Hannah Overton

In 2006, 4 year old Andrew Burd was brought to the hospital without a clue of what was wrong with him. Blood tests proved that he had salt poisoning. His level of hypernatremia was almost double of the highest ever recorded.

Everyone turned to Hannah Overton, 29 year old pregnant mother of four who was currently adopting Andrew. She and her husband were arrested immediately, but swore they were not guilty of this crime. She said she put a few dashes of creole seasoning in a sippy cup of water instead of giving him more food for lunch that day. He got sick, and Hannah thought it was just a flu, until it didn't get worse. She brought him to the hospital where he died shortly thereafter. It was then when she was arrested.

People in their community were outraged, and raised $700,000 for their cause. They said Hannah Overton was a good christian and would be the last person to do this.

-Larry Overtons comment-
"We were just waiting for someone to look at it and say 'This is just an accident,'" Larry Overton told "20/20." "Instead, we were arrested."

Hannah said recently Andrew had been eating any kind of food he could find. After dinners he would go through the garbage can and eat the dog and the cat food.

Hannah Overton was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison in September 2007.

"I just kind of broke down," Larry Overton said. "And I just stared out a window for ... I don't know ... probably about an hour."

Larry is now a single father with five children, including the newbord Hannah was pregnant with during the time of Andrews death.

My Story
I believe she wasn't guilty. The problem was that she most likely got angry at the boy and put a couple of teaspoons of this creole seasoning in his water. I am sure she didn't have the intentions of killing Andrew, considering she already had kids and had no criminal record. America is strict on their laws though, and this is a good lesson to learn.