CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) â A jury deliberated for less than an hour on Thursday before convicting a West Virginia woman charged in the death of her 5-year-old grandson.
Michelle Lynn Boggs, 49, of Lost Creek wept at the verdict finding her guilty of knowingly allowing death of a child by parent, guardian or custodian by child abuse, The Exponent Telegram reported.
She is the second person convicted in the 2020 death of Keaton Michael Elliott Boggs. Her son-in-law, Peter James Wodzinski Jr., was convicted last month and her daughter, Chastity Wodzinski, who is married to Peter, remains jailed pending trial. Keaton was the nephew of the Wodzinskis.
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West Virginia boy, 5, died from catastrophic brain injury after being tortured for months suffering injuries to his eyes, ears and genitals - as victim s grandmother, aunt and uncle face separate trials
Peter Wodzinski, 32, Chasity Wodzinski, 29, and Michelle Boggs, 48, will face separate trials in March 2020 death of five-year-old Keaton Boggs
Keaton died on March 20 after suffering irreversible brain damage
Child was found to be covered in injuries, including bleeding on his eyes, bruises and lacerations on his penis
Michelle Boggs, Keaton s grandmother, and the others claimed Keaton had been self-harming and caused those injuries to himself