Alabama Couple Charged With Capital Murder Of A Child In Blount County

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Mason John Grimes and Brooklyn Paige Posey Grimes were arrested and charged with capital murder of a child, murder-intentional, felony murder, and aggravated child abuse of a child under 6-years-old.

At this time, they are both being held in the Blount County Jail on no bond.

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A foster child died in there care - maybe this is the child in question.

 

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I was right on my assumption

An Alabama couple is facing multiple charges – including capital murder – in the death of their toddler foster child.

Brooklyn Paige Posey Grimes, 31, and Mason John Grimes, 36, are charged with capital murder of a child, murder, felony murder and aggravated child abuse under the age of 6, according to court records made public Wednesday.

The 18-month-old boy arrived at a Blount County hospital in November, emaciated and cool to the touch. He was pronounced dead that day.

“I have handled dozens of cases classified as child abuse cases during my career,’' said Blount County District Attorney Pamela Casey. “But this case is beyond anything I could have ever imagined.”


“The photos of this child from Nov. 22 are heartbreaking,’' Casey said.

“This child needed food. This child needed medical care,’' she said.

“This child deserved to be loved just like any other child regardless of any congenital anomalies in the child’s appearance or development.”

According to a motion to deny bond for both filed by Casey and Assistant District Attorney Scott Gilliland, the boy was placed in the Grimes’ care on Aug. 5, 2022, when he was just 3 months old.

The child flourished for about a year, the records state.

But on Sept. 25, 2023, the boy was taken to Children’s of Alabama and diagnosed with multiple congenital disorders and genetic testing was performed.

The child was to return to the Birmingham hospital on Oct. 20, 2023, but the Grimes didn’t take the child to the appointment or return follow up telephone calls.

On Nov. 22, 2023, the Grimes took the boy to St. Vincent’s Blount because he wasn’t breathing.

“Upon arrival, the child was severely emaciated, asystolic, and cool to the touch,’’ prosecutors wrote.

The boy had lost about one-third of his body weight since Sept. 25.

“There is no evidence of the child receiving any medical care subsequent to being diagnosed as having multiple congenital disorders,’’ prosecutors wrote.

Mason Grimes in a Mother’s Day 2024 post on Facebook said he and his wife have fostered 17 children over five years. He lashed out at DHR for the handling of the boy’s care. The couple was licensed through Marshall County.

Two days ago, he posted this: “God help us for what me and Paige are about to endure this week. You would think others involved in this case would have eventually grown a conscience, come to our aid, and scream from the roof tops this wrong.”

“But this is a sign of the times, evil has penetrated every part of this system. Please pray for us, the truth will be revealed.”

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At the very least they are guilty of medical neglect.

I do not appreciate either of them posting about being victims - they chose to be foster parents and if after Sept 25, 2023 it was too much for you to take this child for follow up appointments you should have wrote a ten day notice requesting the child be removed and I am sure because of his medical issues the agency would have removed the child immediately.

Also his overly religious posts do trouble me. Where is any concern for the child that died.

I think in the end the truth will come out and either they will be exonerated or held accountable for failing this child.