A South Carolina couple and their son were sentenced Thursday for killing their special needs teenage daughter.

After a four-day trial that began on October 28, the jury found David Eugene Baynard, 55, and his wife Bobbie Jo Baynard, 45, guilty of murder, a felonious crime against children. He was found guilty of “abuse and unlawful abandonment of a child.” released the office of 7th Circuit Attorney Barry J. Barnett and shared it with the Daily Caller. A South Carolina Circuit Court judge sentenced him to life in prison for murder, 20 years in prison for inflicting serious injury to a child, and 10 years in prison for unlawful abandonment of a child.

The couple’s son, Edward Vincent Baynard, 21, was also found guilty by a jury of “murder, felony child abuse, and unlawful child abandonment,” according to a press release. The judge sentenced him to 30 years in prison for murder, 20 years in prison for causing serious harm to a child, and 10 years in prison for unlawful abandonment of a child.

The trio’s trial was held in Cherokee County, Amy Golding, assistant attorney general for the 7th Circuit in Spartanburg, told the Daily Caller.

On April 11, 2022, David Baynard brought the Baynard family’s special needs child, “lethargic and unresponsive” Heather Baynard, 14, to Spartanburg Regional Healthcare like a sack of potatoes. It was revealed in a press release that he was transported to the center. Heather was cold and gray, but her parents were reported to be calm and emotionless. (Related: Ohio mother pleads guilty to aggravated murder after leaving 16-month-old baby on vacation)

Heather’s family relationship told WYFF News 4 She had cerebral palsy.

Heather died from her injuries and infection the same day, and her body showed “signs of extreme decomposition,” the press release said. Heather’s brother Edward had been employed as Heather’s caregiver for the past 18 months, earning more than $25,000 in that role.

Law enforcement officers visited the Bayners’ home in Gaffney on April 12, 2022, and found “junk piled several feet high,” insects living in the garbage in each room, and “urine” covering the floor. and animal feces,” Barnett’s office added. The family abandoned Heather in biological waste, which “destroyed her skin and tissue.”

Baynard – Bathroom (Photo courtesy of the Office of Barry J. Barnett, United States Attorney for the Seventh Circuit, Spartanburg and Cherokee Counties, South Carolina)

Heather’s feet looked like raw meat, a witness at Spartanburg Hospital testified in court, according to a press release. Another witness said in part that Heather was forced to live there and was abused daily.

Doctors and the medical examiner testified that Heather’s “horrific condition” exceeded anything she had experienced in her career, the press release said.

“[N]No one in the world has to go through something like this, especially children with special needs. It was terrible. “Heather was left to rot,” said Barnett, who also directed the prosecution, according to the press release.