Joseph Smith Sr. and Sonya Smith had been accused by the police as “abusers” within 4 minutes of a 911 call placed frantically in October 2003 as their son lay dying of a fast-acting infection and septic shock. As the “child abuse” seeds were planted throughout the investigation that followed young Josef Smith’s untimely death, the media frenzy began. Since 2003 the media has fed upon the sensational spin of this story involving loving  parents and the tragic turns their lives took that fall of 2003.