If Jeffrey Baldwin had stayed with his ‘young and stupid’ parents, he’d probably be alive today

Jeffrey Baldwin’s father sobbed in the witness stand as he remembered the last time he saw his little boy.

Despite Richard Baldwin’s evident distress, or more likely because of it, his tears came as welcome relief: At last, a witness was weeping for the right person.

The 37-year-old was testifying Wednesday at the Ontario coroner’s inquest into his son’s Nov. 30, 2002, death from the lethal trifecta of pneumonia, septic shock and starvation.

“I gave him a hug, in the living room,” Mr. Baldwin said.

“How did he feel?” coroner’s counsel Jill Witkin asked.

“Very small,” said Mr. Baldwin, his voice breaking.

“Did he say anything?” Ms. Witkin asked.

“He just called me Dad,” Mr. Baldwin said, sobbing.  (more...)

If Jeffrey Baldwin had stayed with his ‘young and stupid’ parents, he’d probably be alive today