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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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Chastity Wodzinski and Michelle Boggs, who was Keaton’s legal guardian, have trials set for later in March and April.
Police were called when the boy was taken to a hospital in Morgantown suffering from head trauma, numerous bruises and a laceration on his genital region.
Prosecutors said text messages clearly indicated all three defendants were aware before Keaton’s death that he was being abused.
Defense attorney Jason Glass said the state failed to prove who struck the fatal blow and did not show that Wodzinski knew.
Wodzinski faces a possible sentence of life in prison when he is sentenced.
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