Comments on: Maria Darlene Gardner

By: vcbecky

vcbecky — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:32:52 +0000

Hehe. Shannon, Fred did let it go… 2 years ago, in fact. ;)

By: Shannon

Shannon — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:26:44 +0000

My God,Fred.
That name really had a traumatic effect on you,hey.
That is the 3rd time you have mentioned it in comments..let it go mate.

By: Sherry Rojas-Fondal

Sherry Rojas-Fondal — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:40:01 +0000

Cowardly, deranged, crazy hoe! I hope this bitch’s soul drowns in hell’s eternal sea of fire. Shame on all of you who find this incident funny, because it’s not. This children will have to endure years upon years of painful rehabilitation all because their mother was a pyscho bitch who thought about only herself. How could you do that to your own babies? Such terrible pain, and the eight year old boy had to watch his siblings burn while he could do nothing. The weight of their emotional scars as well as their physical scars is unnerving. The woman that was supposed to love them, protect them, nurture them was attempting to take them out of this world by fire? I hope this bitch fries. So what if her husband took himself out like an inconsiderate coward, she still should have had the means, the patience to deal with her five children and raise them to the best of her ability. I am a mother of two children who can grate on my nerves at times as it’s no picnic, so I can’t imagine 5 of them, but still, if she had to she could have put them up for adoption, something. At least not set them on fire.
And if I had to wake up every goddamn morning and look at that horrible piece of shit she calls a face, I would blow my head off,too. So no disrespect to her crazy husband. Just look at that bitch’s mugshot pic. Michael Jackson meets Grimace.

By: W.K.M.

W.K.M. — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:44:25 +0000

I know these children but only barely knew one of them when this happened. They are amazing kids. Shame on all of you who think this is a place to be funny. They are stronger than any adult I have ever met and after reviewing these posts, more mature than most of you. Every time I burn myself cooking or curling my hair and feel sorry for myself, I stop and think of the terrible pain they have all been thru. If they ever read the comments you all post here it will only hurt them more because no matter how badley a parent treats their children, they still have some degree of love for that abusive parent. Also, the information noted in the article was not completely correct. Simeon was the father of 3 of the 5 kids.
I did not know this woman nor do I want to but she must have done something right prior to her mental breakdown because these children are polite and loving kids. This is tragic all around. Just remember, when you see someone in passing that appears scarred or has obviously had some physical tragedy in their life, try doing what I have seen some people do with these kids. Don’t ask them what happened to them, that is insensative. Say hello to them, treat them normally, give them a smile and shake their hand. Nothing more needs to be said.

By: The Danger Zone

The Danger Zone — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:41:43 +0000

I actually have to break out on this one and wonder what the courts are thinking through this whole process.

Here we have a woman who WAS a good mom and was in the process of raising 5 children when her husband and true love committed suicide right next to her, in an incredibly heinous and inconsiderate way. Suddenly she is alone with 5 children and sees no future, no end to the pain and no means of ever being a normal family again.

I’m not condoning at all what she did, however, my question is where the hell was her safety net? Why did the cemetary, the undertaker, someone report this woman’s fucked up state of mind and make a move to protect those children?

This is an example of a system that is fucked up because people refuse to get involved. We now have 4 little ones permanently scarred, 1 dead and a woman serving 85 years who will never receive any treatment for what she has gone through and will more than likely commit suicide while in prison as she constantly relives all of this trauma.

I do wish the best for these children, I only hope when a situation like this arises again the community is prepared to help out the mother instead of turning her a blind eye.

By: danger2me

danger2me — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:32:22 +0000

that remark was funny!

By: LoulaCherry

LoulaCherry — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:19:31 +0000

I was widowed at thirty years old, with four kids aged between four and ten and my jealous bully of a POS husband beat the living shit out of me the night before he hung himself at his garage… For the next umpteen months i lived on auto pilot, my kids were TRAUMATISED! It was a low point in my life but my kids were my world, almost eight years later we are a water tight unit, and i’m finding it real hard sympathising with this wench… I haven’t even read the affidavit, i cant bring myself to do so, i’m just not brave enough to know that much detail… ;( poor little souls, may god bless them…

By: minjofu

minjofu — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:02:20 +0000

What justice can you find when everyone in the story loses?? The woman needs to be permanently put away somewhere, or put out of her misery..