Pa. woman convicted in 3-year-old daughter’s death
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A woman has been convicted of third-degree murder in the death of her 3-year-old daughter, whose body was found in a western Pennsylvania ravine last year.
An Allegheny County jury convicted 37-year-old Adrienne Williams today, their fourth day of deliberations.
Prosecutors contend the Wilkinsburg woman somehow asphyxiated Adrionna Williams – they never said where or how – before leaving the girl’s body in a wooded area of Swissvale in June 2015.
Williams’ attorney argued the failure to pinpoint exactly where and how the girl was killed meant Williams shouldn’t be convicted.
But prosecutors say surveillance video and cellphone records show Williams drove to and from the area where the girl’s body was found despite claiming she left the girl at her grandmother’s house and went to work.