Holly Sheppard, 29, dömdes i veckan till livstids fängelse för andra gången efter att ha erkänt mordet på ett nyfött barn som hon passade 2018. Domen läggs till ett befintligt straff hon avtjänar för ett fall av barnmisshandel från 2023.
Sheppard annonserade ut barnvaktstjänster på Facebook 2018 när ett 22 dagar gammalt spädbarn lämnades i hennes vård. Barnet drabbades av icke-oavsiktliga traumatiska huvudskador och avled några dagar senare. Inga åtal väcktes vid tillfället.
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.