ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A DeKalb County woman will spend the rest of her life in prison after she beat her 4-year-old son to death for not using the toilet, the district attorney’s office said.

Sophia Williams, 43, was found guilty of two counts of felony murder, three counts of aggravated battery and four counts of first-degree cruelty to children in August. On Tuesday, she was sentenced to life without parole, plus 10 years.

In March 2022, DeKalb County police were called to an apartment on Tregoney Drive in unincorporated Decatur, where they found her son, Anthony Vice, unresponsive on the living room floor. He was taken to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, where he was pronounced dead.

While giving aid, EMS staff noticed bruises all over the child’s body. According to th

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