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Jacksonville mom shakes baby for interrupting FarmVille, pleads guilty to murder
David Hunt - The Florida Times-Union
October 28, 2011
A Jacksonville mother charged with shaking her baby to death has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.
Alexandra V. Tobias, 22, was arrested after the January death of 3-month-old Dylan Lee Edmondson. She told investigators she became angry because the baby was crying while she was playing a computer game called FarmVille on the Facebook social-networking website.
Tobias entered her plea Wednesday before Circuit Judge Adrian G. Soud. A second-degree murder charge is punishable by up to life in prison.
Prosecutor Richard Mantei said Tobias' sentence could be less because of state guidelines that call for 25 to 50 years. Soud offered no promises on what he'll order during a sentencing hearing scheduled for December.
Outside the courtroom, Mantei said Tobias' plea will help avoid the family reliving the tragedy during a jury trial.
Tobias told investigators that she shook the baby, smoked a cigarette to compose herself and then shook him again. She said the baby may have hit his head during the shaking.
Mother kills her infant son after his crying interrupted her while she was on Facebook
DailyMail.co.uk
October 28, 2010
A Florida mother charged with shaking her baby to death has pleaded guilty to second degree murder.
Alexandra V. Tobias, 22, was arrested in January for killing her 3-month-old baby Dylan Lee Edmondson.
Tobias told investigators that she became enraged because she was playing a computer game called Farmville on Facebook and the baby wouldn't stop crying.
The Jacksonville resident entered her plea on Wednesday and is facing life in prison.
However, Prosecutor Richard Mantei said that Tobias' sentence could be reduced because of state guidelines that call for 25 to 50 years.
Presiding circuit Judge Adrian G. Soud gave no indication as to what sentence he'll order during a sentencing hearing scheduled for December.
Mr Mantei said outside the courtroom that Tobias' plea means she will not have a jury trial and the family won't have to relive the tragedy.
Tobias told authorities that after becoming annoyed by her baby crying, she shook the tot.
She said she then smoked a cigarette to compose herself but then picked him up and shook him again. Tobias said that the baby may have hit his head during the shaking.
Games like Farmville on the social networking site can be very addictive with players spending hours on it.
FarmVille is an application on Facebook owned by the company Zynga who after just 3 years in operation is now worth $5.61billion.
The game is a real-time farm simulation that allows players to manage a virtual farm by plowing land, planting, growing and harvesting virtual crops.
The game is Facebook's most popular application with over 62 million active users and over 24.6 million Facebook application fans.
It hasn't been without controversy however as the company has been accused of scamming users through misleading offers, such as filling in bogus surveys or IQ tests which in fact subscribed them to unwanted services which appeared on their phone bill or sent them an ad through email.
Friend can't believe mom charged in baby's death
Jim Schoettler - The Florida Times-Union
January 22, 2010
A family friend of Alexandra Tobias said the Jacksonville mother was so protective of her infant son, she wouldn't even let him hold the boy.
If 3-month-old Dylan Lee Edmondson developed a cough or other illness, Tobias wouldn't hesitate to take him to the doctor, said the friend, who identified himself as Jason Smith, 32. Whenever she took Dylan driving, Tobias made sure he was comfortable and safe.
So when he learned Thursday that Tobias, 21, had been charged with murder in the death of her only child, Smith said he couldn't believe the news.
Also, Tobias told police she shook the baby three times, including once when he began crying as she played a computer game, an arrest report said.
"That girl was so protective over that baby. There should be more investigation done. I just don't know if she just snapped or what," Smith told the Times-Union in a phone call to the family's home. He said the family was not available.
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