Testimony continued Friday in the trial against Leilani Simon, the Savannah mother charged with murdering her 20-month-old son, Quinton Simon, in October 2022 and disposing of his body in a dumpster.
Chatham County Assistant District Attorney (ADA) Jenny Parker first questioned Michelle McCarta, the mother of the 17-year-old babysitter who testified on Thursday that she had witnessed Leilani Simon physically abuse Quinton. Like her daughter, McCarta testified that she regularly babysat Leilani Simon’s children, most frequently Quinton. McCarta testified that Leilani treated Quinton worse than her other children, including by her feeding him later than the other children.
Under cross-examination from Leilani Simon’s defense attorney, Martin Hilliard, McCarta testified that Georgia Department of Human Services Division of Family & Children Services (DFCS) contacted her about Leilani’s care of Quinton but answered that she didn’t reach out to DFCS herself.
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