A 24-year-old mother in Georgia will likely spend the remainder of her days behind bars for killing her 20-month-old son, tossing his body in a dumpster, and repeatedly misleading police as her whereabouts during the time her son went missing.
A jury in Chatham County on Friday unanimously found Leilani Simon guilty on one count of malice murder, two counts of felony murder, one count of concealing the death of another, and more than a dozen counts of false reporting in the slaying of young Quinton Simon. The jury deliberated for about seven hours before convicting Simon on all counts included in the indictment.
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The mother of three was accused of killing Quinton on Oct. 5, 2022, intentionally killing her son with an unknown object “that when used offensively against a person did result in serious bodily injury,” and “cause Quinton’s death.”
The felony murder charges stem from accusations that Simon killed Quinton while also committing felonious acts of aggravated assault and first-degree cruelty to a child by “maliciously” causing Quinton “cruel and excessive physical pain” in a manner that was unknown to the grand jury at the time of the indictment…