A Florida woman found guilty last March in the 2015 death of her 3-year-old stepson, whose body was found stuffed in trash bags inside a box, was sentenced to 30 years in prison, local media reported.

Osceola analysis, The 32-year-old from Hollywood, north of Miami, received nearly the maximum sentence for the crimes. “aggravated manslaughter”, lying to police and child neglect for the death of his stepson, whose body had numerous bruises when police found it in a box in the laundry room of his home.

Osceola reported a juvenile missing. in March 2015, when he essentially beat his stepson Asia Osceola to death and hid her body in a box in the house.

Father of the child Nelson Osceola is also awaiting trial. is charged with the crime of child neglect for allegedly failing to prevent the death of his son.

The minor’s father and stepmother were arrested in March 2015 in connection with the death of a child.

Initial police statements stated that after a thorough search The child’s body was found “in a dark area of ​​the house.”” in Hollywood, where the minor lived with his father, stepmother and two other brothers.

Analysis, according to her own account of events, which she then told police, heard a child growl at dawn and When he touched it, he noticed that it was slightly cold. so he laid him on the ground and tried immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), but he had no pulse.

However, the woman He did not warn anyone about the boy’s condition. not even his own mother, who lived in the same house with them and, according to official documents, is a nurse.

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Instead of, The stepmother waited until “the rest of the adults left the house, and once that was done, he took two garbage bags, put the child’s body inside and placed it in a drawer in the laundry room,” NBC6 reported.

A few hours later he alerted the police about the child’s disappearance. whose body was finally found in the house and had numerous bruises “from his head to his toes.”

Marlon Osborne, the medical examiner who examined Asia’s body, told jurors that the boy took fentanyl, cocaine and heroin.

“None of them should be in the body of a three-year-old child.” Osborne spoke about the results of the toxicology report, as reported by Local 10 News.

Osborne told the jury he found the stepmother guilty of being confronted with Asia’s body. “lacerations on the chin, bruise between the ear and cheek” and suffered “injuries to the inside of his neck” and also suffered a broken leg.

For his part, the father, who was first accused of “child neglect” and then released on bail, argued in court that He didn’t know his son was being mistreated until he was found dead.

The father testified that Analise was a stay-at-home mother and primary caregiver for her son. is responsible for feeding and bathing him.

(EFE)