13 May 2024 :
May 10, 2024 - Mississippi. A jury in Harrison County sentenced Joseph David Heard, 41, Black, to death in the Dec. 27, 2021, killing of his 2-year-old stepson, Hayden Lee Bataille.
Heard’s wife, Hailey Lynn Bataille Heard, 24, is serving a life sentence for 1st-degree murder in her toddler’s death, all because the toddler soiled his diaper and took too long to get a juice box out of the refrigerator.
After testifying against Joseph, Hailey had her charge reduced from capital murder to 1st-degree murder, meaning she will serve life in prison. Judge Larry Bourgeois has not set a date for formal sentencing.
https://www.sunherald.com/news/local/crime/article288450297.html
https://www.newsbreak.com/biloxi-ms/3437002785667-judge-tells-toddler-killer-god-have-mercy-on-your-soul-as-he-s-hauled-off-to-death-row-for-murdering-stepson-over-a-juice-box
