What they did to baby Levi was so vicious that coming up with a motive is near impossible. But yeah, it's difficult to believe Barker would be okay with burning baby Levi alive.
I wonder if she mistakenly believed she killed Levi and called Smith to help her concoct a story to cover it up. They may have thought that burning his body would conceal his injuries. Smith would have to have known he was still alive - maybe that's why NPD is expecting to bring an additional charge against her?
JMO but it also could have been a revenge murder, possibly against the father or other relatives who wanted to take Levi. One of those "I can't take good care of my kid and I don't even want him but I'll be damned if I give him to you" situations.
Hopefully we'll get the rest of the story in the next few days. Poor baby Levi - not just thrown out like trash but burned like it too. What sick people these are.
BREAKING: Mother of infant burned to death arrested