This article is not for the weak of heart.
Infant was punched, left in car for 24 hours before parents buried him, police say
https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...0d954a-96d3-11e6-bc79-af1cd3d2984b_story.html
I don't know why I open these threads when I know what I'm going to read. Killing a baby because it cried. God Help Me.
Punching an infant to stop them from crying!?!This article is not for the weak of heart.
Infant was punched, left in car for 24 hours before parents buried him, police say
https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...0d954a-96d3-11e6-bc79-af1cd3d2984b_story.html
Petty and his wife, 24-year-old Geneice Petty, then [after the murder...] placed the infant in their 1998 Lincoln Town Car hearse for more than 24 hours before burying the boy behind Parkdale High School to hide the crime, police said.
The parents kept the baby's death a secret for over three weeks before the infant's grandmother reported her daughter and 2-month-old grandson missing.
The Maryland father accused of fatally punching his son and burying the child in the woods has pleaded guilty in the infants death.
Petty is scheduled for sentencing in October, according to online court records. Prosecutors said they intend to ask for the maximum prison sentence of 40 years for Petty.
Geneice Petty, 25, entered an Alford plea to involuntary manslaughter in the killing of Antoine Flemons, two months after her husband, Antoine Petty, pleaded guilty to first-degree child abuse resulting in death.
Were certainly pleased she decided to accept her responsibility in the death of her 2-month-old son, said Gina Ford, a spokeswoman for the Prince Georges County States Attorneys Office. She had an opportunity to intervene in this instance, and she did not.
Geneice Pettys sentencing hearing is scheduled for Dec. 13.
Antoine Petty faces up to 40 years in prison at his sentencing, set for Oct. 19.
Antoine Petty was sentenced Thursday to 40 years in prison for the death of his infant son, who he beat to death and then buried in a shallow grave in the woods.
Prince George's County Judge Micheal Pearson said that in his 19 years as a prosecutor, defense attorney and judge, he had never encountered such a horrific case.
I don't think there's any case that has disturbed me to the core as much as this one, Pearson said.
The sentencing of Geneice Petty, 25, comes almost two months after the childs father was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the 2016 killing of their baby, Antoine Flemons.
She had an opportunity to intervene and put an end to her husbands actions but instead chose to help him cover it up, and I hope that she spends her time in prison reflecting on her actions, Prince Georges County States Attorney Angela Alsobrooks said in a statement announcing the sentence.