(Newser) – A Florida woman who killed her baby when his crying interrupted work on her virtual farm on Facebook has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Alexandra Tobias, 22, told investigators that she shook her 3-month-old baby boy because he was crying as she played Farmville, the Times-Union reports. She may have hit his head on the computer during the shaking, she told the court. Tobias shook him once, had a cigarette, then shook him again, she recounted. She faces a minimum of 25 years in prison, and could get life. (Click here for another—odder, but less tragic—Facebook-related crime.)
Showing 3 of 32 comments
Babygirl 5 hours, 21 minutes ago
You physcho bitch OMG WHOS GOING TO DO YOUR FARM NOW....PRAYERS TO YOUR BABY BOY ONLY YOUR IN GOOD HANDS NOW BABY BOY!
MCNutters [Team Renesmee] Oct 28, 2010 11:47 PM CDT
this is just horrifying. whats also horrifying is that6% find this story hilarious?? that is just sick.
salisa Oct 28, 2010 8:48 PM CDT
The idiot that killed her child obviously is the one who brought up Farmville, she was P.O.'d that her child would not be quiet while she tried to tend to her farm! Sure, that does not sound sane, but let's not give her a way out, like the insanity plea over a stupid game that cost a child to die because of the mother's actions. People get obsessed with those stupid games on there as it is, I've heard about it with people that I know. I tried FaceBook for a short while, but got sick of it pretty quickly, and sick of dozens of people asking me to play games on there when I don't have that sort of time, and I don't even have a baby to tend to!
Alexandra Tobias, habitante de Jacksonville, Estados Unidos asesinó a su bebé de 3 meses tras sacudirla para que se callara mientras ella jugaba el popular juego de Zynga, FarmVille, a través de la red social Facebook.

La joven de 22 años, al escuchar a la pequeña decidió, para hacer callar, sacudirla algunos minutos y tras un momento para fumar un cigarrillo prosiguió con el castigo a la menor. Se presume que la muerte de su bebé se produjo al chocar la cabeza contra algún objeto contundente, según dijo a la corte.

La posible pena de la madre podría ir entre los 25 años de presidio hasta cadena perpetua, por ser considerado como un homicidio de segundo grado. La sentencia podría dictarse a mediados de diciembre.

Este suceso representa la adicción a los juegos sociales que ha despertado la integración de estas plataformas a las redes sociales, lo que explicaría los nuevos tipos de problemas psicológicos asociados a la tecnología.