An Indianapolis mother has been found not guilty of neglectfully smothering her child to death – as a judge shockingly said he would have found her guilty of involuntary manslaughter or reckless homicide.
Dacia Lacey, 32, walked free after a judge ruled that prosecutors brought inappropriate charges of neglect of a dependent resulting in death, contending they didn’t prove she killed her two-month-old daughter Alona on purpose.
The mother admitted to police that she smothered the infant with couch cushions while she was high on methamphetamines so she could ‘get some sleep’ in August 2022.
She wept in court this week as Judge Mark Stoner said he was freeing her “reluctantly,} insisting she was “not innocent,” but also “not guilty of what the state has charged you with.”
The case was a bench trial, meaning it was only decided by a single judge instead of a jury.
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Author: Marty Kaufmann
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