Post by dawn on Aug 3, 2010 13:19:13 GMT -5
A mother accused of poisoning her young daughter with feces is headed to jail.
Judge Julie Kocurek revoked Emily Beth McDonald's pre-trial bond Friday morning and ordered her into custody.
The Family Protective Services case worker over seeing McDonald's case reported finding McDonald in violation of her bond agreement. Prosecutors filed a motion asking Judge Kocurek to revoke the bond.
McDonald came to court Friday morning for a bond hearing. She showed up with a large group of her family by her side. The family sat together in the front seats of Judge Kocurek's courtroom.
Prosecutors called the case worker to the stand. The case worker testified that she made an unannounced trip to the house of where McDonald was living. She testified to finding two un-identified children in the house with McDonald including a toddler and infant.
According to prosecutors, McDonald's bond agreement prevents her from being around other children.
In June 2009, police arrested McDonald and charged her with first degree felony injury to a child. Court papers state video tape surveillance captured McDonald poisoning her young daughter with feces. According to the affidavit, McDonald smeared fecal matter onto the catheter tube that fed directly into her daughter's bloodstream. She admitted to police to doing it five times during her daughter's six-week stay at the hospital.
McDonald is facing life in prison. Her three children, including the one she is accused of injuring, are currently in the care of their biological fathers, one of whom prosecutors allege supports McDonald and allows his two children with her to remain in touch with their mother.
Judge Julie Kocurek revoked Emily Beth McDonald's pre-trial bond Friday morning and ordered her into custody.
The Family Protective Services case worker over seeing McDonald's case reported finding McDonald in violation of her bond agreement. Prosecutors filed a motion asking Judge Kocurek to revoke the bond.
McDonald came to court Friday morning for a bond hearing. She showed up with a large group of her family by her side. The family sat together in the front seats of Judge Kocurek's courtroom.
Prosecutors called the case worker to the stand. The case worker testified that she made an unannounced trip to the house of where McDonald was living. She testified to finding two un-identified children in the house with McDonald including a toddler and infant.
According to prosecutors, McDonald's bond agreement prevents her from being around other children.
In June 2009, police arrested McDonald and charged her with first degree felony injury to a child. Court papers state video tape surveillance captured McDonald poisoning her young daughter with feces. According to the affidavit, McDonald smeared fecal matter onto the catheter tube that fed directly into her daughter's bloodstream. She admitted to police to doing it five times during her daughter's six-week stay at the hospital.
McDonald is facing life in prison. Her three children, including the one she is accused of injuring, are currently in the care of their biological fathers, one of whom prosecutors allege supports McDonald and allows his two children with her to remain in touch with their mother.
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