A man in South Fulton, Georgia, was sentenced to 50 years behind bars for attempting to kill his kid child by poisoning breast milk with coolant, authorities said.
Curtis Jack had been in a “intimate relationship ” with the baby’s mother since January 2020 and had previously “insisted ” she have an abortion, according to the City of South Fulton Police Department. On Oct. According to authorities, on September 1, 2020, Jack tampered with breast milk jugs he had collected from the family, who was also his colleague, and had been in the hospital after giving birth.
Jack delivered the containers to the baby’s aunt, who was caring for the kid along with the woman’s another child. Within the moment, the child became “critically ill” and was suspected of being poisoned, according to authorities.
The newborn, according to South Fulton police, was only 18 days old when he had suffered “serious injuries. ” ” Government said the baby was taken to a nearby children’s clinic, where she tested positive for propylene glycol, a “chemical usually found in electrical coolant, ” People reported.
During the investigation, police identified Jack as a suspect, a warrant was obtained, and he was accused of a first-degree criminal attempt to kill or abuse children.
According to South Fulton police, Jack admitted to adding antifreeze to the breastmilk to South Fulton police department detectives.
Jack’s trial for the attempted murder of his daughter, who is now three years old, included testimonies from “the child’s mother, grandmother, law enforcement officers, and medical experts, including a demonstration of how easy it was to poison the breastmilk, ” police said.
The jury rendered a guilty verdict for all charges, police announced on April 11, and sentenced him to 50 years in prison, 40 of which he will serve in custody.
