SANDY, Utah (KSL.com) — A Murray mother who police say inflicted years of abuse on her two young children is facing multiple criminal charges.

Elizabeth Rose Conlin, 42, was charged Friday in 3rd District Court with child torture and aggravated child abuse, first-degree felonies; obstruction of justice and aggravated child abuse, second-degree felonies; two counts of witness tampering, a third-degree felony; plus tampering with evidence and child abuse, class A misdemeanors.

An 11-year-old boy told Sandy police that Elizabeth Conlin and “her ex” hurt him and his 8-year-old sister “a lot,” according to charging documents. Prosecutors say the “ex” is Kalon Ray Colvin, 42, of Sandy, who was charged in September with aggravated child abuse, a second-degree felony.

But it wasn’t until Conlin

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