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Georgia Mother Sentenced to Life Without Parole for Killing 4-Year-Old During Potty-Training Punishment

The judge called the crime the most gruesome she has seen in 14 years on the bench.

Overview

  • DeKalb County Superior Court sentenced Sophia Williams on Tuesday to life without the possibility of parole plus 10 years.
  • A jury in August found her guilty of malice murder, felony murder, first-degree cruelty to children, and aggravated battery.
  • An autopsy determined the boy died from blunt-force trauma to the head and concluded earlier medical care likely would have saved his life.
  • Prosecutors said she waited nearly 90 minutes to call 911 and had searched her phone for concussion remedies and coma symptoms.
  • Police found the child unresponsive with new and old bruising at the family’s Tregoney Drive apartment, and a 13-year-old reported a severe beating the day before.