Man Who Threw Baby Out Car Window Faces Death Penalty

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a
man accused of throwing his ex-girlfriend's baby out a car on a Tampa
highway, killing the infant.
Richard McTear Jr. has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder
and other charges.
Assistant State Attorney Jalal Harb announced Wednesday at a
court hearing that the state would pursue the death penalty.
Authorities say McTear threw 3-month-old Emanuel Wesley Murray
down on the concrete during an argument with his 17-year-old
ex-girlfriend May 5. Then 21-year-old allegedly snatched up the
infant and threw him out of the car on Interstate 275 north of
downtown Tampa. The child's lifeless body was found on the roadside
by a passing motorist.
McTear is not the child's father.

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