Friday, June 24, 2011

A black mother said that she beat her 5-year-old son to death because he broke the television while playing Nintendo Wii

Kim Crawford, 21, smacked Jamar Johnson in his back and stomach harder than she'd ever hit him, she told the police. Crawford watched him vomit and complain of agonizing pain for five days as his internal injuries got worse. She never took him to the hospital because she feared getting arrested, she told investigators. Jamar died of an infection to his lacerated pancreas and intestine at Montefiore Medical Center. Prosecutors have charged Crawford with murder and manslaughter. She was ordered held without bond. Crawford has previous arrests for drugs and assault and a long history of domestic incidents with the boy's father. Police were called for domestic incidents between the pair nine times since 2006. Crawford had an open warrant for violating probation at the time of her arrest.

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