Harrowing injuries boy, 2, suffered at the hands of mom-of-10 revealed after body found in diaper box thrown in trash
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Mother-of-10 Julia Tomlin was sentenced to 55 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing her autistic son Noah in 2019 by blunt force trauma to the head and battered child syndrome.
The medical examiner, who testified in Tomlin's sentencing on Monday, said it would have taken a lot of force to cause those kind of skull fractures on a baby, as reported by WTKR.
The doctor compared Noah's injuries to having fallen from a multiple-story building and being "flung by the feet against a wall."
Noah had suffered many other injuries before his death, according to his autopsy, which revealed a pattern of abuse.
He sustained broken ribs and a broken jaw before he was killed, according to the medical examiner.
Hampton Commonwealth's Attorney Anton Bell said the abuse Noah suffered was "almost to the level of torture."
Noah's body was found stuffed in a diaper box inside a garbage bag in July of 2019 at a steam plant after Tomlin reported him missing.
His remains were in an "advanced state" of decomposition, and the scene was so graphic the officer who found the body had to leave, 13 News Now reported.
Officials say they could only identify the boy's left leg and liver at the scene.
A coroner had to reassemble "partial parts and pieces" of Noah’s body and was able to conclude he had died of two skull fractures, according to prosecutor Bell.
Tomlin was charged with murder six months after the horrific discovery.
One of Tomlin's daughters, 19, took the stand during her sentencing and asked the judge to hand out the maximum penalty.
She said all of her siblings suffered abuse at the hands of Tomlin but that Noah "received the worst from her."
Tomlin's lawyer said her memories from the day Noah died are "fuzzy" because she was under the influence of heroin and alcohol.