Oregon mom sentenced to 30 days in jail for waterboarding, freezing baby to see if dad 'gave a f*ck'

An Oregon mother who waterboarded her baby and put him in a freezer to see if the father cared has been sentenced to 30 days in jail. 

According to Fox News, on Oct. 28, 2021, police showed up at a Gresham, Oregon, apartment, to perform a welfare check because someone reported a mother putting her baby in the freezer.

A probable cause affidavit obtained by the outlet stated that when police arrived outside the apartment, the mother could be heard yelling at Kendrick Neal, the father of the child, "I'm about to show you real quick. You don't want him? ... "Let me show you about this little f*cking baby, I don't f*cking give f*ck about."

According to prosecutors, Sharday McDonald opened the door and was seen holding the child in a wrapped blanket and told the responding officer that she wasn't trying to harm, hurt, or kill her son by drowning him or putting him in the freezer.

Pictures of McDonald holding the baby "by his onesie" and waterboarding him were also found. According to the officer, "It looked like [the baby] was trying to hold his breath while water was pouring over his face," who added that McDonald "…was holding [the baby] by the onesie but at a downward angel, where his hip, legs and feet were higher than his head (almost upside down) with water running over his face. The only place the water could go (in that picture) was in his nose (at that angle)." 

McDonald told the officer she did as a "test" to see if Neal "gave a f*ck at all," and in an attempt to make Neal come back to her apartment. She also said she did it "out of spite."

McDonald pleaded guilty to charges of criminal mistreatment, ID theft, and tampering with a witness on July 28. On Tuesday she was sentenced to 30 days in jail and is scheduled to be released on Oct. 6.