A Georgia mother was given a life sentence on Thursday for the murder of her 20-month-old son, who she reported missing in 2022, sparking a massive search that resulted in the discovery of the boy’s remains in a landfill.
Last month, Leilani Simon was found guilty of killing Quinton Simon. In a Chatham County court, she was given a life sentence with the prospect of release.
Before imposing a sentence, Chatham County Judge Tammy Stokes stated, “It is evident that Quinton Simon’s life and death affected not just a huge number of people but also the community as a whole.
On October 5, 2022, Simon reported her son missing from their Chatham County, close to Savannah, home.
Authorities quickly declared that Simon was the main suspect and that they thought Quinton was dead. Five weeks or so after he was reported missing, his body was discovered in a garbage.
After being taken into custody in November 2022, Simon was charged with murder and other offenses the following month.
Simon was accused in the indictment of killing Quinton with an unidentified weapon that seriously injured him before disposing of him in a garbage can about three miles from her house.
In October, Simon was found guilty by a jury of two counts of felony murder, malice murder, concealing the death of another, and additional charges pertaining to false statements and reports.
Simon received a sentence of 10 years in addition to what is equivalent to life in jail.
She nodded as the sentence was read, seemingly acknowledging it, and stood as it was read. She remained silent.
Stokes added one more remark before the session ended Thursday.
The judge uttered, “May there be peace, somehow,”
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