HENDERSONVILLE - An attempted murder charge against a mother police initially said threw her infant daughter over a 30-foot ravine has been dropped, with conditions.
Krista Noelle Madden, a Biltmore Park resident, was charged with first-degree attempted murder after her infant daughter was found 30 feet down a steep, heavily forested ravine in rural Henderson County on May 9, 2019. Police said Madden threw the baby over the ravine s edge, though Madden described placing the baby on the ground in interviews with police, according to search warrants.
Her attorney, Sean Devereux, said this week that psychological evaluations showed Madden was going through acute postpartum depression, as well as sleep deprivation, that resulted in a psychotic episode. Madden believed someone was going to harm her baby, so she drove to a rural part of eastern Henderson County and placed the baby at the bottom of an embankment, Devereux said.
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Accused child rapist walks free after plea deal from Henderson DA; mother of victim outraged
An accused child rapist is free following a plea deal in Henderson County superior court March 11, a deal that won’t require the man to register as a sex offender and one that outraged the victim and her mother who are now planning action against the district attorney.
Jonathan Clarke Ponton, 26, of Black Mountain, pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor assault on a female as part of the plea deal accepted by Superior Court Judge Peter Knight, who added a no-contact order to the deal dictating Ponton not contact the victim or her family in any way.
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