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A Texas mother has been sentenced in the 2023 death of her infant son, who starved to death inside a hotel room in Waco

Skylynn Tuerk was sentenced to 40 years each for murder and injury to a child charges, as well as two years each for endangering a child and a drug charge, according to local media

“The horrific and irresponsible nature of this defendant’s behavior left us unwilling to agree to any lower punishment,” Tara Avants, a state attorney, said in a statement

A mother will spend decades behind bars after her 3-month-old son starved to death inside a hotel room in Texas.

Skylynn Tuerk was sentenced on Thursday, Aug. 21, in Waco's 54th State District Court on charges of murder, injury to a child, endangering a child and possession of a controlled substance, accordi

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