A Man’s Wife Said His Brother with Down Syndrome Was Too Unpredictable to Be Near Their Baby – One Night, They Heard a Scream From the Nursery and Ran In

    Jamie had come for dinner, and by nine the storm was worse.

I was out of bed before I was fully awake. Sophie never screamed like that.

Claire grabbed my arm.

Then the scream cut off.

A rustle.

Then a thud.

We ran barefoot down the hall.

    Then the scream cut off.

The nursery door was already half open. Claire shoved past me.

    “Jamie! Get away from her!”

I stopped in the doorway.

The crib was empty.

Jamie was on the floor, kneeling. Sophie lay on the rug in front of him, terrifyingly quiet.

His hands were shaking.

    The crib was empty.

Something small was clenched in his fist.

Claire’s hand flew to her mouth.

“Oh my God…”

I watched it hit her. The soup, the bandages, Jamie. Now her baby, on the floor.

    “What did you do?!”

She lunged for Sophie.