Audrina Claire Hepburn’s Mother’s Murder Conviction Overturned
On December - 12 - 2013
SC mother’s homicide by child abuse conviction overturned
LAURENS, SC – Pictures of Audrina Claire Hepburn are posted on the wall of the Ebel home. They still bring the family comfort and a mold of the 16-month-old’s hand touches Rita Ebel’s heart. “She melted everybody’s heart. We had 16 short months and we were blessed to have those,” Ebel said. Ebel said she always thinks about her granddaughter, Audrina Claire Hepburn. “Everyday I speak her name, I tell somebody about her story, I talk about her, I wear a tattoo on my arm to remind me of her,” Ebel said. Back in October 2009, investigators said someone killed the 16-month-old and accused the baby’s mother, Ashley Hepburn, and her boyfriend, Richard Lewis, of the crime. READ MORE HERE
By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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