Mom, 21, gets 40-year term in boy’s abuse
Counselor: ‘Saddest case’
Posted: January 12, 2012 at 3:50 a.m.
A 21-year-old Fort Smith mother was sentenced to 40 years in prison Wednesday after a Sebastian County Circuit Court jury found her guilty of starvation and abuse that left her infant son brain damaged.
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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 7 on 01/12/2012
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