Mother, boyfriend charged with murder in drowning deaths of three children
CLINTON, Ill. -- A woman accused of drowning her three children cried and wiped her eyes Thursday as a judge read the first-degree murder charges against her and told her she could be eligible for the death penalty.
Amanda L. Hamm, 27, did not enter a plea. Neither did her boyfriend, Maurice Lagrone Jr., 28, who is also charged in the case.
Hamm's mother said Thursday that her daughter had problems throughout her childhood and that she is standing by prosecutors who have charged the young woman with murder.