In October 2012, 23yr old Victoria Phanhtarath and her then
boyfriend Freddy Mendez were arrested over the beating death of Victoria's 3
year old daughter, Alexis Hawkins. Freddy was sentenced to life in prison for
the murder, Victoria was sentenced to 35 years for failing to protect her child
from an abusive man. Describing how Freddy beat Alexis to death, Victoria said;
"Freddy is still spanking Alexis and I go get my son.
And I come back and he's sitting there. And he pushed her and he kicked her and
threw her across the room, all the way to the window. He picked her up by the
throat and slammed her on the floor. He's kicking her and hitting her on the
chest. And he said get this little b**ch. Go take care of her."
When asked what she did to stop the vicious
attack, Victoria said "I told him to calm down and go outside". Police
was called to the home where little Alexis was found unresponsive. She was
rushed to the hospital where she later died. Two years after Victoria was
convicted for the murder, a judge set her free after she told her own story
During the case, the Oklahoma City mum entered a plea deal
where she pleaded guilty to 'murder by permitting child abuse and also
testified against Freddy' But two years later, prosecutors agreed for the case
to go to court again. And when Victoria told a judge how she herself had
suffered abuse from Freddy and refused to tell anyone because she was
embarrassed
Victoria describes her own abuse in the hands of Freddie
prior to Alexis death...
"He started grabbing me and starts punching me in my
face. He shoves me to the pool. I try to get out, he shoves me back into the
pool. He starts hitting me and dragging me around. I'm screaming and crying, he
tells me to shut up.".
She said it wasn't the first time but she was too
embarrassed to tell anyone that she was in an abusive relationship.
After Victoria told her story...everything changed. The
judge cried. The jury cried. And then the judge did something no one expected.
He modified her sentence, struck off the 35 years and set her free. Victoria
had only been in prison for two years.
You think she deserved to be freed after two years? I think
she should have serves like five years in prison.You don't bring an abusive man
around your children and only tell them to calm down when they grab your child
by the throat and slam them on the ground.
If someone hits you and hits your child once, you remove
that person from your life. And when they brutally attack like this, you don't
just stand there and tell them to calm down. You grab whatever you can to
protect your child or remove that child from there ASAP and then call the
police. I'm so mad at this mum.
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