{"id":359739,"date":"2026-08-01T06:14:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T06:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/359739\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T06:14:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T06:14:17","slug":"florida-mom-watched-tiktoks-porn-while-her-infant-was-dying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/359739\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida mom watched TikToks, porn while her infant was dying"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Florida mom watched TikTok videos and porn for hours while her infant died \u2013 after she violently threw him into a playpen during a fit of rage, according to authorities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tatiana Norman was arrested after cops found her 6-month-old son, Jeremiah Peters, unresponsive inside her Lakeland home at around 11:40 p.m. on June 29 \u2013 after he had repeatedly been slammed on the ground earlier that day, Police Chief Sammy Taylor Jr. said during a press conference Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Norman initially offered cops conflicting explanations about her son, who died less than an hour after he was transported to a local hospital, Taylor said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There was no clear evidence of injuries on Jeremiah, according to cops, except for a left thigh mark \u2013 which, Norman first told police, was from her putting him into bath water that was too hot, the chief said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jeremiah Peters died in the hospital less than one hour after police arrived at his mom house on a call about an unresponsive baby on June 29. WFLA<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen officers spoke to Ms. Norman at the scene, she relayed that she placed Jeremiah in bed while she went to prepare a bottle,\u201d Taylor said. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen she returned, she found Jeremiah had fallen off the bed onto the tile floor.\u201d<\/p>\n

But her story changed when investigators interviewed her a second time. Then, she claimed that either she or her one-year-old child may have accidentally rolled onto Jeremiah while the three of them were sleeping in bed, according to Taylor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

An autopsy told a different story. The mark found on the infant\u2019s thigh was from \u201ca more significant thermal event,\u201d not bathwater \u2013 and he\u2019d also sustained other injuries that were more \u201csevere\u201d than falling once off the 22-inch-tall bed, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The disgraced mom allegedly came clean \u2014 after being confronted with the autopsy findings \u2014 and admitted that the baby fell three times that day, including once when she threw him, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by WFLA News<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Norman was charged with aggravated child abuse, which carries a sentence of up to 30 years in prison, though the charges could still be upgraded, the police chief said. Lakeland Police Department)<\/p>\n

\u201cMs. Norman said she accidentally dropped her child onto the floor while reaching for a remote control and that the child struck his head at around 9 o\u2019clock that morning,\u201d Taylor said. <\/p>\n

\u201cRather than seeking medical attention, she researched the injury symptoms on her phone and decided to monitor him at home.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

A little while later, Jeremiah fell face-first onto the floor after the one-year-old climbed into his rocking bassinet, causing it to tip over, Norman told cops, according to the affidavit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Then, around 1 p.m., the fed-up mom \u201cintentionally \u2018tossed\u2019 or \u2018threw\u2019 Jeremiah into a playpen from a standing position\u201d from several feet away, court papers said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s probably when the significant injury occurred,\u201d Taylor said about the last incident, adding that the baby hit his back and head on the playpen\u2019s unpadded floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Still, Norman didn\u2019t seek help.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Instead, the mom frantically Googled a series of questions including, \u201cBaby feels cold,\u201d \u201cBaby has concussion,\u201d \u201cBaby has concussion is it emergency,\u201d according to cops.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She then busied herself by watching TikTok videos until around 4:20 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As Jeremiah continued to worsen, Norman also logged onto pornographic websites over 30 times.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the child was probably deceased hours before she called us,\u201d Taylor said Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Instead of seeking help, the mom frantically Googled a series of questions including, \u201cBaby feels cold,\u201d \u201cBaby has concussion,\u201d \u201cBaby has concussion is it emergency,\u201d according to cops.\u00a0 Lakeland Police Department<\/p>\n

\u201cI think she was trying to work through her mind, \u2018how do I minimize this?\u2019 is my assumption,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Norman allegedly blamed her lying on a myriad of mental health issues, including depression, suicidal thoughts and a history of PTSD and borderline personality disorder, according to the affidavit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cShe stated she was overstimulated, overwhelmed, and not receiving help at home, which led her to commit acts of rage and frustration against Jeremiah,\u201d court papers said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Norman was charged with aggravated child sentence and could face up to 30 years in prison, though the charges could still be upgraded, Taylor said. It wasn\u2019t immediately clear if she has been assigned an attorney.<\/p>\n

The Lakeland Police Department did not immediately respond to inquiries. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Florida mom watched TikTok videos and porn for hours while her infant died \u2013 after she violently…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[24522,6041,265,28,30,29,57655,4278],"class_list":["post-359739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-babies","tag-child-abuse","tag-crime","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-motherhood","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}