Billy Bob Thornton‘s estranged daughter has been found guilty of aggravated manslaughter of a child, the Associated Press reports.
Amanda Brumfield was convicted last Friday in Orlando and will be sentenced in July.
The 32-year-old Brumfield was acquitted of first-degree murder and aggravated child-abuse charges.
Thornton’s daughter had been facing a murder charge for the death of her best friend’s daughter during a sleepover in 2008. Brumfield claimed the little girl fell and hit her head while trying to climb out of a playpen. Her defense suggested that fall might have aggravated a previous injury.
The prosecution said it was “impossible” for a fall like that to cause a three-and-a-half inch fracture on the back of the girl’s skull and the bleeding and swelling found in her brain.
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The estranged daughter of Billy Bob Thornton has been indicted on several charges in the death of a 1-year-old girl she was baby sitting in central Florida.
Amanda Brumfield, 29, was booked at the Orange County Jail on Wednesday. She faces charges of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse and aggravated manslaughter of a child.
Court records show she told investigators the infant who died in her care in October acted normally and ate bananas after she fell from a playpen and hit her head. But detectives believe Brumfield’s story is inconsistent with the girl’s injuries.
The child was her goddaughter.
An autopsy completed in March concluded that the short fall, estimated at about 28 inches in height, could not have caused the skull fracture and brain bleed that lead to the child’s death.
It was not immediately clear whether Brumfield had an attorney. A telephone message left at the jail was not returned Thursday morning.
Thornton’s publicist has said the actor hasn’t spoken to Brumfield for a number of years.
Prosecutors have not released what they think happened or given a motive.
Billy Bob is having phone sex with Angelina Jolie, while his daughter is beating babies with bananas. They aren’t dysfunctional at all.
source: Billy Bob’s Daughter Indicted in Babysitting Death [e online]
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