Lawton mom is sentenced in smothering

 
By Jay F. Marks
Published: September 30, 2008

A Lawton mother convicted of trying to smother her infant daughter in 2006 will be locked up until the girl is an adult.

That is what Oklahoma County District Judge Jerry Bass had in mind Monday when he sentenced Felicia Jayne Koch to nearly 15 years in prison. She pleaded guilty to child abuse in May 2007.

Bass watched a video of Koch pressing a blanket over her screaming 14-month-old daughter...


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