Upstate mother and stepfather agree to plea deal in death of 12-year-old girl

FOUNTAIN INN, SC (FOX Carolina) – An Upstate couple has pleaded guilty in the death of a 12-year-old girl.

According to the clerk's office, Shawnetta and Barkee Faust pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and a charge of unlawfully endangering a child.

The plea deal comes a few days before the murder trial begins.

In May 2022, Ashantae Unique Glenn died shortly after being taken to the emergency room at Prisma Health Hillcrest Hospital.

The Greenville County Coroner's Office confirmed that Glenn died from trauma to her throat, which caused her to inhale blood and develop acute bronchopneumonia. Her death was officially ruled a homicide.

According to officials, Shawnetta and Barkee Faust, the child's mother and stepfather, were arrested in June 2022 and charged with murder.

The court clerk stated that the pair's sentences will run concurrently and they will receive credit for time served, meaning the pair will spend a little less than eight years in prison.

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