Mother gets 50 years for killing baby

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 2 (UPI) -- A Florida woman who killed her baby while playing computer games has been sentenced to 50 years in prison.

Alexandra Tobias, 22, of Jacksonville told Circuit Judge Adrian Soud Tuesday she was suffering from postpartum depression when she killed 3-month-old Dylan Lee Edmondson Jan. 20, 2010, The Florida Times-Union reported. She pleaded guilty in October to second-degree murder.

The judge was not sympathetic. "He who is the most defenseless among us was murdered by his own mommy. And why? Because he was crying during a game of FishVille or FarmVille or whatever was going on during Facebooking time that day," he said.

Tobias and the baby's father, E.J. Edmondson, had a volatile relationship and were both arrested for domestic violence weeks before the baby's death.

A month before the killing, detectives said Tobias joined a Facebook advocacy group against baby-shaking.

Prosecutors focused on the Facebook page when they realized it was the likely background of the baby's death.