London Marie Sherwood
September 4, 2007 - December 4, 2007
How could a LOVING and CARING mother
drop her baby off, kiss her goodbye and then not see her for three weeks?
She couldn't! It is unclear as for who dropped the baby off at the fathers
home, either Jessica or friends after Jessica abandoned the baby. Three
weeks later, she would be making the decision to take her child off of
life support after the child died as a result of Shaken Baby Syndrome.
All
the while crying and saying how much she loved
this baby girl.
What she doesn't realize is that people who LOVE
their children DON'T
abandon them and then go party. I have read postings
of how people
feel sorry for Jessica. I don't feel one bit sorry
for her, she helped to
kill this child by not checking on her after she
just dumped her like a
bag of garbage on the doorstep of her father and
never went back.
People who LOVE their children, worry about them,
they check on
them, they visit them, they buy things for them,
they nurture them,
they don't dispose of them saying their other parent
is responsible for
them, simply so they can go out and have a good
time.
On December 4, 2007 at 2:29am, London Marie Sherwood
was taken off of life support and died. Pictures show her mother kissing
her on the face as she tells her goodbye. This sickens me since a mother
who drops her child off and never checks on her again until she's on life
support, is no mother at all. London's mother would go on to leave messages
talking about how people should keep their children with them all the time.
Advice she is freely throwing around for others
when she didn't care enough about her own child
to do the same for
her.
Why didn't Jessica do this? Jessica claimed that
she had been kicked out of her apartment and had no place to live. Why
not
KEEP your child and get some help from the many, many places
that could have helped? I believe, from what I have read, that the REAL
reason was because she wanted to party, she wanted to hang out with friends
and after she found out that Joshua Schakk was indeed the biological father
of her child, she took London Marie and dumper her off on the biological
father and forgot about her until she was almost dead. Some reports say
that Jessica was into drugs and drinking, others say that she just didn't
want the responsiblity of a child. Here is some advice for Jessica and
anyone else who doesn't want the rsponsibility of a child:
"DON'T GET PREGNANT"!
Legal complaints filed said that Jessica had been
drinking and doing drugs all while she was pregant. On different online
pages Jessica spoke about her love of clubbing and that the drug she most
resembles is marijuana. She talked of having a baby, though she didn't
mention that she had abandoned that baby. She talked of how she lived with
the Godmother of that baby, why didn't she keep the
baby and continue to live the the Godmother or
one of the many Aunts she said her baby has? She also spoke of how she
goes out to clubs at least three times a week. Funny thing, her pages NOW
seem to all have been set to private. That means you can view them if you
are not on her friends list.
I am disturbed by the things I am reading about
what this mother did during the three weeks she was without her child.
I am disturbed that people are feeling sorry for this mother who abandoned
her child and never looked back. The reports say that she NEVER checked
on London for three weeks and that the police had to track her down to
tell her of what had happened to this precious Angel.
Though Joshua lived with his father, his fathers
girlfriend and her two sons, they all made it clear up front that London
was Joshua's responsibility, alone. Newspapers reported that for the last
week of her life, London never left the bedroom where she and her father
slept. Why didn't anyone in that house notice they had not seen her for
a week? No one in that house held, talked to, fed, changed her diapers
or even played with London, other than her father. What kind of people
could know that their grandchild was in the house and NEVER pay
any attention to her? Reports say that London spent the
last week of her life, in the room, on a dirty
matress where she and
her father slept.
On December 3, 2007 at 4:40pm, an ambulance was
called to the home where Joshua lived with his parents. The paramedics
were told that a little girl was not breathing. Joshua would tell them
that London had bumped her head in the bathtub. London was taken to Westfields
Hospital in New Richmond and the decision was made to transfer her Children's
Hospital in St. Paul where she was placed on life support. At around 2:30am,
London's mother, Jessica, made the decision to take London off of life
support and she died.
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St. Croix County investigators were made aware
of a possible case of child abuse by officials at the Children's Hospital.
Dr. Michael McGee, the Ramsey County Medical Examiner said that the autopsy
of London showed scattered soft tissue bruises to the face and neck, bleeding
of the eyes as well as evidence of closed head trauma that included hemorrhages.
London also had signs of rib fractures that were in the process of healing.
London's death was ruled as a child abuse death with the manner of death
being homicide. Joshua Schakk admitted that he had become frustrated with
London due to her crying and fussing and had shaken her and that when he
had put her to bed her head was struck on the wall.
Herb Schakk told police that Joshua had not gone
out or even left the house in the three weeks since London had been dropped
of at their home. Joshua spent most of his time with his daughter, according
to his father, Herb:
"He loved that child. I know that for a fact.
His main focus was taking care of that child."
Herb Schakk
It's a shame that Herb and his girlfriend and her
two sons didn't feel the same way. They could have been helping Joshua
the entire time
and things might have been easier for him and London.
It was said that the ONLY time any of them bothered to even hold
the baby was when Herb's girlfriend grabbed London after Josuah said something
was wrong and the baby was blue.
Joshua Alan Schakk was charged with homicide in
the death of this sweet little Angel girl. His first court appearance was
on December 6, 2007 where he was facing one felony charge of second degree
homicide. Joshua was arrested on December 4th and had been held on a $200,000.
bond for shaking his child and causing her to die. Joshua would plead no
guilty.
Eric Johnson, the District Attorney said that the
a sentence of seven to ten years in prison would be appropriate in this
case. Alex Andrea, Joshua's lawyer said that for many reasons, Joshua should
only get probation for what he had done.
"I loved my daughter more than anything. I
miss my
daughter. If I had known this would have
happened
from her head hitting on the wall,
I would have
called 911."
Joshua Schakk
Joshua plead guilty on January 16, 2008. At the
age of 21, Joshua Alan Schakk was convicted of second degree reckless homicide
in the death of his daughter, London Marie Sherwood and sentenced to ONLY
nine
years in prison with an extra nine months of probation after he is released.
Alex Andrea defended Joshua and shook his head after the sentence was handed
out. Alex Andrea stated that a woman would only be given probation under
the same circumstances. The judge spoke to Joshua before sentencing:
"I know you are remorseful and you wish you
could go back and undo what's been done.
But that's not an option"
Judge Scott Needham
Eric Johnson said:
"It was an appropriate sentence. The judge
weighed all the circumstances. It is a sad case."
Scott Needham said that the sentence was in part
due to Joshua's neglect in not getting help for London. Joshua's family
pleaded for a lighter sentence and Jessica L. Sherwood sat on the other
side asking for a longer sentence.
"Please have mercy on my son"
Linda Schakk - Joshua's mother
Where were these people BEFORE this little
Angel died? Jessica can go on and on about how she loved her daughter and
she was the love her of her life, she can't make it true, though. Herb
can talk all about how Joshua loved London, none of them has a right to
even speak her name, they ALL failed her!
For information about preventing child abuse in the
state of Wisconsin, click the links below. If they can't help you, ask
for someone who can. NEVER give up looking for help for an abused
child!
Call this number to report
child abuse ANY WHERE in the United States!
1-800-4-A-Child
1-800-422-4453
  
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