Sheriff Says Baby Survived After Being Tossed Down a Ravine by Mom ‘By the Grace of God’

Sheriff Says Baby Survived After Being Tossed Down a Ravine by Mom ‘By the Grace of God’
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Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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A North Carolina sheriff said an infant survived after being thrown down a ravine by her mother, saying the child’s survival was “by the grace of God.”

Krista Madden, 35, of Asheville, is accused of attempting to kill her 7-week-old baby by throwing the child down the ravine. The child was still strapped to the car seat, said Henderson County Sheriff Lowell Griffin in a news conference.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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