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Adoptive Johnston mother indicted on first-degree murder charge
A Johnston County grand jury on Monday indicted an adoptive mother whose 4-year-old son died of suffocation last month when he was tightly bound in blankets as punishment.
Lynn Paddock, 45, was indicted on a charge of first-degree murder.
Paddock had originally been charged with second-degree murder, but District Attorney Tom Lock said he asked the grand jury to indict Paddock on first-degree charges because the abusive nature of the death was "so extreme" it crossed into torture.
More: http://www.fayettevillenc.com/article_ap?id=82178
A Johnston County grand jury on Monday indicted an adoptive mother whose 4-year-old son died of suffocation last month when he was tightly bound in blankets as punishment.
Lynn Paddock, 45, was indicted on a charge of first-degree murder.
Paddock had originally been charged with second-degree murder, but District Attorney Tom Lock said he asked the grand jury to indict Paddock on first-degree charges because the abusive nature of the death was "so extreme" it crossed into torture.
More: http://www.fayettevillenc.com/article_ap?id=82178