This is the mother who cut her 4-year-old daughter's throat out of jealousy: After the brutal murder, she did something even sicker
A woman from West Virginia has been sentenced to two life sentences for slitting her four-year-old daughter's throat out of jealousy over the attention her husband gave the child.
TL;DR
- Rebekah Weik was sentenced to two life sentences for murdering her four-year-old daughter, Hailey.
- The motive was reportedly jealousy over her husband's attention to their daughter.
- Weik searched her phone for information on fatal wounds before the murder.
- She used a knife to slit her daughter's throat, reportedly covering the child's mouth to muffle any sounds.
- After the murder, Weik cleaned the knife, hid her clothes, and then had sexual relations with her husband.
- Hailey's father, Rusty Weik, was initially charged but cleared; he pleaded guilty to child neglect resulting in death.
- Weik will be eligible for parole after 30 years.