Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Minnesota mother given 4 years in prison for starving disabled daughter to death

From KSTP-TV:

A Sandstone, Minn., woman will go to prison for starving her disabled daughter to death.

Ludusky Sue Hotchkiss was sentenced to four years in prison for manslaughter. She pleaded guilty in a plea deal with prosecutors in May. Two lesser charges were dismissed.

Prosecutors say her 10-year-old daughter, Lakesha Victor, was just 31 pounds when she died of malnutrition, dehydration and pneumonia in 2006.

The girl had cerebral palsy, autism, a seizure disorder and ate through a feeding tube.