357:"I'm solely standing here by the grace of God. I prayed for strength to be able to talk today. All I wanted to project to every single person in this courtroom is 'I'm sorry.' I am truly sorry. That night, I couldn't provide the help that I needed for my child and I've lived with it the rest of my life. All else I can do is try every day to be a better person and a better mother for my two daughters, whether physically there or not. And I'm asking for forgiveness and I pray for your peace. I have been suffering a long time. And I pray that somehow, some way, you can forgive me. I'm very sorry. And I'm praying for every single person in this courtroom."
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no signs of life like crying, or moving". Sahr later left the baby in a bag inside a box on the side of
Highway 544. Martin claimed that there is "no proof was alive when Sahr left along Meadowbrook Road", a claim which is contradicted by the baby's autopsy, in which it was shown he had air in his lungs and concluded he had suffered homicide-induced hypothermia. Martin conceded that air being in the baby's lungs was evidence that he was alive when Sahr abandoned him, but claimed that it "could be because of decomposition".
323:"At this time, I would like to ask for privacy and respect for my family as we grieve over the death of my first and only born child and son. Again, I would like to thank everyone involved in bringing justice to my baby boy. I would also like to thank Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Club for all they have done, as well as the community members who made sure my child was never alone on any of his birthdays. I would like to ask for prayers during this difficult time as we all grieve for Baby Boy Horry."
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questioned God. Why him? And why me?" When asked if he could guess who the mother or killer may be, to both he immediately answered that he suspected it was Sahr. He has expressed frustration that the court has seemingly not taken his circumstances into account when determining Sahr's sentencing for the killing of the baby.
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in her hands and feet. Sahr claimed she was never told she was pregnant. Later in
December 2008, she was in her room in the house she had been staying in, when she began excessively bleeding and was in excruciating pain. She gave birth to the baby and then passed out. When she awoke, the baby "showed
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following release and a $ 1,700 restitution fine which will be allocated to the coroner's office for travel and autopsy expenses, with the judge stating that Sahr's current children were "the most important factor" in the sentence. Ronald IV's father, Ronald III stated that he had great sympathy for
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Sahr's attorney, Morgan Martin, detailed Sahr's account of how the killing of the baby unfolded. According to Sahr's account, while she was in her sophomore year at
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In 2020, Ronald
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The deceased infant was located by utility workers in the area wrapped in a tote bag, and placed inside of a box in a wooded area along the highway. Coroner reports made it apparent that the infant had died of hypothermia, due to exposure to the elements, but was otherwise viable at the time of
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for her crime. On March 6, Sahr was denied during a bond hearing. At this hearing, Solicitor Jimmy
Richardson read a letter, penned by the child's father, Ronald Woodham III, on his behalf, as he was not in the court. The letter
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