sanchez has been charged with serious bodily injury to a child. she admits to being high on heroin, and severely beating her 3-year-old son. when he was brought to the hospital, he was covered in bruises, had bite marks on his thigh, and one eye was swollen shut. doctors also discovered he had a lacerated liver, likely caused by blunt force trauma. when i am high on heroin, it is like anything triggers me. i ll just go off. i mean, i could be sitting next to someone. if some little thing irritate me, i ll start screaming, i mean, like on attack mode. it s it is scary. basically, i chose that drug over my kids. and they probably have a better life without me. sanchez s son has recovered, and is living with relatives. if convicted in trial, sanchez could face anywhere from five to 99 years in prison.
they laugh at us hot sauce. the girls in detox will be yelling baby killers. yelling it all day. we ll say remarks to, i guess just to joke around to laugh about it. really it does hurt us. chelsea sanchez has been on both sides of the glass. she came in as a heroin addict and is now in pc. when i am high on heroin, like that story, the dr. jekyll and mr. hyde, it changes me. it changes me. makes me like a monster. me, i did like terrible, horrible, horrible thing to my son. because of the drug.
even if they want to come at me with aggravated assault. i am willing to do that. but i didn t murder the guy. i ve didn t have the intentions to murder him. the stress of his case may be taking a toll tin other ways to. day, phillips is eating a regular meal instead of his usual diet plate. and topping it off with a second helping. anything it better than the diet trays. in the women s wing of the jail, josie sanchez s case is drawing closer to a conclusion. she admits to brutally beating her 3-year-old son while high on heroin. sanchez, recently signed a plea deal and today will receive her sentence. she doesn t know what it will be. but she at least knows the worst case scenario. i was signing the papers on a 14 year cap, you know it wasn t a lifetime.
you know it s hard for me to show my feelings especially in here. i haven t cried for a long time. or since i have got here. i just, i can t. i can t do it. a short time later, sanchez arrives at the bear county courthouse. all rise. please have a seat, everyone. please have a seat, good morning. josie sanchez. yeah. the case that she stands before you, we are asking you to kid probation. sanchez s lawyer argues the violence against her son was the effect of heroin, and now she is clean. and no longer poses a threat. she has never been in the system before. i believe she will never be in the system again. do you have anything to say? yes, sir, i know what i did was a horrible thing. and if i could take that day back, i would but i can t. i mean, there s no possible way.
i mean there s not a day that goes by that i don t think about my kids knowing that i am never, ever going to see them again. it s hard to let it out. because i feel if i do let it out, i will have no control over it and i will just break down. this is somebody has chosen very poor. i am asking the court to allow her a pass to allow her to seek help. i will sentence her ten years. give her credit for time served. good luck, ma am. thank you. sanchez s sentence of 10 years in tdc, texas department of corrections, means she will transfer from jail to state prison. as sanchez is let out of court, her lawyer believes justice was not fully served. i am just torn up. i like her. she is an anomaly.