A demented South Carolina mother killed her 4-day-old son by putting him in the refrigerator for three hours, authorities say.
Angela Blackwell, 27, was at her home on
Feb. 27 when she put little William in the fridge and shut the door, deputies say. After three hours, she took him out and sought medical attention.
"That's wrong,” neighbor Neely Parker told WSOC. "Wrong is wrong, regardless of whatever it is. It ain't supposed to be like that."
William David Blackwell died from hypothermia with asphyxiation from being placed in the cold, according to Chester County Coroner Terry Tinker.
A teary Jeff Lewis, William's father, told WSOC that Blackwell is "a good mom" and that others were in the home at the time of the infant's death.
Blackwell was arrested Monday on a charge of homicide by child abuse following a lengthy investigation, according to WSOC.
The suspect's 3-year-old son was taken by the South Carolina Department of Social Services, the Herald reported.
She faces 20 years to life in prison, according to the newspaper.
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