A doctor would have testified at trial that Elijah suffered "torture, repeated physical assaults, ongoing psychological maltreatment, including emotional rejection, denigration, isolation, and denial of care," prosecutor Bethany Durand said.
"He said he wants food and he wants me to stop starving him because it's not nice," one text from Dauphinais to her boyfriend read, highlighting the child's desperate pleas.
Judge Lisa English accepted Dauphinais' guilty pleas and her lawyer indicated that while she disagreed with the prosecution's accounts, she acknowledged her role in her son's death.
Dauphinais faces a sentence of 58 years to life, following a guilty plea for second-degree murder, marking a significant turn in her defense approach.
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