(AP) -- SAINT GEORGE, S.C. (AP) - An attorney says a woman charged in the death of her 16-month-old child said she struck the boy because she thought he was possessed.
The Post and Courier of Charleston reports attorney Andy Savage made the statement during a hearing Wednesday in Saint George. Nineteen-year-old Amber Lynn Bracci of Ridgeville and 20-year-old John D. Weaver II of Summerville are charged with homicide by child abuse in the death of Bracci's son, Rowan, last month.
Attorneys for both defendants want their clients released on bond. Savage is Weaver's attorney and says Bracci did not implicate his client.
Bracci's attorney says Bracci has no criminal record and would live with her grandparents if she's released.
Information from: The Post and Courier
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