Anaiyah Alise Perry, now 25, also pleaded guilty to four felony counts of child abuse involving the boy, and waived her right to file an appeal, according to Deputy District Attorney Jonathan Hatami.
She was arrested in September 2019 by Los Angeles County sheriff’s detectives and has remained behind bars since then. Perry was initially charged with murder and assault on a child causing death involving her young son, Royal Marshall.
At an April 2021 hearing in which Perry was ordered to stand trial, a neighbor, Dustin Stober, testified that the boy’s father rushed over to his house holding his son and pleading for help on Nov. 6, 2018. The military veteran said he began CPR on the baby as his wife called 911. He said the boy’s father was “visibly upset” and “crying,” while Perry seemed to be very deadpan. The baby was rushed to Antelope Valley Hospital and subsequently airlifted to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, where he died the next day.
Dr. Matthew Miller, who performed an autopsy on the boy, testified at the April 2021 hearing that he determined the baby had died from blunt force neck trauma, with the manner of death determined to be a homicide. Dr. Carol Berkowitz, a board-certified child abuse pediatrician, testified in 2021 that she reviewed records from the case and concluded that it was her opinion that the boy was subjected to a “shaking motion” near the time of his death, not 10 to 14 days earlier.
Perry initially denied shaking the baby, then later acknowledged that she had lightly shaken him about a week and a half earlier while gently rocking him back and forth, sheriff’s investigators testified at the 2021 hearing. Perry has been ordered not to have any contact with her older son, whom the prosecutor said has permanently been removed from Perry’s custody.
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Kiriko Matsui says
So the trajectory was like this.
Mom gets upset. Shakes baby to unconsciousness/death. Claims it was an accident, pleads not guilty. Her family believes her. Hatami gets judge to set bail at $2M. Since bail is so high, defendant is remanded to custody…now ‘in the system’
spends about 4 years (2019-2023) ‘in the system’, learns that Hatami will definitely seek max sentence…eventually pleads out to VM and 4x felony child abuse rather than murder and gets just short of 22 years.
she made a BIG mistake. She’ll spend half a lifetime making up for it. nobody knows what might have happened if Hatami had not been so aggressive. but, you know Johnathan. Wonder what it’s like to be his kid?
Frosty says
Her actions killed her baby, claiming it a big mistake is foolish. Hatami was the right prosecutor for the job.
G. Reaper says
Yes. Hatami. Yes.
Ledesma 99 says
Sounds like this woman was determined to pound on this little kid one way or the other. Note: So, what happened Scott? Run short of fat mouth remarks???
Tim Scott says
You whine when I post, you whine when I don’t. While I find this obsession with me somewhat flattering, it must really suck for you.
Ledesma 99 says
You got it backward liberal. I comment on topic. YOU comment on “comments”.
Kay says
Not long enough.
Sentenced says
Anaiyah will plenty of time to think about her crimes.
The Valentines says
Plenty of time maybe. But liberals will think of something….
Donald J. Trump says
@The Valentines
Send me more money like you did before. Much legal bills, Can’t pay my lawyers.
Thanking you in advance.
Fredsie says
You’re getting Trump back in office next year liberal so deal with it.
The Valentines says
Hang in there liberal. One day, you and all the feminists, cross dressers, lesbian-lovers and African-American “activists” will take final revenge on the wretched “Trump supporters” for the monstrous things they’ve done. I wouldn’t be them for nothing. You? Liberal???