A Tennessee woman and onetime day care worker will spend decades behind bars for injuries she inflicted on a 13-month-old under her care.

In October, Sarah Jo Fuson, 24, was convicted by a jury in Dickson County on one count each of aggravated child abuse and child abuse .

On Thursday, the defendant was sentenced by 23rd Circuit Court Judge David Wolfe to 20 years in prison without the possibility of parole over her actions that left the toddler in question with an injury to her head. Fuson was additionally assessed a four-year sentence which will run concurrently, or at the same time.

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