A mother was given a 30-day jail sentence for torturing her baby out of spite for the father. Oregon prosecutors stated that during an incident in 2021, Sharday McDonald waterboarded her child and placed him in the freezer. On October 28, 2021, police were called to Sharday’s apartment in Gresham to check on her welfare after hearing a tip that the mother had put her infant in the freezer, according to court documents.
The woman allegedly admitted a motive. While an officer was taking McDonald to jail, she said that her actions were done as a “test” to see if Neal “gave a f–k at all,” adding she waterboarded her baby to try and make the child’s father Neal come back to her apartment.
Sharday McDonald, 30, pleaded guilty to criminal mistreatment, ID theft, and tampering with a witness. She received a 30-day jail sentence on Tuesday. Some looking at the news was shocked at how little time she got. The Multnomah County Detention Center’s records show that McDonald will be released on October 6. On July 28, she entered a guilty plea to the charges.
There were images of McDonald waterboarding the child. The infant was spotted being held by McDonald when the father opened a door, according to the prosecution. Pictures also show McDonald holding the baby “by his onesie” and waterboarding him. “It looked like [the baby] was trying to hold his breath while water was pouring over his face…,” an officer said referring to the pictures.
The mother could be heard screaming at the child’s father, Kendrick Neal, as the policeman stood outside McDonald’s apartment, “I’m about to show you real quick. You don’t want him? Let me show you about this little f—-ng baby, I don’t f—-ng give f–k about,” the probable cause document reads.
