The sequence of events that fateful night will never really be known. We know what happened to PJ, but we'll never really know why. There are only three people who truly know what happened that night and one of them is dead. The other two, Patrick Bourgeois and Tracy Bratton, have spent the days since their early release from prison, pointing fingers at each other.

"I'll tell you this," Tracy said to the Chicago Tribune, "it wasn't me that hit PJ on top of the head."

Does it really matter what part you played Tracy? Does it really matter exactly what you did to him? Plain and simply put, you helped to murder him.

The treatment, or should I say mistreatment, of PJ Bourgeois certainly didn't begin on the night he was murdered. His short life was littered with abuse from his father and his fathers girlfriend. Patrick Bourgeois and Tracy Bratton stated that PJ would get up during the night and drink from the toilet. To prevent him from doing this. they would actually TIE him up at night.

OK here's a thought. Instead of tying up a three year old boy, why not get your lazy ass out of bed and get him a drink so that he's not forced to get drinks from the toilet. The fact that PJ felt he had to resort to getting drinks from the toilet should have been a sign to the judge. It should have said, "Hey look, pay attention to this detail!" Instead PJ was labeled a "hard to handle child, uncontrollable by Bratton" Blame it on the dead kid, that's one way to look at it I suppose.