Crime & Safety
Baldwin Woman Sentenced For Killing Infant Son
A Pittsburgh-area woman received a lengthy prison term for the death of her one-year-old son.
BALDWIN, PA — A former Baldwin resident has been sentenced to a lengthy prison term after pleading guilty to third-degree murder and other charges for killing her son.
An Allegheny County Common Pleas Court judge on Thursday sentenced Tracy Humphreys to 19 to 38 years for the death of her son, Tommy Humphreys.
Police were summoned to Humphreys' home on Oakleaf Road on Sept. 13, 2020, after the boy was found unresponsive. The child had been dead for a period of time due to the condition of his body. An initial test showed that fentanyl was in his blood.
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The boy's father, Thomas Snelsire, 49, was sentenced to 18 to 36 years in prison last year for the death.
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