This was 52-year-old David Meyers.

David Meyers is just another example of how the media jumps to conclusions when reporting news. Inaccuracy, biased observations, sheer unadulterated hate for poor people – is it really that surprising when the media talks about someone like David Meyers, that they get the story completely wrong?

David Meyers was going through a rough period in his life, and it isn’t right that everyone remembers David the way that the media would like to portray him. David Meyers was a good man, with a few faults – like everyone here on PYSIH.com!  Read more... (1078 words, 2 images, estimated 4:19 minutes reading time)

This nice young couple, being led around in handcuffs like common criminals, is Thomas and Ruby Freeman.

33-year-old Thomas Freeman and 29-year-old Ruby Freeman like making babies.

And I mean, who wouldn’t want to go around making babies with Ruby Freeman?

Look at the girl.

She’s awesome.

Even if you can never be too sure of whether or not she’s looking at you or someone behind you while you’re having sex with her.

Thomas and Ruby Freeman have done their part to help with the evolution of the human race, passing their genes on to the next generation five times.  Read more... (767 words, 4 images, estimated 3:04 minutes reading time)

This happy-looking and beautiful couple is comprised of construction worker German Clouet and elementary school teacher Erika Clouet.

After meeting each other through their families eight years ago, they began to date. In July of 2008, they finally tied the knot. They finally tied the knot in July.

Erika was a teacher at Paul Keyes Elementary school and was loved by her students. More than anything, the Clouets were looking forward to having kids.

That will never happen now.

Less than two months after German and Erika’s families came together for a joyous occasion, they came together for quite possibly the the saddest one – German and Erika’s funerals.  Read more... (1089 words, 4 images, estimated 4:21 minutes reading time)

This is 33-year-old Tangelia Brown.

Tangelia Brown lived in a two-story apartment with her five kids and her 24-year-old boyfriend, Antonio Swanson.

Antonio Swanson, apparently wise beyond his years, seemed to have recognized the benefits of having an older girlfriend and stuck around for a while.

After a few rocky patches during their relationship – which mostly consisted of Antonio finding younger, more attractive women to sleep with – Tangelia Brown and Antonio Swanson seemed determined to take a stab at making things work.

Until about 7 in the evening on the 13th of September, 2008, that is.  Read more... (845 words, 3 images, estimated 3:23 minutes reading time)

This is 23-year-old Gabriel Bitterman.

Well, that was 23-year-old Gabriel Bitterman. Gabriel had a little incident on the 19th of September, 2008 that resulted in his being alive in exactly the way that dead people aren’t.

Gabriel Bitterman made a habit of having little incidents. He and his baby’s momma were living together in Robert Peterson’s apartment, along with the 5-month-old product of their joyful union. Robert Peterson was the baby’s momma’s daddy.

On the 5th of August, 2008, Gabriel Bitterman punched his baby’s momma in the face shortly after midnight. Police were called at a quarter until 1 in the morning, were told that people were fighting, and arrived at the scene quickly. While the cops were trying to sort out what had happened, Gabriel Bitterman and his baby’s momma were standing with Robert Peterson. When the mother of his child told police that he had punched her in the face, Gabriel Bitterman tried to hit her again, but Robert Peterson held him back.  Read more... (1149 words, 2 images, estimated 4:36 minutes reading time)

This is 25-year-old Mona Walker.

At some point in her life, Mona Walker decided to enter the childcare profession.

Childcare workers, tasked with ensuring that the next generation is still alive when the world has need of them, sometimes face a tough job. Children can be frighteningly frustrating at times, an aspect of the profession which some childcare workers deal with well.

Then you have Mona Walker.

Mona Walker was hired by Jared Wentz and his wife Emily Wentz in the early months of 2008. Mona was hired to watch Jared and Emily’s 3-month-old daughter, Lauren Wentz. Jared and Emily Wentz believed that Mona Walker was a good person and a perfectly fine babysitter because she had watched Jared Wentz’s sister’s children for more than 6 months.  Read more... (636 words, 4 images, estimated 2:33 minutes reading time)

This is 46-year-old Shawn Damon Barth.

People are odd, especially when it comes to relationships. When a relationship ends, the best thing to do is to go cold-turkey and make a clean cut of things. Throw away things that remind you of your ex, don’t go to places where you’re likely to see that person, and try to develop new habits.

Shawn Damon Barth, who has been through several relationships, should have learned something by now about how to make that clean break.

Instead of that clean break, however, Shawn Barth kept a souvenir of his relationship with one of his ex-girlfriends around for a while.

Shawn Barth kept that woman’s 13-year-old daughter.

In a trailer.

For three months.  Read more... (333 words, 3 images, estimated 1:20 minutes reading time)

This is 24-year-old Chance Reed.

Chance Reed is incredibly cool.

He has a cool car – a Ford Mustang that goes very, very fast.

He has a cool name – you can’t get any cooler than Chance.

He has a cool girlfriend – 19-year-old Krista Fujimoto – who recently had a very cute baby girl that she named Katie Ann.

Krista Fujimoto works, and on the 13th of September, 2008, Chance Reed picked up 6-week-old Katie Ann Fujimoto to babysit for a while.

Putting the baby in the back seat of that cool Mustang, Chance Reed raced off into the night.  Read more... (510 words, 4 images, estimated 2:02 minutes reading time)