Florida mother in the death penalty for the killing of Baby Boy is a pleading deal accepted

Pinellas County, Fla. -More than five years ago, a 30-year-old mother Florida was accused of killing her 5-month-old son after suffering a head trauma while she was angry with his father during a phone call.

In 2019, Baby Mason suffered a traumatic brain injury in his house in Palm Harbor and died in the hospital about four days later, according to the deputies of the sheriff of the Pinellas County.

The district of the district accused Burgandie Marquez of the first degree and announced that they would prepare for applying for the death penalty. Her process was set for September, but she recently accepted a plea deal.

The district court's records show that there was a hearing before the crime on March 5, and Marquez, who was born in Illinois, changed her plea for a second degree in front of the judge of Circuit County, Philip J. Federico.

A four -page judgment ended the case. The 35 -year -old Marquez was sentenced to 45 years in prison that was expressed for the time. She has been in prison since her arrest on September 28, 2019.

The Tampa Bay Times followed the case and was the first to report the plea contract on Friday and added that the case “had raised questions at the department for children and families, whether more could have been done to protect Mason, which was exposed to drugs in the womb, which had a known history of mental health and drug abuse.”