FRANKLINTON, La., March 15 (UPI) -- A Louisiana woman has been found guilty of second-degree murder for putting her infant son in a dryer and turning it on.

Lakeisha Adams, who had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, faces a mandatory life sentence in prison following her conviction Saturday on a second-degree murder charge. She is to be sentenced March 25, WWL-TV of New Orleans reported.


Bogalusa Police said that in December 2005, the then-18-year-old mother of two put her infant son in the dryer and turned it on, killing him.

The station reported the coroner said the baby suffered third-degree burns on more than 50 percent of his body and blunt-force head trauma.