A Gastonia woman faces a felony child abuse charge for smothering her infant, according to Gastonia police.
Shana Alexis Davidson was drunk when she fell asleep on the couch with her infant daughter, Shaelyn Gabriell Davidson, according to an autopsy report.
When the 23-year-old woman woke up, she discovered that her baby was not breathing.
She ran next door and called 911, according to Sgt. Gene Weaver with Gastonia police. According to an autopsy report from the N.C. Medical Examiner Office, the child was just under 2 months old and weighed less than 10 pounds. She was wearing a onesie, socks and mittens when she died.
The examiner could not determine a cause of death. The incident happened March 18, 2012 but warrants for Davidson’s arrest were taken out Friday and served Wednesday.
Police waited for medical reports and results before moving forward with charging Davidson.
A mother in Mississippi was just arrested in the death of her 3-year-old son, when police found the child ‘s burned body in an oven. An autopsy has to be done to find out if little Tristan Robinson was dead before being put in the oven or died as a result of being put there. Police arrested the child’s mother, Terrie A. Robinson age 24 with her son’s death.
According to the Greenville police, the child’s body was still warm when taken from the oven, and he appeared to have trauma to his head area. Officers found the child, after responding to an emergency call, but wouldn’t provide more details on this, as the investigation is ongoing. Greenville Police Chief Freddie Cannon said:
.. ”I’ve seen a lot of things, but this is one that will stick in my memory for a long long time..”
I guess if I had to see a dead 3 year old in an oven, it would stick in my mind forever too, I cant even imagine that. This is a reason why police just remain silent on the things they see while on the job, too horrifc to be repeated. Rest in peace little Tristan.
Amber Lynn Bracci’s boyfriend now faces charges related to the death of her 16-month-old son.
John Weaver II faces child abuse charges, after the death of Rowan Bracci. The toddler died earlier this month from a head injury.
A Dorchester County Grand Jury indicted Bracci and Weaver last week on charges of homicide by child abuse.
Weaver is expected to go for a bond hearing on Wedensday.
UPDATE:
Amber Lynn Bracci was indicted on Thursday with 1 count of homicide by child abuse. The minimum sentence is 20 years up to life in prison if she is convicted. (Source:WCBD)
Teen Mom Amber Bracci
This is Amber Lynn Bracci age 19, who was the mother of an adorable 16-month-old baby boy named, Rowan Bracci.
The Dorchester County Sheriff’s department began an investigation last weekend and held a press conference recently to announce the charges against Amber Lynn Bracci.
Amber appeared on a Charleston, TV station earlier in the week to talk about her story saying:
” I went in there and picked my son up out the bed at 10:30 in the morning and he was limp.”
“His eyes were closed and he was not responsive”, she told WCSC-TV.
Two days later the child died.
Rowan, 16 months
Amber has been charged with homocide by child abuse in little Rowan’s death.
Doctors at the hospital say that baby Rowan had severe brain swelling, They found evidence of past abuse just prior to the incident which led to Rowan’s murder.
Rowan (WMBF)
Amber says she loved her son with all her heart and she may not have “been a perfect mom”, did things she “regrets”, but are they things that led to her own baby’s horrible death?
If SHE didn’t do it, then WHO DID IT? Are they worth spending a significant amount of time behind prison bars? Because, I don’t think anybody is worth that. So, she needs to say who did it– if it wasn’t her, or admit to the murder plain and simple. I hope she did not do this, I really do.
If she couldn’t care for the child and got frustrated and things got out of hand-why not ask for help? Count to 20? Go for a walk to cool off ?
Why not give the family to a trusted family member or to a loving foster family? 19 is still very young and it would have been much better to do that than to put the baby in harms way because of her or someone else’s temper due to immaturity don’t you think?
In a disturbing case out of Dade County Georgia parents have been charged with incest of their 18-year-old relative. It all began as a call about a newborn baby not breathing, but soon after things got tragically worse. Sadly the babyhas died and what its 18-year-old mother told authorities led to the realization that the dead baby was a product of incest.
Kristin Marie Phillips age 33, is the wife of a soldier who was off to Iraq, serving his country. She was also the mother of 3 children. I use the word “was” because now her youngest child, baby Alexis Nikohl Phillips is dead and Kristin’s accused of starving her to death.
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