Mother who 'blacked out' during baby's death sentenced
Updated: 12:18 PM EST Dec 13, 2017
Mother who 'blacked out' during baby's death sentenced
Updated: 12:18 PM EST Dec 13, 2017
WEBVTT THE TROY MOTHER CONVICTED OFMANSLAUGHTER FOR THE DEATH OFHER INFANT SON WILL SPEND 13YEARS IN PRISON.A JUDGE HANDING DOWN THESENTENCE TO MIRANDA HOPKINSTHIS MORNINGHOPKINS TOLD THE JURY SHEBLACKED OUT AFTER DRINKING ANDSMOKING MARIJUANA THE NIGHT THEBABY DIED.THE MEDICAL EXAMINER LISTED THECAUSE OF DEATH AS BLUNT FORCEHEAD INJURIES.HOPKINS WILL ALSO SERV FOURYEARS PROBATION.THE JUDGE AGREED TO ALLOWHOPKINS TO REMAIN UNDER HOUSE
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Mother who 'blacked out' during baby's death sentenced
Updated: 12:18 PM EST Dec 13, 2017
A Maine woman who told investigators that she must have "blacked out" after drinking multiple shots of liquor and smoking marijuana on the night of her infant son's death will spend 13 years in prison.A judge sentenced Miranda Hopkins, 32, Wednesday morning in Belfast. Hopkins said she doesn't know how 7-week-old Jaxson died in January, but she previously told police that one of her two autistic sons may have been responsible. Hopkins said she woke up to find her baby cold and "beat to hell." The baby's cause of death was listed as blunt force head injuries.
BELFAST, Maine —
A Maine woman who told investigators that she must have "blacked out" after drinking multiple shots of liquor and smoking marijuana on the night of her infant son's death will spend 13 years in prison.
A judge sentenced Miranda Hopkins, 32, Wednesday morning in Belfast.
Hopkins said she doesn't know how 7-week-old Jaxson died in January, but she previously told police that one of her two autistic sons may have been responsible.
Hopkins said she woke up to find her baby cold and "beat to hell." The baby's cause of death was listed as blunt force head injuries.
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