3 Week Old Aprhil Matthews Was Beaten To Death,Dennis & Rebecca Matthews Arrested

[Keepalowprofile]

I always like to see the phrase consecutive sentences.
We see concurrent sentences too often.

consecutive sentences.
I love those two words together.
Love em... Love love love em.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

The Missouri Court of Appeals has overturned the conviction of a Richmond, Mo., woman in the child abuse death of her infant daughter because prosecutors were improperly allowed to present evidence of reptiles in the home.

Rebecca Matthews, 29, was found guilty in April 2016 of abuse of a child resulting in death, three counts of abuse of a child, and seven counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child.

The 3-week-old baby girl, Aprhil Matthews, died in August 2012 as a result of “blunt force trauma” to her chest and abdomen, which lacerated her heart and liver, according to Ray County prosecutors.

Matthews also was convicted of endangering the welfare of three other children by leaving them in a vehicle when temperatures were over 100 degrees and child abuse for breaking another infant’s arm.

Matthews appealed her convictions, arguing that prosecutors were improperly allowed to present evidence not relevant to the child abuse allegations.

Prosecutors told jurors that Aprhil and her siblings lived in filthy and unsafe conditions where reptiles such as alligators, snakes and lizards were kept in containers, cages and small plastic pools that were easily accessible to the children.

“…lizards that were real-life monsters for a child, lizards that could easily maim and injure these children, that was the norm,” prosecutors argued during closing arguments.

In their appeal, attorneys for Matthews argued the admission of such evidence was prejudicial to jurors.

After the baby died, doctors determined that she had multiple fractured ribs in various stages of healing. At trial, doctors testified that the fractures were consistent with the infant being squeezed.

A three-judge panel ordered that Matthews be given a new trial. The initial criminal trial was moved from Ray County to Clay County after a change of venue was granted.

They wrote that the evidence of the family's reptiles were not relevant to the child abuse allegations.

“We find admission of the reptile-related evidence prejudicial,” Judge A. Rex Gabbert wrote in the court’s ruling.

"The manner in which the reptile evidence was integrated with relevant evidence at trial and argued in closing suggested to the jurors that it was relevant to the counts pending before them,” Gabbert wrote.

The child’s father, Dennis Judson Matthews, was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty in September 2016 to abuse of a child resulting in death, three counts of abuse of a child, and seven counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child.

http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article207010624.html

 

[Dutchgirl]

right, so if it weren't for the jurors being told about the obvious threats in your home and your complete disregard for your kids, they wouldn't have found you guilty of anything. keep fucking dreaming. Dumb fuck

 

[Sugar Cookie]

@Satanica

A Richmond man has pleaded guilty to three felony counts related to the death of his 3-week-old baby in 2012.

Dennis Matthews pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, child abuse and child endangerment in Clay County court Thursday.

Matthews and his wife, Rebeccca Matthews, were charged in the death of their infant daughter, who died Aug. 2012, as a result of blunt force trauma to her chest and abdomen that lacerated her heart and liver.

After the death of the baby, doctors determined that she had multiple fractured ribs that were in various stages of healing.

Matthews was previously convicted at trial on seven felony counts in the case, but that conviction was overturned on appeal.

Richmond man pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter in death of infant daughter

CLAY COUNTY, Mo. — A Richmond man has pleaded guilty to three felony counts related to the death of his 3-week-old baby in 2012. Dennis Matthews pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, ch…

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[Sugar Cookie]

The sperm was supposed to be sentenced on the 25th of September.

This poor little pud looked terrified and sad.

I don't even want to think about how miserable her 3 weeks on this earth was.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Rebecca Matthews was sentenced Friday, October 4th after she was retried on 11 counts of felony first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, all of which she was initially found guilty in 2016. Matthews was yet again, found guilty on all counts and according to case.net received incarceration of 4 years on one count of felony first degree child endangerment, 3 years on another count of felony first degree child endangerment, and two years each on two additional charges of felony first degree child endangerment. The court upheld three sentences on three separate charges of felony first degree child endangerment in 2018.

Richmond mother receives sentence in retrial on charges relating to the homicide of her 3-week-old daughter

A Richmond woman was sentenced October 4th in connection with the death of her 3-week-old child. Rebecca Matthews was sentenced Friday, October 4th after she was retried on 11 counts

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[Sugar Cookie]

Dennis J. Matthews was sentenced to 26 years in prison after pleading guilty to the death of his three week old child