A 34-year-old Wisconsin woman will spend the rest of her days behind bars after she beat her boyfriend's 6-year-old son, causing bruises "from head to toe" and leading to his death from blunt force trauma.

Anitra Burks on Thursday was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the death of Zane McAttee-Adams, court records say. Burks was convicted in October of first-degree reckless homicide , neglecting a child leading to death and physical abuse of a child , repeated acts causing death.

Burks was the sole caregiver for Zane at the time of his death, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Milwaukee Fox affiliate WITI . She took Zane to a local hospital on July 21, 2024. Surveillance video from the hospital showed Zane "had no ability to walk on his own and a

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