Ka taƙaita labarin:  Melissa Brittle, mai shekaru 38, an yanke mata hukuncin daurin shekaru 20 a gidan yari saboda rashin bayar da rahoton cin zarafin jikinta. An yanke wa wata mata 'yar jihar Maryland da ta tsaya kallo yayin da mijinta ya yi wa jikokinsa bulala, ya girgiza shi, ya kuma harbe shi har ya mutu, hukuncin daurin shekaru 20 a gidan yari. Masu gabatar da kara sun ce Melissa Dawn Brittle, 'yar shekara 38, daga Thurmont, Maryland, ta karfafa wa mijinta Raymond Brittle gwiwa ya hukunta Robert Dean Watkins mai shekaru biyu - wanda ke zaune tare da Brittles da 'ya'yansu uku a lokacin. Robert ya mutu a asibitin Washington, DC, a ranar 8 ga Satumba, 2013 bayan raunin da Lauyan Jihar Charlie Smith ya kira mafi ban tsoro da ya taɓa gani, a cewar Frederick News-Post. Mrs. Brittle ta jira har sai washegari don ɗaukar yaron da ba shi da hankali zuwa asibiti. Ta gaya wa 'yan sanda cewa Robert ya fadi a kan matakan. Lauyan Mrs. Brittle ya yi jayayya cewa ta ji tsoron mijinta mai cin zarafin motsin rai kuma ta tsoratar da ita don rufe kisan da ya yi wa ɗan ƙaramin Robert. Lauyan mai kare Mary Drawbaugh ya fada wa Daily Mail Online cewa Brittle ba shi da aiki, ba shi da takardar shaidar makarantar sakandare kuma ba shi da lasisin tuki. 'Mun karyata cewa ta karfafa wa yaron a kowace hanya,' in ji Mrs Drawbaugh. Raymond Brittle ya yarda ya yi wa Robert Dean Watkins mai shekaru biyu mummunan rauni har ya mutu a watan Satumbar 2013. Brittles suna kula da yaron don mahaifiyarsa. 'Ta yi gaskiya kuma ta yi aiki tare da 'yan sanda kuma ta sauƙaƙe kira ga mijinta wanda ya yarda da laifin.' Drawbaugh ya nemi hukuncin shekara 12, mafi karancin hukuncin da ake yankewa a wannan shari'ar, yana mai cewa Mrs. Brittle ta taimaka wajen ganin mijin nata ya amsa laifinsa kuma ta shirya yin shaida a kansa. Mrs. Brittle ta fuskanci shekaru 40 a kurkuku a karkashin dokar jihar da ta ce rashin bayar da rahoton cin zarafin yara shima cin zarafin yara ne. Alkali a ranar Laraba ya ba da umarnin a tsare ta na tsawon shekaru 20, tare da dakatar da shekaru 20. Robert Dean Watkins shi ne jikan jikan Raymond Brittle. Raymond da Melissa sun yarda su kula da yaron ga mahaifiyarsa. Raymond... wannan shi ne...
An yanke wa Melissa Brittle hukuncin ne a karkashin dokar Maryland wacce ta ce rashin bayar da rahoton cin zarafin yara shima cin zarafin yara ne. Mijinta Raymond Brittle ya yi bulala, ya harbe, ya girgiza kuma ya doke Robert Watkins mai shekaru biyu har ya mutu a watan Satumbar 2013. Lauyanta ya ce ba ta da ilimi, mijinta ya ci zarafinta kuma yana jin tsoron sa.