Missouri mother charged with murdering toddler son

Thursday, November 17, 2011

AFFTON, Mo. (AP) -- Prosecutors charged a 20-year-old suburban St. Louis woman on Wednesday with murdering her 13-month old son, saying she admitted she beat the boy because he was crying and "wouldn't lay down, wouldn't go back to sleep."

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