SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A Sevier County woman was found guilty of murder charges in the death of her 3-year-old.

Brenda Behunin was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, felony murder on August 7 by a jury. She was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.

Behunin was arrested in March 2022. A grand jury returned indictments on Feb. 28, 2022, accusing Behunin of injuring her child.

Previously, 6 News reported that an ambulance responded on Jan. 1, 2022, to a call of an unresponsive child at a home on Sims Road. Emergency responders took the 3-year-old to LeConte Medical Center. The child was then transferred to the Children’s Hospital in Knoxville and died on Jan. 11.

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