Mother accused of killing infant and leaving it in motel room freezer seeks bond reduction
A Houston County judge had set the bond amount on the manslaughter charge at $250,000, while Amanda Gail Oakes also has a $150,000 bond set on the abuse of a corpse charge.
A 36-year-old woman accused of leaving her dead infant in the freezer of a motel room in Dothan, Alabama is reportedly seeking a reduction in her bond amount. The woman, identified as Amanda Gail Oakes, has been charged with one count of manslaughter and one count of abuse of a corpse.
Houston County Judge Benjamin Lewis, in June, had set the bond amount on the manslaughter charge at $250,000, while Oakes also has a $150,000 bond set on the abuse of a corpse charge, according to Donathan Eagle. Reports state that another person, 28-year-old Carlton James Mathis, of Gainesville, Georgia was also charged in connection with the infant's death.