Jesika Jones admitted to giving at least 4-6 adult-strength Benadryl in order to make her daughter shake and present signs of a seizure disorder at the hospital.
A Tarrant County mother was sentenced to 60 years in prison for poisoning her child.Jesika Jones gave her daughter adult Benadryl in order to make the girl shake. She'd then take the girl to the hospital claiming she was suffering seizures.The lead detective believes she was abusing several of her children, but this 60-year sentence comes after she pleaded guilty to crimes against one of them. The 32-year-old received her 60-year sentence on Friday.
"Weber says there’s evidence and testimony that Jones previously presented at least one of her other children as having epilepsy when that child did not. Weber calls this medical child abuse and says his office had charged more than a dozen cases."They either exaggerate, falsify or induce medical symptoms in their child in order to fulfill an intrinsic need in themselves," he said.
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