Ahmad King (Rawls)

Incident date: 2006 Jan 23

Child placement type: Adoption

3 year old boy adopted by Tim and Mary Jane King, slain by his adoptive mother, who first claimed he had been kidnapped, later she confessed to killing him. Ahmad had been hit more than 50 times with the pipe and a belt buckle. Ahmad had been adopted just a month before his death. Mrs. King was also charged with abusing Ahmad's foster sister. She was sentenced for life.

Parent topics: abused adoptees

Documents

Title	Publication date
Woman Gets Life for Killing Adopted Son	2006 Nov 3
Autopsy shows boy beaten to death; adoptive mother charged with slaying	2006 Jan 31
Body of missing 3-year-old is found; mother is charged	2006 Jan 28
Adoptive mom admits to death, Birth mother wanted her grandmother to take son; blames state	2006 Jan 28
Georgia woman confesses to slaying adopted son she reported missing	2006 Jan 27
Mother charged in death of son after she reported him kidnapped	2006 Jan 27