Sentenced: Mom's On-Again, Off-Again Boyfriend Caused Fatal Trauma To Heart, Liver Of 17MO Girl

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17-month -old Ta’Leah's mom found her naked bruised, and unresponsive after leaving her with a man she described as an on-again, off-again boyfriend, while she did errands.

Ta'Leah's suffered trauma to her heart, liver, and lungs; as well as other internal and external injuries.

Her killer Fredrich Earl Williams, who was 19-years-old when he committed the crime was convicted of felony murder, with the underlying felony being child abuse.

Williams told the mother that the child had choked on a piece of candy. At trial, the defense claimed that the child’s injuries were due to CPR.

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A 26-year-old man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the 2017 beating death of his girlfriend’s toddler daughter.

Jefferson County Circuit Judge Stephen Wallace handed down the sentence following an emotionally charged hearing which included tearful speeches from family and the revelation of jailhouse phone calls where the defendant, after the conviction, mocked the judge who would decide his fate.

Fredrick Earl Williams was initially charged with capital murder in the Sept. 26, 2017 death of Ta’Leah Nicole Alexander-Burke who was 17 months old.

She died from blunt force trauma to the heart, liver, and lungs. She also had 41 bruises, a broken arm, and a number of other internal injuries.

A jury in February, after nearly two weeks of trial and less than three hours of deliberations, convicted Williams on the lesser charge of felony murder, with the underlying felony being child abuse.

Williams’ family said Williams was only trying to help Ta’Leah that day and maintained that he was innocent of any wrongdoing. He was raised to be respectful, loving, and caring and is a good father to his own children, two daughters under the age of 10. His girlfriend is also pregnant with his third child.

He had no prior criminal history.

“The only thing Fred was doing that day was trying to help a baby in distress, the best way he knew how,’’ his grandmother said.

“This situation has ruined my family,’’ said Kimberly Williams, the defendant’s mother. “Everybody involved in this situation is hurting.”

Williams spoke briefly.

“I apologize to Ta’Leah’s family,’’ he said. “I’ve been going through this for seven years and they have as well. I had no ill intentions that day.”

Williams’ defense team asked for a sentence of 20 years with five to serve.

“The jury found that he did not have the intent to kill,’’ said Public Defender Brock Brett.

Brett talked about the issue of mass incarceration in Alabama and said the majority of inmates are young Black men like Williams, which she said has a negative impact on the Black community.

She also said Williams was at the age when the crime was committed that his frontal lobe, especially the prefrontal cortex, wasn’t fully mature, which happens around age 25. The prefrontal cortex of the front lobe allows someone to process the pros and cons of a decision before it is made.

“This was a tragic chaotic event that happened very quickly,” she said.

She said a split sentence would “accomplish the goals of sentencing while recognizing this crime for what it was – a tragic, impulsive decision by a 19-year-old.”

Man sentenced to 25 years in child’s brutal death by Jefferson County judge he mocked in jailhouse phone call

Fredrick Earl Williams was initially charged with capital murder in the Sept. 26, 2017 death of Ta’Leah Nicole Alexander-Burke who was 17 months old.

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[Busy Bee]

Perhaps his brain was not fully developed, but small children know you Don’t hurt a baby! he had no “intent to kill” ? Yet , it had to be forceful, blunt force trauma to the heart, lungs, liver , broken bones 41 bruises ! It wasn’t just a tap on the seat of the pants!