Death of Tyrael McFall | Mother’s murder conviction upheld [Video]

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A Cobb County woman’s murder conviction has been upheld in the 2014 death of her 2-year-old son, according to a Georgia Supreme Court ruling. 

Tyrael McFall died in November 2014. An autopsy later revealed the toddler’s cause of death was a lethal dose of the painkiller codeine. 

According to prosecutors, the toddler’s mother, Erica White, gave Tyrael the deadly dose to collect on a $50,000 life insurance policy. Prosecutors also said that the toxic dose of codeine was from pills from a Tylenol prescription that White had received shortly before the toddler’s death.

White was also accused of using Tyrael’s name and social security number to obtain credit cards, which she used to buy electronics. In April 2015, six months after Tyrael’s death, there was a more than $1,500 …