A Texas woman who has been charged with the murder of her seven-month-old baby started a GoFundMe to raise money for his funeral saying the family would soon ‘know what happened.’
Angel Lynn Marie Varner, 20, is accused of killing her infant son, Jackson Knight Blackmon, in their Amarillo home.
On November 6, police responded to reports of an unresponsive seven-month-old who paramedics said died on the scene.
Court documents revealed the child’s mother, Varner, made several incriminating statements about injuring the child, reported KFDA.
On the day of his death, Varner made a Facebook post that said, ‘My poor baby…. He’s no longer with us… I don’t know the details… But he’s gone….’
Angel Lynn Marie Varner, 20, has been charged in the murder her seven-month-old son
Jackson Knight Blackmon died on November 6 when police responded to reports of an unresponsive seven-month-old
The next day, November 7, she posted a link to a GoFundMe and said, ‘My baby is gone… He passed yesterday between 3 a.m. and 11 a.m… I have started a go fund me for his funeral costs… We plan on cremation…’
According to KVII the page said, ‘We are raising money for the funeral, memorial, and cremation of mine and Sean’s baby boy. He was the light of our life and soon we will.’
She said they want to buy an urn and ‘get a few jewelry items that has his ashes in them so he will always be with us.’
One day later, Varner was arrested. GoFundMe has since taken down the page from the site. It’s unclear how much was raised before the page was removed.
A GoFundMe spokesperson told KVII, ‘The fundraiser has been removed from the platform and all donors have been refunded. The organizer did not receive any of the funds raised.’
Police officers determined the child’s death was a result of a homicide and the autopsy found the baby died of blunt force trauma.
Varner admitted she threw the baby on a bed and pressed on his stomach until he stopped crying, court records indicate. After throwing the baby on the floor, she said, the baby went back to ‘sleep.’
One day before she was charged with is murder, Varner posted a GoFundMe to raise money for the baby’s funeral
The day of his death, Varner posted about his passing. She said, ‘I don’t know the details… But he’s gone’
When she realized the child was not breathing, Varner said instead of calling 911, she went to sleep.
During their investigation, police learned Varner lived at the home with the seven-month-old, the baby’s father and two other roommates.
One of the roommates said the baby had been crying in the living room when Varner took him back to a bedroom, then the roommate said they heard a ‘thud’ from the bedroom.
Varner was arrested and booked at the Potter County jail on murder charges.