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Wake for Nixzmary Brown, But Blame Is Just Starting

2006_01_brownvigil.jpgYesterday, Nixzaliz Santiago, the mother of 7 year old Nixzmary Brown who was killed at the abusive hands of Santiago's boyfriend Cesar Rodriguez - and Santiago herself - granted jailhouse interviews with the Daily News and NY Post. She tells the Daily News that she still loved Rodriguez. She does admit that she saw/heard Rodriguez "punish" Brown that fateful night (dunking the 36 pound child in the water-filled bathtub, hitting her head against the faucet) - but went to sleep afterward. She says she was afraid of Rodriguez beating her; she also said that other female inmates at Rikers have threatened to kill her.

Santiago told the Post that Brown "had an attitude" - which is why Rodriguez would isolate her from the other children in the family. She said she didn't think Rodriguez was especially abusive and claims he never sexually abused her daughter or tied her up in a chair (a chair with ropes tied to it was found in the apartment). Both articles are particularly disturbing, because they paint a horrifying picture of spousal/partner abuse, abuse to children, and a culture of the home where the other children seem to have pointed to Brown whenever sometihng would go wrong so she could take the blame.

Various city agencies met yesterday afternoon to understand how the case seemed to have fallen through people's hands - and the NY Times says that the NYPD's role in the case is unclear, as there are conflicting reports about the level of their involvement in these kinds of cases. But most of the blame seems to be swirling around the "inaction" of the Administration for Children's Services. Rodriguez will undergo psychiatric evaluations at Bellevue. A wake is scheduled at the Ortiz Funeral Home in Manhattan at 22 First Avenue today and tomorrow and her funeral is planned for St. Mary's Church on Grand Street on Wednesday.

Photograph of a tribute to Brown outside her apartment from Newsday

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  • guest

    Rest in peace little angel!

  • guest

    Who could name a child Nixzmary? It's not a bad name. I hope the lives of those meanies who killed her are always miserable. Um about her name it's a really beautiful name. And what does Martin Luther King jr.'s wife have to do with anything? Hey Brian, was it her fault she died?! There are other ways of punishing children! And whoever speaks out against him for hitting her isn't against the troops, because the troops have nothing to do with it. When I say the name Nixzmary it reminds me of flowers and gardens. This is so sad. And her last words make me cry. When I first heard Nixzmary was dead I was thinking, how could anyone do that to there 7 year old child?

  • Mickey

    Nixzmary did not desever all this. Cesar should get the same beatings and eat cat food and use a litter box as what nixzmary got and nixal..what ever her name is and cesar should die the same way nixzmary died. who agrees? Im 10 so i feel very bad. I could just imagine what that was like.....

  • tanna,england

    firstly nixzmarys name no doubt suited her,after all mary is our mother in heaven.i feel for the family left out here feeling guilty that nothing was done for that poor angel...and for the brothers and sisters who watched all this happening to their sister,why did they say or do nothing??...probably because they were well aware that they would be the next on Rodriguez's sick hit list.rest easy people these people WILL suffer and Nixzmary is now at rest.RIP little poppit x x x

  • L.N. BKLYN

    I Agree! Sometimes People Get Caught Up In The Mix As Opposed To Whats Really Important Nixmary. So i speak for myself when i say...... Im Sorry! Nixmary I Wish You Peace, And Harmony In Your New Home, And May You Be Blessed, And Happy Like You Deserve "Little angel"

  • L.N. BKLYN

    I Agree! Sometimes People Get Caught Up In The Mix As Opposed To Whats Really Important Nixmary. So i speak for myself when i say...... Im Sorry! Nixmary I Wish You Peace, And Harmony In Your New Home, And May You Be Blessed, And Happy Like You Deserve "Little angel"

  • L.N. BKLYN

    I Agree! Sometimes People Get Caught Up In The Mix As Opposed To Whats Really Important Nixmary. So i speak for myself when i say...... Im Sorry! Nixmary I Wish You Peace, And Harmony In Your New Home, And May You Be Blessed, And Happy Like You Deserve "Little angel"

  • L.N. BKLYN

    I Agree! Sometimes People Get Caught Up In The Mix As Opposed To Whats Really Important Nixmary. So i speak for myself when i say...... Im Sorry! Nixmary I Wish You Peace, And Harmony In Your New Home, And May You Be Blessed, And Happy Like You Deserve "Little angel"

  • L.N. BKLYN

    I Agree! Sometimes People Get Caught Up In The Mix As Opposed To Whats Really Important Nixmary. So i speak for myself when i say...... Im Sorry! Nixmary I Wish You Peace, And Harmony In Your New Home, And May You Be Blessed, And Happy Like You Deserve "Little angel"

  • L.N. BKLYN

    I Agree! Sometimes People Get Caught Up In The Mix As Opposed To Whats Really Important Nixmary. So i speak for myself when i say...... Im Sorry! Nixmary I Wish You Peace, And Harmony In Your New Home, And May You Be Blessed, And Happy Like You Deserve "Little angel"

  • L.N. BKLYN

    I Agree! Sometimes People Get Caught Up In The Mix As Opposed To Whats Really Important Nixmary. So i speak for myself when i say...... Im Sorry! Nixmary I Wish You Peace, And Harmony In Your New Home, And May You Be Blessed, And Happy Like You Deserve "Little angel"

  • Jennie

    I can't believe some of you people would use such hateful words and sentiments in posts meant to honor (or in a few cases, bash) the memory of a sweet little angel like Nixzmary. Can't we just remember her and what her story taught us without petty bickering?



    Nixzmary, your death will not be in vain. Rest in Peace and enjoy the life in Heaven you deserved here on Earth.



    ~Jennie

  • L.N. BKLYN

    Hey! People Lets Not Forget!!!

  • L.N. BKLYN

    Hey! People Lets Not Forget!!!

  • L.N. BKLYN

    Hey! People Lets Not Forget!!!

  • L.N. BKLYN

    Wow! Dats An Unfortunate Life Nixalis had,personally my mom hadan alcholic father, 3 drug addict brothers 2 of which died. She Never Abused Me Or Let Me Be Abused. My Father Left Me When I Was 2. I Now Have A Daughter My Self Whos 8 Like Nixmary Would Of Been. I Dont Abuse Her, Now I Guess My Point Is Nixalis May Have Had It Rough, But She Went Ahead Had 5 Kids And Only Murdered One. IF she felt that way she should of just killed herself!! ???

  • L.N. BKLYN

    Wow! Dats An Unfortunate Life Nixalis had,personally my mom hadan alcholic father, 3 drug addict brothers 2 of which died. She Never Abused Me Or Let Me Be Abused. My Father Left Me When I Was 2. I Now Have A Daughter My Self Whos 8 Like Nixmary Would Of Been. I Dont Abuse Her, Now I Guess My Point Is Nixalis May Have Had It Rough, But She Went Ahead Had 5 Kids And Only Murdered One. IF she felt that way she should of just killed herself!! ???

  • anonimus

    The mother of nixalis santiago is part to blame for what happend to nixmary brown. She was a very abusive mother and very unsanitary in her upkeeping of her home. nixalis has three brother and thay are drug addicts and thives, And are in and out of jail most of the time. I know the family for about 30 years so I'm not making this up. And I think nixalis is not all to blame for what happend cause of her upbringing. nixalis father was also a drug addict and left when the children were very little. so thay come from a what ever you might call it family. Just wanted to let you know and share my tought with you. thank

  • L.N. BKLYN

    Well, Its Almost Sweet Baby Girl Nixmary's 1yr. Anniversary Wow! She Would Of Been Almost 8 Yrs Old Damn! What A Waste, I Really Iope Her Mother Is Feeling The Effects Of It Right Now. Oh! Wait The Devil Has No Feelings Of Remourse Only Hate! Wat A Waste Of A Human Being That Nixaliz, I Guess She'll Be Going Home Soon Where She Belongs..... HELL! i wont waste anymore time on that poor exuse of a person, and pay praise and honor 2 where it belongs, Nixmary Browni know your in a beautiful place, and hanging out with your "real" father God. I Hope That Your Being The Happy, Healthy Little Girl U Were Meant To Be.... Bless U Even Though I Know U No Longer Need It!

  • Desree



    Nixzmary Brown

    memorial for Nixzmary Brown's



    hello Everyone who reads this! this is a sad story . about Nixzmary Brown A 7YR OLD little

    Angel GIRL who was murdered by her step dad and real mom.





    Heres my Prayer for Nixzmary Brown's.

    Father, I thank You that it is not Your will that any should perish, and that you have made provision for the salvation of 7 yr old Nixzmary Brown's through the death and resurrection of Your son Jesus. I thank You for striving with her, and I agree with Your desire that she would turn from the things of this world and receive Christ as her Lord and Savior. I look forward to the day when she will worship Jesus as King of Kings. In Jesus mighty name I pray, Amen.

    may she rest in peace now and in jesus name & hands amen

    love

    Ramon and Desree velez

    from:

    brooklyn nyc

    coney island.



    as far as her parents they will get theirs no doubt.

    her mom playing dumb.



    and you whoever you are her name is ok

    leave her alon let her rest in peace .

    shes in gods hands now .

    final.

    from Desi.

  • bob dylan

    dam thats ruff

  • bob dylan

    i think i am going to puke

  • Karen

    We havent all forgotten NixMary. I think of that child often and hope that god sees fit to punish her "parents" in the worse way possible. Im glad I found this site, finding follow-ups on this story from Maine isnt easy

  • Chicago

    We think of you everyday, We do not forget about what happened to you little Angel.



    They will pay for what they did to you

  • Chicago

    We think of you everyday, We do not orget about what happened to you little Angel.



    They will pay for what they did to you

  • L.N. BKLYN

    Well Its Bout 3 Mnths. After Nixmarys death,and I See People Have Already Seem To Have"FORGOTTEN" about the whole ordeal and even about poor lil Nixmary Brown.GOD BLESS all the kids inthe world who like Nixmary Have Been Forgotten May They All Have You Dear Lord, Because They Dont Seem To Have Anyone Else! R.I.P all the lil angels we have lost and will lose along the way. God Bless U Nixmary!! ill never forget

  • patricia

    i think that the mother and her boyfriend should be torcherd the same way nixmary brown had

  • lorraine

    i hope the parents get what they diserve no child should be treated that way no matter whta even if they are bad no child deserves to die the way she did.IN LOVING MEMORY OF NIXZMARY BROWN.WE LOVE YOU. (R.I.P)

  • chucxzles

    What country do you live in? Will you answer?

  • free

    I think that you all should take a good look at your society and why such people come from it. American society is hedonistic, evil, sick, materialistic, and child-hating, which enables such monsters to do their deeds. It is a pity that no teachers from Nixzmary's school could have just taken her home, but they would have most likely been prosecuted for who knows what, while her sick mother's sicko "boyfriend" was allowed to continue his torture of a little girl.



    I don't think that it matters how many men her mother had, whether she was illegal or not, or how much money her family had -- every child deserves protection from such abuse.



    All of this comes down to the fact that in your sick society only families with money count. Nixzmary's family were just poor immigrants but in another school in another part of the USA a 6-year old boy was suspended from school for "sexual harrassment" because he snapped the waistband of some girl he said poked him first. This little kid doesn't even know what he did wrong, but the families in his school district have money so the administrators must be very PC in fear of offending anyone, but little girls that come from poor families you can do what you want with it seems.



    Things in your X-tian ociety haven't changed much since the times of Oliver Twist. I am very, very, very, very thankful that I do not live in your sick country and that I live in a society that loves and protects our children.

  • Chicago

    Ok,

    Lets make a Difference!!!



    Go to www.care2.com and you can sign all kinds of petitions. The one for Nixmary is



    "Give the Scale of Child Abuse National Attention"



    This petition was submitted by the American Humane Association. They still need signatures.



    This cycle of Abuse MUST STOP!!!!



    Urge President Bush to direct Surgeon General Carmona to prepare a comprehensive report on child abuse and neglect in this country.



    I know you are all as upset as we are--So sign make a Difference!!!



    Nixmary! Our little Angel! This one is for you!

  • L.N. BKLYN

    Im Glad 2 See That People Are Effected By This Tragedy. Maybe More People Will Get Off Their Asses And Get Involved And When They See Something They Won't Be Like "AH FUCK IT" it has nothing to do with me. When Just Like Those Famalies They Have Famalies They Love That Include Children Of Their Own Or Not. That Alone Should Open Their Eyes, Minds And Hearts And Give A Damn To What's Important Those "LITTLE PEOPLE" of our today and tomorrow's OUR CHILDREN god bless them all!! especially the less fortunate like Nixmary R.I.P Sweet Angel

  • Marisol

    Nixzmary did'not deserve to die like this.she was just being a kid. She never had a chance to play, eat icecream ect. Have fun like other children her age.I have 3 children of my own and i love them,I would have wish to live in her building and know this little girl, I would have protected her. Sometimes i ask myself did any of the neighbors hear anything screaming etc.what about the neighbor down stairs.people we need to open our eyes and if you see something say something let's save these children,things can be prevented if we all get involved. nixzmary mami you are so beautiful you are in heaven and you are very special to all of us, your mom and stepdad will pay for what they did.REST IN PEACE WE LOVE YOU.

  • jan

    I can't believe how some people like Chuck, Doug,and Brian try to get a rise out of everybody.

    They must live a boring life.



    God Bless you Nixzmary!!!!!

  • Nicie

    I agree Coretta Scott King dying is sad. But, what the hell does it have to do with what happened to this little girl? And who the hell are you to talk about people that way? I don't know so I can't say they were illegal; what difference doed it make? IF her parents were here illegally than it's OK that a little girl was abused TO DEATH? Grow up. If you don't like it here, go somewhere else. I'm sick of this "They didn't belong here so so what" attitude. Who gives a shit why she was here. The fact is a little girl was murdered. An actual human being would see the real tragedy here. Dumbass.

  • Ronnie

    Shanna:



    Thank you for understanding what I am saying here...

  • shanna

    Ronnie....lol...



    tired of this mess----dont come back and start a weblog for your interest of Coretta death.

  • Ronnie

    To tired of this mess:



    Was Coretta abused too? What the Hell are you talking about!!!

  • Tired of this mess

    OK, enough about this crap. Kid's dead, parents had no business being here in the first place, and that's what you get for letting them over the border.



    Now, let's talk about the tragic loss of a real American, like Coretta Scott King.

  • matt

    true troops don't talk about innocent kids so for you fuck head they need to take you to iraq and let all them gay rag heads fuck you in the ass and to the stepdad ihope you get gang raped in jail by buba the mother of the 7 year old just as well killed thier daughter by watching it they should put pictures if nixzmary in her sell to haunt her bitch ass self

  • JENN

    Brian, GOD DON'T LIKE UGLY YOU FAKE ASS TROOP.

  • shanna

    Hey Cruz....I have gone thru and still I am thru same emotions as you are. I cried alot and been very saddened. I have not slepped well....believe me I use to sleep alot and lately not sleep much at all. Stepfather kept those kids home did not send them to school because he was have sexual pleasure and voilent torment to these kids. he was I guess in a vey sick way put as was living in his own sicko fantasy. I just hope he is being given the beating of his life in jail and no one have any sympathy.

  • cruz

    I have never in my life been so affected by a story as Nixzmary's. It has left me disturbed, and upset. It has been so hard to go to sleep at night, knowing that there are crazy, fucked up individuals in this world that would treat kids this way. I may not have known her, but her story, her pain, is so shocking, that it shook my soul so deeply, that I have not been right with my own existence anymore. It makes you stop and wonder how to absorb this sad tragedy, and live with yourself. I was so compelled to go see her at her 2nd wake down in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, and had paid a visit to her home in Brooklyn of her vigil outside. Tears always come to my eyes, as I wonder every waking moment of my life, what more could we as society had done. How did we let this happen.

    I do not accept all those who say, oh, it's nothing we can do about it, it's going to happen again, who cares. There will always be another neglected child out there in this world. That is unacceptable.

    I am a native New Yorker, born in the Bronx, raised in Manhattan. I had been a member of the NYC Guardian Angels, and I always believed in helping and protecting people. It will take more than a helping hand like myself to save others. I will not ever give up on trying to reach out to others who need help, and I will make it my mission in life to see that something more can be done about it. Just the simple fact that I am writing this, and someone else will read it, should be sufficient to let others knows that there are people who care about this.

    I also have family members who are just as young as Nixzmary. I am an uncle to 10 nephews and nieces. I would adopt Nixzmary as my 11th child in my heart, in spirit. I would've loved her as if she were one of my own. In my home, she would've been able to eat all the yogurt she wanted, and fed just as well.

    I was also in the Military, and to me I know the Stepfather is seen by the Military as a disgrace for his service. He probably was discharged with other than a General or Honorable Discharge. This means he would have had a hard time getting a good job on the outside, as his tainted record in the Military would follow him anywhere he goes in civilian life.

    Nixzmary, may your soul rest in peace. You will never be forgotten, as I can tell by all the people who have written to this post above. Even after all is said and done, I will still remember your memory, forever and more. I will place a framed picture of you in my house along with my other family pictures, as one of my own. I will visit you at the cemetery, and bring you flowers. You did not deserve what has happened to you. I will always speak of your name, and will carry on the fight to see that your story, your life, will never be forgotten. You were one of us. A human being.

  • shanna

    I mean since I heard this story I have quite sad and after reading you comment today Matt I actually smiled. these two should definitely rot in hell!!

  • SHANNA

    MATT...for first time you put a smile on my face with your comments...right on!!!

  • matt

    you arent going to get away with it your going get caught by state police and mp sooner or later ihope you get a life time sentence then buba will get you in jail for killing an innocent little girl thats all igot to say im physchotic my self alittle bit you should get first degree murder for smashing a little girl head into the faucit thats and raping a 7 year old girl thats defintley alife time sentence or death pentalty in deed i hope you get fried or buba gets you faget

  • shanna

    Everyone that knew this stepfather all knew he was a real bad guy. the army saw it, his employer saw it, his relatives saw it, I can sense from his father in the way he has responded that even he knew his son was a very sick man.

    Only this Mother of Nixzmary refused to see it and continued being with him and particapted deeply his scheme to abuse the kids and even molestations. to bad she did not put the kids before her husband and instead even after Nixzmary's death she still continue support the sicko step father. I can't understand it.

  • michelle

    I would say that The us army is just as twisted as the murders in this country. You are doing no different in iraq! but president bush makes it legal for you. Dont worry when its all said and done we will all be in front of the real judge. What will you have to say then?

  • shanna

    Chicago....way to go....on the target ....these awful abusers and heartless devils should have died in tragic accidents instead of these beautiful innocent ones. thank you for speaking out.



    Nixzmary honey we all love you!!you are missed dearly!!

  • shanna

    shea and jen ....I'm with you....these sick people writing awful things about an innocent child.

    How they would feel...if they had were living in home with no mother and father love and all you get is hatred. they would also be reacting the same or probably worse then Nixzmary. They dont understand how hurt she was. she was neglected and abused. whom ever writes negative things about an innocent child are sick in there mind. poor girl needed hugs, kisses and given whatever to eat that she so desired. Nixzmay sweetheart your loved and remembered always and you will get justice.

    God bless you honey....xxxx

  • shea & jen

    Nixzmary is an innocent child. so for chuck fuck, brian, doug, & franklin....you have no business speakin your thoughts on this. Your mothers should have had you aborted, so we wouldnt have to deal with inconsiderate assholes like you. You fat fucks. Your so brave to write your thoughts on here, why dont you write your last names too so everyone else on here that doesnt like what you have to say can come knockin on your door. Nixzmary didnt do anything wrong and didnt deserve this. How can you kill a child for eating because she was hungry. He had no proof that she jammed the computer. If the mother really cared, theres no way she would've just taken her fat ugly ass to bed....theres no way in hell that if that was my child, i would not let ANYONE put one finger on her. if it was me and i heard my daughter screamin mommy.....i'd be on death row right now for his murder. your so scared for you life now cause your gettin threatened...dont you think your daughter was scared for her life too at the time? how can you still love a man that took away a child that you gave birth to. And for the son on a bitch that did it....the inmates in the jail will deal with you. It sounds like you might of had this in mind for awhile...cause you were molesting her, beatin her for no reason....your a sick fuck and i hope someone gives you a slow painful death.

  • Anonymous

    this country it self is disfunctional.4 bian and the other asshole ,it seems that maybe you as little boys were both molested. you know most people like Nixzmarys stepfather has been. Its why they take it out on poor weak children. You WHITE SHIT BAGS ARE THE IGNARENTS. by the way IM DOMINICAN. maybe you can come visit our HOOD WE SHOW YOU! or maybe you could GET HIGH ON THAT SHIT YOU WHITE BOYS love. you guys make us rich.!!!!

  • yenisel

    this country it self is disfunctional.4 bian and the other asshole ,it seems that maybe you as little boys were both molested. you know most people like Nixzmarys stepfather has been. Its why they take it out on poor weak children. You WHITE SHIT BAGS ARE THE IGNARENTS. by the way IM DOMINICAN. maybe you can come visit our HOOD WE SHOW YOU! or maybe you could GET HIGH ON THAT SHIT YOU WHITE BOYS love. you guys make us rich.!!!!

  • Sophia K, NY

    First let us take the beasts in consideration- what a "mother" she was, when she blamed the poor child for the yogurt, she should not have told him when she knew that he was a "beast of a man".

    Second - if she was such a 'bad girl', then why did she get a good name in school, as a clever and quiet girl.

    Third - She was forced or rather hipnotized to say that she did all the mistakes - "a target for all the bad things"

    Fourth - She was a possessive child. She wanted her "Mom" to be only with her "father". She must have been abnormal when she saw her "whore mom".

    Atleast - that "beast of a man" did a good thing by taking her to her destination - "The Heaven", or else she would have been even more totured.

    And she became famous around the world, by becoming a model to all the abusive children and saving their lives from such demons.Awaking all the authorities who are supposed to do their duties.



    But, I pray the "beast of a man" to be punished to death, let him suffer as how he made her suffer to death.

  • Lita

    I'm amazed anyone is wasting time on Brian and his cohorts. They are either serious about what they say, or they are saying it because attention is attention--even if it's anonymous. Give them no more of your time.

    A little girl has died, it had nothing to do with her name, her race or any other ridiculous reason other than this poor little girl was so unfortunate as to have monsters for parents. Keep her in your thoughts, and take a good look around you. We know child services are overworked, that doesn't mean we can't keep an eye out and do what we can.

    I'm just thankful that a little girl with so little to look forward to is safe again, as tragic as her journey to safety has been.

  • twana

    ACS was blind as a bat they knew this family had problems and serious at that you can tell the way both the parents look and speak any rocket science can smell trouble.Get rid of ACS and find a new or create a agency.

  • Megan

    SUPPORT THE TROOPS! ALL OF THEM!

  • rockely05

    this thread is so useless.....no one is seeing the point....one of gods lil angels has left this world without even seeing it.

  • nana

    I just want to say that there has been one day that I don't think of Nixmary Brown...for those little bastard that are talking bad things about Nixzmary they can go and fuck them self.......the only reason they went to the service was because they were sick bastards with no future. Since there mom could not put up with them at home,they had no choice but to service the country....not by choice but because they had no future........and then they come back trying to be the big man...........get a life you m.fuckers............I am sure after service they came back to nothing.....stop talking about the hispanics........we are hard working people that earn every little penny in this country........Nixzmary is in a better place with good people..............rest in peace and for those whom had been talking bad about her I bet there are sick, bastard with no life...they can say anything good because they problably worst than Nixzmary stepdad......they are in the same shoes.....My heart hurts everytime i think of her........sometimes i might be eating something and think of her............Nizxmary I know you are with lord and taking good care that is the ony thing that keeps me going.



    nana

  • Shawanna

    I think this is very sad. Even though im 11 this is very said and excuse my launguage but as Nixzmary is in Heven as her parent rot in prison when they die they are going straight to HELL!!!!How can they do this to a wonderful adorable child like that?!!!!!!! I was to kill them i swear! But only one thing i cant! Trust me everyone dont underestimate me because im 11 i will kill them if i could. I have never felt this way in my life but this is serious!!! If you are gonna take your child away why bring them in the world in the first place. And the mother crying at the funeral that fake ass bitch!!!!!!! If she cared so much she wouldnt have done what she did! The father too, because i dont care what reson it is a man's never supposed to hit a women. Nizxmary WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!! REST IN PEACE ANGEL!!!! And as for the parents go straight to HELL you bastartds!!!!!!

  • Kimberly

    I have read so many comments, many good, and some very bad and it's unfortunate that anyone would say anything negative about an innocent child. Her name has nothing to do with the abuse that poor girl endured during her short life. No matter what her race, how many kids her mother had, who her real father was, etc., she didn't deserve any abuse what so ever. A mother's job is to protect her children and Santiago failed Nixzmary. People that molest and beat children should have no chance of parole, and face some sort of abuse themselves, so they know what it feels like. God will punish the evil people that do bad things to the beautiful children he has created, someday. God bless you Nixzmary and thank god you will never have to suffer again. I will always remember you. Kimberly...CA

  • CHRIS SCHRECK

    I HOPE THAT SOB STEPDAD GETS THE CRAP BEAT OUT OF HIM IN JAIL.AS FOR THE SORRY EXCUSE OF A MOTHER YOU WERE NOTHING BUT A WHORE AND YOU DESERVE EVERYTHING THAT IS COMING TO YOU. THE PRISONERS IN RIKERS WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU.AS FOR EVERYONE ELSE THAT COULD NOT SAVE THAT BABY MAY YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AT NIGHT AND SEE HER FACE.WAKE THE HELL UP AND ASK YOURSELF WHY DID I NOT HELP HER OUT GOD BLESS YOU LITTLE ANGEL MAY YOU REST WITH THE OTHER ANGELS PRINCESS.

  • CHRIS SCHRECK

    I HOPE THAT SOB STEPDAD GETS THE CRAP BEAT OUT OF HIM IN JAIL.AS FOR THE SORRY EXCUSE OF A MOTHER YOU WERE NOTHING BUT A WHORE AND YOU DESERVE EVERYTHING THAT IS COMING TO YOU. THE PRISONERS IN RIKERS WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU.AS FOR EVERYONE ELSE THAT COULD NOT SAVE THAT BABY MAY YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AT NIGHT AND SEE HER FACE.WAKE THE HELL UP AND ASK YOURSELF WHY DID I NOT HELP HER OUT GOD BLESS YOU LITTLE ANGEL MAY YOU REST WITH THE OTHER ANGELS PRINCESS.

  • CHRIS SCHRECK

    I HOPE THAT SOB STEPDAD GETS THE CRAP BEAT OUT OF HIM IN JAIL.AS FOR THE SORRY EXCUSE OF A MOTHER YOU WERE NOTHING BUT A WHORE AND YOU DESERVE EVERYTHING THAT IS COMING TO YOU. THE PRISONERS IN RIKERS WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU.AS FOR EVERYONE ELSE THAT COULD NOT SAVE THAT BABY MAY YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AT NIGHT AND SEE HER FACE.WAKE THE HELL UP AND ASK YOURSELF WHY DID I NOT HELP HER OUT GOD BLESS YOU LITTLE ANGEL MAY YOU REST WITH THE OTHER ANGELS PRINCESS.

  • CHRIS SCHRECK

    I HOPE THAT SOB STEPDAD GETS THE CRAP BEAT OUT OF HIM IN JAIL.AS FOR THE SORRY EXCUSE OF A MOTHER YOU WERE NOTHING BUT A WHORE AND YOU DESERVE EVERYTHING THAT IS COMING TO YOU. THE PRISONERS IN RIKERS WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU.AS FOR EVERYONE ELSE THAT COULD NOT SAVE THAT BABY MAY YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AT NIGHT AND SEE HER FACE.WAKE THE HELL UP AND ASK YOURSELF WHY DID I NOT HELP HER OUT GOD BLESS YOU LITTLE ANGEL MAY YOU REST WITH THE OTHER ANGELS PRINCESS.

  • CHRIS SCHRECK

    I HOPE THAT SOB STEPDAD GETS THE CRAP BEAT OUT OF HIM IN JAIL.AS FOR THE SORRY EXCUSE OF A MOTHER YOU WERE NOTHING BUT A WHORE AND YOU DESERVE EVERYTHING THAT IS COMING TO YOU. THE PRISONERS IN RIKERS WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU.AS FOR EVERYONE ELSE THAT COULD NOT SAVE THAT BABY MAY YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AT NIGHT AND SEE HER FACE.WAKE THE HELL UP AND ASK YOURSELF WHY DID I NOT HELP HER OUT GOD BLESS YOU LITTLE ANGEL MAY YOU REST WITH THE OTHER ANGELS PRINCESS.

  • CHRIS SCHRECK

    I HOPE THAT SOB STEPDAD GETS THE CRAP BEAT OUT OF HIM IN JAIL.AS FOR THE SORRY EXCUSE OF A MOTHER YOU WERE NOTHING BUT A WHORE AND YOU DESERVE EVERYTHING THAT IS COMING TO YOU. THE PRISONERS IN RIKERS WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU.AS FOR EVERYONE ELSE THAT COULD NOT SAVE THAT BABY MAY YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AT NIGHT AND SEE HER FACE.WAKE THE HELL UP AND ASK YOURSELF WHY DID I NOT HELP HER OUT GOD BLESS YOU LITTLE ANGEL MAY YOU REST WITH THE OTHER ANGELS PRINCESS.

  • CHRIS SCHRECK

    I HOPE THAT SOB STEPDAD GETS THE CRAP BEAT OUT OF HIM IN JAIL.AS FOR THE SORRY EXCUSE OF A MOTHER YOU WERE NOTHING BUT A WHORE AND YOU DESERVE EVERYTHING THAT IS COMING TO YOU. THE PRISONERS IN RIKERS WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU.AS FOR EVERYONE ELSE THAT COULD NOT SAVE THAT BABY MAY YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AT NIGHT AND SEE HER FACE.WAKE THE HELL UP AND ASK YOURSELF WHY DID I NOT HELP HER OUT GOD BLESS YOU LITTLE ANGEL MAY YOU REST WITH THE OTHER ANGELS PRINCESS.

  • CHRIS SCHRECK

    I HOPE THAT SOB STEPDAD GETS THE CRAP BEAT OUT OF HIM IN JAIL.AS FOR THE SORRY EXCUSE OF A MOTHER YOU WERE NOTHING BUT A WHORE AND YOU DESERVE EVERYTHING THAT IS COMING TO YOU. THE PRISONERS IN RIKERS WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU.AS FOR EVERYONE ELSE THAT COULD NOT SAVE THAT BABY MAY YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AT NIGHT AND SEE HER FACE.WAKE THE HELL UP AND ASK YOURSELF WHY DID I NOT HELP HER OUT GOD BLESS YOU LITTLE ANGEL MAY YOU REST WITH THE OTHER ANGELS PRINCESS.

  • katie

    You all can say shes in better place now to make yourself fell better about a horrible stuation, but is that the place you'd want your kids in ? no... A better place for Nixmary would be in the arms of a loving family. Its too bad everyone is paying attention a little too late. People, dont let these things happen again keep an eye on our babies, because we need to make a change.

  • katie

    ok kelly thats a good point, but there has to be more.

    They talk to our children about getting in cars with strangers, they talk to them about safe sex. Why did the school not take this child aside and talk to her about the suspected abuse. The called cps a number of times? I think that every school should talk to kids about un normal home situations. This girl obviously didnt know any better to tell anyone and niether did her siblings. probley because this was all they knew, abuse was thier life ,your surroundings in your home is all you know. Lets face it every child is born innocent untill they are in the hands of someone who takes that away. These teachers are with our children 7 hours a day 245 days a year they are a great influence on how our children grow and mature. I know if I saw this girl and I worked in her school there is no way I could just make a call and turn my back. Alls I am saying is we need to knowledge our kids and encourage them to go for help, let them know its not ok, before its too late.

  • Kelly

    This seems to happen every few years or so... A child is murdered, brutally. The media is all over it. Child protection agency employees are fired and we are promised that things will change. Then the sensationalism dies down and nothing changes and a few years later another baby is murdered by another abusive piece of shit. Looks like things will never change. People will still give birth to too many children who are not cared for...Abused children will fall thru the cracks...some will be killed. Starting to think the only cure is to pull the child out of the home when there is even a hint of abuse no matter how much of a fuss the parent makes. Isn't it better to err on the side of caution than to even imagine what goes on behind those closed doors? God Bless Nixzmary..she is in a better place now.

  • Jorge

    Brian

  • Sandra

    I have been reading all your comments, and I too am very sad about Nixzmary's tragic death. Also as sad as I am about her death, I am appalled that some of the WEAKER few, would choose this site to harrass this poor angelic child from beyond her grave. Has she not suffered enough? Do you really need to blame her and make fun of her name? I wonder what name she would choose to call you? (I have a few in mind myself). God tells us to forgive and not to judge others, so I have tried to forgive all those involved... simply because the sooner I forgive them, the sooner God will judge them. All fear the wrath of God and I thank the good Lord for calling that child home ..away from those so called parents.

    I pray the other children will have good famlies, as they all need time to heal. I leave now, to go hug my own child..have you hugged yours today?

  • Veronica

    Brian is truly the biggest idiot for his ridiculous comments about beating a child. It is one thing to discipline a child, but killing an innocent child is something else. I support our troops, but I do not support the war in Iraq. I am a teacher and I can see that Brian is not an educated person with his stupid comments. Rest in peace Nixzmary. Your mother and stepfather will get what is coming to them. Nixzmary, you are an angel. Hopefully you are in a better place. It is a shame the system could not have done more for you.

  • L0vlie82

    After reading the comments posted on this site, I most say that Brian you truly are an ass!! How dare you say that a young child deserves to be beaten the way she was!! She was just a child. All children make mistakes and I'm pretty sure if that was you, you would want your life to be spared!! So what if he is an Army Vet?? SO was my father but he NEVER beat me or my brother and sister that way!!! And as for her mother.... You deserve to rot in HELL!! Your daughter was begging for your help and you "went to sleep cause you was afraid he would beat you!" YOU FUCKIN Dumb ASS!!! I am still heart broken about this young child's life taken away so soon. May God rest her soul and show NO MERCY for her "parents" if they should be called that...

  • L0vlie82

    After reading the comments posted on this site, I most say that Brian you truly are an ass!! How dare you say that a young child deserves to be beaten the way she was!! She was just a child. All children make mistakes and I'm pretty sure if that was you, you would want your life to be spared!! So what if he is an Army Vet?? SO was my father but he NEVER beat me or my brother and sister that way!!! And as for her mother.... You deserve to rot in HELL!! Your daughter was begging for your help and you "went to sleep cause you was afraid he would beat you!" YOU FUCKIN Dumb ASS!!! I am still heart broken about this young child's life taken away so soon. May God rest her soul and show NO MERCY for her "parents" if they should be called that...

  • L0vlie82

    After reading the comments posted on this site, I most say that Brian you truly are an ass!! How dare you say that a young child deserves to be beaten the way she was!! She was just a child. All children make mistakes and I'm pretty sure if that was you, you would want your life to be spared!! So what if he is an Army Vet?? SO was my father but he NEVER beat me or my brother and sister that way!!! And as for her mother.... You deserve to rot in HELL!! Your daughter was begging for your help and you "went to sleep cause you was afraid he would beat you!" YOU FUCKIN Dumb ASS!!! I am still heart broken about this young child's life taken away so soon. May God rest her soul and show NO MERCY for her "parents" if they should be called that...

  • L0vlie82

    After reading the comments posted on this site, I most say that Brian you truly are an ass!! How dare you say that a young child deserves to be beaten the way she was!! She was just a child. All children make mistakes and I'm pretty sure if that was you, you would want your life to be spared!! So what if he is an Army Vet?? SO was my father but he NEVER beat me or my brother and sister that way!!! And as for her mother.... You deserve to rot in HELL!! Your daughter was begging for your help and you "went to sleep cause you was afraid he would beat you!" YOU FUCKIN Dumb ASS!!! I am still heart broken about this young child's life taken away so soon. May God rest her soul and show NO MERCY for her "parents" if they should be called that...

  • katie

    hey for all those stupid negative talkers, I hope the next time you eat a yougert some one slams your head agaisnt a faucet on top of freezing cold water, tell me if you like it you f---- . rikers do your thing show them whos right

  • elainelugo

    in the end of all of this tragedy is thatchild abuse is still going to continue i hope that nixzmary's death is a eye opener for all you mother fuckers out there that think they are going to get away with murder, i don't think sotoday is sunday and i am still feeling pain in my heart for nixzmary, while these two are eating, sleeping, and worried they dont get fucked and beat down in jail so i hop[e they woory everyday

  • Chicago

    Nixzmary, as you look down from Heaven you will see how much you are loved. You were a Beautiful Girl. We wish we could have saved you from your awful life. Now you are Free and can enjoy life ever after.



    Your Mother will pay! Your Mother's Boyfriend Cesar will pay!



    I'm sure they are suffering in Jail as we write this.



    Rest in Peace!! The world will miss you!



    As for the men who have written negative things here about you or who have supported that monster who killed you, we can tell what miserable people they are. I'm sure they are living alone with nobody to love them. It's too bad that they weren't on one of the planes that was hijacked on 9/11 (2001). A lot of innocent people were killed. Why couldn't it have been someone actually deserving like them?

  • Debra

    I’m sitting here literally crying over these innocent children who have met such harrowing deaths at the hands of those who are supposed to be the people who love them most in the world. And then I read the comments from different people calling for more money for education, more services, more this and more that and why didn’t someone do something, etc. But you know what? Until this country does away with the worst type of child abuse of them all, abortion on demand, this is going to continue to happen and I, and a lot of other people, will continue to cry. We are being taught that human life is disposable from its earliest moment, in the womb. When you devalue life like that, it just opens the door for these horrendous child killings. The mindset in this country is that life in the womb is not worth a plug nickle, when does “worth” begin? Apparently for a lot of child abusers and child murderers, the answer is “never”. May God have mercy on us all.



    And hey Franklin D......apparently Nixzmary WAS aborted, seven years after the fact. For people like those 2 who killed her and people like you, what's a few years?? And that's the disgusting thing, if she had been killed 7 years ago, in the womb, no one would be saying a word. How sad.

  • Anonymous

    I’m sitting here literally crying over these innocent children who have met such harrowing deaths at the hands of those who are supposed to be the people who love them most in the world. And then I read the comments from different people calling for more money for education, more services, more this and more that and why didn’t someone do something, etc. But you know what? Until this country does away with the worst type of child abuse of them all, abortion on demand, this is going to continue to happen and I, and a lot of other people, will continue to cry. We are being taught that human life is disposable from its earliest moment, in the womb. When you devalue life like that, it just opens the door for these horrendous child killings. The mindset in this country is that life in the womb is not worth a plug nickle, when does “worth” begin? Apparently for a lot of child abusers and child murderers, the answer is “never”. May God have mercy on us all.



    And hey Franklin D......apparently Nixzmary WAS aborted, seven years after the fact. For people like those 2 who killed her and people like you, what's a few years?? And that's the disgusting thing, if she had been killed 7 years ago, in the womb, no one would be saying a word. How sad.

  • Ivi

    Nixzmary is a beautiful name. Its original. Brain, Doug and Chucxzles are too ignorant for words. You want to talk about hispanic people, Y cause we work harder than you. Fucken lazy ass bums. Why did u really join the military for that fat check or for the housing?



    Its unfortunate that years went by and no one did anything for this little girl. I dont feel death was the best for her. Someone catching the abuse on time and placing her in a home where she was given a chance was the right way. But everyone failed her. How is it that the family is coming out of nowhere now to mourn her but did nothing when she was alive? The mother is a fucken sick bitch, No woman was born with a man attached at the hip. I am a single mother of and I am doing it on MY OWN, no child support or anything. Yes I'm hispanic and I have an education and a great job. I dont know how that woman could just go to sleep in a bed comfortable while her daughter was getting abused and then left to sleep on a wooden chair. She had older sibblings y didnt they step in? Now maybe something will be done to these mchild abusers. It took one more beautiful innocent life to wake us up to whats going on out there.By the way where is the biological father?



    R.I.P Nixzmary. You are in heaven now, look after the kids that like u are abused.



    Sorry honey that we failed u.

  • katie

    First of all I have not slept in a week because of this. I feel like the world is coming to a end. These are our children we are supposed to love them and protect them. One child does not deserve more than another because thier race or what city they live in. That poor baby ,what she must of felt and seen in her short precious life. Brian, your an animal and god will deal with you. I wish there was a way to save our children from sick mother fuc--- like you. There are so many good people that have past away, they will take care of Nixmary, thats the only thought that lets me rest. for the parents if i didnt have my own kids to worry about they'd be on my list.

  • nycgal328

    BRIAN AND CHUCXLES....... RODRIGUEZ IS A MEXICAN WHO WAS IN THE ARMY AND WAS BOOTED FOR BEING A LIL. PEDOFILE. I SUPPORT MY TROOPS B NOT THE WAR IN IRAQ!!!. YOU TWO REPUG'S NEED TO STOP BASHING THIS INNOCENT LITTLE GIRL, RIGHT-WING NUTS, CLOSET PEDOFILE'S DEFENDING A CREEP LIKE RODRIGUEZ.

    AND FOR THAT WHORE OF A MOTHER THAT ALLOWED A SEWER RAT TO PUT A FINGER ON HER CHILDREN SHOULD GET TORTORED AND BEAT IN JAIL EVERY DAY OF HER LIFE.



    AGAIN BIRTH CONTROL FOR THESE IDIOT YPUNG MOM'S, THAT THINK THAT THEY WERE BORN WITH A MAN AND HAVE TO HAVE A MAN IN BED AT EVERY SECOND, I BLAME THE GRANDMOTHER FOR RAISING A WEAK DAUGHTER LIKE SANTIAGO. THE WHOLE SANTIAGO FAMILY ARE TO BE BLAMED!!!

  • nycgal328

    This comment is to ....BRIAN IRAQVET........ Listen you idiot! I have four brothers with 32 yrs in the military between them.

    And for you to call that dirtbag rodriguez a HERO is insulting to all service men and women. Get your facts straight. he was kicked out after several months in service for having child pornography. yes he is hero to other dirtbags like you maybe.

    This child did not deserve to be treated the way she was even she was "wild", and she was "wild" there was a reason, she was molested and tortored by a sicko.

    your a disgrace to all soldiers and to this country.



    GOD BLESS NIXZMARY BROWN NOW FINALLY RESTING IN PEACE

  • Jennie, N.J.

    This comment is to those 3 assholes Brain, Doug and Chucxzles.Yous three idiots are a real piece of work. Too bad it was not yous that, that bastard killed. Your mothers should off aborted ur dumm asses, and maybe we wouldn't have so many sickos in this world.



    R.I.P. Nixzmary

  • sophia

    if her stepdad said he loved her and he sorry that never going to change because if he was still her she would still be hurt. and her mother should walk out on him because if she care ablue nixzmary she wouldn't let that happen.they should and would stay in jail for ever and never comeout and her grandma went to her wake but is true where was she when she need her



    i hate this

    sophia

  • sophia

    if her stepdad said he loved her and he sorry that never going to change because if he was still her she would still be hurt. and her mother should walk out on him because if she care ablue nixzmary she wouldn't let that happen.they should and would stay in jail for ever and never comeout and her grandma went to her wake but is true where was she when she need her



    i hate this

    sophia

  • sophia

    if her stepda said he loved her and he sorry that never going to change because if he was still her she would still be hurt. and her mother should walk out on him because if she care ablue nixzmary she wouldn't let that happen.they should and would stay in jail for ever and never comeout and her grandma went to her wake but is true where was she when she need her



    i hate this

    sophia

  • Anonymous

    yilf

  • LIN

    BRIAN AND DOUG YOU ARE BOTH FUCKING ASSHOLES, GO BACK TO IRAQ AND GET FUCKED BY A CAMEL!!! DON'T COME BACK WE WON'T MISS YOUR SORRY ASSES YOUR MOTHER'S MUST OF BEEN JUST LIKE NIXZMARY'S MOTHER. STUPID MOTHER FUCKERS MY BROTHER WAS IN IRAQ TOO AND WOULD NEVER HURT HIS CHILDREN OR THINK OF DOING IT...WHAT THE FUCK DOES BEING IN THE MILITARY HAVE TO DO WITH IT. HE IS A FUCK FACE MONSTER AND HE IS GOING TO GET HIS EVERY FUCKING DAY!!! AND THAT HIJUEPUTA OF A MOTHER I HOPE SHE HEARS HER DAUGHTER CALLING HER MOMMY MOMMY MOMMY EVERYTIME SHE GOES TO SLEEP....SHE WILL NEVER SLEEP IN PEACE IN JAIL!!!



    NIXZMARY I LIKE YOUR NAME TOO!!! YOU WERE SO BEAUTIFUL!!!! GOD BLESS YOU



  • nybitches

    BRIAN YOU ARE A SICK FUCK,STUPID TOWEL HEAD.MY BROTHER SERVED THIS COUNTRY TOO AND HE WOULD NEVER STRIKE A CHILD, THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR HITTING A CHILD.. THEY ARE "CHILDREN" YOU STUPID FUCK FACE ASSHOLE. WHO GIVES A SHIT IF HE SERVED OUR COUNTRY, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT HE DID TO HER, AND AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED ITS TOO BAD HE DIDNT DIE THERE!

    ROT IN HELL PRICK!

  • Ronnie

    Thank you Jennifer. Very Well Stated. I hope these two assholes get what they deserve, I hope they scream for MERCY...



    Ronnie

  • Jennifer

    My heart is broken over this!!!! Little Nixzmary Brown never deserved this, NO MATTER WHAT HER NAME WAS!!!! I pray to god that her step father ( the shit bag that he is) gets whats coming to him..he deserves to be tortured in the worst possible way and suffer for what life he has left. Her mother should have her uterus ripped out and shoved down her throat...she is a FUCKING monster and is to be blamed more than anyone!!! Hey Brian go Fuck yourself!!!!!! You are one stupid fucking asshole!!!! God bless Nixzmary...I love your name and I will never forget about you.

  • Chucxzles

    From Newsday:





    Nixzmary's biological father, a Pakistani man identified by relatives as Mian but whose name Santiago did not recall, wanted to abort her, Santiago said. She refused, fleeing that relationship. At another turn, she said that she kept the fetus of a miscarried child in a jar at home.





    I think it's obvious what the problem is here.





    Can't blame white people for this one, Ruby. And if you think that my kind honestly cares about the difference between Puerto Ricans and Mexicans and Dominicans, well, we would rather focus on what unites them: none of them belong here.

  • Franklin D

    Oh whine whine blah blah blah... get real! If this Nizxzysmqw kid had actually grown up she would have ended up sucking dick for rock in Spanish Harlem until she gave birth to another Nizx-baby, and then so on and so on down the ages. Now if she came from a nice family, and had a real name like Michelle or Laura, then we would care. These people are trash, and the kid should have been forcibly aborted.

  • L.N. BKLYN

    U Know Alot Of Focus Is On The Mother And Step Father, But Where R The Biological Fathers? Alot Of Child Murders Are Committed By Step Dads. These Real Dads Need To Be Real Men And Step Up To The Plate, Take Care Of Buissness Do Some Damage To These Sick Perverts! Instead Of Just Being Sperm Donars And Take Responsibility!! THOSE COWARDS!!!

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