TIFU by accidentally killing my b@by nephew when I put him in the microwave
Okay Reddit, I don’t even know where to begin. This is the worst thing that’s ever happened to me, and I don’t know how I’m going to live with myself. Today, I completely and utterly fucked up, and I can’t believe what I’ve done.
My sister asked me to watch her b@by, my nephew, let’s call him “Leo” (6 months old), for a couple of hours. I was happy to, I love him, and it was no problem at all. I was home alone, he was sleeping in his b@by seat, so I decided to put him in the microwave to warm him up a little bit.
I have no idea what I was thinking. I swear to god I thought that he was something like food that needed to be heated up. I set the microwave for like 5 minutes, and went into the living room. It’s not like I was planning on cooking him or anything, I just was going to warm him up. After maybe 30 seconds, I hear this horrible popping sound. And then, what felt like a second later, the microwave stopped.
I went into the kitchen to check and I have never been so horrified before in my life. I saw that my nephew was absolutely cooked. He was not moving at all. There was this foul odor in the air that I will never forget. I grabbed him, and I was shaking so hard that I dropped him. He was still warm to the touch, and he was completely dead.
I called the paramedics, but it was too late. They confirmed he was dead. The police came, they questioned me, they know it was me. They are still investigating, and I am going to probably go to prison for the rest of my life.
My sister is completely inconsolable. My family hates me, my life is over, and it’s all because I wasn’t paying attention. I’m trying to explain that I was just trying to warm him up, but I don’t think they care. I should have never had these thoughts. This is all my fault.
I honestly don’t even know why I’m posting this here, but I need to tell someone. I deserve everything I get for this.