A South Carolina courtroom reached a final resolution last week as Jacob Ray Wescott was sentenced to 33 years in prison for the death of a ten-month-old boy. The sentence, handed down by the Honorable Milton G. Kimpson on February 9, follows a jury’s decision to convict Wescott of homicide by child abuse.
The case originated on March 9, 2020. Local emergency services, including the Kershaw County Fire Department and the Sheriff’s Office, rushed to the Wescott residence after receiving a report that an infant had stopped breathing.
Investigations revealed that Wescott was the primary individual babysitting the child at the time of the incident…