ROCKY MOUNT—A Virginia woman has pleaded no contest to charges in the death of her 1-year-old daughter who was found unresponsive lying in a toilet bowl.
The Roanoke Times reports 30-year-old Tabitha Danielle Amos entered the plea on Tuesday, July 16, to charges including child cruelty with injury and felony possession of narcotics.
Gabriella Elizabeth Moore was found unresponsive in 2017 by her mother. Prosecutors say Amos tested positive for a “phenomenally” high level of methamphetamine.
Gabriella Elizabeth Moore was found unresponsive in 2017 by her mother. Prosecutors say Amos tested positive for a “phenomenally” high level of methamphetamine. https://t.co/JKN8HQHDhk pic.twitter.com/vTCb1Q5dho
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Assistant prosecutor Sandra Workman says Gabriella mostly was left in the company of a 3-year-old and 7-year-old.
Amos was arrested in January of this year. Authorities say she was caught while posing online as an escort. She’s posted bail and is free until her September sentencing.
Her defense attorney, Tripp Hunt, says she’s pregnant and “doing really well.”
No Prison Time for California Mother
In California, a mother who tried to drown her newborn immediately after birth in a toilet at a McDonald’s restaurant restroom will not face any prison time.
Twenty-seven-year-old Sarah Jane Lockner gave birth to a boy on Sept. 4, 2017, while working as a cashier in McDonald’s in Redwood City, reported KMOV.
On Friday, May 3, San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Stephanie Garratt placed Lockner under four years of supervised probation and also ordered her to complete her parenting classes.
A 27-year-old Redwood City woman won’t serve any time in prison for holding her newborn baby facedown in a toilet moments after giving birth at a McDonald’s restaurant restroom more than a year and a half ago, prosecutors said. https://t.co/0phVhIOkyF
— KTLA (@KTLA) May 8, 2019
Lockner was originally charged with attempted murder but she didn’t object to pleading guilty to the lesser charge of felony child endangerment in a plea deal on Jan. 14.
This child was her second—she gave birth to her first child at home five years ago. She told prosecutors that in both the cases she was unaware of her pregnancy.
Epoch Times reporter Venus Upadhayaya contributed to this report.
