ATTALLA, Ala. -- Roger Simpson said he looked down the road and saw a little girl running outside her home but didn't give it another thought. Police, however, said the man witnessed a murder in progress.
Authorities say 9-year-old Savannah Hardin died after being forced to run for three hours as punishment for having lied to her grandmother about eating candy bars.
Severely dehydrated, the girl had a seizure and died days later. Now, her grandmother and stepmother, who police say meted out the punishment, were taken to jail Wednesday and face murder charges.
Witnesses told deputies Savannah was told to run and not allowed to stop for three hours on Friday, an Etowah County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman said. The girl's stepmother, 27-year-old Jessica Mae Hardin, called police at 6:45 p.m., telling them Savannah was having a seizure and was unresponsive.
Let's see:
Red staters? Check.
Fourteen cases of store brand Mac n Cheese in garage? Check.
Ashtrays heaped to the fvcking moon...next to a crib...with a baby sleeping/gasping? Check.
Blank McVeigh/CID1990 affect on faces? Check.
Velvet Elvis painting above NASCAR collection in living room? Check.
"It's A Child, Not A Choice" bumper sticker on rusted-ass, broke-dick '88 Chevy Corsica in dirt driveway? Check.
Signed glossy 8x10 pic of Sarah Palin on mantle? Check.
Bullet-ridden mailbox filled with anti-Obama terror shit? Check.
Yep, Santorum voters.....
"We jes' wunted us a dead baby to walk aroun' the neighborhood 'n show evurwon, too, jes' like Mr. San-Tor-Um."
Conks.
