2-year-old beaten to death

DE SOTO — Taking a toy from his half sister led to one of what police are calling many "torture" sessions for a 2-year-old who died Monday, allegedly at the hands of his father's girlfriend.

Brandy Jean Mabery, 23, was charged Tuesday with felony abuse of a child resulting in death and armed criminal action for striking a child with a stick in the death of Stacey Tolbert-Wyatt.

Paramedics found the toddler in cardiac arrest about 3:30 a.m. Monday at the couple's apartment in the 400 block of North Eighth Street. He was pronounced dead at Jefferson Memorial Hospital.

Autopsy results showed multiple bruises over Stacey's body, swollen and bruised genitals and head injuries.

Dr. Mary Case, St. Louis County medical examiner, classified the findings as torture. The abuse allegedly occurred between June 21 and Monday and included the beating over the half sister's toy.

"This is one of the worst cases of child abuse we've seen in a long time," said Jefferson County Lt. Dave Marshak. "I don't know why anybody would make a conscious decision to beat and torture a child less than 3 years old with no possibility of defending itself or seeking its own medical attention."

De Soto Police Chief Ernie Paul said the child's father, Stacey Tolbert, 23, came home from his job at a nearby fast-food restaurant about 1:30 a.m. Monday to find his son beaten and struggling to breathe. He told police he thought the child was in a coma and tried to wake the child by pouring cold water on him.

Although court documents say Tolbert made two calls to his mother for "advice," police say two hours passed before Tolbert called 911.

Jefferson County Prosecutor Forrest Wegge charged Tolbert with endangering the welfare of a child. Police believe he did nothing to report the abuse.

Alandgra Pittman of St. Louis, Tolbert's mother, said Mabery beat the child while her son was at work. She said Mabery favored the 1-year-old daughter she had with Tolbert over Stacey, his child from a previous relationship.

According to court documents, Mabery said she threw a basketball at Stacey on Saturday, hitting him in the face and causing him to hit his head on the ground. That same day, the child wet himself, and Mabery said she hit him with a belt, according to documents.

On Sunday, Mabery allegedly told authorities, the child fell in the bathtub, which caused more injuries to his face and head, and she hit him with a stick on his legs and buttocks. She also said she pushed the child and he fell face first onto the ground and into a wall, according to court documents.

Jerome Jasper, who lives in the same apartment building as Tolbert and Mabery, said he noticed the child had a black eye and a busted lip Sunday. The child's father told him Mabery accidentally hit the child with a basketball, Jasper said.

Stacey's mother, Eboni Wyatt, 20, of St. Louis, said she hadn't seen her son since June 1, when she left him at his father's home for the summer.

Wyatt doesn't believe Tolbert knew of the abuse. "She (Mabery) was being real devilish," Wyatt said Tuesday through tears. "Maybe she's just evil because she doesn't like me, so now she thinks, 'I've got the best of her now,' because I can never replace him."

Wyatt said her family would like to have a funeral service for her son Friday, but is unsure the family can afford it.

Meanwhile, Stacey's half sister was taken from the home and put in the custody of the Family Support Division. The child will turn 1 today and showed no signs of physical abuse or neglect, authorities said.

Mabery is in the Jefferson County Jail on $1 million cash-only bail.

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Comment by kimbo on July 9, 2008 at 12:35pm: she is stupid as hell they need to kill her ass

Comment by cye young on July 9, 2008 at 1:17pm: DAMN SHIT IS CRAZY IN THE HOOD REAL TALK.....GET AT ME FOLKS...CHEEAAH

Comment by PUTitinDAair on July 9, 2008 at 3:30pm: they gone kill dat hoe in tha joint!

Comment by Ms. CHOCOLATE on July 9, 2008 at 5:59pm: yall black niggas is so mutha fuckin stupid 4 fuckin with dees white hoes yall gon mutha fuckin learn dat they dont love us if i can get a hope to that bitch i would cause that could have been someone in my family and us as black people and mainly 4 black men yall need to open yall eyes and stay with da sistas yall have in yall life cause in da end thats what it going to be aint none of dees bitches going to give a fuck bout yall when shit hit da fan and if u living off dope money u might as well kill yo self cause dats a big trap dats why its a lot of black bastards out here cause all a nigga want 2 do is stick his dick in any hole and be freaky and childish its time 4 yall to get them shackles off ya brain go to damn school and be some fuckin body dats why when we r trying to come up as children in America thats why it be so hard u look at da white families and they always work out whatever the situation is cause they be more concern 4 their kids college carrer dats why so many young black men be in da streets so call tapping when they only nickle and diming waiting to get trap cause yall pussy ass nigga to fuckin sorry to stay da fuck down WAKE DA FUCK UP time waits 4 no one.

Comment by cye young on July 9, 2008 at 7:43pm: man fuck dat shit....shit a black girl and family throwed a kid in the trash....and killed another....so its better if we kill our race?????????....man fuck dat do you at the end of the day and worry bout yours....and you can have some shit

Comment by TErriblete67 on July 9, 2008 at 8:24pm: I DONT CARE WHAT COLOR THE BITCH WAS EVEN THOUGH BEING WHITE MAKES ME EVEN MORE PISSED. THAT BITCH NEED TO GET HER HEAD STOMPED IN AT THE JAIL.

THE FEDS NEED TO BEAT HER LIKE THEY DID MY MAN OUT HERE AND KILL HER ASS, HOW YOU GOIN DO MY MAN LIKE THAT, BUT THEY GOIN LET THE BITCH MAKE IT TO TRIAL

WTF????

Comment by monie on July 10, 2008 at 1:02am: THIS BITCH IS STUPIED WE WILL ALL SEE HOW IN THE WHITE FOLKS EYES THEY WORK TOGETHER COLOR DONT MEAN NOTHING NOW OF DAYS IT BOTH BLACK & WHITE SO WHO NO I FEEL SORRY FOR THE BABY SO SAD

Comment by cye young on July 10, 2008 at 2:20am: REAL.....THATS FUCKED UP AND IT DO MAKE ME ANGRY BUT WHEN WE WANT TO STAND UP ON SOME SHIT BAM BAM A MAN DOWN ON THE GROUND FROM THE SIMILAR COLOR THATS BROWN.....AND NOW WE LIVING IN THE CIRCUS AND LOOKS LIKE CLOWNS.......SHIT WE WANT TO BE KING OF THE STREETS BUT KING OF THE WHITE HOUSE IS THE BETTER CROWN........GO VOTE NIGGAS AND STOP AND THINK WHAT OR WE ACCOMPLISHING.....

Comment by kenny Oliver on July 10, 2008 at 9:30am: That my sister baby and on monday when we found out that stacey was gone the dad said he hit his head playing basketball and he when to sleep. But to know he was covering for his bitch kill my family. We was already ploting on him if he got out of jail cause no one belived his story not even his mama she was with us at the morg. Y'all just pray for my sister she going threw alot and the funeral is friday we can affored it. The canddle light is thursday and that in my hood norht side St.louis.

Comment by cye young on July 10, 2008 at 12:23pm: MAN IM SORRY TO HEAR THAT THATS FUCKER UP MAN I CANT IMAGINE AND DONT WANT TO........BOY.....THE GOOD IS DIEING EXTREAMLY YOUNG....RIP...THO REAL TALK

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