Mothers that bury their babies: Nicole Diar

Nicole Diar (born July 21, 1975) is an American convicted murderer who was sentenced to death in November 2005 for the 2003 murder of her 4-year-old son, Jacob. Diar was removed from death row on December 11, 2008, due to a court error (incomplete jury instructions). On June 3, 2010, she was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Diar was convicted in October 2005 of killing her son, Jacob. On August 27, 2003, Diar suffocated her son and then set his body and the house on fire. The day after she buried Jacob, she was seen at a bar singing karaoke and dancing.

Diar herself was a burn victim. At age four, she suffered severe burns over more than 20 percent of her body when her brother accidentally set fire to her nightgown. Diar had worked at summer camps for burn victims to help other children who were suffering from the stigma of having burn scars on their bodies.

The exact cause of Jacob's death was never determined because his body was too badly burned.