STORY: "Testimony resumes in Westchester for mother accused of poisoning son," published by ABC News on February 17, 2015.
SUB-HEADING: "Marcus Solis has details on the trial of Lacey Spears, charged with poisoning her 5-year-old son with salt."
GIST: "Testimony resumes Tuesday in the murder trial of the Rockland County woman accused of poisoning her young son. A doctor who treated Lacey Spears' 5-year old son at Nyack Hospital days before he died is due back on the stand. Spears fed her son salt through a stomach tube, then calmly "watched and waited" for the poisoning to take effect, summoning help only after he began writhing and retching, a prosecutor said in opening statements. Assistant District Attorney Doreen Lloyd said Spears researched, planned, carried out and tried to cover up the killing of her blond, blue-eyed son, Garnett-Paul. "It seems to go against nature," the prosecutor said. "But Lacey Spears is not like most people." She said Spears enjoyed the "attention and sympathy" she received from having a sick child........Defense lawyer Stephen Riebling told the jurors there are no eyewitnesses and no direct evidence that the 27-year-old Spears poisoned her son. He added: "There is no evidence in this case that legitimately answers the question 'Why?'" Lloyd alleged Spears fed her son the salt in the bathroom of a Nyack Hospital room after he was admitted. The mother had told doctors he was having seizures. Lloyd told jurors they would see hospital video showing mother and son twice going into the bathroom and then see Garnett become ill soon afterward both times. He died of high sodium levels that caused swelling of the brain......... Garnett's death ended a short life filled with doctor and hospital visits that his mother tirelessly documented in thousands of postings on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and a blog. Many of the postings will be in evidence, along with Spears' online research into the dangers of sodium in children and hospital records from New York, Florida and Spears' native Alabama. Also in evidence is a feeding bag prosecutors believe was used to hold the salt - and which they say she tried to hide after Garnett's death. Defense attorneys have insisted that there will be no mention of Munchausen by proxy, a disorder in which caretakers secretly harm children to win sympathy. Some experts believe that disorder fits Spears' actions.
The entire story can be found at:
http://7online.com/news/testimony-resumes-in-trial-of-mother-accused-of-poisoning-son-with-salt/521487/
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