A 43-year-old mother is on trial for the attempting to smother her 4-year-old son while he was being treated for a broken arm at Erlanger Hospital.
Monica Dawn Hammers faces charges of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse for the alleged incident on May 6, 2011.
Police arrested Hammers after a hospital worker reported seeing the boy cry, Hammers tell him to shut up and put a pillow over his face for five to six seconds.
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