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Garnett Spears was a five-year-old boy whose life was lost when his mother Lacie poisoned him with salt. The case has recently found light, thanks to TikTok, where many people post footage of the mother and son in the hospital.

While at a hospital, the mother put a high salt level in her son’s feeding tube, which caused excessive swelling of the toddler’s brain, and he succumbed due to the contamination.

Several documentaries from renowned networks such as CBS and Investigative Documentary focused on the case of the passing of Garnett Spears and the resulting court case, which resulted in a 20-year sentence for the mother, Lacie.

There are numerous Youtube videos from various recognized channels analyzing the incident.

Garnett Spears Hospital Video Goes Viral On TikTok

The sad case of Garnett Spears in hospital due to his mother Lacey gained much recognition on TikTok following an Investigative Discovery documentary.

Garnett Spears was a 5-year-old boy who passed away in a hospital from poisoning table salt. The cause of his passing was determined to be swelling of his brain due to high sodium levels in his system.

Following the mysterious nature of Garnett’s passing, investigators were able to figure out that his mother, Lacey Spears, was the one who injected him with the high level of sodium, eventually taking his life.

TikTok contains hundreds of videos and reactions to the case of Garnett. His mother, Lacey’s actions leading to his passing left viewers baffled and angry at the same time. People kept wondering how a mother could do such to her child.

Who Is Lacey Spears?

Lacey Spears is a woman who was imprisoned for poisoning and taking the life of her 5-year-old son, Garnett. She was sentenced to 20 years behind bars for the crime.

Spears was born and grew up in Decatur, Alabama. She resided in Alabama until she gave birth to her son, Garnett, as a single mother. After the birth of her son, she moved to Florida to live with her maternal grandmother for a brief while.

The single mother then relocated to a community called The Fellowship in Chestnut Ridge, New York. She told her neighbors that Garnett’s father was a police officer who passed away in a car crash.

However, Garnett’s alleged biological father is Chris Hill, Lacey’s former friend. Lacey denied him that the son was not his, and she would not let him get near the child.

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Lacey Spears Blogged About Her Son’s Illness

Lacey Spears, who had a long history of lying, faked illnesses and blogged on social media updating her son Garnett’s health.

She pretended other children were her own and shared how she is a single mother looking after her son alone. She would go on as far as to force her son into several hospitalizations from a young age.

The Alabama native was nicknamed “mommy blogger” on the internet. She would share her son’s health updates via the blog and reach out for help via social media.

Five-year-old Garnett Spears passed at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital in Valhalla, New York, on January 23, 2014. He was diagnosed with hypernatremia, resulting in brain swelling, and was declared deceased two days later. Lacey still denies the allegations against her.

Where Is Lacey Spears Now?

Lacey Spears is currently imprisoned at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women.

A judge sentenced Lacey to 20 years in prison for taking the life of her toddler son. However, Robert Neary, the judge in the case, acknowledged that Lacey Spears suffers from Munchausen syndrome by proxy. As a result, she was not sentenced to the maximum of 25 years in prison before parole eligibility.

Lacey’s conviction was upheld in her state appeal, and the state’s highest court declined to review her conviction. As a result, she will be eligible for parole in 2034 when she is 46.

Lacey Spears Is A Mother Accused In CBS 48 Hours

The case was featured in the long-running CBS true crime documentary series 48 Hours. The episode was on the 21st of season 29 and aired on April 9, 2016.

Lacey told 48 Hours that she loves children and that they are the future and should be cared for and loved. She gave birth to her son Garnett in Alabama on December 3, 2008.

In the interview, Lacey claimed that Garnett’s health issues started just weeks after his birth.

She claimed he had severe ear infections and didn’t eat food, so he lost weight. Although, according to her, he would neither take a bottle nor take baby food, he would not nurse.

She took Garnett to the doctors, and at nine months old, he had surgery to insert a feeding tube, commonly referred to as G-tube. The food would directly go to the abdomen, through a hanging bag or a bottle through a syringe.

She would upload photos of Garnett during hospital stays and frequently post on sites like Facebook, Twitter, and a blog she created, “Garnett’s Journey.”

Garnett And Lacey Spears In Investigative Discovery

The tragedy of Garnett Spears is recently covered in the Investigation Discovery series, Devil in Suburbia, in the fifth episode titled Failure to Thrive. The episode aired on the channel on September 13, 2022. Following the air of the episode, viewers took on TikTok to share their disgust with the cruel mother and her heinous actions.

The episode summary in IMBD reads, “In small-town upstate New York, a young mother loses her five-year-old son who’s battled a medical condition that has plagued him since birth; doctors claim his demise is not from a natural cause, and investigators soon suspect foul play.”

Previously, the case was featured in ID’s 2016 series Web of Lies in its third episode of the third season titled “The Sick Boy.” Additionally, the aftermath of the incident was shown in the series.

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