On July 8, 2012, 3-month-old Brooklyn Foss-Greenaway became
the victim of a homicide. Autopsy showed the baby had been suffocated and that
traces of a drug prescribed to those thought to have ADHD was found in her
system. The same drug was being used by 10-year-old Kelli Murphy.
That night Kelli’s mother Amanda Huard telephoned for
emergency medical help, reporting that the baby they were looking after was not
breathing.
It was not the first time such an “emergency” occurred in
the household. “Housemates of Huard said that months before Brooklyn’s death,
they had rushed a different baby [Jaylynn Tenney] to the hospital, where doctors treated her for
a reaction to that same medication. That baby recovered, and the incident led
to the involvement of the Department of Health and Human Services, but no
criminal charges.”
On May 21, 2014, Kelli Murphy accepted a plea deal in
which she admitted “involvement” in her victim’s death and "accepted responsibility." The Portland
Press-Herald reported that “the deal dropped the manslaughter charge against
Murphy in exchange for an admission of guilt to multiple unspecified
misdemeanor charges.”
[Robert St. Estephe; quotes from: Matt Hongoitz-Hetling
Maine girl, 12, charged in infant’s death admits to misdemeanors, Portland
Press-Herald (Portland, Me.), May 21, 2014]
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Its not alleged she is guilty and the state of Maine let her off.
ReplyDeleteThe Portland Press-Herald reported an allegation of guilt that is part of the prosecution case: “the deal dropped the manslaughter charge against Murphy in exchange for an admission of guilt to multiple unspecified misdemeanor charges.” Also, this indicates she was not "let off," but rather that she admitted guilt -- and was, presumably, sentenced.
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