Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hi Ron:
I hope that they bring him up on murder charges if the boy dies, which
he more than likely will. :( This is beyond sick, IMO.
Sue
> A medical technician was charged with injecting his son with
> HIV-infected blood so the boy would die and he wouldn't have to pay
> child support.
> Brian Stewart, 31, of Columbia, Ill., was arrested Tuesday and jailed in
> lieu of $500,000 bond. He was charged with first-degree assault, which
> carries a life sentence if convicted.
> Prosecutors say that when Stewart's son was hospitalized as an infant
> with respiratory problems six years ago, he injected the boy with
> tainted blood he had brought from his job at a St. Louis hospital.
> The boy contracted HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Doctors called
> police two years ago when they could not explain how the child
> contracted the virus. The boy, now 7, has full-blown AIDS.
> Stewart came under suspicion when he told the boy's mother and other
> family members that she would never collect child support payments
> because their son wouldn't live that long. Stewart had contested his
> son's paternity, authorities said.
>
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