Spears
WHITE PLAINS – A Westchester County Court jury on Monday convicted Lacey Spears, 27, of Scottsville, Kentucky of felony depraved murder for poisoning her five-year-old son with large amounts of salt.
Garnett Spears was in Nyack Hospital in Rockland County on January 14, 2014 when he was flown by medivac helicopter to Westchester Medical Center where he was pronounced dead on January 23.
On June 17, Lacey Spears was indicted for murder. She faces 25 years to life in prison when sentenced next month.
“Throughout his five years, Garnett Spears was forced to suffer through repeated hospitalizations, unneeded surgical procedures and ultimately poisoning with salt, all at the hands of the one person who should have been his ultimate protector: his mother,” said Westchester District Attorney Janet DiFiore. “Using the child’s ‘illnesses’ to self-aggrandize herself, her actions directly lead to her son’s tortured death. We will continue to ensure that his mother is held accountable and that justice for Garnett Spears will be served in his memory.”
