Mom gets 25 years after baby sexually abused & strangled

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http://www.hlntv.com/article/2015/01/13/jessica-howell-sentenced-25-years-killing-sexual-assault-baby

Warning: The details in this story are extremely graphic.

A 26-year-old Missouri mother was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the horrific death of her 4-month-old daughter.

Jessica Howell pleaded guilty on January 9 at the St. Charles Circuit Court to child abuse and second-degree murder, offenses that led to the death of Ashylnn Lilith Peters following a December 2012 attack.

According to a statement from the office of St. Charles County Prosecuting Attorney Tim Lohmar, Howell’s daughter died of injuries she received after being sexually assaulted and strangled.

Howell is accused of allowing her boyfriend, Jordan Prince, to sexually assault her daughter, knowing he had previously committed another sexual offense involving a different child, the prosecutor says in the news release.

Investigators say Howell “engaged in text communications with Prince suggesting a willingness to allow him to engage in sexual activity with Ashlynn,” according to court documents.

Ashlynn was anally sodomized and suffered a massive laceration to her rectum, authorities say.

“The injuries to her ####### and rectum were sufficient to eventually cause her death even without the strangulation,” according to a criminal complaint.

The infant also suffered multiple contusions, as well as blunt force trauma to the left side of her head, causing a hemorrhage to her skull, officials say in the complaint.

Howell must serve 85% of her 25 year-sentence before she is eligible for parole, according to prosecutor Tim Lohmar.

Under Missouri law, she is required to register as a sex offender for the remainder of her natural life, the prosecutor says.

Attempts by HLN to obtain comment from Howell's attorney have been unsuccessful.

25 years, plus another 100 to be sure would be more suitable. Monster.

[Darnell 8,478]

both of the adults are sick. sick enough to be dropped out of a plane at 30,000 feet without any 'chute.

grrr.

[vanity08 66]

Is she human? God, how can she allow that to be done to her own child. This is sickness

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I am against the death penalty but some crimes seriously make me question my conviction on that issue. Some people surely don't deserve to live. In fact, they don't deserve to even be referred to as people or persons. They don't have human traits. They're just not human. And I can't understand why anyone is even remotely considering ever granting that monster parole. Lock her up, toss the key, remove her from the lock-up only horizontally, feet first with a tag on her toes. Done.

[MyLittlePony 340]

These types of people should be put to death quick instead of rotting in prison every day on yours and my tax dollars.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

25 years? That is a FOCKING insult!! Can we start a petition to get her life in federal prison?