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Alexander v. State

Defendant and her co-defendant engaged in the physical abuse of her 3-year-old son who died from blunt force abdominal trauma.

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Appellant Tangie Tequila Alexander was convicted of felony murder/cruelty to children in connection with the death of her three-year-old son, and two counts of cruelty to children in which Alexander’s 19-month-old daughter, Sterling, was the victim. Appellant was jointly indicted and tried with Andre Earl McClellan.1

Police and paramedics testified they responded to an emergency call near midnight January 14, 2000, at a Clayton County residence inn where they found the three-year-old victim naked, not breathing, without a pulse, and with cold and clammy skin. The child was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. The forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy testified that the child bled to death internally as a result of a blunt force trauma to the abdomen which lacerated the child’s liver and caused hemorrhaging in the pancreas, right adrenal gland, stomach, and peritoneal cavity. The expert testified the fatal injuries were consistent with the child having been struck in his abdomen by a fist within two hours of his death, and a dark bruise on the skin covering the abdomen was consistent with such a trauma. The autopsy examination also revealed that the child had suffered blunt force trauma to his head, neck, sternum, hips, shin, thigh, and arm, and his back and buttocks had contusions, possibly caused by a coat hanger. The injuries to the buttocks extended into the subdermal fatty tissue and were from severe blows administered within a day of the child’s death.

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