ONLY IN FLORIDA: TEEN MOM STRANGLES NEWBORN AFTER BIRTH, PUTS INTO SHOE BOX, HIDES IN BEDROOM

14-year-old Cassidy Goodison of Greenbrier Village managed to hide a pregnancy all the way up to the delivery of a 9.5 lb baby. She did so by staying under her parents' radar and wearing clothes were were slightly too big.

Goodison delivered her son on September 19th at home in the bathroom. She turned on the water, sat on the toilet, and to muffle the screams, bit down as hard as she could on a towel.

As the baby began to come out, Goodison took a pair of scissors and pulled the newborn from her body. Exhausted, she checked the baby for a pulse. After detecting one, she choked him until he was no longer breathing. Goodison then put the newborn corpse in a shoe box and hid him among the dirty laundry in her room.

Shortly afterwards, her mother, Teresa Goodison noticed some blood in the toilet. Knowing that her daughter was the last one in there, she took her to the hospital. A doctor told Teresa that her daughter had miscarried, and had several cuts to her vagina wall.

Going along with the doctor's explanation, Cassidy told her mother that she indeed had a miscarriage, and that she flushed the baby down the toilet by mistake. But when Teresa went into Cassidy's room three days later to clean it, she discovered the dead baby in the box mixed in with a bag of dirty clothes.

Cassidy's parents wondered about their daughter's weight gain and use of over-sized jogging pants and shirts throughout the summer. Her dad, Timothy Goodison was so certain that she was pregnant, he gave her a pregnancy test - twice. Cassidy somehow fooled them into believing that she wasn't pregnant though.

She was home free when she quietly delivered the baby under the radar. All she had to do was hide the body, but the 14-year-old in her kicked in: she hid the baby in the bedroom.

In an interview, Cassidy said that she concealed the pregnancy, strangled the baby to death and hid the body because she was scared that the relationship between her and her parents would change. Now, the relationship between her and her parents has changed.

Cassidy was taken to a juvenile detention center but is being charged as an adult with premeditated first-degree capital murder and aggravated child abuse. She will have the rest of her life to deal with the series of decisions that changed her life.

Read More

ONLY IN FLORIDA: MAN CARJACKS VEHICLE TO TAKE PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND TO THE HOSPITAL

They say that if a man steals food from a store to feed his family, then it is not as frowned upon as feeding the need to steal. What about stealing a car to take your pregnant girlfriend to the hospital though? I say that both are criminal acts, but 31-year-old Robert Boudreaux of Deltona felt like he did what he had to do. 

It all started when his girlfriend's car ran out of gas in the town of Deland, several miles from Deltona. A friend happened to see them, so they got dropped off inside of Deltona. The couple began walking, but after a few miles, she began to feel lightheaded. She also started to bleed - I can only imagine from where.

It was high noon and even though they had recently walked past a fire station, Boudreaux attempted to flag down cars in the Florida heat. After that didn't work, he jumped in front of a car forcing the 20-year-old driver to stop. He told the driver that he would shoot him if he didn't give them a ride.

During the trip, he wanted the driver to go through a red light. When he wouldn't, Boudreaux forced him to get out. The ex-driver then called 911. Shortly after, the police were in pursuit and followed the couple in the hospital parking lot. It was only after the police vehicles surrounded them that they stopped.

I would've handled the situation differently. OMG, like first of all, I wouldn't be riding on empty and broke with my preggers gf. Second, that friend who picked us up wouldn't be dropping us off anywhere but the gas station or the house or someone else's house. Third, that fire station would've been the end-all, but if I felt the need to jump in front of a vehicle to get them to stop, threatening them wouldn't be a part of the plan.

Now Boudreaux is facing a laundry list of charges - heh, what does that even mean? Laundry list. Although the driver never saw a gun, Boudreaux was charged with armed carjacking, driving on a suspended license, and fleeing and eluding.

The 22-year-old pregnant girlfriend was treated and streeted, and she was not charged with any crime.

Read More

ONLY IN FLORIDA: WOMAN MOLESTED NEWBORN, ALLOWED BOYFRIEND TO RAPE UNTIL 18 MONTHS OLD

I just got over this lady who cut her son's head off and tossed it into the freezer before committing suicide. Now I have to deal with 29-year-old Melissa Bailey of Port Charlotte. She was accused of molesting her newborn for 18 months, and letting her 62-year-old boyfriend, Glenn Nelson rape her too. That's right. From day one all the way up to 1 1/2 years old, he had sex with this child.

When they were arrested, evidence was collected from the home. On the computer hard drive was child pornography pictures and records of the couple chatting online about raping the baby. This happened back in 2009, and although the girl is now four years old and living with her father, justice is now beginning to be served.


For three days of the trial, Bailey's lawyer tried to convince everyone that she was insane, but the judge said she was perfectly capable of testifying.

It took less than two hours for the jury to find her guilty of two counts of child sexual battery on a person under the age of twelve, lewd and lascivious molestation,  lewd and lascivious exhibition, possession of child pornography, and use of a child in a sexual performance.

Take a look at this:



Even though each count carries a mandatory life sentence, I still think there should have been more counts. Nelson said in an interview behind bars that an injury to the child left her with part of her brain missing, so she didn't know what was taking place anyway. At the same time, he also denied raping the baby, that they only fantasized about it.

Nelson took a plea deal last year, and is serving time right now in a state prison.

Read More

ONLY IN FLORIDA: MAN SMEARS DOG POOP IN HIS MOTHER'S FACE

I believe the last time the hurricane state made an appearance here at the Insane Asylum Blog, a man was biting the face off another. Florida always graces us with unique stories, and this one isn't any different.

According to the report, 22-year-old William Jenkins was at the house that he shares with his mother in Palmetto. When he got the urge for something to drink, he asked her for a shot of vodka.

She denied him, but told him to clean up the poop the dog left on the porch while she cleaned up inside.

After she asked him several times about it, he went outside to the porch. He came back in with a handful of doggy doo and slapped her - whipped cream pie style - in the face. To add insult to injury, he rubbed it in and pushed the 52-year-old down in the process.

She ran to the neighbor's house where she called 911. Jenkins was taken to the Manatee County Jail and held on a $2000 bond. Too bad, because that money could buy a lot of shots of vodka.

Read More

ONLY IN FLORIDA: POLICE CAPTAIN ARRESTED FOR SEXUAL CONDUCT TOWARD 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL

In January, some time after school, an unnamed 15-year-old girl and her equally unnamed 19-year-old male friend were sitting in a car behind a building in a business complex in Miramar. While patrolling, Captain Juan de la Rios noticed their vehicle sitting there, so he approached the vehicle. He asked them to roll the window down, so he could ask what they were doing. During the conversation, he asked the fully dressed teens if they were having sex.

The girl quickly told the Captain that they were just talking, and that there was no fooling around going on. Unconvinced, the Captain told her that he would "have to check". When she asked him what was there to check, he told her that he needed to "see inside".

He ordered the girl to take all of her clothes off and proceeded to "inspect" her between the legs. While inspecting, Cap told the girl, " I need you to open your legs up wider". He then took his flashlight and molested her a little closer. After that, he fondled her breasts a bit to "check for bruises".

When he finished, he gave the 19-year-old his license back and told the two to go home.

The teens didn't tell anyone at first, but the girl eventually told her older sister, who in turn told their mother. When police asked the girl who did it, she told them that she didn't remember his name, but she knew that this officer had a gold badge and his name started with an "r". She also told them that she could ID him easily if she saw his face. She could never forget his face.

The police had been investigating the incident since January, rounding up nearby surveillance tapes and inspecting the clothes she had on that day. After compiling enough information to support the girl's claim, a warrant was issued for the Captain. He turned himself in on Friday, and was held on $30,000 bond which he immediately paid. He is now suspended without pay and faces up to 15 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine.

I know the Cap was 100% wrong in how he handled the situation, but I still wonder what a 15 and 19-year old was doing in the back seat of a car behind a building.

Read More

ONLY IN FLORIDA: POLICE SHOOT AND KILL MAN WHO WOULDN'T STOP EATING HIS VICTIM'S FACE

@zak_bagans of TV's #GhostAdventures said it best: The Zombie Apocalypse has begun. A Miami man was found eating another man's face, and he wouldn't stop until he was shot and killed.

Witness, Larry Vega who initially saw the two men fighting said he flagged down an officer at around 2 PM Saturday afternoon. The responding officer observed the attacker (who was naked) covered in blood and literally eating on the victim's face, tearing pieces of flesh away. The officer gave several commands ordering the unidentified man to stop. When he didn't, the officer shot him once. When he continued eating the man's face, the officer shot him again. And again. And again. According to other witnesses, the officer shot the man approximately seven times until he was lifeless on top of his victim.

Surveillance video from the parking garage of nearby Miami Herald newspaper captured the entire incident, but it has been since confiscated. The revolution will not be televised...at least not yet.

Police are running with the theory that the attacker may have suffered from what is known as "cocaine psychosis", a sensation that makes the user believe he or she is overheating and causes them to take off their clothes. Apparently the police forgot to mention the part where it makes you eat people's face off and it takes seven bullets to get you stop.

According to the Herald, the victim was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital/Ryder Trauma Center where he suffered critical injuries.

Read More

ONLY IN FLORIDA: MAN CHOPS OFF ANOTHER MAN'S HEAD WITH MACHETE' OVER STEAK

The state of Florida has been gracious with providing material for the Insane Asylum Blog, so we've decided to give it a segment called "Only In Florida". From now on, every time a story from Florida crosses our desks, it will go under this category.

I've heard of crying over spilled milk, but killing over spilled food is a bit too much.

I don't understand how, but three homeless men were in the woods just north of Sarasota barbecuing some steaks on the grill and drinking rum. (I said Only In Florida).

Homeless Guy #3 told police that a fight broke out when Homeless Guy #2 accidentally knocked over the grill Homeless Guy #1 was using to cook the steaks. Homeless Guy #1 AKA Ricky Leer jumped up and knocked Homeless Guy #2 on the ground, grabbed a machete, and proceeded to chop the man's head off.

When the police found Leer, he was leaning against a tree, drinking rum, and eating steak. CBS Tampa says the 48-year-old was charged with 2nd degree murder.

Only in Florida...

Your Ad Here

Read More