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Second day of trial filled with voice of slain child's mom, Morgan Lockett
Jurors hear the woman accused of killing her 2-year-old say she feared he was overweight.
By Neil Harvey
Morgan Lockett told investigators she feared 2-year-old Aveion Lewis was overweight when her son was returned to her after nearly a year in foster care, according to a recorded police interview played for jurors in her murder trial Thursday.
"I was scared my son was obese," Lockett said, likening his pudgy physique to a sausage, but adding, "I was fine with that because that meant he could gain weight."
Born prematurely, Aveion was treated by doctors for "failure to thrive" and was taken from his mother by social services over health concerns. He gained 20 pounds during 11 months with a foster family, plumping up to 30 to 40 pounds. When his body was discovered nine months later, he was down to 18 pounds, prosecutors have said. Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Sandra Workman said such a dramatic weight loss was significant enough to cause starvation.
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Second day of trial filled with voice of slain child's mom, Morgan Lockett
Jurors hear the woman accused of killing her 2-year-old say she feared he was overweight.
By Neil Harvey
Morgan Lockett told investigators she feared 2-year-old Aveion Lewis was overweight when her son was returned to her after nearly a year in foster care, according to a recorded police interview played for jurors in her murder trial Thursday.
"I was scared my son was obese," Lockett said, likening his pudgy physique to a sausage, but adding, "I was fine with that because that meant he could gain weight."
Born prematurely, Aveion was treated by doctors for "failure to thrive" and was taken from his mother by social services over health concerns. He gained 20 pounds during 11 months with a foster family, plumping up to 30 to 40 pounds. When his body was discovered nine months later, he was down to 18 pounds, prosecutors have said. Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Sandra Workman said such a dramatic weight loss was significant enough to cause starvation.
(more of story at link)