Trial begins in OH for 17 y.o.Mommy who kept pregnancy secret & smothered newborn baby boy to death
Joe1orbit
Hello,
Over in Ohio, yet another young teenage mommy who murdered her newborn baby
is about to go on trial. Our Murderous Mommy is 17 year old Audrey Iacona. Jury
selection in the trial began yesterday, and if convicted of first degree
murder, Audrey faces the possibility of a life prison sentence. She is also
charged with 5 other felonies, including abuse of a corpse, due to how she
treated her newborn baby, after having killed him.
Of course we all know that your society considers Mommy Murderers to be far
less worthy of punitive punishment than all other murderers, and so there is
virtually no chance of Audrey having to serve even 10 years in prison. As far
as I'm concerned, since she was a minor when she gave birth, she shouldn't even
be facing trial in an adult criminal court. But then again, I am a lone voice
of rationality in your pathetically deranged society.
Anyway, we get a VERY interesting description of exactly how Audrey's parents
came to realize that their 17 year old daughter was a murderess. In typical
fashion, they had ABSOLUTELY no idea that their daughter was carrying a bun in
her oven. She gave birth to an 8 week premature baby boy, in the basement of
the house where she lived with her parents, after having kept her pregnancy a
complete secret. After giving birth, she called a teen-age friend and told him
about what had happened, probably because she was panicked and didn't know to
do. The friend told her father, and the fathe called police.
The police were dispatched to the home of our Parental Units, and they
knocked on the door. Both parents were at home, and they gladly opened the door
to the cops and asked what in the world the cops were doing, knocking on their
door. The cops then told the parents "We have reason to believe that your
daughter Audrey has just given birth to a baby and that the baby is in some
trouble". Our two parents were astonished, and shook their heads in disbelief.
They called out to Audrey, and Audrey came to the door. Standing there, only
hours after giving birth to and murdering her newborn, Audrey BOLDLY lied to
her parents and to cops. "I am not pregnant. I was never pregnant. I certainly
did not give birth earlier today!" declared Audrey. She then lifted up her
shirt to show the cops how flat her belly was. She even offered to do
CARTWHEELS for the cops, to prove that she was not pregnant and had not given
birth!
But the cops insisted on searching the house, despite Audrey's wonderful
acting performance. Very quickly, the cops found a trail of blood leading down
to the basement, straight to a dead newborn baby wrapped in a towel, placed in
a double layed plastic bag. Bloody scissors were also found nearby, that Audrey
used to cut the umbilical cord.
Prosecutos allege that Audrey choked her newborn to death, but the coroner
himself seems unable to say for sure whether this death was an intention
homicide. THat is not good news for prosecutors, but they are still going ahead
with a first degree murder case against Audrey.
Guess what? In the ENTIRE county of Medina, there was only ONE person who was
arrested and charged with murder, for the ENTIRE year of 1997. And that person
was Audrey! Is that cool or what? No drug killings, no gang killings, no serial
killers, no family massacres, for the whole year. Just ONE single case,
involving a 17 year old girl who murders her newborn infant boy.
As you can imagine, Audrey's parents are defending their daughter, and going
with the official line that her lawyer will no doubt take, claiming that Audrey
had a miscarriage. How the HELL would he knew?? He had no idea that his
daughter was even pregnant, and neither did his wifey.
Audrey herself claims that she did not know that she was pregnant, until just
before giving birth. But interestingly enough, she did change her wardrobe
during the final few months of the pregnancy, opting for baggy clothing rather
than the tight fitting stuff she usually wore to school.
Audrey's parents have hired a ratrher expensive jury consultant to try and
help her attorney to weed out all the jurors that they fear might deliver a
guilty verdict. The goal of course, is to seat a jury that does not CARE about
the FACTS. A jury that will, either consciously or subconsciously, VALIDATE the
RIGHT of Audrey to have killed her newborn, and choose to render a Not Guilty
verdict, even if the facts show and demonstrate that Audrey did deliberately
end the life of a helpless newborn child.
Take care, JOE
The following appears courtesy of today's Associated Press news wire:
Teen on Trial for Newborn's Death
By KEN BERGER
MEDINA, Ohio (AP) - Mark and Angela Iacona listened in horror as police
officers told them a teen-ager in their home had apparently just given birth in
the basement den.
Impossible, their 17-year-old daughter Audrey protested: She hadn't even been
pregnant. Look, she said, lifting her shirt to show the officers her flat
belly. The high school cheerleader even offered to do cartwheels.
Her incredulous parents let the officers in. It didn't take them long to find
the trail of blood that led to a dead baby wrapped in a towel inside two
plastic bags. Nearby, the police found bloody scissors they believe were used
to cut the umbilical cord.
Now, Miss Iacona, a popular student who dressed in the latest styles and
dabbled in modeling, is on trial on murder charges. Jury selection began
Monday. She could get life in prison if convicted.
The baby was born eight weeks premature on May 1 in Granger Township, about 35
miles south of Cleveland. Prosecutors say Miss Iacona smothered the boy, but
the coroner has testified there is no way to know for sure why and when the
baby stopped breathing.
The case has forced neighbors and friends of the Iacona family to confront a
tragedy virtually unheard of in this sleepy, rural town. Miss Iacona was the
only person in Medina County charged with murder last year.
``There's no winner in this case, regardless of the outcome,'' said Dean
Holman, the county prosecutor.
The child's father, whose name has not been released, has not been charged.
According to court papers, Miss Iacona called a teen-age friend shortly after
delivering the baby. The friend then told her father, who called police. The
3.8-pound body was found about two hours later.
Mark Iacona, Miss Iacona's father, contends she had a miscarriage.
``They charged this girl with the same thing they charge people with who take a
shotgun, stick it in someone's face and blow them away,'' he said.
Iacona said his daughter wasn't even sure she was pregnant: She maintained her
weight of about 110 pounds, continued cheerleading and even ran track as late
as April.
Some of her classmates at Holy Name High School suspected something when she
began to wear baggy clothes - a change from the fashionable, sleek outfits she
usually wore. But only her closest friends knew the truth.
``I think deep down inside, she really thought she didn't have a baby there,''
said Lynn Marie Scherma, 17, the friend Miss Iacona called after the baby was
born.
AP-NY-02-02-98
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The following appears courtesy of the 2/3/98 online edition of The Cleveland
Plain Dealer newspaper:
Sympathetic jurors sought
Tuesday, February 03, 1998
By STEPHEN HUDAK
PLAIN DEALER REPORTER
MEDINA - A jury consultant for the firm that aided the defense of William
Kennedy Smith and Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols is helping
Audrey Iacona's lawyers pick jurors for the teen's murder trial.
Neil Hirschhorn sat beside the 17-year-old daughter of Mark and Angela Iacona
yesterday, scrutinizing the answers and body language of potential jurors and
passing hastily scribbled notes to defense lawyers.
Audrey, a senior at Highland High School in Granger Township, has pleaded not
guilty to murder and five other felonies, including abuse of a corpse, related
to the birth and death of a newborn son on May 1.
Her trial began with jury interviews about 10 a.m., after a last-minute,
closed-door conference in which prosecutors, defense lawyers, Audrey and her
parents discussed a possible plea agreement to resolve the case.
Common Pleas Judge James L. Kimbler, Prosecutor Dean Holman and defense
co-counsel Mark DeVan quizzed 12 members of the jury pool.
Holman panned for prejudices, but DeVan probed their perceptions. He asked
which they thought would be easier - growing up now or years ago. He asked if
they had ever been so afraid that they had acted irrationally or behaved in a
way that they now regret. Most said they had.
DeVan also asked if they had ever heard of women who never knew they were
pregnant suddenly giving birth. The members of the jury pool nodded. They had
heard of it.
"So we can all agree that it happens?" he said.
Defense lawyers have said Audrey, who was a cheerleader and ran track at Holy
Name High School in Parma, was unaware she was pregnant. Prosecutors contend
that the baby was born alive and then suffocated.
Hirschhorn works for Texas-based Cathy Bennett & Associates, a jury consulting
firm headed by his brother, Robert. His brother, who also is a lawyer, said
Nichols' lawyers sought people who would be "courageous" enough to stand up to
the government if it didn't prove its case.
Defense co-counsel Richard J. Marco said they wanted people who would be
understanding.