19 Shocking Cases Where The Victim’s Mother was The Main Suspect

In February 1999, police discovered the remains of 6-year-old William DaShawn Hamilton in the woody area near a cemetery. It wasn’t until 2020 that the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children rendered digital images of his face.

Police then received a tip from the boy’s old neighbor which eventually led them to believe his mother, Teresa Black, was involved in his death.

Black told investigators she and her son were unsheltered at the time of his death. She said she gave him cold medicine the night before he died because she believed he was sick and took him to the cemetery to sleep. When she woke up, she said she realized he was deceased and fled.

Black was charged with felony murder, cruelty to children, aggravated assault and concealing the death of another. However, a Dekalb County jury acquitted her of all charges except concealing the death of another.