A mother from South Carolina was sentenced to life in prison for killing her newborn daughter in 1992. She was charged with her baby's death two years ago.
by child abuse earlier this month. She was charged with her baby's death two years ago when her DNA sample taken in a 2019 drug arrest matched the DNA from the infant.
Prosecutors said she made up that story after she was arrested. They said the infant was found wrapped in sheets inside a plastic bag in the river in August 1992 and was stabbed at least 50 times. Investigators couldn't determine if the baby died from the stab wounds or suffocated in the bag. "Stacy Rabon threw her baby into that cold Catawba River — never looking back, abandoning her, keeping her secret for 29 years," said York County Sheriff’s deputy Lanelle Day, the detective who made theRabon asked for mercy. She said her decision to give the child up to people she didn't know haunts her.
Circuit Court Judge Bill McKinnon said the life sentence was appropriate because the victim was so vulnerable.
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