Mother kills baby for "interrupting" Farmville

A 22 year-old woman from Jacksonville, Florida has pleaded guilty to killing her baby son over a game of Farmville. She was charged with second-degree murder after allegedly shaking the baby to death when he disrupted her gaming experience.

Alexandra V. Tobias says her three-month old child, Dylan Lee Edmondson, had been crying while she was trying to play the popular Facebook casual game called Farmville. This angered Tobias, who told authorities that she shook the baby, had a cigarette to calm herself down, then shook him again. It's believed he "may have hit his head during the shaking".
Farmville is a popular game on Facebook where users control a virtual farm.
Tobias entered her plea Wednesday, the Huffington Post reports, before Circuit Judge Adrian G. Soud. A second-degree murder charge is punishable by up to life in prison, according a report in the Florida Times-Union.
Prosecutor Richard Mantei said Tobias' sentence could be less because of state guidelines that call for 25 to 50 years. Soud offered no promises on what he'll order during a sentencing hearing scheduled for December.
Outside the courtroom, Prosecutor Mantei said Tobias' plea will help avoid the family reliving the tragedy during a jury trial
Comments shared on gaming forums, like gamespot.com, have expressed outrage and condemned the woman's action. Gamers across the country have called for swift punishment for such a senseless murder.

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yeh i saw this on my msn thingy when i log in

i was quite surprise what people nowadays will do for some thing virtual

like a couple that made der baby stave and die while trying to raise a virtual baby or something

 

Why is farmville taking a hit for this? The mother probably would have shaken the baby if she was cooking dinner or watching tv... I doubt it was "over farmville".

 

Lmao Farmville is shit, I gave it one try turned it off.

 

dont fucken interrupt me and my crops!!!!!!!!!!!!! *SHAKE*

-really thats so damn pathetic.

 

Thats crazy as hell lol ...I heard about that on yahoo ...

 

They baby was probably killed by shaken baby syndrome....Wow...The mother is a horrible one..no sane person would shake a defenseless baby.

 

Exactly what Finn said.

I was disgusted when I heard about this. Ok, she probably didn't mean to kill the child but even laying a hand on him because he was crying? It's what babies do. She'll not be playing Farmville behind bars.

 

Haha her crops are gonna die while she's in jail!
The things people do because of games these days...just terrible.

 

That's disgusting. I really don't even know what to say about that.

 

Am I a bad person for laughing at the title?

 

Well, relative to the person who shook their baby, you're a saint.
I laughed too.

 

Thats what people that can't handle their video games do.

although, you cant blame her. I mean, what 3-month-old cries all the time?

 

So ridiculous, I can't believe people like this.

 

It's madness that someone can prioritise a game over their own child.

 

saw this on facebook. i'm surprised she had time to give birth to that baby.

 

Idiots these days... >_>


Eluveitie

 

That's horrible; some people are just unbelievable.

 

Lmao,i'm sorry but this thread is too damn funny.

 

shake and bake