Sentenced: Infant Found Dead In Louisiana, 2YO In Critical Condition; Grandmother Under Arrest

[Sugar Cookie]

A ten-month-old baby was found dead in Broussard and a two-year-old is in critical condition, according to the Broussard Police Department (BPD). A woman was arrested in connection.

Tammy Clause, 49, of Broussard, the children’s caretaker, is facing charges of second-degree murder and second-degree cruelty to juveniles.

Officers with the BPD responded to a welfare check on the evening of Monday, May 16. They found the baby deceased and the two-year-old in critical condition, who is currently in a local hospital.

Infant found dead in Louisiana, 2-year-old in critical condition; Woman under arrest

A ten-month-old baby was found dead in Broussard and a two-year-old is in critical condition. A woman was arrested in connection.

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I used to know her and she used to babysit my baby!! I’m sick to my stomach. I thought she was the kindest lady but she definitely struggled with mental health issues as a Veteran

and to know that these were her sons children

yall I’m sick to my stomach

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[Satanica]

Mental issues would also explain why she's smirking in her mug shot.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

No matter what the reason she is a horrible human being and I cannot imagine what her son is going through right now.

 

[Inferus]

 

[thuumpr]

49! Wow!

or is that 1949?

 

[Future_Milf]

49 my ass.

 

[rushman]

I can't tell if I'm looking at junkie eyes or loony bin eyes

 

[DeeDee]

49? What the hell happened in her life to age that way. She doesn't look junkie old she just looks way, way older than 49.

 

[Twisted_Dreams]

I can't tell if I'm looking at junkie eyes or loony bin eyes

In my experience, there's a LOT of freakin' overlap between the two...

When I first saw her picture, I immediately thought of that creepy ass old dude from Poltergeist 2. I don't know why... I mean, they don't even look that similar, but it was the first thing that came to mind.

But then, I took a few moments to just look at her eyes. If you cover the lower half of her picture, so that nothing below the tip of her nose is showing... and then just look at her eyes... for me at least, what I see is a mixture of sadness, loneliness, and surprisingly, a bit of warmth...

And then, you uncover the lower half of the picture and see that little half smirk she's got going on... and you remember that she killed a 10 month old baby and left a 2 yr old in critical condition... and she's actually "smirking" in her mugshot... I mean, fuck... if that isn't proof that eyes can lie, I don't know what is...

 

[thuumpr]

In my experience, there's a LOT of freakin' overlap between the two...

When I first saw her picture, I immediately thought of that creepy ass old dude from Poltergeist 2. I don't know why... I mean, they don't even look that similar, but it was the first thing that came to mind.

But then, I took a few moments to just look at her eyes. If you cover the lower half of her picture, so that nothing below the tip of her nose is showing... and then just look at her eyes... for me at least, what I see is a mixture of sadness, loneliness, and surprisingly, a bit of warmth...

And then, you uncover the lower half of the picture and see that little half smirk she's got going on... and you remember that she killed a 10 month old baby and left a 2 yr old in critical condition... and she's actually "smirking" in her mugshot... I mean, fuck... if that isn't proof that eyes can lie, I don't know what is...

 

[Twisted_Dreams]

Yup! That's the creepy ass, old MoFo right there!
There's just something about her eyes and cheekbones that remind me of him.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A mother is speaking out about her infant son’s death after his grandmother was charged with his murder.

According to Broussard Police, Tammy Clause, 49, is responsible for his death and also critically injuring her 2-year-old grandson. Clause is charged with second degree murder and second degree cruelty to a juvenile. She is being held in the Lafayette Parish jail with a $300,000 bond.

The children’s mother, Rachel Hebert, says she hopes Clause spends the rest of her life in prison. Hebert says her infant son died of malnutrition and dehydration. When police found the children, she says her 2-year-old son was also hours away from death. Broussard Police say it appears the two children were not given food or water for over a week.

Their mother says she never expected their paternal grandmother to do this. “It breaks my heart now that he’s crying in a hospital bed, and he should be at home,” Hebert said alongside her two-year-old son in the hospital. “The fact that I have to bury my little infant breaks my heart even more. I just thought to myself, ‘How could their grandmother do this?’ What caused her to do something like this? What made her snap.?”

Hebert says she dropped her 10-month old son and 2-year-old son off at their grandmother’s house on Mother’s Day. After eight days of no calls or texts from Clause and several phone calls to police, Hebert made the two-hour drive from Denham Springs to Clause’s home in Broussard.

Hebert says Clause wouldn’t open the door, and when police broke in, they found Hebert’s 10-month-old son deceased. She says the children’s grandmother had taken care of the two young boys multiple times in the past and never expected her to harm her grandsons. “I thought she really loved those children. I really thought,” Hebert said, holding back tears.

Doctors say her 2-year-old son was also hours away from death after suffering from dehydration and malnutrition.

She says she’ll never forget what a detective told her when the children’s grandmother, Tammy Clause, was arrested hours later. “He looked at Tammy and arrested her, told her the charges of second degree murder and second degree cruelty to a juvenile, and all she said was, ‘Okay.’ That is literally all she said, no remorse whatsoever,” Hebert added.

She says she believes Clause was home the entire week with her children and says this was not a case of neglect. “I truly believe that this was flat out murder,” she said.

Hebert’s 2-year-old son is still in the hospital but is recovering and is expected to live.

Mother speaks out after children’s grandmother arrested for murder and cruelty, “What made her snap?”

A mother is speaking out about her infant son’s death after his grandmother was charged with his murder.

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[Snarkymom]

Mother speaks out after children’s grandmother arrested for murder and cruelty, “What made her snap?”

A mother is speaking out about her infant son’s death after his grandmother was charged with his murder.

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what the fuck. It sounds like she got off on this.
"She says she believes Clause was home the entire week with her children and says this was not a case of neglect." This part gives me chills. Like she sat around and literally watched them starve.

 

[Twisted_Dreams]

what the fuck. It sounds like she got off on this.
"She says she believes Clause was home the entire week with her children and says this was not a case of neglect." This part gives me chills. Like she sat around and literally watched them starve.

Well... it definitely makes that smirk she has on her face a lot more disturbing.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

I think there is probably so much chaos in this famy's life.

I would like to know why the kids were dropped off with this woman and why the mom waiting so long to go to see the children if she had been unable to get in touch with them.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Aug 1, 2023

A Broussard grandmother accused of killing her 10-month-old grandson and critically injuring another grandchild has been ordered to pretrial commitment at a state mental health facility after evaluators determined she’s not currently able to proceed with the case.

Tammy Clause, 50, was ordered to the Louisiana Department of Health’s Feliciana Forensic Facility for sanity restoration care by 15th Judicial District Court Judge Marilyn Castle on July 6 after two evaluators assessed her in June.

The evaluators, Dr. Joshua Sanderson and psychologist Jesse Lambert, both said in their reports that Clause lacked the mental capacity to understand court proceedings and assist in her defense without mental health intervention.

They noted that the 50-year-old expressed paranoid delusions, believed she was being surveilled and persecuted and was agitated.

“She categorially denied symptoms of mental illness but verbalizes the belief that her grandson (one of the victims in the alleged offense) is not really deceased. The defendant refers to her ex-husband being employed as an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and that through his ties with the above agency, he established the plot to conceal her grandson is still alive. She notes that the ‘Holy Spirit’ is involved and that her incarceration is part of her ‘testimony.’ She referred to cameras being placed in the plants in her home,” Lambert wrote in his report.

Broussard grandmother accused of killing infant committed after sanity evaluations

A Broussard grandmother accused of killing her 10-month-old grandson and critically injuring another grandchild has been ordered to pretrial commitment at a state mental health facility after evaluators determined she’s

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[Sugar Cookie]

AI Overview



Tammy Clause was sentenced to life in prison in February 2024 for the 2022 murder of her 2-month-old grandson and the critical injury of her 2-year-old grandson
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Background of the case

• Arrest and charges: In May 2022, Clause was arrested by police in Broussard, Louisiana. She was charged with one count of second-degree murder and one count of second-degree cruelty to a juvenile.
• The crime: During the investigation, authorities determined that Clause was responsible for the death of her infant grandson and for the severe dehydration and malnutrition of her 2-year-old grandson. According to reports from the time of her arrest, the children had allegedly been denied food and water for more than a week.
• The sentence: After pleading guilty to the charges, Clause received a mandatory life sentence for the murder charge, as required by Louisiana law. A separate, concurrent sentence was also imposed for the cruelty to a juvenile charge