A 24-year-old woman in Michigan will spend the rest of her life behind bars for killing her friend's 23-month-old toddler while babysitting him, throwing the boy against the wall and causing him to suffer a fatal head injury.

Macomb County Circuit Judge Diane M. Druzinski on Tuesday ordered Kimora Launmei Hodges to serve life without parole in a state correctional facility for the 2022 slaying of young Kyrie Starks, authorities announced.

A jury in July deliberated for just two hours before finding Hodges guilty on one count of felony murder and one count of first-degree child abuse. Specifically, Druzinski sentenced Hodges to life on the murder charge plus an additional 15 to 40 years on the child abuse charge.

Hodges's trial was delayed after her defense team sought to suppress inculp

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