2018年に自身が預かっていた新生児を殺害した罪で有罪を認めていたホリー・シェパード被告（29）に対し、今週2度目となる終身刑が言い渡されました。同被告は2023年の児童虐待事件でも服役中であり、今回の判決により刑期が追加されることになります。
シェパード被告は2018年、Facebookでベビーシッターの広告を出しており、生後22日の乳児を預かっていました。乳児は意図的な虐待による頭部外傷を負い、数日後に死亡しました。当時は立件されていませんでした。
A judge in West Virginia sentenced Rebakah Weikle to two consecutive life terms for murdering her 4-year-old daughter in 2022. The killing stemmed from jealousy over attention the child received from her father. Weikle pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death.
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A 24-year-old Wisconsin woman received probation after pleading no contest to child neglect charges for leaving three toddlers alone in a parked vehicle for nearly 90 minutes.
Kelly Ward pleaded no contest to child neglect causing great bodily harm after leaving her 3-month-old daughter outside in cold weather overnight in 2023. A judge withheld adjudication and sentenced her to 48 months of probation with conditions including a substance abuse evaluation and parenting classes. The infant suffered life-altering injuries consistent with shaken baby syndrome.
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Logan Kruckenberg Anderson, now 21, received a life sentence with possible release after 45 years for fatally shooting his newborn daughter in 2021. The case continues as his defense filed a post-sentencing motion. Prosecutors described the act as an attempt to erase a problem.