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this story deals with domestic violence. It includes details about a death of a child.

So, you know, just take care.

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Don't throw it.

Get it.

Leah Garcia loved being a mom to little Joseph.

I thought it was going to be, he was going to be a hard baby, but he wasn't.

He was really easy.

From the day I had him, he would sleep throughout the whole night.

I used to have to wake him up to feed him.

He was a really easy baby when I had him.

When she had him. He was a really easy baby when I had him. When she had him.

Joseph was five months old when he was taken from her by social workers from L.A.'s

Child Protective Services.

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