'He's just gonna have to pay for his existence': Mom who videoed herself suffocating infant until he was 'blue,' told friend it gave her an 'adrenaline rush' avoids prison

A Missouri parent is avoiding spending much clip down bars for signaling herself smothering her babe lad with her manus and a blanket, telling her person that doing truthful made her consciousness blessed and gave her an "adrenaline rush."

Emma Rigdon, 22, connected Friday pleaded blameworthy to 2 counts of abuse oregon neglect of a child. She was sentenced to 5 years successful situation for each count, which volition tally concurrently, records show. But a justice suspended the situation condemnation and gave her recognition for the much than 600 days she's spent successful jail. As portion of her conditions of the plea deal, she is incapable to interaction the victim. She besides indispensable instrumentality an choler absorption class.

She'll beryllium connected probation for different 3 years pursuing her suspended sentence.

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As Law&Crime antecedently reported, the crimes occurred April 15, 2024, astatine a location successful the 1200 artifact of Warren Street successful St. Louis.

A probable origin statement said Rigdon pinched and slapped the boy's leg, which made him cry, cops said. Rigdon recorded herself putting her manus implicit the boy's chemoreceptor and mouth, causing him to person "difficulty successful breathing and to flail his arms and legs," the affidavit stated. She past sent the video to a person saying successful a substance connection "IDK erstwhile I bash that I consciousness blessed similar adrenaline rush."

She past made a 2nd video successful which she placed a broad implicit his facing which made the lad outcry and "vigorously drawback astatine the blanket." Rigdon sent that video to a person arsenic well, cops wrote.

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In a substance connection to her person she said "I beryllium stopping close earlier helium dies. Last clip helium was blue." Another connection said: "I truly wanna termination him but I don't privation to spell to jailhouse so. It's unfortunate. He's conscionable gonna person to wage for his existence."

The lad survived his injuries though the tribunal papers bash not accidental who is present taking attraction of him. Cops besides did not database a crushed wherefore she was seemingly trying to wounded the boy.