GUILTY CO - Austin Davis, 3, home alone 4 days, found dead, Steamboat Springs, 27 March 2014

Austin’s grandmother, Charity O’Konski, is distraught over what happened to her grandson.

“We’re never going to have little Austin back again,” said O’Konski. “But for his justice and all the family that loved him, she needs to pay for what she did.”

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“All she had to do was call me. There’s no if, ands or buts to what happened, it’s her fault no matter what happened. She is accountable for that baby,” said O’Konski. “Nothing is ever going to be enough, because he will never come back to us but she took his life away and the only way to take her life away is to let her sit behind those bars and let her think about what she did.”

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giagreen said:

My phone won't let me open the news link
How did he pass away? Poor baby. I just don't understand these types of women.

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Lovejac said:

giagreen, they don't exactly know how he died. They are awaiting toxicology reports.

She left him overnight, by himself and when she came home the next morning he was lying on his back, with his eyes open, dead.

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spamelope said:

You guys, it's far worse than we even knew. I can't see the text here, but at least you can read the comments and they tell a bit of the story.
http://www.steamboattoday.com/news/2014/apr/15/judge-unseals-arrest-warrant-steamboat-mother-whos/
I'm not sure if we can link the facebook pages of media? Check out Steamboat Pilot & Today's April 15th post. Unreal.

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The affidavit does not state a suspected cause of death, other than a medical examiner’s preliminary finding that Austin did not die of natural causes. ... they are still waiting for toxicology test results.

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“McKeon described her situation to her boyfriend as being ‘really, really serious,’ and said she was going to be in here (jail) a really, really long time.’ During their conversation McKeon also said, ‘It’s all my fault, it’s my fault that Austin’s dead, it’s my (expletive) fault.’ Her boyfriend asked her, ‘What are you telling me?’ Her reply was, ‘It was a (expletive) accident, I’m taking the fall for it. I’m going to be in jail for a long time.’”

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The Steamboat Pilot reported that Austin Davis may have been home alone for four days before he died, according to what Megan McKeon’s boyfriend told police.

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ClaireNC said:

If you complete the survey on the newspaper's website you can read the full article. Apparently she left the child alone for 4 days!



And this:


Don't know if it is relevant, but Austin's father is a registered sex offender. Here is an article about him: http://www.steamboattoday.com/news/2013/sep/06/steamboat-springs-man-must-register-sex-offender/

Here is the link to the newspaper's facebook page. The story was published April 15. https://www.facebook.com/steamboattoday

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McKeon told police that when she arrived at her home the morning of March 27, she got a call from Austin’s father, Tyler Davis, who was calling from Routt County Jail, where he was awaiting sentencing related to not registering as a sex offender.

McKeon told police Davis wanted to know how his son was, and she rolled Austin over and discovered he was not breathing. She told police she then took him to the campground showers and ran cold water on him because she thought it would “shock” him into breathing again.

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McKeon said she put on a movie and left out a Lunchable snack, crackers and a bag of cheese popcorn. When asked what Austin was supposed to drink, McKeon said she left out a juice carton.

Inside the cabin with no running water or bathroom, police found two empty half-gallon containers of juice and full and empty bottles of pop

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tlcya said:

mom charged with child abuse​

Megan McKeon, 24, allegedly left Austin Davis in their Steamboat Springs campground cabin overnight with food, juice and a movie playing, while she spent the night with her boyfriend.
It was around the 20th time she'd abandoned the youngster in such conditions.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...d-child-abuse-article-1.1745501#ixzz2y9RLihPU

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kimi_SFC said:

(RSBM)

Three counts of misdemeanor child abuse were dropped, according to the NYDN:

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But those charges, which would have only carried a maximum sentence of 42 months if convicted, were then sensationally dropped.

In a dramatic twist, the District Attorney said he now intended to charge her with the more serious crime of child abuse resulting in death. Her bond was set at $250,000.

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I hope they put her under the jail.

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