21 year old Christian Clark mother allegedly smothered her 17-month-old son to death
and then texted videos of the boy's body to his father during a fight.
She has been charged with criminal homicide in the death of Andre Price III.
Clark also faces charges of attempted homicide after allegedly trying to smother her two-year-old daughter Angel.
The
mother killed Andre Price III by pressing his face into the bedding of
an air mattress in her living room before trying to do the same to Angel
on Tuesday, according to police.
Authorities
said Clark sent a video around 10pm that showed both children lying
face down on the mattress to her boyfriend, Andre Price Jr, during a
three-hour fight that took place over text messages.
Ya
kids ain't safe here 'I don't want them here.
Answer me or I'm going to jail for child endangerment 'I'm killing them',
'Ah,
look Angel is still alive and sweating,' Clark is heard saying on the
video. 'Your son on the other hand is not even breathing.' 'Send it to
the cops post it to [Facebook] idc anymore you ruined my life.'
'I wasn't even gonna send you videos but pretty sure ya son is legit dead,'
'I'm going to jail either way,' 'Hope it was worth it.'
The
messages first began around 8.25pm that night, when Clark accused Price
of cheating on her
Authorities
said Price rarely responded during the entire exchange, at one point
telling Clark he wasn't coming to the house and to 'leave them alone'.
But just after 11pm, when Clark texted Price 'I really snapped this time', he told her to try and wake their son up.
'I said hold him,' Price texted her.
'It's okay I'm dialing 911,' she wrote.
'You need to if he dead,' Price then replied.
'I am,' Clark responded. 'Sorry I did this. I didn't mean to.'
Andre III was unresponsive when police arrived at Clark's McKeesport apartment building around 11.13pm that night.
He was transported to a nearby hospital and was pronounced dead at 11.40pm.
Clark initially told investigators that her son was healthy and had no known medical conditions, according to WPXI.
She said she had found Andre III lying unresponsive on the air mattress in the living room.
When
detectives saw the text messages and videos showing Andre III's
'lifeless body' on Price's cell phone, Clark's story began to change.
The
mother told investigators she had pressed the boy's face 'into the
bedding of the air mattress' for one minute, according to the
affidavit.
Authorities said Clark then admitted she was 'responsible for the child's death'.
Clark is currently in the Allegheny County Jail. Her daughter, Angel, is expected to be okay.
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