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MOTHER OF THE YEAR CANDIDATE

Don’t bitches deserve a night out at the club? Maybe they can start a Go Fund Me page to raise money for a Chrysler 300 to overcome their grief.

Via AP

Police: 8-year-old charged in beating death of 1-year-old

Katerra Lewis: This photo provided by the Birmingham Police Department shows a police mug shot of mother of the toddler, Katerra Lewis, 26, of Birmingham, who was arrested on a murder charge, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, in Birmingham, Ala. Police say an 8-year-old Alabama boy is charged with beating a 1-year-old girl to death while they were left home alone. A warrant has been obtained against the boy, and Lewis, who is also charged with manslaughter in the death of 1-year-old Kelcia Lewis. Birmingham police spokesman Sean Edwards says the girl began crying while the children were left alone and the boy attacked her. Police say the girl suffered severe head trauma and major damage to her internal organs. (Birmingham Police Department via AP)<br />

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An 8-year-old boy is being charged with beating a 1-year-old girl to death while they were left home alone as their mothers went to a nightclub, Alabama police said Tuesday.

The boy beat and killed 1-year-old Kelci Devine Lewis when she wouldn’t stop crying, Birmingham police spokesman Sean Edwards said. The mother of the toddler, 26-year-old Katerra Lewis, also is charged with manslaughter, he said.

“This is by far one of the saddest cases that I have witnessed and been a part of since I became a police officer,” Edwards said. “This type of irresponsibility on behalf of a parent is totally unacceptable.”

Police said a murder warrant has been obtained for the boy, who is now in the care of Alabama’s child welfare agency, the Department of Human Resources. His case will go through the family court system. There is no minimum age for prosecution in Alabama, said Tobie Smith, of the Legal Aid Society of Birmingham.

The 8-year-old was the oldest of six children left alone as his mother, who has not been charged or identified, and Katerra Lewis went to a nightclub on Oct. 11, Edwards said.

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