Infanticide

Who is it?

• REBECCA JO BLACKMORE
• NORTH CAROLINA TEEN

THE CRIME

• Authorities said Rebecca Jo Blackmore, who was 16 years old when her baby died in 2011, killed her newborn child by stabbing the baby girl to death with scissors.

MEDEA RESEMBLance

• She did kill her child yes but...
• The police think it was an attempted murder-suicide but they don't know her actual motive other than that.

outcome

• She was sentenced to 10-12 years in prison.

societies effect

• We don't know her motives, but since she attempted suicide as well, maybe she was doing it because someone was harassing her or her child and drove her to it.

Citation

• Lohr, David. "Rebecca Jo Blackmore, North Carolina Teen, Sentenced In Killing Of Infant Daughter." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, n.d. Web. 17 Sept. 2015.