Mother sentenced to life for brutal murder of 4-month-old daughter

Mother sentenced to life for brutal murder of 4-month-old daughter

A Houston mother has been sentenced to life in prison for beating her infant daughter to death, according to Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg.

Tradezsha Trenay Bibbs, 29, was convicted of felony murder for the death of her 4-month-old daughter, Brielle Robinson, on April 16, 2016. Bibbs had previously been convicted of capital murder in a prior trial, but that verdict was later reversed and Bibbs was retried.

In 2016, authorities were called to the Red Carpet Inn on the Gulf Freeway, where they found Bibbs in a room with Brielle. According to court documents, Bibbs told officials she heard her daughter crying and picked her up by the arms, causing her to fall from the bed to the floor. Bibbs then repeatedly struck her daughter in the face, chest, ribs, and legs until the child stopped crying.

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Brielle was later transported to Texas Children’s Hospital, where doctors discovered she had suffered multiple fractures and severe head trauma. Bibbs originally told authorities that Brielle had fallen from her car seat onto the concrete, but later admitted that she had made up that story.

She told police that after checking into the motel with the infant, a few hours later she started not to care about the child’s well-being, and repeatedly dropped her on the mattress and punched her in the face, ribs, and chest until she stopped crying. Bibbs called 911 once the baby stopped breathing.

Assistant District Attorney Keaton Forcht said Bibbs killed her daughter because the baby’s father no longer wanted a relationship with Bibbs. During the week-long trial, jurors heard evidence that emergency-room doctors said Bibbs did not seem interested in the baby’s medical care or the consequences of the fatal head injury she inflicted.

“Bibbs deserved a life sentence for what she did to her child,” Forcht said.

“She beat her countless times and seemed to care as much about the death of her daughter as she did about the life of her daughter.”

“Our office stands up for all victims, but a baby is the most innocent of victims,” Ogg said.

“We believed that a life sentence was appropriate for this brutal murder, and a Harris County jury agreed.”