Mother charged in hanging death of son, 4
16/05/2005 - 19:05:29A Chicago woman was charged with first-degree murder today for allegedly hanging her four-year-old son to death by wrapping a sheet from a bunk bed around his neck, authorities said.
Nicole Harris, 23, is accused of killing Jaquari Dancy on Saturday after becoming angry at him for disobeying her orders to not leave the house when she went to do laundry.
She discovered the boy and his five-year-old brother outside when she returned about 45 minutes later, then beat him with a belt and sent him to his room, prosecutors allege.
When he would not stop crying, she wrapped a sheet from the a bunk bed around his neck and hanged him, prosecutors said.
Chicago Police Officer Patrice Harper said Harris confessed to killing the boy in a statement to police.
“She became angry at the child for being outside and ended up killing him,” Harper said.
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