Mother charged with the murder of her three-month-old baby
The incident took place on July 19 in Georgia, outside a beauty supply store in Moultrie, the person involved was in the parking lot of the place. When a fight starts between Karen Lashun and another woman who has not yet been identified.
Karen, 26, the mother of the child, at the time of the discussion, was holding her three-month-old baby, and after being attacked by the other with a blow to her face with a bag of articles belonging to her attacker.
Due to the attack of her rival, Karen immediately responds also with blows and in the middle of the fight she loses her balance, dropping the minor, who hit the pavement.
A woman who realized the facts acted quickly and picked up the baby to safeguard him from the fight, while the women continued to fight. After the fact, people who were in the place intervened to stop the fight.
The mother of the minor takes her son and leaves the place without going to a hospital to have her son examined for the blow. A day later, she takes her son to the Colquitt Regional medical center, but he dies on the spot.
The police say that the woman lied in the version that she gave to the center's doctors, as she said that she had fallen at home; The police investigated and noted that the baby had not made the injuries as the mother had claimed, this was confirmed by Freddie Williams.
"It is very alarming that two adults fight in a public space, especially while one of them is carrying a three-month-old baby," he added.
The woman was captured and charged with criminal homicide, two counts of child cruelty, assault and harassment, and her 26-year-old friend Carneata Clark was captured, who corroborated with the version of the local police.
He is still waiting to be charged with the charges, in a trial; The woman who assaulted Karen is not yet known, but investigations are under way to capture her.
