my life for Austin I loved him a lot I'm sorry for what having here but like Dylan Shoemaker was playing with Ashley Smith's kids while she was at work at a restaurant on March 19 2013 bad news spread quickly through the small town of Springville DIY Shoemaker had beaten his girlfriend's 2-year-old son so badly that he could not live she went back to his boyfriend's house and found that his older son Austin had died he was caught by cops at home the terrible way he was killed made his story go public everyone in New York was talking about the same story he had been killed Dylan shaker from Springville was a normal teen the news about this event spread very quickly he became popular very quickly after that horrible event Dylan was taking care of Ashley Smith's two young boys that terrible night while she was at work it was sad that Austin the bigger boy who was about 2 years old died at the end of the night Ashley Dylan's girlfriend went to work happy that night because it was a beautiful evening she gets home late most of the time it started out like any other night but who knows when this night in Springville will stop being great at that time most people in town were asleep many were at work and others were spending the night with their families at Dylan's house were his mother father and Ashley's two boys who are very pretty in the past Dyan was in charge of watching the kids at the start of the night there were no strange things going on as the night went on something went wrong by the time Ashley got back her kid Austin was no longer responding he had been beaten badly and the scars would not heal everyone was shocked when they heard the news because they could only think how hard he hit the baby boy never hurt anyone before he's my baby brother like he can't do this Dylan Shoemaker was arrested quickly and then charged with second deegree murder everyone in the country heard his passionate please for help I can't take back what was done I wish I could I give my life for Austin what he did made him very angry but nothing could stop him from killing someone a well-known saying goes it doesn't help to feel sorry for yourself after birds have eaten the farm a lot of people paid attention to the hearing a lot of family members reporters and other interesting people crowded into the courtroom it was used as an excuse that Shoemaker was old and upset he was upset during the ruling and said he didn't mean to kill Austin the prosecution said that Shoemaker was cold and well planned their presence showed how badly Austin was hurt there were calls for more witnesses including medical workers who talked about how bad Austin's injuries were I didn't mean to kill Austin actually I really didn't you really think I did this Dylan cried when the ruling came out he said he loved Austin and didn't mean to hurt him he said sorry to his partner and the court while crying tears of shame but none of the jury believed him I am a 16-year-old blonde probably all I have to do is cry in front of the jury and they're going to feel sorry for me Justice M William bowler called Shoemaker a manipulator and deceiver in a very harsh way he talked about how Shoemaker planned his actions and how he tried to sway the judges by crying Shoemaker was given a term of 25 years to life in jail for killing Austin in the second degree when this woman was sentenced in 2017 a video of her crying while her mother wailed when viral she was back in court trying to get her guilt and term thrown out Cay Andrea cook failed Anthony Candela her lawyer asked the judge to deny her move but the judge said no I just want to say did I'm sorry candela's main point was that her former lawyers had not done enough to help her case in March 2017 cook put his face on a meet me app page to trick Perry naida of Palm Coast into going to a meeting where he would be robbed he brought his friend Emanuel Manny purel from Palm Coast with him to the meeting in South Daytona Kendrick bass Cook's partner and boyfriend at the time shot and badly hurt purel during the attempted carjacking police say cook and bass worked together to steal another car just two days later at the time cook was a student at Mainland High School she thought she would get probation when she was sentenced in June 2017 because that's what her defense lawyer told her would happen Circuit Judge Matt foxman instead gave her 20 years in jail that's what made the video of cook and her mom reacting in court go viral after she was sentenced Steven Robinson and Kelvin Daniels two new lawyers took over her case for free in August 2017 cook was able to change her plea because based on what her lawyer had told her she thought she would get probation Robinson and Daniel said in court that they were trying to get the prosecutors to agree to a sentence of 8 to 10 years as part of her plan to get her term reduced cook took part in a controlled call to bass but things got more difficult when she called bass even though the court had told her she couldn't accept for the managed call I think he got in I think he Gotti as a result of his no contest plea cook was found guilty of aggravated abuse with a dangerous weapon attempted carjacking with a deadly weapon and carjacking with a deadly weapon it was decided that she was guilty she could have spent the rest of her life in jail after that she got 11 years in jail and starting in April 2018 20 years of probation at the same time when cook went on the stand no one cried she said no one told her she could go to court instead of going to jail for 11 years she did say though that she agreed to spend 11 years in jail based on Cook's claim that she wasn't told she could go to trial all right um the uh 30 days is probably the idea before we have it but your attorneys are going to talk to you about this um just cooperate with that process cuz I want to know Circuit Judge Karen foxman agreed with her foxman also said that Robinson and Daniels made smart choices based on the evidence against their client which included the fact that she broke a judge's order Karen foxman is married to Matt foxman and took over his case load when judges were moved around in 2020 21 bass who is 22 years old was later given a 20-year sentence the Department of Corrections says he will be free in December 2037 cook is supposed to be freed in January 2028