Mom accused of texting video of lifeless son waives hearing
PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania woman will stand trial on charges she killed her toddler son and sent a video of the boy’s lifeless body to his father during a jealous, vengeful argument over more than two hours of text messages.
Christian Clark, 21, of McKeesport on Wednesday waived her right to a preliminary hearing on charges including criminal homicide in the Nov. 1 death of 17-month-old Andre Price III.
Allegheny County police contend she sent a barrage of angry texts, threats, photos and videos that night because she believed the boy’s father — Andre Price Jr., 23 — wasn’t coming home after work so he could be with another woman instead.
“Ya kids ain’t safe here I don’t want them here” and “Answer me or im going to jail for child endangerment” were two of the dozens of texts listed in the criminal complaint. Then came a message at 10:01 p.m. — about an hour into the rant — that said, “I’m killing them,” followed by a laughing emoji with tears coming from its eyes, police said.