Photo: Bucks County District Attorney’s Office
“You were there to protect this child, and instead you were so reckless, so thoughtless, so selfish so as to take this child’s life before he had the chance to experience all life has to offer,” the judge said, according to the statement. “This cannot be accepted in a civilized society.”
The discovery came as officials from the office of Bucks County Children and Youth Services made a welfare check at the mother’s residence.
Jennifer Clarey.Bucks County District Attorney’s Office
Inside the boy’s sippy cup at the home, authorities discovered residue of oxycodone.
In a trash can, investigators found an empty bottle of Benadryl. A locked strong box in the home contained an empty bottle for a prescription of 120 Vicodin tablets.
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“It goes beyond a terrible tragedy,” District Attorney Matthew D. Weintraub said at a news conference when heannounced the charge. “This was clearly a murderous act.”
Clarey’s no-contest plea does not admit guilt, “but acknowledges evidence in a case is sufficient to support a conviction at trial,” and carries the same weight as a guilty plea, according to the district attorney’s office.
In response to a question in court, Clarey said she had beenhospitalized four times for mental health treatment, including shortly before she killed her son, reports NBC Philadelphia. She did not otherwise make a statement in court.
Her plea deal allowed the judge to sentence her to an agreed-upon term of 25 to 50 years in prison.
source: people.com
