http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/jun/11/woman-charged-second-baby-death/The first time, the death of an 11-day-old baby girl while sleeping with her mother was ruled a tragedy and an accident, authorities said.
But the second time a child of Sara Mynatt, 27, died while allegedly sleeping with her — this time, a 4-month-old boy — prosecutors charged her with reckless homicide.
Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner set an Oct. 15 hearing on whether details from the death of Mynatt’s first child would be admissible at her trial.
Mynatt is accused of rolling over on 4-month-old Jaden Jerman on Oct. 28, 2007, while Mynatt was sleeping.
The first child, 11-day-old Lily Mynatt, died Feb. 3, 2006. The death was ruled as accidental asphyxiation by the Knox County medical examiner, said Assistant District Attorney General Steve Sword, who is prosecuting the case.
Since then, Mynatt has had a third child, and the Department of Children’s Services took the baby from Mynatt at the hospital and placed it in foster care, said her attorney, Assistant Knox County Public Defender Bob Edwards.
Mynatt also is known as Sara McCurry.
Edwards said he is awaiting results of a sleep study that will show whether the woman has a neurological disorder, “nocturnal seizures,†that is causing a sleep problem.
“The accusation is (Mynatt) slept with the babies in bed, but we’re not ready to admit that,†Edwards said.
her MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/saralee1982
She does have pictures of her latest baby. She may have taken the pictures during foster care visits???? (I HOPE)
She has tats on her feet for the babies that passed away.