Babysitter pleads guilty to baby’s murder

  • Reyna Lopez
    Reyna Lopez
  • Reyna Lopez, front center, is escorted by Eatonton Police Department officers, from left, Chris Detweiler, Investigator Hargrove Jones and Officer Jeremy McLure, who are taking Lopez to jail at Putnam County Sheriff’s Office. CONTRIBUTED/EPD
    Reyna Lopez, front center, is escorted by Eatonton Police Department officers, from left, Chris Detweiler, Investigator Hargrove Jones and Officer Jeremy McLure, who are taking Lopez to jail at Putnam County Sheriff’s Office. CONTRIBUTED/EPD
    A babysitter who killed a 5-month-old boy in her custody will be spending the next 20 years of her life in prison.Reyna Lopez, 43, of East Marion Street, Eatonton, pled guilty to murder in the second degree Monday in Greene County Superior Court.After he explained that Greene County Courthouse was the only location holding superior court that day, which necessitated the case to be...

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