UPDATE: May 23 at 12 p.m.
A judge has sentenced Corbin woman, Alexandra Ward, to life in prison in connection with the death of her 3-year-old child, Amoura Smallwood, in 2023.
Ward was convicted of complicity to murder, along with complicity to commit first-degree strangulation. Ward will have the possibility of parole.
Notably, Ward's boyfriend, Jordan Taylor, plead guilty to killing Amoura in October 2024 and was later sentenced to life without parole.
Original Story:
Alexandra Ward has been found guilty of complicity of murder and complicity to commit first-degree strangulation of her 3-year-old daughter, Amoura Smallwood, the Corbin News Journal reports.
According to the publication, Ward's sentence was handed down after a 50 minute deliberation following a week-long trial.
Smallwood died from injuries in February 2023. At the time, Smallwood was in the care of Ward's boyfriend, Jordan Taylor, when the child was "badly injured," authorities said. An investigation later revealed that Taylor had sodomized and strangled the three-year-old.
The Corbin News Journal reports that Ward had only knew Taylor for a few weeks before leaving her daughter in Taylor's care.
Taylor pled guilty charges of murder, strangulation and first degree sodomy in October 2024. He was later sentenced to life without parole.
