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According to prosecutors, 26-year-old Richard McTear attacked ex-girlfriend Jasmine Bedwell, 22, after she returned home with her son from a friend's house in 2009.
McTear blocked the door when Bedwell tried to flee and grabbed her son, Emanuel Wesley Murray, during the struggle. He then took off down Interstate 275 in Tampa, throwing the baby out of the window, prosecutors said. The baby's blood stains were found on McTear's shorts and in a car he was known to drive.
Defense attorneys argued that McTear was innocent and questioned the mother's credibility.
The jury deliberated for more than seven hours before finding McTear guilty of first-degree murder, kidnapping, battery and aggravated child abuse charges. They will return to court on Monday to begin the sentencing phase.
http://news.yahoo.com/fla-man-guilty-throwing-baby-car-window-220252692.html
I don't know what to say. I honestly don't know what drives such violence and rage, or especially why someone would take that out on a baby.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Nobody beats "Florida Man" for the most disturbing headlines.
Warpy
(111,270 posts)Just sayin'.
And my dad wondered why I didn't want to live there.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Williams, who claims to be McTear's fiancée, sobbed throughout the hearing, doubling over when Harb made his announcement to seek the death penalty.
She said she met McTear in jail and the pair plan to marry as soon as they can.
"He's a sweet person," she said. "He tells me to do right by my kids. We talk a lot about God"
The last time McTear was in court last month, he was professing his love of Jasmine Bedwell.
"I love you, Jasmine," he said while being led out of the courtroom. Bedwell later collapsed outside the courthouse when asked about the comment.
Williams said there is another woman in the mix. She said another woman, whom she didn't know, had McTear's baby in the past couple of weeks.
"He loves children," she said.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Put him in jail and throw away the key.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,518 posts)Did he do something to the baby before he threw it out the window? This man is worse than an animal.