Mom charged in murder of 5-year-old drowned in toilet and buried under the house challenges death penalty eligibility

Ashley Rolland (St. Francis County Sheriff

Left: Ashley Rolland (St. Francis County Sheriff’s Office). Right: Blu Rolland (GoFundMe).

The mother who did not stop her boyfriend from drowning her 5-year-old son in the toilet because he bit the man’s finger and then watched as he buried the boy under the home’s floorboards pleaded guilty, Arkansas authorities said.

A judge sentenced 30-year-old Ashley Rolland to 40 years in prison for her role in the 2022 death of her son Blu Rolland. After originally facing a capital murder charge among others, she pleaded guilty on Aug. 8 to two counts of permitting abuse of a minor in Lee County Circuit Court, according to the Arkansas State Police. Her boyfriend, 34-year-old Nathan Bridges, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and battery in July. A judge sentenced him to 60 years in prison.

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