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US couple 'allowed baby to starve while they produced porn films'

Stephen Williams Junior and Amanda Marie Hancock were charged with murder after their baby starved to death. Photo: Douglas County Sheriff's Office

An Oregon couple has been accused of allowing their newborn baby to starve to death to save breast milk for an online porn movie.

Amanda Marie Hancock, 21, produced the bizarre adult videos with partner Stephen Williams Junior, 26 while internet users paid to watch.

One of the films showed Hancock self-lactating, US media reports.



The pair claimed they fed the baby boy milk but never took him to the doctor despite signs he was rapidly losing weight.

He died in hospital last month. An autopsy revealed the baby died of starvation.

Both Hancock and Williams were charged with murder by abuse.

Prosecutors allege the couple showed extreme indifference to human life.

The couple's two-year-old son was taken into the care of social services.
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