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PublishedFebruary 6, 2023
Mother pleads guilty for hindering Trefethen’s apprehension
Sherry Johnson testified for the prosecution during daughter Jessica Trefethen's murder trial last fall for the death of her toddler son.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2022
Trefethen sentenced to 47 years in prison
Trefethen was found guilty on Oct. 18 after a two-week trial. Her conviction carried a possible sentence of 25 years to life in state prison.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2022
Jury finds Trefethen guilty
In a speedy conclusion to the murder trial of Jessica Trefethen, defense attorney called no witnesses but asked jurors to consider whether ex-husband Jason Trefethen or her other children caused the death of 3-year-old Maddox Williams.
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PublishedOctober 17, 2022
Medical examiner: Cause of death was battered child syndrome
As a result of the autopsy, the medical examiner testified that the boy had a transected pancreas, a mesentery tear in the small bowel of the child and fractures to the L2 and L3 vertebrae that he said were consistent with a tremendous car accident, a fall from a great height or perhaps someone stomping on the child.
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PublishedOctober 11, 2022
Trefethen trial continued to next week
Prosecutors called several witnesses during the first week of the trial.
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PublishedOctober 7, 2022
Jury hears interview tapes during day three of Trefethen trial
On the tapes, Jessica Trefethen gave her account of the events leading up to her son's death June 20, 2021.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2022
Grandmother testifies toddler’s mother mistreated him because ‘he looked too much like his father’
Sitting in the back of the hospital room the night the child died, Sherry Johnson, Jessica Trefethen's mother, said she noticed bruises all over Maddox's body.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2022
Teenager describes mother’s abuse in murder trial
Jessica Trefethen is charged with “depraved indifference murder" in her 3-year-old son Maddox’s death.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2022
Mother pleads not guilty to concealing daughter’s whereabouts
Last summer police searched for Jessica Trefethen, who was accused of murdering her son in June. Her mother, Sherry Johnson, pleaded not guilty to knowingly misleading police during the search for her daughter.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2021
Woman charged with murdering her 3-year-old son pleads not guilty
Jessica Trefethen, 35, is charged with depraved indifference murder in the death of Maddox Williams in June.
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