a child.
Dear Mary are sweet Autumn is a great person with a loving soul.. I to was abused by the hands of my biological father when i was 7 years old i was rapped by him. It changed my life forever some good some bad,the good i don’t leave my babies with no one but my mom… The bad i’m so afraid of something happening to them that i don’t give them there independence that they need….. Peter and many others are the reason that i’m trying to stop child abuse please help me go to my website http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/silencedangels thank u. Yours Truly A Mother Who Cares Angela Lingle
What sick @$$hole would do this to their kid? I saw a video of Peter, and he died with a broken spine and 4 broken ribs in a bloodied cot. I cry when I read these things. murder of somebody under the age of 14 should be considered a pedophile case, and it should be that those parents go on death row. I’d love to beat the sh*t out of that b*tch of a mom till she cried blood.
Dear Doug please put ur anger to use help me stop child abuse go to my website http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/silencedangels i need u thank u. Yours Truly A Mother Who Cares Angela Lingle
It is disgusting indeed that anyone could even allow this to happen to their child once let alone for a full year and leading to his death but they will be judged, I believe. I believe that nothing we could ever do here on earth will even come CLOSE to the wrath they face after this life. There is a special place in H__L reserved for people like that but again, it’s not my place to judge…..I do however, agree with the death penalty in cases such as these not because I feel it my right to judge them but because justice requires an eye for an eye and 5/10 yrs in prison, dreaming about vacation time afterward, doesn’t seem to even come close to justice…IT MAKES ME SICK TO THE CORE!!! Mary, thank you for your very kind words. I have always loved children and just knowing what it feels like to grow up in an unhappy environment makes me want to take all the poor children who are innocent, into my arms and just hold them there and tell them it’s ok. I agree, I wish there was something I could do for all the abused children around the world. The mother’s who sell their children for food (I’d rather die with my family by my side, starving than to allow some slime ball access to my prescious child/ren), the list goes on. I wish that we could protect them all!!
Dear Autumn all it takes is one person to make a difference,i to was abused my biological father rapped me when i was 7…. It makes me love my children even harder my first time seeing autopsy pix was this november… Of baby Brianna Lopez so i started my homework on child abuse none of them are worse then the other…. I don’t know what makes people do those things to babies/children all i know is that i can’t sit here doing nothing….. Are childrens crys will be heard and i will be there voices and i have a big mouth…. Yours Truly A Mother Who Cares Angela Lingle
When i watched this story i cried. I have two boys and i could never let anyone hurt them. I can’t see how his mother can even call herself a mother after what she let that monster do to her baby. Women and men like them deserve to dye. Its amazing how our court systems could let this happen. I hope they get what the deserve and i hope they see his little face in there dreams every night and suffer. No child deserves what they did to him if anything he should have been able to go with his father and maybe he would still be with us.
Dear Amber i’ve watched a dog give birth it dose mean ur a mother…. The sad part is that female dogs take better care of there pups then some humans do there babies….. So please help me stop child abuse go to my website http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/silencedangels thank u. Yours Truly A Mother Who Cares Angela Lingle
alive….but well??? I don’t know. I personally hate that he had to go through what he did but I feel he’s in the best place he can be now. I think it’s a blessing he is in God’s arms now and will never have to suffer with memories or even more abuse through his mortal life.
This poor poor little guy. I found his story as i am in school and have a essay due on child abuse of all the kids i researched this was the story 2 weeks later i still cant get over. i wake up and Peter is the first thing i think of. I cant tell you how many times i think of him during the day and i can say he is the last thing i think of before going to bed. i have a 4 year old and my other son will be 1 on the 28th. my little one is who i see when i see the pictures of Baby P. i can not imagen putting him through all the things Peter went through, and whats worse the monsters that did this to him will be out soon?? really??? i can honestly say i have thought of a trip to london to slit her throat for what she has done.. they only got 3 years how much could i get of taking the life of a baby killer???? iam so mad, hurt and devistated by his story. poor poor baby P i wish i could have done something for you a hug a kiss a cuddle anything to ease your pain, rest in peace sweet love.. xoxo
Dear Holly the story of baby Peter brings tears to my eyes along with many others… Baby Brianna Lopez died at the hands of her mother,father,uncle she was rapped by her dad and uncle kicked,punched,bitten and thrown by her mom.. Brianna was only 5 months old the only photos ever taken of her were her autopsy photos…. Nevaeh was only 9 days old when her dad rapped and murdered her,these angel babies are why i’m trying to change child abuse laws. Please help me go to my website http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/silencedangels be peters voice thank u…. Yours Truly A Mother Who Cares Angela Lingle
I have looked at Peter’s photos and videos every day and his story still brings tears to my eyes a month later. Many of the previous posting helped me tonight – just to know that others feel the same way I do. We all love you Peter and may God bless you in heaven.
death to all who did this to him. I could even watch the whole video it made me sick to think our justice system did not do justice for little peter. I would stand there and flip this switch on these very evil people!!!!!!
So would I Marrina – without any hesitation at all.
those retarded people needed a psyche hospital not live in a house with a beautiful bb. what a missed opportunity to separate the mentally challenged individual from a normal person. the price of this is a life of an innocent bb. it is an extremely sad thing, my only fear is those menatlly challenged pple that did this would never have any concience cuz of thier mind set
Dear Peter, I love you! When I look into your beautiful blue eyes, I just want to take you into my arms and hold you. I want to read you a book and warm your bottle up for you. I want to get a warm blankie and snuggle with you on the couch while watching Sesame Street. I want to give you a warm bubble bath with a lil rubber duckie to play with in the tub. I want to dress you in your Halloween costume and take you trick or treating. I want to take you sledding when the snow gets here and leave cookies and milk out with you for Santa. I want to take thousands of pictures of you opening your Xmas presents, capturing your happiness! Peter, what I’m trying to say is that you are truly missed and I love you soooo much! The people that surrounded you in this life didn’t appreciate you and I’m soooo truly sorry for that! You deserved the world, but weren’t provided with any happiness. Just know that you are loved! Justice will be served! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
I saw this case of Facebook a couple of days ago. To this moment, when I see that beautiful face of Peter’s I cry… I cry and cry and cry… and wish so badly that I could just take him into my arms and love him… be there for him… take his pain away… I have a son. He is a blonde haired blue eyed little angel… and his name is also Pieter… this hurt me in such a terrible way to find out that little Peter was hurt so badly… I am glad that he is in a better place… but I also wish that I could have been the one to provide that better place of eternal love and protection. I would have loved him so much… just like I do for my own little Pieter. They could have grown up together… happy and healthy… and with a mother and father that truely cared. You shall forever have a place in my heart right next to where my Pieter sits. I love you Peter… I always will and will never forget you…
I will never forget this little angel..i wish i could do something for him, i wish i was there during his suffering and i would try to save him. i believe and am thankful that he is with the good lord now but it really makes me cry everytime i think of him, i feel like i could hear him screaming in pain and it breaks my heart no one ever tried to save him..now im always wishing that all this people who did this to him and all those who could have done something will suffer in any way more than peter did. the father could have done something too, but he just ignored what he observed..maybe he didnt want to take the reponsibility of his own child. if he said he tried to save his baby, i tell you, he never, because if he tried, then something must have been done
one thing more, how can there be lawyers so willing to defend these animals who tortured baby peter??how can they defend these parasitic animals that are a threat to humans beings?they are definitely very useless so make them useful..disect their bodies..they can be useful in laboratories. these lawyers who are defending them..have you no consience at all?
Dear san i hear the crys of all of them every day and night,that is why i have chosen to do something about it…. And so can u please help me change child abuse laws go to my website http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/silencedangels be Peters voice thank u… Yours Truly A Mother Who Cares Angela Lingle
R.I.P little Peter.. Hope to meet you in Heaven and Hug U forever
U will never be forgotten…
watch over every child being harmed by the very people who brought
them into this world….
how can anyone ask if their are pitcures of peter in a better state as I dont think this little boy was ever happy,this is the worst thing I have ever seen and I would vote the death penalty for all those involved
This child had grandmothers, a father, a stepmother…did none of them bother to take any pictures of him at all? it is clear that nobody valued this beautiful child enough to make him happy and safe.
WHY DIDN’T HIS PEDIATRICIAN DO ANYTHING…AND THE NEIGHBOR WHO HEARD THE CRIES….THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE…WHY DO PEOPLE TURN THEIR HEADS OR CLOSE THEIR EARS TO ANY TYPE OF ABUSE OR CRIME…WHY NOT EVEN CALL A RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION…IT IS SO EASY TO PICK UP THE PHONE TO GOSSIP AND COMPLAIN ABOUT UNECESSARY THINGS…LORD PLEASE HAVE MERCY ON US…
It kills me that no one cared enough about little Peter to keep him safe, happy or take his baby pictures. I have his picture in my office and I look at him every day. His circumstances were so tragic in that so many people LONG for such a child and this little guy simply fell through the cracks. He deserved so very much more. He should have been taken from those creatures and adopted by loving people. He deserved at least that and everyone was afraid or too apathetic to do it.
I read that Baby Peter had an older sister who would cover her ears when she hear him being tortured. She was too scared to do anything in the event that something might happen to her. I know most people dont agree with me on this, but she could have and should have helped him. She was in fear of this happening to her, he was in fear of when it was coming next, living in the dark, his skin rotting from urine and feces, not knowing when he was going to eat, and not having a loving touch. I wish with all my heart that I could have been able to save him. The first night that I saw the video on him, it took days before I could sleep again. I have a picture of Baby Peter with me at all times. He’s an angel, and He is feeling the love of God, and the angels. What about his father, did he only see him one time? He had bruises, how could he NOT know something was wrong with his son? He gives his sobbing story, as does the grandmother, but you had the oppertunity to help that little angel, and both of you had more pressing issues that needed your attention. How can a grown ass man/woman say “I was too SCARED” to do anything. how the hell you think this baby felt? NO MERCY for any one in this case. Not even the sister who could have ran out with this angel. There isnt one thing in this world that would have stopped me from saving him. Peter went through more pain and torture than one person may go thru their whole life. These monsters need to be stoned to death and then hanged just to be certain they die, of course after they suffer the exact toture they handed that precious baby boy. Rest in Peace Peter, you are loved. I love you!
Hi Sheila. Peter did have 3 siblings but they were young children at the time – also living in that house were Jason Owen Barker (the lodger and brother of Stephen Barker), his 3 children and his 15 year old girlfriend. It was Jason Owen’s teenage girlfriend who claimed to have covered her ears when little Peter was screaming in pain; she also reported that it was Stephen Barker who snapped the baby’s spine and that he was the last one in the child’s bedroom before he was found dead the next morning – she said he went in because Tracey Connolly was complaining about paralysed Peter crying in his cot and Barker went in saying he would ‘sort him’. When he came out little Peter was not making any sound anymore…
Peter’s body was found next morning by one of the other children, a 14 year old. Obviously his mother had not bothered to check on him after Barker had silenced him, or rather, killed him.
Wendy,
Its so hard to believe that that poor little baby boy got not on bit of love. Where was his biological father? If he had visitation with Peter, then why didn’t he know something was wrong with him? I was once told that you can’t understand people like this unless you are one yourself. I would love to be able to hole baby Peter, and rock him to sleep, or kiss his ailes when he has them. I also understand that his sisters were young at the time, but I also cant help but think that no matter what your age, you should have done something or said something to someone. Did Peter have a middle name? Did his sisters at least hold him or kiss him?
I CAN NOT BEILIVE THAT A MOTHER CAN NOT PROTECT THERE OWN BLOOD CHILD THE ONE SHE GAVE BIRTH TO AND PROMISED TO LOVE, PROTECT, AND CHERISH ITS AN OUTRAGE TO ME THAT THE MOTHER AND STEP FATHER ARENT IN PRISON FOR THE REST OF THERE MISSRABLE LIVES AND MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE REAL FATHER AND FAMILY OF PETER AND AS FOR THE MOTHER AND STEP FATHER I PRAY THAT GOD HAS NO MERCY ON YOUR SOUL AND THAT YOUR WILL BURN IN HELL!!!!!!!! R-I-P PETER
Judge, social workers and Doctors should all face court.
I was shocked at the penalty the judge handed down – I was led to believe that Magistrate Kramer was a tough cookie and was going to be especially harsh on this evil trio. But he wasn’t really. Heads are rolling at the Ormond Street Hospital and Sharon Shoesmith will be haunted forever by this little boy – I hope they see Peter in their dreams for the rest of their lives. Just one of them could have saved him.
I am sicken by what happened to this beautiful little boy, we need to change the laws and make social workers accountable. I don’t know how anyone could be fooled by the mother, how did they let her cancel appts and no doctor did anything. This is a case made tragic because he could have been saved and no one did anything. I can’t blame the 15 year when the adults did nothing. Why was a 15 year living in the house with a grown man? I hope everyone involved in this case never forgets this little boy could have been saved and they did nothing
To all those who read this i’m trying to change child abuse laws please help me do this just go to my website http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/silencedangels…. Peter will live in the hearts of all of us so will Brianna Lopez,Breanna Loveless,Jordan Heikamp,Tanner Dowler,Darian Robinson,Latiana Hamilton,Skyla Brooks,Ariana Swinson,Jezebel Donnell,Kelesy Briggs,Tahani Mahomed,James Malicoat,Cohen Legacy,Jesse Donnell,Shaniya Davis,Izayah Denison,Daylee Robertson,Benjamin Sargent,Crown Shakur,London Sherwood,Loralei sims,Heather Sims those are not even half of are babies….. Please be there voices thank u. Yours Truly A Mother Who Cares Angela Lingle R.I.P. my BEAUTIFUL ANGEL BABIES THIS MOM LOVES & MISSES ALL OF USE….. MERRY CHRISTMAS BABIES
Ever since I read about this little boy and watch videos I haven’t been able to stop crying or being angry at some of the people involved. I can’t even wrap my mind around this because it’s so gruesome. I have also been reading some of the post and I see a lot of people asking why didn’t someone step in and just take him. And as horrid as this is going to sound… people don’t want to get involved. There is a story out there, Thirty-Eight Witnesses. A lady was killed on her doorstep in full view of acquaintances, neighbors, and friends–all of whom did nothing, even though the woman was stabbed repeatedly and stalked by her killer for more than an hour. When the police asked around if someone see someone NO ONE came forward. They didn’t want to be get involved.
We as people need to start stepping up. This boy could have been saved, if the government didn’t have the money then why didn’t a friend or another member of the family take the boy away. IF I knew this was happening to a child that I knew, I would not hesitate to take that child away from them no matter what the cost.
I’m not from the UK I don’t know the laws over there very well, but I wouldn’t wish what was done to this boy to be done to my worst enemies. I say that we take the mother and the boyfriend and whole ever else was part of this and do to them what they did to that little boy. I hope that they rot in jail.
Peter, your in a much better place, though I wish you where here in this world with a different family that you could just cuddle with and love you. You have touch the hearts of millions and I wish that I could have done something for you. You are loved and will always be loved and I’m very sorry that we couldn’t or didn’t save you.
Dear Manderly, we do need to stand together….. And doing so we must support those who care enough to take action…. I was sadden by the Brianna Lopez story, so i’ve began my long hard fight to try to have child abuse laws changed….. Please join me stand up for the black and blue, sing my petition by going to my website…. At http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/silencedangels u to can make a difference. Yours Truly A Mother Who Cares Angela Lingle
My sweet baby boy i love znd miss u every day,u are in my thoughts, heart, and soul…. I live,breath,and speak u, u will never be forgotten….. I promise to keep fighting till the day has come that Heavenly Father calls me home… Good night Peter i love u have fun playing with ur angel friends….. Give them all XOXOXO from me, tell them i love all of them too…. Yours Truly A Mother Who Cares Angela Lingle
I too was appalled beyond words at what happened to this precious boy and the fact that he was continually given back to disturbed, evil, dangerous people.
At the same time, I realize that nobody took Steven Barker in their arms as a baby or child, raised him to have empathy and realize that people and creatures outside of himself do FEEL PAIN and other things. This needs to be stopped at the SOURCE of when it starts. The system failed ALL THESE PEOPLE from the start! Something needs to be done to ensure that at the FIRST SIGN of abuse, there is extreme intervention…cameras in homes, etc…whatever it takes. I’m not expert on how to solve these issues, but I know that what is being done or not done is not working! It’s time for things to change, laws to be enforced more strongly, and children to be saved before they grow into the abusers that do these things to others.
I want to know how this all turns out. Will there be mental tests conducted on these 3 people? Will they be placed in mental hospitals? What’ s the outcome? Will someone sit down with Tracy and Steven and his brother and talk to them about the pain Peter felt? and the truth that humans outside themselves are individuals in their own rights, rather than objects to be tortured and abused at their pleasure? Who will finally help these 3 people to be PEOPLE rather than monsters?
Unfortunately all the mental cases are walking the streets rather than are locked away in hospitals which are basically closed.
A person can become a monster – a monster cannot become a person.
These people can’t be a human, if so, would they have done this and not cared? Steven Barker said “I was toughening him up, he died because he was weak” Who says that? Not a mother or father, hell not even people who would rather not have children, but they sure wouldnt allow this to happen. We will NEVER understand why or how they could do this. If we understood, then wouldn’t we be just like them? Something other than human is what they are. I came from abuse, I have four children and I love them more each day. I couldnt ever hurt my babies, or let anyone else do so. I protect them with all I have. I hope these three devils suffer so much worse than peter did. I hope he comes to them every night and they cant touch him now. Baby Peter, you are safe, loved, and will never be forgotten. All of these people including the doctor and everyone who saw him and could care less, they will get what they deserve. I wish I could have been there, I would have died saving you. RIP Peter
‘Toughening up’ a little baby – what a big man especially when he himself did whatever his own brother (Jason Barker-Owen) told him to do. He is a spiteful, wicked, evil bastard. Nothing less.
Wendy and all, have you heard that this tragic case was possibly linked to a paedophile ring? Apparently the young girl who witnessed Peter’s torture and abuse was recruited to care for the children while this was all going on. That makes sense when you realize that most child welfare agencies would have suspected something and gotten the child out of the house and dealt with things, rather than putting him back in the abuse as if nothing was seriously of concern.
I am not surprised but still appalled, sickened, disturbed, and fearful for other children being put in these situations by satanists, paedophiles, parents who do not supervise their children, parents who marry or date abusers, and just people who are mentally ill and insane! What CAN be done though? These things are so hidden and covered so well, there isn’t much of a chance at catching them.
I wish I could jump into one of those pictures and take him away and raise him as my own.
To Nancy,
I’m not sure if you saw the article regarding the latest findings in this case. They have linked the entire thing to a paedephile ring that is the largest in the area. Because Peter died, I’m pretty sure this ring will be busted wide open and other childrens’ lives will be saved. I sure hope so. Please update us on anything any of you on here find out. I am following this case closely.
to the person who wrote me and said “these people cannot be human,” oh YES they were and are very HUMAN! First of all, they are a true depiction of what “humanness” without accountability to GOD can be capable of…ATROCITIES!!!
These people were victims originally whose situations were never properly dealt with.
The statement “I was just toughening him up, he died because he was weak” could be heard from any child of a narcissist/sociopath. My own husband says things like that…where did he get those putrid statements from? HIS OWN ABUSIVE SO-CALLED EXCUSE OF A FATHER, WHO GREW UP IN AN ORPHANAGE AND WAS OBVIOUSLY ALSO ABUSED!
We HAVE to STOP ALL ABUSE!!! I’m not saying that certain people are not born with brains that cause them to be “different” from the “norm”…I’m saying that more research needs to be done to HELP THEM BEFORE THEY GROW UP INTO THESE NON-EMPATHIC CREATURES WE HAVE SEEN TOO OFTEN!
In a PERFECT WORLD…one that LOVES GOD, JESUS, HOLY SPIRIT….one in which someone feels that there are CONSEQUENCES to actions, this would never have happened, but it was another proof that people need God and INTERVENTION from the start and all the way through life!
I would like to extend an open invitation to ‘God’ to step right in and intervene at his earliest convenience – or why should ‘he’ need an invite…he is supposed to love all children.
You are right, God has to be there from the beginning. Unfortunately these people didnt get what they needed to be a rational person. For that Im sorry, but you know, we have to draw the line somewhere. There are all these people who are making excuses for these sick-o’s. They got a slap on the hand for torturing a baby, for killing him, for hiding all they done. They obviously knew what they were doing was wrong otherwise they wouldnt have tried so hard in hiding it. Little Peter suffered, he died all alone, now those who was suppose to protect him are protecting his murderers. They get new identity, jobs, housing, 24/7 police protection. Well, with that deal guess how many more are going to be killing their children. Already in London was a little girl whose father snapped her back into, thankfully she died hours later and didnt have to suffer like Peter did. When Steven Barker was in that small dark blood filled room hitting Peter as hard and as much as he wanted, he knew the pain he felt, and didnt care to share with a baby. God’s punishment will be given to them, but God did not make evil people. I will not turn a blind eye to what they have done and welcome them in my home or in the states. Maybe I would, then they would get a harsher punishment. When they get out, guess how many more children will be effected by these people? You may change the looks and name of a person, but you cant change who they are on the inside. They are cold, bitter, incapable of love, and dont want to do right. I feel very strongly about this case, all that could have been done, and all that was over looked. Peter didnt have a chance in hell, but God was with him. He was their angel, that maybe tried to make a difference in them, but Satan won again. Not one loving person who is human can do this. I believe that you are who you decide who you are going to be. You don’t have to cause pain to others because you experienced it. Maybe they were human once upon a time, but they are not now, nor will they ever be. They can give two shits less to what they have done to baby Peter and to Peters sister that Steven Barker raped. You have your views, I have mine. I am a strong believer in God and what he does, but God did not make these mosters, yes only God can make them human again, but they have something far worse in them to ever see the good of God.
This is to LB and Sheila,
……GOD???? Please remind me who he is again, and what he did to help poor little Peter! I am/was a born again Christian and cant help but be disgusted in ‘GOD’ !!! Apparently we have an awesome God, please tell me…..would an awesome God let this happen to an innocent, helpless baby?? And u say that people ‘need God’ well call me stupid but I’m pretty sure Peter needed God to help and what did God do for him???? NOTHING is what God did for little Peter. At any stage ‘GOD’ could have intervened and saved Peter, but instead he let that poor little angel suffer such horrific torture!!!! Its things like this that make me wonder if God is really real, and if he is WHAT…THE…F***…IS…HE…DOIN!!!
Dear Peter,
Ur story broke my heart! Gone to soon and yet not soon enough to escape the torture they put u through, now they can no longer hurt u baby. Sadly you never got the Love, Care & Protection you deserved, but your finally safe now little Man! You came from Heaven and now your back there, except this time you got your wings!! There’s a special place for you in all our hearts ♥ i never knew you, but ill never forget you ♥ RIP Angel ♥ xoxoxoxo
I wish I got an answer to why God let children suffer, but this whole thing has a different way to be looked at, God did send the police, doctors & social workers time & again to save him but what could God do if they weren’t doing their duty well. . also, every week a child dies of abuse in UK alone, wasn’t baby Peter’s death an eye opener to the Government & Social Services & all of us. Because of the media exposure of the unbelievably horrific story atleast people will be more vigilent & people who need to get involved, will do their duties well. Anyways, baby Peter’s death cannot be justified, it’s just too sad.. Im sure he is with the angels now playing with other children….
RIP , lil Peter