'Pure evil took my perfect little boy,' mother tells court as stepmother to be sentenced for murder
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'Pure evil took my perfect little boy,' mother tells court as stepmother to be sentenced for murder
""whole world is gone""
""perfect little boy's""
""the hands of pure evil.""
The four-year-old suffered injuries consistent with high-impact trauma typically seen in car crashes or serious assaults. The child lived with his father and stepmother and died after being physically abused at the stepmother's home. The stepmother originally pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter, then changed her plea to guilty of murder on the fourth day of trial. The child's father was sentenced to seven years in prison in November 2024. The mother delivered a victim impact statement, saying her "whole world is gone" and describing her "perfect little boy's" life being taken "at the hands of pure evil."
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