HUNTINGDON – WJACTV.com is reporting that Huntingdon County prosecutors revealed that they had tapped numerous phone conversations during a motions hearing for a mother accused of killing her newborn son.
A judge is expected to rule who will incur the costs for a forensic pathologist for the defense of Maria Boyd within the coming weeks.
The 23-year-old mother was arrested on first-degree murder and homicide charges in December for the death of her 6-week-old son Andrew.
Troopers charged Boyd following a 17-month investigation, when the newborn was discovered unresponsive bassinet inside a Smithfield Township home.
A coroner said the newborn died from blunt force trauma, several broken bones and had alcohol in it’s system.
More than a dozen friends and family members offered their support as Boyd was led into the courtroom and taken back to a cruiser in handcuffs.
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