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Warning. There's a photograph of the sweetest little boy at this link, and it is heart wrenching. Andrew Sheppard sustained injuries so severe the lil guy didn't have a chance. This 18 month old baby was being babysat by Gianna Spagnolo the boyfriend of Matthew's mother, Kari Sheppard. Mrs. Sheppard is seperated from the baby's dad. Kari left her son with Spagnolo on Tuesday as he babysat while she went to work. At around noon on Wednesday Spagnolo told Kari by phone that Matthew had fell out of the bed and seemed tired. By the time she got in from work at 6:00PM the baby was all but non responsive. She rushed the boy to the ER. A run of tests showed a devastating injury of the worse kind to the baby's brain plus there were signs of old injuries. Being the considerate guy he is Spagnolo offered to talk to LE, and made up two different stories. The most outlandish being he was playing and kept tossing Matthew in the air and at one point he hit the ceiling with his head.http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080427/NEWS/804270316/1002/NEWS