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Originally Posted by beaner
Could have very well been an accident but negligence was the cause... that's still felony 1 murder.
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As I mentioned in another thread, if you find a child face down in a swimming pool (yours or anyone else's) and fail to call 911- that's criminally negligent homicide. Not the same as the "felony murder" charge they gave the jury as an option, but I believe it still goes towards murder in the first degree. Maybe some law buffs can work that out, cause I'm not totally sure on that part.
I think given the defense's version of events they made a mistake in not including that in the lesser charges. Possibly they could take another crack at it from that angle down the road, but I doubt it. If you believe the defense's version of events there are still other charges they could bring her up on, because believe she did it purposely or it was an accident that spun out of control, wrapping a child's corpse in duct tape, triple bagging it, and hiding it in the woods is illegal. Even if it was done at her father's behest and with his cooperation (which I also doubt), that's still some illegal shit. But again, I don't see it happening. They could, I just don't think they will.