Md. Woman Pleads Guilty To Killing 5-Year-Old Son With Poison
GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) — A Maryland mother has admitted to poisoning her 5-year-old son to death last year before setting her car on fire with the child inside.
Media outlets report 35-year-old Narges Shafeirad pleaded guilty on Thursday to first-degree murder in the death of Daniel Dana.
An autopsy revealed Daniel died of a Diphenhydramine overdose in June 2015 after prosecutors say his mother forced him to swallow an entire bottle of medicine containing the common antihistamine.
Prosecutors say Shafeirad then tried to stage a wreck on I-370 in Gaithersburg after putting her son's body inside the car, dousing it with gasoline and setting the vehicle on fire. Responding police and firefighters found Shafeirad lying outside the car. Her son's body was inside.
Shafeirad herself was treated for burns over 40 percent of her body.
At the time, Shafeirad had been going through a divorce and custody battle with her husband.
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