After her seven-year-old son testified against her in court, saying he saw his mom drown his sister, a Florida mother had a terrifying response to the ruling.
In 2008, AJ Hutto shocked the United States by testifying in court that his mother, Amanda Lewis, had murdered his sister in a private swimming pool.
The child, whose identity has since been altered and safeguarded, described the terrifying incident in which his mother killed seven-year-old Adrianna by “dunking” her head underwater.
Lewis was found guilty by a jury of first-degree murder and given a life sentence without the possibility of parole after his testimony about.
The crime proved crucial to the prosecution. Cameras captured Lewis’s verdict moment, and it’s undoubtedly a terrifying one.
Lewis dropped her head to the ground to hide her facial reactions from the cameras as she was found guilty of killing her own daughter.