A 31-year-old Cleveland woman will spend the rest of her life behind bars after being found guilty of murder for the death of her 3-year-old child last summer.
According to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office, Tammeka Eggleton pleaded guilty to murder, felonious assault and endangering children last month for killing her son, Curtis Witcher.
“His mother gained custody from his foster parents who raised and loved him, and she promptly beat him to death,” said Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley. “She deserves to spend the rest of her life in prison.”
The boy's foster mother, Michelle Moody, spoke in court during the sentencing, telling Eggleton that she was "tired of you blaming your childhood and your past for your actions."
On June 14, 2023, Cleveland police officers responded to a store near East 79th Street and Euclid Avenue for an unresponsive child in a stroller, authorities said. The boy was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office ruled the boy's death a homicide and said the manner of death was blunt force trauma.
The prosecutor's office said Eggleton "provided false information about the events leading up to her child’s death."
Eggleton will be eligible for parole after serving 31 to 35 years in prison.
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