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Palmdale couple sentenced for murder, torture of toddler

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Rosie Lee Wilson, Baby Anthony, and Brandon Williams (Facebook photos)

LANCASTER – A Palmdale woman was sentenced Monday to 15 years to life in prison, and her live-in boyfriend to 25 years to life, for the killing of her 23-month-old son three years ago, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.

Rosie Lee Wilson, 23, was found guilty of second-degree murder and child abuse in the 2014 death of her son Anthony, and Brandon Jerel Williams, 27, was convicted of first-degree murder, torture and assault.

Williams moved in with Wilson in May 2014 and would frequently hit and scream at the toddler, according to evidence presented at trial.

Victim Anthony Lee Wilson remained hospitalized in a vegetative state for 41 days before he died on Oct. 5, 2014. [Facebook photo]
In July 2014, Wilson left the toddler with Williams while she went to a karaoke bar. Williams beat the toddler, and Wilson returned to find her son limping with several injuries but failed to seek medical care or report what happened, according to prosecutors.

In August 2014, when Wilson was away again at a karaoke bar, Williams beat the boy in an attack witnessed by the boy’s 3 1/2-year-old sister, the prosecutors said.

Though the boy had massive bruising all over, including his head and groin, the couple waited until the next afternoon to take him to a hospital, where they claimed that he had been injured in a fall, according to prosecutors.

A nurse testified that the boy had caked-on makeup and baby powder all over him in an attempt to hide his injuries.

Two doctors testified that the boy would have had a good chance of surviving if he had been taken to the hospital right away, according to prosecutors. Instead, he remained hospitalized in a vegetative state for 41 days before he died on Oct. 5, 2014.

Deputy District Attorneys Jon Hatami and Scott Yang prosecuted the case. The case was investigated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

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22 comments for "Palmdale couple sentenced for murder, torture of toddler"

    • …still less crime, better housing, better shops, better everything that your daddy’s East Lancaster. Even with his $10 million dollar flying fiasco, LEAPS, he can’t keep crime out of his city. Or panhandlers. Or homeless.

      Keep trying, Foolco.

      • A baby’s life taken and you’re talking about better housing, better shops, better everything!

        • As opposed to Foolco, who looks at every lost life as a chance to self glorify about having moved to Santa Clarita.

  2. It is so sad that Anthony’s parent and her mate showed showed such apathy. How unfortunate we are in a world where many feel as 2 Timothy 3:3 says: “having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness.” To baby Anthony’s family that are mourning for his loss my thoughts and prayers are with you always. The journey ahead will be long and hard, but stay strong in your endeavor to continue on. Soon we shall be in the new world with him. (2 Peter 3:13) https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/?contentLanguageFilter=en&pubFilter=we&sortBy=1

  4. I cannot believe this POS Mother did nothing the first time and then waited until it was too late this time, and this is why, Ladies if you cannot live without a “man” then something is wrong with you. Be careful who you even bring around your kids. This was an awful situation, my heart breaks for this little boy and what he went through. I hope they both rot in jail.

  5. I hope they make the guys life a living nightmare in prison.
    As for the lady, that she lives everyday in missary.

  7. Attention: People with Kids in the Antelope Valley.

    PLEASE don’t do drugs, it seems like there putting something in them that are making people do some horrible stuff, like stab your grandma to death or beat their kid so bad they die.

    PLEASE don’t take you and your family’s life lightly. I also wouldn’t doubt it if there is some sick, twisted mfr’s paying someone to get a hold of your kid, maybe while there babysitting they could be knocking them around in the head where you don’t see the bruises, and beat them so bad they wined up seriously injured or dead. You don’t want to be next in jail, do you??

    IF YOUR HAVING PROBLEMS WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO HANG OUT AT YOUR HOUSE, GET RID OF THEM!!! YOUR FAMILY IS MORE IMPORTANT THEN THEM!!. DON’T ANSWER THE DOOR, MAKE AN EXCUSE THAT YOUR LEAVING, KEEP CONVERSATION TO A MINIMUM, AND PROTECT YOUR FAMILY. LIE AND TELL THEM DCFS IS DOING AN INVESTIGATION THAT YOU CAN’T HAVE ANYONE COMING TO YOUR HOUSE. MOVE SOMEWHERE AND DON’T LET THEM KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE. PLEASE I REALLY HATE SEEING THIS STUFF GOING ON.. I HATE SEEING FAMILIES GOING THROUGH THIS… IT’S SAD!!!

    I HATE TO SAY THIS BUT SOMEONE COULD BE TARGETING YOU TO GET YOU ON DRUG’S SO YOU EITHER HURT OR LOSE YOUR KID SO THEY CAN USE THERE INFORMATION OR EVEN GET THEM IN THE FOSTERCARE SYSTEM TO FURTHER ABUSE, GROOM A KID, SO THEY CAN PROSTITUTE THEM LATER ON..

    ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRL, AND SOMEONE IS OFFERING THEM LOTS OF MONEY TO GET THEM REMOVED FROM YOUR HOME, AND MAKE SURE YOUR ON DRUG’S AND THE FATHER IS ON DRUG’S, AND ANYONE ELSE IN YOUR FAMILY ON DRUG’S, SO THEY CAN FOR SURE GET THE LITTLE GIRLS THEY WANT…. I HEARD OF A GUY PAYING $1000.00 TO GET A GIRL FOR HIM. OK, AND I DON’T 100% KNOW, BUT THIS GUY COULD BE SELLING THE GIRLS TO THE SEX-TRAFFICKING PEOPLE..

    IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW ARE SOLICITING FOR SEX, SORRY TO SAY, BUT YOUR PART OF THE PROBLEM!!! YEP, SO KNOCK IT OFF. IF YOU WANT SEX, DO THE RIGHT THING AND FIND A GIRLFRIEND AND GET MARRIED. BE A ROLE MODEL FOR OTHER’S. THANK YOU.

  9. AGAIN NOTHING IS WORSE THAN A–HOLES LIKE THIS… THESE F–CKERS NEED HE SAME DONE TO THEM AS THEY HAVE DONE TO THAT POOR POOR CHILD… i WISH i COULD HAVE MADE IT TO COURT ID HAVE BEEN THROWN OUT.. THESE PEACES OF WHITE TRASH NEEDED TO HAVE HERE HEADS KNOCKED IN THERE BODIES KICKED AND BATTERED BY SOMEONE THEIR OWN SIZE… HELL MAKES ME SICK WHAT PEOPLE ET AWAY WITH

  10. THESE TWO BOTH OUGHT TO HAVE THEIR HEASD BASHED IN ………… ITS IN THE [removed] BIBLE !!!! DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU DO UNTO YOURSELF…. PEICED OD [removed].. DID YOU SEE HER BALLING ON TV GIVE ME A [removed] BREAK ………. YOU DOG YOU

    • That scripture was taken out of context. It says if you read the verse before it, “Therefore, if you, although being wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more so will your Father who is in the heavens give good things to those asking him! All things, therefore, that you want men to do to you, you also must do to them. This, in fact, is what the Law and the Prophets mean.” (Mathew 7:11,12) And God says in Isaiah 35: 4 Say to those who are anxious at heart: “Be strong. Do not be afraid. Look! Your own God will come with vengeance, God will come with retribution. He will come and save you.”