Name: Emily Rose Perrin.
Died: April 10, 2016.
Age at death: 4.
Cause of death: Asphyxia.
Location: Dupo, St. Louis, Illinois, USA.
Disability: Cystic fibrosis.
Details:
Emily was a pre-kindergarten student a day short of her fifth birthday when her mother smothered her.
She loved pretending to be a princess.
Case status:
Mary Lockett (Mother), charged with first degree murder, found not guilty by reason of insanity. Denied release after 8 years in a forensic mental hospital, to be re-considered yearly.
Source:
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