GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, N.J. (1010 WINS) — A jury convicted a 44-year-old mother for smothering her 17-month-old son to death with a cleaning wipe in May 2018, according to the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office.
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Heather Reynolds of Gloucester Township faces a mandatory life sentence for the killing.
Her lawyer told the Philadelphia Inquirer she plans to appeal the verdict.
When police arrived at her Marcia Court home on the morning of May 10, they found Reynolds holding her lifeless child in her arms and screaming for help.
The baby had bruising around its mouth and nose, and later tests found trace levels of isopropyl alcohol in his blood.
A police investigation determined the isopropyl alcohol came from an antiseptic wipe that she used to suffocate her child.
They also found she had been taking methamphetamine over the course of the night and early morning leading up to the death.
In addition to the murder charges, the jury found her guilty of possession of methamphetamine and endangering the welfare of a child.
She was exonerated on conspiracy to commit murder and witness tampering charges that stemmed from her boyfriend, Jeffrey Callahan, sending threatening texts to her ex-boyfriend, Domenic Caruso, after the child’s death.
He pleaded guilty to witness tampering, but avoided copping to conspiracy to commit murder.
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