Chen Mingming was charged with murder, endangering children and tampering with evidence, but at the time of sentencing, the Stark County prosecutor subtracted several counts of manslaughter and the original charges from her plea agreement. The police said that Zhao and her husband lied that their daughter disappeared from June 5 to1October 9 this year. The next day, investigators found their daughter's body in a Chinese restaurant run by the couple in North Canton.
According to previous reports, the police said that the main cause of death was that the Chinese mother repeatedly hit her daughter's head with her right fist. At that time, the father saw the green liquid flowing out of his daughter's mouth, and hurriedly took her to the toilet to wash her face and found that there was no breath. He immediately performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation, but he died unfortunately.
The body of a five-year-old girl who was killed was put into a kitchen container, then completely covered with salt and hidden above the refrigerator in the dining room. However, in a statement questioned by investigators, Chen Mingming initially refused to admit that she knew the cause of her daughter's death, but later she admitted that she had beaten her daughter. However, Chen Mingming's defense lawyer said that Chen Mingming's statement was wrong with the help of the Chinese translator of the FBI.
Drucker, Chen Mingming's defense lawyer, said that the statement that the defendant told the police was suppressed because she had limited knowledge of English and the American judicial system and did not understand the contents of Miranda's warning. Earlier, psychologists assessed that Chen Mingming was physically and mentally abused by her husband, and she was in anxiety, disappointment and fear.
However, the prosecutor believes that the psychologist's evaluation record did not identify Chen Mingming with battered women's syndrome. Prosecutors also hope that defense lawyers will not mention Chen Mingming's abuse in court. However, defense lawyer Drucker still provided Chen Mingming's psychological expert evaluation report in court. According to the report, Chen Mingming has some symptoms of battered women's syndrome.
Chen Mingming also told the psychologist that she didn't want to hurt her husband by telling the truth. Her husband also said that as long as she confessed, he could get out of prison as soon as possible to take care of their eldest daughter, otherwise her six-year-old daughter would be forced to live with others.
When Chen Mingming was investigated before, she told the police that she only had two hands, not four, and that she had to work in a restaurant and take care of the children. There are too many things. She also mentioned to the police that Ashley was very disobedient. As for why you beat your daughter? Chen Mingming said, "I forgot, but I was very angry."
Chen Mingming's husband, Zhao, had previously admitted tampering with evidence, obstructing justice, abusing corpses and putting children in danger. After pleading guilty, he was sentenced to 12 years in prison, and after serving 6 years, he had the opportunity to be released on parole.