Birmingham child's heart destroyed by abuse, prosecution maintains at man's hearing
Three-year-old Israel Owens' heart ripped open at the office where his caregiver worked, after the child's chest was struck with a force normally seen in car wrecks, testimony in a Jefferson County court hearing showed today.
A Jefferson County prosecutor contends Marcus Earl Smith committed capital murder Oct. 17 by delivering the fatal blow with his hand or a blunt object.
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