Mom beat baby, told child's father she killed a 'demon': Cop
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Background: Morgan Skye Thornton being escorted to court by deputies in Limestone County, Alabama (WAFF/YouTube). Inset: Morgan Skye Thornton (Limestone County Sheriff’s Office).

Testimony presented in an Alabama courtroom divulged chilling allegations in the case of a mother accused of beating her infant son to death.

Morgan Thornton, aged 35, faces charges of capital murder, accused of taking the life of her son, Jonah, between the night hours of July 31 and the early morning of August 1. Her preliminary court hearing took place on Thursday, where an investigator from the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office gave testimony.

Investigator Martin Evans testified that he reached Thornton’s residence at the 15000 block of Estate Drive in Athens around 1:30 a.m. on August 1. Upon his arrival, Thornton was outside the home and had blood on her, as reported by Huntsville-based NBC affiliate WAFF.

Evans reported entering Jonah’s room, where he observed bloodstains throughout. He also mentioned that another investigator relayed that Thornton’s husband, Jonah’s father, had claimed she woke him saying she had killed a “demon.”

Earlier, Law&Crime reported that deputies discovered the child in a “severely beaten” condition, but managed to find a pulse, quickly transporting him to the hospital. Sadly, Jonah was declared dead upon arrival, and Thornton was named as the suspect in his death.

Thornton allegedly confessed to the paramedics who responded to save her son that she had beaten him and shouted at them while they performed CPR. When questioned the next morning about the incident, her account changed.

“I swaddled him and put him to bed at 7 o’clock, and then…” she said, shaking her head when WAFF’s Noah Cowell asked her if she recalled anything after that. “Tried to give him CPR… That’s all.”

Thornton “appeared to be intoxicated,” the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office would later say, and a blood sample was taken from her. While those results are pending, Evans reportedly testified that two pints of vodka and two “shooters” were found empty at the home.

Thornton remains jailed in Limestone County under no bond. Individuals convicted of capital murder in Alabama are eligible for the death penalty.

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