Mother Who Fed Cow’s Milk To Her Baby & Caused His Death Recommended For Prison Release

Louisiana Mother Who Fed Cow’s Milk To Her Baby & Caused His Death Recommended For Prison Release

A mother who was convicted of murder for causing her baby’s malnutrition death by feeding him cows milk, while fleeing from Hurricane Katrina, could have her life sentence commuted.

According to Independent, The Louisiana Board of Pardon and Parole has recommended release for Tiffany Woods, 43. She has been behind bars for the last 17 years for second-degree murder for the November 2005 malnutrition death of her five-month-old baby, Emmanuel.

The decision of whether or not she’ll be released is in the hands of Governor John Bel Edwards. At her hearing on Monday, she pleaded for her release saying, “At that stage of my life I was a young mother who was trying to take care of her children the best she could. And I made some terrible decisions.” “But the woman who sits before you today, I’m not that same person.”

 

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Tiffany was 25 at the time when Hurricane Katrina wrecked havoc over New Orleans in 2005. Three weeks before the storm, her son Emmanuel was released from the ICU after being born prematurely and with a condition that increases the risk of sudden death.

The family ended up fleeing to different parts of Louisiana. During this time she had been feeding the baby with formula until they ran out of food vouchers, she told the board. That’s when she decided to feed him cow’s milk.

“The formula he was taking, he wasn’t swallowing. He was always throwing it up, and then we ran out of WIC (food) vouchers, so I decided to switch it … I switched it to organic milk. I thought he was doing better, but he wasn’t thriving,” Ms Woods said to the board.

Emmanuel’s condition ultimately got worse and he died in November 2005. Both Tiffany and her husband were charged for murder, and during the trial, the prosecution claimed that even though Tiffany claimed she ran out of vouchers, there was food and beer in the fridge after the baby’s death.