A South New Jersey woman, Heather Reynolds, was sentenced to life without parole for killing her 17-month-old son Axel in 2018 by suffocating him.
At least one Newark police officer has been shot by a suspect with a long gun while issuing a warrant, according to reports; Fox News' Lauren Green has the details.convicted in July of killing her 17-month-old son in 2019 has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.served the life sentence to Heather Reynolds, 45, on Nov. 15, nearly three and a half months after a jury found the defendant guilty of murder.
A press release from Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay’s office said along with a term of life imprisonment with no possibility of parole on the , Blue sentence Reynolds to eight years for endangering the welfare of a child and four years for possession of a controlled dangerous substance, methamphetamine.Camden County prosecutors said Reynolds suffocated her 17-month-old son, Axel, by holding a cleansing wipe over his nose and mouth.On May 10, 2018, Reynolds ran from her Gloucester Township home with an unresponsive child in her arms and screaming for help.
The boy reportedly had bruises around his mouth and nose, and Reynolds told EMTs her son may have ingested something poisonous. When EMTs told Reynolds her son had been dead for much longer, Reynolds allegedly changed her story. Witnesses at the time also told police Reynolds took methamphetamine the night before, which police confirmed after finding drug residue in her purse.VideoGet all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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