オンタリオ州の裁判所は、里子の少年たちに対して深刻な虐待を加え、その長期間の虐待が原因で少年を死に至らしめたとして、里親の女性2人に有罪判決を下しました。
ベッキー・ハンバーとブランディ・クーニーの両被告は、第1級殺人、不法監禁、凶器を用いた暴行、および保護責任者遺棄の罪で有罪となりました。クレイトン・コンラン裁判官は、被告らに対する証拠は明白であると述べ、オンタリオ州ミルトンで養育していた子どもたちに対し、被告らが深い憎悪を抱いていたことを指摘しました。被害者の少年（法廷ではL.L.と呼称）は、地下室に長時間閉じ込められ続けた末、2022年12月21日に意識不明で極度の衰弱状態にあるところを発見されました。
Prosecutors in Ontario have wrapped up closing arguments in the first-degree murder trial of two foster mothers accused of starving and abusing their foster children, leading to one boy's death. Brandy Cooney and Becky Hamber face charges including murder and failing to provide necessaries of life after 12-year-old L.L. was found dead in their Milton home in 2022. The judge will decide the case without a jury.
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A Massachusetts couple was sentenced to prison on Wednesday for their roles in the death of their 10-month-old foster son, whom they neglected to seek medical care for despite clear signs of serious illness. Superior Court Judge Tracy Duncan ordered Matthew Tucker and Cassandra Barlow-Tucker, both of Adams, to serve three to five years in a state correctional facility after convictions for involuntary manslaughter and reckless child endangerment.
Elysa Ella-Ann Kelemen received a life sentence without parole for the first-degree felony murder of her 6-year-old stepson, Kyron Kelemen, in a Michigan hotel room. The 34-year-old beat the boy to death after he knocked over her laptop in January 2024. Eaton County prosecutors highlighted failures in the child welfare system that allowed the abuse to continue.
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A 3-year-old girl in New Castle, Indiana, remains in critical condition on dialysis after severe injuries that investigators attribute to abuse by her mother and the mother's boyfriend. Kami Nelson, 23, and Lee E. O'Donnell Jr., 25, face charges of neglect resulting in catastrophic and serious bodily injury. The pair initially blamed the child's injuries on sleepwalking into door handles.