Child reporter who interviewed Obama at White House dies at 23
15 May, 2021 11:32 PM
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In this 2009 file photo, Damon Weaver, 10, walks in a park near his home. Photo / AP
In this 2009 file photo, Damon Weaver, 10, walks in a park near his home. Photo / AP
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The student reporter who gained national acclaim when he interviewed President Barack Obama at the White House in 2009 has died of natural causes, his family says.
Damon Weaver was 23 when he died on May 1, his sister, Candace Hardy, told the Palm Beach Post. Further details were not released. He had been studying communications at Albany State University in Georgia.
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A woman suspected of abusing her adopted daughter to death has been sentenced to life in prison. The Seoul Southern District Court found the suspect surnamed Jang guilty of murder Friday. The court recognized that she stamped on the belly of the 16-month-old victim, Jung-in, although the suspect could have predicted that impacting another blow to the victim s already damaged abdomen could lead her to death.
The court also sentenced the woman s husband to five years in prison for aiding and abetting his wife s violence toward the toddler. The prosecution had demanded the death penalty for Jang and a prison term of seven and a half years for the foster father. Suspicions arose that she might have had an intention to kill the baby or at least known that the girl could die from the assault.