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An Illinois mother admitted to suffocating her 7-year-old son in February 2021

Sarah Safranek, 38, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for killing Nathaniel Burton

Prosecutors said the boy had spoken about his mother putting pillows over his head in the months before he died

An Illinois mother who admitted to killing her 7-year-old son has learned her fate.

Sarah Safranek, 38, was sentenced to 35 years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree murder in connection with the death of Nathaniel Burton, local news stations WIFR , WREX and WKRC reported, citing the Ogle County State’s Attorney’s Office.

Prosecutors said Safranek suffocated her 7-year-old son on Feb. 17, 2021. That day, police officers responded to the family's home in Oregon, Ill., on a report of

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