Theopulus Gordon could have prevented the death of Eric Robinson last September, but he didn’t.A Fort Wayne woman Monday morning admitted she took part in an “exorcism” act that led to a toddler’s death.
Natasha N. Hawkins, 31, pleaded guilty to a Class A felony battery charge in the death of 2-year-old Jezaih King. In June, a jury found Jezaih’s mother, Latisha Lawson, guilty of murder.
The two women were roommates. According to court documents and testimony during Lawson’s trial, Hawkins held Jezaih’s legs down while the child’s mother forced him to drink olive oil and vinegar, an attempt to exorcise Jezaih of a demon.
Hawkins faces 30 years in prison if Allen County Superior Court Judge Frances Gull accepts a plea agreement that calls for seven other charges to be dropped. Her sentencing hearing is scheduled for September.
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