Mom Accused Of Forcing Son To Kill Hamster With Hammer Over Grades
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Posted: 1:11 PM Jan 22, 2010
Mom Accused Of Forcing Son To Kill Hamster With Hammer Over Grades
A Georgia woman is in jail after police say she forced her son to kill his pet hamster with a hammer as punishment for bad grades.
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A Georgia woman is in jail after police say she forced her son to kill his pet hamster with a hammer as punishment for bad grades.

The sheriff of rural Meriwether County told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thursday that the 12-year-old boy told his teacher about the killing. The teacher reported it to the Division of Family and Child Services, who contacted police.

Sheriff Steve Whitlock said 38-year-old Lynn Middlebrooks Geter of Warm Springs faces one charge each of animal cruelty, child cruelty and battery.

The sheriff's office said she remained in the Meriwether County jail early Friday. It was not immediately known if she had a lawyer.

Meriwether County is located about 90 minutes southwest of Atlanta.

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Posted by: carol Location: calif on Feb 5, 2010 at 07:35 AM

I think it is cruel, sick and criminal action should be taken...The trama it must have caused...This is not a punishment for not doing homework...Its sadistic and animal cruelty.And mental cruelty...
Posted by: William Location: Texas on Jan 26, 2010 at 11:02 PM

I think she was perfectly in the right to punish her child, it is just a hamster, but id bet he wanted better grades after that!
Posted by: Sue on Jan 26, 2010 at 08:34 PM

I cannot even imagine the kind of existence her child has been forced to endure. She is a SORRY excuse for a mother.
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