The mother of a baby who was beaten to death and left to rot after her little body was filled in a dresser draw to testify against her ex-boyfriend, accused of the murder of the girl in the unspeakable murder, according to authorities and reports.
Madison Marshall, the 24-year-old mother of the 1-year-old baby, is planned to testify against her ex-boyfriend, Roan Waters, 27, for beating Oaklee Snow in 2023 as part of a plea.
Marshall argued guilty of one counting of neglect of a dependent resulting in death and one counting of neglecting a dependent on Thursday, according to the court Documents obtained by Fox 23. She is confronted for the first indictment for 25 years and two years before the second and will serve the sentences at the same time if she continues with it The conditions of the pleidooi agreement With the office of the public prosecutor of Marion County.
The young mother previously confessed to agents that she helped waters – who is not the girl’s father – throw away the body of her daughter after reporting the toddler and had stopped calling Marshall 911, According to the court reports.
Marshall is expected to testify that she was in the kitchen on February 9, 2023 when she heard Waters scream to Oaklee and demanded that she bounced on her batter, according to the court documents.
About ten minutes later, Waters screamed around his girlfriend.
Marshall told the researchers that she saw waters in the corridor with a weak oaklee, according to records. The mother took her daughter to the bath and splashed cold water into her face. When she tried to call 911, she said that Waters hit the phone out of her hand, according to records.
Waters then wrapped the lifeless body of Oaklee in a blanket and loaded her into his SUV. The couple then left her body in an abandoned house and put the toddler in a drawer, according to records.
The police and the FBI were looking for Oaklee, but were not lucky. Researchers only discovered the girl’s remains after she found Marshall her steps that evening. According to Records, she finally recognized the abandoned building in Morgan, about an hour south of Indianapolis.
The discovery of the poorly dissolved body of Oaklee brought an end to a short life of alleged repeated strokes and neglect, according to judicial articles.
Marion County public prosecutor Ryan Mears said that Little Oaklee was subjected to frequent abuse and that the alleged abuse that led to her death was not an isolated incident.
“Her time on this earth was highly defined by adults who abuse her and the claim here is that abuse eventually led to her death,” Mears told CBS 4 Indy.
The month before the baby was killed, Marshall would have removed her and her 7 -month -old son from their father’s house without his permission, according to the court.
In the pleidooi agreement that has been submitted to the office of the public prosecutor of Marion County, Marshall has to “give full and truthful testimonials during the state against co -suspect Roan Waters.” If she does not testify against waters, the public prosecutors will delete the deal and they will be tried for its original charges, Fox reported.
The process was originally planned for May 9, but was pushed back until 9 June, so that the defense lawyers of Waters Marshall could drop off.
