Sentencing will take place Sept. 21.
A Lauderdale County jury found a Florence woman guilty of felony murder-aggravated child abuse Thursday in the 2020 beating death of a three-year-old boy.Pride was arrested in September 2020 in connection with the Aug. 20, 2020 death of Kaiden Garner.
Initially, his death was believed to be due to heat exposure. However, an autopsy indicated he died of blunt force trauma. The child’s father, Blake Joshwell Townsend, pleaded guilty in December 2022 and was sentenced to life in prison in exchange for testifying against Pride,Lauderdale County Chief Assistant District Attorney Angie Hamilton said Pride and Townsend “rode around smoking marijuana” while the child died from injuries in the backseat, according to testimony.
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